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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
cLEvERNEss OF A THIEF.
He Made the Job . Thorough One
While He Was About It.

While He Was About IL
The retail store Is often the recipient
of unreasonable demands for adjust
ment Of one sort or another. but the
following Incident related by a man In
the business seems to be q high light
In the picture.
In this case the theft Of q package Of
dress goods and silks was made from a
delivery wagon by a crook, whose pro-
cedure indicated an experienced hand
in department store methods. He Inn
mediately took the package. which had
been purchased G.. o. D., to the Gus
toner who had bought the goods and
was paid the $12 called for by them.
The dress fabrics had been bought for
the purpose of making a suit, and the
customer asked the pseudo delivery
man to take the package around to her
dressmaker, whose shop was only a
few blocks away. She paid him q
quarter for doing this, and he skipped
around to the dressmaker.
Here was where he began to show
real INVERNESS. The story he told the
U.NS.---ahpT upOu tuIAiuS lhc pdShoSC
over TO her was that her customer had
paid $40 on the goods and wanted her
to make up the difference, which was
81. and put it on the bill for the suit.
This account seemed perfectly plausi-
BILE to the dressmaker. who promptly
paid out the 50, knowing that the
goods were worth good deal more.
The thief was then just $14.25 to the
good-$12 as the original payment. %
cents as tip and 50 that the dress
maker paid.
The store in this case was out the
So, which would seem to be sufficient
punishment for the drivers lack of
vigilance, but the customer was by no
means satisfied to let the matter drop
there. She wanted the store to pay
back the So the dressmaker had given
out. This claim, Of course. could not
be allowed.-New York Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
LOCAL RED CROSS
MEMBERSHIP GROWS
There Are Now Nearly Two
Hundred Members Affiliated
with Kennewick Branch

The local membership in the Ameri-
can Red Cross now numbers 135 with
"a additional members at Richland.
The membership campaign started by
Mrs. E. M. Sly just before she left for
San Francisco has been progressing
very satisfactorily and by the time a
thoro canvass has been made Of the
rural districts it is expected the men,
bership will be close to 500.
The local committee which had
charge of the recent Red Cross drive
has been notified to turn over to the
local branch any amount not to ex-
coed % per cent of the contributions
as an aid in financing the local work.
This will provide sufficient fund for
getting the work nicely started.
Mrs. A. M. Bartlett, because Of her
many duties on the ranch, has re-
signed as vice chairman and chairman
of the work committee and Mrs. w. T.
Mann has been chosen to succeed her.
Last Thursday Mrs. Mann accompan-
led by Mrs. c. D. Hopper, of Richland,
went to North Yakima to study the
manner in which the work is carried
on at chapter headquarters and to re-
ceive suggestions for organizing the
work here.
At Richland the ladies are thoroly
organized, have considerable sum to
their credit for the purchase of mater
ials and are eager to get to work.
Many Of the ladies who have been
sewing for the d. A. r. Auxiliary
have finished their work and have APP
piled for work with the new organiza-
ton. The purchase of materials, how
ever, has been delayed to await the
receipt of finances sufficient to buy in
large quantities so that better prices
may be secured.
Plans are now under way for OPEN
ing headquarters in the Commercial
club rooms where it is planned to in
stall sewing machines, cutting tables
and other necessary equipment. Al
tho these rooms can be used by ladies
who wish to work there, the sewing ,
may be done by the ladies in their own
homes. Materials, however, will be
given out only at the rooms and all
finished articles must be turned in
there. Certain days for giving out
and receiving supplies will be an
nounced as soon as Mrs. Mann has the
plan of work thoroly organized.
Since organization the branch has
received contribution Of SO from
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
PATHETIC OLD AGE.
Have Pity For the Man Who Has Out
lived His Usefulness.

Whenever age has stricken from a
man his power Of usefulness and ac-
-tivity there is demand for human
sympathy. He may be the inmate Of
q home Of luxury or so placed that his
bodily needs and the companionship
Of equals and friends may be all that
is to be desired, still the old man whose
life work has closed and who must
sit idly by and watch the sands in the
hour glass run swiftly out is an object
of profound consideration and should
be given the veneration that his posi-
ton and past deserve.
OF all human beings who through adj
vancing years or bodily affection have
reached the limit of usefulness man is
the most pitiable. His has been the
work Of actual accomplishment. He
has depended on his strength as a
great fortress and has been lavish in
its use. Unlike the woman or the
child or the mentally and physically
afflicted during life, he has been the
world builder and the home maker. On
his shoulders have rested the great
tasks of life, the creation of home.
the support of a family and the achieve
ment of great things in business and
society.
To lay these things all aside at the
behest Of Times reckoning finger and
the approaching decay in mind and
body is tragic thing, however much
we may glorify the peace and calm
that is said to come in the sunset days
of life. The old man is largely
stranger III land made strange by
the absence of many Of those with
whom he began the journey.-Pitts-
burgh Gazette Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Death, From Athletic Sports.

