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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

John Waggoner has highly inn
proved farm in charge of a renter,
4 " miles northeast of Meridian
August LIST of this year he weighed
1873 head OF hogs into an 11-acre
field of peas and wheat and on Sept
10th he weighed them out of the
pasture, and through the increased
weight of the hogs realized pfofit
equivalent to $3.50 per acre for the
pasturage, selling the hogs several
weeks ago for &c per pound. The
hogs were weighed both times by
H.A.Ireland, government project adj
visor.
AS result of the pipes in the
Grade school building freezing up,
1t was impossible to heat the build
ing Monday,and school was dismissed
for the day. The damage was re-
paired. The suggestion has been
made that those in authority should
see that there is fire built on Sun
day during the very cold weather.
Besides making 1t necessary to dis
miss school,a lot of plants which the
teachers and scholars had gathered
to beautify the rooms, were nearly all
frozen, and among the number were
flowers of considerable value,at least
to the owners.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Monday night the five part Brady
made picture with Holbrook Blinn
in THE Weakness of Men" from
Broadway's stage success OF the
same name.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Pryor, from Iowa.
are visiting with the family of I'd.
Mcclellan. 3 ~ miles north of Mer-
idian. Soon after reaching her, Mr..
Pryor took down with an attack of
what may develop into pneumonia.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

NJ. T. Davidson is having deep
we'll drilled on his farm four miles
southwest of Meridian A pump
house is also being erected. and he
is having the buildings on the farm
piped for water This will be one OF
the best equipped farms in the COM
unity Mr.. Davidson is industrious
and thrifty and deserves TO have
everything handy on the place.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

w. A. Matter was called to Nampa
again Tuesday by the illness of his
wife. Her condition is still very SER
ious.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

On account of the restricted time
in which the private ponds and els
terms will be available. as the ditch
season has been shortened. many
deep wells have and will be dug in
this community. Boise we'll drillers
have been busy all summer in the
Meridian neighborhood
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

The Meridian Live Stock Co. Tues
day sold 20 pure bred registered
Shropshire ewes to ID. l.. Bailey of
Caldwell l.. S. Durham, who made
the sale. says these ewes are very
choice and among the finest the
company has yet handled.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Harry Tolleth left Wednesday night
for Fairbury, Neb.. having been sum
moned there by the serious illness
of his father, who will undergo an
operation for stomach trouble.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

j. l.. Midday. of Boise, has COM
pleted Groom bungalow on his
farm, half mile north of Meridian
1t will cost about $500 Anderson
tract. George Barnett lives on the
place.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Charles Voss, Paul voss. Robert
Voss, Charlotte Voss and Dick Pal
mer returned from the hills Monday
where they spent three weeks hunt.
ing. Three deer were secured
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Teeters were
here from Snake river the last few
days. the guests OF the iatter's sis
ter, Mrs. Perry Lewis. Mr. Teeters
plans TO spend three months taking
a course at an automobile engineer
ing school.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Rex Fuller, Percy Perry, and Earl
Atkinson have returned from a
hunting trip. They secured one deer
While away one of their horses died
but this is the only bad luck they
report.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

Herbert Merndorf secured los
bushels of clover seed from 20 acres
of clover, which netted him S913.50
for the 30 acres. This made an av-
erage OF $45.e7 per acre. Pretty good.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

r. o. Johnson departed on We'd
nesday OF last week for Iowa to join
his wife, already visiting there to
spend several weeks with relatives
and former friends.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-17

One of our prosperous farmers,
R.V Wolfe. this year secured yield
of 40 bushels OF wheat and 60 bush
els OF oats to the acre on his farm
south of town, notwithstanding that
his land il comparatively new.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
LOCAL FARMERS TO MAKE
EXHIBITS AT SEATTLE SHOW
Superintendent of Exhibits Interests
Growers in Land Products
Exposition

