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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
But Little Interest Being Taken
in Approaching City Pri-
mary Election
RICHARDSON FILES
FOR ANOTHER TERM
In Second Ward Arnold and King are
Candidates and Behrmann and
Gilcrest in the Third

With but two more days left
for candidates to get their
names in the local political pot
contests have developed for but
two of the eight elective offices
to be filled at the annual city
election. These contests are for
the job of councilman in the Sc
cond and third wards. In the
second F. j. Arnold and w. G..
King have filed to succeed coun-
Gilman II. w. Desgranges, who,
it is understood, will. not be a
candidate for reelection. In, the
third Councilman j. W.. Behr-.
mann has filed for reelection
and is opposed by r. Gilcrest.
Mayor Geo. F. Richardson is
a candidate for reelection as is
City Attorney G. l.. Holcomb.
AS yet the only candidate for
city clerk is Mrs. Madge Soth.
In the first ward Guy Hayden
is a candidate to succeed Coun-
Gilman r. HI. Anderson, while
Chas. Haas has filed for Hunt
ington's job, as councilman at
large. The only elective office
for which there is no candidate
is city treasurer. 1t is thought,
however, that Treasurer j. L.
johnson will be a candidate.
The filings close Saturday
evening of this week and the
primary election will be held on
Tuesday, November 10, one
week later than the general
state and county election. The
city election will be held Dec
ember 8.
AS yet the local political sit
uation is very quiet and the ap-
proach of the closing day for fill
ings seemingly has excited but
little talk or interest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
sTRUBLE TALKS MONDAY
Secretary of Waterways Association
to be Guest at Luncheon
in Pasco

Wallace r. Struble Of Astoria
secretary of the Columbia &
Snake River Waterways asso-
citation, will be the guest of the
Chamber of Commerce next
Monday noon in Pasco. Mr..
Struble will address the meeting
on Astoria's plans for an indie
pendent steamer line to navi-
gate the Columbia as soon as
the Cello canal is completed
and will tell of the activities
and progress at the mouth of
the river for the accommoda-
tion of traffic. The Pasco
chamber has extended an invi-
tation to the business men of
Kennewick to be present.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
LOCAL GERMANS TO
AID EATHERLAND
Society Organized for the Pur-
pose of Aiding Red Cross of
Germany and Austria

For the purpose of aiding in
the red cross work and other
wise contributing to the success
and welfare of the Fatherland,
Kennewick's Germans met in
the Commercial club rooms on
Sunday afternoon and organized.
the Observation-Disclosures
Red Cross Society of Kennewick
with HI. J. Claussen chairman, S.
Feuchtwanger, secretary and HI.
A. Bier, treasurer. Contribui
tions to the red cross fund were
started off with subscriptions
amounting to $40.
There will be another meet
ing of the society next Wednes-
day evening in the commercial
club rooms for the purpose of
outlining more fully the plans
of the organization.
The action of the local Ger
mans is a part of the program
which is being carried out in all
parts of the United States. !
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
HANFORD DEPOSITS
To BLUFFS BANK
Amon-Janke Company Liqui-
dates and Discontinues Busi-
ness in Up-River Town

As a result of a meeting of
the owners of the two institu-
tions held in this city last Sat-
urday evening, the Amon-Janke
company will suspend banking
operations at Hanford and will
turn their deposits over to the
First Bank of White Bluffs.
This action is the outcome of
negotiations which have been
pending for some time and was
taken because the bankers did
not deem that business justified
the maintenance of two banking
institutions in the up-river coun-
try. :
The consolidation will give
that section one strong bank
with deposits of more than $40,-
600. The ownership, the direc-
torate nor the management of
the White Bluffs bank is not
changed by the deal. The stock
holding remains the same and
w. j. Kincaid will continue as
cashier and manager Of the bus
mess. j. B. Harvey, Jr., cash
ier of the Hanford bank will
continue to conduct an Office in
Hanford until the outstandings
can be called in and the COM
pany's business closed up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
FARMERS TO TALK
POLITICS FRIDAY
Discussion of Initiative Measure
at Special Meeting of High
land Club Next Week

