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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
TEN MORE MEN
TO FILL BATTALION
Major Weyrauch's Field Artil-
lery Almost Recruited to
Peace Strength

In a telephone message this after
noon from Major Paul Fl. Weyrauch,
of Walla Walla, Lieut.. F. r. Jeffrey
was informed that the battalion of the
Washington field artillery lacks but
10 men to bring the three batteries UP
to the full peace strength of 37s men
or 126 each. There are 152 enlisted
men in Walla Walla, 141 in Spokane
and rs in Benton and Yakima counties.
Recruiting will continue until the bat
teries are brought up to war strength
of 100 men to each battery.
) 1t has been rumored that soon after
acquiring peace strength the battalion
will be ordered to American Lake for
further training and formal muster
into federal service. Such orders will
come from the war department, SO no
one knows just when they will come or
where the battalion will be sent. In
the meantime the Spokane battery will
continue to drill in Spokane under
Captains Drain and Prcll. The Walla
Walla battery will drill in Walla Walla
under Captain Exlins, and an effort
will be made to have the Benton and
Yakima county boys transferred to
Kennewick to drill under Lieut.. JEFF
frey and captain who is yet to be
commissioned. The captaincy of this
battery is being held open by Maj.
Weyrauch for Fred We'll, Of White
Bluffs, who is making strenuous ef-
forts to adjust his business affairs so
he may accept the commission. Mr..
We'll is in town today but is still un-
decided whether or not he can accept.
Six new recruits were sent over
from this county this week. They are
Ed. Mann, Fred Berg, Merrill Simme-
link and Anders Christensen, of this
city, Harry j. Coleman, of White
Bluffs and Frank Harrison, son of S.
Harrison, of Benton City. John w.
Feely applied for enlistment but was
rejected on account of physical dis
ability.
Two new recruits Of which the bat
talon officers are particularly proud,
are Walter Tucsley and Dolph Bar
nett, of North Yakima. Both young
men arc graduates of the Washington
University and Were among the un-
applicants for commissions
at the officers training camp at the
Preside.
Until this week all enIistments have
been from among the single men.
This rule, however, was broken this
week with the enlistmcnts of Ed. Mann
and Fred Berg. Mr.. Mann not only
leaves behind him a wife and child but |
a fruit farm on the Highlands and a |
job as mail carrier on rural route No. |
?. Frank Morain, who enlisted in the |
navy in Spokane yesterday is the third |
Kennewick married man to voluntarily
answer his country's call.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
DRAFT TAKES FORTY-THREE
All Claims for Exemption Have Not
Yet Been Passed Upon by
the Board

OF the first 158 men called before
the local exemption board, 43 had been
accepted for service up until noon yes
terday. At that time there Were still
21 claims for exemptions to be passed
upon by the board. It is probable that
the net results Of the first call will be
about so and this number will doubt
less be reduced some by claims for in
dustrial exemption allowed by the dis
trict board.
OF the first 15s, eleven failed to re-
port and "a had already enlisted. This
brings the total eligible for service up
to about rs or nearly so per cent which
is considered an excellent showing.
In passing upon claims for exemp-
tions the local board has been follow
ing the rule Of refusing exemption to
any single men and to any married
man who has no children and whose
wife is physically able to work. Some
of the single men who are engaged in
extensive farming operations may be
allowed exemption by the district
board.
Following is the list OF those who
have been accepted for service:
Kennewick
Clarence Copeland, Carl A. Zachow,
Caleb w. Smith, Roby Aclridge, Bru-
no sporleder, John Henry Smith, Reu-
Zen Larson, Gany Hogan, Gentry West
Brown.
Prosser
William p. Russell, orviIle Allen,
Ernest Galliher, Joseph Hotis, Elmer
Koeller, Dougald King, James War
ren, Ray Mohl, Thomas Owen, Floyd
r. Smith, Ed. Wells, Freeman Mercer.
Richland
Harry Crerar, Myron Balfour, Hen
ry Schireman, Edward Dunning, Hem
ry Hartung, VIM. ID. Reinhardt, Frank
A. Dresser, James Walters, Herbert
j. Bernard.
Benton City
Peter Peterson, Zenas A. Olson, Ar
gus Hughes, John Fearon.
White Bluffs and Hanford
Fred Fehlhaber, Leslie A. Codding,
Carroll A. Burnett.
Ray Sickles, Beverly; Eugene Rice,
Beverly; Harry Strasser and Glenn
Copeland, Grandview; Stanley Struth-
ers, Finley; Solon Cook, North YalSi-
ma.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
TO IMPROVE ROAD