Henry E. Tweed, superintendent OF
exhibits for the Northwest Land Pro-
ducts exposition in Seattle October A.
II, was in Kennewick the last Of the
week. While here Mr.. Tweed called
upon a number of the local apple
growers and interested them in max
ing exhibits at the exposition. Hav-
ing been raised in Kennewick, Mr.,
Tweed was particularly interested in
seeing this section Of the country rep
resented.
The show is to be the largest of its
kind ever held in the West and be-
cause of the unusually attractive
amusement program will be attended
by many thousands of visitors from all
parts of the Northwest. The man.
agement has been very liberal in
making up the premium list and many
substantial prizes are offered.
Before leaving here Mr.. Tweed re-
ceived assurances from at least seven
local farmers that they would make
exhibits.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
START WORK THIS FALL ON
RICHLAND-HANFORD ROAD
County Commissioners Call for Bids
for October 21-$19, ,490 in
Highway Fund

Bids for the construction Of about
five miles Of permanent highway from
Hanford toward Richland, will b r.
ceived by the county commissioners
October 21. The commissioners last
June gave notice of their intention to
use the money to the credit of Benton
county in the permanent highway fund
on this road. Since that time the
state highway department has placed
it's sanction upon the proposed road
and has approved the surveys, plans
and specifications that have been pre-
pared by the county engineer.
There is now available in the per-
manent highway fund $19,490 which,
it is estimated, will build about five
miles of road. It is the intention of
the commissioners to get the work un-
cdr way as soon as possible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
PASCO GIRL BROWNS SELF
in. THE COLUMBIA RIVER
Miss Lyndall Ickler Attends Mas
querade Dance and Then Takes
Own Life

The body of Miss Lyndall Ickler
was taken from the Columbia river
Friday morning about $3.50 by Capt.
Brown, Jr. Miss Ickler had been liv-
ing with her sitter, Mrs. Claude Hart,
for the past two years, and Thursday
evening attended the masquerade ball
at the Summer Garden with her sister
and neighbors, and returned home be-
tween twelve and one o'clock that.
morning, and is thought to have re-
turned to the river some time between
that hour and five o'clock. No cause
can be assigned for her rash act. It
is thought that her mind became sud-
denly deranged and she had returned
to the same place that but few hours
prior she had been bright, happy and
cheerful, and had enjoyed herself to
the fullest extent.
Miss Ickler was IL years old, and
born in the state of Minnesota, where
her parents reside. The body was
shipped east for burial.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28

about $40 in silver between them.
Aside from the fact that some of the
silver bore fresh dents such as might
have been made by the pieces being
jammed together by the force of the
explosion, there was nothing among
the mems personal effects to arouse
suspicion. It was rather curious
fact, altho the men were roughly
dressed each wore kid gloves.
Early this morning Sheriff Duffy
and Deputies Mcclellan and E. L..
Baxter returned to the scene of the
chase and returned late this evening
with some very incriminating pieces
of evidence. Between the place where
the men were first seen and the rail-
road track they found bottle of nj
troglycerine, flash light, two revol-
Hers, $21.80 in battered silver coins
tied in a soiled, rag mackinaw and
tobacco pouch of cartridges. The
shoes of the three men were taken
along and they fit exactly into the
tracks at the postoffice as well as
those along the railroad. These ar
tlcles were not found in cache but
at different places along the trail
where they had been thrown as the
nlen fled. ~
The suspect in the local Jail was
questioned tonight by postoffice in
spector who arrived today from Spo-
kane, by the sheriff and his deputies
and Prosecuting Attorney Fristoe.
Even when confronted by the evidence
secured today he still stuck to his
original story and insisted that he had
walked the railroad tracks out of
Kennewick. The officers, however, be-
lieve that without question of a
doubt they shave the goods on the
men" and the case will be turned over
to the federal authorities.
The Kennewick prisoner gives his
name as John Larson and his age as
35. The two in Pasco say their names
are Edward Connolly and William
Anderson and their ages are 26. All
three are total strangers to the local
authorities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
TO MINE IRON
FROM SANDS OF
RIVER VALLEY
Hanford Men Invent Machine
for Separating iron Particles
from the Surface Soil
ONLY MACHINE OF ITS KIND
That Sands of Columbia Valley Con-
tain Large Percentage of Iron
Has Long Been known

