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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
PERSONAL.

Jesse E. Haynes left yesterday on a
business trip to Chicago.
R. R. DeBergh left yesterday for
Delevan, Wis.,, on business trip.
Mrs. Ellen Adams of Marlboro is a
guest in the home of Freeman Scott.
Miss Ella Newman of Worcester is
visiting her mother on Canal street
Z. o. Stone and family moved Sat
urday from Washington street to Birge |
street.
John Lawton, clark in SCOTS gro
Gerry store, is having a few days va
cation.
Sergeant A. C. Rate of Fort Ethan
Allen is spending the day at his home
| in town.
Mrs. Carl j. Schorling returned last
night from visit with relatives in
Springfield, Mass.
| Robert Whiddan went this morning
to Hartford, where he has employment
iii an organ factory.
| Mrs. F. L. Smith has returned from
IHaddonfeld, n. j., where she spent O
week with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter C. Halladay
and daughter, Dorothy, are visiting
relatives in East Dover.
! Miss Sarah Benson, teacher in
Lynn, Mass, spent the weekend at
her home on Oak street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Metz Of Bur
hngton were guests over Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Arcand.
Walter Simpson went this morning
to Springfield, Mass, where he has
employment in machine shop.
: Miss Grace Angler of Springfield.
Mass, visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Angler, over Sunday.
Miss Florence NJ. Hemenway- Wells
was in Chester last night to speak to
the Christian Endeavor society
: w. II. Phillips returned Saturday
afternoon from Bennington, where he
was called by the death of his aunt.
Charles Ahrens and Theodore
Rhaeume of Springfield, Mass. were
J.. visitors yesterday at c. Schorling's
' Mrs. F. r. Pember of Kingston, r.
s l., was guest over Sunday of Mr.. and
: Mrs Charles H. Converse of Grove
a street.
: Mrs. Annie Wardner, clerk in the
Huntress-Adams company S store. went
h to her home III Guilford to remain over
Sunday.
Charles a. Smith and w. f. Steu
! man went Saturday by automobile to
g Syracuse, n. Y. They expect to re-
/ turn tomorrow.
Miss Mary Christie, trimmer fol-
Donnell Davis, went to her home il
% North Adams to visit over Sunday
IS returning today.
: Miss Marion Morse of Walpole. n
: H., was a guest over Sunday of Mis-
y Ashley III the home of Mrs. c. L. Pi
= per OF Oak street.
u Harry Hodgkins of ST. Johnsburv
Il travelling salesman for E. Crosby & Co.
mas peen IN town several days on bust
ness at the head office.
70 Mrs. Annie Ward returned Saturda,
: evening from New York. where sh
a spent several weeks. She will reope1
! her home on Frost street :.
" Bernard Dunlevy, a member Of Com
or pany |, was at his home in town yes
10 terday, coming to take the third degre
ut in the knights of Columbus.
nc Mrs. Mary +. Campbell returned Sat
Of urday from Cleveland, Ohio, where sh
was called several weeks ago on az
? count OF the illness of brother.
Mrs. j. II. Crosby and two sons O
West Somerville, Mass. came yeste
day TO spend week here with he
III parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Yearly.
y Mrs. Ralph Worden and daughte
u Betty of West Springfield, Mass, al
= visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mr.
% Charles Cattanach of Highland stree
On
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
BASEBALL
STORIES

Only article that is cheaper now than
II was two years ago is baseball ivory.
1t isn't livelier bail that is needed,
but livelier players.
When it comes to taking punishment,
the baseball fan has 1t on all other
athletes.
try a comeback with the Columbus as
ISOLATION team.
Manager Bill Donovan of the Yam
KEGS announces he may carry ten pitch
erS this season.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
but baseball rehearsals are a sure
enough harbinger of bats.
Now that they are making fighters
out of ballplayers, what chance will
the white hopes" have?
Baseball clubs play about half their
games among their friends, except the
Reds, Who haven't any friends.
The Yankees are trying to make sol
diers out of their lefthanders. They
should make pitchers out of 'em first.
Catcher Sam Agnew, though offered
| for trade during the winter, is going
to try hard TO stick with the Red Sox.
| Christy Mathewson has his eye on
! Dixie Carroll, youthful outiielder try
ing for a position on the Shreveport
team.
With Bender seemingly through and
Chief Meyers slipping, poor Lo seems
to be losing his grip on the national
pastime.
New York fans are greatly surprised
that Bill Donovan has sidetracket
young Joe Gedeon to make room 70
Fritz Maisel.
Trainer Ed Laforce of the Pittsburgh
Pirates is strong for tennis as tn
game to Timber ball players in tn
spring camp.
Paul Des Jardien. member of tn
Cleveland clubs pitching staff nea
the close Of last leason, has decided
quit baSeball
Infielder Bill Louden, former Gu
: and later Red, is now with job
Ganzel's Kansas City American ass
citation team.
e Christy Mathewson needn't hottie
I about shaking up the Reds. If he
! wait a little while the opposing clu!
r will turn the trick for him.
t, The Indianapolis Association club,
l. its search for second baseman. HI
s picked Leslie Callahan, who play'
o with Wheeling in the Central leag'
last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

