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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27
SCHOOL NOTES

Lee M. Lampson, county agricultur-
list. came up to the high school Thurs
day morning and told the students
about his trip to Dallas, Texas, some
time ago. He was sent as delegate
from Washington to the National Corn
Show.
The exhibits of the thirty three
states represented were placed in one
big building, those of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in another. Mr..
Lampson told about some of the things
ne saw-rainfall maps, samples of soil,
soil analysis, scientific information as
to how crops were grown, pictures of
agricultural scenes of various localities
IN the Union, models of good roads and
road machinery, and estimates of the
cost of constructing such roads. The
fair was not only an exhibition of
cereals, but there were art exhibits
musical entertainments, broncho-bust-
ing contests and amusements of a HIGH
class to be found in every good fair
There was also boys and girls in
dustrial contest.
Our state is one of the leaders along
this line. There are nearly 200 local
students already entered in the contest
Tor this fall, so Kennewick will stand
In the foreground among cities in the
state carrying on such work.
Mr.. Lampson told of his trip. the
stops at the Kansas Agricultural Col.
lege, at Denver, Fl. Collins and Sal,
Lake City. He gave fine descrintior
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27

Mrs. W. H. Collins entertained the
Birthday Club Friday afternoon. Ten
ladies were present, the honor guest
being Mrs. Cyrus Hoadley. Mrs. Sharp
of Tacoma, Mrs. Mounsey and Mrs.
Chas. Collins and daughter were guests
of the club. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Oliver.
Miss Winifred Bell has again taken
up her work in the dental parlors of
DR.. Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wenienga and
daughter of Richland were guests at
the C. F. Breithaupt home Sunday.
Mr.. Swanson has sold his ten acre
tract to Mr.. Hunt.
Mrs. D. C. Gibbs was over from
Pasco Saturday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Washburn.
Miss Ida Green has taken up her
residence on her ranch for the summer.
Mrs. w. B. Elliott has received word
from her sister, Mrs. j. w. Farthing,
that she passed through Kennewick one
day last week while on her way to her
new home in Oregon.
Mrs. Fred Nye and children of Jull-
eta, Idaho, are guests at the Puder-
baugh home.
Tom Stevens was called to Spokane
Saturday on account of the serious ILL
ness of his brother.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27
SECTION SEVEN
MRS. PETER GODFREY

The funeral of Mrs. Peter Godfrey
was held at the Christian church Sun
day, the 22nd, at 2:3O in the afternoon,
the services being conducted by Rev.
Albert Cromwell of that church.
Mrs Godfrey's maiden name was
Effie Dennis and she was the daughter
of ]. C. Dennis by his first marriage.
She was born Sept. Is, 1883, at Mt
Cairo, ILL.,, and died at Hillyard March
Goth. She was married in May, 1902.
By her death three little girls, aged
five, seven and nine, are left mother
less, and to the parents the bereave-
ment is made doubly hard to bear, COM
ing as it does close upon the death OF
another daughter who was buried the
week previous in Nebraska.
CARD OF THANKS
To the many friends and neighbors
we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks
for their kindness and floral offerings
at the time of the death and burial OF
our beloved wife and daughter.
PETER GODFREY,
Mr.. and MRS. j. C. DENNS.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27
From the Correspondents
Items Of Interest concerning up and down the Valley

j. 2. Lasher, brother of VIM. Lasher,
the local druggist, arrived Friday flo
Cheney to look after his property:
l. G. Purdy last Friday had the mis-
fortune to lose his barn and several
sets of harness by fire which started
In the salt grass nearby and spread to
the building.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27

J. Fuller, who recently purchased the
G. A. Stewart ranch, arrived Tuesday
night from his former home in Wis
consin, bringing with him his brother
in-law, Mr.. Alba, and family. Mr..
Alba's son will arrive in few days
with car containing their household
goods and automobile.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27
RICHLANB ITEMS
DEATH OF AGED CoUPLE