Many an early settler can remember
the time when an ardent and enter
prising real estate man took him out
in the sagebrush and in proving the
fertile properties Of soil plunged
magnet into sand bank and brought
it up covered with adhering particles.
"That's iron," the real estate man
would exclaim, sand its presence is
essential to successful agriculture"
So it has been no secret that the
sands of the Columbia River Valley
contain abundant mineral properties,
especially iron, but until recently, no.
body, not even the ingenious real es-
tate man ever thought Of capitalizing
the knowledge of its existence. Now,
however, ssome of Honford's enter
prising business men have hit upon a
plan of extracting the real estate
mans argument from the soil and
marketing it in commercial quantities.
A machine was recently invented
by 7. E. Kamerer and E. N. Quist, Of
Hanford, which will separate the iron
from the sand in manner to make
its operation not only practical but
altogether profitable. The machine is
said to be of simple construction and
its inventors claim tnat it will prove
one of the most valuable inventions of
modern times as it is the only device
that has ever been perfected for sue
cessfully separting iron particles from
sand. ~a
A number Of tests have been made
with the original model and results
have been most satisfactory. The op-
orators have been able to extract
quantities of iron "filings" that have
assayed almost pure.
The inventors have protected their
device with ample patents and have
incorporated the Great Western Iron
company, with main offics at Hanford
and expect to begin operations imme-
diately. They have also secured the
mineral rights on large deposits of
sand along the banks Of the Columbia
from which they expect to be able to
extract hundreds of thousands of tons
of high grade iron.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
TO HOLD MEETINGS
UNDER LARGE TENT
Local Churches are Making Sys.
tematic Preliminary Cam
paign for Big Revival

The revival services of the local
Protestant churches which will start
here October Ia, will be held in the
large tent belonging to the Columbia
River conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. The tent will be
located on one of the vacant lots along
Second street in the heart of the city.
The tent was secured because of its
large seating capacity.
The churches are proceeding with
the. preparations for the meetings in
a systematic way, having appointed
committees on publicity, music, fin
ance, ushers, quarters and visitation.
One feature of the preliminary work
will be thoro canvas Of the commun-
ity and the adjacent country with the
view of ascertaining names, church
affiliations and preferences of the peo-
pie. The territory has been divided
into three segments, the first ward of
Kennewick and the territory lying
southeast of the town as one, will be
canvassed by the members of the
Congregational church. The second
ward and outlying district by the peo-
pie of the Methodist church, and that
of the third ward, Garden Tracts and
up-river territory by the members of
the Baptist church.
Prayer meetings in the interest of
the special services will be held in the
homes, and meeting places several
weeks before the revival starts, while
the latest approved methods of ad-
vertising religious meetings will be
used by the publicity committee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
ROAMS FOR DAYS
WITH THROAT CUT
Unknown Italian Picked up Near
Richland and Taken to the
Walla Walla Hospital

An unidentified man with gaping
gunshot wound in his throat, was
brought to Kennewick last Friday by
Sheriff Duffy and the following day
was taken by the sheriff to st. Mary's
hospital in Walla Walla where he is
receiving treatment.
= The man, who from appearance is
AN Italian, was picked up by Dr.. M.
p. Davidson near the Davis ranch be-
tween this city and Richland. County
Health officer DR.. Crosby is of the
opinion that the wound is fully two
weeks old. It had severed the wind
pipe and the man was in very crit
ical condition. He breathes thru the
wound but is able to take food and
water. He tried to talk but the only
distinguishable words were ssWalla
Walla."
Nodding his head to their questions
the officers CLEANED that he has a
brother working on farm near Walla
Walla. He tried to conceal the wound
by wrapping his neck with bandana
handkerchief, using his pockets and
the sweatband of his hat for bandages.
Officers believe that he may be trying
to conceal something or has been
slightly demented from the suffering
he has endured. By gestures he con-
veyed the idea that he had been shot
by masked highwayman who robbed
him.
He is Of slight build and about 80
years old.
Latest reports from the hospital
were that the man is getting along as
we'll as could be expected, altho slight
change in his condition had occurred,
except that he seems to be breathing
more easily.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
MARRIED IN WALLA WALLA