thrown out by the pitcher who recovered the ball.
The ruling the plays the time they differed
entirely The American has changed its original ruling
but Its ruling differs much from the construction
the play by the National league This play the
proposed rules committee could clear
Problem.
the the the league all the
happening purely accidental suspended
Immediately allowing bases be retired In
the Louis the umpire simply the back
everything again.
Interpretation of the makes the accidental happening
favored by the
pointed
the accidental feature
decided that in the such
regarded play and
their peril.
In he a In the
to and the first granted second.
rulings much
by the Wheeler Syndicate
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

Sacrifice hit, H. Lawlor. Two-base
hits, Howard, Relihan. Hits and runs
off Nichols, 4 and in two innings;
off Stowell, 4 and 3 in seven innings.
Stolen bases, B. Howard, f. Lawlor,
Gibson. Struck out, by Rcil Is, Mich
OILS /, Stowell II. Bases on balls, off
Rel ., Nichols 8, Stoowel 2. Double
plays. Convey to Gibson. Passed balls,
Plumb, Crotty. Time, Oh. 5m. UNI
| pire, Arnold.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
OWNER PRAISES HIS PLAYERS
August Herman, President Of Cincin-
natl Nationals, Convinced He Has
Winning Team.

August Herman, president of the
Cincinnati Nationals, is convinced that
he at least has landed Il winning ball
team. "The players are working their
heads off for Mathewson," said Herr
man, after his return from Shreveport,
La. his first visit Of years to a train
ing camp. II like their spirit, for it's
the stuff that hoists "a ball club into
.he first division.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

dozen. The sixth was the only inning
in which he did not register strike
ont and the sixth and eighth the only
two in which he did not strike out two
in each
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
EYES AGAIN IN GOOD SHAPE
Vic SAFER, Whose Sight Bothered Him
Last Season, Says He Is Now
as We'll as Ever.

Vic Safer. first baseman Of the Chi.
cago Nationals, whose sight was
thought To be failing him, has assured
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.

American League Games Today.
Philadelphia at Boston.
New York at Washington.
Detroit at Chicago.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

st. Louis, II 0
Cleveland, IA )
Groom, Koob, Davenport, Plank and
SEVERED; Bagby, Lambeth, Boehling,
Coveleskie and O'Neill, Billings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

FED POST MORTEM

The Feds had bum bunch or !
players, of course, but in the Ma {
tional league last year Hal I
Chase, ex.Fed. was champion :
batsman Ed Konetchy ex-Fed, !
led the first sackcrs in fielding, :
and also played ia the largest !
number OF games; Max Flack ),
led In sacrifice hitting; Les :
Mann led the left hcldcrs In :
fielding; Bill Rarlden had more
chances than any other back :
stop. and Benny Kauff made
more errors than any other CEN ;
ter fielder. .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

up quite often. 1t happened
several times ia both major
leagues last year. 1t deals with
the accidental dropping of the
ball by pitcher while in the act
of delivering it to the plate.
In a game ut st. Louis last
year, with man on first base,
Ford of the New York team
started to deliver the ball to
the batter. In some way it got
away from him, and, instead of
going up to the plate. fell Il
few feet in the rear of the
pitchers box. Turning around,
Ford picked up the ball and at
tempted 10 retire the runner,
who was stealing at second,
but failed 10 do so by the
scantest of margins.
Some time previous, a
somewhat similar play came up
In the National league. With
men on first and third, a dou-
BILE steal was called for. AS
the pitcher started to deliver
the ball both men started to
advance. In going through his
wind-up, the pitchers arm acci-
IDENTIFY struck bis side and the
ball dropped to the rear of the
box. Immediately, the man on
third dashed for the plate, but
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
National League.

chicago, ~
St. Louis, IL
Ruether, Aldridge, Hendrix and Will
son; Meadows, Ames, Steele, Watson,
Pierce and Snyder. I'll innings.)
Pittsburg, 10 0
Cincinnati,
Carlson and Fischer; Schneider and
Wingo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
American League.

