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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-12
SUMMONS AND NOTICE IN FORE.
CLOSURE OF TAX LIEN

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, in and for Benton
County.
R. R. Rogers, Plaintiff,
VS..
]. w. Casey, and any and all per-
sons unknown, if any, claiming any
interest in or to the real property
hereinafter described, Defendants.
The State of Washington, to the
said defendants above named:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled that Plaintiff above named is
the holder and owner Of certificate Of
Delinquency No. 303, issued on the
18th day of June, 1908, by the County
of Benton, Washington, for taxes due
and delinquent for the years 1906,
1907 and 1908, amounting to $3.06,
together with penalties, interest and
costs thereon, upon the real estate
assessed to you and of which you are
the owners or reputed owners, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Lot z in Block % of the Town of
Prosser, Benton County, Wash
ington.
That said plaintiff has paid taxes on
the property in the successive years
as follows:
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 395

. In the Superior Court Of the State
of Washington, in and for Benton
County.
In the matter of the estate of Isaac
H. Darling, deceased.> d. ~
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned, Janet Darling, execu-
trix of the estate of Isaac II. Darling,
deceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against said
deceased, to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers within one year
after the date of the first publication
of this notice, to said Janet Darling,
at the office of C. B. Hamlet, in Ken
newick, Washington, which Office the
undersigned selects rs her place of
business in all matters connected
with said estate, or the same will be
forever barred. .
JANET DARLING,
Executrix Of the estate Of Isaac H.
Darling, deceased.
C. B. HAMLET, Atty. for executrix.
Date of first publication, June q, 1T.
-. 6-21:7-12p
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SUMMONS

oO WNIOlNo
In the Justice Court, Kennewick
Precinct, Benton County, Washington,
before c. Staser, Esquire, Justice of
the Peace.
G. R. Bradshaw, Plaintiff,
VS.. Al
G. A. Jones, Defendant.
State of Washington,
County of Benton, S.: ...-. r.. .
" To c. A. Jones, Defendant:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, you are hereby
notified that the plaintiff, G. R. Brad
shaw, has filed a complaint against you
In said court, which will come on to be
heard at my office in Kennewick, Ben
ton County, State of Washington, on
the 10th day of August, 1917, at the
hour OF 10 o'clock a. M, and unless you
appear and then and there answer, the
same will be taken as confessed and
the demand of the plaintiff granted.
The object and demand of the said
complaint is to recover judgment
against you in the total sum of $17.70,
with interest at SO from June 30th,
1917, and plaintiffs costs in said action
the said sum being for two tons of
coal furnished to you by the plaintiff
and for carriage and freight charges
advanced by the plaintiff.
c. STASER, Justice of the Peace.
Complaint filed June 30th, 1917.
Moulton & Jeffrey,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
kennewick, Washington. 7:12-26
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SUMMONS


In the Justice Court, Kennewick
Precinct, Benton County, Washington,
before C.. Staser, Esquire, Justice of
the Peace.
The Produce Company, Plaintiff,
VS..
C. A. Jones, Defendant.
State Of Washington,
County of Benton, S.:
To C. A. Jones, Defendant:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, you are hereby
notified that The Produce Company
has filed complaint against you in
said court, which will come on to be
heard at my office in Kennewick, Ben
ton County, Washington, on the 10th
day of August, 1917, at the hour of
10 o'clock a. M, and unless you appear
and then and there answer, the same
will be taken as confessed and the
demand of the plaintiff granted.
The object and demand of said COM
plant is to recover Judgment against
you in the sum Of $3.50, with interest
at SO from the 30th day of June, 1917
and plaintiffs costs and disbursements
in said cause, on account of goods,
wares and merchandise heretofore sold
to you.
C. STASER, Justice of the Peace.
Complaint filed June 30th, 1917.
Moulton & Jeffrey,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Kennewick, Wash. ~. 7:12-26
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE


