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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27
Development Bureau of CONNER.
cial Club to Acquaint People
with Possibilities of Field
BIG EXCURSION NEXT SUNDAY
Yakima Natural Gas & Oil Company
to Stop Drilling Until Water
Can be Cased OF

Oil stock has not advanced but stock
in the possibilities of the Rattlesnake
oil field is going up every day. AS the
drill of the Yakima Natural Gas &
Oil company gradually nears the depth
at which gas was struck in the first
well, excitement in the community
grows and some of the more enthus-
iastic "oilists" are beginning to ex-
perience feelings of being swept away
in one Of those mad rushes which
make memorable the history Of many
oil cities.
The oil bug which has been at large
in this community for several weeks
has crossed the river and Pasco has
forgotten the stock yards long enough
to become enthused. They are coming
over, forty strong, to join in an ex-
cursion which is to be run from here
to the well next Sunday. The ladies
are going along on this trip and it is
estimated that fully one hundred peo-
pie will visit the gasser on this occa-
sion.
This may be the last opportunity
to see the gas well ablaze as the in
terests who have leased it expect soon
to harness it to provide fuel for an oil
drilling outfit.
In order that the people Of the COM
munity may be more fully advised as
to the possibilities Of striking oil and
gas in commercial quantities, and as
to what development the bringing in"
of the field would mean to Kennewick,
the development bureau of the Com
mercial club has arranged for mass
meeting to be held in the Commercial
club rooms at 8 o'clock next Monday
evening. 1t is expected that H. C.
Harris, of California, w. B. Linn, of
Illinois, HI. j. Snively, of North Yalki-
ma and others who have acquired in
terests in the field and expect to drill
wells, will be present to tell something
of the results of their Investigations
and their experiences in other oil pro-
ducing districts.
The week has brought forth no new
developments out in the field. The
Yakima company intends to cease
drilling the end of this week until tho
well can be cased. They are now down
nearly to the depth at which gas was
struck in the tther well and they do
not wish to drop into gas sands until
the $50 feet of water in the well has
been cased off and the downward pres
sure relieved.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27
GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS
p. R. Parks Arrives from Spokane to
Take Charge of Marketing Union

p. R. Parks, of Spokane, who will
this year manage the marketing busi-
ness of the Kennewick-R -Richland Mar
keting Union arrived here this week
and is putting things in readiness for
the opening of the strawberry season
Altho it will be some time yet before
the first berries are ripe Mr.. Parks
has come early so that the beginning
of the season will find his inspecting,
warehouse, accounting and selling de.
partments under thoro organization.
After returning yesterday from a
visit to several of the larger patches
he expressed himself as well pleased
with the crop outlook and the spirit
of cooperation shown by the growers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27
WANT Big DELEGATION
TO ATTEND CARNIVAL
Effort Will be Made to Take a Big
Crowd Over to PascO Next
Thursday Afternoon

Altho no attempt will be made to
close up the town, the Commercial
club is putting forth an effort to round
up big delegation to attend the Twin
City Water Carnival in Pasco next
Thursday, May 4. The celebration is
being held in observance of the anni-
versary of the Cello canal opening
and it is hoped the carnival can be
made an annual Twin City event.
At Wednesdays luncheon the Com
mercial club pledged its support to
Pasco this year and urged the Kenne-
wick business men and their families
to attend the celebration Thursday af-
ternoon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27
BIG CATTLE RANCH
IN HORSE HEAVEN
Commercial Orchard Lands Com
pany Buying Steers to Stock
Their Extensive Range