On Saturday night, March 21st, oc-
Cured the death of August Koehler,
aged 76, at his home in the south part
of town, and on Tuesday morning, the
oath, his wife, Emilia, joined her hus-
band in the great beyond Mrs. Koehl-
er's age was II. Both had been i'll
with bronchitis for about ten days.
The funeral services were held Wed
nesday forenoon at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. H. Roster, and the re-
mains were taken to Rockford, Iowa,
Wednesday night for interment. The
funeral was conducted by Rev. Henry
Hauiesen, and of the seven children
there were present Mrs. w. F. Gauger
of Edwald, Wash, and Henry of Gen
esee, Idaho, besides Albert F. and Mrs.
Roster who reside here.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-27

Mr.. and Mrs. C. S.Garret entertained
number of friends Saturday evening
at their home south of town. The
evening was spent in playing five hun
dred, c. A. Carrot and Mrs. J. Koelsch
winning the prizes. Dainty refresh
ments were served.
]. H. Stanton of Tacoma, who has
been visiting his fam jly here, went to
kennewick on business Saturday.
The Country Club will meet Thurs
day of this week at the home of Mrs.
w. Fl. Hendrix.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church
held quilt tackingsWednesday after
noon in the Methodist church. Tea and
cookies were served.
The Civic Improvement Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. J. C. Nc.
Clellan Thursday afternoon of this
week.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
Not so very long ago the rulers
of Europe kissed when they met.
Trp This for Neuralgia.

Thousands of people keep on suffer
ling with Neuralgia because they do
not know what to do for it. Neural
gja is a pain in the nerves. Whatsyou
want to do is to sooChe the nerve itself.
Apply sloan's Liniment to the surface
over the painful part-do not rub it in.
sloan's Liniment penetrates very
,uickly to the sore, irritated nerve and
|.uays tbs inflammation. Get a bottle
4 Sloan's Liniment for Is cents of any
Druggist and have it in the house
against Colds, Sore and Swollen joints
,umbago, Sciatica and like ailments.
Pour money back if not satisfied, but
does give almost instant relief. Sold
& PAUL Drug Co. AID.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09

and guide the pillow. What is to be-
come of that nation where poverty
breaks the crowns of the queens of
the home; despair hurls a mothers.
love from it's throne ana hunger drives
innocent children from the schoolroom
to the noe?
The census bureau shows that 1885,
900 of these women are forty-five
years OF age and over There is no
more pitiful sight in civilization than
these sanity mothers of Israel stopped
with age, drudging in the field from
sun until sun ard at night drenching
their dingy pillows with the tears of
despair as their aching hearts take
it all to God in prayer. Civilization
strikes them a blow when it should
give them a crown, and their only
friend is he who broke bread with
beggars and said: Come unto me all
We that are weary and heavy laden and
/ will give yoI rest"
Oh, America The land of the free
and the home of the brave, the
worlds custodian of chivalry, the
champion of human rights and the de-
fender of the oppressed-shall we per-
nit our maidens fair to be torn from
the hearthstone by the ruthless hand
of destiny and chained to the pillow?
Shall we permit our faithful wives,
whom we coyenanted with God to cher
ish and protect, to be hurled from the
home to the harvest field, and our
mothers dear to be driven from the old
arm chair to the cotton patch?
In rescuing our citizens from the
forces of civilization. can we not apply
to our fair Dixieland the rule Of the
sea-"women and children frst?"
There must be a readjustment OF
the wage scale of industry so that the
women can be taken from the field or
given a reasonable wage for her serv-
ices. Perhaps the issue has never been
fairly raised, but the Farmers Union,
with a membership of ten million, puts
it's organized forces squarely behind
the issue and we now enter upon the
docket of civilization the case of The
Woman in the Field" and demand an
immediate trial
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
RAILROADS APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT
The Common Carriers Ask for Re-
lief - President Wilson Directs
Attention of Public to