In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, for Benton County.
G. A. Goehl, Plaintiff,
VS..
C. /. Gooch, ct ux., Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an Execu-
ton issued out Of and under the seal OF
the above entitled court, holding terms
at Prosser, in and for said county, on
the Goth day of June, A. D., 1917,
upon a Judgment rendered in said
court on the 9th day of June, A. D.,
1914, in favor of above named plain
tiff and against defendants, for the
sum of one hundred and ten and no-100
($110.O0) Dollars, together with at
torney's fees, interest, costs and in
creased costs and to me directed and
delivered, will sell the following des-
cribed property situate, lying and be-
ing in Benton County, State Of Wash
ington, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy said judgment,
attorneys fees, interest, costs and in
creased costs, to-wit:
All the right, title, claim and
interest of the defendants in and
to the south half of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter,
Section 26, Township 8, north of
Range 30, E. w. NJ, less the right
Of way of the S., p. & S. Railway,
containing 10 acres, more or less.
Now, therefore Notice is Hereby
-iven that on Saturday,th 18th day
Of July, A. D., 1917, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, I will sell
ne above described property or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said judgment, attorneys fees,
interest, costs and increased costs in
II amounting to the sum of one hun
dred sixty-one and 76-100 ($161.76)
Dollars, together with accruing inter-
est and cost of sale,
Said sale will take place ut the
front door of the court house ut Pros
ser, in said county and state, and will
be at public auction, for cash i'll hand,
to the highest and best bidder.
Dated at Prosser, Wash, this Goth
day of June, A. D., 1917.
C. E. DUFFY, Sheriff,
By Harley R. Tucker, Deputy.
C. L. Holcomb,
Kennewick, Washington,
Attorney for Plaintiff. 6:2s-7:26
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SUMMONS AND NOTICE IN FORE
CLOSURE OF TAX LIEN


In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, in and for Benton
County.
R. R. Rogers, Plaintiff,
VS..
j. w. Casey, ard any and all I'M
known persons, if cry, claiming to
have any interest in or to the real
property hereinafter described, De-
PENDANTS.
The State of Washington to the laid
defendants above named:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled that plaintiff above named is
the holder and owner of certificate Of
delinquency No. 304, issued on the
18th day of June, 1908, by the County
of Benton, Washington, for taxes due
and delinquent for the years 1906,
1907 and 1908, amounting to 1891, to-
gether with penalties, interest and
costs thereon, upon the real estate
assessed to you and Of which you are
the owners or reputed owners, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Lot 8 in Block % of the Town
of Prosser, Benton County, Wash
ington.
That said plaintiff has paid taxes on
the property in the successive years
as follows:
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NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF
AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
on the 23rd day of July, 1917, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon,
at the Office of the Board of County
Commissioners of Benton County,
Washington, the undersigned petition
ers will present to said Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, the following Pc
tition, praying for the organization Of
an irrigation district in Benton Coun-
ty, Washington, within the boundaries
set forth in said petition. All persons
interested in the organization of said
Irrigation District may appear at said
time and place for the purpose. of OBJ
jecting thereto or for any and all pur-
poses in connection Herewith.
The signers Of said petition have
caused this rotice to be given. Said
petition is in words and figures as fol-
lows to-wit:
Petition for the Organization of an
Irrigation District
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
BENTON COUNTY, WASHING
TON:
The undersigned, being more than
fifty in number, respectfully represent
to your honorable body as follows, to-
wit:
That they are the holders of title to
land located within the boundaries set
forth in paragraph III hereof, and
that the lands within said boundaries,
including the lands of your petition
ers, are susceptible of irrigation.
That your petitioners desire to pro-
vide for the construction of works for
the irrigation of said lands and to pro-
vide for the assumption as principal
or guarantor Of Indebtedness on ac-
count Of district lands to the United
States under the Federal Reclamation
laws.
III
That the boundaries of the irriga-
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LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given that there
will be special meeting Of the stock
holders of the Kennewick Improve
ment company in the Commercial club
rooms in Kennewick, Wash, at eight
o'clock p. m. Tuesday, July "a, 1917,
for the purpose of ratifying the action
of the board of trustees il authorizing
the sale of the Kennewick Docks to the
Port of KenEewick, proceeds Of such
sale to be applied to the Indebtedness
)of said improvement company.
Geo. F. Richardson, President.
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NOTICE

