davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Report of Priori.ies Committee.

hcPOfk Oi FFiOtihiCS SoflfUiktCC.
Your committee on priorities re-
ports and recommends as follows, to-
wit:
1st We recommend that all pri-
critics from No l to No. -. both in
clusive. be considered as adequatd
water rights and equivalent to a pro-
ject water right of similar amount
End: We recommend that all pri-
elusive. be considered as 80 per cent
water right and equivalent to a pro-
ject water right of one-haif their
amounts.
3rd: We recommend that priori-
ties Nos. 30 TO "a, both inclusive. be
considered as one-fourth OF an ade-
quate water right to the amount Of
said DEGREES.
4th: We recommend that no pri-
GRITTY above said No p be compen-
stated for or taken over for the pro
ject.
5th; We recommend that register
ed notices be forwarded to the own
ers of all said priorities from Nos.
10 "a. both inclusive. not now owned
by the Government. of the action of
the Board in reference to the said
priorities. requiring said owners to
file in writing their acceptance of the
proposition approved by the Board or
its rejection by them. with any fur.
ther suggestion or modification. II
any, that may be contended for. and
within ten days from the receipt Of
said notice
9Th: We recommend that all pars
ties who agree to thus unity shall. at
the time of the transfer. subscribe all
of the land within the project owned
by them.
7th: We recommend that the Gov
sideration of standard project water
right for the actual irrigated acreage
on which the said priorities have
been used. not to exceed sixty acres
per second foot where the use has
been on mesa or river bottom, sandy
loan. and not to exceed eighty acres
per second foot on adobe or other soil.
in no case to be used on greater acre
age than has been irrigated there
from up to date
sth: That the owners of said pri-
critics receive in consideration OF
their said priorities. deed or certifi.
cate for project water right for
such acreage and subject to the reg.
ular operation and maintenance ex.
pense only. except TIE owners of such
part of said priorities as are being
carried in Government bitches in
which the owners of the said priori.
ties do not own carrying capacity. in
which case an additional assessment
of $4,000 per second foot shall be
charged annually.
9th: We recommend that the law
be strictly enforced in reference to
spring. seepage, waste water and un-
decreed bitches.
Respectfully submitted
F. d. CATLIN.
JOHN J. TOBIN.
GEORGE THORNLEY,.
Committee.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Seeking AeeompIlee in Ak Murders.

Camp Funston. Kan.-Search for the
canvas sack containing the money
Capt. Lewis r. Whistler is supposed TO
have obtained when he robbed the
Army bank here and killed four men
With an Ak and seriously wounded a
nfth. continued Monday with the au-
thorities working upon the theory that
the army officer. who killed himself
with an army rifle few hours after
the murders were discovered may have
had an accomplice who fled the camp
In a motor car after the money had
been entrusted to him.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Pay. visi, to Old Home.

Mrs. L. Hartnagle. mother of Mrs.
Earl Shaffer. left yesterday morning
for Des Moines Ia. her old home.
where she will make an extended
visit among familiar scenes. Posi-
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

main permanently In Iowa. though
her Delta friends hope that the call
OF Colorado ~ili bring her back. Be
sides affording her an opportunity to
revisit old scores. the trip makes It
possible for Mrs. Hartnagie to see n
son who is in training At Fort Dodge.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
President Extends License System.

president ertenos License system.
Washington.-By proclamation Of
President Wilson. the Food Admins
tration's licensing system was extend.
ed to include Gamers. manufacturers
OF wheat and rye products. dealers
in feed and malt and professional salt
water fishermen. Persons. firms and
corporations affected are required un'
der II penalty TO obtain licenses by
Feb. 10.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Roger. Collapse. in Supreme Court.

Rogers Coliapses in Supreme Court.
Washington.-Whil making an oral
argument In the United States Su-
preme Court for the state Of Colorado
in the Colorado. Wyoming case. Judge
Piatt Rogers. of Denver. collapsed as
result of In grippe and overwork.
His argument was taken up without
losing n thread by Senator DELPHI r.
Carpenter. OF Greeley. and completed.
Judge Rogers condition was not Sc
rious and II he continues to improve
It Is expected he will he able to start
~ack to Denver within few days
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
spy, IN OFFICERS GARs, FIRED
ON AS HE ATTEMPTS TO BURN
MUNITIONS MAGAZINE.
GERMAN DICTATORSHIP
MILITARY PARTY IN CONTROL,
AND Won HERTLiNG EXPECT.
Ed TO RESIGN AT ONCE.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Norfolk. Va, Jan. 15.-Navy inteli.
gence officers left here for Baltimore
with Walter Spoerman, suspected of
being an active figure in plots
launched by Captain Boy-Ed, the for
mer German military attache. and be-
lieved to have been a captain in the
German army. According to the story
unofficially told here. the man was ar
rested Saturday while in the act of
attempting to blow up magazine at
the unfinished Army Aviation Field
under construction near Newport
News. The prisoner will be turned
over to officers of the Department of
Justice at Baltimore for hearing. So
far the only charge formally lodged
against him is understood to be that
he is a dangerous enemy alien. Docu-
ments found in his possession, how
ever, are declared to reveal his con
nection with BoyEd and former Ger
man Ambassador Bernstorff. and to
incriminate in spy plot persons in
Washington, Baltimore and other
cities
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
STATE HORTICULTURAL i.
MEETING is POSTPONED
On Account of Influenza Situation the
Sessions will not be Held on
December 1918

