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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Molasses For Shoes.

Shipping Louisiana molasses into
New England by the hogshead and
sending the same hogshead back south
again with shoes were incidents of the
shoe trade of Avon years ago. 1t was
back in 1910. when the present town
of Avon was East Stoughton. that two
brothers were in company manufac-
turing shoes and as side line ran a
grocery and general store in spot
where now stands the postoffice build
ing. One of the brothers went south
and located in New Orleans in the
grocery business. leaving his brother
here to manufacture shoes and boots,
according to E. Dexter Littlefeld. The
brother who was in the South would
ship a hogshead of molasses to his
brother in Avon and as soon as the
hogshead was empty it would be clean
ed and would be filed with boots for
the southern trade This practice was
kept up for years, and in this way a
good trade was built up for Avon foot
wear.-BOston Globe.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Five Daily Calls to Prayer.

At sunrise the light sleepers are
awakened by the long. mellow cry OF
the muczzin from his tower:
God is great.
| testify that there is no God but God!
| testify that Mohammed is the prophet
of Cod
Come to prayer!
Come to salvation!
Prayer is better than sleep!
God is most great
There is 70 God but God.
AS one hears five times each day
from the minarets of the mosques of
Cairo this summons to prayer. as one
beholds the faithful reverently bowling
their bodies in their shops or in the
public highways. one readily perceives
that in Cairo he is near the heart of
the Moslem world. These prayers oc-
cur at sunrise, midday. $3.50 in the aft
ernoon, at sunset and an hour and
half after sunset The faithful must
attend their prayers with bows and
prostrations to show perfect devotion.
Clayton Cooper's 1.-The Man Of
Egypt"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
HIS VOICE HYPNOTIzES cow,

Lowing So Realistic They Follow Hin
While Grunts Likewise Affect Pigss
This is on the authority Of the Lon
don Mirror:
In the middle of field at a Finchle{
farm few days ago man wearin6
a top hat and frock coat stood and in'
itated the lowing of a cow. Immed
ately from all parts of the field
ran toward him. So realist1cpIn FACE
was the lowing that theseows wenf
right up to him andaNBen followed him
around the. 6etd
Inc author of this deception was Carl
Lynn. who has made the imitatinSUk
animals life study. Mr.. Lynn gave q
further demonstration OF his accom-
plishments by grunting to some pigs.
On hearing the sound the pigs at once
scampered out of the sly and gathered
round Mr.. Lynn. He said:
Il have been initiating animals since
childhood, and there are very few
whose calls ! have not mastered. One
time when | was initiating the growl
OF lion before one of the species the
animal broke out Of its cage. On an
other occasion l was playing golf with
a friend in the Isle Of Man when no.
tced some cows near by.
II made the sound of lowing and rho
cows all ran On to the course lust as
my friend was about to make a stroke
He was so frightened that he dronnad
his stick"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Arms and the Child.

Girl scouts exist in Germany also.
Instead of camp fire girls they call
them something that sounds like a
mixture of Fenimore Cooper and musi-
cal comedy-Pathfinder is the lit
eral translation Apparently. too, they
go in for being military with true Ger
man thorOughness. One reads how a
head game warden presented himself
at the shop of dealer in firearms in
Berlin and desired to purchase re-
volver. "A revolverp' said the dealer.
I'm sorry, sir. but I've just sold the
last gross of revolvers in the shop to
the POtsdam battalion of girl scouts."-
New York Post.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
PLAYING the Piano,

