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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-09
KITCHEN APPEALS
TO SCHOOL GIRLS
Enrolment in Domestic Science
Class Shows Increase
ior Class Organizes
Especial Correspondence

This year, as in previous years, sees
an increase in the number Of pupils
in the domestic science department,
there being 40 high school students
taking the work this year compared
with 36 last year. In the grades the
eighth grade girls take cooking for
double periods twice a week while the
sixth and seventh grade girls take
sewing for the same time alternate
days. The grade work In sewing will
thus be covered in the sixth and sew
enth grades and the entire eighth
years work in domestic science will
be devoted to instruction in the cook
ing laboratory. This arrangement will
make it possible for the courses Of
fered in the high school to deal with
advanced work only, while students
finishing the eighth grade will be quail
flied to pass the state eighth grade
examinations in both sewing and
cooking.
During the vacation Labor Day,
some notifications were made in the
form of some of the playground ap-
paratus at the Washington building,
the "shoot-the-chutes" being improved
to give more gradual slope at the
bottom Of the incline. This change
obviates any possibility of danger
through sudden bump at the end of
the slide.
The senior class held meeting
Tuesday noon and elected Gail Boyd
president; Corwin Terrill, vice presi-
dent and Elsie Moeller, secretary and
treasurer. Their time was limited and
all business was not finished.
An unusually large number of the
Kennewick high school graduates are
enrolling for advanced work in the
institutions of higher education in the
state. Monday Miss Lydia Evans and
Elsie Haas left to take up work in the
Cheney normal, following Helen Car
penter and Luella Squibb, Of former
classes; Misses Alice Baxter and Ma
rilla Meikle, of last years graduating
class, have left to enroll at Ellensburg
where Eva Barquist and Stella Han
son, of former classes preceded them
last year; Miss Helga Smith, who has
cOmnleted the freshman class IN fho
local school has also enrolled in Ell
lensburg, in the elementary depart
ment.
A canning club of four girls is pre-
pairing to compete against the county
teams, at the Grape Carnival. The
club consists of Genevieve Craver,
Ruth Hudnall, Julia Sonderman and
Burdette Hoadley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-09
KENNEWICK WASHINGTON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER g.
REV. C. ID. RAREY GOES
TO UNION PARK CHURCH
To Be Succeeded in the Local Field
BY Rev. C. E. Miller, of
Davenport, Wash.

Rev. C. D. Rarey, for almost four
years pastor of the M e h d i t
church of this city, will preach his
farewell sermon next Sunday and
leave the following day with his fam
lily for Spokane, where he will take
up his duties as pastor of the Union
Park church. The Rev. Mr.. Rarey
will be succeeded here by Rev. c. E.
Miller, of Davenport, who is expected
to arrive next Tuesday with his fam
lily.
This change is in accordance with
the appointments made at the annual
meeting of the Columbia conference
in Spokane last week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-09

able interest to the taxpayers of the
city If statement We're prepared by
the city clerk and treasurer each quar-
ter and published showing the receipts
and expenditures and a comprehen-
sive summary showing the financial
standing Of the city.
I'VE have checked the treasurer's
reports and find them in the very best
possible shape and wish to commend
the way in which he keeps the re-
cords.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-09
.s14s2s.52

"The approximate delinquency Of
s1432S.52 is a considerable item and
if allowed to accumulate as other
payments come due will result in a
burden to the property owners. There
fore we recommnd that statement
be sent each delinquent requesting
payment to date within thirty days
and if not paid at that time all de-
linquencies to be certified to the coun-
ty treasurer for collection. We fur
ther recommend that it shall be the
duty of the city clerk each year to
send out statement of all assess
ments due and that the city council
shall each year certify to the county
treasurer all delinquencies for col
lection.
"We believe it would be of consider
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-09
DIR. D. S. Brogunier and family r

DR.. D. S. Brogunier and family re-
turned Sunday morning from visit
to the San Francisco fair. Mrs. Bro
gunier and children have been spend
ing the summer with relatives and
friends in Vancouver, and were join
ed by the doctor, who accompanied
hem and Mrs. Brogunicr's sister to
the fair. Although they report very
pleasant vacation, the doctor is i'll
18th sciatic rheumatism and will be
liable to attend to his Office duties
r about q week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-09

