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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
REAL DANGER TO
THE INITIATIVE
The Friends of the Principle
Opposing Its Misuse and
Abuse.

Very many voters in Washington
who favor the initiative principle are
against nearly all Of the measures pro-
posed this year. They believe 1t is
being abused. and say they can. see
the end OF the initiative idea In Wash
ington.
They know that II IL being used for
legislation that is not necessary; for
legislation directed unfairly toward
the industries. of the state, and at the
taxpayers In increased taxation.
1t may be well to remember that
only 110,110 people voted for the ini-
tiative amendment to the constitution.
Against it were $4,000, and Indifferent
to 1t we're $4,000 voters. No one can
say that a majority in Washington ia
vored Initiative and Referendum. and
1t may safely be predicted that vast
majority Of the voters Of Washington
are unalterably opposed to its use for
the destruction Of industries, the in.
crease Of taxation, or as q means Of
getting even" with political parties
or business concerns.
Ten per cent of the voters may ini-
tiate measure which is just 2k per
cent Of the people. A majority of one
third Of the voters, or AZ per cent of
the people can enact laws. Added to
this is the fact that the Governors
veto power was removed by the consti-
tutional amendment and every meas
ure SO passed-good, bad, or indiffer-
ent-must remain in force two years
as legislative action is also prohibited
by the constitutional amendment for
four years.
This plain statement Of actual facts
and figures should cause the real
friends of the initiative principle to
hesitate and ponder, and vote against
oil measures that are unfair to either
labor or property. Reduced earning
power is tax on labor; increased tax
alton is burden on property, and add
ed cost of production is a tax upon the
living OF every man and woman.
The real friends of the initiative
principle are now demanding that the
law be protected from those who
would use 1t as a club against bust
ness and industry. Like every other
new piece Of governmental machinery,
1t is not fool proof and unless 1t can
be made 80 by the people Of Washing
ton who want fair play and decent
taxes 1t will be discarded. The right
way to protect It is to vote down ev-
cry unworthy and tax-eating measure.
The initiative principle was never
intended for the base use to which 1t
Is now being put. Its friends should
be careful.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
THE TWO HEIeHBoRs.

One Of Them Gives His Version OF the
Condition Of Affairs.
Ny neighbor owns q dog that begins
barking at 1890 o'clock at night my
retiring hour. and continues until re-
lieved by the rooster at 4:30 In the
morning. And every morning my
neighbor greets me with the words,
Amt these 6ne nights for sleepingT
Ny neighbor harbors the aforesaid
bird of dawning. This fowl Is one Of
q flock Of twenty-seven feathered bi.
peds Of both sexes. There were twen-
ty-nine in the fock originally, but I
privately murdered and ate two OF
them. These chickens scratch In my
garden from March to Nov. 80. make
q board walk Of my veranda every day
It doesn't snow. roost on my grape ar
Dor and make themselves at home gen.
orally. Neighbor says. there's nothin'
I like better n workin' with chickens.
don't your"
Ny neighbor had Eve offspring
four boys and one In dresses yet
These amuse themselves by climbing
my fruit trees. breaking my fence.
stoning my aunt's white cat playing
Olympic games on my lawn. etc.
Neighbor says: Don't you Jest can't
keep from lovin' toddlers like them
there7 Whatd the world be without
childrenw
My neighbcr owns a phonograph,
1895 model. It has six records-"Wash-
ington Post" "Shall We Gather at the
RiverY' "Annie Rooney" "Listen to
the Mocking Bird"-that's four. and
you wouldn't believe the other two.
He plays the machine only on hot
nights, when the windows are open.
MY neighbor says: "Ain't II wonder
full invention? It's sure the marvel OF
the age. never get tired listening
to It, do you7"
Ny neighbor has borrowed In the
last six months my jackplane, my boot
jack, my box Of liver pills. my razor,
my Bible. my ice cream freezer. six
bars Of soap and other articles. He has
never returned any Of them. Neighbor
says, 81 believe in being neighborly.
don't your"
Now I'm in q quandary. and this II
what I'm Quandering about: I don't
want to be crouch, but I'm at the
limit Of endurance. ! am about to
have revenge on my neighbor-Tm go
ing to sell out and move away. Do you
think I would be acting unchristianly
In 90 doing? Give me word Of adj
vice.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15