On account Of the general influenza
situation thruout the Northwest and
upon the request and recommendation
of DR.. j. B. Anderson, city health Of
fcer for Spokane, the joint convention
of the Washington State Horticultural
Association, the Inland Empire Fruit
Growers Association and the Wash
ington State Grade and Pack confer
ence, which was scheduled to be held
in Spokane December 1913 has been
postponed for the present. AS soon
as the influenza situation clears itself
which it is hoped will be shortly after
the first of the year, plans will be
made for the convention on the same
scale as originally outlined and notice
will be sent out well in advance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05

away. The immediate cause was an
internal hemorrhage. Rev. Harvey
officiated at the funeral services which
were held at the home. Interment
was made in the Riverview cemetery.
o. C. and Mrs. Gleichman and child
rem are spending the week as guests
of the A. p. Russell family. They are
enroute from Seattle, where they have
made their home the past year, to
Indiana where Ollie has been trans
ferred by the Insurance company for
whom he is working.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
HIGHLANDS NEWS

P. j. Murphy was a Spokane Wis
itor last Saturday.
The C. A. Mitchell family are re-
ported i'll with the flu.
The Red Cross circle is meeting
with Mrs. Gaskell today.
The E. R. Mylke family have moved
into town for the winter.
w. T. Mann has returned from his
trip to South Dakota with apples.
The Keene children are entirely con-
valescent from an attack of the flu.
Mrs. F. w. Hembree is visiting rel
ativcs at the old home in Missouri.
Miss Kathleen Hudnall underwent
an operation for appendicitis at Taco
ma on Friday and is reported getting
along nicely.
Miss Helen and Florence Taylor are
threatened with flu this week, but
hopes are entertained that they have
colds instead.
Edwin Barge has purchased G. H.
Taylor's bus and is now in charge of
the school bus from the west end of
the highlands.
Regular meeting of Improvement
club tomorrow evening. Election of
officers and other important business
will be transacted.
Mrs. Ferris, who has been spending
the past month with her sister, Mrs.
Volwiler, returned to Walla Walla the
first of the week.
Mrs. j. o. Clcve writes that they are
located at 166 Eighteenth
Street, North, Portland, and that j.
o. has position in the O-W. r. & N.
offices there.
The Highlands Woman's club was
not very largely attended last Friday,
the flu keeping many away. A COM
mittee was appointed to arrange for
a Christmas party for the children.
At a growers meeting held at the
club house Tuesday evening w. L.
Craver and II. w. Desgranges Were
elected delegates to the grade and
pack conference to be held at Spokane
next week.
On Friday evening the infant daugh- |
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Yashino passed |
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
LITTLE STORIES Of THE WEEK
MRS. A. II. Wheaton visited friends
n kennewick this week.

Mrs. A. H. Wheaton visited fr;onds
IN Kennewick this week.
Armin Behrman left the first of the
week Tor lillaa where he will pack ap.
pes IN the Yakima Valley F. nit. cow.
ers associations big cold storage
Plant.
rev. and Mrs. Campbell Bushnell
received word the first of the week
tEat their daughter Blanche is i'll of
influenza in st. Luke's hospital in
Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp Dawson. of
Yakima, are visiting here this week.
Mr. Dawson reports the milking ma
cmne business good, especially on the
west side.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Netherland have
returned to Kennewick to-make their
nome. Mr.. Netherland will again op-
crate a taxi with headquarters at
Hotel Kennewick.
Policeman ]. B. Hayden and Street
Commissioner Ben Bergen are both
laid up with the influenza. Mr.. Hay
don's place on the police force is be-
ing filled by Roy Copeland.
VIM. Switzler of Plymouth was a
business visitor in Kennewick Mon
day. Mr.. Switzler and w. L. Blakely
expect to drill some water wells on
their hill ran hes this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Beste ana three
children are listed among the influen-
"a patients. S. NJ. Henderson is in
charge of the Kennewick Harness
Shop during Mr.. Beste's illness.
Judge Frank Rudkin spent Thanks
giving .at the home of his brother, j.
J. Rudkin, of the Highlands. Judge
Rudkin leaves this week for California
where he is to hear a federal case.
The "old" teachers entertained the
new" teachers at the home of Mrs.
E. c. Trip last Saturday evening.
1t was a "kid" party, the costumes,
games and refreshments being de-
cidedly juvenile in tone.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
w. S. S. are still on sale.


