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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-20
GOOD ROADS DAY
NEAR AT HAND
Next Tuesday Will See Small
Army at Work Cleaning Up
the Highways

"a SiOSUy, CLldlILldu VI tlc COIu-
mittee in charge of the Good Roads
movement, reports that Good Roads
Day, next Tuesday, the oath, is
going to be the most successful ef-
fort which has ever been attempted
in this city. All the business houses
have agreed to close, and already
the list of men who have promised
to be ready for work next Tuesday
morning numbers about 100. The
committee expects to increase the
list to at least 125 and with the as
sistance of the high school boys the
force from the city will make a
great showing.
The army" will be mustered in
at the post office not later than 7:3O
on Tuesday morning. Every owner
of an automobile is expected to re-
port to the chairman of the COM
mittee before that time and offer
his car for transporting the lab
orers to and from the districts where
the work is to be done. The gang
will be divided into groups and al
lotted to the different districts and
each man will know where he is to
work. All are requested to bring
shovels and rakes as these will be
needed in large numbers.
The supervision of the work will
be turned over, in most cases, to
the farmers whose places adjoin the
various stretches of highway to be
improved. Though just now is a
busy time for the farmers, the com
mittee is very much gratifed by the
manner in which the country peo.
pie are falling in with the Good
Roads plan. The ranchers realize
the need of highway improvement,
even more than the city people, and
practically all have offered thei,
own services as well as the use oi
their teams, implements and wag.
ons.
At noon the provisions will be
taken out to the workers by autos
and the committee has plenty of as
surance from the ladies that no one
will go hungry. Right here the
committee wishes to thank the ladies
for the toothsome and abundant
lunch which they are assured of get
ting, and to express their apprecia
ton to all for the very general co.
operation which has been Offered
since Good Roads Day was frs
planned. They feel sure that al
who join in the movement will b.
more than repaid in satisfaction owe
the benefits that are sure to resul
from the work.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-20
PLAN SPECIAL
BOND ELECTION
Council Will Ask Voters to Retire
Warrant Indebtedness Would
Save Interest Money

ou ICUI udIy ISL Tue OuGStduuluS
warrant Indebtedness of the City of
Kennewick was s22, ,276.36. These
warrants are drawing interest at the
rate of eight per cent and there is
small likelihood that the amount can
be appreciably decreased, for several
years at least, as under the present
assessed valuation the amount which
can be raised by taxation and from
licenses each year will barely cover
the current running expenses of the
city under the most economical ad-
ministration possible.
Therefore the council proposes to
call special election for the pur-
pose of authorizing an issue of re-
funding bonds sufficient to retire
all outstanding warrants and there
by place the city on a cash basis.
1t is probable that these bonds could
be sold to bear interest at not more
than per cent, thereby saving the
city the difference between five and
eight per cent, or more than $500
annually. There would also be the
added convenience of having the
indebtedness in one lump instead
of scattered over hundreds of small
accounts, thereby doing away with
a lot of clerical work and bother.
At the time the bond issue is made,
a sinking fund would be established, +,
sufficient to care for the interest and
take up the bonds at their maturity.
The suggestion that the refunding
bonds be issued was contained in
the report of State Examiner w.
w. Clark. who recently finished
auditing the city's accounts and
whose report is now on file at the
clerks Office. The matter was taken
up by the council Tuesday night and
all agreed that the auditors advice
is sound and that it should be acted
upon without loss of time. The
matter was referred to the finance
committee who will get the propo-
sition in shape to put it up to the
voters.
Examiner Clark's report, which
covers that period of the city's bus.
mess transacted between April 1st,
1913. and February 1st, 1914, is a
very thorough one. taking up some.
thing like forty typewriter pages
With the exception of the affairs oi
the treashrer's office, (which he finds
to be in excellent condition, the
conduct of nearly all of the city of.
fees come in for share of criticism
although Mr.. Clark states that the
Irregularities which he discovered
were all of omission rather thar
commission. He criticizes especial
| ly the failure to collect licenses ir
the past from the pool rooms, pic
ture show and bill poster. Since
the ordinances were passed requiring
these licenses, none have ever beef
collected and they amount at pres
ent to nearly $500.
He finds the copies of the city or
dinances in a chaotic state anc
recommends that the attorney re-
wise and transcribe them.
Mr.. Clark comments at some
length on the apparent lack of unity
among the city officers which has
prevailed in the past. He advises
that all petty differences be dropped
from now on and states that the
city affairs are now in excellent
condition and may be kept so if al.
the officers will work together to.
ward giving the city a business ike
administration.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-20

