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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
TO COMBAT WEEvIL

District Horticultural Inspector l..
Powell has made arrangements with
the Kentucky Tobacco Products Co.,
whereby they are to donate sufficient
Black Leaf 40 to carry on an expert
ment in combating the strawberry
root weevil in the Kennewick and
Richland districts. Mr.. Powell is MAX
ing his plans so as to personally con-
duct this experiment in this district
as soon as spring opens up. Should
this experiment be successful, as it is
hoped, it will be hard to estimate the
value it will be to the lower valley
farmers, and the community as q
whole.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
JACK FROST MAKES
NEW RECORD HERE
Longer Spell of Zero Weather
Than Has Been Known in
Former Years

With a minimum temperature of 10
degrees below zero and maximum Of
IL above the last five days has broken
all records for continued cold wea-
ther in the Kennewick country. Only
once in the last IL years has lower
temperature than that of last Sun
day morning been recorded. In Janu-
ary 1909 the mercury dropped to 21
degrees below but the severe cold was
of only short duration.
A. I. Smith, local U. S. weather OBJ
server, reports the following minimum
temperatures: Sunday -19, Monday
-18, Tuesday 6, Wednesday -16, and
Thursday 6. The highest the mer-
curry climbed in the government ther-
mometer during this time was IL de-
grees above zero. Mr.. Smith records
maximum snowfall of 13 inches.
Although the present cold wave has
been general thruout the Northwest,
places of higher attitudes which in
past years have always been colder
than Kennewick, this year report
higher temperatures. 1t has been cold
er here than in Spokane, North Yak
ina or Walla Walla.
The extreme cold has caused the
householder not little inconvenience,
there being few residents who have
not sent out the S. o. S. signal to the
plumber. The city has been much
more fortunate than many neighbor-
ing towns and cities in that the p. p,
G. L. company has been able to keep
both its electric lines and its water
mains in commission. The company's
generating plants at Naches and Wal.
Ia Walla are both frozen up but the
auxiliary steam plant here has beer
supplying all local demands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
Final Decision on Organization
Will Probably be Reached
Next Week
AGREEMENT is CIRCULATED
If IS Per Cent of Crop is Pledged the
Details of Organization will
be Taken up

Whether or not at t1east S5 per cent
of Kennewick's 1916 strawberry crop
is to be marketed thru one channel
and by new growers organization,
will probably be finally determined at
meeting to be held at 1:30 next Mon
day afternoon in the Commercial club
rooms. At this time a committee will
report as to its success in securing
the signatures endorsing such plan.
Between forty and fifty growers
attended the meeting held in the high
school building last Monday when the
proposition of one marketing agency
was submitted to them by County
Agriculturalist Lee M. Lampson and
E. M. Sly. Sentiment among the
growers seemed to be favorable to
the plan. In fact the growers were ap-
parently unanimous in the belief that
the berries could be marketed much
more advantageously thru one channel
than as they have been in the past.
Some, however, hesitated to pledge
their support to new organization
until they knew more about the de-
tails of the organization and who is
going to direct its affairs. A motion
to organize was passed without dis
senting vote, although some growers
declined to vote. In order to crystal
ize the sentiment into some tangible
form, the following agreement was
circulated and signed as follows:
/ hereby agree to join cooperative
marketing organization for the pur-
poses Of marketing the 1916 straw
berry crop and i further agree to
abide by the decision of the majority
in regard to all details Of the market
ing plan, provided 85 per cent of the
crop in the district can be secured.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
Hood River Man Declares Berry
Growers Have Been Throw
ing Away Chances