DR.. Robert e. Coughlin Of New York
city, writing in the New York Medical
Journal, says 943 lives were sacrificed
on the fields Of athletic sport In the
ten years ending with, but not includ-
ing, the year 1916.
Baseball heads the list with 284 IA
talities," he says. Football is second
with 215, auto racing third with 1913,
boxing fourth with 105. Seventy-seyen
cyclers and fifty-four jockeys lost their
lives, fifteen wrestlers persisted on the
mat, fourteen persons lost their lives
playing golf, nine were killed at bowl
ing and one died while playing lawn
tennis"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
SEE or phone Ben Bergen (2082)
when you want heavy hauling or
dray work done. 45tf

will psy a reward Of
$40 for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of person or
persons who stole fixtures from the
Barber house in Morain's addition.
Trenbath & Tweedt. 1918
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Influence Of America.

1t is fact that no matter how back
ward, how crude, how ignorant, how
illiterate, are the workers and aliens
who come to your shops something in
the American life and environments
puts civic intelligence and sense of
into the workers which
every executive must understand and
cooperate with.-Meyer Bloomfield In
Industrial Management.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Fighters.

Nearly all successful business men
possess fighting qualities. Commodore
Vanderbilt was fighter. Hartman,
Hill and Morgan were fighters. Men
who aspire to do big things must have
daring, must have courage, must have
self confidence. They must be pre-
pared to accept risks. They must ex-
hibit boldness when others show timid-
ity.-Leslie's
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS - Bids

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS - Bids
for new school house at Whitcomb,
Benton county, according to plans
and specifications which can be OBJ
tanned from the architect, J. E.
Dougherty, Pasco, Wash, or County
Supt. of Schools, A. C. Jones, Pros
ser, Wn., will be opened at Whit
comb on Aug. 18th, 1917. Bids
must be accompanied by certified
check for five per cent of bid. r. L.
Bass, Clerk, School District No. 26,
Whitcomb, Wash. 1918
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

Another reason why woman would
not succeed as a soldier is because
every time she mislaid her purse the
battle would have to stop until she
found it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

districts upon his proposal. The men,
bers of the Kennewick school board,
when questioned regarding it, see con-
siderable advantage to the other dis
tricts but little advantage to the local
high school and considerable additional
work for the Kennewick teachers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-40 acres Of land near
Kennewick, all fenced, II acres i'm
proved, water piped to the land In
. cement pipe line, and has water
right from the N. P. Irrigation COM
pany. For sale at $125 per acre,
only small payment down; balance
at SO interest. Inquire Of First
National Bank Of Pasco. lift
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

A mean man says women go in for
crocheting good deal, because that is
something they can do and talk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
For Rent

FOR RENT-Fine pasture for horses
and cattle. S. Poot, Richland, tele-
phone 2612. lift
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-Fine Fulton folding go
cart; good as new. Cost $14.5O, will
sell for less than half. Phone F. A..
Howes, Richland. Tsp
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-Tom Barron and Fishel
strain White Wyandotte cockerels.
Best laying strain known. Call F.
II. Krug, 30x8. 14tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE Clark Seeding strawber-
~ plants, extra fine quality, from
young patch, guaranteed free from
disease or weevil; ready for delivery
now. ]. r. Gardner, phone 3O2; for
location, see sign northwest of Rich
land, on state road. 1919
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

WANTED-Hay. We are in the mar
ket for hay; will buy it baled or in
the stack. Empire Grain Co., phone
401. H.. II. 17tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-Two young Jersey cows;
one fresh and one to freshen soon;
also year-old White Leghorn hens
for breeding pens, Tancred strain.
sc Egg Ranch, Hover, phone 12x3
lift
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-Four White Wyandotte
ROSTERS, Is months old, at half price
If taken at once. Geo. Egbert, tele-
phone 2134. 17tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE - Four-year-old horse;
weight 1900; one yearling colt; one
good milk cow. Phone 36x4. 18p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-Koehler & Campbell pi-
ano in first class condition. Cheap
for cash, or will trade for automo-
bile. Mrs. e. Armstrong, Richland
phone BILL. 15tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

CALIFORNIA & OREGON HOME
STEADS - Fine climate. Fruit,
stock, health, wealth-booklet. Cal
ifornia State Land Information Blu
reau. Sacramento, Cal. AIS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

FOR SALE-10-acre tract near Ken
newick all in growing alfalfa and
well located. For sale at $4,000
per acre, only small payment down
and balance at $50 interest. Inquire
First National Bank Of Pasco. 11tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Wanted

