The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28

bunch having been taken off by the
owners on Friday. There was one
mule in the bunch and her owner was
the first one to get around. 1t was a
simple matter to get rope on her and
lead her down the road until she got
out of sight of the rest of the bunch,
and then she stopped. The saddle pony
couldn't bulge her, licking her seemed
to make. no impression-she just re-
fused to go. Finally by snubbing her
from one post to the next and getting
behind her and showing her along a
step at time, the owner managed to
get her almost mile before dark.
There he turned her into a field and
left her. We have not heard whether
she is there yet or not, but we believe
it will be long time before she gets
another chance to come down here.
Our advice to George Gerards is to
quit moping around the house but to
get a can of carriage paint and re-
model the old buggy into an H M T
and go get her. s..-4s.. .... ,sa.
Ernest Perry has been to the Round
Up and now feels competent to engage
Vernon Ford in a veracity contest.
Spooks visited the Gerards house
last Monday morning. Without soul
around large vegetable dish jumped
off the pantry shelf onto the floor. The
t d says the whole Gerards family
had been to the Roundup, but we
don't see what that explains.
We forget whether it was p. T. Bar
mum or Noah who said the people have
to be buncoed. Some people will pay
$1,000 seat to go to symphony con-
cert when it is perfect torture to them
to keep awake. For years the people
of Finley have sacrificed comfort to
appearance in keeping the Finley arc
light burning when it blinds everyone
for miles around, yet does no one any
good except when there is some eve
ming meeting at the church. 1t costs
$3.50 month to maintain this nuis-
ance and the nearby residents would
gladly subscribe double this amount
to have the nuisance abated. Whether
it should be discontinued entirely OF
arranged so it could be used only when
there is meeting at the church, or q
reflector should be provided so ar
ranged as to throw all the light in q
circle having radius of not over 10C
yards. 49, :...
We witnessed another near-accident
on the railroad crossing east of the
Bowles corner. The one o'clock train
was approaching; an auto was nearing
the crossing from the west and q
team and wagon from the east. Both
drivers We're intent on getting across
before the train and when they sud.
denly confronted each other at the top
they were too close to stop, but each
turned out as far as he could and they
managed to get past, tho wagon vince
scratched fender in passing. Had they
missed turning by another two inches
they would have locked right on the
track and No. would have plowet
into the wreck. This crossing shoule
be widened at once, for it is extremely
dangerous as it is. ...- 49,.
Last Monday the Grange placed al
order for their first car of coal thi:
season. So many We're left out that
| an effort is being made to make uI
another car at once. 49,. II
When you see Capt. Hoyt in his new
hat you will know it was necessitatet
by his appointment as school director
to fill Ed Angeles unexpired term.
The weather man has been pretty
good to us for a month past, but hi
just wanted to remind us what h.
could do last Tuesday when he sent
an old-fashioned bowler that rivalec