i Farmers living between Finley and
Hover are rejoicing in the propects of
the early improvement of the main
road down the river. The county COM
missioners ct their meeting last week
passed preliminary resolution declar-
ing their intention of extending Per-
manent Highway No. A from Finley to
the ferry landing in Hover. The reso-
luton does not set forth the type of
construction. Work will probably be
started this fall. @.@ 80 aaS 3.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
MODERN SYSTEM
in PACKING HOUSE
Fruit Growers Association Has
Eliminated Confusion of
Old-Time Packing Shed

"Hear that noise? It isn't lout
enough to be annoying yet it is tot
loud for successful visiting. Il keep.
the workers from talking too much.
This was one of the desirable feature.
of the Kesanewick District Fruit Crow
ers' associations new packing liable
as pointed out by Manager H. w
Desgranges.
The new table which has been in.
stalled in the associations new ware.
house is designed to reduce the labo,
and cost of getting apples and pears
ready for market. Altho the new ma.
chine has been in operation but a few
days already it has eliminated much
of the fuss and confusion which has
been characteristic of local packing
houses in the past. This thing of
somebody always getting in the other
fellows way has been done away with.
Two men now do the work Of six and
do it better. The table will accommo-
date eighteen packers and when oper-
ated at capacity will take care of the
needs of the local association fo.. sew
eral years to come.
The machine is now being operated
for Bartlett pears. One man empties
the pears from the lugs onto the table
and sorts them as they roll along on
an endless belt which carries and de-
posits them in the packing bins. The
old-time method Of handling every
pears and tossing this one into one box
and that one into another has been OBJ
waited. The sorter merely rolls each
pear according to grade into it's pro-
per groove and it is whisked away to
the packer.
The packed boxes are placed on an
incline conveyor and rolled down to
the mailer who places them on another
set of rollers for a joy ride down to
the warehouse men at the car-loading
platform. The empty boxes are fed
into grooves over the packers heads
and when one is wanted the packer
just reaches up and grabs, instead of
yelling at some flunky who knocked
down six tiers of boxes and got in the
way of four trucks while rushing one
empty box to waiting packer. The
whole system works like clock and
Manager Desgranges is about the most
5ickled man in Kennewick. @
The system was installed under the
direction of Leonard Cockril, of North
Yakima, who has been engaged by the
association as foreman of the packing
plant.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
EXPECT REPORT
ON IRRIGATION
PROJECT SOON
Reclamation Engineers Have
Been Considering Kennewick
Extension of Sunnyside
JONES ASKS FOR $1,000,
If Project is Approved Work will be
Started so as to Cultivate the
Land Next Year X

Engineers D. C. Henny, of Portland
A. J. Wiley, of Boise, and C. H. Swi
gart, of North Yakima, constituting
the board of review for the reclama.
ton service have been in session in
North Yakima this week with Project
Manager R. X. Tiffany for considcra-
tion Of the Kennewick extension of the
;Sunnyside canal. =ny i.
Altho the findings of this board are
not final it is understood that if they
submit favorable report on the pro-
ject there is little doubt but that it
will be undertaken by the government.
The survey of the proposed extension
was ordered this summer as a war
measure to add to the food production
in the Yakima valley and once the pro-
ject is approved and the money is
available work will undoubtedly be
rushed with all possible speed, so as to
bring part of the acreage under cul-
tivation next year.
Coincident with the meeting of the
board in North Yakima, word comes
from Washington, D. c., that Senator
Jones has introduced an amendment
to the urgency deficiency bill appro-
priating two million dollars to expe-
dite work on the Yakima project. In
presenting the amendment Senator
Jones urged the appropriation as a
war measure to increase the produc-
ton of foodstuffs, stating that it
would be possible to bring 10000 acres
under cultivation next year.
Altho no definite word has been re-
ceived that this appropriation is in
tended for expenditure on the Kenne-
wick extension it is generally thought
that it must be for this purpose. If
so, there is reason to believe that the
engineers have reported favorably on
VIC PiOyCCt.
In planning for the project Mr.. Tiff
fany has been determined that when
the government is ready to act work
should not be delayed to await local
organization. At his suggestion steps
have been taken for the creation of
an irrigation district and an election
will be held for that purpose. From
all indications the election will be car
rled with little or no opposition and
the landowners will be legally organiz-
ed into a unit that can deal with the
reclamation service. The polling places
In Mondays election will be at the
Highland club house and Kiona. The
polls will be open from a. m. until
4 p. m.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
PUT DRAFTED MEN
WHERE BEST FITTED
Men Who Are Called into Service
will be Assigned to Duties
They Can Do Best