The dream of the Horse Heaven
| prairies transformed by irrigation into
fertile farms and blossoming orchards
may some day be realized, but in the
meantime the gently sloping miles of
bunch grass promise to "come back''
as great stock country. Horse Hea-
ven was so named, it is said, because
of the thousands of head of horses that
ranged it the early days. It may be
some day renamed in recognition of
the thousands of head of cattle that
will find pasturage there.
The upland slopes are still covered
with luxuriant bunch grass but stock
raising has been followed but in a
desultory way because of the shortage
of water. The primitive cayuse could
range the hills and trail many dusty
miles to the Columbia river for drink
but this was impracticable with cattle.
The water problem, however, has
been solved by the Commercial Or
chard Lands company, who are now
stocking the first unit of what they
hope to make one Of the largest cattle
ranches in the Northwest. This COM
pany has drilled seven wells on their
extensive holdings and have two large
pumps operating in two of them. The
last well, which is only PIP feet deep
was tested out with special air-lift
pump which threw 200 gallons of wa
ter minute continuously for "a hours
without lowering the water in the well.
This well is now equipped with pump
that is delivering 180 gallons of wa
ter minute and the company has
started stocking their ranch.
p. E. O'Conner, the company's gen.
eral manager, received word yesterday
that 22O head of steers which had been
purchased in Prairie City, Oregon
would be shipped this week. In this
lot there are 130 head Of two-year-olds
and 80 yearlings. The company ex-
poets to purchase 500 head of steers
this year in addition to stocking the
ranch with cows and heifers for breed
ing purposes.
In speaking of the possibilities for
cattle raising here Mr.. O'Conner said:
''The largest and best bunch-grass
range in the state is in Horse Heaven
few miles from this city. It is
ideally located. The land is rolling
with no steep hills or deep canyons
and the grass is most abundant. With
wells suitably distributed it is diff
cult to estimate how many thousand
head of cattle could be ranged there.
Out in our section of the country there
are now about 1900 head and so far
as feed is concerned one would never
know there was hoof on the hills.
"I know of no place in the North
west where there is an equal area of
range so close to market. When the
union stock yards are built in Kenne-
wick, no more ideal conditions for pro-
fitable stock raising could be wished
for. / don't believe there is another
place in the United States where hum
dreds of square miles of natural range.
thousands of acres of alfalfa and a
big central market can be found to
exist side by side. The range of the
Northwest is rapidly becoming smaller
and smaller and today Horse Heaven
offers possibilities that are but little
appreciated"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27
TEACHERS CHOSEN
FOR NEXT YEAR
With Exception of Misses Cum
ningham, Mimbach and Ryan,
Entire Staff is Retained

At a meeting of the school board
held Tuesday afternoon, all members
of the board being present, the teach.
ers now employed were reelected and
certain changes were determined upon
for the coming years work. Resig.
nations were accepted from Misses
Cunningham, Mimbach and Ryan, the
two former teachers having served
the Kennewick schools for five years
and they plan to retire from teaching
at the close of this springs term. For
the vacancies thus created Miss Stow
ers was elected as principal of the
Washington building and Miss Marian
Morgan, formerly teacher in the pri-
mary department of the local schools,
was selected for the primary vacancy.
Mrs. M. Bone, principal of the Wal
nut Grove school near Prosser, was
elected to the eighth grade vacancy
caused by Miss Showers removal to
the Washington building and Miss Ella
Berg was selected for the seventh
grade. Mrs. Bone and Miss Berg
come with very high recommendations
from local school authorities and 9TH
ers known personally to the board or
superintendent and conform to the ed
ucational and experience qualifications
required by the local schools.
There was also before the board for
consideration the matter of complet-
ing the commercial course in the high
school as originally contemplated
when the course was installed last
year, and it was determined to add
the last two years of the commercial
work to make the course conform to
the requirement as outlined in the
State High School Manual. The work
thus added will consist of stenography
typewriting, advanced bookkeeping,
and commercial law, and will be in
charge of Miss Bonsall. The addition
of this work made necessary some pro-
vision for the handling of work not in
the commercial course taught this
year by Miss Bonsall, and those classes
together with additional classes in
English and mathematics caused by
the moving forward of large freshman
and sophomore classes and the en-
trance of class Of over fifty eighth
grade students, will be handled by
Miss Vera Bonsall, who was engaged
as an additional high school teacher.
Miss Bonsall is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Washington and has had
three years. teaching experience. The
addition of another teacher to the
corps was decided upon reluctantly
by the board, who considered it justi-
fled by an increase Of more than fifty
per cent in the high school enrolment
during the last two years, the enroll
ment now running over one hundred
fifty pupils.
Mr.. Meikle asked to be relieved of
his duties as high school principal as
he found them to interfere with both
his field work in agriculture and his
club work, and it was decided to turn
over the high school principalship to
the superintendent for the coming
year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27

