The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27
LIVE WIRE SPARKS


Last Sunday was a fine day and the
autos were busy scattering the gravel
from the unoiled spots of the oiled
road.
At their regular business meeting
last Saturday the Grange emphatlcai-
Nv endorsed the work of DR.. Donahue
in testing tubercular cattle, and almost
every granger present applied for tu-
berculin test application blanks. The
Grange, in fact, went on record as
approving compulsory testing and a
committee was appointed to see all
cow owners in the valley and endeavor
to get them to apply for the test. Such
a favorable impression did the work
of DIR. Donohue create that not one
among the thirty odd Changers pres
emit opposed compulsory test tho
there was considerable difference OF
opinion in regard to the financial re-
endorsement that should be made to
the owners of condemned cows. The
opinion varied from $3.50 to $4,000. 4
Another matter that came up was
the question of county finances, and
it was decided that there should be
published in this column monthly
statement of the receipts and dis
bursements of the county funds. We
will try.
Easter was beautiful Sunday and
we are now scheduled for ten sue
cessive Sundays without rain If we can
believe the signs. However, that does
not interest us so much as the fact
that last Sunday was perfectly
adapted to the customary parading OF
new head gear. This year the fash
ionable top shelters are of varying
styles of architecture, tho all seem to
be of memorial type patterned after
the destroyed cathedrals of Europe,
in shape, while black seems to FREEDOM
mate in color. The cathedrals Of
Reims and Armentiers were best rep
resented among those that came to our
attention, altho Ath, Valenciennes and
Amiens also claimed their following.
One poor misguided soul depicted the
Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake and
we advise that she study up on her
geography. Probably the most SEN
sible hat that was noticed at the ball
game and exhibited by C. c. .Cantwell
It consisted of a green eye shade fas-
tened at the back Of his head with q
bit of shoe lace. That man knows
what hat is for.
Among the stylish equipages no
ticed on the river boulevard on Sum-
day afternoon were John Tyacke's
brougham and G. Monroe Ford's II.
M. T.
The Finley ball team will play Ken
newick on the Finley grounds on Sum-
day, May 2.
The ball game between Finley and
Richland was a bit one-sided to say
the least. Finley sent five runs across
the plate while Richland sent a whole
lot more-it is doubtful if any one
knows just how many. Our boys were
outplayed all along the line. Never
theless everyone felt they did well
enough for this is their first game and
they entered practically without prac-
tice. Lee Powell pitched fine game,
altho he got pretty tired toward the
last. If he had been given half the
support our boys really are capable
of giving, the result would have been
different. Outside Of L. Powell, Spears
played the most consistent game, tho
Gerards caught very well considering
that he had never practiced with Pow
ell before. The whole bunch needs
practice and lots of it, and given the
practice we will have dandy nine
without changing man on it. We
believe the Finley boys will show them
yet before the season is over. The
lineup Sunday was: L. Powell, p; Ger
ards, c; Spears, 1b; Cochran, 2b;
Moore, 3b; Tewalt, IS; Angel, r; Rob-
inson, c; R. Powell, ].
Will Cooper was more successful in
stopping the ball than a number of
the players.
Carl White is some rooter. When
Finley had three men on bases Sunday
he plowed up nearly quarter of an
acre of sod in his excitement. Had
Finley won Coffin Bros. and Huss
would have had to put on four-horse
fresno for a week to level up their
fields again.
Frank Lyons was out driving last
Sunday. He will soon be around again
almost as good as new.
The school directors have installed
new sanitary driking fountain at
the Finley school. 1t is an air pres