Army officers who will organize the
national army divisions face the task
of making the best possible use of the
men selected for military duty by .he
local boards says a Washington, ID. c.,
dispatch. Among them will be highly
trained individuals, specialists in par
ticular lines, and effective mechanics.
t is the intention Of the war depart
ment to get the maximum advantage
for the nation out of each mans spec
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16
VISIT BRIDES UNCLE

First Lieut.. Luke D. Zech, of the
Second Washington Infantry, and his
bride visited Sunday at the home of
Mrs. Zech's uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. L. Banta. Mrs. Zech WIS for
merly Miss Mary Boyd, who visited
here during vacation while attending
the Washington University. ..e
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16

Lieut.. F. r. Jeffrey is now wearing
the regulation army wrist watch
which was presented to him Monday
evening at an informal gathering Of
a few Of his friends.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16

Harry Beamer and daughter Grace
left the first of the week for Roches-
ter, Minn., where the girl will be op-
Grated on for goiter by Mayo Brothers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-16

ial qualifications and his previous oc.
cupation will be carefully considered
in assigning him to duty.
During the months of training at the
cantonments process of shifting and
transfer will ensue as individuals are
sorted out. One man will be assigned
to transport trains because Of his spec
cial knowledge or horses or motor cars;
another to hospital work because Of
previous training in that line Of work;
another to aviation because he has
worked with gas engines; still another
to the artillery because he shows spec
ial ability in that line or his civil oc-
cupation has trained his sight and
hands.
Civil Trades All Used
There is hardly civil trade or oc-
cupation that has not its counterpart
in the army, from clerk to clergyman,
and no effort will be spared to get the
right man in the right place in the
new forces.
Presumably the first increments to
reach camp will be organized as in
fantry companies. The basis of all
military evolutions is the school of the
soldier and that must be taught first.
In addition it makes possible harden
ing process which will make the men
physically able to meet the strain Of
the strenuous days to come.
After some weeks of elementary
drill the organization of signal, en-
gineer, artillery and other special
units will begin. The process of Sc
lection by special qualifications will be
applied to the greatest possible ex-
tent. AT the same time the officers will
begin to get line on men who are
likely candidates for future commits
sions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18
Hudson Racing Team
Has Victorious Season