Mrs. Grant A. Stewart and daugh-
ters delightfully."- entertained party
of 16 at bridge luncheon last Sat
urday afternoon in honor of their
niece and cousin, Miss Lillian Stewart
who visited them last week. Miss
Stewart left Saturday evening to take
up her work in the Kelso schools.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Net Increase in Swine During Las
Four Years Was 1,s34,ooo-North
Carolina Heads List.
tBy r Z. C. BRANsoN,

fBy PROF. Z. c. BRANSON.)
The cotton belt states report q con.
siderable increase in number of hogs
these last four years. except Missouri
and Oklahoma, which suffered losses
Of s and % per cent. respectively;
and Arkansas. Louisiana and Tennes-
see. which gained only 8. 6 and s per
cent In the order named.
South Carolina, Alabama and Texas
gained % e cent each. while North
Carolina heads the list with q "a per
cent increase.
All told. our net increase In hogs
In the South during the last four
years was 1884 900. The South can
raise pork when necessity pinches.
Nevertheless on the first OF Janu.
airy. 1915. we had $4,000 fewer hogs
in North Carolina than in 1860. Our
population increased two and a third
times over during these IS years:ebut
our supply OF home-raised pork has
suffered a decrease.
Our forefathers believed In full
smokehouses. and they were wiser
than we In this matter. There is not
likely ever again to be q time when
we can buy meat Of any kind more
cheaply than we can raise it at home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

sharks, and were finally forced to VIC.
late the tradition OF their calling
never to lose 9 captured whale.
According to the story of the men.
q whale was sighted OF the Virginia
coast early n morning. -. Two boats
Were lowered for the chase, one in
charge Of Mate Joseph Brown, and
the other commanded by the second
mate. Each crew put a harpoon into
the quarry, but while they were max
ing their capture they lost sight Of
their ship in the fog.
The whale was dashed between the
two boats and the men laid a course
toward the coast. Great schools OF
sharks we're attracted by the carcass,
land for two days the men fought
these scavengers with lances and oars.
Finally they became exhausted. and
the whale was cut loose and given
over to the sharks.
The men were without food and
water until they were picked up by
the Norwegian steamer Skard. bound
from Newport News for Chrtstfania.
Later they were transferred to the
steamer Piedmont, which ran into
Vineyard sound, where the whalemen
again took to their own boats and
sailed across Buzzards bay to this
port.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Mob Was Fojled.

Natchez.-An attempt to lynch Bob
Baker and King Lyons, negroes, held
at Vidalia and charged with the muir
der of Walter Zimmerman near Fish
Pond on Aug. IL, was frustrated by
Sheriff Eugene Campbell and the pris-
oners brought to Natchez in a skiff.
They were kept in Jail here over night
and then hurried to another place,
supposedly Tallulah. It is said that
IN attempt was made to induce the
sheriff to leave Vidalia by those who
wished to lynch the negroes. A tele-
phone message to him, it is said,
stated that q murder had been COM
mitted some distance from Vidalia and
that he was wanted at once The sus-
picions Of the officer had been arous-
ed, however, and he did not 90. The
Of Zimmerman was cold-blooded and
murder of Zimmerman was cold blood
ed andbrutal. Baker, whoconfessed to
the murder and implicated Lyons, was
employed by Zimmerman, and shot him
negroes hat. Using this as evidence.
the officers forced him to tell the
details.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
WILDCATS HOLD UP TRAIN
Cause Suspension Of Traffic for Full
Hour on Railroad in Penn
syivania.

Millerstown. -Pa.-Traf1c was sus-
pended on the main line OF the Penn
sy1vania railroad for q full hour near
Millerstown the other morning when q
fast freight train was held up by wild
cats.
Locomotive No. 1927. with a train Of
dressed beef, parted at a defective
coupler while passing through the
ragged mountains OF the Millerstown
narrows and Conductor Jack" Weav-
er q Harrisburg hurried forward from
the caboose. only to find the situation
In charge Of an old she-bobcat and
her two half-grown kittens.
The. cats. evidently attracted by the
scent of fresh meat. we're making night
hideous with their bowls In an effort
to attract their mate.
Weaver took refuge On top of q box
car, where he remained until liberated
by Brakeman H. A. Hohenshelt and e.
S. Eckelberger. who drove the cats
back into the woods with stones and
clubs.
Curley Sewers, 4 track walker, en-
countered the same cats later and
scared them from the right tracks
when he held his lantern In front Of
his face like q headligdf and ran at
them. making ! noise like q iocomo
tive.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
DESPERATE N HIS
ATTEMPT TO ROB
MERIDIAN LADY is BOUND ~
MAN WHO TRIES TO STEAL
DIAMOND RINGS.
SHERIFF 0uTwlTs A MOB
Two Negroes Charged With Murder
n Robbery spirited Away to
Natchez in Natchex in Canoe
While Mob Searches.