The following stock issued by the
Caywash Mining Co., having become
delinquent on one mill assessment lev
led June, 1916 by the trustees OF said
company, same will be sold or enough
of each holding to pay said assessment
and costs this sale to be held in the
Office building of the Kennewick Trans
fer company, on Second street of KEN
newick, Wash, at 2 o'clock, p. m. of
Saturday. July ID. 1917. Terms, cash.
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What Happened to Jones

"I see you have new man making
nm the classified-ad page" said the
visitor to the composing room. "Yes,
answered the foreman. "What became
Of Jones, who had the job?" ooh"
ronI;ed the foreman 1--WE had to let him
90. Jones was good man, but he got
rattled in the rush the other night
and put the ad of an undertaken under
sAmusements.
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Unusual Character

"There goes an eccentric old fellow
"What's peculiar about him?"
"He's been around the world several
times but has never seen the hula-hula
danced on what you might call its
native heath" .E.. z@. .e5a
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TactlesS

"Hugh is awfully tactless, isn't he ?"
mThat's not the name for it. The
other day he was shown thru Wander
cliffs gallery of ancestors and then
asked him if he believed in the OAR
winian theory"
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ton, IS:
/, Caroline Kitten, Cashier of the
above named bank or trust company,
do solemnly swear that The foregoing
statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
CAROLINE KITTEN, Cashier.
Correct-Attest: G. CARRIER,
M. o. Hitter, Directors.
Subscribed and sworE to before me
this 18th day of June, 1917.
C. L. HOLCOMB,
Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington residing at Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-12
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN

REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN
SECURITY BANK, located at Ken
newick, State of Washington, at the
close of business on the Goth day of
June, 1917. -z
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts ..... .$44,422.17
Bonds, warrants and other
securities ................ 264.09
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures .15, 100000
Due from banks - Approved
reserve agents .......... IL, 437.07
Due from banks other than
approved reserve agents.. 1850
Exchange for clearing house 366.25
Cash on hand .............. 2,338.58
Expenses ............... 2,357.85
Total ................. SIT, 265.51
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in 1880. $40, 100000
Surplus fund .............. 100000
Undivided profits .......... 2,382.96
Deposits 81, 3S2.55
Total ................. ST., 265.51
State Of Washington, County Of Ben
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CAYWASH MINING co.
6-21:712 Jno. A. Brog, Asst. Sec.
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That the boundaries of the irriga.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-24
NEW YORK CoTTor MARKET.
Quotations by Miller d Co.. Nenhe ri
New York Cotton Exchanwe1

New York. Jan. 7s.-An express
sion of bullish opinion by the
head OF prominent Philadelphia
spot Arm and large exports promoted
a buying movement that rallied the
cotton market rather sharply today.
\ covering movement IN the after
noon developed into a short scare and
before II had run It's course prices
were 80 to 80 points above the forenoon
low point, May selling at 1919. The
market closed steady at a net advance
OF 10 to as points. selling off 10 points
frorf the highest In the last few min
utes
Port receipts for the day were u.s.
loe bales. against 2s127 bales last
week and 3s.4s2 bales last year. New
York warehouse stocks are 1907
bales compared with 241.2o2 bales
year ago. Exports for the day were
ss.2ss bales Clearances for the sea-
son 10 date aEgreEate 3,5eS,627 bales
compared with 2.7o7.234 bales for the
corresponding period last season,
Spot here oute' 80 points higher at
i7Q5c three were uo sales. The spot
article at New Orleans was quiet, 50
points higher at 1910. the sales were
l1&s bales delivered on contract zoo
bales,
Receipts at New Orleans were s,452
bRles Savannah. 1914; Norfolk. 4o3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-24
CHICAGO GRAIN wARKET.
foaotations hy miller d. Co.. Members
View YORK CAtton Exchnnxe.l

