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The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
FORGET 1T,

TT you see tall fellow ahead Of the
crowd,
l. leader of men, marching fearless
and proud,
And you know Of tale whose mere tell
ing aloud
Would cause his proud head to in anguish
be bowed,
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
If you know skeleton hidden away
In a chest and guarded and kept from the
day
In the dark, and whose showing, whose
sudden display,
Would cause grief and sorrow and lifelong
dismay,
It's a pretty good plan to forget It.
II you know Of a thing that will darken
the Joy
OF man or woman, girl or a boy,
That will wipe out smile or the least
way annoy
A fellow or cause any gadness TO cloy,
It's pretty good plan to forget it,
Judd Mortimer Lewis
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
WARTIME SIGNALS.
A Clever Device That Was Used by
the Ancient Romans.

ItNeT CeNlSe lnaR was Sseo W
the Ancient Romans.
In view Of the varied and scientific
signal methods used in modern war
fare a description Of the ancient sig
naling methods found in the writings
Of Polybius will prove Of interest.
This writer had observed the opera
tons Of the Roman generals before the
fall of Carthage in l46 b. c. and says
they provided their signal stations with
earthenware vessels, exactly equal in
all respects and fitted with cocks which
allowed the water to escape at the
same rate. They were carefully test
ed TO make sure of the last require
ment Corks Of smaller diameter than
the vessel were tioated In them, bear
Ing rods, upon which were marked at
u distance of three fingers apart the
simplest and most urgent military mes
Sages, They were used as follows:
The sending station raised a torch.
The receiving station, seeing it, did
likewise. This was a signal for both
stations to epen the corks OF their wa
ier jars When the rod at the sending
station had sunk so that the desired
message appeared at the edge Of the
jar another torch was raised, and the
receiving station shut off its cork and
read the message on the rod, marked
identically with that at the sending
station,-Detroit Free Press.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
UNGATHERED HONEY.
Billions Of Dollars Worth Is Lost by
Waste Every Year.

waste Every year,
An editorial in the Farm and Fire
side says
The present Centering of attention by
economists on food waste is showing
that one Of the most unnecessary loss
es of valuable food product is the
ungathered nectar Of flowers.
Speaking in a broad way, there are
few farms In America that do not an
nually produce several hundredweight
of honey over and above the honey re-
quired to sustain the bee harvesters
Of this appetizing staple food product.
The farms on which the owners sys-
tematically plan to save their honey at
present are less than one In hundred.
On several million American farms
where this honey goes unharvested
year after year this wastage aggregates
billions of dollars.
A Minnesota scientific bee culturist,
Francis Jager, is authority for the
statement that 100 colonies of honey
bees suitably located and properly car
Ell for can be expected to average a
net production Of profit twice as great
as that Of the average 100 acre farm
of his state can show, while the equip
ment and overhead are less. or course
100 colonies Of bees cannot be pastur-
ed on an average sized farm, but there
are innumerable farms where a dozen
hives of bees could gather 500 worth
of honey annually.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Got His Answer.

A facetous gallant at Ocean Grove
took little girl on his knee and said:
II don't love you, Nellie"
All the ladies on the veranda laugh
ed, but little Nellie frowned and said:
you've got to love me- you've got
to-"
Got to! How soY" laughed the man.
Because" said Nellie stoutly,
you've got to love them that hate
you, and hate you, goodness knows!'
Washington Star.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
THE ULTIMATE.

WHERE is the tabled village Of your
w youth
Where, in an atmosphere of peace and
rest,
There lived a simple folk who spoke the
truth
And knew the little things you loved the
best
The early twilights and the sullen day,
Streaking to saffron on the mountains S
The road of dreams that misty stretched
away
Into a future beautiful but dim?
WHERE is the change? You walk the
w same old road,
You note the houses lulled against the
steep.
The tangled riot Of the flowers that
glowed
Long years before you ever learned to
weep
What is the change? Where is the sweet
content
That Tapped you softly with a spirit
kind
The simple trust you had before you went
That, all unknowing you have left be-
hind2
Jane Mclean.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
SHUN THE SWlN0LERS.
Hhen You Invest Your Money Do Not
Buy a Gold Brick.