The Highland farmers are
not too busy with pigs, chickens
and fruit trees to think of moth
ing else. Unlike many of the
business men they are not too
busy for politics. To the con-
trary they have decided to take
a little time off and devote one
evening to political questions.
For this purpose a special meet
ing of the Highlands Improve
ment club has been set for Fri
day evening, October Is, at
which time the initiative meas
ures which are to be submitted
to the voters at the November
election will be discussed.
Since the meeting was decid-
ed upon, prominent members of
the club have been equipping
themselves with arguments for
and against the measures and
some spirited debate is expected.
Special interest will center
around initiative measure No. 8
for statewide prohibition and
measure No. 13, the compulsory
eight-hour law. All voters of
the Highlands are invited to be
present.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
CHURCH ISSUES CALL

The Kennewick Congregations
al church has extended a call to
Rev. Knowles Tontz, of Canova,
S. D., to fill the vacancy in the
local pastorate. The Rev. Mr..
Tontz has not yet accepted the
call but is coming to Kennewick
to consider the offer. He will
preach in the local church at
both morning and evening SER
vic. S next Sunday. At the
morning service R. H. Zercher
will sing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
BERRIAN WEDS

A. F. Berrian sprung a pleas
ant surprise on his friends yes
terday when he was married to
Lalia L. Branner, of Seattle.
The ceremony was performed
at noon in the Methodist par
sonage with Rev. G. D. Rarey
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
rian left on the afternoon S., p.
& S. for their home at Berrian.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08

In spite of the disagreeable weather
Friday evening the reception for the
teachers of the Kennewick public
schools by the Epworth League was q
great success. After an address Of
welcome by Rev. c. D. Rarey, Mr..
Lewis responded acknowledging his
appreciation of the interest the young
people of the community have taken
in the public schools. VIM. Schuster
gave an interesting talk on the rela-
ton between the schools and the
young peoples societies. The male
quartet and Mr.. Briggs sang several
selections which were well received by
the audience. The rest Of the evening
was spent in games; and light re-
freshments were served before ad-
journment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08

AsVVAa SVUutOy
west. From that day to this, 1
have never for a moment chang
ed my mind nor been sorry that
Iscame.
Tough on q Tenderfoot
when / arrived in Kennewick
the second time, 1 was deter
mined to open a store if l had to
occupy a tent. That, however,
was not necessary, as I succeed
in renting the little store build
ing on Yakima street back of
the First National bank. This
done, / started to Portland for
my family. l shall never forget
that trip down the Columbia.
The North Bank road had been
in operation but a short time
and the train boarded, official
" known as the daylight ex-
press, had its equal only in the
jim-crow trains of the south.
Soon after pulling out, the en-
gine developed a hot box and /
thought we never would get out
of the sand and the heat. The
train stopped for dinner at a
sort Of make-shift of an eating
house out in the sagebrush. To
me, a thorough tenderfoot, the
experience was new and novel
and / know that train was slow
er than the slowest that ever
went through Arkansas.
Started with $500
after landing in Kennewick
and getting settled, we had just
$500 left to put into our busi-
ness. We had our doors open
but a few days when / was TAX
en- i'll and confined to my bed
with a long siege of typhoid fe-
yer. We lived for a time in the
rear. of the store but moved lat
er to Second street, just this
side of the canal bridge. On
the other side of the bridge
there was nothing but a sage
brush waste and / often said /
would not give more than 25
cents an acre for all the land be-
tween the canal and the Horse
Heaven hills. Today that land
is as valuable and as produc-
tive agricultural land as there
is in the state. The coyotes used
to come into town and prowl
around our chicken yard and
we were afraid to let our child
rem play across. the canal in the
evening for fear the coyotes
would get them. I just men
tion some of these things which
come to mind now, that you may
note the growth and progress
that has been made here in the
short period of six years and
that life then was anything but
rosy, especially to the eastern
greenhorn.
"But there has never been a
time that we have been in the
least discouraged. Our business
has grown steadily. Every
years business has shown a
substantial increase over the
year before. This has been
true even during the years of
general business depression.
Last year was the best we have
ever had, and so far this years
sales show substantial increase
over those for the same period
last year.
"At first we carried only dry
goods and ladies' clothing. We
soon added a mems and boys
department and we have been
steadily increasing our lines
and enlarging our stocks and our
store room to meet the demands
of an ever increasing trade.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08

