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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
Isn't it the Truth?

A veterinary surgeon in New Jersey
in filing his application for bankrupt
cy stated that neither his profession
or the livery stable which he conducted
were remunerative any longer owing
to the inroads made on the business
by the adoption of automobiles in so
many different lines of business. His
livery business, particularly, he stated,
was adversely affected by the use of
automobile hearses and motor cars at
funerals.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
WINTER PRUNING HINTS
Suggestions for Young aad Bearing
Trees

Suggestions for Young aad Bearing
Trees
Young trees that will De expected to
bear next year and the year following
can be pruned according to the fol-
lowing suggestions:
Remove all diseased, broken or bad
ly barked branches.
Remove all badly crossed limbs.
Where poor crotches are apparent,
cut back one side limb.
Where more than seven scafford
limbs are present remove them.
Remember to keep the tree balanced.
Never sacrifice limb on the wind
ward side.
Retain a good top, it is the part of
the tree that produces food.
Thin only slightly at this time un-
less it is so dense as to prevent bud
formation.
Cut back only to thicken top and to
prevent formation of pole limbs.
Bearing trees can be pruned as fol-
lows:
Remove diseased, broken or badly
crossed limbs.
In removing limbs cut them off as
close to the trunk as possible.
Remove the inside twigs. They have
served their purpose.
Thin scafford limbs at this time, re-
moving only the ones not needed next
year.
Remember the thinning process will
be carried on now for the next four or
five years. =.
Cut close to and parallel with trunk
or large limbs. Stubs are always bad.
Remove lower limbs from the tree
that are interfering with orchard OPP
erations, but never remove more than
10 per cent of the total limbs on the
tree.
If tops are dense especially Jona-
than) thin by removing scafford
limbs.
Do top thinning by careful branch
pruning.
Where a limb will shade lower
limb either thin or remove it, if the
upper is not a good limb.
Keep the tree balanced.
The orchard foreman must daily
check the work to keep primers from
over pruning.
Remember that it will be more pro-
fitable to summer prune than to over
prune now-W. S. Thornber, Director
of Extension Service, State College of
Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
For Wedding Stationery---The Courier Reporter
MISTER RENTER

WHAT DID YOU GET?-Go ahead
and pay the landlord your good, hard
earned dollars each month.
WHAT HAVE YOU GoT?-Figure
up what you have to show for the
hundreds of dollars" you have given
him-a fat bundle Of receipts.
THAT'S ALL YOU GoT-How much
are they worth today? You couldn't
buy crust Of bread with 'em. What
will your lardl-rd do to you if you
don't pay your rent?
HE'LL SAY "GET"-Just figure up
the rent you have paid in ten years.
Quite sum, isn't 1.-THE amount?
What's this? You've bought il twice
over? Impossible, you say? Not at all
figures don lie. Can't you see the
house or two you've paid for?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
CONGREGATIONAL
X. S. Tontz, Pastor

N. -. lOntZ, FaSCOr
Sunday School 10 a. m, all school
children excluded.
Morning service 11:o5 o'clock. Sub
ject congregational Missions and
What they Do for the Church"
Evening service at 700 o'clock. An
open meeting of the C. E. led by Mr..
A. c. Hart on the subject: Fruits of
the Christian Endeavor Tree"
Mid-week services, Wednesday at
1880 p. m.
On Monday. evening a young peo-
pies rally to be addressed by Mr..
Clarence Hamilton, of Boston, repre-
'senting the United Society of Chris
tan Endeavor. Everybody invited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
MEASLES

There was a measley measle
That came into my house.
It didn't look like a weasel,
Nor very much like a mouse.
They told me twas a measle,
But I thought they were mistaken
It looked so very small,
So tiny and forsaken.
But now I know that they were right
And was wrong you see,
Because feel as bum, as bum,
Ne As bum can be. -- Isl
Age Tx Lydia Osgood.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25

Agent-Sir, it will pay you to look
over this wonderfully comprehensive
encyclopedia. It has something about
everything you can possibly want to
know about. It will pay you to buy it.
Business Man-No, it wouldn't. I've
a son just home from college.-Balti-
more American. # e."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
Eternal Spring