Swindling promoters are shrewd.
Whenever they find any line Of indus
try phenomenally successful they i'm
mediately organize fake companies and
print lurid literature telling Of the Won
derful prospects in this line, Of fortunes
that have been made in il and Of the
opportunity they are giving 10 small in
TestOrS TO secure a generous income
So we have had automobile, oil, min
ing, real estate, hotel, plantation, and
now there are several newer schemes,
in which the credulous public is invited
to put all its loose change.
Why doesn't the public realize that
In all these lines Of business the old,
well established and dividend paying
concerns offer the best opportunities
for investment They never print lurid
literature, guaranteeing fortunes and
promising eXtravagant dividends. They
are managed by men whose characters
put them above this, yet the public will
only bite on bait that is made ex-
traordinarily attractive by promises
impossible Of performance.
Hence the vogue OF companies that
sell their shares as low as cent each
The man with $40 who can buy a GER
titcate for 1000 shares jumps at the
promise held out to him that some day
his $40 may grow into $4,000. To him
it is a lottery, nothing else And when
he loses, as he always does, he goes out
on the street corner and denounces the
sharks of Wall stret."-Jasper in Les
lies Weekly.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Didn't Sound IL.

What was that your daughter was
singing at the piano.
"Oh, that was Sweet and Low |
believe"
"Well, | certainly would never have
taken 1t for anything like that."-St
Louis Post Dispatch,
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Well Posted.

II hear you are thinking OF buying a
farm"
That's my intention" said the city
man, with cOmplacent air.
well, don't forget the Importance OF
silos."
Trust me for that, sir. BY the way
--er-do those things consume much
gasoline?"-Birmingham Age Herald.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Sens In Verse
WHERE is YOUR ELAG2

WHERE is YOUR FLAG?
Y SEE that a flag you have floating
outside of your window today,
Your patriotism denotinE
In quite the conventional way.
- You feel big and brave
In making il wave,
But whisper TO me, here apart:
Dye wear II around your heart, my boy !
Dye wear it around your hearth
pin In your coat you are wearing
OF red and Of white and of blue,
So every one will be staring
To see an American, youi
That patriot pin
Is beautiful in
Its place in your neat buttonhole
But is 1t within your soul, old top2
Dye wear It within your soul7
The flag in your talk you are waving.
II flies in the wind of your speech,
Its folds you forever are saving;
But say! would you fight as you preaehi
With fire on your tongue
You cry to be young
Fore'er to the flag to be true;
But then, would you fight for It, too,
good sir?
But then, would you fight for il too?
John O'Keefe in New York World.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Goinq Too Ear.

Mrs, Boftin-l read in the paper that
a woman in looking after another wo-
man to see what she had on fell out
Of window. Mr.. Botlin-Wel, that
only goes to show that some women
in trying to follow the fashions can go
too far,-llustrated Bits.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
ONE GOES SINGING,

T Asst year in June l took my bride
- And went a-wandering far and wide
And the sweet woodland paths along,
| held my loved one to my side
And spilled my heart in happy song.
THIS June, oer field and flower and
stone
And woodland paths, | walk alone.
Yet still ! sing lusty strain
That in some heart which claims its own
My perished Joy may rise again.
Chicago Tribune.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Colors OF Austria.

The Austrian black and yellow were
the colors Of the Holy Roman Empire.
They were adopted, SO the story goes,
by Frederick Barbarossa whose fancy
was captured at ceremony in May
ence by the black and gold flooring Of
the hall.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Perplesino,

This bit Of literature hasn't any plot
to speak Of, but It's got me guessing"
detective story, eh2"
Nope; time table. ."-Louisyille Cou-
rler-Jourpal
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
THE WOODPIlE,

HE had to saw and split the logs
- In the back yard.
He nearly ruined all his toys
He worked 80 hard.
lie couldn't get the woodpile down,
IL Unlucky pup.
Although he labored with q frUwn.
1t would pile up.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Clean Breast OF IL,

Mother coming from pantry)-Rob.
ert Gid you pick all the white meat
off the chiCkeni
Bobbie-Well, ma, to make clean
breast Of 1t, | did. Boston Transcript.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
Heredity.

