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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
TO WAKE SLEEPERS
IN CASE OF FIRE
City to Install an Electric Fire
Whistle that Can be Heard :
for Two Miles

The resident, who in times past, has
walked leisurely down town the morn
ing after q fire to express his great
surprise that his neighbors were out
in their nighties wrestling fire hose
while he was peacefully slumbering,
is going to be just half out Of luck.
He is going to have his dreams dis
turbed or be reduced to the necessity
of plugging his ears with cotton, for
the city has ordered an electric siren
whistle guaranteed to tickle an ear
drum two miles distant.
The boys of the fire department
raised by public subscription $120 and
Tuesday evening the city council voted
an additional $12O to complete the
fund necessary to purchase the ap-
paratus.
Installation Of the new alarm sys-
tenn is largely due to the persistent. eff
forts of Fire Chief S. B. Nichols, who
began an agitation for its purchase
nearly two years ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
LADIES PLY NEEDLES
AT MONTHLY MEETING
nome Economics Department Has
Charge of Program at the
WOman's Club

substituting needles and thimbles
ior books and papers, the home eco
nomlcs department gave the members
=. the Kennewick Woman's club a
peasant diversion from the usual pro-
gram at the regular monthly meeting
friday afternoon in the Commercial
.'uo rooms. The members brought
tnelr sewing and busted themselves
while the hostesses entertained with
several musical selections. The de-
partment ladies served refreshments
a. number of daintily dressed lun-
cheon tables.
attendance at the monthly meetings
ana the work in the several depart
ments indicate that interest in club
sHairs 6 is unusually active this year.
several new members have been added
1u''ng the year and the present MEM
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
PRESIDENT OF COMPANY
NOT HOSTILE TO UNION
Head of Pacific Fruit & Produce Com
pany Reassures the Commercial
Club Members

That his company is not attempting
to head off the proposed organization
of the Kennewick- -Richland strawber-
ry growers, was the assurance given
the Commercial club at the Wednes-
day luncheon by President Jas. Yuell,
of the Pacific Fruit & Produce COM
pany.
Mr.. Yuell's statement was made in
reply to an announcement of Presi-.
dent F. M. Crosby that published
statement by the Pacific company had
been interpreted as inimical to the or
ganization plan. Mr.. Yuell, who was
in the dining room at the time in COM
pany with Lloyd Garretson and o. L.
Hanson, of North Yakima, said his
company was not seeking to deal with
the individual grower but was asking
that its marketing facilities be con-
sidered by the new organization. He
said his company had entered Kenne-
wick territory with the intention Of
becoming permanently established
here and believed they could give sat-
isfaction as a selling agency for the
strawberry union.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
KNIGHTS UNABLE TO
COME FOR CONVENTION
District Meeting is Postponed on Ac-
count of the Wash0ut on the
Northern Pacific

Owing to the uncertain train service
the Fifth Annual Convention of Dis
trict No. IL, Knights of Pythias, which
was to have been held in this city to-
day, has been postponed. Postpone
ment was made at the request of the
lodgemen from Lind, Sprague Ritz
vile and Connell, who were unable to
get here because of washout on the
Northern Pacific near Mesa.
The new date for the convention
has not been definitely set but it will
be held some time in March at which
time the original program will be car
ried out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
DUFFY GETS WINE
IN HOVER CELLAR
More Than Hundred Gallons Of
Homemade Beverage Found
in DObblaar Home