That Kennewick has always been a
hotbed of competition that has cost
the growers of strawberries real hard
money is the view expressed by Will:
mer Sieg, sales manager of the APP
pie Growers association of Hood Riv-
er. In letter to H. w. Desgranges
the Hood River man says Kennewick
has advantages for marketing that are
superior to other sections but lack of
organization has always stood in the
way of high prices.
In letter to County Agriculturalist
Lee M. Lampson, Mr.. Sieg writes that
he will be in Kennewick Monday to at
tend the meeting Of the strawberry
growers. His letter follows: 30,
81 am going to make an effort to be
with you on Monday the twenty-fourth
if l can possibly arrange it.
"The question Of expense is imma-
terial because unless something can
be done in your section towards bring
ing your people to a realization of
their own conditions, / feel that the
strawberry interests are materially
hurt. I feel also that your people
have the right-of-way on the straw
berries if they would only use judg-
ment. I am looking up the railroad
schedule so as to get with you at the
right time. I would like to avoid this
early morning train if I could, but ]
shall make strong effort because ]
believe it is fully worth the effort and
thank you for the invitation.
81 hope you will correspond with
Mr.. Dorman, of Spokane, and ask him
to be either represented by himself OF
Mr.. Blot, their sales manager, because
the influence Of your berry handling
extends long ways"
Mr.. Sig writes Mr.. Desgranges al
follows:
"While in Spokane yesterday I hat
a talk with the Spokane fruit grow
ers; also with our mutual friends
Perham & McCullagh and all Of which
was in reference to your excellent 10
cality, to see if we could not do som,
'Billy Sunday" work somewhere il
order to bring your growers there o.
berries and cherries to the right sens'
of their own conditions.
"Kennewick has been q hotbed o
competition = the competition ha
shown itself in the fact that two o
your firms have gone into the hand
Of receivers, with Q bad element Stil
loose and Kennewick has the. maxim,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20

For the purpose of thoroly circu-
lating this agreement and giving ev-
cry grower in the district an oppor-
tunity to sign it the following commit
tee was named: r. H. Perkins, H. C.
Puderbaugh, Fred Krug, John Ross,
/. N. Newkirk, T. A. Warnock, c. A.
Pasche, d. j. Beinhart, August c.
Boldt, Guy Story and Jas. Johnston.
This committee will meet next Mon
day forenoon and prepare report to
be submitted to the mass meeting in
the afternoon.
F. A. Friermood and F. j. 0'Bricn
attended Mondays meeting as repre-
sentatives from the Richland growers.
They reported that LOO per cent Of
the resident Richland growers had
signed an agreement similar to the
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
GROWERS MUST CUT OUT NONSENSE, SAYS SIEG

or the breaking of the strawberry con-
ditions for each and every season and
was just wondering whether or not
some of US could not offer our. ser
vices to come down and talk to your
people to see if we could not get a
better organization than they have
had in the past and get their berries
into the hands of the Association that
can protect them.
"The nonsense that has been going
on for the past two years has been
very costly, and you are not getting
anywhere near what your berries are
worth, so it not only costs us in Hood
River and our friends in Spokane, but
is taking actual dollars out of the
pockets of your growers.
"While j do not want to be personal
/ do feel that someone ought to go
down there that is in shape to abuse
and talk right from the shoulder.
Now, am vitality interested because
/ am charged with the marketing of
the Hood River and White Salmon
products. We follow you've want
to work with you've want to do all
we can to stimulate the energies of
your association-to bring the grow
ers to you, so as to leave better feel
ing in the minds of the strawberry
trade in the Northwest and believe
something can be done to bring your
growers to the realization of their
own losses. There is not section in
the United States, in my opinion, SO
well equipped as the section around
kennewick to draw the money fol-
their products nor has there been q
section in my opinion, that has acted
so foolishly as Kennewick in the past
"You can get actual real money, as
you know, from your experience, if the
growers will work in just little Bit
Of harmony but when they work with
these outside elements, they lose them.
selves actual cash that they need and
they put such sections as mine in 9
bad odor to start with, as we never
sell at the prices you are willing te
take.
II would like to hear from you per.
sonally on this question because
know your interest and I believe Mr.
Dorman or somebody from Spokane
would be willing to come up with MI
if some meeting of your grower.
could be arranged to talk this mattel
over. Let them know that they ar,
not only hurting themselves, but tha-
they are hurting US and thu they an
in position to not only make none,
for themselves, but to moralize tn,
whole strawberry situation and
would be glad to hear from you in
deed with your views"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20

The young men have organized q
dancing club with the expectation Of
giving two dances each month until
spring. The first dance Of the series
will be given at Hotel Kennewick on
Saturday evening Of this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20

On account of the inclement wealth
er the ladies Of st. Paups Episcopal
Guild have postponed the Bridge party
which was to have been given this
week, until Friday evening, January
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Fine Improved Isarta All Auction

