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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
NO CLASS SPEAKERS
At COMMENCEMENT
High School Graduates Will Not
Indulge in Oratory-Pro-
gram is. Announced

The formal passing Of eighteen Of
Kennewick's young people from the
High school will not be attended this
year by any student oratory. The
commencement exercises which will
be held in the gymnasium Friday eve
ming will consist of several musical
selections by the students and a COM
mencement address by Prof. w. A.
Bratton, of Whitman College. Prof.
Bratton is very forceful speaker and
by reason of having judged several
debates in which Kennewick has par
ticipated he has for several years
shown more than casual interest in
the local school.
To prevent confusion at the door
and to allow relatives and immediate
friends of the graduates to secure
seats, reserved seat tickets will be
given to the class for distribution.
After the holders Of these tickets have
been accommodated the remaining
seats will be open to the public.
The program follows:
Grand March
Invocation Rev. S. Probst
"The Two Grenadiers" Schumann
High School Chorus
Presentation Of Championship De-
bate Prizes - Supt. Lewis
Sailors Song" Petrie
Farewell Song" Anon
Senior Quartet
Address to Graduates Prof. Bratton
1.-TWO Roses Abt
High School Chorus
"Come, o Spring" Kremser
High School Chorus
Presentation of Diplomas
Principal H. E. Groom
"Miller's Wooing" Tanning
High School Chorus
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
KENNEW|CK LOOKS
GOOD TO WILLIAMS
City Property Owner Expresses
Surprise at Growth of Town
in the Last Five Years

C. E. Williams, of Chula Vista, CAL,
arrived yesterday and will spend most
of the summer in Kennewick looking
after his property interests. Mr.,
Williams is the owner of the building
occupied by Sherk & Co., and other
business and residence property.
This is Mr.. Williams first visit to
Kennewick in five years and he ex-
pressed great surprise at the growth
of the city and the development of
the country. So favorably impressed
is he with the appearance of the town
that he announced that he will i'm
mediately begin the repair of the
second story Of his building, which
has been in disuse since the roof gave
way three years ago. Mr.. Williams
intends to spare no expense in fully
repairing and refinishing the building
and promises to convert it into a
thoroughly equipped hall.
"When I stepped off the train yes
terday and sized the town up, / could
hardly believe my eyes," said Mr..
Williams. 81 did not think there was
any town in the United States that
had grown so rapidly, and right now
Kennewick looks the best to me of
any town / know Of" Incidentally
Mr.. Williams said, 81 read the Cour-
ier-Reporter every week with consid-
cradle intrest and want to tell you
it is the best 'small-town' newspaper
I have ever seen and there are lot
Of towns three times as large as Ken
newick that haven't newspapers that
can hold a candle to it."
Mr.. Williams made the trip from
San Francisco to Portland on the
steamer Roanoke and experienced one
of the worst storms the Pacific coast
had had for fourteen years. The trip,
however, was made without accident.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
PLACING SIGN BOARDS ON
ROUTE FROM SPOKANE
North Yakima Editor Posting Road
From Falls City through Valley

Colonel w. w. Robertson, editor of
the Yakima Republic, passed through
Kennewick with his car full of road
signs. The Colonel is marking the
auto route through eastern Washing
ton which was officially adopted at
recent meeting of delegates from the
various towns along the route. The
metal signs have been purchased from
the joint funds raised by the several
communities and Col. Robertson is
donating his time in placing the signs.
The route which is .being promoted
in competition to the northern route
across the state via the Sunset high
way, is through Spokane, Lewiston,
Walla Walla, Kennewick and North
Yakima.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
FIRST BOAT OVER
BAR 123 YEARS ago
Almost Century and a Quarter
Since R0bt. Gray Discovered
the Columbia River

