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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03
HOT DRINKS FOR
COUNTRY PUPILS
Domestic Science Department
of High School to Provide
Hot Dishes at Noon

This week the local school,
through the Domestic Science
department, is making arrange
ments to provide a limited num-
Der of pupils who live in the
country with a hot drink or
nourishing soup at the lunch
hour. No attempt will be made
to supply an entire lunch, the
effort merely being to supply
something warm to supplement
the lunches that the children
bring from home.
The matter has been carefully
Investigated by the administra-
tion of the school and the cost
I, of such provision has been ac-
curately determined from the ex-
Iperience of other places where
similar arrangements are in
force. The cost runs about three
cents for each service, or sixty
cents a month per pupil. AS it
is obviously out of the question
J for the district to supply this
free to two hundred fifty pupils,
the charge will have to be borne
| by the parents of the pupils who
take advantage of this arrange.
Iment.
To start the work and get the
machinery of it's administration
into smooth running order it has
been decided to begin with thir.
ty pupils only next Monday anc
later extend the number as rap
idly as practicable. Those first
reporting to Miss Morris with
payment Of the amount to cover
the cost for the first two weeks
will secure the first opportunity
to try the advantages of the new
system.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03
Farmer Who Stops Raising Pork
This Year is Going to
Regret it
MALISTER EXPLAINS
THE PRICE SLUMP
Agent of Union Stock Yards Visits
Valley and is Surprised at the
Quality of the Herds

Big, jovial, optimistic C. M.
McAlister hoped onto a passen-
ger train down in Portland the
other day and a few hours later
hoped off at Kennewick. He
started talking hogs at the de-
pot. He is still in Kennewick
and he is still talking hogs. In
fact talking hogs is Macs busi-
ness and he most certainly
makes good. His hog talk is
like the action of a machine gun
and his. craftsmanship is fully
as accurate as his artillery is
modern. !.
Mr.. McAlister started talking
hogs in Kansas City years ago
and during the last five years, as
travelling agent for the Portland
Union Stock Yards company he
has ridden in Pullman cars and
stage coaches over five western
states and tramped around in
nearly all of the pig pens be-
tween the Rockies and the Cas-
cades. His special mission this
time is to bring a message to
the hog raisers of the Kenne-
wick valley. 1t is "Stick, Broth
er, Stick" "Why stick? Be-
cause the hog business in the
Northwest is bound to be a win
ner. Any man with a few good
acres of land, a few good chick
ems, few good cows, a few good
hogs and a good wife to make
him work can't help but make
good. A pig hide is the most
profitable grain sack in the
world, but you can't make fat
hog with a bellows" says Nc
| Alister.
The big man dropped into this
Office yesterday attracted by an
interview published recently in
this paper in which it was said
the Northwest packers were not
playing fair with the hog rails
ers and that the price was fixed
; and the market ruled by the I'm
ion Meat company, of Portland.
Competition Unfettered
, Here's what happened to that
: interview: cit is a fact that the
, Union Stock Yards are a criter-
; ion for the livestock buyers of
the Northwest, but prices are
, fixed by nothing but supply and
: demand and the Union Meat
: company is a buyer at the yards
on exactly the same basis as any
| other buyer. Competition is
: open, free and absolutely unfet
Z tered. Any buyer can buy any.
) thing in the yards at any time
+. if he is willing to pay the price
| and can beat the other fellow tx
: it. If the Portland price is fixed
t and is unfair to the producer
1 why is it that some of the North
t west firms have as many as fv,
!. high salaried buyers out through
: the country, picking up ship
r ments of stock and paying tn
!, freight on them when the sam
Y firm could supply its needs wit
one buyer stationed at the stoc1
e yards? 1t is because they ca
$ buy cheaper in the farmers ow
n door yard, freight added, tha
they can buy in the Portland
market.
IS Why the Slump?
e 6Whv did fbo I,oo
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03

Finley Program
Meetings in the school house.
Thursday
1880 p. m.-Strawberry growing
and potato diseases, Strausz.
Friday
7:3O p. m.-Poultry raising, Whit
taker.
Home economics, Sutherland.
Saturday
1880 p. m.-Selection of dairy cows,
Price.
Continued on Page 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03
Business Men and Farmers Help
Smooth Ups and Downs of
City Streets
GOOD STREETS DAY
OBSERVED WEDNESDAY
Good Roads Committee Labored Little
Short Handed, but on Whole
Effort was Successful