Soren Halvorson received a message
Wednesday telling of the death of his
sister, Mrs. Miller, that occurred on
Tuesday evening at the family home
in Genesee, Idaho. Mrs. Miller was
the mother of r. Miller, who recently
left here to spend the summer with
her at their home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-04-27

The Knights of Pythias will enter
tain tomorrow evening (Friday) in
their hall with a dance which will
probably be the last social function
given by the lodge until next fall.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
Poultry Drawbacks

One drawback Of poultry RAISING as
n profession is that IL takes twice as
much feed 20 maketa pound Of chicken
meat as a pound of beef, pork or NUT
ton. AS long rs one has small flock
kept in the back yard and fed kitchen
wastes there is profit in raising them,
but extend the business to such pro
portions that all feed must be pur
chased, and the possible profits dwin,
die as the food bin grows. as
II is q scientific fact that birds re.
quire proportionately more food than
any other group of domestic animals
for maintenance, growth or reproduc,
ton, Their digestive apparatus is sim,
pie and their capacity slight, to make
good use of the food given them.
Looking at the chicken business from
this side alone and disregarding dis
eases and pests, too many people
imagine that neither capital nor ex,
perience are needed to make success
raising fowls.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
Farming As a Business

The principles which underlie profit
able farming are not unlike those
which underlie the profitable conduct
of any other business. The difference
is merely in the application. The one
fundamental principle. underlying all
successful business undertakings is
that the cost must be less than the
selling price. In the operation of this
principle agriculture is no exception.
Farming, however, is such complex
business, and the different enterprises
making up the farm unit are so intri
cately related, that IL Is often well.
nigh impossible to determine the true
cost or the true selling price of farm
product. However, the relation of any
factor in farming to the profits of the
farm Nas a whole, by the study of a
large group of farms, can be fairly ac,
curately determined
This relation of the individual en-
terprise to the profits Of the whole is
perhaps the best guide to successful
farming and to an understanding of
the principles upon which good farm
organisation is ed.-'s Some Out
standing Factors in Profitable Farm.
ing" by j, s. Gates. Yearbook, 1915
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
COAST MARKET DEVELOPS
FOR HAWAllAh HONEY dew

u - 4. N. o.
A. T. Longley, superintendent Of tho
marketing division has Inquiries for
"honey dew" honey in thousand case
lots, the quotation being two cents a
pound, bid The honey is put up in
hve.gallon tins, two tins 10 the ease
so that sale, Of q thousand cases
would amount to forty OF fifty tons Of
the sweet stuff. it
The price offered Is better than what
has ruled for ,some time past but il
still shy Of ante-bellum values. Tn,
yearly honey crop runs from 300 t.
100 tons or more, the principle pro
ducers being the Parker Ranch, Cook,
Ranch, Garden Island Honey Company
the Gilbert interests, and others. The
best Hawaiian honey comes from tn,
Cooke Ranch because there is no cane
and hence no honey dew, on that isl
and. This honey Is Of high quality and
has continued to- sell at top.notcl
PRICES even though the bottom drop
ped out of hOney-dew, or cane1honeJ
when the war STARTED. Beemen Aar,
pleased to know that a nearby marlSet
for "hOney-dew" is developing be
cause formerly the whole Hawaiian
crop of this grade WIS sold in Ger
many, and that market is ut present
denied us '
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
Roma Tobacco

Kona tobacco is remarkable for its
fragrance when the cigar made from
it goes up in smoke. The industry has
gone through its promotion stage and
can be made a success by getting
down to brass tacks. Any new pro
duct always meets opposition when II
enters the market, whether il is toilet
soap, dress goods, new machine, or
a new breakfast food, but in time, if
there is merit in the novelty, trade can
be built un in it. This is the present
status of Kona tobacco. 1t will be a go
if Hawaii pushes it. w.. IS. ,@.5.E
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
COFEEELEAE RUST
N0lONGERFEARED
There Never viii Be Repetition Of
Cey.on Catastrophe, the
I'D Scientists Say