Meridian.-Mrs. Oscar Mcdonald, q
young matron of this city, was discov-
cred Aug. 20 gagged and tied to q post
in the basement of her mothers home
at this place. Mrs. Mcdonald had just
a few moments previously gone down
into the basement to look up an old
paper. She sat down on the steps,
when a young white man suddenly
threw q handkerchief across her
mouth, seized her arms, pinioned thea
behind her, tied her wrists and then
tied her hands to a post.
He had just seized one of her fin
gers and was trying to pull of a fine
diamond ring, when her mother, Mrs.
S. c. Gordon, heard a muffied cry, and
started down in the basement. AS
she did SO the man ran out OF the base
ment door and disappeared. Mrs. Cor.
don released her daughter, who was
badly frightened. and whose wrists
were severely cut by the cord which
bound them. The police were unable
to locate a trace of the intruder.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
sTuNG By His CONSCIENCE
paroled Convict Asks to BE Sent Back
to Prison at Michigan
City, Ind.

vincennes, Ind.-Charles Bays. fifty
one, walked into the police station
here and asked whether he was want
ed at Michigan City for violating his
parole. Chief Of Police Adams could
find nothing in the records from Mich
igan City, but a telegram from War
den Fogarty stated that Bays was
wanted and to hold him.
Bays was sentenced from one to
eight years from Dubois county in
1910 for the theft Of a half gallon of
whisky. He has served three years.
but his term was heightened when he
failed to report while on parole. He
said he became intoxicated several
months ago., failed to report, and his
conscience has been hurting him ever
since. He was returned to Michigan
City, but local people have become In
terested and may appeal to the gov.
ernor for a pardon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Boil WeeviI Machine.

Columbus.-T. w. Townsend of this
city has invented and perfected a ma.
chine which, in all probability, is the
most effective mechanical device yet
evolved with which to cope the boil
weevil. Actual tests have demon
strated the merits Of the machine.
The machine is SO constructed that
the cotton is not damaged in the least
and it's use in several fields in cotton
of varying heights show that the wee
wills are effectively collected. The ma.
chine also collects the p%unctured
squares. 1t is light in weight and can
be moved rapidly w the field.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

3.07 pounds. The amount OF pork
that could be accredited to the alfalfa
forage was 1868 pounds per acre.
With pork at 6 cents the return per
acre was 1851: with pork at Z cents.
$41.6S; and with pork at s cents.
s47.64.
With these and similar experiments.
as well as the practical experience Of
many progressive farmers before us,
we necessarily concluded that the old
fashioned plan Of drylot-corn-and-
water hog feeding must soon give
place to better methods.
An acre Of vigorous alfalfa will
support Is to Is head Of pigs. On an
average. pigs weighing 80 to so pounds
in spring will make a gain Of about
100 pounds each during the season.
and while they may be grown and fat
tened on alfalfa alone, it Is best to
combine the alfalfa with some kind Of
grain ration. The general health of
pigs grown in this way is better than
that Of those maintained on other
spells more alfalfa, more pigs and
greater profits in the future for the
farmer.
One acre of alfalfa will furnish more
forage for hogs than two acres of
clover, as it grows faster and keeps
on growing as fast as the hogs eat it
down.
When farmers recognize the posi-
bility of exclusive pork production as .
specialized .branchAof animal industry.
and evolve systems of farm manage
ment adapted to the business. 1t will
become attractive as a business propo-
;sition. and herds of well-bred hogs
will become common In many local..
ties where few good hogs are now
seen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Pathetic End Of Young American
Girls Dream Of
Love.
SQUALOR MARKS END