The state prohibition law was in
voked for the first time in Benton
county Tuesday of this week when
Sheriff C. E. Duffy and Deputy E. l..
Baxter descended into the cellar Of
F. B. Dobblaar, of Hover, and con-
fiscated more than 100 gallons of
homemade wines. The search was
made upon warrant sworn to by the
sheriff as result of numerous COM
plants from residents Of Hover that
Mr.. Dobblaar was selling wine.
Mr.. Dobblaar, sturdy old German
who can't quite understand the JUS
tice Of any law which forbids his sell
ing the fruits of his own labor, at first
made strenuous objections to the Of
ficers' entering his home. After be-
ing convinced that all objections were
futile he led the way to the cellar and
assisted in loading the casks and kegs.
The wine, was brought to Kennewick
and left in care Of Deputy Baxter to
await instructions from the prosecut-
ing attorney. -
Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Dobblaars de-
MED that they had been selling wine
saying that they understood they had
this right if the wine was Of their own
make.
Mr.. Dobblaar was not takene into
custody and he will probably not be
prosecuted for violation Of the prohi-
bition law.
"Of course the only course open to
me was to confiscate the wine," said
Sheriff Duffy. "but the scene enacted
in the little home of the aged couple
was really pitiful. think they were
honest in the belief that they had q
right to sell the wine and tears trick.
led down the cheeks Of the two as
they watched their stock disappear
keg by keg up the cellarway.
"'But what's a man going to do
protested the aged German. 4 raise
peaches and I can't sell them; I raise
grapes and I can't sell them and when
/ make wine you come and carry it
away and want to put me in Jail. 1
don't advertise. / don't go out after
orders, but when neighbor comes
and wants little wine sell it to
him. 1 don't bother nobody. stay
at home and tend to my own business
but have enemies who are always
trying to make trouble for me-"
Several years ago Mr.. Dobblaar was
arrested by Sheriff w. r. Mahan for
selling wine and was convicted in the
superior court, but sentence was sus-
pended.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
FEAR PAVING -
PRICE WOULD
BE A BURDEN
Council Hesitates Before Putting
Any More Assessments on
Residence Property
MAY SPREAD GRAVEL INSTEAD
Public Improvement Committee Gets
Prices on Bitucrete-To In
vestigate Further

The more the city council considers
the question of street improvement,
the less likelihood there seems to be
that any improvement of permanent
nature on Second street will be under
taken this year. Every member Of
the council admits the need of some
Improvement but they are reluctant to
levy any more assessments upon pro-
perty in Amon's addition.
Tuesday evening the council re-
ceived the report Of the public inn
provement committee on a patented
pavement called Bitucrete. Friday
evening the committee met with G. e.
Muckler, Of Tacoma, representative
of the Bitucrete company. This pave
ment consists Of four-inch concrete
base covered with II Inch Of pure as
phalt, surfaced with one inch of mixed
sand and crushed rock. The sand and
crushed rock is put on at tempera-
ture of from 400 to 500 degrees and
when rolled into the asphalt makes a
perfect binder. The company guar
antees the paving will stand for five
years without repairs. Bitucrete will
cost about S1.50 square yard pro-
vided the city prepares the sub grade
of the street.
Altho the councilmen were of the
opinion that this would make an ex-
cellent street they expressed the belief
that the cost would be Objectionable to
many property owners.
Jumping from patented paving to
Columbia gravel, the city fathers dis
cussed spreading the street with the
red gravel-clay mixture which has
been used extensively on. country roads
in different parts of the valley. If
this is done work must be started
right away as the gravel bars in the
river will soon be submerged by high
water.
The public Improvement committee
was continued on the job with the re-
quest that it investigate more fully
and report at the next regular meet
ing. ssgg
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17

games at Kennewick in the near fu-
ture. The first will be with Richland
Saturday, the 10Th. Our team will go
to Mabton Friday, the 18th.
The game which the Kennewick
grade team played against the Kiona
high school Friday evening resulted in
victory for the grade boys, 27 to 15.
The Kiona boys showed better team
work, but Kennewick was better at
shooting baskets. Those on the Ken
newick team were Warde johnson,
Harold Carpenter, Paul Craver, Lew
eret Dague Everett Dague and Ralph
Brown.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
Union PLAN
IS ACCEPTABLE
TO RICHLAND
Rv.Laws for Strawberry Organ
ization Adopted with Few
Minor Changes
THREE DIRECTORS CHOSEN
1Ip-River Growers Want to Manage
Local Affairs and to Vote
As Individuals