IL was just a DlC Sloppy ulueI
foot, and it was just a bit drizzly
over head, but those of the busi-
ness men who handled picks
made play Of the work, and
those who hired proxies furnish
ed work to men who needed it,
while those helped neither in
person nor by proxy, we'll
that's another story. Anyway
Kennewick's good streets day
was pulled off yesterday accord
ing to schedule. The net results
are, the city's streets are in a
much better condition than they
were before, but not yet in as
good a condition as they should
be.
With the good roads commit
tee of the Commercial club in
charge, the work started at
eight in the morning and con-
tinued until dusk. Washington,
Second, Third and the interven-
ing streets were cleared OF
stones and the low spots in
downtown district were filled
with gravel. Practically all OF
the rock work was accomplish
ed as planned but owing to a
shortage of teams the graveling
was not completed.
One of the fine features of the
day was the hot and hearty
luncheon served to the workers
at noon in the basement of the
i M. E. church by the Ladies' Aio
Societies and the Woman's club
/ "Our committee wishes tC
thank those farmers who came
in with their teams and joined
in the effort, and those business
men who worked or who hireC
men to work, and the ladies o1
the town." said DR.. F
M. Crosby in speaking of thu
work. 1--WE didn't get all done
that we hoped. We had nearly
as many men as we had expected
but we were handicapped by {
shortage of teams. We accom-
plished enough, however, so tina
the city can, at a very little ex
pense, put the streets in a yer!
creditable condition. After tn,
rocks which we were unable t,
handle have been hauled away
it would be advisable, I shoul,
think, to cover the river grave
with a thin coating of sand. o.
the whole our committee feel
, that the effort was successful an,
well worth while"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03
ASK DELAY OF
|. ROAD CONTRACT
Commercial Club to Request
Commissioners to Post
pOne Action
WANT CHEAPER PLANS
FOR PROPOSED HIGHWAY
Business Men and Farmers Go on
Record in Opposition to Asphalt
Macadam Construction

hcCOIQ OppOSltiOH ~ <ASPuoAt
Macadam Construction
If the wishes of the people of
Finley and Kennewick are rec
'ognized, the contract for the con-
struction of the Kennewick-Fin-
ley State Highway will not be
let by the commissioners when
bids are submitted next Tues
day. The wishes of the people
who are mostly interested in this
road were voiced in a resolution
unanimously. adopted. Monday
evening at a special meeting of
the Commercial club, which was
largely attended by business
men and farmers. The resolu-
ton asks the county commits
sioners to postpone the letting of
the contract until conditions can
be investigated and specifica-
tions calling for cheaper con-
struction can be prepared.
It seems assured that the
commissioners will grant the re-
quest. Commissioner E. J. Ward
of Prosser, was present at the
meeting and after listening to
the discussion went on record as
favoring a change in the spec
ifications. Commissioner Glenn
ents, it is understood, holds SIM
liar views and it is probable that
the board will be unanimous in
postponing action on the bids.
Meeting Not Antagonistic
! Mondays meeting was called
at the request of DR.. F. M. Cros-
by, chairman of the good roads
committee, who stated that the
object was not to antagonize the
county commissioners nor the
state highway department, but
to secure a more practical road
for the $4,000 or $4,000 which
is to be expended from the per.
,manent highway fund. The spec.
ifications prepared by County
Engineer Walter and approved
by the state highway depart.
ment call for an asphalt-maca'
dam road that will cost between
$4,000 and $1,000 a mile. This
means that not more than three
miles of road can be built al
this time and the improvement
will not extend over the worst
part of the present road.
4 County Engineer-elect I. j
Wright reported the recommen
dations of Mr.. James, the gov
ernment road expert. After In
specting samples of materia
available here for road building
and taking into account climatic
Icoditions, Mr.. James gave th'
opinion that an asphalt-sant
road could be built for abou
So, 900 mile. He also said tina
if the state highway department
and county commissioners woult
join in a request, his department
, would send one of their mos
competent experts here to con
duct the road building expert
ments. The club voted to reques
: the county commissioners t.
! avail themselves of this oppor
: tunity.
) Better and Cheaper Road
Among the visitors presen
e was Mr.. Armstrong, of Spokane
e who is a road contractor of man
y years experience. He was i
! the city for the purpose of look
! ing over the proposed highwa
before submitting a bid. He es
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03
Extension Course Will Start
Monday and Continue
Until Saturday
EXPERTS TO WORK IN
AND OUT OF KENNEWICK
Meetings to be Held in This City,
Richland, Finley, Hover, Ben
ton City and Pasc0