Had The Dalles-Celilo celebration
been timed just one week later, Ken
newick's welcome to the flagship Of
the expedition would have been, al
most to the hour, just 1923 years after
the discovery of the Columbia river
by Captain Robert Gray. In view
of the last weeks festivities the fol-
lowing from the pen of Marshall N.
Dana is Of interest:
One hundred and twenty three years
ago. Tuesday, Captain Robert Gray
discovered the Columbia river.
He sent his ship Columbia scudding
through breakers and over bar that
Admiral Vancouver, English explorer,
had declared impossible.
He found the quiet estuary of a
great river, though Vancouver and
Meares had discouragingly announced
there was no harbor or shelter for
ships between Cape Mendocino and the
Straits of Fuca. In token of his dis
appointment at not finding an en-
trance, Meares had already named the
bluff point on the north side Cape Dis
appointment.
Gray did not give name to the
river until May 10, 1892, just as he
was heaving anchor and getting ready
to sail from among the hundreds Of
curious savages that in small boats
gathered about the ship.
Proud of the vessel that had made
passage where British explorers,
animated by the same hope Of en-
pire and trade, had failed, he named
the river Columbia.
If the little Columbia had done no
more than bear the New Englanders
into the river that perpetuates her
name, the honor would have been de-
served, but she had already been the
first vessel to carry the United States
flag around the world.
Scenes Different Today
Probably it would mean more to
Captain Gray to return in this year
of 1916 to the Columbia river than any
other since he first sailed in over the
bar.
Ships 525 feet long, swift passen-
ger liners, heavy laden oil tankers and
lumber carriers pass in and out. A
lightship, also named Columbia, rides
out the storms and points the way to
harbor. Powerful tugs stand off shore
eager to give masted vessels safe con-
duct over the bar which itself has now
depth of so feet. at dead Nw watr.
The Indians and their little boats
are gone forever from the scene. On
the shores are commercial wharves
costing millions and cities more deter
minedly than ever before organizing
for trade.
By signs the savages communicated
to Captain Gray that it was wild
and long river stretching toward the
east. The Indians at Lewiston and
Umatilla last week Joined with the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
WEATHER BAD FOR
BERRY PRICES
Offerings are Soft and Insult
able for Long Shipment
Market Very Uncertain

It is not known whether or not it
came via the Cello canal, but at any
rate the wet weather of the Coast has
prevailed throughout this section for
several days, much to the dissatisfac-
tion and detriment of the strawberry
growers. Frequent showers have not
only retarded the harvesting of the
ripening berries but they have had a
demoralizing effect upon the market.
Heavy rains have prevailed at Hood
River and White Salmon for three
days with the result that the berries
there, as well as here, are soft and
unsuitable for long shipments. AS a
consequence the entire offerings of all
sections have been dumped upon near
by markets and the price has dropped
rapidly.
The Exchange is paying their
growers today $500 for extra fancy
and $1.75 for fancy and is co-operat-
ing with the association in quoting
the same f. o. b. price to the trade,
the two organizations shipping in the
same car to some markets.
In the fact of the unsettled weather
conditions neither Manager Crawford
of the Exchange, Sales Manager Nc
Cullough. Of the Association, nor Sales
Manager Collins, of the H. H. Davis
company, would offer any predictions
as to the market conditions during the
next few days.
Owing to the heavy rains and wash
outs on the railroads in California the
market is pretty well cleaned up on
California berries but heavy ship
ments have been diverted via Ogden
and are due to arrive in the North
west cities tonight and tomorrow.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
GRAPE JUICE TO
SAN FRANCISCO
Local Company is Entering Mar
kets of California and Ship
ping in Carloads to Coast

When steamer ]. N. Teal leaves the
Kennewick wharf the last of this week
she will carry $50 cases of Church's
Grape Juice consigned to San Fran
cisco. This is half of a 500-case
shipment for which the local company
received an order recently and marks
the entrance of the Church Mfg. COM
pany into the markets of California
and is the first through shipment Of
freight from Kennewick to San Fran
cisco.
The local company is steadily en-
larging the distribution territory for
its product and everywhere Church's
Grape Juice is selling upon its merits
in competition against the old estab-
lished brands, the reputation of which
is nationwide. The California terri
tory is being handled by C. S. Harri-
son, an experienced salesman who is
enthusiastic over the future of the
local product in the southern markets.
This evening there will go out over
the Northern Pacific full carload of
Church's Grape Juice, to be distributed
among the jobbers of Seattle and Ia
coma. Another full carload will prob
ably go forward next week to Idaho
points. The company recently made
a shipment of 100 cases to one of the
large dealers of st. Paul, but as yet
the company is making no systematic
effort this year to open up markets
farther east than Montana.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
BANTA'S BOAT is STOLEN
Gasoline Launch is Taken from Pri-
vate Landing During Night