Attention of Public to
Their Needs.
The committee of railroad eXecu-
tives, headed by Mr.. Frank Trumbull,
representing thirty-five of the leading
railroad systems of the nation, recent
ly presented to President Wilson a
memorandum briefly reviewing the diff
ticulties now confronting the railroads
Of the country and asking for the CO
operation of the governmental authOri-
ties and the public in supporting rail-
road credits and recognizing an emer-
gency which requires that the rail-
roads be given additional revenues.
The memorandum recites that the
European war has resulted in general
depression of business on the Ameri-
can continent and in the dislocatioE
of credits at home and abroad. With
revenues decreasing and interest rates
increasing the transportation systems
CT the country face a most serious
crisis and the memorandum is
strong presentation of the candle
burning at both ends and the perils
that must ultimately attend such a
conhagratiOn when the flames meet
is apparent to all. In their general
discussion the railroad representa-
tives say in part: by reason of leg
islation and regulation by the federal
government and the forty states
acting independently of each other, as
we'll as through the action of a strong
mil nrNfra inr, =
recent years have vastly increased.
No criticism is here made OF the gen
eral theory of governmental regula-
ton, but on the other hand, no in
genuity can relieve the c9-riers of ex-
penses created thereby"
President Wilson, in transmitting
the memorandum of she railroad
presidents to the public character
ICES it as "a lucid stateSaent of plain
truth" The president recognizing
the emergency as extrS ordinary, con-
tinuing, said in part:
you ask me to cab The attention
of the country to the Imperative need
that railway credits b. sustained and
the railroads helped is, every possible
way, whether by private cooperative
effort or by the aston, wherever
feasible Of governmental agencies, and
I am glad to do so because l think
the need very real
The conference ENss certainly a
fortunate one for thu nation and the
president is to be congratulated for
opening the gate to new world of
effort in which everrSne may cooper
ate.
There are many important prob
lens in our complex civilization that
will yield to co-opefation which will
not lend themselves TO arbitrary rul-
ings of commissions and financing
railroads is one of shem. The man
with the money is O factor that can
not be eliminated from any business
transaction and tho public is an inter
ested party that shs~ald always be con-
suited and happily he president has
invited all to participate in the solu--
ton of our railroaF problems.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
Behind the Times.

The editor Of the Jackson Times
says he approached a Breathitt
county. farmer and invited the
granger to subscribe for the pa
per. The farmer, however, de-
clined the honor. His excuse
was that he did not have time to
read during the day, that he
could not read at night on &C.
count of his eyes, and, also, that
most of the papers were filled
with lies anyhow. The great
majority of papers strive to be
accurate. Of course they can
not guarantee the truth of ev-
erything they publish, but it is
passing strange that, in this day
and generation, so many persons
are prone to look upon them as
does this Breathitt county farm
err. The man who doesn't read
a newspaper because he thinks
it is full of lies" is hopeless
mossback. who should have lived
in the stone age. State Journal.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
Many Disorders Come From. the Liver
Are You Just at Odds With Yourself?
Do You Regulate Ewing?

Are you sometimes at odds with
yourself and with the world? Do Won
wonder what ails you? True you may
be eating regularly and sleeping well.
Yet something Is the matter Consti-
patton, Headache, Nervousness and
Bilious Spells indicate a Sluggish
Liver. The tried remedy is DR.. King s
New Life Pills Only Csc. at PAUL
Drug Co.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Skin
Rruptions. Ad.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
The Same as in English.

He was a man with a badge of
mourning on his arm. and as he
came up the street, looking over
his shoulder at intervals, he
bumped into a pedestrian and
bumped off again to say:
Il beg your pardon, but do
you speak German?"
81 DON'T" was the reply.
Sorry for that, but perhaps
| can find some one."
SIS it that you wish to con-
verse with a German?"
1T is. He.is in a saloon down
here, and I wish to call him a
liar"
But can't you make yourself
understood?'
Eyes; but you see Pm in
mourning for my wife, I must
consider things, you know"
"That is true; but I'll hold
your insignia of grief while you
go down and try to make your
self understood. I believe the
word is pronounced in German
almost the same as in English. "
"Say, that's great of you old
man." exclaimed the widower as
he handed out the Grape; and in
16 minutes he was back with a
bleeding nose to says:
"A thousand thanks! You see
l made him understand"
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
California woman SeriOu sly
Alarmed.

"A short time ago 1 contracted
severe cold which settled on my lungs
and caused me great deal of annoy
ance. would have bad coughing
spells and my lungs were so sore and
lnflamed began to be seriously alarm
ed. A friend recommended Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, saysng she had
used it for years. / bought a bottle
and it relieved my cough the first
night. and in a week l was rid of the
cold and soreness Of my lungs" writes
Miss Marie Gerber, Sawtelle, Cal.
For sale by PAIL Drug Co. AID
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
Luke McLuke says that when

Luke McLuke says that when
two men get a mat and start to
whrstling in Catch-As- Catch Can
style it is Brutal Sport. But if
you remove the mat and polish
the floor and let a man and a
woman use the same holds en-
ployed by the wrestlers, we call
it the Dog Trot or the Monkey
Mince, and it is Perfectly Proper.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
Signs Of the Times.