Chicago, Jan. 23-The syndicate of
Germans who took down big profits in
the Chicago wheat market some months
ago and who have been In and out
on the advances and declines of late,
led In the selling in the Chicago pit
today. I: was said after the close to-
night that this syndicate Is eth long
a large line Of the May future and
that II continues to add to It's July
holdings in the belief that there viii
- crop deterioration which viii mean
advances not only for the July, but
for the futures nearer at hand
The syndicate is located IN New York
and the war and peace messages are
watched closely 10y them and acted
upon quickly IN order to GO, the best
results It was said that the German
syndicate has made IS more or less IN
pleasant FOR the British commission I'm
the way of absorbing wheat on the
weak spots ana in selling It on the
advances
Corn closed unchanged 20 fraction
lower. following . session 81 pro-
nounced strength
Oats declined SAY This market
sas strong early. but weak later
There Was broad market IN pro-
jsions with prices 22lzasoc higher for
,he day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-24
STOLE s590,O0gll|I i
DIES IAP0vfHII

New York. Jan. 23.-Dan Noble
famous international burglar, WI
once had 100000 as his share OF l
gigantic robbery, has Just died here !:
the age of eightytwo years, q paupe,s
supported by the society he proved a.
and been buried by relatives who All
respected members of the commun,+,t
In his day he was feared by banta
ers and watched by detectives. SIM
his release from Auburn, Decemhs!
10. 1899. he had been good" II.
went to that prison in 1897 to finish h
sentence imposed on him March n
1871. In January, 1873, he esca pe.s
from Auburn and during the succeed
ing years led the police OF two con
tinents n most perplexing chase. Al
cepting when in prison in England nn,s
France.
Detectives who in the last mr.;
years have been guarding banks All
ways regarded Dan Noble as a m. 4
without an equal. He never particf;
pated in small games
One of his first big robberies VIA
of the Royal Insurance Company M
Wall Street in 1866. Negotia BILE bond
and other property of the value al
I.70o,000 were stolen. Frank KnapI
and Jimmie Grimm. two we'll knovl
characters of that day. were his conI
federates, and all escaped to Canada
Being arrested there Noble was fn1
dignant and demanded they be rel
leased on bail. In this way $75.00d
went away from them.
The three stuck together. and eacI|
was supposed to have at that tima
100000 in cash. obtained by uisposs
, ing or the proceeds OF the robberys
rhey went to Elmira, where Nobla
'rieo 10 become an honest real estate
man. but one of his pals. who dis
iiked his airs, filed complain
against him. alleging he had brough9
stolen property into Chemung County,
rms led to his arrest and sentences
to Auburn, from which he escaped
Jim hope. who engineered the Man
haitian Bank robbery. and other well
known crooks escaped with him.
The next the police learned of No
bic was when he became active Il,
London. He Joined Johnny Miller
Joe Chapman and Jack Phillips in cir
culatinE spurious money. He went Il
Paris. too. where he was concerned Il,
a diamond robbery and sentenced "a
five years in n French prison. huI
escaped. Then he returned to Eng
land, wf1ere he was horn. There hs
WIS aEiesteu LOT forgery.
He was sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment He work pull
through American friends. who inter
coded. and said he was dying In prison
This brought his release In 1895
In 1897 he returned to New YorI
and was arrested. charged with pass
Ing worthless check on the Fourth
National Rank. Later he was identi1
He'd by former keeper of Auburn al
the escaped convict. -
The last public record the police
have OF him was In 1907, when hi
was a complainant in the West Side
Court. where he charged woman
with stealing his dog. He said III
had merely allowed her TO keep the
dog for him and she refused TO give
It up.
Noble then dropped from sight until
n well known politician of this city
heard Of his plight and used his in
ffuenCe tn have him committed TO the
New York Farm Colony,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-24