Harry Hollaway this week pur-
chased the interest of Harry Breede
in the Pantorium and will conduct
the business alone in the future. Mr..
yBreede will remain in Kennewick
temporarily.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
HIS SUCCESS DUE TO ADVERTISING
Kennewick Merchant Says Couldn't Continue Business
Without N-Lynch Largest Buyer of Newspaper
Space in Benton County

space IN De
Last Thursday, October 1, S.
D. Lynch celebrated the sixth
anniversary of his business in
Kennewick- celebrated it by
taking little more than his us
ual advertising space in the local
newspaper. This method of cell
ebration is characteristic of the
man and the business.
When asked concerning some
of the interesting facts in con-
nection with his six years in bus
mess in Kennewick, Mr.. Lynch
said: "Next to being constantly
on the job, I regard our news
paper advertising as the biggest
factor that has contributed to
our success. We have adver-
tised persistently and consist
emily. We have studied our ad-
vertising and the results that
have come from it. We have
made good. The advertisement
and delivering the goods behind
the advertisement, has done it.
During the six years we have
been in business there have not
been more than four weeks that
we have not had from one quar-
ter to one half page in a Kenne-
wick newspaper. If we leave our
ad. out for just one week we can
notice the difference in our busi-
ness and I firmly believe that
were we to quit advertising we
would not be in business at the
end of six months. We have
built our business upon adver-
tising and it is indispensable to
our continued success as it is to
the maximum success Of any
business"
County's Best Advertiser
Although six years is but a
short time, Mr.. Lynch finds him
self, in point Of business, the old
est dry goods and clothing mer-
chant in the city, and has wealth
cred some of the real hardships
of the pioneer. Not only is Mr..
Lynch the pioneer newspaper
advertiser in Kennewick, having
been the first merchant to adj
vertise every week, to adopt a
name plate and a trade mark, to
make his advertising both at
tractive and convincing, and to
change his ad. every week, the
same ad. never having been run
two weeks any time during the
six years. He is also the largest
purchaser of newspaper adver-
tising space in Benton county.
The top of the last page of this
paper belongs to him. His ad.
there is as fixed as his store at
Second and Washington streets.
The readers have come to know
that every week Lynch will be
there in the same place with
something different from the
week before, something new and
something interesting.
In recalling his early days in
business, Mr.. Lynch said: :"When
we packed our household goods
and left the east, we knew only
one thing-we were coming
west. We didn't know where we
were going nor what we were
going to do when we got there,
nor did we know any more about
conditions in the west than we
know now of conditions in the
Philippine Islands. We landed
in Spokane and I Immediately
set out on a location hunting ex-
pedition through Washington
and Oregon. I made two trips
to Kennewick before locating
here. The first time / came there
was not a business building to
be had in the town. After Wis
iting other towns1 decided that
Kennewick, because of its geo.
-o~Iso~0 1@n4As4~> ~@--@I
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08

37.45 mills 1922 mills
Decrease outside city limits 1893 mills
Decrease inside city limits 1928 mills
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
Tax Levies

1913 1914
State 9.57 mills 7.SO mills
County 7.5S mills 5.OO mills
Road Dis. No. 8 600 mills 2.42 mills
City 14.3O mills 1000 mills
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08
Substantial Reductions Shown
in State, County, District
and City Rates
VALUATION is ABOUT
SAME AS LAST YEAR
Falling OF in County Valuations is
Made Up in Increase in Value of
Railroad and Telegraph Property