W. L. Hembree, of Byron, will work
the Frank Emigh ranch this season.
Mr.. Hembree contemplates putting in
about ten acres of broom corn and five
acres each of cantaloupes and spuds in
addition to the As acres of alfalfa al
ready growing.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-01
9 o o o 90 o 900
n - :. " n - ~ III i q %
o SIX AND TWENTY o
y rs fetit u Il %
o o 90 900 oooo o o o

WILLIAMSToN. Oct. 2s---The first
k1iiiDg frost of the season visited us
wednesday morning Alvyasetaliot;n is
Killed anu many. lear .Inar Inre; sc1I- :
ton is damaged - \ very r.,sai !; ;yte.it.
aud there is hhpdrsds.iof a.res 6aea
aiid In neighbo-ing cpmnr: aiiscs ut
nave never had 2 hnll picked an s,,;..s,
In ract, fully Ine-ban the. :os.,n c.lp
mas hardly begun to opefis Som, fsw
VINO had late cornl viii ,.i.o s,,ffer
seysrelv from thctfrost.; aa 4.
shelton school opened last MnnJay
morning under very favorcviA co.di-
Etions, with Prof, Meredith atpl his
assistant. Miss Nann.N IN charge.
: A little child Of Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew massey, formerly vi this section.
but now of Pissah. died at The LONE
or It's parents 'asFf Sunday and was
buried here on ;he day following. The
parents have many friends AMI raIa.
tiyes here who deeply sympathise
with them In their bereavement.
! This section was shocked last
lWedneBdaye,to to learn of the .aanth nP
r. G. Mullikin of Baayerdam. Mr. MuI-
iikin WAS well known here. having
visited Mason and Woodfhen ana his
renlains were inferred with Masonic
orders on Thursday = in Beaverdam
cemetery OF which church. he, was q
member.
w. L. Link aA1 family Of McElmoyle
were visitors at the home OF ]. ID.
Moore last Sunday. rlta--
Misses Evie and Lolo. Richey visit
ed at the home of A. q. Bryson last
Saturday night.
b. F. Whitaker, one OF our most
prominent farmers, says that it is his
Intention to quit raising cotton and
turn his farm into a stock farm. He
recently sold twenty-five pigs. from
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-01

two sows for sl1o. At present he has
nine hogs fattening for this winter;s
killing. Mr. Whitaker raises only nm
rocs and proposes to keep them up to,
the standard. aief t.4s
Am: Martin and family spant Sun.
day With. the family OF Dolnhua Mnr-
phey OF Hubbard.
Everybody who attended the. ReIton
Fair came back highly pIeaged. es-
pecially A. b. Pickens, whose horse
won HI every dcontast In which she
was entered with the exception OF
one, that az light draft animals. -
DR.. Jay Hollis vf Pentiiefnn 1rns IN
visitor here last Tuesday. y IN
Mrs, Y. M. Nahaffeyispent this week
with relatives at Pelzer.
Cs w. Murpllegl.i& one sef Auur r,ioat
fnocessful. .young farmers. Ghaa. I'd 8
Irsqunnt visitor TO anderson sofne-
times making two tffpsTa week. any
way. Every time he imskss d sa5:,, 50
carries with him enough produce DuOf,
as butter, eggs, chickens, POTATOES, etc.
TO pay him for his time. BY doing thig
he has run his farm this wear on 4
cash basis and has O nice balance I'd
we'll? s. y, = =
a. W. @. .Bennaft.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-01
By Harold Mac Grath

