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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
SPECIAL CANNING GAR
HERE JUNE NINTH
Demonstration to be Given BY
Mrs. King in Waiting Room
of O-W. R. & N. Station

To stimulate interest among the
housewives of the Northwest in the
art Of canning and preserving fruits
produced in the vicinity in which they
live and to bring about betterment
Of conditions in home economy, the
Oregon Washington Railroad & Navi-
CATION Co. has inaugurated "Fruit
Canning and Preserving Campaign"
and has secured the services of Mrs.
M. E. King, Of Portland, an expert in
this work, to travel over the lines Of
the company and give practical dem
onstrations.
Mrs. King will be in Kennewick on
Wednesday, June 9, and conduct dem
onstrations before local housewives in
the ladies' waiting room of the O-W.
r. & N. station.
This new campaign is similar to
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
MORE WATER IN THE
HORSE HEAVEN HILLS
Abundant Supply is Struck in
Well at Depth of 10S feet
Artesian Indications Good

Geo. Rowe, who has two well drill
ing outfits operating in the Horse
Heaven hills, broke his own record this
week when his drillers struck fine
flow of water at a depth of 10s feet.
The new well is. located on the lands
of the Commercial Orchards Lands
company and is only short distance
from the 251-foot well which was fin
ished several weeks ago.
The rock formation encountered in
this well is entirely different from that
in any of the others. The water was
struck just after the drill had broken
through a solid basaltic rock forma-
tion into blush honey-comb rock
almost identical to that found in the
artesian wells around Walla Walla.
Although there is every indication that
the water at this depth is in perpet-
ual flow, Mr.. Rowe intends to drill
deeper through the honey-comb STRAIT
um in the hope that an artesian flow
may be obtained.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
INLAND BRINGING SUGAR
AND MILK TO KENNEWICK
Steamer Has Two Full Carload Ship
ments for Local Dealers-Teal
to Portland Rose Show

According to advices received by
Local Agent c. ID. Crichton, steamer
Inland Empire left Portland at z
o'clock this morning carrying a full
cargo included in which is car of
sugar and car of canned milk for
Kennewick. The Inland will leave
here Saturday morning for Lewiston.
The ]. N. Teal leaves Portland Sat-
urday and will lay over in Kennewick
until Tuesday to accommodate pas
senger travel to the Portland Rose
Festival.
Mr.. Crichton is urging his company
to hasten arrangements for putting
the steamers on fixed schedule as
he receives from two to a dozen in
quires every day from people who
wish to make the river trip.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
YAKIMA COMMISSIONERS
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Nonfeasance in Office is Charged Up
Against Men Who Manage
the County Affairs

The Yakima county grand jury Sat-
urday returned indictments against
county commissioners James Lancast-
er, William Staplehut and ] m S
Stuart on charges of nonfeasance in
Office. Lancaster was also indicted on
a charge of misconduct in Office.
The grand jury's report arra;gns the
administration of several of the coun-
ty officers and recommends the recall
of the three county commissioners.
The taxpayers are advised to "fill the
place with men who Will conduct the
business Of their offices according to
the strict letter of the law, and place
public interest before private gain"
The grand jury also returned in
dictments against B. Schmidt, chair
man and B. A. Bannister, clerk of the
Wapato school board. They are in
dicted under the statute which makes
it illegal for any member of the board
to be financially interested in any con-
tract which the board has authority
to execute.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03

that inaugurated by the O-W. R. e. N.
last year in its apple cookery contests,
lectures and demonstrations. The sue
cess met with and the interest which
was created in the apple, the various
ways in which it can be prepared and
the largely increased sales Of apples
throughout the territory has encour-
aged the company to undertake a
similar work in connection with the
preserving of soft fruits, much of
which is now going to waste because
the fullest opportunity is not taken
to put it in shape during those months
when the fresh fruit is available.
Officials of the company say it is
actuated only by the desire to be Of
service to the people in the territory
reached by its lines, believeing that if
greater interest can be stimulated in
the preserving of soft fruit in the
home, the grower, the consumer and
the railroad will be benefited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
PETER LAGAE DIES FROM
ATTACK OF TYPHOID FEVER
Was Native of Belgium and Had Made
His Home in This City for the
Last Four Years