Sunday Games.)
Detroit, }
Chicago, 0 3
Mitchell and Spencer; Faber, Russell
and Schalk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
National League.
National League Games Today.

Boston at Philadelphia.
Brooklyn at New York.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Chicago at st. Louis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30
SPORTING NEW s
BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS
written Especially This Paper the Famous American
League umpre)

Baseball rules supposed to be uniform, the
Interpretation of rather peculiar play that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

Sunday Games.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-30

Chicago's defeat by the Tigers boost
ed the Red Sox into first place.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
BIG SPUDS MEAN SMALLER
TROUBLES FOR DAVIDSON
Marketing Union Forced to Abandon
Crates Because Cracks are
Bigger Than Spuds

AS the potatoes get larger the
troubles of Doc Davidson get less. Doc
is handling the early potato crop for
the Kennewick Richland Marketing
Union and earlier in the season he had
all kinds of trouble in keeping some
of the spuds from spilling out of the
cracks in the crates. The trouble was
not entirely with the potatoes. They
weren't necessarily too small but the
cracks were too big and it was im-
possible to get the regulation spud
crate. The first of the week the
Union gave orders to ease up a bit on
shipments until switch from crates
to lugs could be made.
The two cars that were being loaded
this morning will bring the Unions
total shipments up to 20 car loads and
there are yet lot of potatoes in the
ground. Shipments will probably con-
tinue until the middle of next month.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
EVERGREEN PATHFINDERS
due HERE SATURDAY
Automobiles are Mapping All-Year
Route from British Columbia
to Ell Paso, Texas

Two seven-passenger Overland cars
which are to put the Evergreen High
way on the map as national highway
are due to arrive in Kennewick Satur-
day evening of this week. In the cars
will be Secretary of State /. M. How
ell, Ben. F. Hill, president, and A. j.
Elrod, secretary, of the Evergreen
Highway association, State Highway
Commissioner JAS. Allen, a representa-
tive Of the Automobile Blue Book, a
motion picture director representing
the Animated Educational Film COM
pany, of Seattle and Pathe camera
man.
The party left Victoria July 16 and
expect to arrive in FL Paso, Texas, on
August is, after having travelled 5000
miles. The purpose of the trip is to
map out route that is open to travel
every day in the year. From here the
travellers will go to Walla Walla,
Lewiston, Boise and down thru Utah
into Arizona.
The party will be entertained here
by representatives of the Benton coun-
ty Good Roads association and the
Commercial club. 49,. ..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT
E. A. Ferrell is New Chief-Drill on
Thursday Evenings

The Kennewick Fire Department has
been reorganized with E. A. Ferrell
as chief. Until the new members be-
come thoroly familiar with handling
the apparatus fire drill will be held
each Thursday evening. In case Of
fire the general alarm will be given by
one long blast of the whistle and the
succeeding blasts will distinguish the
ward in which the fire is located: one
blast for the first ward, two for the
second and three for the third.
In order that the boys may not be
handicapped by inadequate equipment
the Fire and Fire Limits committee of
the council placed an order yesterday
with the Kennewick Hardware COM
pany for 450 feet of new standard fire
hose. .
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
IRRIGATION FLUME
GOES TO GROUND
Twelve Hundred Feet Of Struc-
ture on N. p. Us Lateral
No. Two Collapses

