The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-15
From the Correspondents
Items of Interest Concerning Our Neghbors Hereabouts

Our Neighbors Hereabouts
been trapping gophers for several
weeks past but most of us lazy ones
will have to put in two or three hours
extra work every day next spring
hunting lost water and plugging go
pher holes. If you haven't started af-
ter them yet, get busy. Get some traps
or poison some raisins and clean them
out. Now the little pests will eat
the poisoned raisins but soon, when
the alfalfa greens up, they won't look
at them. Buy or make little squir-
rel poison too, for the squirrels are
beginning to come out and better kill
one now that twenty next June.
1T IS TIME TO GET BUSY.
Residents of the lower valley will
miss an old familiar land mark when
next they pass Joe Gerards' place.
Years and years ago, when the place
was first seeded to alfalfa the drill
broke down and was left in the field
just where it broke. For years the
owners have ditched around it, har-
rowed around it, moved around it.,
raked around it and hauled the hay
around it but the old drill has stayed
unmoved. But now it's gone, and the
travellers along Willow Way will miss
it's familiar outlines with pang of re-
greet for the days gone by.
About the time we begin to forget
the hydrophobia scare, something
comes along to remind us to keep our
dogs muzzled for while yet. Last
Saturday Ernest Perry shot an un-
muzzled dog which attacked him. He
didn't have the head examined to de-
termine if it had rabies, but he says
it had all the appearances of mad
dog and he was taking no chances.
If anyone has found any stray calves
in his woodshed, call up Frank Lyons.
He took up a bunch to the slaughter
house Saturday, turned them in the
corral and went up town to find Spot
ford. When they returned the calves
were gone, and at last accounts he was
still looking for them.
Overheard in the butcher shop:
"Say, where did you get that old cow
you peddled yesterday" "Why,
what's the matter?" "Oh, was just
going to suggest that if you had any
more like her you had better call an
osteopath and have him give her few
treatments before you kill her."
Lost, strayed or stolen-One fully
equipped, modern, sanitary stockyards.
Liberal reward offered to anyone fur
nishing information leading to its re-
covery.
With potatoes quoted at $3.75 per
cwt. in Tacoma, Pat O'Donnell says it
makes fellow feel proud he's Irish.
The neighbors have been joshing the
editor about his irregular hours ever
since his light got Cam Bowles up at
midnight. We were about to answer
these witty detractors, but now ap-
pears an anonymous defender who
simply signs himself George" and
who sends in the following vindication
in an envelope postmarked Portland,
Oregon, so we will "Let George do it,
You've heard about the glowing
lights Of the Aurora Borealis, and Ha-
ley's comets fiery rays like from a
burning palace. You've sung about
"Dawn's Early Light" when Free
dom's bark did toss. But, reader dear,
Dawn's Lights not here when shines
the Lights of Goss." IT'S the morn
ing star in the Milky Way and joins
the rooster in fortelling the day. AS
a matter of fact, it's true if you please
no respectable rooster crows till he
sees that the "Goss Light" is burning
SO clear and so BRIGHTEN he crows
out the time, for. he knows he is right.
A week or two ago ]. r. Ayers was
choring around when he saw an auto
approaching from the east at terrific
rate of speed. Just before it reached
his barn a terrible squawking told
him all was not well and he rushed out
in time to see Frank Mace tear past
while one chicken lay stretched out in
the road and two more were tearing
for the fence as fast as their legs
and wings would take them. "I'n fix
him." said Roley to himself, "I1l bet