The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-18

him out of the barn.
The Finley Fair proved not only a
financial success but also dandy fun
maker. The crowd wasn't very large
but there wasn't a crouch or a sore
head in the hall. Everybody joined in
and had a good time from early in
the evening till way past twelve
o'clock. One sad feature marred the
joy of Prof. Sells company, for it
happened that Trixie's trainer took
Anabella, the thin lady, to Kenne-
wick the night before the exhibit to
get an ice cream soda and she acct
dentally slipped thru the straw and
was drowned. But the general public
did not miss her and Joy reigned su-
preme.
The best fun of the evening was the
mems pie eating contest. A half doz-
en- able bodied huskies each started in
with half a pie and the first one to
get it down and whistle was to win
the prize. At the signal they all
leaned forward and dived into the mid
die of their pies, except Slim Paste
ris. He trew his head back and sim
ply poured it down like beer and it
was gone before anybody else got a
start. It looked like a walk-away but
poor Slim had a terrible time whistling
loud enough for the judges to hear
him, and in fact barely did get up
the wind as another put in the last
mouthful. Geo. Schnell entered the
race and drew BOBBY prize for he was
still eating pie half an hour after ev-
eryone else had quit.
& 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.
Finley saw touch of high society
Friday when Capt. Hoyt appeared at
the Fair to run the wheel of fortune
attired in silk hat and an open faced
billed shirt on whose expansive bosom
sparkled the exquisite Hoyt family
jewels.
From the number of suits, cross
suits, countersuits, contempt proceed
ings, injunctions and court orders re-
sulting from Commissioners Clements
and McNeill's little air tight game, it
looks as if every farmer in the coun-
ty had better get in his application
to join Federal Farm Loan asso-
citation.
The tin can detective has made re-
turns on another vexing case. Last
March Capt. Hoyt lost his lantern at
the Pomona meeting altho it had his
name on it in big plain letters. The
t d was summoned and worked hard
on the case. Last Friday while at
tending the Finley Fair he discovered
the lantern hanging in the hall right
where the Capt. left 10. He says he
wishes people wouldn't bother him
with such simple cases. ar-
1t seems someone else has reason
for wishing County Attorney Fristoe
recalled. He certainly lacks a lot of
being the taxpayers attorney and the
sooner he is out the better for the
taxpayers.
This also makes us wonder if the
people are about to go back to sleep
md leave Alex McNeill on the job as
me of their chosen business managers.
Joe Gerards is laying for the d. |
He says he's a low down tattle tale.
Word got out that the d was at |
he Finley Fair and August Huss who
vas officiously displaying a large star
md brandishing a billy got credit for
icing that W. k. person It was a
wrong guess, however, for the d
always works incognito--usually in
lisguise and never shows his star or
lilly.
Next Friday, January 10, the Fin