ly to, do II we had to pay SO per. cent
extra for the work 30 done. 1t II ne
cessary for 10. to, market Our product
in competition With, the East and
therefore. there is q limit to- the cost
Of production. We are buying all our
raw material at az low prices as East.
ern houses. but our labor costs more. /"
2 Mr.. George Ker Manager Mckee
Company, supt. 1000 aero; farm Yaki-
ma County: ut would be a. physical
impossibility to- operate our farms
and make It pay anything under the
Eight-Hour Law. This law does not
and cannot be made to tit the condi.
tons Of farm management. Irrigators,
for instance, work IL hours day. The
labor is not hard but requires special
knowledge and experience. Many of
these men have been with us from IL
to II years and one man since 1885.
An unframed man cannot be put ON
this job and II we had to double our
forces Of irrigators, 1t would be impos-
sible to obtain experienced and COM
petent men. Hop pickers who work
on piece basis would not be induced
to harvest hops with only eight hours
work."
Mr.. Stanley Coffin. Sheep Grower
and former Secretary Of the Washing-
ton Wool Growers Assn: THE Eight
Hour Law which will appear on the
ballot in November as Initiative
Measure No. Is, II enacted into law
will put an end to sheep raising on Al
extensive scale In this state and throw
hundreds Of men out of employment,
as well as destroy thousands of dol.
lars of invested capital"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
COST OF FEEDING
STOCK PRoHIB|T|VE
4 Cattleman Tells What the
Eight Hour Law Will Do to
His Industry.

THE impracticability of the eight
hour law, as proposed by Initiative
Measure No. Is, is probably illustrated
most clearly by its application to the
cattle business" said Jas. ]. Wiley.
President Of the Rainier Cattle Graz
ing Association, an organization OF
about 100 cattle men Of the Yakima
country.
I'm many of our operations 1t would
be impossible to comply with the pro-
visions Of the law, but we would be
subject to the penalties just the same
as no exceptions are made to tit the
various conditions of the different in
dustries and occupations.
For instance we could not supply
extra crews for the three eight-hour
shifts during day while our stock 10
being driven from one grazing location
to another. Our outfits are hired for
q season and paid by the month. The
men are always on the job. Often for
several days at time they have prac-
tically nothing to do even though on
duty, while at times they have to work
from is to "a hours without rest.
During the winter season the cattle
are placed in feeding lots and one man
will feed herd. working actively at
feeding times in the morning and
evening and taking things easy during
the middle of the day, but technically
employed all Of the time. This work
IL not severe and does not overtax the
endurance OF the employee, but 1t re-
quires that he be always on hand
throughout every day Of the winter
season. This law would require four
men to do the work of one. Two for
each week day and two more for Sum
day. This would make the cost OF
feeding prohibitive.
1.-The law lacks common sense in its
failure to consider and provide for diff
ferent conditions In different kinds Of
employment and can result only in
harm to employers and employees
alike. The cattle men will vote
against 1t to man."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
Gentleman.

Gentleman b from the French gen
tilhomme" and means one who belongs
to the gems, or stock. In old Roman
law gens-men. or gentlemen, were
those only who had a family name.
were born Of free parents, had no slave
In their ancestral line and had never
been degraded to . lower rank
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
The Question Is:

Shall liquor made in Washington be sold under
police regulations and public observation to grown
people by licensed dealers or shall liquor made out
side of this state be sold in secret haunts by boot
leggers to persons of all ages?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
Ancient Arnor.

In 1913 battle was fought near Nj
han. In Italy. and % perfect Was the
armor OF both armies that although
the conflict ragged from 9 .. N. to 4
p. M. no one on either side was either
killed or wounded. though one man
broke bis collar bone By falling OF bic
horSe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
Thirty-Six Quarts Of
WhiSkey q Year!

That is what every person of legal age can
purchase legally under the proposed prohibition law
aside from all he or she buy illegally from the
blind pigs and boot-leggers or from professional
whiskey smugglers.
QUARTS OF WHISKEY!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
pissnehantsd.