WANTED-2-ton bolster springs. E.
II. Harsha, phone 1851. 17-18
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Miscellaneous

PETALUMA HATCHERY can ship
day-old chicks to points reached in
three days. Five varieties. Fall
chicks pay big. Free circular. l..
w. Clark, Petaluma, Calf. Aisle
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
CENT-A-WORD ADVS.
For Sale
FOR SALE-Good strong hack. A.
o. Larsen, phone 2O63. 13tf

FOR SALE Fresh COW, Durham;
good easy mixers. J. R. Ayers,
Kennewick, WASH, phone 34x3. IL
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

WANTED TO BUY-We want to buy
your second hand goods. We buy
and sell almost anything. Columbia
second hand store, Yakima street,
old studio building. ar lift
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Lost and Found

FOUND-Black travelling bag. Own
err may have same by calling at this
Office and paying advertising charge.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
THE MATTER WITH RUSSIA.

The cause of Russia's temporary collapse
ought to be known to the man who is that
icountry's dictator. Premier Kerensky has in
an article which appeared in Russian maya
zine explained that a portion of the Russian
people may be described as having reverted
TO the psychology Of the primitive man." A
tendency towards political nyth-making arose
and the seen merely as "a conspiracy
of the bad against the 'good.''
Kerensky ridicules the theory that the trials
and misfortunes of Russia are all the result Of
the enemy's intrigues, but he acknowledges
that dishonest demagogues have encouraged
the idea and offered pretended proofs Of it.
The real cause, he insists, was the lack of mu-
nitions and other supplies. The entire sys-
tenn was at fault. In other words, Russia was
her own worst enemy. The masses sinned
through ignorance, and their unsc1upulous
leaders through consciencelessness
Kerensky condemns the demagogic
method which first made the "Jewish" and
then the German" conspirator responsible
for everything. What is needed now, as he
says, is ''to understand, at least, the true
cause of foundations Of the country"
The Russian people, as their great statesman
and hero asserts, are passing through a
period of beclouded reason" Let them wake
up band themselves together and save their
country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
Smaller NEWSPAPERS.

Des Moines Register: An interest
ing table has been prepared showing
the economy of news space enforced
upon some of our biggest newspapers
by the print paper shortage.
For instance, the New York Times,
although it had published thirty-five
pages more Of advertising this year
than last. has had total run of fifty
two pages less than last year. In
other words the Times has published
eigl1ty-two pages less Of reading
matter. or more than quarter of a
page day.
The New York Herald has pub
lished eighty-nine pages less Of read
ing matter than year ago, the Trlb-
une fifty-three pages less, the World
thirty pages less, the American twen-
ty pages less.
Not all the newspapers have pubs
lished more advertising than a year
ago, on the contrary only the Sun,
Times and World in New York City
report gains.
The totals for the seven morning
newspapers in New York City are
306 fewer pages published this year
than last, total advertising gain for
all of them of nine pages, a total loss
of reading matter of 315 pages.
The totals for the evening papers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
WORK FOR CONSCIENTIOUS oBJEcToRs.

The government acting through the provost
marshal general and secretary OF war has de
cided on a policy towards the conscientious
director which will make the constituencies OBJ
iector sauirm Members of sects and 1ndlvldu-
ais who claim that their beliefs, convictions,
consciences do not permit them to engage IN
war will be drafted just the same and set at
some useful work
The variations in human species are infinite
and undesirable. We would not venture to
assert therefore that there may not be Amerl-
cans who would have genuine and distressful
aualms of what they call their conscience at
the thought of fighting for human freedom, for
the right against the wrong and to punish and
put an end to atrocities We would not say for
certain that some very extraordinary conscien-
ces might not give their owners, when called
upon to fight for righteousness, acute dis
tress. But these are very undesirable variants
of the human family and happily rare. The
vast majority of people who claim to possess
such highly sensitized consciences are probably
so insincere that no injustice would be done
by setting them at any kind of necessary
work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation
as necessity is to others.-Pliny.
A TEST OF CRAFTSMANSHIP.