The popular demand for lower
taxes is being answered in Ben
ton county this year by a reduc-
tion in the consolidated state,
county, road district and city
tax rate of 1928 mills and a re-
duction of 1893 mills in the con-
solidated rate exclusive. of the
city levy. These reductions
will be somewhat increased as
the school district levy, which
has not yet been announced,
will show a slight reduction
over last year.
The valuation of the real pro-
perty in Benton county as fixed
by the county assessor shows a
decrease this year of more than
a million dollars but CORES
ponding increase in the valua-
tion of telegraph and railroad
property as fixed by the state
board brings the total assessed
valuation up to about the same
figure as before. The same is
true of the valuations in the
city, the total instead of show
ing falling off of several thou
sand dollars, as predicted, is a
little more than that of last
year. Last year the ratio of as
sessment as determined by the
state board was 37.45 per cent
of the actual valuation. This
year the ratio is 44.15 per cent.
In 1913, the valuation of the
county property as returned by
the assessor was $8,763, ,855,
and the railroad valuation. as
fixed by the state board was .$5,-
357, ,339, making total valua-
tion of $14,121,2 ,234. The 1914
valuations are: county property
$7,690,880; railroads, $6,417,-
1874; total, $14,O88,O44.
Last year with a state levy of
9.57 mills, the state tax amount
ed to $135, ,14O.22 and the coun-
ty levy of 7.58 mills raised $1O7-
O38.95, the total state and coun-
ty tax being $242,179.17. This
year the state levy is 7.80 mills
and the state tax $1O9, ,886.74; !;
county levy 5 mills, county tax
S7O,44O.22, total state and coun-
ty $18O,326.96. This is de-
crease in levies of 4.35 mills and
a decrease in taxes of $61852.21.
The road levy in District No.
3, in 1913 was 6 mills which
raised taxes amounting to $685.
I 3OO.29. The 1914 levy of 2.42
represents $12,O34.44 In taxes,
decrease of 3.58 in levy and of
$17,275.85 in taxes.
The taxable property in the
city of Kennewick, including
railroads, this year is valued at
$866,37O or slightly more than
the 1913 valuation of $865,341.
Tax Levies
1913 1914
State 9.57 mills 7.80 mills
County 7.5S mills 5.OO mills
Road Dis. No. 8 600 mills 2.42 mills
City 1870 mills 1000 mills
3745 mills 25.22 mills
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-08

The Breithaupt nurseries have
moved their stocks from the Meadow
brook Farm and the E. M. Sly place
and are now located in the Olmsted
addition. The nursery company has
purchased the Saltgaver residence
which will be their headquarters.
Evening star., 1914-08-16

on female party. No wonder she choked up it.
4If thought you just guying me- says she,
@I-Pd-"
Here's cable blank says 1. Frame up your call
to the Baron while state the case to Mr.. Steele"
He couldn't see it at all, j. Bayard couldn't. 4What!'
says he. @Waste all that money such a wretch
Why, the woman is unworthy of even the most
whats that got to do with it?' says l. @Pyramd
didn't put that in the bill of did he? Maybe
he had doubts about himself. And how would
qualify? How would you? Come, what's your battin
average, Steele in the worthy league?'
J. Bayard squrms little at that, and then lunches
his shoulders. 3Oh if you're going to put it that
says he, @go ahead But when she starts to be Baron
ess, I'd like to see her
you'll be there to hand her the tickets says |.
you'll get her ready. That's part of your job.
HE the point And, say, he did his work thorough
= more of Mrs. Shaw until nearly two weeks
LATER when Steele towed me down to the steamer.
(Which one?' says l. lookin at the crowd along the
rail. 1Ah, come off, That with the wells and the
stunnin' fgure-the wavin' this way? That amt
never Mrs. Fletcher Shaw
aThat's Josie" says he @And before the end of the
month she'll be the Baroness Won Blatzer. Changed?
Why, l hardly recognized her myself after her first
days shopping! She must have been quite beauty
once. But what wreck she when
aWhen she chased you with the broom, eh?' says
chucklin'. @And now you're chesty her as
though you'd been workin miracle. Just beamin for
joy you are!'
Il know says he aAnd really, McCabe, I've never
had hand in anything which has given me SO much
genuine pleasure. Tits weird, you know. ! can't
think what's happening to me-
3Maybe,' says |, @you're sproutn' a SOUL"
Evening star., 1914-08-16