Beginning next Monday and
continuing until next Saturday,
Kennewick will be the headquar-
ters for the most comprehensive
and complete farmers extension
school ever held in the county.
Both morning and afternoon
sessions will be held each day in
the high school building and on
three of the six days the instruc-
tors will hold meetings in Rich
land, Finley, Hover, Benton City
and Pasco.
The school which has been
planned by County Agricultural
list Lee M. Lampson, will be con-
Quoted by experts in the differ
ent branches of the extension
work at the Washington state
college. The topics cover large
range of subjects and every
farmer in the valley will find
something on the program that
will be of interest and benefit to
him.
The instructors are, Prof. A.
j. Tormey, Prof. A. L. Strausz,
Prof. j. N. Price, Prof. l.. G..
Grow, Mrs. Helen D. Whitaker
and Miss Mary Sutherland. The
complete program for the meet
ings this side of the river fol
lows:
Monday
10 a. m.-Poultry raising, Mrs
Helen Dow Whitaker.
II a. m.-Home economics, Miss
Mary Sutherland.
1:3O p. m.-Grape growing, A. L
Strausz.
2:30 p. m.-Agricultural education
A. j. Tormey.
Tuesday
10 a. m.,-Selection of dairy cows
j. ". Price.
II a. m.,-Feeding dairy cows, j
N. Price.
so p. m.,-Cover crops, Strausz.
2:15 p. m.-Fruit diseases, A. L
Strausz.
$3.50 p. m.-Marketing farm pro
duce, L. C. Grow.
Wednesday
10 a. m.-Pruning trees, Strausz.
II a. m.-Fruit diseases and spray
ing, Strausz.
1870 p. m.-Corn growing, Lee M
Lampson.
2:3O p. m.-Country life, Tormey.
Thursday
10 a. m.-Care of milk on tn
s farm, Price.
II a. m.-Feeding calves, Price.
1870 p. m.-Poultry raising, Mrs
Whitaker.
-2:3O D. m.-Home economics, Mis-
Sutherland.
Friday
10 a. m.-Strawberry culture
Strausz.
II a. m.-Potato diseases, Strausz
1880 p. m.-Feeding and care O
hogs, Price.
Saturday
10 a. m.-Home economics, Mis-
Sutherland.
IL a. m.-Poultry raising, Mr.
Whitaker.
1:3O p. m.-Poultry raising, Mr.
Whitaker.
: 2:3O o. m.-Home economics, Mis-
Sutherland.
Finley Program
Meetings in the school house.
Thursday
7:3O p. m.-Strawberry grown
and potato diseases, Strausz.
Friday
7:3O %. m.-Poultry raising, Viii
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Continued on Page 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-03

T. j. Wright and G. C. Williams
went to Longview Tuesday to do some
surveying on the county road down
there.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
GENERAL WAR
SEEMS CERTAIN
Washington Hears Peace e.
forts Have Failed.

The only real news from Europe re
ceived officially in Washington has
added to the general pessimism as to
the outlook.
From Berlin it was automatically re-
ported that the peace efforts of Ger
many had resulted in total failure and
that war now seems inevitable.
This dispatch, together with the
ironclad censorship and embargo on
news to the press from Vienna, ST.
Petersburg and Berlin, was regarded
as virtual confirmation of the omlnous
reports of the last forty-eight hours.
Practically all hope has been aban'
doned of confning the struggle to
Austria and Servia or even to these
two countries and Russia.
To date there have been mentioned
more than a dozen countries as pos
sible combatants in case a general
war develops. At present there are but
two combatants, Austria and SerVia
with Russia and Germany apparently
about to get in.
Should Germany and England be-
come involved, it is expected t It they
will strike at each other in The Far
East. A blow at England in the
Orient is a blow at Japan, according
to the terms of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance, and Japan would by the
terms of that alliance be required to
come to the aid of Great Britain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
Saves Sister From Snake.

Awakened by something passing
over her arm, Miss Hazel Joseph, Of
Jim Run, near Ohio, Pa, jumped up
in bed and discovered a monster black
racer coiled around the neck Of her
younger sister, Lorette.
The girl, awakened by the squeez-
ing, was fighting for her life, but the
big reptile was slowly choking her to
death. So tight were the coils about
he girls neck that she could not
speak.
She was gradually growing weaker,
when the elder sister, not waiting to
call for help, caught up pair of long
shears from dresser, and with a
strong stroke succeeded in cutting the
snake in two. She then quickly releas'
ed her sister and called for help.
After working for some time over
the injured girl she was rivived and
will recover. The snake was mon
ster racer more than seven feet long
No one knew how it made its way
into the house.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
Soldiers Fire on Dublin Mob.