The tiTe improved farm belonging
% I ] King 4 miles nortsl of Ireae.
ard i miles west and III sssiles south
Eaf NiborE viii he sold as public
anetion on Taesday. September IL,
1916, the sale commencing at $50 Ia
the aftaraoon.
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fankton County. has lsa acres I'm,
der cultivation aud n acres in pas.
ture afi'i meadow. all fenced gnd
cross fenced The buildings are
atnple Tor 4 farm Of this sire. two
good wells, two good eistegns, also q
| fine grove of shade trees.
The terms are very liberal, only
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TO be paid in ten equal payments
covering Ten years time with inter
est at 9 per cent. Payments to com.
Hence on March iss, 1917 and no i'll.
terese will be charged until that
date. Anyone interested in par.
chasing good farm Cor an invest,
lmeisf Or q home will do well to lie
present on sale day and bid on this
| farm. Conveniently located 10 two
good towns. close to schools and
churches. and the farm being In
high state Of cultivation and build
lings in good repair. make it desir-
able property. For further informa.
ltion address the owner. I. ]. King,
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09
|GRAINMEN GUESTS
OF CHAS. r. CROSBY
About rs, Including 80 to 40 Members
of Boston Chamber of Commerce.
at Pine Grove Springs.

Charles R. Crosby of the firm of E.
Crosby & Co, is host today of a party
of rs, including between 80 and 40
members of the Boston chamber of
commerce who are in the grain trade.
several transportation company off
Gals, and number of local business
men. Most of the Boston visitors ar
rived here early this afternoon by spe-
cial train. They were met at the sta
ton by Mr. Crosby and the local dele
CATION and were taken to the Brattle.
boro Country club in automobiles. At
ter luncheon there the party motored
to Pine Grove Springs, where the af-
ternoon will be spent in various out
door sports, eliminating with an elab-
crate banquet at the hotel at $50 this
evening. The visitors will remain at
Pine Grove Springs tonight and part
of tomorrow as guests of Mr.. Crosby
leaving for Boston by special train to
morrow afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09

characters. In reality Everywoman,
most difficult to place under the ordi-
nary classification of the theater, is a
combination of grand opera, musical
comedy and drama, deftly interningled
1t admits of astonishing electrical eff
fects and scenic splendors. 1t is the
Barnum of stage pictures. Aside from
all this Everywoman is a play with a
purpose, a play with high moral les
son which has been endorsed in the
most glowing terms by educators, schol-
ars, clergymen, editors and sociologists.
Written from the viewpoint of many
sided man who had been an actor, a
singer, an editor, lecturer, financier,
stowaway, circus performer, in
America, England, Africa, South Ameri-
ca, India and China, it is a compendium
Fof philosophy, wit, biting satire, grim
humor. Hunger stalked about the door
OF Walter Browne when he wrote Every
woman. When he had run the gamut
OF disaster and had finished the play
no one would read it. After much buff
feting 1T reached the eyes of Henry w.
Savage, who produced it. 1t has been
witnessed by four million people and has
been played in five countries. Walter
Browne, the author, died on the dav of
the first performance and never saw his
play produced.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09
WOULD ATTRACT
SUMMER RESIDENTS
Mr.. Titcomb Will Lay Out Land
Around South Pond Into Building
Sites Will Stock with Trout.

State Fish and Game Commissioner
John w. Titcomb of Lyndonvile was in
Brattleboro for a short time yesterday
afternoon on business connected with the
new trout rearing station at Vernon
When asked about his recent purchase of
the Marlboro South pond property Mr..
Titcomb said he had acquired the land
about the pond in the hope that he could
develop there a colony Of summer resi-
dents.
Mr.. Titcomb said that the land around
the lakes and ponds in northern Vermont
had been populated by summer visitors
to such an extent that the towns in which
they were located were enjoying the bene-
fits of largely increased grand lists He
believes that similar development is pos
sible about Marlboro pond and plans to
have the property laid out into summer
home sites as soon as he can have it sur
veyed.
He also is planning to have the pond
stocked Systematically with trout, which
will be good news to local fishermen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09
MANY STAMP TAXES
NOLONGER REQUIRED
Impost on Telephone Calls and Various
Documents Expires-Brought
u. S. Millions.

