The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19

WHEN w lllidu CuSlSS StSaA 10 w
comparing the way they do things
back in Nebraska with the way Joe
Gerards says they do back in Iowa,
it's time to go home.
We talked last week to farmer in
Walla Walla county who has run a
large harvest crew for years. He
says that in past years he has lost
from eight to ten men in week, but
this year he lost but three men in
twenty-five days. He lays it all to
prohibition. Further than that, he
says the work has gone on with prac-
tically no accidents this year. mas
much as this particular farmer used
to hit it up pretty high himself oc-
casionally and worked and voted
against the prohibition law we thought
it spoke pretty we'll for one of the
effects in this community.
The speech of James H. Mays, Of
Utah in the house of representatives,
August 25, 1916, telling why he sup
ports Woodrow Wilson, was recently
sent broadcast thruout the land at the
expense of the government. We con-
slider this a rank abuse of the frank
ing privilege.
The grange will hold a special
meeting next Wednesday, October 25,
to discuss township organization and
the initiative measures on the ballot.
All are invited to come, whether they
are grangers or not. The grange is
particularly anxious to have a good
delegation of Kennewfck voters out
for they feel that the question of
township organization affects the
farmers most vitality, yet the town
voters will count largely in deciding
the question and they should make
an effort to find out how the farmers
feel about it. We hope particularly
to have the candidates for Office pres
ent for after township organization we
will discuss the initiative measures
in order of number.
Word has gone around that those
who failed to vote at the primaries
are disenfranchised unless they have
registered. This is wrong. The law
says that they shall register if they
fail to vote at any general election,
but does not mention the primaries.
So don't stay home. If you registered
you're entitled to vote.
ALTROGGE'S baby has tooth.
Now don't get excited, Billy. There
are other babies and other teeth. Lee
Powell made special trip to Ken
newick for small sized tooth brush
last week too.
Chris Puderbaugh's youngest isn't
very n:g. He can't walk very steady
OF ,alk very plainly yet but he's a
muscular midget. Awhile ago Chris
was talking with a friend when the
youngster came along dragging club.
He stopped and eyed his dad minute
and then with a regular Ty Cobb
movement he swung his club around
and brought it whang against Chris
shins and yelled Skinny"
Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do today. We notice that
Brother Newkirk hasn't told about his
apple tree in his Valley Club Notes.
1t seems that this particular tree
blew down and I. N. planned to cut it
up for wood. He put it off and put it
off until finally one of the neighbors
came over ard cut it up and carried it
home. I. N. says il anyone else ex-
poets to take any more of his trees he
wishes they would do it right away
so he can order another ton Of coal in
the club car.
If the contractor who built the rail-
road crossing at Finley would kindly
construct figure eight so a team
could get from the crossing to the de-
pot without going in the ditch, his
job would look better. ~a
Somebody raked up the weeds
around the Finley hall. We will start
the tin can detective on his trail so
Newkirk can put him in the honorable
mention column.
Mr.. Richland Correspondent (or is
it Mrs. give tip our hats. Not that
you are right, for you're not, but be-
cause of the silo showing you made
this year. When we read that you had
seventeen silos we thought you had
the best of the argument, but when we
counted up, we found that we had
nineteen. But ten silos in one year in
a community the size Of Richland is
going some and We'll have to rustic
to keep ahead-we can see that. .
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