countess. "Show this to her and she
will obey you in everything. she will
have no alternative" r,4, 2y,
Very good" replied Olga. "And
then tho program is to insist that she
invite Florence and that fool of re-
! porter to this ball. Then what?"
| you can leave that to me-"
Haven't all these failures been a
warning?"
mo, my dear. was born optimistic,
| but there's a jinx somewhere in one
| OF my pockets. Time after time I've
had everything Just where wanted 1t,
and then-poof! It's pure bald luck on
either side, but sooner or later the
wheel will turn. And any chance that
| offers l am bound to accept. Somehow
| or other we may be able to trap Flor
| ence and Norton. want both of them.
| II AN get them snugly away Jones
will be forced to draw in Hargreave. -
rs there such man."
You saw him that night at the res
taurant,"
II have 'often thought that perhaps
just dreamed it." Sic turned again
to the piano and began humming idly.
Stop that and listen to me-" said
Braine. not in quite the hest of tenn
pers. Pm in no mood for whims.".
Music does not soothe your soul,
then?" synically.
III had one it might. You will call
on the Princess Parlova tomorrow af-
ternoon. 1t depends upon you what
my plans will be. think you'll have
little trouble in getting into the pres
ence Of her highness. and once there
she will not be able to. resist you"
"I1l CO."
, And go she did. The footman in
green livery hesitated for a moment,
but the title on the visiting card was
Quite sufficient. He bowed the coun-
tess into the reception room and went
IN search OF his distinguished mis-
tress.
The Princess Parlova was hand
some woman verging upon middle age.
she was patrician; Olga's keen eye
discerned that instantly. She came
into the reception room with that dig
nified serenity which would have i'm
pressed any one as genuine. She held
the card in her fingers and smiled In
quiringly toward her guest.
II confess" she began, ''that I re-
call neither your face nor your name.
am sorry. Where have I had the
honor Of meeting you before?"
you have never met me before.
your highness," answered Olga sweet
ly.
"You come on charity errand,
then?"
"That depends. your highness. viii
you be so good as to glance at tk;s?",
Olga asked. holding out her pain, upon
which the talisman lay.
The princess shrak back. paling.
Where did you get unalT'; sne pant
"From the head" was the answer.
"And you have followed me from
Russia?" whispered the princess. Ter
terror growing. ~
20, no. The Black Hundred is as
strongly organized here as in st. Pc
tersburg. But we always keep track
OF the. old members, especially when
they stand SO high in the world as
yourself"
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-01
CHAPTER XVIII.


NA1Eai \ LII - Nl1I-
THE MASKED BALL.
About this timet-that is to say
about the time the Black Hundred was
stretching out its powerful secret
arms toward NOrtop-there arrived In
New York City a persopage. This per-
sonage was the Princess Pariova, a
fabulously rich HoIish Russian. She
leased fine house near Central park
and set about to conquer social New
York. This was not very difficult, FOR
her title was perfectly genuine and
she moved in the most exclusive dip
lomatic circles in Europe, which. as
everybody knows, is the most brilliant
in the world. When the new home was
completely decorated she gave an
elaborate dinner, and that attracted
the newspapers. They began to talk
in the Sunday editions. She became
about her highness, printed portraits
something of a rage. One morning II
was announced that the Princess Par
Iowa would give a masked ball to for
mally open her home to society; and
1t was this notice that first brought
the Princess ParlOva under Braine's
eyes. He was at the Perigoff
apartment at the time.
well, WELL" he mused aloud.
what is it?" asked Olga. turning
away from the piano and ending one
OF Chopin's mazurkas brokenly.
Here is the Princess Parlova in
town"
"And who is she?"
"She is the real thing. Olga, a real
princess with, vast estates in Poland
with which the greedy Slav next door
has. been very gentle"
II haven't paid much attention to
the social news lately. What about
herr"
"She is giving q masked ball to for
mally open her house on the west side.
And it's going to cost pretty penny"
"Well, you're not telling me this to
mako me want to know, the princess" !"
said Olga, petulantly.
mo. But I'm going to give you a LETT
tor of introduction to her highness."
"Oi"
"And you are going to ask her to
invite two particular friends of yours
to this wonderful ball OF hers"
Indeed" Ironically. THAT sounds
all very easy"
easier than you think, nv child
81 will not have you call me child"
well, then, Olga" =
"Thats better. New, how w:!. 4. 5o
easier than 1 think?'
Simply this, the Princess Parloya
is an oath bound member, but has not
been active for years"
Oh" Oiga was Iii animation nov.
'Go on!"
"You will go to her with letter
of introduction-no! Better than that,
you will make, q formal call and show
her his ring. You know the ring" he
said, pressing the talisman to the
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When most OF the imported goods
we buy are grown and put up right
In our own United States, the war.
hadti.t ought to affect ua very mach.
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Rev. j. Il. Mann's Appointme