June-Does he get his mechanical In.
genuity from his fathers side or his
mother'si Bess-From his mothe f;
she was a poetess.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
A SONG IN SEASON,

WHEN in the wind the vane turns round,
w And round, and round,
And in his kennel whines the hound
When all the gable caves are bound
With icices Of ragged gray,
A glintng gray, xssl' ~ f.iss
There is little to do and much to say,
And you hug the fire and pass the day
With thought Of the spTingtime, dearie.
-%EssK
WHEN late at night the owlet hoots
W And boots and boots,
And the wild winds make of the keyholes
flutes,
When to the door the good mans boots
Stamp through the snow the light stains
red,
The lirelights red,
There is nothing to do and all is said,
And you Quaff your cider and go to bed
With a dream of the summer, dearie.
WHEN, nearing dawn. the black cock
w crows,
And crows, and crows,
And from the barn the mich COW lows,
And the milkmaid's cheeks have each a
rose,
And the still skies show a star or two,
Or one or two,
There is little to say and much to do,
And the heartier done the happier you
With song Of the winter, dearie.
Madison Cawein.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29
WHEN, nearing dawn. the black cock
A TRIBUTE TO OLD pARoDlEs.

~ ACH day read exchanges through
l. And daily learn from this review
That cows still wander oer the
IL lea
And 'curfew docs hot ring fol
me-"
find the saddest words Of pen
AS ever are, 1T might have been"
I'm pleased to see the years don't wreck
The boy upon the burning deck.
Maud Muller still Is on the job,
Despite that old judicial slob.
They're hanging Danny Deever still.
Which gives me many a shake and chill
And Hamlet? Still at loss is he
Still signs ITO be or not to be-"
I'm glad to find that in his zest
Abou Ben Adhem leads the rest
Bless each familiar thing and face.
They've sure helped fill lot Of space.
It's good to know how old frien Is are.
l dread TO have them cross the bar.
Buffalo Evening News.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-29

He that plants thorns will not gather
roses. es.-Proverb.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
VIM rhev Have Green Bask,.

Why the United States banknotes
are printed with green backs is not
generally known, although there is a
most excellent reason for it. The great
drawback to paper currency, says the
Baltimore American, is the likelihood
Of it's being counterfeited, and there
fore experts are constantly at work to
contrive ways Of making it impossible
to copy such bills.
Stacy J. Edison was the man who in
1857 invented the green ink that Uncle
Sam uses on his bank bills. The ink,
which was patented, is anti-photo-
graphic-that is, it cannot be photo
graphed, nor can counterfeiters in try
ing to get facsimile of the notes move
it with alkalies. The secret Of the In
gradients of the ink of course is care.
fully preserved.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
BIRTHPLACE OF BASEBALL.
And the Diamond a. First Laid Out by
Abner Doubleday.

And the Diamond a. First Laid Out by
Abner Doubleday.
In the new Delaware and Hudson
station at Cooperstown, n. Y, hangs an
oil painting with an inscription that
runs thus: - II 4
MAJOR GEN ABNER DOUBLEDAY
1S19-1S93
Graduated from West Point, 1872; COM
manded 10th n. Y. Civil War Volunteers
from Cooperstown. He originated our
National Game Of Baseball, and 1t was
here in 1899 that he laid out the first base
ball diamond. So reported the special
Baseball Commission in 1907.
The decision that Abner Doubleday
was the father Of baseball and that
CooperstOwn was its birthplace fol-
lowed thorough Investigation Of many
clews. The commission, which num-
bered among it's members two United
States senator's and several high OFF,
Gals of the National and American
leagues, spent a long time in complet-
ing the research. l
At the time of the investigation Alb
ner Graves, one Of the original players,
was mining engineer at Denver, Colo.
He proved to be the only survivor
among those young Cooperstown boys
who played so long ago in village
field, conveniently near Greene's Sc
lect school. He reported that he saw
Doubleday mark off the lines and place
the bases and players virtually as they
are in baseball today. .... -.
The game had previously been moth
ing more than the English FOUNDERS, to
which baseball, as now known, bears as
little resemblance as drafts to chess.
Abner Doubleday, who was then TWEEN
ty. received his inspiration one day
while he was playing FOUNDERS, and
he lost no time in marking out dia-
mond with crooked stick. Later he
blocked out his new scheme on paper,
but it is interesting to remember that
he tried it first on Mother Earth.
The diamond he drew was thirty
Yards square, Players, amateur and
professional, have come and gone; rule
after rule has been modified; under.
hand throws and curved deliveries have
arrived; change has come In the size
and weight of the ball, which originally
was two and one half ounces of rubber
covered with yarn and leather, weigh
| ing six and one-half ounces and meas
| uring ten and one-half inches in cir
conference; in the wake Of the bal
have followed padded gloves, catchers
mitts, breast pads and masks, but the
diamond of today still measures ninety
feet along each side.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
RED MONDAY In PETR0GRAD.
One Scene of the Revolt That Ended
the Romanoff Dynasty.