New York.-0n1y q ~glassy-eyed
Chinese idol looked on this week
when Kitty Powers, CASTOR wife of
Fong Pong, former president OF the
Hip Sing Tong, Of New York city, and
said to have been the daughter OF
wealthy Massachusetts parents.
breathed her last after . vain effort
to get opium with which to stihe the
laundering In her brain.
Catherine Powers died in q two-by-
four cubby hole in q rotting shanty
in the Chinese district OF the metrop-
oils. Too proud to beg, too sick to
go out of her room. with detectives
constantly watching the house. Kitty
died alone and forgotten. Chinatown
had little use for Kitty, and had Of
fered $1,000 for Fong Pong, now sup
posed to be in Chicago. Vain efforts
were made to locate him to tell him
OF the illness OF the wife who forsook
her home, relatives and American
ism for him Is years ago.
The Dream That Faded.
Kitty Powers came from Roxbury,
Mass, Is years ago. She was SNUG
sgled into Chinatown and remained
there in seclusion for -four years. Ac-
cording to the police, she never left
the house. Her parents, wealthy and
respected, made every effort to To-
cate her. At the end Of the four
years, when her body and soul had
been sufficiently tortured by the de-
lights of opium and other drugs, she
decided to become the Iegaftwffes OF
Fong Pong.
Kitty. The district attorneys Office
protected her, for she knew China
town. But 1t did not know that Kitty
had no money. that It was only what
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

Considering the present trend OF
grain prices. many farmers have been
in doubt as to the advisability of put
ting their corn on the market in the
form of pork, and to such as are en-
deavoring to solve the problem. the
experiments conducted at the Missouri
agricultural experiment station will be
very interesting. These experiments
were in producing pork with alfalfa
forage supplemented with cornmeal.
Ten pigs were used to one acre OF
alfalfa The pigs we're farrowed In
early winter, and we're in thin to me-
dunn condition of flesh at the begin
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Young Men Are Accused.

Meridian.-A charge of attempted
assault is placed against O. e. Hal
bert and B. A. Schneider of Laurel
on the docket of Justice Moody Price
Of this city. Their accusers r two
young women
The two men had been placed under
bond in Laurel pending actios of the
grand jury here. Both are prominent
in Laurel. The accused men deny the
charges, and claim that it is a cast Of
attempted blackmail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

Crop Should Be Cut When Seeds Are
Hard, but Not Sufficiently Ripe
to Shell.

By M. A BEEsON. Oklahoma Expert
lnent Station.)
The yield per acre for alfalfa seed
varies according to soil and climatic
conditions. Alfalfa makes from two
to fifteen bushels per acre. The o
NAL yield in seed regions is from four
to eight bushels. OF course. good. fer
tile land win make more than poor
land.
Where the season is long enough
for the third crop to make, it Is advts-
able to use the third crop for seed.
This enables you to get two good
crops of hay. and then. as q rule, there
are fewer weeds in the third crop.
Alfalfa should be cut when the
greater portion OF the seeds are hard.
but not sufficiently ripe to she'll. At
his stage the majority of the seed
pods are turning brown, and the seed
are sufficiently developed. Frequent
ly the cutting can be, made into wind
rows after two hours II the weather
is dry, and in two or three hours more
it can be made into cocks. It should
then stand from "a to 4S hours. owing
10 I0c ~c0|ucIp 6uu kACu 0AOVEO U0
stacked into ricks, provided 1t is well
cured. II it is not we'll cured 1t may
heat enough to injure the seed. II al
lowed to remain in the ricks for about
30 days. until thoroughly dried out,
It threshes much easier. In western
Kansas many seedmen cut their seed
crop Of alfalfa with a self-binder and
put 1t into shocks the same day and
thresh them out in ten days after cut
ting. Remember when the hay is
stacked it should be sufficiently dry
SO that the seed will not be injured
by heating.
When cutting alfalfa for hay. It il
best to cut when the new growth be-
gins to come out from the crown. AS
a rule the new growth begins to come
on when about one-tenth Of the crop Is
In bloom.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

Fishermen, Lost IN Small Boats
Without Food, Free Captured
Monster.

New Bedford, Mass.-Memor1es Of
more than half q century ago. when
New Bedford whaling ships sailed
the seven seas. were revived the other
day with the arrival here Of two
open boats containing II men OF the
crew Of the whaling vessel Joe B. Man
"a. who had become separated from
their ship In q fog on Cape Henry.
Their story Was one of hardship.
peril and excitement Without food
or water for four days. they spent two
days In fighting large schools Of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
ALLEGED Diamond Thief Held.

Julia Kennedy, arrested by police
Aug. 20 on a charge of larceny, ac-
cording to the officers, confessed to
the robbery of a number of pieces OF
jewelry. According to officers the
woman told Acting Police Justice Ell.
zey hat 1t was her custom to enter
homes, when the were absent,
in broad daylight and take only the
most valuable articles of jewelry.
Julia was bound over to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury under a bond
Of $1,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Shoots Her stepfather.