On account of the war, glass
eyes are getting scarce. Those
expecting to need them would
best lay in a stock before the
price goes any higher.
Those Antwerp forts were not
made Of paper mache, but they
might just as well have been.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09

Looks as though there may be
a little tranquility in Uncle Sans
back yard at last. The Mex
leans have almost fought them
selves cut.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09

The average man of fifty can't
think of any reason why he
should have his picture taken,
but T. R. and the Kaiser are not
average men.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09

tell who its members are very
soon after you have met them.
They travel a great deal, too;
yes, and they stop in hotels!
This big family is all tie time
on the watch for something to
grumble about; you can't suit
them anyway, no matter how
hard you try.
Don't grow up to be grumbly,
children; you will never be liked
if you do, and the family is too
large already.
Look bright and cheerful and
happy, satisfied with everything
that is done for you. Join that
other large company, the Hap
py Family" and so bring COM
fort and cheer to everybody
you.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-09
Unpleasant Family.

Have you ever heard of the
Grumble family? A great many
people belong to it, and you can
The citizen., 1914-02-13
Aids in Safe Liohtino.

Possibly the excessive brilliancy Of
the new high-efficiency, nitrogen-filled
tungsten filament lamp is a blessing
in disguise because it renders impera-
tive methods of shading the lamps
and diffusing the light from such a
source There is little temptation to
hang the bare lamp within the range
of vision, as has been so commonly
done with incandescent lamps of va
rious kinds in the past. With a lamp
of such high efficiency the losses in
separable from various methods of
diffusion become less important in
dollars and cents. For this reason
and because of the unbearable bril-
liancy of the unshaded lamp, the new
nitrogen-filled tungsten lamp is likely
to help rather than hinder the prac-
tice of Illuminating interiors in man.
ner safe and comfortable for the eyes
of the occupants.-Electrical World
The citizen., 1914-02-13

Some days ago, about FIVE o'clock
in the afternoon the principal police
inspector of the Second district was
called to an affair as delicate as if
was urgent.
He quickly made Up his disguise
For his bourgeois melon hat. he sub.
stituted a cap, the classic cap of the
Apache. He then jumped into an
auto.
He was not recognizable. or rather
he would not have been if the hon
orable inspector had not retained
upon his breast the red ribbon of the
legion of honor, ribbon that ne had
heroically won at Shoisy-le-Roi, under
tragic circumstances that no one has
forgotten.
And the malefactors in the midst Of
whom this disguised officer insinuated
himself could not refrain from laugh.
ing and are laughing yet at this man
clothed like one of them and decorat-
ed with the legion of honor!--Le Crs
de Paris.
The citizen., 1914-02-13
SHARKS SEIZE LIVING PREY
Man Who Has Had Experience Testi-
fies to Voraciousness of the
Sailors Deadly Enemy.

THE question whether sharks at
tack human beings in the water when
the persons are in, action seems to
have stirred up lot of discussion"
remarked Capt. Ben Michel, repre-
sentative Of the American Pilots as
sociation. 81 read recently in the
Washington Post that Representative
Collier of Mississippi was in doubt
about Miss Beckley's statement that
sharks do not go after persons swim
ming. In 1878 at South Point, off
the Louisiana coast, Gulf of Mexico,
a gig with four men aboard, put off
in pilot boat to meet large vessel
to pilot her into port. When near
the vessel the swells from the steamer
upset the gig and threw the men into
the water. One of the men went down,
though he was good swimmer. There
was a particularly strong fellow,
giant in stature, and an expert swim
mer, who went to his companions res
cue. He needed not the sharks that
were plainly in view until one mon
ster caught him and drew him under
the water.
There never was any doubt in the
minds of the men who saw this trag-
edy about sharks devouring human
beings. Ample proof of it was fur
nished few minutes after the man
disappeared beneath the water for the
sea was red with blood
''Miss Beckley may have discovered
a new species of shark in the Ha-
waiian waters but there can be no
doubt that in the Atlantic, and in
other waters, sharks do go after and
devour living persons"
The citizen., 1914-02-13
Wasted Manure is
Money Thrown Away
No Farm Product OF Equal Value Is
So Poorly Cared For.
w. E. HANGER.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