Bullets flew I'm the streets Of Petro-
grad one Monday during the revolution
which overthrow the Romanoffs. A
British nurse, telling Londoners Of her
experiences in the Russian capital on
Red Monday" says Of one scene:
81 saw I'm the streets a wonderful
procession Of revolutionists, = the van
guard of the brave liberators Of Rus
STA. The soldier patriots In their gray
coats, on foot and in, motorcars, Were
going down the street in a steady, or
derby manner, protecting a crowd OF
starving men. women and children who
were walking i'm the center OF the pro-
cession. At their head was a band
playing the .Marseillaise' and large
red flag borne aloft.
"As the procession neared the Hotel
Moscow, where the Nevsky begins,
there was a sudden outburst OF fierce
firing from above, and the soldiers and
women and children fell to the ground
and the street soon became a sham.
bles. The firing was from machine
guns controlled 10y the police, who were
in ambush ON the roof of the hotel and
who tried to bring about wholesale
slaughter OF the people.
ct was astonishing how self possess.
ed the crowd was In the face Of this
murderous attack. 1 saw the soldiers
who had not fallen Immediately enter
the hotel and make their way to the
roof, where they shot the cowardly Pc
lice, captured the machine guns and
brought them down to the street"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATION SUMMONS


In the Superior Court Of Washing
ton, for Benton county.
Cora Forrest, Plaintiff,
Edwin Forrest, Defendant.
The State Of Washington to the said
Edwin Forrest.
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the first pub
LEGATION Of this summons, to-wit, with
in sixty days after the 4th day Of Oct
ober, 1917, and defend the above en-
titled action in the above entitled court
and answer the complaint Of plaintiff
and serve copy Of your answer upon
the undersigned attorney for plaintiff,
at his office below stated; and in case
Of your failure so to co, Judgment will
be rendered against you according to
the demand Of the complaint, which
aas been filed with the clerk Of said
court.
The object of this action is to secure
a decree of divorce and TO secure the
care and custody Of our daughter
Ilene Forrest.
c. l.. Holcomb,
Attorney for Plaintiff, p. o. address,
Kennewick, Wash. 10:4-11:15
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LOVE LINKED WITH DEATH.
In Tueopia Girls Propose Marriage and
Must Die III Rejected. Ice

"dsk 1to tSleSeoes
In the Pacific ocean between FILL
New Guinea, New Caledonia and the
continent Of Australia lies the Melane-
sian group of islands, where head hunt
ers and cannibals abound. Although
strange and grewsome are many Of the
customs of the tribes, there are some
that are most romantic. For instance,
on the island OF Tucopia the women
propose marriage instead Of the men.
When a girl of Tucopia sees a man
whom she thinks she would like to
have for her husband she does not rush
up to him and ask him to marry her.
On the contrary, she gives the subject
deep thought and often the man a most
careful investigation before she pops
the question" The reason is that his
answer spells life or death to her.
1t is a tribal law that any woman
who has been refused must forthwith
kill herself. Therefore a woman asks
q mans hand only when she feels sure
that his answer will be the happy one.
Many are the strange and seemingly
inexplicable questions with. which the
women Of Tucopia ply the stranger.
who cannot realize the personal mo-
tive back of the solicitude OF the dusky
bellies who inquire il he is married or
not and the state of his wife's health.
Romances are consequently very apt
to turn out in happy marriage.
But there have been innumerable In
stances when a poor girl, smitten by
the newcomers charms, has been COM
PEELED to kill herself because the man
with whom she has fallen I'm love has
had to refuse to marry her.
Badness with the women Of Tucopia
Is sign of beauty, and never until she
is bald does a Tucopia woman become
fully convinced that she is really love-
ly. But bald or not she takes great
care whom she asks to marry her, for
the tribal law has never been known
to fail. If a rejected woman does not
kill herself she is executed by the lead.
ers of the tribe.-Pearson's.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
A CITY OF. MANY sIEGEs.
verdun Has Figured In Wars Since
tho Time Of Caesar.