Oioenchantod.
"Do you believe in the superhu.
manr'
II used to. but don't any more"
"Why?'
II married him."-Exchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
enolish Walnuts.

Enslist sWalnuts. e.
The % called English walnut b q.
most exclusively the product Of
France. whence this country imports
from 15fbO.0OO to 26OO0.0o0 pounds
annually.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18

is more applause in the cafes for the
classic music than for the novelties,
The other evening l observed to a
member of our party that In city OF
SO much music. with big orchestras
In so many places, scores of them In
GLIDING hundreds of performers, the
business of musician must be a good
one.
1T would be-" he replied, but for
the fact that there are too many must
Clans"
So great is the demand for music
here that young musicians come to
Brussels from long distances-even
from Kansas and Wisconsin. There is
here located one Of the finest conser-
vatories in Europe, and the product of
finished instrumentalists and vocalists
is large. The average pay for a good
performer in a large cafe orchestra,
am told, is about 81 day. with more
for solotsts.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18

N previous letter l mentioned
the blend found here Of the Teu-
tonic and Gallo types. In no
other respect is it SO plainly man
tested as in the matter Of the pop
ular amusements. OF theaters there
are many, doing all sorts of things
dramatic. OF "cinemas," or motion
picture shows, there are scores, all
crowded. There Is grand opera of
hrst class, producing the best of
classic works, at remarkably low
prices. Think of getting six seats In
the orchestra at an American high
grade operate performance, equal, &C
cording to many critics, to the Met
ropolitan In New York, for $7.20-and
practically the best in the house. Yet
that is possible here, writes G.. A.
Lyons, Jr., for the Washington Star.
With the exception of the opera
house, which stands alone on a con-
veniently shaped and located square,
with wide plaza In front of 1t, the
Heaters are almost without excep-
ton Insignificant In external appear
mce. Several of them are located
With their entrances in the galleries"
or arcades, in which the center of the
business section of Brussels abounds.
The ''cinemas' are everywhere, with
surprising expanses of seating space
when one has passed the doors.
attended one last evening with an en-
trance about fifteen feet In width.
Within it proved to be a vast hall,
capable Of seating fully 5000 people,
with two galleries. An orchestra of
20 pieces rendered the finest of music
in artistic manner, while a stupen-
1ously elaborate movie" story Of
French medieval melodramatics was
put on the screen.
Must Buy Something.
These people were seated most in
geniously in a manner to permit ex-
pert walters to move about and take
orders-and cash. When the stranger
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
"TInu-a-llnu,u Saws Base

With the kindest Of motives and in
behalf OF the poor umpire of a base,
ball game, Stephen H. Willis has in
vented base which will give an alarm
or signal when runner reaches or
touches it, thus avoiding the dispute
which now commonly takes place be-
tween the runner, the umpire and 9TH
or members Of the team as to whether
or not the runner reached first base
before the baseman caught the ball.
This is accomplished by having the
baseplate or bag hinged and raised at
one edge by spring. When the rum
ner touches the base it is depressed,
making an electrical contact which
bounds the alarm or raises the signal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
Traffic in Park Goldfish,

Molesting the goldfish in the lakes
in Central park is no trifiing offense,
as eight youngsters. taken to the jul
venile court, have learned. In each
case fine of 81 was imposed. The
lads were from the East side.
Park employees learned recently of a
traffic in park goldfish. 1t was found
that one boy had captured and sold
$1.95 worth in the park The lad had
placed them in bottles as he got them
and then sold them at bargain prices
to park visitors. Police Commission
er Woods was informed, and detailed
some extra men around the Harlem
lake.
The cops captured nine of the
young anglers. All had lines with bent
pins attached to the end, with a piece
of cotton for bait. The goldfish, in
greater numbers this year than ever
known before, rose to the cotton bait
and were soon in captivity.-New York
Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
Can't Abide Him. BUT

AT home In England" said visi-
tor, where the census shows that
women are more than a million in
the majority, a girl from the rank
and file who receives and accepts a
tolerable offer of marriage is thought
by her relatives to have scored.
remember story a friend told me of
an old servant of hers in the country,
who described the advantages of her
daughters recent marriage The hus-
band was fairly prosperous man in
the building trade; they had a COM
Portable house and garden, having no
rent to pay, a maid to do her house.
work, a drive on Sundays when the
horse was not needed for business
purposes, and, above all, the certainty
Of provision for the future.
It's unlucky," she concluded,
that Mary can't abide the man; but,
as says to her, ma'am, there would
always be some drawback, whatever
man you married."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
Evaporation and Stream Flow.