BOSTON, Sept. 9.-The stamp tax
on documents and proprietaries is dead.
1t passed away at midnight, and there
were no mourners.
Hereafter bonds, stocks, promissory
notes, bills of lading, conveyances, pow
ers of attorney, deeds, shipping receipts,
insurance policies, Pullman and parlor
car tickets, kilograms, and telephone
calls in excess of Is cents may be trans
ferred, manipulated or delivered with
out resort to the little stamp which has
brought millions to the United States
treasury, and untold annoyance to equal
numbers of enforced users. 1t is figured
that the munitions tax and increased
income tax will amply cover the deficit
created by the demise of the stamp tax
Commissioner Osborne yesterday
passed to Collector Malley of the bu-
reau in internal revenue the official
word that the stamp tax was about to
be annulled. 1t should be added that
this relief applies also to cosmetics and
beautifiers intended for the hair, skin,
mouth and teeth, including powder,
rouge, perfumery, washes and even
chewing gum, all of which are classified
as proprietaries.
In the district of Massachusetts alone
the sum of ST 1881 ,130.64 was taken in
under the stamp tax act for the year
ending June 30. This was a substantial
| proportion of the total receipts from
all internal revenue sources, $685.
| 024.6S.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. Hattie Strong, who was III the
Melrose hospital three weeks following
an operation, has been discharged.
Walter Prouty has been assisting in
Clark s grocery store this week, during
the absence of Mr.. Clark, who is away
on business trip.
Rev. and Mrs. Jessie Smith, who had
been guests a week of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter E. Bartlett, left yesterday for
their home in East Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Henry Seller and daughter, Hell
en- Louise, have returned to New York,
after having spent their vacation with
Mrs. Seller s sister, Mrs. John Mckay.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Thomas of Cropsy,
ILL.,, came this week to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Martin, and other
relatives. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. L. A.
Knight are twin sisters.
A picnic was held on the lawn at
Mrs. B. S. Miller's Thursday afternoon
with II present, all being cousins. A
bountiful basket dinner was served and
the afternoon was spent socially.
Mrs. A. c. Walker has had posted auc
tion bills announcing a sale of hel
household goods Thursday, Sept. IA
Mrs. Walker recently sold her house
on sGreenleaf street to Mr.. and Mrs
Cook of Hartford, Conn.
A pet Boston terrier owned by Mrs
w. H. Gay was run over by an auto
mobile as he attempted to cross the
street in front of his home yesterday
Mrs. Gay motioned to the driver of tn,
ear to stop, but he only smiled ant
drove on. Little Isabel, for whom tn,
dog was bought when a puppy, wa
quite broke up over the loss and woul'
like to meet the guilty party.
A couple from Springfield, Mass.
who had been spending a few days a
Sunset lake and who were enjoying
honeymoon, were greatly surprised whel
they were about to board the train iron
Brattleboro for their home in Spring
field to find some friends from that cit,
waiting to shower them with confetti
and good wishes. The couple had in
tended to keep the marriage a secret
but in some way the fact reached tn
ears of some friends who were spendin
a short time in town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09
PLAY WITH HIGH MORAL LESSON
Everywoman Combination of Opera,
Musical Comedy and Drama.

Henry w. Savage, the theatrical pro-
Queer who has a habit of doing big
things i'll a big way, announces the pro-
duction of the dramatic spectacle,
Everywoman, at the Auditorium week
from tonight, Saturday, Sept. l6. The
production is described as mastodonic.
Two carloads of scenery, costumes and
electrical effects are transported from
city to city to aid in Illuminating the
peculiar play and a special orchestra is
carried by the organization to interpret
the score, which was composed by
George Whitefield Chadwick, dean of
the New England Conservatory of Mu-
sic, and the east includes 81 speaking
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-09
BERNARDSTON. MASS.
Woman Pastor Is Installed.

The installation of Rev. Margaret Bar
nard over the Unitarian church of Ber-
nardston last evening was an occasion of
much interest. Rev. Louis Craig Cornish,
secretary of the Unitarian association, de-
livered an eloquent sermon, dealing with
the fundamental truths of the Unitarian
faith
Rev. Henry Goodwin Smith of North
ampton made the installing prayer, and
DIR. Willard III. Pierce, chairman of the
parish committee, welcomed Miss Barnard
to the church.
Rev. Florence Buck, associate secretary
of the religious educational department.
gave the charge to the minister and Rev
Augustus p. Record the right hand of fell
lowship.
Rev. Richard +. Birks, former rector
of the church, gave the charge to the peo-
lple and Rev. Eugene Frary, pastor of
Goodale memorial church, the welcome to
the town.
The church is the old First church of
the town, and is rich in historical asso.
lciations and sufficiently well endowed to
enable it to do good work in the com.
munity.