R. L. Banta's launch "The Gail' was
stolen from the private landing at the
Bapta home week ago last Friday
night. Although a number of clues
have been run down by Mr.. Banta
and the authorities, no trace of the
missing craft has been found.
Captain Arthur Riggs, of the J. N.
Teal, is certain that he saw the boat
somewhere last Tuesday but as he
took but little notice of it he doesn't
remember just where. Mr.. Banta and
Sheriff C. E. Duffy returned last night
from futile search up Snake river.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
RUSHING ROAD WORK

v. "A. Morain, who has the contract
nj NJ the kennewick-Finley state high
,h 10y said yesterday that he is rushing
e work with all possible haste and
S;.s vSpeets to complete the graveling
!. nla the next ten or twelve days. He
- = gong to make strenuous effort
hu. nave \ the road completed by July 1
-" s "a order to play safe he will ask
tvs.s tvs an extension of time on his con-
nn.; as, which, if granted, will give him
' July 10 to complete the Job.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13

whites in celebrating the building and
opening of the canal that forever null
ifies the dangers of rapids and falls
which had been a trade barrier and
had kept apart the coast and the In
land Empire.
When one thinks of the contrast be-
tween wilderness and cultivation, In
dian novels and modern cities-a CEN
tury and a quarter seems brief enough
for the Transformation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
EIGHTH GRADE EXAM

Thursday and Friday of next week
the regular state eighth grade exam
ination will be held in the high school
building. The program follows:
Thursday, a. m.-grammar, spelling
p. m, history and civics, manual train
ing, domestic science, agriculture.
Friday, a. M, arithmetic, reading;
p. M, physiology, geography.
The general questions may be ans
wered at any convenient time.
No written review of an entire
reading circle book is now required.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13

The four-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Hanson died in Seattle last
night. Death was caused from COM
plications following an attack of chick
en- pox, the child having been taken
to the city for medical treatment on
Tuesday night. Burial services were
held in Seattle today.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
Juniors Entertain

Last Friday evening the Junior
.lass delightfully."- entertained the Sem
.uls and the high school faculty in
ene dining room of the domestic
se,ence rooms. The room was taste
n ,u..y decorated in crimson and white.
"''n pleasant games and dainty re-
.,esnments, :, served in three courses,
ae evening passed in an enjoyable
manner. After Marilla Meikle, as
p,esloent OF the senior class, had pre-
;sn.ed the class megaphone to the
n1a 'or class the young people left with
Tor years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13
TWENTY-FIVE ARE
EXEMPT FROM EXAMS
u;ch School Students Make Ex-
ceilent Showing in Their
Studies This Year