An investigation of evaporation and
stream flow is being carried out by
Prof. John F. Hayford of Northwest
ern university with the aid of grant
from the Carnegie institution. Instead
of using apparatus on small scale to
measure evaporation, Professor Hay
ford proposes to consider each of the
great lakes In turn as an evaporation
pan, evaluate the income, outgo (other
than evaporation) and change Of con-
tent OF the lake, and from these data
to determine the daily evaporation in
Its relation to meteorological condi-
lions. Ultimately the knowledge thus
acquired will be applied to study Of
the laws of stream flow In the United
States--Scientific American.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
Thirteenth-century Fire Prevention,

One wonders what fate would have
overtaken the captured starter of fires
In Internationally London. For af-
ter the blaze of 1912, which lasted ten
days, swallowed up part of London
bridge, and was the cause of over /, 900
deaths, every precaution was taken
against fires. For instance, all build
ers of houses were ordered to roof
them with tiles, single boards. or
lead, and to stop an outbreak any
house could be pulled down. Thus,
Mr. H. B. Wheatley on the safeguards:
For the speedy removal of burning
houses each ward was to provide a
strong iron hook with o wooden ham
die, two chains, and two strong cords,
which We're to be left with the bedel
Of the ward, who was also provided
with a good horn loudly sounding +"
And. moreover, every householder was
ordered to keep barrel of water be-
fore his door.-London Chronicle,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18

pays his entrance fee of, say, 80 CEN
times (six cents), or In some cases 30
centimes (ten cents), he thinks he has
gained the freedom of the house. Not
so. AS soon as he Is seated gentle
manly waiter quietly asks him what
he wishes. He probably wishes moth
ing and so declares. whereupon the
gentlemanly waiter, assures him, with
an air of instructing young child
in the ways of righteousness, that 1t
is obligation" pronounced insinua-
tingly, and thereupon 1t becomes the
stranger to order something. a cup Of
coffee-which will be surprisingly
good and reasonable-or something
stronger And 80 he pays twice. his
whole entrance fec being perhaps 10
cents or possibly 20.
But he gets good value for the money.
He sees a flrst-class movie and he
hears an orchestra concert of high or
der. Incidentally he can observe
around him the Belgian public enjoy
ing itself, with here the gravity OF the
Holland type and there the efrerves-
cence of the French type. Many Of
the people are drinking beer. others
are drinking aperitifs, many coffee and
some are enjoying lemonade. There
is no disorder, and even the joyous
Gallo laughter that breaks out be-
tween the reels" when the lights are
turned on Is decorous.
Music appeals strongly to the Bel
gian soul, and here the two types meet
on common ground. The other eve
ming we attended Concert Artist
que" In an establishment which is
known by that name alone. The room
was comparatively small, holding at
capacity perhaps 800 or 1000 people.
No admission was charged, the place
being supported by the sales of drink
ables of all kinds at a reasonable scale
of prices. Here, too, the coffee was
good.
The musical program was strictly
classic, rendered by an orchestra of
about twelve violins and cellos, with
two reeds. a piano and a leader-or-
ganist. A few vocal numbers were in
terspersed with the instrumental selec-
lions, not of a particularly high order
of merit, however. Not many people
were present, that being Friday night,
when the majority Of Brussels folks
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18