Millions OF people play the piano.
Few people listen to them. Why is
that? Let me remind you of a little
story. One summer Joseph jefferson.
the dearly beloved old actor, spent a
part of his holiday near a lonely little
village Early on Sunday morning he
met the clergyman of the place.
Church and stage instantly became
friendly and jefferson was asked
whether he would care to read a part
of the service. He consented to read
the Lords Prayer, After the service
the white haired clergyman shook his
hand. Tears We're in his eyes as he
said. "Ah. Mr.. jefferson, you ought to
have entered the church, "Why 2"
asked the great actor. Because what
you read sinks into the hearts Of your
hearers. thought l had never heard
the Lords Prayer before, you read it
SO beautifully" WELL" said the mod
est old actor. you know, don't you.
that hardly one person in a million is
ever rightly taught to read"
Similarly. few people are ever right
ly taught to play. That is why. per-
haps. SO few care to listen to the av.
erage player.-Woman's World
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Improvement Committee viii
Distribute Many Bushels to
the Farmers of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
ALL TO BE RETESTED SEED
Plan Worked Out to Supply Farmers
With Two-Pound Samples Provided
q Record Is Kept and
Report Made of Results
When Harvested.

The Improvement committee of Spo-
kane in charge of the agricultural
follow-up work in cooperation with
the people of the Northwest have pur-
chased large quantity of the best
homegrown seed corn obtainable to
suit as near as possible the conditions
OF the Northwest.
These samples will be furnished in
two-pound packages upon application
to the committee. A report blank will
accompany each package of corn, In
order that report may be kept of the
results obtained.
Every farmer who receives sample
Is requested to fill out the report and
return it to the committee at harvest
time. A charge of 25 cents will be
made for each sample Of corn in or
der to cover the cost of packing and
chipping.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
ALFALFA WEEK FOR OREGON
State Superintendent of Public In
structIon of Oregon, J. A. Churchill,
Names March 9th to 18th as "AI-
faIfa Week" In Oreson-A
Good Thing.

Alfalfa growing Ia of such impor-
lance, not only to the livestock in
terests Of the country, but also in Its
relation to the maintenance and up
building of soil fertility, that the en-
tire second week of March has been
designated as Alfalfa Week. Every
school in Oregon, including the one
high schools of the cities, will be
asked to observe the week through
placing special emphasis in the Ian
guage work on the subject of alfalfa
growing. Bulletins of the Oregon Ag-
rfcultural College and of the Holden
improvement Committee, which give
valuable information on the growing
of alfalfa, will be distributed among
the schools. In the lower grades, this
work will take the form of story tell
Ing on the part of the teachers and
oral reproduction by the pupils. In
composition work of the week will be
on the subject of alfalfa, and will BE-
based upon Information gathered from
bulletins, magazines. agricultural jour
mails and observation on the part OF
the pupils. In these grades the Hol-
den seed corn tester will also be
placed in the hands Of the pupils and
the results of their corn testing will
be embodied on written reports which
Will be accepted by the teachers in
lieu of other composition work during
that week
Boys and girls Industrial clubs
are being organized throughout the
state, whose work will include ten
projects viz: Poultry raising, sewing,
pig feeding, gardening. dairy records
and manual arts. Next year it is
planned to add the eleventh project,
which will be alfalfa growing"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Bird Ballast Storm Sign.

"What is all that great crowd of
crows doing?" we asked the aged
lighthouse keeper.
Them crows there" the old man an
swered, lis takin' on ballast-a sign of
storm"
The beach. white in the winter sun
shine. was covered with crows. They
seemed to be feeding busily.
mo; they amt feedin'," said the
keeper. They're swallerin' sand; bal
last. you know-ballast for the high
winds that are comm. Yep. a storm
is doo."
The crows rose. a trifle heavily, and
flew back inland again. Soon. how
ever. fresh lot made second great
black blot on the white beach.
Yep. thems my barometer" said
the old keeper; crows swallerin' sand
for ballast-a sign storm is doo."-
New York Tribune.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Proud of His infamy.