I feel in myself the future life. I
am like a forest once cut down; the
new shoots are stronger and ivlier
than ever. I am rising, know, to-
ward the sky. The sunshine is on my
head. The earth gives me its gener-
Gus sap, but heaven lights me with
the reflection Of unknown worlds.
You say the soul is nothing but the
resultant of the bodily powers. Why,
then, is my soul more luminous when
my bodily powers begin to fail? Win
ter is on my head, but eternal spring
is in my heart.-Victor Hugo.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25

Mrs. Jones (the day before Christ
mas)-But I thought you did your
Christmas shopping early?
Mrs. Brown Yes now I'm only
looking! -'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The editor of the Live Wire Sparks
certainly produced wrong impress
sion last week when he thanked the
people of Kennewick for their help in
making the Finley Fair a financial
success.
Help, indeed! Not one of the bust
ness men of Kennewick turned out.
How can they expect US to support
their "trade at home program" when
this is all the interest they take in us :?
The trouble with Kennewick is that
her men are simply after the almighty
dollar so hard that they don't give a
rap for the rest of the community.
A little more community spirit,
please, and little less grasping sell
fishness. s..
FINLEY SUBSCRIBER.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25

Willis-What sort Of man is he?
Gillis-Well, If he had a country es-
tate he'd have the katydids saying
"Katy done it" before week was up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25

"Why sre you crying, little girl?"
"Oh, sir-I was thinking suppose
should live to be as old as grandma
she's 98!"
"Well?"
"Well, I'm 8. I wouldn't have but 80
more Christmases in all that time!"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
Letters from the People
Twice in the Same Place

Twice in the Same Place
Dear Editor:
In the Live Wire Sparks in the last
issue of the CIR. the following item
appeared:
"The Finley Grange wants to ex-
press its heartiest thanks to the peo-
pie of Kennewick who helped so ma
terially in making the Finley Fair a
financial success"
We have been thinking for a long
time that there was a screw loose
in the Live Wire Editors head but
now we know he is bughouse. There
were only four Kenncwick people at
the Fair. A READER.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-25
AT THE CHURCHES
METHODIST EPISCOPAL

mGAiOblo1 ETlSSOfAL
Chas. E. Miller, Pastor
Sunday School, 1000 a. m, all
school children excluded.
Morning service HOO o'clock. Sub
ject: "Seeing God"
Evening service 1880 o'clock. Sub
ject: bethlehem, and Its Place in the
Worlds History"
intermediate League, $50.
Epworth League, $50 p. m.
Mid-week services, Thursday, 1880.
The pastor will preach a series Of
Sunday evening sermons on "The
Walks and Talks Of Our Lord"
A large map of Palestine will be
developed during the course of these
sermons. First of these sermons will
be delivered Sunday evening, at 1880.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Arizona.

The Jackman molybdenum mines in
the Wallapai mountains, fifteen miles
east of Kingman, are undergoing de-
velopment. A camp has been estab-
lished and . force of men sent in.
1t is stated that every available cop
per prospect in the west portion OF
Arizona has been and Is being devel-
oped, since the war began, and there
are now millions of tons of the red
metal being produced in the South
west where not an ounce was mined
prior to the war.
One copper mine in the Globe dis
trict recently increased its output
from 35.000,0O0 pounds year to TO-
100000 pounds by bringing in new
mines and erecting monster mills for
concentrating the ore. Another syndi-
cate paid 100000 for 1000 acres ad-
joining its mining field in another
copper district while capital stock Is
being doubled throughout the copper
field, output is being doubled, and ev-
erything possible done to prepare the
United States for its share in the war.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
New Mexico.

The oil business in Eddy county 10
booming.
The old silver mines in the Bullard
peak mining district. west Of Silver
City, are taking on renewed life and
activity.
1t Is reported that the low.grade
lead-zinc ores of the Magdalena dis
trict will find profitable market at
the new process plant at Waldo.
The Copper Jack Mining Company
Of Alden. Dona Ana county. filed incor-
pOration papers with the State Corpor-
alton Commission. The capitalization
Is 100000.
The Empire Zinc Company 10 EN-.
ploying $50 men in the operation Of
it's mining property and mill at Han.
over. A thousand tons OF sulphides
are being shipped monthly. together
with $50 tons Of high grade carbonate
ore.
Perhaps the largest mining deal 90
far this year was that concluded
whereby seventy copper claims in the
Burro mountain district, totalling l..
TOO acres Of mineralixed ground were
optioned by Chicago and Ell Paso cap
italists.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
.STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
MEASLES ARE DANGEROUS
Serious After-Effsets Equal to infan
tile Paralysis and Fatality Great
as Scarlet Fever,