Peter Lagae, who has followed the
business of stock buyer in this city
for four years, died at his home at
$50 o'clock last Friday evening, death
following a six-weeks' illness of ty-
phoid fever. Funeral services were
conducted in the Catholic church at
two o'clock Sunday afternoon by Fa-
ther Flavin, interment was in the city
cemetery.
Mr.. Lagae was born in Belgium 80
years ago and had made his home in
this country about nine years. He
leaves widow and two small child
rem, who will continue to make their
home in Kennewick. The only living
relative of either Mr.. or Mrs. Lagae,
in this country, is Mrs. Lagae's step
father, H. Brandt, of Colville, Wash,
who arrived in Kennewick last Thurs
day. Mr.. Lagae has a brother in the
Belgian army, letter saying that he
was still alive and well having ar
rived the day following his brothers
death.
Mr.. Lagae was an enterprising,
hard-working and frugal young man
and enjoyed the respect and esteem
of all those in the community who
knew him. At the time he was taken
ill he was employed as stock buyer
and slaughter house foreman for
Dircksen's Market.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
EXIT STRAWBERRY,
ENTER THE CHERRY
Local Bings and Royal Annes
Putting California Product
Off Northwest Markets

The 1915 Kennewick strawberry
crop is just making its exit from the
stage of marketing operations this
week and the cherry has the atten-
tion of the local shippers and growers.
AS usual the Kennewick cherry is the
first Northwest cherry in the market
and there is good demand and sat
isfactory prices.
The Seattle Daily Produce News of
June /, says:
"No more California cherries need
apply. Some beautiful lots of Bings
and Royal Annes from Kennewick
looked good to the buyers"
The season opened with the dealers
paying slips per 10-pound crate for
Bings but today the quotations are
running from 85 cents to one dollar.
The crop on the whole will not be as
heavy as last year and there will
probably not be many full carload
shipments. Sales Manager Chas. H.
Collins, Of the H. H. Davis company,
says his company expects to load out
a car tonight for distribution out of
st. Paul, to Minnesota, Wisconsin, In
diana and Iowa points. The cherries
are of excellent quality and they are
to be thus widely distributed as an
advertisement and market opener for
other Kennewick products.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
BERRY EXCURSION
JUNE IWENTY-F|RsT
County Agriculturalist Lampson
Will Show Growers Results
of Different Methods

For the purpose of acquainting the
farmers of the Columbia river valley
with the best methods of successful
and profitable strawberry culture, a
strawberry excursion and demonstra-
ton will be conducted Tuesday, June
2l, under the direction of County Ag-
riculturalist Lee M. Lampson. Several
patches in the Kennewick Richland
district will be visited and in each
some different phase of the industry
will be studied and explained. In ad-
dition to the local growers, a number
of farmers from the Hanford- White
Bluffs district will make the trip. All
those who wish to take part in the
excursion are requested to notify d.
M. Williams at the Kennewick Auto
garage so that adequate transporta-
tion arrangements can be made.
Some of the interesting phases of
the industry to be studied on the trip
are: The renewing of beds without
transplanting, at the patch of the
Gardner Fruit company, near Rich
land; the best methods of fertiliza-
tion in the patches of w. H. Allison
and w. P. Osgood; growing plants for
the market, r. v. Bunts patch; the
root weevil in the patches of ]. E.
Mowrey, Richland, and c. E. Lum, in
Kennewick.
District Horticultural Inspector L.
Powell will be on the trip to lecture
on the root weevil and to show the
growers how to detect it. A valuable
object lesson in fertilization will be
furnished in the Osgood patch, where
four different kinds of fertilizer have
been used.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
YOUNGSTERS ARE
INDUSTRIOUS LOT
VIM. Meikle says Boys and Girls
are Making Fine Showing in
Agricultural Clubs