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Tho High school examinations were
hsld for those not so lucky as to be
.,empt from all, or one or more, ex-
.m;nations. Those exempt from all
examinations, with their rank, average
and grade in high school are:
Ruth Cresswell, sophomore, 94.37;
olive simsen, junior, 93.75; Tom Soth,
freshman, 93.5; Ralph Dague, senior,
sa62; Marjorie Taylor, freshman, SO;
Raw Barton, senior, 92.75; Norman
lynch. freshman, 92.25; Barton Sherk,
iunior, s2.12; Gail Boyd, junior, s2;
Marilla Meikle, senior, 90; Harry Rar-
Az freshman, 91.75; Eleanor Mitchell,
freshman, 91.5; Jean Stewart, fresh
man. 91.25; Wilfred Butler, sophomore
91.25: James Reed, sophomore, 91.25;
Tbeo Smith, junior, 81; Gladys Dague,
senior, COTS; Edwin Osgood, junior,
so.5; william Sly, junior, 9O.S7; Ju-
LA Sonderman, sophomore, oops; Bes-
sic Hendrick, freshman, OOPS; Bur-
dette Hoadley, freshman, 90; William
Rosswog, senior, 80; William Schus-
ter. senior, 80; Bernard Slaugenhaupt,
senior, 80.
OF these twenty-five there were five
whose average was raised higher be-
cause Of credits received from debat-
ine. These were John Hamilton, Will
liam Sly, Barton Sherk, Ralph Dague
and Ruth Cresswell.
Those exempt in one or more sub
iects in the various classes are:
Seniors, Alice Baxter, American
History, 80; Dorothy Cline, English,
80; Linnie Witt, German, 90, Ameri-
can History, 90; Margaret Zwanzig,
American History, 80; Walter Hess
ler, English History, 81.
Juniors, Elsie Moeller, American
History, 80, German, l, 80; Elizabeth
Owens, English History, 80; Russell
Rarey, Solid Geometry, 80, Agricul-
ture 81; Corwin Terril, solid geometry
80, Agriculture 90; Charles Sender
man, Agriculture so; Ethel Watson,
English History, 80.
Sophomores: Elwin Brace, Modern
and Medieval History, "a; Sheridan
Delepine, Mod. and Med. Hist, 90;
Louis Haxton, Agr., 80, Bot. 80; AL
lesra Baxter, Mod. and Med. Hist, 81,
Eco, "a; Dora Williams, Mod. and
Med. Hist, 80, Eco, SO; Harry Han
ratty, Agr., 81, Bot. 80; Scott Will
liams, Bot. 80; Myrtle Elliott, Alg., 80
Eco, 80; Elaine Stimson, Lat. SO; Eco.
80; Margaret Beinhart, Eco, SO;
Genevieve Craver, Eco, "a; Fern
Johnson, Eco, 93;Lola Morain, Eco,
20; Geneva Story, Eco, 80.
Freshmen: Nova Terril, Anc. Hist,
20, Eco, 90; John Caha, Eng, 80, Alg.
81, Agr. 80; Leroy Kratzer, Alg., 80;
Henry Rich, Alg., 81, Agr., 80; Earl
Anderson, Agr. 80, Man. Tr., 90; Will
bur Weisel, Agr. 81; Ed Zwanzig,
Alg, 80, Agr. 90; Vera Ferrell, Eco,
"; Gladys Hudnall, Anc. Hist, 90,
Eco, 81; Gladys Motter, Eco. 90; linda
smith, Eco, 80; Ruth Brown, Eco, SO;
agnes Hawkins. Eco, 90; Margaret
Hawkins, Eco, 90; Ruth Hudnall, Eco.
"; Loreine Kennedy, Eco, 90; Cell
s,a Meikle, Eco, 90; Audfey Graham,
Eco, 80.
There are three seniors whose av-
efase is higher than 80 per cent for
.ne four years of high school work.
nney are: Marilla Meikle, 90; Ralph
Daeue, 81; and Gladys Dague, 80 2-2s.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-13

Mrs. G. NJ. Annis was hostess to the
Needlework club at very interesting
meeting Friday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1915-11-03
EERMA An RIDDER

Herman Ridder, owner of the
Staats-zeitung for years before his
death, lived very active life and
one very useful to the city of his
birth; for. strong as his sympathies
We're with Germany in the war, he
was born and always lived in New
York. From humble beginnings he
fought his way up to an outstanding
position among German-Americans
and among his other fellow citizens
not merely by courage and industry
but by character.
He was strong, human, simple
man, whose blood and convictions
led him to an extreme stand for
Germany against the allies and even
against those persons and influences
In America whom he believed to be
pro-British or pro- French. But no.
body who knew him ever doubted
that if it had come to a choice be-
tween this country and Germany
Herman Ridder, with all the earnest
ness and vigor of his rugged Teu-
tonic nature, would have stood for
his own country to the last ditch.
The Washington times., 1915-11-03
ASOUITh'S EXPLANATION

Prime Minister Asquith never
showed to better advantage the
qualities and powers which have
given him his long sway over the
British people than when he ex-
planned in the commons Yesterday
the governments part, which, in
TACT, is his part, in the war.
IF Asquith had excuses to make
for some of the misfortunes which
had come to the British program, he
had no blame to lay to any one but
himself. If he had credit to claim
for the successful achievements of
the British in the war, he took none
Of it to himself, but gave it all to
the nation. In its frankness vet
modesty his recital of the colossal
work which has been done and of
how much more is yet to be done
was great performance.
The British people are not likely
to fail to respond to the man who
tells them, in the way AsGuith tells
it, how a million trained troops are
now kept under the command of
General French in France and Flan-
ders; how hundreds of thousands
more are on other firing lines; how
two and half million have been
transported, not to mention the sick
and others; how there are so many
more in the field and ready for the
field that he hesitates to mention the
number; how England may quit the
Dardanelles, as he intimates, for the
while, but how England and France
will never abandon Serbia-how the
fight must go on to finish.
Asquith has long been a great
statesman in peace; he bids fair to
prove himself a greater leader in
war.
The Washington times., 1915-11-03
LOCATE RELATIVES
OF MAN FOUND DEAD
Gas Tube in Mouth of J. B. DAN
forth-Woman Also DecIar.
ed Suicide.