as Scarlet Fever.
Denver-"There were 5,SO5 cases Of
measles in Colorado during the
months of February and March. with
thirty-eight Deaths says a statement
issued by the State Board of Health,
which continues:
There used to be deeply cher
ished notion among old-fashioned
mothers that every child had to have
measles, some time. anyway, and when
this disease prevailed in the commu-
nifty. and they were not rushed with
other affairs, they thought it a good
time for the children to have 'em and
be done with 'em.' So they took .
week or two-some times longer
after practically inviting measles into
their homes, to nurse the innocent pa
tients through the malady.
According to the survey of 1916.
measles ranks with smallpox in com
municability, with scarlet fever in
mortality, and has serious after-effects
of pneumonia, tuberculosis and defect
i've ears and eyes.
1T is the serious after-effects that
makes measles such serious disease.
1t leaves weaklings in its wake and a
community that resignedly gives itself
over to an epidemic lives tc regret the
day. Somebody is left to suffer life
long defects.
And yet. measles is a preventable
disease, at least the spread of 1t is
preventable. Only the recognition of
early symptoms and strict quaran-
tine of the patient is effective in pre-
venting its spread. For every mother
to do her duty by her child and her
neighbor's child would be the ideal
plan of checking epidemics in their
beginning.
Remember. mothers, measles is
most contagious during the fever stage
and that it is far more fatal in chill
dren than in adults"
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
State Sells 10000 Acre. Of Land.

The City of Denver paid $12 an acre
for land in Turkey Creek Canon which
was offered to the municipality a few
years ago at $3.50 per acre. On other
pieces of eighty acres each the city
was outbid, and the parcels went to
Denver men, who will build summer
homes. The sale was regular one
held by the land board, and more
than 10000 acres were disposed Of
The highest price obtained was for
800 acres in Rio sGrande county.
which was bid in at $50 per acre, be-
cause of improvements.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Colorado,

silverton sent 173 cars of ore to the
smelters in April.
A carload Of concentrates of molyb-
denum was shipped from Pitkin.
The Julesburg Oil Company is pre-
pairing to drill for oil in the vicinity Of
Julesburg.
The Mid-Continental OIL Company
will install large pump at its well
near Miner.
The State Miningd Commission
places Colorado mine output in 1915
at $44,06O.521.
The Columbine Oil Company at
Pueblo has received car of casing
for use in drilling operations.
The Cresson Consolidated Mining
and Milling Company made . net
profit during March of $152.316.70.
The Akron OIL Company will install
standard rig and drill to take the
place of the rotary used on Well No. 1.
The Raleigh Mining Company will
build tramway from its property at
Bonanza to the railroad station at
Shirley.
Preparations are being made by the
Sunnyside Mining Company for the
immediate erection Of the 500-ton mill
at Eureka.
Further information about the Key
stane strike at Aspen says the vein
is eight feet wide and very rich in
lead and silver.
In Gilpin county the G. H. W. Min
ing Company continues to increase It's
production from the Hampton mine
in Russell gulch.
The Tungsten Mountain Mines Com.
pany is doing great things in develop.
ment of its extensive property on
Tungsten mountain.
The outlook for the Breckenridge
district and for its energetic neighbor.
the Ten Mile district, for 1917 is ex-
cellent and much larger output both
as to tonnage and value IL predicted.
The dividend paid to the stockhold-
ers of the Wellington Mines Company,
Breckenridge. about April 7th was
100000, making a total Of 81, 400, 900
which the stockholders have received
to date In dividends.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Wyoming.

Three or four rigs will be worked in
the Vernon oil field five miles south
Of Glenrock.
Eastern oil men have become busy
in the Sparks Butte vicinity six miles
south Of Douglas.
The Superior OIL Company brought
in q well on the Elk Basin property In
the Elk Basin field.
The Ohio Oil Company has brought
in its second well in the Sage Crseh
field, north Of Lander.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17

offieers' Reserve Ordered to Report.
About $50 men selected in the first
,all from Colorado for student training
at the officers reserve at Fort Riley
were announced by special wire from
Colonel Rivers, commanding officer at
the camp.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
New York.-Lead, 10Ac bid.
Bar silver, 74xc.
Copper-Casting brand, $26.62h.
st. Louis.-Spelter, 1922.
Boulder.-Colorado tungsten concen-
trates, 60 per cent, $17.00 per unit.
Crude ores. 60 per cent. $500; 25 per
cent. $9.40@12.00; 10 per cent. $500
1000 per unit.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
To Conserve Fish and Game supply.