When the Volturno burned in mid
ocean a few of the men rushed The
boats and were knocked down by the
captain. What becomes Of such mer
in after days? Do they hide in shame
from their fellows, fearful that they
may be recognized and their infamy
proclaimed? Not necessarily. A pub
lie librarian was once visited by man
who came to him for book on nota BILE
shipwrecks. He searched the pages ca
gerly. then pointed out passage re-
ferring to seaman who tried to take
woman's place in lifeboat and had
been shot by the captain. I'm that
man." be declared. proud that his ex'
plot should appear in print, and offer.
ed to show the shot wound to support
his claim.-ChicagO News.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
BELIEVES IN CAMPAIGN
State Superintendent of Public In.
struction of Washington, Josephine
Preston, Offers to Assist-Wiil
Support the FolIow-Up Plan
March 9th to 18th Is
"AIfajfa Week"

1--WE are greatly pleased that the
Inland Empire Alfalfa Campaign COW
cred such a large part of Washing
ton, but it gives us far greater pleas
ure to know that the follow-up work
is to be Pacific northwest-wide. Re-
c1procal educational cooperation in
Washington, Idaho and Oregon Is one
of the basic principles of professional
success.
I'VE believe the work of the Holden
Improvement Committee has in it the
elements:
1st. OF training the whole child.
End. Teaching in terms of the
child's life.
3rd. Teaching the child to think in
terms of action.
Our state always welcomes such
laudable efforts. The desire of the
committee to cooperate in the work
of the Boys and Girls Clubs is COM
mendable.
Under date of June 9, 1913, wrote
Prof p G. Holden, I am working on
plan of community center organize
ton in this state, which I hope win
make 1t possible to reach more people
in the smaller centers than we have
ever been able to reach before
TT is very encouraging that the
efforts of the Holden improvement
Committee are entirely in accord with
the above. For these reasons, the
state superintendent Office extends
most heartily their endorsement and
support Of the committees plan Of
follow-up work"
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FARMERS UNION co-oPERArEs
President L. c. Crow Endorses the
Plan and Will Assist In Carrying
on the Work.

In the recent campaign for Alfalfa
on Every Farm" it was my pleasure
to cooperate. Several dars were
spent with the crew on that work.
Much of the territory covered by the
train has been seen since that time.
My observations lead to the conclu-
sion that an immense amount of good
was accomplished along the line of an
intensified interest in the principles
and practice Of diversified system Of
farming. The Farmers Union, a we'll
established organization, welcomes
any movement having such a purpose.
The Holden Improvement committee
was organized to follow-up and en-
phasize the work already accomplish
Cd.
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A GREAT MOVEMENT
Farmers Educational and co-Opera.
tive Union Of America Department
Of Oregon and Southern Idaho VIII
Help.
What J. D. Brown says:

No one acquainted with farming
conditions in the Pacific northwest
can fail to appreciate the value of the
movement the Holden Improvement
committee has inaugurated.
1t Is observant that our crop meth
DDS Of farming do not contribute to
the financial. social or intellectual
upbuilding of community. The man
who depends upon single produc-
ton for his living and income will
more often be disappointed In his an
nual return than otherwise and the
continuous following of the one crop
idea seems to disqualify him to under
stand the broader and more useful,
more Independent and more remuner-
alive methods Of diversified farming.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
When the Full Moon Liqhts Sahara

When the Full Moon Lights Sahara.
The following description OF the
Egyptian full moon is quoted from at
Happened In Egypt"
"The stars spoke to us as we walked
soft footed through the sand, and the
pure wind of the desert spoke other
words Of the same language-the lam
guage of the universe and of nature.
Here and there yellow lights in a dis
tant camp flashed out like frefies; far
away across the billowing sands rocks
bleached like bone gave an effect of
surf on an unseen shore; now and then
a silent, swift moving Arab stealing
out of shadow might have been the
white woman who haunts the sphinx
hurrying to fatal tryst, and the great
pyramid seemed to float between des-
ert sand and cloudless sky like the
golden palace Of Aladdin being trans
ported through air by the genie of the
lamp. There never was such gold as
this gold of sand and pyramids under
the moonv'
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
"ALFALFA WEEK" o. K,

An Alfalfa week, March 9th to 18TH.
has been set in the schools, and In
to be thoroughly commended. The
amount of attention on the part of the
pupils to the study of alfalfa, the clio
vers, peas, beans, vetches, ETC., their
food value and their relation to soil
fertility Is sure to produce an interest
In the general question of conserva,
ton and more rational attitude
toward agriculture and agricultural
problems. 1t will make for better cfti-
zenship by calling attention to the
welfare of the race rather than the
welfare of self
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
How Little Can a Woman a..

mo woman can live properly and no
SELF sustaining ON wage of SIS or Sc
or even 81 a week." declares Leuten-
ant Governor Wagner of New~For,-
chairman of the state factesy investi'
CATION commission. in report to tbe
legislature recommending bettor nar
for employees of confectionorr paS
per box industries. In Greater NJ
York girl confectionery worka-. view
eralfy~get S. week. and in tha gen
oox Industry the majority ~ paper
workers are rated under az ko women
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
From Many, One.