mo team of racing cars has ever
shown such a record for consistency
as the Hudson, which has just ended
a record king season on the
speedway. A dirth of speedway
events has compelled the team to
withdraw for the balance OF the
year" says L. II. Hagerling.
The action was a disappointment
to many motor enthusiasts for the
Hudson was foremost of the teams
engaged on the speedway and its
short but brilliant campaign decls-
lively established it's title as champ
ion of the American Speedway.
In one event American speedway
records for $50 and 20O miles were
established at an average of 1O4
miles an hour.
"Track records were established
at Chicago. Cincinnati and Omaha.
The fastest time ever recorded at
Tacoma and Minneapolis was made
by the Super-SiX Special, and
claims for the track records will be
considered by the American Auto
mobile Association.
Here is the unmatched record
of the Hudson Super-SiN Specials in
this years nine championship races,
held in Cincinnati, Chicago, Omaha,
Tacoma, Uniontown and Minneap-
oils.
TWENTY-FIVE entries were made.
All save one finished within the
money; an accident forced that one
car out.
Hudson Specials won firsts in four
events; second III six; third in two;
fourth in three; and sixth, seventh
and eighth in one each.
Speedway racing has done much
to develop the motor car, revealing
weaknesses of construction and
teaching engineers wherein certain
faults can be corrected. 1t was
through building race cars that the
foreign makers reached their high
workmanship in motors. Not until
the Hudson Super-SiX went on the
speedway this year has any car of
purely American design succeeded in
winning speed honors.
The Super-SiX Specials were mod
ifications of the stock car. They
were built to demonstrate the Hud-
son endurance and, therefore, fol-
lowed Hudson stock construction.
The Hudson race teams only trouble
was with tires. Because the cars
adhered closely to stock design they
outweighed the special racing ma
chimes against which they were pit
ted by from coo to 500 pounds. The
handicap was not only a weight
handicap, however. The Hudson had
power enough to pull the equivalent
of four heavy passengers extra, and
,still to win at will. But this addi-
tional weight wore heavy on tires at
high speed, and frequent stops were
necessary to change tires"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18
RUNS MAXWELL
$4,000 MILES
Machine Has Appeared in
Hundreds of Movie
Show Houses

The Maxwell owned by Edgar h.
Blackwell was among those present
when Columbus discovered America;
when the Mayflower drew up 70
Plymouth Bay and the pretty I'll
grim maidens set foot on Plymouth
Rock this car was nearby.
1t has been on the scene WhlIe
half a hundred battles ragged. II
has edged up close to ambushed red
skins.
From tail lights to top buckles
it has been shaken by giant expo
sions of the present war - Ior thlS
Car has been in the movies.
1t developed mania for motion
in the factories at Detroit, ana mas
eschewed anything that saVored OF
stiffness ever since. 1t was sold IN
Detroit in 1910 to Edgar Z. Black
well, acknowledgements, whose pho,
Biography every man, woman ana
child in America has admired.
blackwell drove the little car Co.,
600 miles in seven years. lie pade
farewell TO the old standby yester-
day, then stepped into a new MAX
well.
Mr.. Blackwell has himself been
more or less Intimately connected
with the motor car game since the
DAYS when it was a Jaw in England
that every "steam driven omnibus
must be preceded on the road by a
man on foot, carrying red nag.
When +. r. Thomas built his hrst
car in the old bicycle shop in
Buffalo, Blackwell was there. lie
so desired to possess one of the new
cars that he placed his order at once
and obtained one of the very nrst
of the 100 "one-lungers, which
Thomas turned out in 1907. This
car he drove until 1903 when he
purchased a car of another make and
of far more substantial construction.
for it held together until 1910, when
he procured the Maxwell.
The old Maxwell was driven co.
GOO miles. 1t has covered every inch
Landscape" in Arizona, Nevada,
Oregon and CALIFORNIA; 1t has been
used time and again for camera
stand in BlacKweils motion picture
work.
1t has often appeared in scenes.
After the car had been driven oO,-
600 miles its owner drove 1t from
Reno, Nevada, to San Diego, and
made no repairs during the entire
journey.
But all things made by the hand
of man must come to an end. The
staunch road conquereor has seen
its day.
As a farewell trip Blackwell drove
the car to San Francisco and back
last week, and then bade 1t good,
bye, gave it to the junk man, and
purchased a new 1917 Maxwell from
the Lord Motor Car Company or Los
Angeles.
Blackwell is confident that the rec
ord Of the older car will be upheld
by the handsome new Maxwell
which has taken its place.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18
Will Treat Offenders
Alike at Police Court