Unlimited funds for the conserva-
tion of Colorado's fish and game in
this hour Of national need, is the slo-
gan Of Colorado sportsmen, who have
offered to turn over many thousands
of dollars to Fish and Game Commits
sioner Walter B. Fraser for the admin.
istration OF his department.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
May Appolnt Woman War Council.

Governor Gunter has under consid.
GRAFTON the appointment Of a second
war council for the State Of Colorado.
the second body to consist of women
The duties Of the second council will
be to take care of the war relief
measures and such other duties as
women can perform.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17

have the highest praise for Dodd's. Be
sure to get ''DODD'S," the name with
the three D's for deranged, disordered,
diseased kidneys, Just as Mr.. Fergu-
son did. No similar named article win
do.eAdv. E.-
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17

from It at one time
while in Vancouver,
but overcame It BY
. persistent use Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Finally I was COM
pletely cured. / oc.
casionally use the
remedy now In or.
der to keep the kid.
neyD regulated. I
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
oevernor Names war Labor Body.

Another step in the campaign to
prepare Colorado for war conditions
and make her of all possible service
to the nation was taken when Gov.
ernor Gunter announced the person.
mel Of his labor committee, to be
known as Colorado's labor survey com.
mittee for national and state service.
The men appointed to the committee
include John Lawson. John McLsnnAn,
William c. Thornton. w. H. Hynes,
Roady Kenehan. Clint O. Houston and
Thomas r. Henahen..
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Why He ealuted Her.

As q pleasant-faced woman passed
the corner Jones raised his hat to hes
and remarked feelingly to his compan.
Ion:
"Ah, my boy. I owe a great deal h
that woman"
"Your motheri" was the query.
mo, ray landlady."
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Sets AsIde compuIsory Education.

Compulsory education laws, insofar
as they affect children between IA and
16 years of age in Colorado, were set
aside by Governor Gunter to permit
such children to leave school for farm
work if their parents desired it. The
action was taken as a war measure at
the instance of the State Defense
Council, in the belief it will tend to In
crease food production.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
May goth 10 v. N. c. A. Day.

Governor Gunter set aside Sunday.
May goth. as Young Mems Christian
Association war work Sunday in q
proclamation calling on the people Of
the state to observe the day and ask
ing pastors to preach on patriotism
and the moral well-being Of young men
In the army and navy.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Caught

.L4 Caught.
Last night I looked through the key
hole into the parlor where sister was
with her beau
What did you ind out9"
THE gas"
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
overmyer Appointed Guard Major.

Adjutant General Baldwin appointed
Brig. Gen. ]. c. Overmyer. u. 8. A..
retired. major in the ordance depart
ment Of the Colorado National Guard.
Major Overmyer was adjutant general
OF Colorado under Governor Thomas.
General Baldwin also announced the
promotion of First Lieut.. Charles H.
Talbot to the captaincy of Company
B.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
Even Dirt 10 Cheap No Longer.

The expression, dirt cheap" must
be discarded. Blame the war. Winni.
peg, Manitoba, florists have announced
an increase In the price Of earth sold
for potting flowers. A year ago earth
sold for 80 cents a bushel. Now II
costs 25 cents a pail.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17
THE 3 DIS IN DoDD's

Mr.. Robert w. Ferguson, bingham,
Mass. writes: suffered from kid
ney disorder for years. Had incessant
backache and trouble. Nearly died
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17

Smile on wash day. That's when you uss
Red CrocS Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
snow. All grocsrs. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1917-05-17