Miss Marguerite Josephine Gorhes,
daughter of Mrs. F. K. Gorhes, of the
Elite Millinery, was married in Walla
Walla yesterday morning to Mr.. Ar
thur A. Bergevin Of that city. The
marriage was solemnized in st. Pat
rick's Catholic church by Rev. Father
Van de Ven.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
DONAHUE Is HERE
TO TEST CATTLE
State Veterinarian will Apply
Tuberculin Serum to Local
Dairy Herds

DR.. r. j. Donahue, state veterinar-
ian, in charge of the anti-tuberculosis
campaign among the dairy herds Of
the state, arrived in Kennewick yes
terday and in company with County
Agriculturalist Lee M. Lampson, will
spend the rest of the week testing
cows in this section.
Altho the state appropriation for
partially reimbursing owners for
slaughtered cattle has been exhausted
Mr.. Donahue is still busy applying the
test to herds where the owner is will
ing to stand his own loss. He has just
come from Wahkiakum county, where
he slaughtered 33 reactors out Of one
herd of pure-bred dairy cows.
In speaking Of the work DR.. Dona-
hue said: "Altho the state appropria-
ton has been exhausted our efforts
have not ceased, as we find many
dairymen who are eager to have their
herds tested because delay may bring
losses that even.a state appropriation
cannot offset. The results of the tests
we have carried on during the last
year have aroused the dairymen to the
seriousness of permitting an infected
animal to remain in the herd. We are
not working to the end of protecting
the public health but to protect the
dairy industry. That is, we are work
ing from the viewpoint Of the pro-
ducer rather than from the viewpoint
of the consumer.
at is difficult to get the public to
appreciate the fact that we are oper-
ating along the same lines as is the
horticultural department. The or
chards and fruit are not inspected for
the benefit of the consumer but for
the protection Of the fruit grower.
The fruit from disease infected tree
might be sold without injurious re-
suits to the consumer but if the tree
is not taken out or the disease erad-
icated it is only question of time un-
til not only will that tree not bear
fruit but it will have infected every
other tree in the orchard.
"The same thing is true in our
work. The milk of the tubercular COW
might be used without injurious re-
suits to the consumer, but if the COW
is permitted to remain in the herd il
70 only question Of time until she
becomes victim of the disease and
perhaps the entire herd has become in
fected with tuberculosis germs. We
are in the field for the purpose of
seeking out these diseased animals
and to aid the herd owner to protect
his business"
Altho Mr.. Donahue is not working
in behalf of the public health he says
that it is fact that bovine tubercu-
losis is communicable to humans
Statistics have recently been compiled
he says, to show that fully fifty per
cent of tuberculosis among children
under five years of age, is Of the bo-
vine type, while rs per cent of all
cases of tuberculosis of the bone in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
KNIGHTS WILL CELEBRATE

Local Knights of Pythias are max
ing elaborate preparations for their
annual homecoming next Monday
evening. Every Knight in the valley,
whether he has been inside Castle
Hall in years or not is to be rounded
up to enjoy the festivities. Plans
have been made to bring here several
out-of-town speakers and at least one
Grand Lodge officer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
DERAILED ON BRIDGE

N. P. passenger trains Nos. 318 and
1 were detoured over the tracks of the
O-W. by way of Wallula Tuesday as
traffic between here and Pasco was
blockaded by freight train that was
derailed on the bridge. The engine
and two cars which left the rails were
righted again without serious damage.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
REPUBLICANS SELECT BOYLE
AND DEMOCRATS, HOLCOMB
Two Parties Perfect County Organ.
izatiOns at Meetings Held
4, Last Saturday