Hemileia vastatrix, the dread fungus
disease that wiped out the coffee indus
try Of Ceylons and beggared thousands
Of planters, has been conquered. The
pest has been spread over q good deal
of the tropics since the Ceylon epidem.
ic, either accidentally or by intent, but
has newer been brought to Hawnii
Should il some time slip past the eagle.
eyed quarantine inspectors Of the board
Of agriculture and forestry, which is al
together unlikely, II can be handled.
There win be no second coffee eatas-
trephe in Hawaii like that Of thirty
years ago, in Ceylon. d
It. ID. Maitlund, director of the URan-
do agricultural station statos in his last
annual report that an outbreak Of the
Hemileia leaf disease was checked and
almost eradicated by uprooting the old
or coffee trees and spraying the young
Ter trees with Bordeaux and burgundy
mixtures as soon as the growing season
set in. A.. g
A die.baek, apparently a secondary
condition, resulting from the effects OF
the leaf disease WINS even more serious
than the disease itself. Cutting back
beyond the dead portion was not effec.
tive in arresting the disease, but ma.
nurial treatment and rain arrested the
die back. - ,. ,t7r TX
(, In the days when Hemileia rust was
driving the Ceylon planters out Of bust.
ness less was known about scientific
methods of eoptrol than today, and few
tropical growers used fertilizers or had
more than rule-of-thumb knowledge
of agriculture. The plant doctors know
more about plant diseases, and there
is no more likelihood of Hemileia again
being allowed TO wipe out whole in,
dustry than Of the New Orleans super
visors burning their town down, if an
other case Of plague should be discoy
cred, F s.-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
WORK FOR
AAWAES FARMERS

In addition to conducting expert
meTts with various crops thought
suited to Island conditions, the expert
ment station, through its extension idi-
vision, has been able, during the past
few months, to furnish at q nominal
charge for packing a-great many seeds
and cuttings Of improved varieties of
field and garden crops, Six thousand
cuttings of three varieties Of sweet
potatoes alone have been distributed,
while $50 cuttings of the most promis-
ing grasses have been put out on the
land of cooperating farmers.
This service has been extended to
all five of the. larger islands, and az
the real merit Of the plan becomes
more and more appreciated. the distri.
buttons will doubtless show marked
increase. This phase Of the extension
work is quite different from the tech
meal experimental work that, is car.
ried on ut the central station but is
nevertheless doing a vast amount of
good. The funds for this are especially
appropriated by congress and il is the
hope that each thousand dollars, appro.
priated for this work by the federal
government will be matched by a SINH.
lar appropriation by the Territorial
Legislature, This plan is being followed
with excellent results by most of the
mainland states, and it is hoped that
Hawaii may soon follow suit, Director
j. NJ. Westgate says.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
WHAT CALIFORNIA DOES
~ ~ TO TEACH The FARMERS

California University registered o.
1913 students for,correspondence courses
in agriculture for the year ended April
80, 1915. During the year one or more
courses were completed by 2,s32 stu
dents. OF the students enrolled this
year thirty.three per cent are actually
engaged in farming; twelve per cent
are housewives, two per cent engineers,
sixteen per cent businessmen, three per
cent teachers, fifteen per cent clerks,
stenographers and bookkeepers, and
four per cent were students. ~. x
These figures give . very good idea
of What hawaii's nearest neighbor is
doing in the way of the practical teach
ing of agriculture. Quite a large mum.
der of those enrolled in the correspon-
dence courses at Berkeley are residents
.of Hawaii. tg.. .8r n q ~ =
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
COME FUNNY SIGHTS
y ON ROAD TO VOLCANO