Three men and one woman are dead
and more than sixty persons are In
the hospital in Dublin, Ireland, wound
ed, as the result of battalion of the
Kings Own Scottish Borderers firing
into a mob in the streets Of Dublin.
Seven of the persons wounded are
expected to die. Among them are
three women and boy OF ten.
The affray was the result of a gun
running exploit OF the Nationalist
Volunteers, who we're being aided by
a mob composed largely OF women
and youths. A consignment of rifles,
said to number 10000, was landed at
Howth, nine miles from D"blin, from
a private yacht. The Nationalist Vol
unteers cut the telegraph wires and
stopped travel on the Dublin roads
and, according to reports, sent away
most of the rifles, to gether with w.
900 rounds of ammunition, In motor
cars.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
SERBS REpULSE
AUSTRIAN ARMY
Invaders Meet Stubborn RasiS-
tdnCa at Samantha.
CASUALTIES ARE HEAVY

While Attempting to Force Passes
Austrians Are Hurled Back Time
and Again.
An Exchange Telegraph company's
dispatch from Nish, Servia, by way OF
! Saloniki, says that up till Thursday
night the Austrian invaders at Sc
mendra had not succeeded in forcing
the pass held by the SerVian troops
possession OF which would give them
access to the Morava river valley, anu
thus open up a direct road to Nlsh.
Another dispatch from Nish says
desperate fighting continues along the
river Drina. Both Austrians and Ser
vians have suffered heavy losses. Tho
Austrian divisions, after tightlns
fercely all day, failed to force the
defile leading to Plevlie and Priepolle.
The Austrians lost-heavily in their
desperate efforts to force the pass at
Semendria. The Servians relied main
ly upon artillery stationed on the nils
surrounding the entrance to the pass,
and the invaders were hurled back
time and again by the terrific she'll
ing.
Lieutenant -Pepovitch, who dlstln'
guished himself in the war with Tur-
key, was among the first of the Ser
vians killed in this engagement.
AS the heavy fighting went on, the
Austrian attack was reinforced by a
large body of troops, but the furious
assault on the Servian entertainments
availed the invaders nothing.
According to a dispatch from Vlen-
ma, Austrian frontier guards repellel
a Servian attack near Klotievatz, on
the Bosnian frontier. The Austrlans
suffered no losses, while the Servians
lost one officer and twenty-five men.
An unconirmed report from Berlin
says that the most strenuous hgntlng
of the Austro-Servian war thus far
has taken place at Focha, in Bosnia,
Austrian territory. The report stated
that the Servians suffered loss OF
800 killed, while the Austrians report
ed 200 killed. The same dispatch salu
that hundreds had fallen wounded.
A Semlin dispatch to the Standard
says:
belgrade has been captured and is
occupied by Austrian troops. The force
which invaded Servia at Semendrla
is advancing along the road which
leads to Palanka and ultimately to
Nish."
A dispatch from another source
says the ancient fortress of Belgrade
was reduced by the Austrian artillery.
The shells caused only slight damage
to other parts of the Servian capital,
although the British legation was
struck.
An Athens dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph says it Is reported from
Corfu that the Russian warship Tereto
In port there has received news by
wireless that Belgrade was occupied
by the Austrians after heavy fighting,
and that 200 Austrians and 100 Ser
vians were killed.
On the western side of Servia an
Austrian column came into contact
with a Cervian force at Losnitza, that
offered stubborn resistance and held
the fort there until dark, inficting
heavy losses on the Austrians.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
GERMAN CRUISER OFF N. Y.

Warship May Be Waiting to Capture
Hostile Vessels If War Is Declared.
New York, Aug. l. = The Cunard
liner Lusitania arrived here, bringing
a report that the German cruiser
Dresden, recently in Mexican waters,
was lying off the New York harbor,
just outside the three-mile limit.
This caused a rumor that the Dres.
den was lying in wait to capture YES
sells leaving the port of New York If
war is declared in Europe.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
War May Draw Million From U. s.