Lon Boyle, of Prosser, and C. l..
Holcomb, Of this city, will represent
respectively the republicans and the
democrats of Benton county in the
state organization of the two parties.
The county republican and demo-
cratic committees, as provided by the
primary law, met for organization at
the court house in Prosser Saturday
afternoon. The republicans elected
A. R. Gardner permanent chairman
and F. R. Jeffrey permanent secre-
tary-treasurer,, and Mr.. Boyle state
committeeman. A. C. Rumble, Of
Prosser, L. L. Todd of Benton City
and M. D. O'Connell, of Richland, were
named as a finance committee to raise
funds for conducting speaking cam
paign in behalf Of national, state and
county ticket.
The democrats organized by chos-
ing G. w. Hamilton chairman; Col.
Baker vice chairman; r. E. Wise,
secretary-treasurer; and Mr.. Hol-
comb state committeeman. The dem
ocratic county campaign will be
directed by committee composed of
the permanent officers, with Col. Bak-
er as chairman, and the following:
E. L. Saulbury, Irwin Cochran, Averill
Beavers, Mrs. D. L. Taylor, Mrs. Ma
honey and T. B. Hicks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28

adults. is of the bovine type. Author
tiles differ, he says, as to the per-
centage of all tuberculosis among peo-
pie that is Of bovine origin. The per-
centage ranges from to 4 percent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-07
EMPRESS
The Quality Play House
FIRST RUN UNIVERSAL PICTURES
T o N | C H T
VAUDEVILLE.

VAUDEVILLE.
Entire change in vaudeville today
HIGHLAND, GRANT & GRANT,
Three people. They are good. Don
miss this act. It will please you
GRAFT"
THE MILK BATTLE"
Richard Stanton and Jane Noyak. with
Glen White, play leading roles in this
number which is suggested by Freder
ick S. Isham. Each episode complete
in itself; plausible, realistic, swift ac
tion, tremendous climaxes full Of real
istic thrills ard punches.
"IN THE HEART OF A SHELL"
Rex drama, featuring Baby Early.
THE LIONS BREATH"
Nestor comedy. Billie Rhodes, Neal
Burns and Ray Gallagher in the leads
"GERTIE'S AWFUL FIX"
L-Ko Komedy, with Gertrude selby.
VIII change acts three times a week
Matinee opens 80 to p. M; night
show on to i p. m.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-07
Had No Belief in Balloons.

DR.. Samuel Johnson heard so much
talk about balloons in the last year
of his life G7sD that he became un-
speakably bored and cautioned his
friends about bringing up that sub
ject of conversation when in his COM
pany. He was confident that the bal.
loon could serve no good purpose but
that of furnishing a rather foolish and
decidedly dangerous amusement to the
wealthy few.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-07
Valuable Japaneae Plant.

A plant grows in Japan which fur.
nishes a sort of vegetable feather. 1t is
a pretty shrub called the mitsumata,
and its inner bark, after going through
certain, processes, is converted into a
substance as tough as French kid, so
translucent that one can almost see
through it, and as p,iable and soft as
calfskin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-07
Prehistoric rvor, in Piano kevs.

Few people know that a great deal
Of the ivory from which our piano
keys, billiard balls, knife handles and
combs are made is collected in ST.
IBERIA from the fossil remains of the
giant mammoth, the great-grandmoth-
er of the elephant. Many of these
tusks are quarter Of a million years
cid, having been preserved in frozen
soil or ancient ice recently brought to
the surface.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-07
.Sugg g7heatre
FEATURE HOUSE
T 0 N light

'THE MARTYRS OF THE ALAMO. .
Triangle production, under the direc
tion of W. Christy Cabanne, and the
supervision Of d. W. Griffith. Five
reels historical drama Of tremendous
action. The accurate picturing of those
ancestors, their dress, their crudities.
their strategems in warfare, thei
remarkable combination of cunning.
self control and stubborn courage is an
education in itself A winner from
start to finish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-07

Scene In "Saved by Wireless" Tri-
angle Keystone Play In Which Mack
Swain and Chester conklin Are Fear
tured.
SAVED BY WIRELESS"
Keystone comeGy.
Wednesday-"SlN7 Theda Bara and
William Z. Shay, an astoundingly pow
crful photoplay, another great Fox
triumph. Screened by the wizard of
production, Herbert Brenon
Don't miss this Fox picture as it is a
winner.
Have coming Thursday, Cora Young.
blood seven-act vaudeville musical
comedy. Sixteen girls. twelve musi.
clans. This show was at the Overhol
ser theater all the week and a winner
Prices will be Is, 20, 35 and so cents.
Today our prices for the Triangle fea.
ture will be
5c---1Oc