are saving their cash for their big Sat
urday and Sunday night diversions.
On Sunday night l was told, this
place is always packed to the doors,
with people waiting for chances to
get places at the long. narrow tables
running lengthwise of the hall.
In this place it is customary, II en-
tering early, at the beginning of the
program, to give at least two orders
during the evening II one enters at
$3.50 o'clock or thereabouts the waiter
is content with one order.
Play Games In Cafes.
In practically all the cafes-wfth
the exception 80 far as I have OBJ
served of that which have just men
toned-it is customary for the guests
to play cards, dominoes or chess. The
other evening in the Metropole, which
is one of the largest, counted not
less than Is chess games in prog
ress from where sat In a corner The
room was packed Walters were NOV
ing about swiftly, filling orders for
food and drink, and there were prob
ably in all couple of hundred games
of all kinds in progress-without
stakes-and the most delicate pas
sages of the finest of orchestral music
were audible at the farthest part of
the great hall. At the close Of Sc
lection the eaters and drinkers APP
plaud. Even the chess players rouse
themselves from their intense alb
straction to express their subcon-
scious appreciation of "Rigollete" or
Faust or "Mignon" or Madam But
terf1y."
In passing 1t is just to say that the
Brussels orchestras play ''ragtime," but
1t is always done in an artistic man.
ner. They do not descend to the
grotesQue devices of their transatlan-
tic musical brethren to distort ca
dences and express the gasping synco-
pations of the later school of music.
And 1t is also just to say that there
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18

It is now known that the germs of blood
disorders are found In the minute spaces o,
the tissue fibres. They can be seen only
through a powerful microscope. And 1t Is
In these spaces that S. S. s. goes to worl
rapidly, effectively and with wonderful!
noticeable results.
This famous blood purifier contains me
dicinal components vital and essential to
healthy blood.
There is one ingredient In s. s. s. which
serves the active purpose of stimulating
each cellular part of the body to the
essential nutrlment. That Is why it re.
generates the blood supply; why 1t has
such a tremendous influence In overcoming
eczema, rash, pimples, all skin affections
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
RESINOL CLEARS
PIMPLY, BLOTCHY SKINS

Pimples and blackheads disappear,
red, rough, ugly compilations become
clean, clear, and velvety, and hair
health and beauty are promoted by the
regular use of resinol soap and an
occasional application of resinol oint.
ment. These soothing, healing prepa-
rations do their work easily, quickly
and at little cost, even when the most
expensive cosmetics and complicated
beauty treatments" fail
Resinol soap and resipol ointment
heal eczema, letter ringworm, psoria,
sis and other skin eruptions, stop itch
ing instantly, and are most valuable
for sunburn, insect bites, sores, burns,
boils, piles, etc. Sold by all druggists.
ADV.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18

weight, thin pale cheeks, and that weari-
ness Of muscle and nerve that Is generally
experienced by all sufferers with poisoned
blood
Get a bottle of s. s. S. at any drug
store, and in few days you will not only
feel bright, and energetic, but you will be
the picture Of new life.
S. s. S. is prepared only in the laboras
tory of the Swift Specific Co., 221 SWIFT
Bldg, Atlanta Ca, who maintain a very
efficient Medical Department, where all who
have any blood disorder of stubborn
nature may write freely for advice.
s. s. s. Is sold everywhere by all drug
stores.
Beware of all attempts to sell you some
thing "Just as good" Insist upon S. s. 8.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-18
AUTOMATIC LAMP ON STAIRS
Arrangement Gives Late-comer Ample
Time to Ascend Stairway Before
Lights Are Extinguished.

In Europe many of the apartment
houses are provided with automatic
stair lamps which can be lighted by
the touch of a button at the bottom or
top of the stairs. The lamps burn for
two or three minutes, automatically
eXtinguishing themselves at the end OF
this period, says Electrical World.
This arrangement gives the late-comer
ample time to ascend the stairway
lighting each flight successfully if
there are severaD and 1t has the ad-
vantage of saving the all-night use of
lamps.
Such scheme would, however, be
less adaptable to American practise
because most cities here have ordi-
nances requiring landlords to operate
hall lamps all night long. On the scale
of other costs, also, electrical energy
is cheaper in this country than abroad
so that less need exists for economic
ing in current. Automatic switches
used in Germany extinguish the lamps
at the end of two or three minutes aft
err the tenant has had time to reach
his apartment If entering, or to pass
through the street door II leaving the
building. The controlling push buttons
are conveniently placed at each door.