ri don't believe there is commun-
ity anywhere that has more indus
trious lot of boys and girls than Ken
newick," said VIM. Meikle the first
of the week after he had finished
checking up the work that is being
done by his boys and girls agricul-
tural clubs. "There isn't an idle boy
in the community. Not only are the
youngsters working, but they are
studying methods and conditions and
are going to get a lot of valuable and
practical information from their ef-
forts.
"The girls are just as Industrious as
the boys and there are now so girls
enrolled in the canning clubs. The
school has two steam-cooking canning
outfits the use of which the girls
are to be taught in a series of dem
onstrations by Prof. Newbill, of the
state college.
"The enrolment of the pig club is
IA and every boy is doing excellent
work. Some of the boys are keeping
a detailed record of every feed, are
carefully studying all the pig litera-
ture they can get from the state col
lege and at the end of the contest
they are going to be able to tell some
of their elders how to raise pigs. The
same thing is true of the poultry club
which numbers 16. In some instances
the boys are taking care Of the farm
flocks, but most of the boys are rails
ing their own poultry. Fourteen boys
are growing potatoes and twelve are
farming corn patches varying in size
from a few rods to nine acres. In
every instance I found both the live
stock and the agricultural products
well cared for and every one Of the
young farmers showing the keenest
interest in the work"
Mr.. Meikle has made no effort to
organize gardening nor Horticulture
clubs, for the reason that most Of the
children have no spare time to devote
to these lines. Some Of the boys,
however, expect to qualify for entry
in the gardening contest by caring for
the family garden.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
TO REVIVE BAND

For several weeks C. L. Kimble has
been endeavoring to put the rollers
under Kennewick's band wagon and
with few exceptions has found local
musicians favorable to the idea. He
has secured tentative promises from
a number of the boys and says pros
poets are good for a band Of 16 or 18
pieces. For purpose of discussing
plans and possibly forming tempo
rary organization, Mr.. Kimble will
call the bandmen together at the Com
mercial club rooms this evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
People Join with Veterans i'm
Paying Tribute to Memory
of Their Comrades
ONLY ONE SOLDIERS
GRAVE is DECORATED
nj. M. Moulton Says Country is Now
Facing One of Gravest Crises
in Its History

The scant dozen of veterans en-
rolled in the local ranks of the G. A. r.
followed their beloved flag and lived
over again, in memory, the scenes Of
other and sadder days, last Monday
in the observance of Memorial Day.
A number of the local business houses
were closed during the afternoon that
proprietors and employees might join
with the veterans in paying tribute
to the memory of their dead comrades.
The exercises of the day began when
the old soldiers and members of the
Woman's Relief Corps gathered at
the Masonic hall at 1000 a. m. Au-
tomobiles We're in waiting and the
little party We're taken to the ceme-
terry where the grave of Comrade
Weger was decorated with appropri-
ate ceremonies led by Commander S.
M. Henderson, Of the local post.
At noon an informal dinner was
served in the lodge hall for the vet
Grams and their families, and at 2:30
the exercises were begun at the Meth
odist church. Owing to an attack Of
throat trouble F. r. Jeffrey was un-
able to deliver the Memorial Day ad-
dress and his place was taken on the
program by M. M. Moulton. The
speaker did not attempt to deliver
any studied oration, but in short and
informal talk, paid fitting tribute to
the bravery Of the men who followed
the flag in the sixties and made a
strong plea for national patriotism
which recognizes and respects the
rights of humanity.
at is indeed fitting and proper
that we should pause one day each
year and join with these gray-haired
veterans in honoring the memory of
their comrades who fell in battle or
who have since passed on to the great
beyond" said Mr.. Moulton. cit is
indeed a beautiful custom, but if the
observance of Memorial Day means
no more to us as nation than token
of our appreciation Of the bravery
these men displayed, the custom will
pass with the passing Of the last vet
eran who answered his country's call
in 1861. But if Memorial Day is
observed by us in recognition of the
fact that these men stood forth ready
to sacrifice their lives that the cause
of right might be advanced and the
sacred rights of humanity be pre-
served, the custom of honoring our
soldier dead will endure down through
the years long after the last veteran
is in his grave"
During the course of his remarks
Mr.. Moulton said, "On this Memorial
Day, 1915, we are facing one of the
gravest crises in our national history.
The same great principle which was
involved in the crisis which preceded
the civil war is involved today. 1t
was question then, as it is today,
whether we as individuals and the
United States as nation are willing
to sacrifice our all in maintaining a
stand for the rights Of humanity"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03