Twelve hundred feet Of flume on the
N. P. /. company's lateral No. 2 col
lapsed about $3.50 Monday morning
and large acreage in Section dis
trict will be without irrigation for a
week. While some of the lighter root
ed crops will suffer, the damage will
not be great. Fortunately many of
the farmers who are now deprived of
water had just started cutting the
second crop of alfalfa and consequent
" there will be no damage to the hay
crop except in some of the fields from
which the second crop had been put up.
Reconstruction Of the flume is being
rushed with all possible haste and Su-
perintendent w. F. Sonderman be-
lieves the break can be repaired by
Sunday morning. Work has been sus-
pended on the Spokane Fruit Growers
warehouse and T. C. Browne and his
force of carpenters are at work on the
flume.
The collapse was caused by one Sec
tion near the lower end of the flume
giving way and the rush of water sent
the whole structure crashing to the
ground as far back as the siphon un-
der the tracks Of the O-W. R. & N.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
BIG HARRY DIES OF FEVER
Japanese Who Lived Here Long Dies
in Walla Walla

Harry Hironaka, Japanese, died last
night at hospital in Walla Walla of
typhoid fever. His employer, Harry
Yamagami, left today to bring the
body here for burial.
Hironaka was one of the earliest res
idents of Kennewick having come here
years ago as a section hand. In re-
cent years he has been employed on
the fruit and vegetable farms Of Har-
ry Yamagami. He was generally
known in the community as 'Big Har-
ry," name given him not alone to
distinguish him from his employer but
because of his remarkable physique
and strength.
Hironaka leaves wife and 10
months-old baby.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
YOUNG HIGHLANDER WEDS
Miss Caroline braves, of Milwaukee,
Becomes Bride of III. A. BOldt

DcCOmeS DrlQe Oh II. "A. DOiuC
Herbert A. Boldt was quietly mar
ried this afternoon by Rev. S. Probst
to Miss Caroline braves, of Milwaukee.
They will make their home on the
Highlands.
Mrs. Boldt arrived from the East
today on train No. 1. She was met in
Pasco by Mr.. Boldt and within a few
minutes the young people called on
Auditor Conrad at the Franklin county
court house where they obtained the
marriage license. a..... =
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed at the Zion Lutheran church
with only members of Mr.. Boldt's i'm
mediate family in attendance.
The bridegroom is the oldest son of
MIR. and Mrs. A. C. Boldt and has made
his home on the Highlands for several
years. He formerly lived in Wisconsin
and today's wedding is the outgrowth
of friendship begun in school days.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
WEATHER FIXER
GONE CLEAR CRAZY
Worst "Spell o. Weather" Ever
Say Old d-Timers-Cutting
Down the Crops

Old-timers have been mopping their
brows and trying to remember when,
if ever, Kennewick experienced q
"spell o. weather" just like this one.
Some of them can remember and some
of them can't but all of them as yet
have been unable to bring about re-
versal of form in the behavior Of the
mercury which for nearly two weeks
has been scoring better than hundred
every day. AS matter of fact it's
been so bloomin' hot that people have
rather lost interest in the temperature
because after the hundred mark is
reached a few degrees more or less
doesn't matter.
According to Manager ]. ]. Rudkin,
of the Northern Pacific Irrigation
company, there never has been time
in the history Of the project when the
irrigation system has been so severely
taxed. In spite Of the fact that the
canal with the exception Of one or
two days, has been carrying a full
head Of water, it has been almost inn
possible to get the water thru to the
end of the laterals in the lower valley.
The hotter the weather the greater the
loss thru seepage and the ranker the
growth of weeds in the canal, and
from these two causes arise the chief
difficulties in supplying the farmers
at the lower end of the system.
The irrigation farmers are not alone
with their troubles for their neighbors
up on the hill are spending some
mighty anxious days over the fate Of
their wheat crops. Altho the hot
weather has materially reduced the
yield the wheat is filling much better
than was thought possible under pres
ent weather conditions. Ordinarily the
extreme heat of the last two weeks
would have meant practically total
crop failure in the Horse Heaven coun-
try but there seems to have been an
unusually large amount of moisture in
the ground this year and altho the
crop will fall short of earlier estimates
it will be far from the worst harvest
the hill ranchers have ever had.
Harvesting has been started in some
of the fields and by the end of
next week cutting will be well under
way.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
COMMERCIAL CLUB
FOR RED CROSS
Headquarters of the Kennewick
Branch to Be Opened in Club
Rooms in the Near Future