If a general war affects Europe, II
is likely that at least 100000 men
will leave the United States and go
back to their mother countries to aid
in the fight, according to estimates
made in New York.
More than 1000 Austrians and 5000
Servians are now in New York or on
their way, prepared to sail back tc
their home lands at once and take u:
arms.
If a general call is sent out by the
countries, it is estimated that between
100000 and 100000 Austrians> and Ser
vians will take quick passage to the
front. IT,
The 1910 census shows that there
weer in the United States then morc
than 100000 males, over twenty-one
years old, who were born in Europe,
and it is figured that at least one-third
of this number, If called upon, would
return to their home lands and take
up the battle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
80 49,: u
(NtaiI, Or.LLf0A
FREED BY JURY
Acquitted Of Editors Murder
III aiia Il
RIOTOUS SCENES IN COURT
The Prosecutor Springs Surprise In
Closing Hours by Withdrawal OF
decentralization" Charge.

Nine. Henriette Caillaux was acquit-
ted by a jury in Paris OF the murder
of CASTOR Calmette, editor OF the FL
caro-, after one OF the most sensational
trials in Paris since the famous Drey-
fus case.
The verdict was returned In little
more than an hour.
AS soon as Nine. Caillaux was re-
leased violent demonstrations occur
red among the crowds In the court
room, near the Palace of Justice and
on the bouleYards where the cerdict
was flashed. Cheer after cheer greeted
the prisoner on her release, while
sympathizers with the Calmette fam
lily, who boohed the acquitted woman,
were saved from mob violence by the
extra guard of gendarmes which was
on duty in the court room and near
the entrances to the building.
Nine. Caillaux Is the wife OF Joseph
Caillaux, former premier and minister
of finance. M. CaillauX resigned his
position as premier after the crime.
The trial came to an end after a
day filled with spectacular and sensa-
tional incidents. Spectators thronged
the Palace of Justice by thousands.
The rush for seats In the court room
was so great that riotous scenes en-.
sued. Several persons were injured
In the crush and a number Of others
were arrested.
The acquittal of Nine. Caillaux, who
shot and killed M. Calmette in the
latter's office on March 16, on his re-
fusal to suppress the publication OF
certain letters, was forecasted when
the public prosecutor withdrew the
charge of "premeditated murder"
This action left the jury free to acquit
theprisoner or convict her Of nomi'
nal offense.
The announcement, which caused a
furore in the crowded court room, was
made by NJ. Herbaux, the public prose
cutor, in his closing speech against
the defendant. He admitted that there
we're extenuating circumstances In the
prisoners favor. With charge Of pre-
meditated murder against Nine. Call.
laux when the case went to the jury,
it would have been possible for that
body to sentence her to be beheaded
on the guillotine.
The break in the prosecutions case
was but one of many exciting and
spectacular incidents on the session
when attorneys for both sides began
their final appeals to the jury.
Parisians, worked up to fever heat
over the trial, which has lasted for
eight days, stormed the Palace Of Jus
tice, where the proceedings were be-
ing held. At least 10000 persons were
in the throng that sought admittance
to the court room.
Nine. Caillaux, looking worn and
weary when she was led into the pris
oner's dock, collapsed in heap under
the bitter invective of M. Chenu, eoun-
sci for the Calmette heirs, In his ad-
dress to the jury. Nine. Caillaux
tainted when M. Chenu branded her
as cold-blooded assassin and de-
manded a verdict of guilty, with death
on the guillotine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR FIVE 'EARS

taking other medicines. ! deci>5 TO
take his advice, although did not ne
any confidence in it. '
have now been taking Black-DrahgHn1
for three months, and it has cured me
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using it.
| am so thankful for what Black
Draught has done for me-"
Thedford's Black-Draught has oeen
found a very valuable medicine Tor de-
ra,gements of the stomach and liver. ii
Is composed of pure, vegetable herbs
contains no dangerous ingredients anu
acts gently, yet surely. 1t can be tree'y
used by young and old, and should os
kept in every family chest.
Get a package today.
Only aquarter. a -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
Judoe Henry Weand Dead.

Judge Henry K. Weand, of Mont
gomery county, died at sanatorium
at Wernersville, Pa, on Thursday,
where he had been lying Ill for the
past six weeks. General debility caus,
ed death. He has not been on the
bench since April, when he was taken
i'll during a session of the license
court. He Had been ailing for several
years. He was seventy-six years old.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-07
Austrians Chase Royal Yacht.

The Montenegrin royal yacht Deg
lara was almost captured by the Aus
trian fleet blockading Antavari. Ths
yacht was approaching the port, bu
when she sighted the blockading fleet
turned and fed. She was pursued by
Austrian destroyers, but arrived safely
at Corfu.