President Williamson and Secretary
Haradar, Of the North Yakima Com
mercial club, and President L. L. Lynn
of the Prosser club, gave Kennewick
the once-over last Saturday. The
gentlemen arrived on No. from
Benton City where they represented
their organizations at the celebration
of the opening of the Sunnyside canal
extension. Mr.. Williamson and Mr..
Haradar returned home on one of the
late trains, while Mr.. Lynn was the
guest of Kennewick friends over Sun
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03

While in Spokane the first of the
week Chas. H. Collins, sales manager
for the H. H. Davis company, per-
fected plans for marketing portion
of the Greenbluffs strawberry crop.
The local firm will distribute in the
Dakota territory and expect to handle
about 10000 crates. Harry Breede
will be sent from the Offices hsre to
receive the berries and handle the
shipments out Of Spokane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03

A. X. Smythe, Of Smythe Brothers,
one of the largest sheep raising firms
in Oregon, and E. L. Hoppel, travelling
freight agent for the Northern Pacific
were in the city the last Of the week
to superintend the loading and ship
ping of large band Of sheep. The
sheep were wintered near Roosevelt
in Klickitat county and were driven
here for shipment to the summer
range in eastern Oregon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
JOG CoUNTY's MEMORY

Several months ago the county
voted to spend some
5000 of the general road and bridge
fund in the improvement of Kenne-
wick's city streets. Tuesday eve
ming the council instructed the clerk
to request that this expenditure be
made soon and that the council be
given an opportunity to suggest what
street should be improved.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
GIVE DELINQUENTs A CHANCE

Inc city council Tuesday evening
voiced its determination to collect all
uelnquent local improvement as
sessments without delay. Under the
S tne default of any one payment
ASAes the entire assessment due and
.Unectable !. Immediately. The city fa-
.Ae,s' however, voted to show mercy
" .ne extent of giving the delinquents
nahce to pay up. The clerk was
ucted !. to notify all those who are
~. = arrears that unless the past-due
.s .ssallments We're met within 80 days
ehtire assessment would be de-
payment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03
o-.hardists Heed Warning and
Lose No Time in Stamping
Out the Tree Disease
SITUATION is ALREADY
WELL UNDER CONTROL
n.r.er Now Lies in Few Neglected
and Isolated Orchards-Rigid
Inspection is Necessary

That this community has the class
II orchardists who are bound to make
success of the business in which
.hev are engaged has been forcibly
demonstrated this week No sooner
Id the warning been given that fire
blight had been detected in the Ken
rSvick orchards than practically ev-
ery fruitgrower in the community was
r;eht on the job ready to give his
trees q most rigid inspection. AS a
result the blight situation is practic-
ally under control and the damage, ex-
cent in few orchards, will be small.
The danger now lies in a few aban-
doned and isolated orchards and with
N occasional Indifferent owner. Plans,
however, are being made by Inspector
Luke Powell to have these orchards
rigidly inspected and compel the own
ers to cut out all infection.
IN speaking Of the situation Inspec-
tor Powell said: "As long as your
orchardists continue in their present
frame Of mind Kennewick has but
little to fear from blight. Their re-
sponsc to the warning was splendid
aud I have not the least doubt but that
the blight will be kept under absolute
control in this district"
The determination with which local
orchardists have entered upon the
campaign for the eradication of the
blight was we'll shown in the size of
the crowd Of those seeking first hand
information and instruction in the
detection and destruction of blight,
which met in the N. p. I. company's
forty-acre tract last Saturday morn
ing. Here with but little publicity of
the fact that Inspector Powell would
give instruction in the eradication of
blight, over one hundred people
men, women and children gathered,
seeking knowledge from one who
knows from past experience that
blight can be cured and how to do it.
The demonstration as given by Mr..
Powell was very thorough. He first
showed how to detect blight by the
dark color on what otherwise should
be green bark, also by the black dead
fruits and fruit spurs where the
blight first entered Methods of cut
tng and disinfecting were thoroughly
explained, as was also the necessity
OF the burning of all the diseased
branches that were removed.
AS explained by Mr.. Powell, blight
IS not a disease that should discour-
age the orchardist but rather one that
ne can feel satisfied can be perfectly
controlled by the careful adherance
70 the known successful means of con-
uol by every orchardist in the COM
munlty. One neglected blighted or
cnard can destroy the fruit industry
o the entire community, careful CO.
operation on the part of every orchard
owner will destroy the blight. In the
: .no oilght is the test that determines
.ae value to the horticultural commun-
ny OF each orchard owner and it is
- exemplified in the one word-co-
operation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-03