This is our most valuable fowl
said the amateur hen farmer
IA fine bird" remarked the visitor,
trying to look wise.
Yes, indeed. We have named her
e Pluribus Unum."
"Why the name" the visitor ques-
toned
"She came from the only egg that
Matched Of fifty In the incubator"
New York Times.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
A Sunny Disposition.

Willie-Paw. what is a sunny dispo-
sition? Paw That is something
which is possessed by a man who
points out the silver lining in the cloud
and then borrows your umbrella be-
fore it starts to rain. my son.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Wolfhound and GazeIle

The swiftest dog in the world, the
Russian wolfhound. has made record
runs that show twenty-four yards to
the second. while the gaZelle has
shown measured speed of more than
twenty seven yards a second
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Off Guard.

How did it happen that your friends
got the best of you" queried the in
quisitive person.
They got busy while l was watch
ing my enemies" explained the man
who had got the short end of it-Chi
cago News
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Answer of a Diplomat.

You replace DR.. franklin" said the
French prime minister. Count de YER
gennes. to Thomas Jefferson. the new
ly arrived representative of the Unit
ed States. II merely succeed him. No
one could replace him." was Jefferson's
reply.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Worse and More of it.

"How fat Eileen is getting" said the
young man Il think it's a shame for
a girl to take on flesh that way"
you shouldn't say that to me-" pro-
tested the young woman archly. 81
am a little plump, myself. you know"
II know, | know" he FASTENED to
apologize But it's all right with you
l mean it's shame when a girls
young" -Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Not What She Meant.

Tardy Arrival at Dinner Party
I'm afraid am too late, dear Mrs.
Smith Mrs. Smith (effusively)-Oh,
my dear, you could never come too
latei-London Illustrated Bits.
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Professional Sauacitx.

Dentists Wife-Why do you open the
door of the patients room when I sing
Dentist-Want to let the walters
know it isn't the patients. Columbia
Jester
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EXPLORER BACk
WITH VIVID TALL
Captain Bes|ey Tells Fate {
Lost Expeditions.
BETRAYED BY INDIAN Gi1L.
Clew Found In Letter Showing That
SeIjian, One of Andes Cannihalss
Victims, Had Been Savage Bellies
Lover-Ruins of Three Inca Cities
Discovered.

Lover-Ruins of Three Inca citiss
Discovered.
From the wild interior Of Peru
where he made scientific explorations,
Captain j. Campbell Besley, former
of the British army, has returned e
| civilization, bringing what he believes
to be the true story Of the fate of The
eljian-CrOmerPage expedition, when
put out from Chicago two years ago To.
take up land concession and makea
explorations in South America, ana
was heard from the last time JUST b
year ago.
Captain Besley and his men are co1Is
vinced that the members - the party
were slain by savage Ind rs. to whom
they were betrayed by a. odian girl
with whom Seljian became frtendly.
1t was through letter Of warm III
lection written to the girl by Se1jian
which CHANGED into the ca ntains hands
for translation that he first became
suspicious that she might have guilty
knowledge of what had overtaken the
intrepid white men.
Captain Besley was already on the
lookout for them, having been asked
by the American consul at Lima and
the then president of Peru to under
take the search. Colonel Roosevelt.
too, had been urged to look for the
men when he started on his South
| American trip, but it is not known that
he actually did so.
Letter Gave the CIeW.- s<.
The tale Captain Besley gathered
from an Indian here and there and
slowly pieced together was that W. NJ.
Cromer and William L. Page of Chi
cago, Mirke Seljian, who joined them
after they had been months In Peru,
and one or two others had started
south from Juanjui village. taking the
girl and a band of Indian guides along.
The girl returned a few weeks later
and told of having been separated
from the party after she had been
freed by bear 1t was not until Cap
tain Besley. through transIating Sci
jams letter to the girl and tifftss-isss
IoiiiIiS ilSut as W tuelE EeIdIlOUS, D6-
came suspicious that all was not we'll.
Captain Besley. with j. W. Dunno,
Franklin B. Coates and j. X. Hol-
brook, followed the -month-old
trail of the Seljian- Cromer-Page party
to the little heaps of bleached bones
that lay at the end of it. The captain
is certain that they were the bones OF
the lost white men.
Found Three Inca Cities.I
The discovery of what he believes to
be three hitherto unbound Inca cities,
added to the tracing of the lost party,
the captain believes amply repaid him
for the hard travel
Captain Besley also had an encounter
with thirty Quichwa Indians about
twenty-five miles march from the vii
lage of Tengomaria. Shots were ex-
changed between the white men and
the natives; but. as the captain re-
marked:
Their guns were old. ours were the
latest pattern. and the outcome was
never in doubt. We killed about half
of them The rest fled y
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
Pen and Pencil,

Tie Pencil-You ought to be asham-
ed of yourself. They say you have
always to be driven before you'll work
The Pen-How about yourself? The
PenciI-Oh. Pm lead!- Exchange.
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Says FoIIow-Up Campaign of
Great Benefit to People
Hopes 1t May Be Extended
to Other Parts of Idaho.
BELIEVES IN MORE ALFALFA
State Schools Head, Grace M. Shop
ard, Welcomes Great Educational
Movement Offers Enthusiastic
Support of State Educational De-
partment for alfalfa Week." March
9Th to 18th.

In reference to the work undertaken
by the Holden Improvement commit
tee Governor John NJ Haines of Idaho
says:
With reference to the results &C
complished by the campaign made by
Professor Holden in the Inland EN-
pire for the purpose of stimulating the
production of alfalfa, corn and live
stock, l beg to submit the following:
When it was announced that this
campaign was to be made, | immedi-
ately made an investigation as to the
general character of the work which
had been done in other places by Pro-
fessor Holden and convinced myself
OF its great value in the carrying of
message directly to the farmers them
selves with reference to what could
best be done by them for the purpose
of lettering the quality Of their soils
and thus increasing their productivity.
As soon as l had become fully in
formed as to the work done by Pro-
fessor Holden in other localities, l
very much regretted that his cam
paign 80 far as the state of Idaho was
concerned would be confined to north
ern Idaho. While alfalfa is now and
has for a number of years been grown
very extensively in the southern part
of the state, there can be no question
but that our farmers would derive
great benefit from personally receiv-
ing the important instructions which
q lon Of fh{o Liy,I &c Cd
to give.
Results Very Great.
/ am informed that the results in
the northern part of Idaho which may
reasonably be expected as a result of
this alfalfa campaign will be very
great indeed and already preparations
are under way for what is referred to
as "Follow-up campaign" This, l
take it, Is intended for the purpose of
more thoroughly impressing the peo-
pie with the lessons already taught
and of finally and definitely convinc-
ing them of the benefits which they
may derive through the increased
value of their farms by adopting the
more extensive cultivation of the nj
CrOSen producing plants.
trust that this follow-up campaign
will actually be made and l trust also
that at that time or some other time
in the near future it will be possible
to send the alfalfa special on thor
ough tour of all other parts of the
state not already covered
Yours very respectfully,
JOHN M. HAINES,
Governor.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13

Ii the power to do hard work is not
talent it is the best possible substitute
for it-Garfield.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13

Carry on every enterprise as If all
depended on the success of it-Rich-
ellen.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13

Great Majority Of the SoIons In Wash
ington Prefer Hotels and Apart
ments - NewIands and O'Gorman
Only Senators Who Occupy Exten.
sive Estates.