Observation-Disclosures that her step.
father, NJ. ]. Quigley, a machinist,
knocked her down and that he had
m~istreated his wife, her mother, Mrs.
A. J. Hatch on Aug. % fired a bullet
from a 3S-calibre pistol into the stom-
ach of Quigley, who is at a local hos
pital and not expected to live.
Owing t the fact hat Mrs. Hatch
has two small children, she was placed
under arrest, but allowed to stay at
home pending the result of her step
fathers wounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
WON RACE WITH A COUGAR
McGhie, Motorist, Tells = Thrilling
Yarn Of m Experience In
WASHINGTON.

Washington.
Everett, Wash.-The story OF a race
between an automobile and a big cou-
gar is related by S. p. McGhie. who
drove the al In the unusual sport
ing event q few days ago. while return
Ing froLi Mount Rainier with a party
consisting OF Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Pritch-
ard and Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Graves.
Soon after leaving the National
Park Inn they saw the animal coming
up the road. AS they approached It
stopped. The road at that point runs
along . high ledge. precipitous on
each side, and the animal had no other
chance to escape than to run down
the road.
Mr.. McGhie took up the chase step
ping upon" his e~ight-cylinder car for
probably half q mile. The animal saw
that It VA about to be overtaken,
leaped to the roadside and crouchinC
close to the rocks. snarled as tho ma
chine rushed On
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

ming Of the experiment. the average
initial weight being 5S.5 pounds. and
the average final weight 181 pounds.
The alfalfa was supplemented with
cornmeal in sufficient quantity to pro-
duce the standard gain of three-quar-
tiers of a pound per hundredweight, per
day. The alfalfa was 6 inches high
at the beginning of the experiment.
and the result briefly summarized fol-
lows:
The average amount of grain re-
quired to produce a pound gain was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Cyclone Hits McAdams.

Kosciusko.-A cyclone struck NC
Adams, q small station seven miles
west Of this place, on the afternoon Of
Ang. 20. destroying the railroad sta
tion house, q seed house, the resi-
dence Of Mfs- Francis Gowan and
che mill shed Of Gowan Bros, and do
ing other damage.
A negro cabin on Mr.. Gowan'a
farm. where nve negroes were housed,
Uas blown TO pieces and the negroes
LETT sitting IN tho rain. unhurt.
The tuister No only shout 50 yar0l
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Rottl;nu Plant Burns.

Hattiesburg.-The Bludwine Bot.
its plant on the night of Aug. 10,
wher the building and it's contents
burr ed. The fire which was discov-
ere In the roof of the building, com
pl@ ely Quilted the structure. John
Dewitt, manager in charge, esti.
ties the loss at $1,000, with $500 in
rance on stock and fixtures.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. F. Adcock,
who was shot on the night of Aug. %
by c. r. Fewox, died Aug. % at a hos
pital. Fewox claims the unwritten law
as his defense. The grand jury is In
yestigating the cas- while Fewox is ir
Jail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
ERADICATION OF FARM PEST
Turning Up Soil In Fall Tends to De
stroy Some Of Wireworm Larvae
by Exposure 70 Sun.

Fall blowing will prove beneficial in
the eradication of wireworms, as turn
Ing up the soil late in the fall will
tend to destroy some Of the larvae
by thus exposing them to the ele-
ments. 1t will take two or three years,
however. to thoroughly eliminate
them from the soil, as the insect
spends this length of time In the lar
val stage.
When the wireworms are very bad,
1t is sometimes necessary to devote
the ground to some crop which IL dis
tasteful to them, az buckwheat or
rape. to be used AZ q hog or sheep pas
ture. as these crops are not injured
as badly as some others.
When the wireworms are once eradi
Gated, which will be the case after
the land has been devoted to cultt
waited crops for two or three seasons.
the pest can be kept In check BY de-
voting the land to q short crop rota-
ton.
Wireworms are always more trou-
blesome on IN old sod which has been
moved or pastured for . number Of
years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-27
Bank CIearings Increase.

6dnK VIearTH0S IhcTeSSe.
The bank clearings of Jackson for
the week ending Aug. 81, according
to the report of the Bradstreet
agency, showed a total of $347, 600 as
compared with $3G4,O0O for the pre-
vious week, an increase of 3.5 per
cent, as compared with the same
week last year.
The clearings at Vicksburg totaled
$17s,0OO against $4,000 for the pre-
vious week, an increase of sc per
cent as compared with the same week
last year.