BYLAWS for the Kennewick- Rich
land Marketing Union, adopted by the
Kennewick growers, were ratified.
nth a few minor changes, by the
Richland growers Monday afternoon.
The changes made by Richland draw
The line of distinction little more
clearly between the two districts but
do not materially detract from the
unity of the organization.
The changes give the Kennewick and
Richland directors separate manage
ment Of affairs of strictly local ma
ture in their respective districts but
al questions of general. nature are
to be decided by the growers Of the
two districts acting as one organiza-
ton. The provision for nomination
Of directors by primary was elimin-
ated and the districts were left free to
choose their three directors in what
ever manner they see fit. Provision
was made that should the board of di-
rectors select the two optional men,
bers one of them shall be chosen from
Richland and one from Kennewick.
The Richland men objected to vot-
ing upon al, acreage basis and the by
laws as they are now amended provide
that the Kennewick growers shall vote
by acreage and the Richland growers
ihall vote as individuals. In general
meetings Of the union this dual rep
fssentation may lead to some confu-
sion. It is probable that some plan
acceptable to both districts will be
worked out by the directors.
The three Richland directors elect
ed Monday are j. r. Gardner, j. E..
Mowrey and F. A. Friermood. These
men are to meet with M. N. Hudnall,
Emil Albrecht and Jas. Johnston, of
the Kennewick district and select a
seventh man who is to be chairman of
the board and president of the union.
This meeting will be held as soon as
Mr.. Hudnall returns from a business
trip to Seattle. The board will prob
ably organize this week and be ready
to begin outlining definite plans for
marketing the crop. AS yet no init
nation has been given as to whom
may be engaged as sales manager or
whether the board may enter into a
selling agreement with some one of
the companies that are bidding for
the business.
Practically every strawberry grow
q In the Richland district attended
mondays meeting which was held in
Anon hall. County agriculturalist
Lee M. Lampson presided. The Ken
Eevlck growers were represented by
directors Johnston and Albrecht and
the kennewick business men by l.. E..
Johnson, H. R. vibber, E. w. Tren-
oath and S. Feuchtwanger.
r. 4. Parks, of Spokane, who has
oeen assisting in the organization of
'ne union was present and as usual
0uered several valuable suggestions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-17
FEW PUPILS PASS
GRADE EXAMINATIONS
Bess Peters Leads the County in
Highest Average in All
Subjects
(By School Correspondent

(By School CorreSpondentD
Word has been received from the Of
fee of the county superintendent of
schools concerning the results Of the
recent eighth grade examinations. 1t
indicates that only five pupils in the
entire county passed in grammar, two
of them being from the Kennewick
schools. The record in other subjects
was somewhat better, altho compara-
lively few of all taking the examina-
ton succeeded in passing in major
ity of subjects, while those who passed
in all subjects We're very few.
Two of the eight or nine taking all
subjects in the local schools passed.
They were Alma Pasche and Elizabeth
Peters, the latter having higher aver
ages than anyone in the county. The
grading at these mid-year examina
tions is always very close and better
results are expected thruout the coun-
ty as a whole when the pupils have
finished the second semester's work
and take the state examinations in the
spring.
To Debate Sunnyside
Mr.. Morgan, of Ellensburg, who is
in charge Of the interscholastic de-
bates in this district, has sent notice
that Kennewick has been assigned the
negative side of the Monroe Doctrine
question and is matched against Sum-
nyside on the affirmative. The local
debaters are full of confidence after
their unanimous decision over North
Yakima but are not neglecting thoro
preparation as they know they will
meet strenuous competition. Sunny
side tied the local team last year for
the championship and lost when the
tie was debated off. Consequently
Kennewick will anticipate an unus-
ually interesting contest in the next
debate, which will be held on Friday,
March 8, in Kennewick.
Clubs Reorganize
The first meeting of the agriculture
division of the "Doing Something"
club was held on Wednesday. The pig,
poultry, corn and potato clubs were
reorganized. Nearly all the old men,
bers desire to continue the work and
the large attendance at the first meet
ing indicates that the clubs will
be much larger this year than last.
1t is the desire of Mr.. Meikle to add
floral club for both boys and girls
to the present list of clubs organized
and to divide the poultry club and have
turkey club as well as chicken club
this year.
The requirement for entrance to any
of the clubs is that the student be ten
years Of age or over eight if he al
ready has pigs or poultry of his own,
that he shall join on his own initiative
with the consent of his parents and
shall be doing and continue to do sat
isfactory work at school.
Boys or girls may join either club.
Play Basketball
The basketball team, consisting of
Corwin Terrill, Harlan Muncey, Ralph
Lincoln, Emil Behrman and Anders
hristensen, went to etaoinnnnunuod
Christensen, made trip to Prosser
and Grandview last week, playing at
each of these towns. Their first game
and the first of the season, was played
at Prosser, where our boys met de-
feat. At Grandview, however, the
boys turned the tables and came out
victors.
There will be a number of good
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09