Rev =. II. Mann will preach at Six
and Twenty church ON the End Sunday
morning at eleven O'Clock, and at
Friendship on same day at $3.50 p. m.
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3 Mrs. w. i. Bailey. Miss Mary Snow,
Miss Stephenson and Rucker HALEY Of
Iiartweil, Co., spent yesterday in the
CITY 80 80.
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The MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY

The Black Hundred begin to fear
Norton and plan TO dispose of him.
Again the unnotieed butler shows his
hand by resculng Norton and defeat
Ing Braine. 4
And still the golden tinted bank
notes repose TRANQUILITY in their hid
ing place.!
Copyright, 1914, by Harold Mas
Grath.)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
Officers lonu NiuiI.

London.-The Morning Posts Petro-
grad correspondent tells a story of the
great endurance of a Russian Officer
in the fighting before Ossowetz, Rus
sian Poland.
Colonel Martinoff," the story runs,
remained for three days and nights
at a specially erected post of obser-
walton to watch and direct the artil-
lery fire.
He was wounded by a bullet, but
refused to descend and it was only
when the German artillery was ST
fenced by a combined charge of cav.
airy and infantry in a fanking move
ment that he telephoned his last in,
structions to the battery and fell
asleep, being found at his post when
the pursuit ended"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
CAPTURE MEANS SURE DEATH FOR THE MODERN SPY

particular which stand out-the CON-
plete commissariat arrangements and
the quick way" of the English with
spies. OF the latter the French writer
says:
IF there is one thing which l should
like to see our chiefs initiate along
British lines, it is the severe way in
which they treat spies. An interpre-
ter put at the disposal of our allies
by the minister of war told me that
every person taken in the act or con-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

The spy receives short shift in this
war, the New York Tribune remarks.
Never before has there been such
merciless unanimity among the great
powers to wreak vengeance on the
SPY. Never has the spy system at
tained such an overshadowing i'm
o~ortance in the conduct of war as
now.
The Paris Temps, speaking of the
spirit and organization of the British
troops, says there are W things in
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

Petrograd-The official communities
ton issued by the general headquart-
ers says: ''The rapid retreat Of the
Germans from Warsaw continues. The
bombardment by the enemy's heavy ar
tillery has caused no essential damage
to the Notifications OF Ivangorod or
the bridges. In Galicia desperate en-.
gagements are still being fought. Dur
ing the advance in the region between
Przernysl and the vistula we captur-
ed more than thirty officers, two thou
sand soldiers and many rapid fire
guns"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
DUTIES OF THE CAVALRY IN MODERN WARFARE

The mounted trooper has much
more to do than to fight pitched bat
ties. 1t may be truly said that his
work is never finished. He is at the
head of an advancing force and forms
the real guard Of a retreating army.
It is for this reason that in the pres
emit war mounted troops figure SO
prominently in the news, a writer in
the Boston Globe states.
The Germans are very fond of
sending their cavalrymen far into the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
Prayer.

o Lord, bless our country and CmE
sovereign and all rulers and men wl1M
can influence thought and opinion ga
this and other lands in this critical
time, and grant, we beseech thee, thar
the counsels of such as delight in wxr
may be brought to nought, and thaA
the Prince of Peace may exercise nEz
power over our selfish hearts @csN
worldly ambitions. and that the earth
may come more and mere'to he under
that sway which is righteousness anr&
a and joy. Through Jesus cArssE
our Lord. Amen.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
HOW EUROPEAN NATIONS GOT SLICES OF CHINA

Germany's acquisition of Kiauchau
followed closely upon the acquisition
of areas of interest and spheres of
influence in China to foreign powers
Until 1895 no foreign power aside
from the Portuguese and English had
been allowed to hold possession on
or near the coast of China. Japan
acquired Formosa by treaty in that
year; Russia secured a concession for
the Manchurian railway and France
obtained a re~ctification of the frontier
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

hide by day in the territory in front
OF the foremost advance guards.
Aeroplanes and automobiles now as
sist the cavalry in scouting, but until
an automobile can be made to iumn
fences, dash across rocky fields and
through thick woods, until soldiers
can become chauffeurs as easily as
they can become horsemen, until auto
mobiles can be made to do all that q
well trained horse can accomplish and
cost no more to maintain, then and
then only will the cavalry cease as
an important branch of the service.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
SOLDIER TELLS OF STANDING ON DEAD TO FIGHT