Verdun HAS Figured IN wars SiuSS
the Time Of Caesar.
The first appearance Of Verdun in the
pages Of history was in the time OF
julius Caesar, who established at Vero-
dunum, as it was then called, maya
zine for bis legions.
The Germans first attacked Verdun
In the sixth century, when the Franks
from the northwestern part OF Ger
many took possession Of the town. By
the famous treaty Of Verdun, made on
this date in the year S43, Verdun form
ed part Of the dominiOns of Lothaire.
It was taken and annexed to the Ger
man empire in $50 by Ohio 1. and plac-
ed under the temporal authority of the
bishops.
Verdun surrendered to France In
1853, but was not formally ceded to
France until nearly century later.
During the French revolution, in 1892,
the citizens Of Verdun opened their
gates to the Prussians after lombard.
ment of few hours. The French com
mandant committed suicide and the
revolutionary government executed
number Of others who shared the re-
sponsibility for the ignominious sur
render, including fourteen girls who
had offered flowers to the Prussian
monarch. The Prussians were driven
out after having held the town forty
three days.
The Teutonic hosts again swoopec
down upon verdun in 1870. Unable tt
take the town by direct assault, they
invested and bombarded it, and thu
French, after a brave defense, surren
dered the fortress with 1000 men an6
large stores of ammunition. VerduI
was the last place abandoned by thu
Germans, the troops retiring In Septem
Der, 1S73.-New York World.
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

In the Superior Court Of the State
Of Washington, in and for the County
Of Benton.
. The First National Bark, Of Kcnne-
wick, q corporation, Plaintiff,
VS..
The unknown heirs Of John Doe
Shane, the unknown heirs Of John Doe
Brooks, the unknown heirs Of Anas-
tasia Simonton, Gavin Hamilton, w.
NJ. Frans, j. Z. Tull, Isaac Rigg, The
Bank Of Kennewick, corporation, and
also all other persons or parties I'M
known claiming any right, title, estate,
lien or interest in the real eState des-
cribed in the complaint herein, De-
PENDANTS. ..-....a
The State Of Washington:
To the unknown heirs of John Doe
Shane, the unknown heirs Of John Doe
Brooks, the unknown heirs Of Anas-
tasia Simonton and also all other per-
sons or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
and to the real estate described in the
complaint herein.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
to be and appear within sixty days af-
ter the date Of the first publication Of
this summons, to-wit: within sixty
days after the 9th day Of September,
1917, and defend the above entitled
action in the above entitled court, and
nswer the complaint Of the plaintiff
and serve copy Of your answer upon
the undersigned attorneys for the
plaintiff at their Office below stated,
and in case Of your failure so to do,
judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the COM
plant, which has been filed with the
clerk Of said court.
The object Of this action is to quiet
and remove any and all clouds which
may exist against the plaintiffs title
to the following described property,
and to establish the plaintiff as the
owner Of the full, legal and equitable
title to said property, free and clear
of any and all claims of any and all
persons whatsoever:
That part of the northwest quar-
ter of the southwest quarter Of
section 6, township 8, north Of
range 30, e. w. NJ, described as
follows:
Commencing 80 rods north Of
the southwest corner Of Section g.,
township 8, north Of range 80, E.
w. NJ, thence running east 587
feet, thence north So rods, thence
west 5s7 feet, thence running
south So rods, to the point Of be-
ginning, situated in Benton coun-
ty, State Of Washington.
MOULTON & JEFFREY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, p. o. Address,
Kennewick, Washington. 9-27:11-1
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stspniak N Prophet.

A correspondent OF the Manchester
Guardian in England records an inter-
esting statement made by Stepniak.
the great Russian revolutionary, which
is worth quoting. When he first met
Stepniak, in 1889, the writer says, he
asked what real prospect there was OF
any revolution In Russia. The reply
was: "a great European war will be
our chance. 1t will show the bureau
cracy to be quite incapable OF manag-
ing the affairs of the nation In a cri-
Sis"