Representatives in congress, Albert
Johnson, in the third district; Lin
Hadley, in the second, and w. L. La
Toilette, in the fourth, will be re-
elected, all republicans. The republi-
cans will have two more in John F..
Miller, from the first district, and
Tom Cookery, in the fifth.
The cities seem to be inclined to
Wilson, although giving the republican
nominees for governor and senator
good leads.
In Seattle 100 voting machines were
used for the first time, and the results
were attended with the usual confu-
sion. Some voters took as long as 10
and 12 minutes in spite of the fact
that the regulations gave the election
officials authority to order the voter
out unless he could mark his vote in
two minutes. Where voters had stud
led the operation of the machines be-
fore they entered booths the results
were satisfactory, N
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Sale Will Delight
Xmas Gift Buyers

The Ashland Art Store is going
out of business, F. H. Mann having
decided to devote all of his energies
to his ranch property east of Ash
land. This store has become favor
ite Mecca for the gift-seeking folks
of Ashland, and with the near ap-
proach of the holidays a closing out
sale will result in a rush to the Art
Store to lay in Christmas gifts from
the bargains offered. A big stock of
artistic novelties of all sorts besides
books, stationery and supplies of all
kinds makes up the most extensive
stock of its kind ever shown in Ash
land. The closing out safe will open
Saturday of this week, the store be-
ing closed all this week in prepara-
tion. Gift buyers should go early
and get first choice.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
High Praise Tor
Grants PasskSugar

The reports coming from the sugar
factory are that the Rogue valley
beets are exceptionally high in sugar
content. This is not the evidence
only of isolated tests of few sample
beets, but is the real test of the fac
tory run, carloads of beets being
turned into a warehouse full of su-
gar. The sugar is pronounced of
the highest grade.
The factory people are expressing
their satisfaction with the quality,
and samples distributed around town
have brought the greatest praise.
Grocers state that the grain of the
sugar is much finer than usual, while
its color is as white as driven snow.
The factory across the river is as
good as money and skill can make
it. No better beet grows than the
product of the Rogue. The combina-
tion could not be other than the best
sugar upon the market.-Grants Pass
Courier.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Oregon Medical
School Growing

University of Oregon, Eugene,
Ore.-Favorable progress is being
made in the acquisition of funds for
the first unit of the new medical
building of the University of Oregon
medical school at Portland. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 was made by
the state legislature in 1915, contin-
gent upon the raising of $4,000 by
the medical school itself A SIS, 900
building is thus assured now, but it
is the desire of DR.. X. A. ]. Macken-
zie, dean, and of the faculty to con-
struct a building much more ade-
quate, to cost about s150,000.
Two full-time physicians have been
added to the medical faculty this
year: w. F. Allen, A. B., NJ. S., Phi.
D., as professor of anatomy, and
Frank Il. Menne, B. S., NJ. D., as
assistant professor of pathology.
DR.. Allen was formerly on the anat-
omy staff of the University of Min
nesota. His researches have contrib
uted substantially to the science Of
embryology. DR.. MEME was former
ly instructor in pathology in Rush
Medical College and house surgeon
in the Presbyterian Hospital, Chi
cago.
The laboratory departments have
spent about $1,000 on additional
equipment this year; the clinical de-
partments have established a clinical
laboratory in st. Vincent's Hospital
in connection with wards to which
senior medical students are now Civ
en- access in grodps of two; plans are
practically completed for a great in
crease to the library.
The medical school this year for
the first time requires for entrance
two years of work in university ac-
credited by the University of Oregon,
and work has accordingly begun with
a smaller but unusually good type of
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
REPUBLICANS GAIN
SEATS IN HOUSE
Returns Indicate Democratic
Majority Will be Wiped
- 0ut !