The Kennewick branch of the Amer
ican Red Cross will, within afew days,
open its headquarters in the CONNER
cial club rooms. Free use for Red
Cross work was voted by the club at
its'luncheon yesterday. 1t has not yet
been decided how many days a week
the rooms will be kept open. 1t is the
intention of the ladies to have num-
Der of sewing machines installed and
keep the rooms open as many days as
may be necessary to accommodate the
workers.
Altho as yet no active canvass has
been made for membership the num-
Der enrolled in the organization has
grown from 10 to 80 and any who wish
to become members may do so by call
ing on Miss Harlow at the N. p. I.
company's Office.
With all of the country women busy
with fruit harvest and many of the
towns ladies away for the summer, it
will be impossible to accomplish very
much for several weeks, but every pos
sible effort will be made to get the
work organized and a start made
without delay. The women of Rich
land who will work as circle of the
Kennewick Branch have sent down
more than 500 for materials and are
eager to get to work.
About fifty ladies attended meet
ing in the Princess Thectrc Friday
evening when the chairman outlined
the purposes of the organization and
asked their cooperation in making it
a success.
The following committees have been
appointed: Finance, j. j. Rudkin,
Rev. w. p. Osgood, and M. w. Matte
check; membership, Mrs. E. M. Sly,
Mrs. L. w. Soth and Mrs. F. L. Wat
son; supervision of work, Mrs. II. M.
Bartlett, Mrs. Lydia B. Smith and
Mrs. j. B. Thomas; purchasing, Mrs.
J. L. johnson, Mrs. Thos. Mex.
Mrs. T. H. Mitchell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER 4
Opening Date will Not be Post
pOned on Account of Labor
Shortage in Harvest

Kennewick's schools will not be de-
layed on account of probable labor
shortage in the harvest fields but will
open September 4. Superintendent M.
S. Lewis said before leaving on his
summer vacation that unless there
was some state ruling to the contrary
the local schools would open at the
usual time. That the opening date
will not be delayed by state ruling is
made certain by the following state
ment given out this week by Mrs. Jo-
sephine Preston, state superintendent
of public instruction:
The schools of the state Of Washing
ton will open at their usual time in
September. The report that the schools
of our state would not open until Mo-
vember 18th, is absurd and without
foundation. No such plan has ever
been considered or thought necessary.
The schools of our state need to be
guarded and protected and encouraged
as never before. Except for many
high school pupils who will be needed
in the harvesting Of our crops early in
the fall we should find all the boys
and girls in school on the first morn
ing of the first day. All high school
pupils for whose service there is real
need are entitled to full school credit
for time spent in harvesting the ma
tion's crop.
feel assured that all school boards
and superintendents share this pa
triotic desire to conserve the nations
food supply thru the assistance Of our
high school boys and girls.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
GETTING READY
FOR FRUIT RUSH
Big Warehouses are Nearing
Completion and Box Materials
Are Being Shipped In

Vacation for local fruit packers which
came with the close of the cherry
season will be of short duration as the
Early Elberta peaches will be ready
for market next week and from then
until after the apple harvest there will
be no rest for the fruit workers. The
hot weather has speeded up ripening
and some Of the time lost by a back
ward spring is being made up now.
The peach drop has been very heavy
but there will still be an unusually
good crop of nearly all varieties.
The Kennewick District Fruit Grow
ers association expects to handle its
part Of the peach crop thru its new
warehouse which is rapidly nearing
completion. With the exception of the
installation of the packing table and
the electric conveyors the. first floor of
the building is almost completed now
ou0 XAAoAi0SCA DCSSAahSCS CAPCSCS w
establish headquarters there next
week. Box materials have begun to
arrive and the first car was being un-
loaded at the new house today. The
associations warehouse at Vista is
full of boxes and Mr.. Desgranges does
not anticipate any difficulty in supply
ing the needs of his members.
Altho work has been temporarily
suspended on the Spokane Fruit Grow
ers' warehouse the packing room will
be ready for business at the beginning
of the pear harvest. The company has
been receiving shipments of box ma
terials to take care of the earlier
peaches and within q short time large
shipments of materials will arrive and
be stored in the new warehouse. Man.
ager P. r. Parks, who is here from
Spokane today said they have plenty
of box materials to supply all the To-
cal needs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-19
CHEvROLETs SOLD

The Mattecheck Hardware company
who recently secured the local Chew
rolet agency, is making quick work
of the first shipment of eight cars.
Two deliveries were made yesterday
and Mr.. Mattecheck said today that
deals were now pending for the sale
of all the others.
The two cars that went out yester-
day were purchased by VIM. Kimpel
and Fred Moeller, of the River Road.