OF all fertilizers used for crops,
good stable manure is the most desir-
able since it furnishes plant food and
puts life" or humus into the soil. OF
course, it is not possible for the aver
age farmer to cover great deal OF
ais land, but he can at least, take care
Of what he has. Fresh manure loses
in decay from 20 to 20 per cent. of its
original weight. An S0-ton heap of
cow manure for one year lost Sc per
cent. of its dry substance. The
manure from the stock on a 160-acre
farm was found to be worth S342, one
half of which is lost on the average
farm before the manure is applied.
The S171 lost would easily have paid
for the fertilizer needed on a 40-acre
wheat field on that farm, yet the owner
complains of the little amount of
manure he can make.
In saving our manure from loss, we
should use enough bedding or litter in
the stable to absorb and save all the
liquid parts. The loss due to heating
can be checked by mixing horse
manure with the cooler cow manure,
by making the pile as solid as possible,
and by moistening it so as to drive out
the air and lower the temperature.
Plaster, kainit, or phosphate rock
sprinkled on the fresh manure will pre-
serve it and prevent loss. Losses from
washing or teaching by rains may be
avoided by having the piles of manure
under cover, or better still, hauling it
directly to the field and spreading it
as soon as produced.
The citizen., 1914-02-13
Skirts Wear Out Shoes.

"The close relation between gar
ment styles and shoe styles is recog-
nized by every manufacturer and dis
tributor of footwear" says trade au-
thority "The slit skirt, for example,
accentuates the demand for neat foot
wear
"To the extent to which the fash
ionable skirt displays the foot is also
attributable the demand for the light,
turned sole. The tendency to it's
adoption is growing stronger each
season, and the output of turns as
compared with welts, in nearly every
factory. shows a large increase.
"The question has of late been
asked, Why it is that turned shoes do
not seem to wear as long today as
they did in former seasons? The an
swer is, it is the narrow skirt that
does it. The well-dressed woman
and this applies to the great majority
of American women-is obliged to
take twice as many steps as she used
to before the introduction Of the pres.
ent style"
The citizen., 1914-02-13
STILL USE HORSE AND WAGON
transportation Methods of Old Days
Yet Employed by Majority of
Mankind.

The history of highway transporta-
ton since the days of the Roman en-
pire exhibits few phases and great
turning points which have marked
new eras in progress, in efficiency. in
conveniences or economy. Historians
Of transportation tell us that mans
first land vehicle was boatlike struc-
ture without wheels. which was pulled
by sheer brute strength, first by man
and then by animals which he sub
jugated. the OK, horse and mule. The
next step in land transportation was
by means of crude rollers, which were
clipped underneath the vehicle very
much on the order of the rollers which
we see in use in moving small build.
ings short distances.
When the revolving wheel was ap
piled to vehicles a great impetus was
given to highway transportation and
for 1000 years at least, until very re-
Gently. highway transportation saw
very little change or improvement,
says the Engineering Magazine.
If we carefully compare the methods
of highway transportation in the days
of the Roman empire and the year
1912 we find that the greater percen-
tage of the world is still using the
horse and wagon very much after the
fashion of the Romans; we see no
great evolution in highway transpor-
tation parelleling the wonderful ad-
vance that has been made in power
transportation by rail or trolley. The
delivery of our merchandise is much
after the fashion of 5000 years ago,
although the motor, the iron horse of
the highway, has reached mechanical
perfection in the span of ten years
however, so great slave to custom is
man that he finds today comparative
ly little commercial utilization of one
of the greatest civilizing agencies and
efficiency tools that so far has been
given the world
The development of this efficiency
tool has gone on so quietly and at the
same time SO thoroughly that the
world at large. grounded in horse ira
ditions, has not yet been informed on
motor transportation. To an investi-
eating mind it seems paradoxical that
in the twentieth century the human
race should be using for one purpose
means that were employed dozens of
centuries ago.