Amiens.-A dust-covered soldier on
q bicycle pedaled f%uriously in from
the battle line. With his coat flung
open, and his rife still in his hand,
he began to recount what he knew of
the fight. 1T is hell out there" he
said.
I'VE have charged the Germans
with infantry and cavalry almost con-
tinuously, and the noise of the shells
and the bullets in the air has been
such that you might, at times, have
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
Dykes Are Opened.

Berlin, via London.-An official an
nouncement issued from chief head
quarters says: "On the User canal
heavy fighting is still in progress. The
enemy was reinforced by artillery
fire from the sea at a point to the
northwest of Newport, but in the en-
sagement a British torpedo boat was
put out of action by our artillery.
Fighting continues to the west of
Lille, and here also our troops have
assumed the offensive and have re-
pulsed the enemy at sevaral points.
The English have lost several ma
: shine guns"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

enemy's country, too far, many ex-
perts say; but it is the duty of the
cavalry to ride well in advance to
locate large bodies of the opposing
force and to hold, if possible, strategic
points until the infantry comes up.
Once having seen the enemy the
cavalry is expected to keep in con
tact with him, never letting him our
of sight, night or day. This is done
by contact patrols" which ride
through the darkness by night and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

of Tong King 1t the same time.
Germany's seizure OF Kiauchau, in
retaliation for the murder of German
missionaries by Chinese, followed in
November, 1897, and in March the port
with adjacent territory was leased by
China to Germany for SO years.
In November, 1897, Russia obtained
a 25-year lease of Port Arthur and
Talienwan with 500 square miles OF
territory and secured a naval base
and an ice-free port.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

victed from papers found upon him Of
having dealings with the enemy is in
stantly shot"
The twentieth century spy does not
venture on a road with his valuable
papers in his pockets, in between the
soles of his shoes nor yet with any
thing tucked way in the corner of his
mouth. In times of peace. letters, tel
egraph wires and cables are the me-
diums through which he works. He
needs the carrier pigeon; he even uses
wireless; the aeroplane; sometimes he
can take a chance ON a courier.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

In February. 1898, Great Britain
had established its influence, without
claiming exclusive privileges in the
Yangtze valley. These concessions
were followed by similar privileges for
France which on April 13, 1898, leased
the port of Kwangchauwan on the
southern coast for SO years. On June
9, following, Great Britain leased for
SO years a 200 square mile extension
OF territory on the main land opposite
Hong Kong and about the same time
Japan secured n~onalienation pledges
concerning the province of Fukien.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

known the facts carried their expla-
nation with them.
For instance. the first detachmeH
of ulahns that entered the city of Lille
was guided by a man who had left his
job as superintendent of an important
factory in the city to rejoin his regi-
ment.
At Scissors, when objections were
raised to the exacting proportions of
the requisitions, the commanding off,
GER called his aide, who turned out to
be a well-known business man of the
town, who, of course, knew it's re-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
GERMANS ARE WELL POSTED
Their Distribution of War Fines
and acquisitions.

Paris. The discrimination with
which the Germans distributed war
fines and requisitions in the towns
they occupied in Belgium and north
orn France and the precision with
which they chose the most solvent
citizens as hostages has been a sur
prise, but when the details became
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

claimed, and thereupon, while his COM
panions cheered, he drew his bayonet
from it's scabbard, fixed it to his rife,
and began to illustrate, with almost
CHASTITY reality, how the French in
fantrymen have bayoneted the Ger
mans
Some of them" he went on, tried
to make US believe that they were
dead when we charged them, but they
did not deceive US. We just stuck our
bayonets int7 them and made them
squeal and writhe like pigs until they
| were really dead"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30

fancied yourself in a railway station,
with express trains dashing through,
And they have charged us, too.
I'VE have fought over and over
the same old ground, until now there
are almost fifteen kilometers of dead
bodies, and we go on fighting over the
corpses of our friends and enemies
until the road becomes impossible
and we fight n another.
But, mon dieu, We are giving them
something with the bayonet!" he ex-