The Japanese mission to this country will
soon be in Washington to confer with this gov
ernment's representatives on matters of inter
est to the two countries It is assumed that
the discussions will chiefly concern the conduct
of the war. but there is wide belief that this
will be made an opportunity for informal dis
cussion of general relations between the two
nations. The Japanese mission has given pub
Lefty to many assurances of the friendly spirit
in which it comes. There surely should be an
equally friendly spirit in the welcome it re-
ceives. But tact and friendship will not re-
move difficulties and differences although it
should greatly help in composing them Japan
makes no secret of her protest against certain
regulations now made by this government with
regard to China's future, in which differences
of viewpoint exist between the two govern
ments
To the settlement Of points of difference q
rank understanding is an excellent prelimin-
,rv. IF the discussions at Washington can he
20 conducted that mutual respect for the on
posing viewpoints is pervaslve, if the reason
able spirit of concession which is the basis OF
lasting agreements is shown by both parties
and if with these there is insstence by the ad
ADMINISTRATION on the rights we assert with argu
1nent of convincing power to show that the
are rights a long step may be taken towar
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18

are total loss of pages for the year,
1872; loss in advertising pages. TWEEN
ty-eight and one-half; total loss of
reading pages, 1O3k
At first flush the reader may jump
to the conclusion that the New York
newspapers have lost something in
interest because Of the curtailment
of space. But those who reflect will
console themselves with the thought
that much less space might be much
better used than it is in any of our
newspapers today.
The New York newspapers have
not lost in interest because they are
publishing fewer columns Of reading
matter. In many respects they have
gained
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
WILLIAM 4. TAFT.
Why the People Love the Former
President-A Great.Hearted,
Sane Man.

Omaha World-Herald: 1t is amaz-
ing that so unpopular president as
William H. Taft should develop into
an ex-president so universally loved
and admired And yet it isn't amaz-
ing either. AS president it was MT.
Taft's misfortune to find his mind
running counter, on certain moot
questions of domestic policy, to the
minds of large majority of the peo-
pie. For that difference in opinion
he was damned, and not only that,
but his many excellent qualities were
minimized, his truly lovable person
atty was lampooned, and he was ac-
credited with faults wholly alien to
him. From the lofty eminence to
which he had attained by swift and
steady flight he was dashed to the
rocks below, "unwept," as the poet
says. "unhonored and unsung."
But at this time, as the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch remarks, when the
political demagogue is troubling the
waters; when the prophets of calam-
,ty lose no opportunity to wall;
when the spineless brother seeks
the most conspicuous strest corner
on which to do his quaklns-in SUCH
time the sunny, broad minded,
patriotic, serene, confident Mr.. Taft,
lis an inspiration to everybody.
The people love Mr.. Taft now be-
cause he is as the shadow vi great
rock in a weary land. He isn't scold-
ing or fretting or COMPLAINING; he
isn't seeking the Gife occasion CT
war as an excuse for venting ancient
grudges on his enem' es-apparently
he knows no grudges and acknowi-
edges no enemies; ne appeals to no
Unworthy passions or prejudtces; no
is no prophet of disaster Or preach
er of hatred-he Is simply great
hearted, sane minded manly man,
demonstrating in his own person how
easy 1t is to be a gentleman, a chris.
ton and a patriot all at the same
time. He abandoned his ease and
his comfort to go out over the coun-
try, without fuss or feathers or press
agents, to talk simple, plain. homey
Americanism to his fellow citizens.
He had no thought of exalting Will
liam H. Taft; he desired only to
serve, modestly and humbly, the re.
public that so greatly had honored
him. When In the torrid heat OF
Kansas he fell i'll the heart of the
whole country went out to him, and
now that he is convalescent the whole
country rejoices.
Mr.. Taft may be conservative
reactionary, even. We have call
ed him that In the heat OF politics
and to our own satisfaction have
proved It, But when we note his
calm tolerance, his undisturbed poise,
his wholesomeness and can see him
clearly as the sturdy, high-minded,
unselfish patriot he is, we may be
pardoned for joining. radicals with
conservatives, to wish there vera
more such reactionaries in America
as he.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
Red. Blotc|,es
Turned to Pilr,p|,
ltched Burned
And Smarted Till Nearly Went vi
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ho.I

Big red blotches appearedoDnv
and later turned into pimples N.Y.
was fierce. The pimpfes itched IVY
and smarted until nearly Went u uIin
scratched them until could wa.
night or day. They were hard anJ,
and most all came to head anJ :
tered over my face disfgurinp !,
thing awful. '0'|
Remedy upon remedy was ,.,a
to no avail and for three vears 'I !
treated. l ran across Cuticnr, d
and Ointment advertisement So ho ~
them and fifteen or twenty dav.,
tinued use of the Cuticura So,n !
Ointment brought back my FOOD :
plexion. ! was healed" (SipnedI II
Beatrice Barton. R. RI, Box IS, Gr r.
Rapids, Wis, Sept. IA, 1916. -
II is distressing to reflect tia, NJ,
If not all, Of this suffering might I.
been prevented by using CuticI,ra {,
and no other for everyday toilet y y
poses with a little Cuticura Oin,mp
now and then as needed to soothe :
heal the first signs of skin or s.
troubles. Nothing purer or sweeter i
these delicate emollients.
For Free Sample Each by Ret,
Mail address postcard. "Cuticn
Dept. r, Boston" Sold everywhe