@Do?r says she, her eyes brightenn'. 3Why, l
would-I- Ah what's the use. I'd make fool of
myself, of And inside Of ten days I'd be in
D. T. ward somewhere
aNo old home or folks that you could go back to?'
suggests.
She shakes her head aIts too late for go back
says She aToo late" She don't try be tragic don't
whine it out but just states it dull and fiat
"But most everyone has friend somewhere"
says l.
At first that don't make any impression at all. Then
all of sudden she sits up and gazes vague the top
of my head.
"Theres the Baron.' says she.
3The which?' says l.
@Von Blatzer," says she. 3Oh he's real Baron, all
right odd looking dried up little chap with wig
and painted eyebrows. Yet he's hardly sixty got to
know him at Atlantic City, where l had Board Walk
and lonesome he was; but after you got know him.
of the brightest jolest old buffers Our first talk
the end of of those long piers by moonlight
after that it regular thing. We'd walk up
and down like two kids, telling each other all about
ourselves. I'd stated my full opinion of Fletcher
Shaw to a soul before; but somehow old Won
friendly and sympathetic that cut loose. The Baron
ground his teeth it. He said that Fletcher should
have been caught young and shot from cannon. Good
old Won Blatzer Wanted me to go back to Vienna as
the Baroness Think of tine. But l was having
good season Besides didn't think could stand for
wig. didn't know how much was going to miss HIM.
3You wouldn't shy at the wig now, eh?' says |.
@Would I?' says she. Honest liked Won Blatzer,
for all his freakv WAYS He was human, he was, and
we understood each other. He'll be at Monte Carlo
now. Roulette, you know That's all he lives for.
Plays system. Nice little income he has; not big,
Evening star., 1914-08-16

but comfortable And during the he feeds it all
into the wheel Someone ought to him of that
think you could, l expect?" says |. @But how
about you and the juniper juice?'
@Oh, l could quit that easy if there anything
else to do says She @But there isn't
aThen here's proposition says l. aYou query
him by cable to see if he's changed his mind; and if
he's still candidate for matrimony-wel guess Mr..
Steele will see that you get to the Baron"
3You-you that2' says she gaspy.
3Uh-huh,' says l. ats up to YOU
3But-but i Why, look at mel says she.
1.-TWO weeks the water wagon, few visits to the
beauty parlors, and outfit of tango skirts ought to
make diff renee hadn't t?7 says |. 3Those items
would be included. What do you say?'
expect it good deal of proposition to spring
Evening star., 1914-08-16

@That's so,' says Steele. @Wel, suppose we give
her fifty or so, and ship her off.
4Thats kind of small, considern the pile got to
draw on, amt t?' says l. 4And it strikes me that
since Pyramid put her name down he meant Let's
see if there amt something special she wants.
SAY" sings out Mrs. Shaw, 3what about that will
- business? If it old Gordon, l suppose he
wouldn't leave me much. He had call to-
aAbout what would you expect, now?' says |, as
we drifts back to her.
She squnts foxy at us for minute 3After all this
fuss" says she 3it ought to be three hundred
maybe five. No, thousand
@Huh!' says l. "A thousand! Got your nerve with
you amt youe But suppose it was that much, what
would you do with it?'
Evening star., 1914-08-16

carnation in his buttonhole. You should have
the smile come off his face, though, when he
what's occupyn my desk chair. He'd have done
sneak back through the door too if hadn't blocked
him off
STEADY there, ]. Bayard!' says I. 3On the job,
now!'
4But-but this isn't Josie Vernon says he. @It's
that Mrs"
4One and the same, says |. 3The lady says SO her
self. She's proved it too
Il had you sized up police spotter' puts in Mrs.
Shaw, 4trying to get me for palm reading. Thought
YOU might have run across one Of my cards. Josie
Vernons the l on them. Sorry if | was too
free with the broom
Il was merely returning to tell you, Madam says
Steele "that had discovered you to be impostor
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

TO the Voters of the 2SFd Judicfa
District Of Kansas:
am candidate for nomination for
the Office of Judge OF the District
Court Of the 23-d Judicial District of
the State of Kansas, subject TO the
primary election co be held on the first
Tuesday in August. A. D. 1914. Under
the nor-parnsan judiciary law I res
pec.fully solicit the support of all
voters HARRY LEWIS PESTANA.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07
FOR SALE

have FIVE good milk cows
for sale. Some fresh and the
others coming fresh soon.
FRANK KING. Hays