Everyone will receive the same.
treatment in Alderman Nicholas
court, the alderman announced yes
terday when he imposed fines for
breaking city laws. The laws were
made to he observed, said the magis-
trate, and all offenders will be treated
alike.
e. A Ream was arrested on a
charge of running ahead of traffic in
Market street subway. The fine was
SIS. ]. f. Kiehl was before the court
charged with running a street car
with a big searchlight in use on
Cameron street. The motorman ex-
planned that children were playing
on the street ana he used the strong
light for less than two blocks, for
the protection of the youngsters. The
fine was SO. William Brown, of Pax
tang, appeared for his son William.
who was charged with driving his car
with bright lights at Front and Vine
streets shortly after 8 o'clock. Mr..
Brown said that the lights were SO
poor in that district that it was un-
safe to operate with dim lights.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18

with the right type of car, the
Chandler Company has stood firm
ly by this type of car. 1t has con-
tinued to develop this car thruout
these four years until today it ap-
proximates perfection in Construc-
ton and performance.
We cannot convey to you in the
printed page any full conception
of the superiority of the Chandler
motor, but any one of nearly forty
thousand Chandler owners could
put you alongside him at the
wheel and show you Chandler SUI
periority.
We would be more than pleased
to show you this superiority; we
would be more than pleased to
make clear to you the excellence of
the Chandler car in all Its details.
We would like to show to you
what it means in satisfactory road
performance that the Chandler
motor Is equipped with Bosch High
Tension Magnetic as is the Pierce
Arrow, Marmon, Locomobile, Win
ton, White, Stutz and the Mercer;
what it means to you that the
Chandler car is built with a big
solid cast aluminium crank case
extending from frame to frame and
giving absolute ri9idity to the motor
mounting; that it is equipped with
silent chains for driving the motor
shafts and with annu1ar ball bear
in9s In transmission and differen-
tial and rear wheels.
We would like to show you what
these items of design and equip
ment and many others, typical of
the highest priced hieh-9rade cars,
mean to Chandler performance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18
s.s.s&- .s.

car for their car, more than twice
as many as had chosen it the year
before.
And now comes 1917, a year of
some stress for all trades, a year
'above all years when the real worth
in merchandise counts most. And
what is the motoring public's
answer in its discussion of high
grade carse What is its answer in
discussion of Skies most particu-
larly!
From coast to coast so far as our
available records show, the Chand-
Ter is preferred above all other me-
dium-priced cars, above all other
high-erade cars.
Our own sales records show an
increase of better than $500 in the
first six months of this year as COM
pared with the first six months of
last year.
Records of registration of new
cars, although available in only
few typical sections of the United
States, indicate a tremendous pub
lie preference for the Chandler over
all other cars in Its field, in some
instances as much as two to-one
preference.
We realize that in some isolated
instances, because of peculiar trade
conditions, some other car may
lead, but in the great markets
where men have the choice of all
makes of cars, where every kind
and type of car is represented, sold
and owned, motorists indicate their
preference for the Chandler, and
prove their confidence in the
Chandler, by choosing the Chandler.
Chandler leads because, starting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18
MARRIED AT AITooNA

Liverpool. Pa, Aug. 1S.-Leon L.
Lutz and Miss Maude Fry, of AL
toona, were married at Altoona
risburg, where the groom holds a
clerical position with the PennsvI-
yania Railroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18

has won its place in the very front
rank of fine motor cars is reflected
in the Chandler sales records of
Nineteen-F Fourteen, Fifteen, Six
teen and Seventeen.
Month by month and season
after season thruout these four
years the Chandler has moved for
ward and forward, until today it's
leadership could hardly be ques-
toned.
Your own observation of high
grade cars in service in almost any
market in America would show you
clearly how surely the Chandler
has come into leadership.
This leadership has been built on
the Right Car at the Right Price.
Back in 1914 men were very gem
orally inclined to recognize that
the Chandler was the right car at
the right price and about two
thousand of them had the courage
to make sure of their convictions.
Those two thousand won thou
sands more to their convictions, so
that in the year following nearly
seven thousand men chose the
Chandler for their car.
And the car went on making
friends by It's performance In the
hands of these owners.
+
The whole country marveled at
this wonderful motor, at it's power,
it's fexibility, it's life and getaway,
and it's endurance. The whole
Chandler chassis came to be recoe-
nized as great mechanism.
So last year, 1916, 1t was hardly
surprising to those who really knew
the Chandler that more than thir-
teen thousand motorists chose this