Of LIS aas W. 4. Clark had the pleasure
~ pr'alnlng D. her friend, Mrs. Weller
asco' In her home the first of the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
1Rv Roaer M. aahaonN

Written in Montevideo,s Uruguay
Every n who Visits Buenos Aires
should run across the bay to Monte
yideo, the capital Of Uruguay, n OF
smallest. but most fertile countries In
the world. Uruguay is about the size
OF Nebraska with a population of 30o,-
900.
Like Buenos Aires. Monteyideo IS a
clean and cheerful city serving as an
outlet for the wheat, maize and other
agricultural products of the country
rather than ais a manufacturing center.
Moreoyer,Sas the mouth of the River
Plate upon which both cities are To-
Gated isfmuch deeper on the northern
or MonteVtdeo side this Uruguay city
receives, more of the larger ships. AS
this city is built on sloping ground IL
is more attractive to many people than
is Buenos Aires which Is on a dead
level, little above the sea.
The climate OF central Argentine
and Uruguay is entirely different from
that of the west coast where ! have
been the past few weeks. There, cs'
pecially in the p%lateaus, n is very
hot in the sun and cold in the shade.
Here in Montevideo there is not
such q difference between the sun and
the shade. The winters Of Montevtdeo
are warmer and the summers cooler
than in any of our central western
cities. For this and other reasons
would rather lie in Montevieo than in
any other city Of South America. Be
lieving many other people Will come
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

".fE E.IlJTs -H- ..aH-M .MHH.L .H-.
to the same conclusion, it seems to me
this capital Of Uruguay hasa bright
future
Considering the climate Of the entire
country there Is a greater difference
for the climate of the northern part %
somewhat tropical. But where Uru-
quay has only 70 900 square miles com,
pared with 1,135.000 in Argentine and
3,20g,0005 In Brazil, It must be more or
less the same in character throughout,
Moreover, its character is good. Hard.
.lysun acre of useless ground exists In
Uruguay. No country has more uni.
formly better climate, land and out
lets.
A few years ago this country was
raising. The deep, rich soil was not
appreciated. Gradually, however, this
land is being used for raising wheat
and corn and for vineyards. When
one considers that at present seven
eighths is used for ranching and only
%one.eighth for agriculture, 1t is evil
dent that Uruguay should have q prom.
ising future.
Uruguay has not the gold mines
which Peru and certain other coun-
tries claim, but 1t probably has more
gold per capita than any South Ameri.
can country. 1t is the only n OF
these countries whose dollar Is worth
more than is our United States dol
lar.
The Peruvian dollar is supposed to
be worth 4Sh cents. but during my
visit 1t was obtainable for less than
"A cents. Bolivian dollars are worth
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

less than 40 cents; while Chilian pa
per dollars, although normally worth
about 20 cents, were, during my visit,
obtainable for IA cents a piece. In
Argentine the dollar is normally only
IA cents; but in Uruguay 1t is worth
$t.06!
At the present time, cattle and
sheep are the chief sources OF wealth.
Hence, meat, hides and wool are now
the chief exports. Much Of the meat
is frozen before shipping although
some is canned or pressed.
Many feel that the cattle exports
may soon be at about maximum. as
more lnrd is cultivated there is less
for cattle raising.
Hence, the exports Of wheat, corn
and other farm products should rap
idly increase. This agricultural de-
Yeiopment is being greatly aided by
continual railroad construction. With
Montevideo as q center these lines
extend like q fan throughout the
country. Personally, | feel that Ger.
tain Uruguayan land is today the best
purchase for speculative purposes, OF
any of which I know.