The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-28
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1tauIuIluIulllnuEuinHInului,u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Brrrrrrrrrrr-Zero again-and 1916
will go down in history as the coolest
year on record. This makes the fourth
spell Of zero weather this year and
right here in Kennewick where the
thermometer is supposed never to 60
below Is degrees above zero! There
is lot we would like to say about this
weather, but it wouldn't be wise.
Next summer when the thermometer
is way up IL the hundreds wouldn't
, we like to have couple of these days
on tap, to break the monotony!!!! We
wonder why more people don't tulld
ice houses and put up ice. A little
house six feet by eight with seven
foot ceiling would hold g good many
tons of ice and could be built at very
little cost and we'll built, too. With
the exception of the winter of 1884
there has not been a winter for years
when one could not put up plenty OF
ice and certainly it would be big
blessing in the summer time.
The Kennewick city street commit
tee, ably assisted by Jack Frost, has
put Washington street into very good
shape. When Jack Frost quits the
Job, however, the committee will find
there is still plenty Of room for work.
Our famous oiled road, too, has been
helped by Mr.. Frost, tho along the
mile stretch between Bryson Browns
corner and Swayze's corner he has
rather botched the job. Along this
stretch there is rut about foot
deep, and an auto or wagon once get
ting into the rut has to travel it to
the end, for there is no other way to
get out. We would suggest to Jim
Clements that he might do US one good
turn before he goes out of Office, and
that would be to construct half doz-
en- turnouts along this stretch of road.
Commissioner-elect r. E. Pratt has
a job on his hands and we don't envy
him bit. For one thing our present
county commissioner has been work
ing overtime trying to issue all the
emergency warrants he could think of.
and Pratt will get the blame when pay.
day comes. And again, for years all
the road money has been spent in one
locality and there will be terrible
holler go up if he discontinues this
practice. Discontinue it he must, for
other localities have been neglected so
long that they simply must have work
done soon. Then there's our oiled road
to contend with. Built with absolute
disregard for specifications, it is not
standing up under the traffic and in
some places is almost impossible to-
day for an auto or even buggy. He
will have to plan to keep this main
thorofare in shape somehow, tho we
fear that it will be hard and expen-
sive job. One bit Of advice we would
like to offer, and that is, when the
road is repaired, that it be given a
coat of oil to hold up the repair work.
Last spring the road was put into fine
shape, but no oil as applied and the
oY1fa he
gravel fills to the four winds, and the
repair money was wasted. Better
save the repair money until the work
can be followed up with oil. This will
help materially. But as we said, it
will be difficult task to maintain Il
good road out of what we have, and
we are glad we don't have to do it.
While coming home from the grange
last Thursday, the south wind took off
Tim Farney's hat and carried it off in
the da.kness. A hurry call brought
out the &C d early in the morning and
the old sleuth was soon on the scent
and located the missing skypiece in
a fence corner half a mile to lee
ward. --s
Cross your fingers, Capt.
La Grippe is still with US, tho most
of her victims are now on the road to
recovery. Few escaped and some
whole districts were laid out complete
ly. Patriarchs' Row was hard hit, the
the only one escaping being Capt.
Hoyt, and he's such tough old rip
that no self-respecting microbe would
ever think of hitinn him for ;f ho