New York, Nov. IA republican
majority of about 30 in the house OF
representatives, and largely-reduced
democratic majority in the senate,
were indicated by early returns. Con
servative estimates, which would have
given the republicans 217 members as
against 216 democratic members, had
been modified by the returns from
New York state alone to give the re-
publicans 22O members.
Returns from Illinois indicated,
judging from the figures on the presi-
dental race, that the republicans
would make substantial gains in the
house.
1t will probably not be definitely
known just what the status OF the
senate is until complete returns from
all states are compiled, but early re-
turns showed at least one gain which
had not been counted as sure by the
republican leaders. Scattering re-
turns from Maryland indicate that j..
Erwin France, republican, may beat
David ]. Lewis.
If the early returns should be borne
out, the republicans will have gained
seats east of the Mississippi in New
York, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio
and two in Indiana, total of six
seats. The probable loss of one in
Delaware offsets the September gain
in Maine, so that the republicans will
only have to gain two more seats for
a tie in the upper house.
Republicans have high hopes of
gaining seats in the senate in Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Montana, Nevada and
Arizona. The republican weak spots
are North Dakota, Wyoming and New
Mexico
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
WILSON APPARENTLY =.
WINS WASHINGTON
Lister, In LaIe Squirt, Passes
Mcbride for Governor
E. Poindexter Has Lead.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. Reports
from all over the state indicate that
a heavy vote has been cast, with Pres
ident Wilson maintaining consistent
lead over the republican nominee,
Charles Evans Hughes.
The surprise of the vote so far is
the strength of Governor Ernest Lis
ter, democrat, who in late spurt
passed Henry Mcbride, republican.
United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter will be reelected by about S5,-
900 plurality over his democratic OPP
ponent, former United States Senator
George Turner. Defeat Overwhelming
is indicated for both initiative No. Is,
the socalled hotel liquor bill, and in
itiative No. "a, the brewers bill.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
HUGHES MAJORITY
IN ILLINOIS 10000

Chicago, Nov. Illinois is back in
the republican column, and by ma
jority sufficient to dispose of any
grounds for argument. Hughes has
carried the state by at least 100000.
Frank o. Lowden, for governor, has
defeated Edward F. Dunno, the demo
cratic incumbent, by about the same
figure.
The outstanding surprise in Illinois,
more especially in Chicago and other
big industrial centers, was the vote for
Hughes by the workmen. Democratic
leaders had confidently expected that
the labor vote would 60 practically
solid for Wilson and Dunno. Repub-
licans would not concede this claim
but expected a majority of the work
ing peoples votes, especially the labor
union element subject to the influence
of Gompers, would swing to Wilson.
To the surprise of managers on both
sides, the labor votes appear to have
gone to Hughes. This explains why
Chicago has given Hughes a majority,
when all calculations were based on
Wilson carrying the city by at least
10000
Still another surprise was the big
vote given Hughes by the women OF
the state. Democratic managers had
claimed they were sure of a big ma
jority of the womens vote on the "he
kept us out of war" argument. Repub-
lican managers admitted this would
have its effect, especially upon women
whose husbands and sons were of mill
tary age or who would be subject to
call in case of war few years
hence.
The returns show that the women
of Illinois look at conditions from
practically the same viewpoint as the
men. They appear to have gone along
with the men and the sole result is
greatly augmented total vote for the
state, with no change in the political
complexion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
NEW YORK FOR G. 0. P.
Hughes Lead in State Is Approx
mately 1000.


New York, Nov. Charles E.
Hughes led President Wilson in the
presidential contest with a plurality
of $4,000. Wilson's lead in Greater
New York was about 100000 while
Hughes led upstate by 100000
The democrats made gains in sew
eral industrial cities upstate, but the
country districts remained overwhelm-
ingly republican. The most notable
increase in the democratic vote was
in Buffalo, second largest city in the
state, which Hughes carried by only
9637, although it was carried by Whit
man for governor two years ago by
more than $4,000. Slight democratic
gains also were shown in Rochester,
Syracuse and Albany, the banner re-
publican cities of the state.
From returns received it was ap-
parent that Charles S. Whitman had
been reelected governor over Samuel
Seabury, his democratic opponent.
William NJ. Calder, of Brooklyn, a for
mer representative to congress, was
elected United States senator over
William s. McCombs, former chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee, by large majority.
Returns showed that the republi-
cans had gained one congressman.