Many man thinks himself Q genius
because he Lives BY his vita
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-06-28

by Ellen Walker in her beautiful style.
Her valedictory was of high literary
merit and we'll given.
Bishops Advice.
Rt. Rev. James O'Reilly gave few
inf0snal remarks on the value of
Christian education and the sacrifices
made by Catholic parents to have their
children educated in Catholic schools.
He talked to the class with fatherly
solicitude for their temporal and ct
ernal future.
Old Students Back.
Among the parents and friends
from out of town in attendance were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas O'Brien, Web
ster; Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Keogh, Mr..
and Mrs. Orchard, Mrs. Mary Nc
Bride, Garske; Mr.. and Mrs. John Re
gan, Webster; Mrs. Barrett, Larimore;
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker, Maddox; Mr..
LeDosquet, Williston; Mrs. Walker,
Lakota; Mrs. Harvey, and two daugh-
ters and niece, Williston.
Among the old students present
were: Misses Anna Mullen. Cvlry;
Florence Maddox, Maddox; Mar
guerite and Minerva King, Lakota;
Ruth Cannon, Minot; Nora Frevol,
Crocus; Pearl Harvey, Williston;
Mary and Anna Mahoney, Tolna.
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Vote UPON NEW
WHEAT GRADING
CHICAGO BOARD or TRADE BE-
, LIEvEs IT WILL HELP FARM
ERS.

Chicago, June 2es eanbers Of the
Chicago Boaid of tRnds will vote next
Tuesday on The adoption of new
rule admitting y n g: q 3 wheat fFades, ) 81
penalty, Is delfter on Contracts, 5s
secrstary Merrill, has addressed a
letter to members recommending the
adoption Of the proposed rule, which
is designed TO- broaden the market
and encourage business from sections,
especially the northwest and the Pa
cific coast, which have been unable to
deliver upon their contracts the wheat
which they produce. It is believed
that the proposed new rule also would
have a stablizing effect in supplying a
stock of contract wheat.
Discounts provided are somewhat
greater than the usual market differ
ence, and under normal conditions No.
8 wheat would rot be delivered on fu-
ture contracts, yet would serve to
protect sellers against material loss
because of abnormal market or crop
conditions.
All primary, winter wheat markets
are said to have agreed to amend
their rules providing for the same dis.
counts.
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CoNScRlpTS ARE
NOT "$lACkERs'

Objections to the conscription plan
Of raising an army were undoubtedly
due. largely 10 the odium which has
long been attached to the. draft, .
measure which as resorted to during
the Civil War. We began that war
with a volunteer system of enlistment,
and when volunteers were not forth
coming, we offered bounties which
gradually increased in amount. FL
nally, the draft became necessary, and
those men who were called in this
manner were looked upon as men who
would neither volunteer through a
feeling of patriotism nor respond to
the inducements of a bounty.
There is no good reason, however,
why the conscrtption method now
adopted by the United States should
place any mark Of disgrace upon those
who are called through it provisions.
Nevertheless, there is danger that in
public comment, and in unexpressed
opinions there will be sentimentlthat
men who are selected under the con.
scription system are "slackers" at
heart and respond only because they
were compelled to do so. That atti-
tude of the public mind would neces-
sarily place conscripted citizens in an
unfavorable and undesirable repute.
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THOMPlSON ! MCGOWAN
NUpTIAl event

A wedding Of more than passing i'm
portance occurred in this city Satur-
day evening, when Miss Lenore
Thompson, Daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. M. Thompson Of this city became
the bride Of M. John A. :Cowan,
youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John f.
Cowan of this city.
The ceremony was performed at the
Catholic parsonage, by Rev. Father
Edward and was in the presence of
only a few intimate friends and i'm
mediate relatives.
The bride was attended by Miss Ev-
lelyn Goetz, while VIM. Moran acted as
best man.
These young people are very popu-
lar in the city, and have a large cir
Gle of friends who will join them in
extending congratulations. The bride
has been one Of the teachers in ou1
city schools during the past year and
is a most accomplished young lady
The groom has been attending the
state University for the past three
law, but this spring returned home and
has taken charge Of the large farm oi
his father in Northfeld township
After a short honeymoon the happy
young couple .:ill be at home at the
6owan farm in Northfield township.
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YOUNG LAD SHOT

Tuesday the 1s-year-oid son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Nels Tweeten of Newbre
township was brought to the hospital
in this city, after being dangerously
wounded with a 22-rifle. Just how
the accident happened is not clear to
the parents, but it seems that this boy
and younger brother was out hunt
ing gophers, and in some manner the
gun was discharged, the bullet pass
ing through the lower part Of the alb
domen, taking an upward course, just
missing the kidneys. q
As soon as the accident was discov-
cred the father telephoned two doc
tors and an auto was secured at once
bringing him to the hospital here and
medical aid was given just as soon as
possible, and at this time the young
lad is resting easy, with good pros
poets Of complete recovery: