The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-01-23

WEARY an lnch and halt OF ram has
been measured at this point this month.
Mrs. c. A. Breckenridge and son
Allan and nephew, Nathan Howard, of
Mabton, spent few hours Tuesday as
guests at the Robert Dorothy home.
Mrs. Rarey, of Spokane, visited Sat
urday and Sunday at the home of her
son, Rev. c. D. Rarey and family. She
was on her way for an extended visit
at different points in Oregon and Cal
ifornia.
Rev. c. D. Rarey left Sunday night
for weeks visit at the different col
leges in Western Oregon and Washing
ton. He was assigned this work at the
annual conference which was held at
Walla Walla last fall.
There will be special program rem
dered at the Princess Theatre next
Monday night. consisting of musical
selections and informal talks by various
citizens of Kennewick. The meeting is
IN the interest of the new library move
ment and is one of Importance to the
community. Everyone is invited and
urged to attend. Program begins at
seven thirty and no admission will be
charged.
The fifth anniversary of their mar
rlage was the occasion selected by MIR.
and Mrs. R. Stanton to celebrate. Sew
eral of their most intimate friends were
present at the Stanton home last Thurs
day evening and were entertained with
cards and dancing. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Rutherford, Mr..
and Mrs. H. R. Vibber, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. E. Stull, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Helm,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. @. Macmahon and
Mrs. H. A. Bier.
Beginning next Sunday MIR. Osgood,
the Baptist minister, will have a regular
office hour at the church from three to
four o'clock on Sunday afternoons when
he will be glad to meet individually,
anyone who would like to consult him,
especially those who are in any trouble
or who would like to begin the Christian
life. Those with suggestions as to
how the church can extend it's helpful
ness will also be welcome. The pastor
is always glad to meet anyone who
calls at his home at any time.
Three thousand people were used in
the arena and eruption scenes in George
Kleine's beautiful photo-drama produc-
ton of Bulwer Lytton's celebrated
novel 1.-The Last Days of Pompeii, -
which is announced for Sunday, Jan.
25th, at the Princess Theatre. The
skill with which this tremendous amount
of people is posed before the camera
and the wonderfully lifelike effects OBJ
tanned are unmistakable proof of the
superior qualities of the Italian pro-
ducers and stage directors over all
their competitors.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces that an open COM
petitive examination for railway mail
clerk, for men only. will be held on
Feb. Fl, 1914, for the purpose of estab-
fishing an eligible register from which
to fill vacancies as they may occur in
this position at 5000 per annum. Appli-
cants must have reached their
eighteenth, but not their thirty fifth
birthday on the date of the examin-
alton. Persons who meet the require
ments and desire this examination
should at once apply to the Secretary,
Eleventh Civil Service District, Seattle,
Washington, for application Form 304
and Form 1407.
When J. M. Hawkins came back from
his visit to his old home in Missouri last
summer he brought with him couple
of opossums which he intended for the
centerpiece of a rafting big feed.
While upon exhibition they managed to
escape, and during the next month or
80 made their residence under the
saloon. For some time lately no evil
dence has been gathered of their habits,
and Jim thought that they had hiber-
mated. Early this week though, a
strange tale was started. A man hav-
ing business in the Horse Heaven hills
walked over the bridge from Pasco. He
told of seeing couple of huge, mon
| +,o,,s rots dive into a hole as he came
along. He got club, dug them out
and finished them. The story got around
of course, and when Mr.. Hawkins heard
it it was goodbye 'possum feed"