The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-03
LIVE WIRE SPARKS


The much-heralded meeting of the
Kennewick business men with the Fin
lev farmers didn't amount to much for
those who were looking for bloodshed.
The expected grouches failed to ma
terialize, and most of the evening was
spent in cussing and discussing Jeff's
cow ordinance. Jos. Gerards opened
up the subject, and was subjected to
severe cross examination in which DR..
B. L. Cole took hand, when Gerards
stated that he had seen thousands up
on thousands of cows, but had never
seen one die Of tuberculosis.
"Do you mean to say that you can
always tell what cow dies Of" asked
the doctor.
"Most generally" asserted Joe.
sIll venture to say you don't know
what two-thirds of your cows die Of"
stated the doctor. Z.
ooh, yes I do" replied Joe.
elbow do you know" the doctor de-
manded. .s. ~ sg"'
"Well, most of mine die of eating
too much green alfalfa" explained
Joe, which ended the argument as far
as Gerards was concerned. Almost
everyone took hand then, and the
milk question was so thoroly aereated
at such length that good roads, coun-
ty commissionership, township organ
ization, the Wallula ferry controversy
and the county engineer received scant
if any, notice. Nelson and the Live
Wire editor were the only ones that
got roasted, and everyone was sur
prised to find that no one was sore at
all.
But we, of Finley, were thoroly
ashamed of the behavior of some of
our young boys and girls who neither
had the good sense to listen to what
was being said, nor the courtesy to al
low others to listen undisturbed, for
what with their talking and laughing,
their gathering up and down stairs,
throwing pebbles at the windows and
other signs of irresponsible, silly be-
havior, they succeeded in making ev-
eryone uncomfortable, and in allow
ing the business men of Kennewick to
take away the impression that the
neighborhood is composed largely Of
lot of simpletons who don't even
know how to behave in public. We
don't know who these rowdys were,
and we don't care, but we are getting
! sick and tired of having every meet
ing or entertainment broken up by
such irresponsible rough necks, and
we recommend that some member of
the Grange be sworn in as deputy
constable and proceed to deal with
them in the same manner that the po-
lice deal with the lawless youths of
the cities.
NOW, DON'T FAIL TO READ UP
ON TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
1T rs LONG, WE KNOW, BUT WE
HAVE BOILED IT DOWN A LOT
AND YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND
IT, FOR YOU'LL HAVE TO VOTE
FOR 1T IN NOVEMBER, AND YOU
WILL HAVE TO WORK FOR 1T IN
JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND
OCTOBER. WE MEAN BUSINESS,
AND ALL YOU CHANGERS HAVE
GOT TO GET BUSY AND HELP.
A petition is being circulated in the
neighborhood, asking the county COM
missioners to place the question Of
Township Organization on the ballot
at the coming November election.
There is no doubt that the requisite
number of signatures will be obtained
and for the benefit of those unfamil-
lar with the provisions of the law, we
will give brief summary Of the main
features.
The county is divided into districts
according to the topography of the
country with due regard for congress
sional township lines and density of
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population. These districts are called
towns or townships and are incorpor-
ated, thus placing them on practically
the same basis as an Incorporated city.
Each town must have 25 inhabitants
who are legal voters. The county
commissioners fix the boundaries.
An annual meeting is held the Sec
ond Tuesday Of every March, tho
special meetings may be called by two
officers and IL electors at any time.
At the annual meeting the follow
ing officers are elected: three super
visors, clerk, treasurer, assessor,
overseer of highways, justice of the
peace and a constable-the last two
serving two years. ~ ~
The electors have power to run
thai. oxryy, affairs a1ono certain lines