Relatives OF John 3. Danforth who
was found dead late yesterday in the
dining room of the house where he
lived at 1881 n street northwest were
located by the police today. A broth
err DR.. Foster Danforth, who Is con-
nected with the United States Navy,
the police say. will take charge of the
body. Another brother. NJ. f. Dam
forth. lives in Portsmouth, Va.
panforth was one OF two persons whose
deaths resulted last night IN the iss,,-
ance of certificates by the coroner as
cribing the cause to suicide The other
case was that of Mrs. Mary Graham
seVenty-nine years old. who was found
with her throat cut, and butcher
knife beside the chair in which her body
reclined at 4l9 o street Sou,hwes,
Danforth, fifty years old "A salesman.
occupied room IN thu home of Miss
Nan Corcordn. When she entered tho
mouse about . O'clock yesterday after
noon She investigated The strong oGor
OF gas and found the body. a gas tube
was clenched between his teeth.
MRS. Grahams body was discovered
by Miss Olive Wright eighteen yearg
old, an adopted daughter. The elderly
woman, the authorities were told, had
been talking to Miss Wright shorty
pctore she ended her life, and the girl
told them that the woman, who was n
cripple and nearly blind. seemed un-
usually despondnnt.
The Washington times., 1915-11-03
THE LOST CONSTITUTION

BY tremendous majority, the
voters of New York rejected the new
constitution proposed for that State.
The elections developments show
how difficult is the business of char
ter-making under American meth
DDS. Tammany was opposed to the
new constitution, which would seem
to suggest that reform elements
might have been expected to support
1t; yet the Socialists werS bitterly
antagonistic, and. the Progressive
party leaders commonly fought it.
Different reasons, of course, actu-
ated different elements. The reform
forces objected because the instru-
Elent was submitted practically as
a single document, giving the voters
inadequate chance to separate its
parts, favoring some and opposing
others; and also because It did not
grant so large a measure of prog
ress as they wished, and prohibited
further revision for a period too
long to please them. Tammany was
opposed for various political rea-
sons, among them the fact that New
York city is now more than half
New York State, but the new con-
stitution's apportionment did not
give the city proportionate weight
in the Legislature. The convention
that drafted the new instrument was
strongly Republican, and rammany
charged that it did mot give the
metropolis a fair deal. So it falls
out that constitution which un-
doubtedly represented a long step
forward, is rejected.
The Washington times., 1915-11-03
VICTORIES IN DEFEATS

The Woman suffrage constitutional
amendments in New York, Massa-
chusetts, and Pennsylvania were de-
feated, but the showing of force be-
hind them in all three States makes
the defeats look good deal like
victories. In New York, for in
stance, an index of the fundamental
conservatism that determines voters
when such questions are presented
was afforded in the fact that the
new State constitution, decided
improvement, was rejected by ma
jority of possibly 25O,OOO, which is
vastly greater than that against
woman suffrage. Suffrage polled a
vote of rather better than four in
favor to every five and one half
against. This, in the opening bat
tie of war, is most satisfactory
showing. Taken in connection with
the obvious fact that all the preju-
dice, much of the political, and GER
tain of powerful commercial inter-
ests were opposed, it is more than
ever apparent that the suffragists
lined up the great preponderance of
the intelligence, character, and sim
gle-minded sentiment of all the
campaign States.
1t has been said before, and it is
worth repeating now, that reforms
are forced by, human rights are
gained by, the urgencies of majori-
ties that grow by fighting, and
build themselves at length into ma
jorities. The suffrage cause is i'm
measurably stronger in the nation
for the contests that have been
made in the East.
So far as the politics of the suf-
frage cause is concerned, the de-
feat of the new constitution in New
York increases the probability that
they will get a new submission of
their proposition at an early date;
for it may be expected that another
constitution will be prepared soon,
and that it will include another
chance to vote on suffrage.
The campaign for suffrage will be
pressed, according to all the leaders
and all the logic, with more vigor
than ever. 1t is become a national
issue in larger sense than ever be-
fore. 1t has political power in
greater measure than ever, and it
can demand where once it had to
plead.