''I guess some wives learned a thing
or two about their husbands swear
ing capacity on Mondaytnight last, "
remarked a Hilo man TO the Hawaii
Herald. 'tWhy, heard men swear
so beautifully, consistently and pic
-turesquely that ] imagined ! must be
back in Texas, Arizona or somewhere
in the Australian backblocks. saw
wives gasp with surprise at the Ian
guage used by their irate spOuses and
felt that the men were simply los
ing their time in Hawaii--they should
be in Flanders where any old language
goes and is fully appreciated.
cit was a funny experience alto
gether on Monday night and / never
saw such rush before-except to
a new goldfeld or for the stalking out
of q new section of farming country
in the old days on tho mainland. Why
every possible brand of ear was to be
seen on the road and anything from
a seven thousand dollar machine tc
one costing about as many hundred
dollars were on the road. ~ 49,.
l.Et'There were several accidents but
only two ware of any account. THAI
the passengers in those two cars were
not badly injured was miracle. II
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30

take advantage of the reduced price
and use them instead of lemons. Lem.
ons cannot be raised in the, Territory
with success but lines grow well, and
con be used for every purpose for
which the lemon is imported. Help
n ont home, industry. "a and, at the same
time help reduce the high cost Of liv.
ing. ~, a....a G.g,.-...,-. z
Sweet potatoes are very scarce and
good quality will bring first class
prices. ,.,, .55g. Dan lsgfs8t,
The division has several inquiries
from the Coast for honey and all bee
keepers who have honey on hand
should send TO the division "a quart
bottle of aaeh kind, giving number Of
cases, the date they could ship, etc
The price ,is about .2c pound (. o. b.
Honolulu, for dark honey. 40,
The ieebox, counters, etc, for the
meat market are nearly completed and
the division will commence selling meat
retail June ]. The retail price list of
meat will be announced later. All
small orders win be strictly cash and
the customer win be expected to take
his purchase with him. IN
A. II. LoNGLEY,
Marketing Superintendent.
Honolulu. T. H., May 20, 1916.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
POCKETS IS
BAD BUSINESS HERE
B.. 49,. f. .'S-at' = ,pr.t :.
Dip Tries To Frisk' Police Cap
tain; Now In Jail y

Picking pockets in Honolulu is a
paying business though the field is
limited thought Mariana, a Filipino
pickpocket last night, as no ambled
into the Independent Theater, and
espyiug a wealthy looking individual,
who was Captain of Police D. A. Ka-
mahu!" MurianU took up a position
close behind the officer, who was d9ess-
ed in civilian clothes, and waited fer
his chance to "frisk" him. ~
The captain, after taking a side
glance at the Filipino, recognized him
as an inmate of cell in the police sta
ton on several occasions, charged with
larceny. III. ,s1tI
Every time that Mariana brushed
against him, the police officer, gave a
little nudge back. :" Easy pickings,'
thought Mariana, thrusting his hand
into the captains pocket. He was
fooled badly, The police officer with
"A quick grasp had d "yag lock" Oh
the arm Of the thief. 50,
The Filipino tried to break away, but
Kamahu, lodged a Knockout blow OF
chin, and dragged his prisoner to the
street, threw him in the patrol ant
took him to q cell at the police station
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-30
GUARD CUTTER TAEnS
!. SOLD III SAN FRANCISCO
Vessel Stationed Al Honolulu Re-
Gently Sold For S25,110

The famous coast guard cutter Thetis,
formerly stationed in Honolulu, and In
active service of the United States
since 1884, was sold for $25, 40 TO the
Bank of California, representing w.
and 8. job q Company OF New York,
In San Francisco recently.
= The price WIS the highest among
three bids publicly opened yesterday
ing officer of the coast guard service.
The next bid was $l6,050 by the Moore
70 Mccormick Company Of New York,
and the last $500, by the John Roths-
child Company Of San Francisco.
Built in Scotland in 1881 as sail
ing vessel, the Thetis, after a short
career in the seal fields, was given 10
the United States for use in the
areely relief expedition. She was
then used by the Navy as survey
vessel and later transferred to the
evenue cutter service, which is now
the coast guard service. She has
acted Us n floating court in Alaskan
waters, in the Arctic sea and around
the Hawaiian Islands.
She has O gross tonnage OF 723 tons
md displacement of 1850. Her buy
,rs are engaged largely in sealing, and
it is expected that she win be used
gain for the work for which she was
built.
Under the terms of the sale, the
myers are required TO pay the pur.
shRse price fifteen days after the nc.
ceptanee of the bid, and the govern
nent is 10 turn the ship over Eve dayf
lfter the money has been paid.