%yw YORK Jan 2s--Raw sugar
barely s'e7ty. cantrifugals. 5.I4a6.2o;
GLASSES f-Far ss1a44s Refned SUI
gar stsact 1ne srarulated. SIS
The cotte0seed oil market was frmer
TO-DAY March Ga}lTA~y led the advance
3agr-s { ssu~aftonally strong provts-
SCH markets abroad helped the lard
rsarEe's q; tne west and the local
cotton etj lipt Crude oil 10 Arm a.
k2s - sc sa the Southeast CIo~s:
1arusre tecGa5e! March. 7aTa4s,
sfsF - f4zsz JAW. l2s.z3f Spot
5s A. I'D Sa}.s. 27Tco barrels
Tn t3e cgrb uarke, today there was
very 3trtlA 20 SILT the market from
fas heaviest Witch Get In late yestsr-
~, TEe appearance OF Bethlehem
steel raw stock attracted considerable
III tere&t ard transactions therein as
Slmea fairly lively proportions. other
st@Ais Wev@ DALI and slightly heavy. In
general ms whole industrial Hist was
Slusg1sr- TIE more stable mining
stocks were very quiet aud about
STEADY Oils were sonewh hat quieter
Money on eaH opened a. a per cent.
higa. : psr cent: low. y closed, IN
Pc cent Most ~ the days loans were
made a. "a per cent. Time money
was easy. but the demand was light.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-24
10 to 50% Advance on this Oil
Stock Feb. |

TO make big money In oil you must
invest with company before the stock
- doomed in price. In the last sixty
days this company has opened up two
ducing wells and oil has advanced
nearly double. justifyfnx q big advance
additional capital quick. this company
on tho stock, but to raise sunicient
Offers once more the stock at tho old
price i'm force sixty days ago before the
oil boom. :.
This company has been established
eleven years. Has three reffneries in
operation In two States. independent
marketing stations in five States
= bout two hundred miles of pipe line
ono hundred and nifty oil and gas
wells. Fifteen hundred acres OF decided
lands and over eighty thousand acres
Of leases Many of our leases are well
blocked together. after years OF judici~
Gus selection and at reasonable cost in
the real oil districts. before the oil
boom in the twelve big oil counties or
Kansas and Oklahoma.
The actual cash monthly receipts
for the past year averaged over Eighty
Thousand Dollars (sso000 per
month. This should more than double
IN ninety days II present prospects pan
hve hundred dollar remittance but
many investors are timid until they get
acquainted with the company and then
make themselves real stock olders.
we nave our own tank cars. The
company is controlled by twcnty-one
directors.
The stockholders could not AFFORD to
sell their combined properties at less
than Fifteen Million Dollars. but will
let you have the stock on a promotion
basis TO help develop our vast, acreage.
You Will not find another oil stock
offer In the United States that has real
producing properties and vast acre,
age OF undeveloped properties that still
offers the stock at promotion basis.
Xhts company has about dftx- tip ~ a.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-24

many leases as the average oil stock
selling company besides its refneries.
pipe lines and oil and gas wells and
tank cars that could not be duplicate
today At less than Two Million Dollars.
saying nothing about the great value
or the lands and leases.
mere ia about thirty per cent of the
STOCK sum IN the treasury for develop
inent purposes. This should bring the
company about one million dollars.
ms new capital put into new wells on
proven grounds is certain to pay hand
some returns and cause a big advance
in the stock
Inc stock has been allotted on a stock
dividend basis and the greater your
,aSt remittance the greater Will be
propositions go into big values on
snort notice. We are NJ work on
fourteen new wells
Drills are al the cap rock OF produce
toh ana other wells are being drilled
around our many leases that may
greatly increase the value. ~ our dif-
ferent leases.
ms company Is owned by twenty
one thousand stockholders. No danger
of being squeezed out.
our chances arc very good to drill in
some real OH gushers during the next
neid In the North Cushing district
where we have started four new wells.
over thlrty more wells are being
drilled in this new proven field. This
OIL IL now worth about $3.50 per barrel
at our Cherryvale Refinery which -
connected with this gusher property by
low miles or our exempted" pipe line.
we nave another gusher property in
Pawnee County where We developed A
twenty mliIIop gas gusher at feet in
tne top or the rich Bartlesville sand
Hound to get oil gushers on this nran-
ertv
BUY THIS stock and secure a promot-
er's proht and become u developer and