Geo. Tweedt insde business trim
to Prosser Morday.
The 1918 issue of w. S. S. has not
yet been exhausted.
Frank Emigh is in town from Spo-
kane or business this week.
Geo. w. Sherk leaves Sunday on a
hurried business trip to Portland.
Are you still keeping up the pur-
chases of w. S. S. that you pledged /?
A. F. Brown and j. B. Thomas are
back on their jobs after an influenza
vacation.
Mrs. w. H. Gascoigne and Mrs. w.
A. Story visited in Yakima the first
Of the week.
E. S. Mcdonald, proprietor of the
Variety Store, made brief business
trip to Spokane this week.
B. S. Travis and family motored
from Kona Monday evening to see
Intolerance" at the Princess Theatre.
Mrs. A. H. Wheaton and Mrs. r.
E. Reed visited with Mrs. Wheaton's
sister, Mrs. Rudd Russell, in Pasco
Wednesday.
Vinton Copeland is carrying a
broken arm as the result of an effort
to crank one of the Kennewick Trans
fer Company's Fords.
Miss Helen Huntington came down
from Prosser to spend Thanksgiving
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. E. Huntington.
J.V. Strange is on the Coast this
week settling up the affairs of his
mother who died recently at her
home in Mukilteo, Wash.
Walter Summers, manager of the
Produce Company's Prosser store,
transacted business at company head
quarters here yesterday.
Better start right now to do your
Christmas shopping. A close study
Of the ads. in this issue will help
greatly in making your selections.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
TEN YEARS AGO

Margaret Beinhart was seriously ill
with pneumonia.
VIM. Dircksen made business trip
to Victoria, B C.
The council was considering the pur-
chase of site for city hall.
E. c. Trip and ]. H. Morrison of
Seattle, were visiting friends here.
S. D. Lynch resumed charge of his
store after a severe siege of typhoid.
Fred Moeller, a new settler on the
river road, was building a house on
his tract.
Mrs. Harley H. Peter, of Seattle,
was visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Griffith.
The Twin City Ice & Cold Storage
company purchased the o. K. Soda
Bottling Works.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Laramore went
to Newport where Mr.. Laramore was
to superintend the erection of saw
mill.
Miss Sophia Kmpel and Herman C.
Better were married at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Kmpel.
F. F. Beste, who had been acting as
manager for the Kennewick Harness
shop for about year, purchased the
business.
D. E. Gould, president of the North
ern Pacific Irrigation company, left
for his home in Boston after an ex-
tended visit here.
The Eastern Star Lodge put on
special program in honor of the visit
of Mrs. Julia H. Van Patten, of Day
ton, Grand Worthy Matron of the
state.
Work on the canal and mains for the
new Highlands project was about
three-fourths done. Several pur-
chasers of Highlands tracts We're busy
leyelling their land.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
(Too late for last week.

Mrs. Mitchell and daughter Airline
are sick with influenza.
P. j. Murphy returned Monday from
Kansas City, where he had been with
a car of apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Cleve left last
week for Portland where they expect
to spend the winter.
Mrs. Clarence Sonderman is spend
ing the week with Miss Jessie during
her parents absence. @
We are pleased to be able to state
that Mrs. E. o. King has fully re-
covered from the influenza.
M. G. Clark returned to Ellensburg
last Sunday to resume his duties as
instructor in the high school.
Harold Gray is spending fve-day
furlough with his parents on the
Highlands, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Gray.
Paul and Richard Craver returned
Saturday from Coast points where
they visited for several weeks after
helping harvest the apple crop at
Wenatchee.
Miss Lillian Gray, who has been
spending the flu vacation with her
aunt, Mrs. E. A. Gray, returned to
Spokane last Saturday where she re-
sumed her work in the public schools.
Miss Myrtle Mitchell was taken sud-
denly i'll last Monday with an acute
attack Of appendicitis and was taken
to Pasco to the hospital for treat
ment before undergoing an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Sonderman
motored to Harrington last Monday
where they will spend Thanksgiving
ing with their daughter, Mrs. Sherman
Whiting. They will also visit Spo-
kane before their return.
w. T. Mann, who recently went
East with couple Of cars Of apples,
is reported being i'll with the flu at his
brothers in South Dakota. The des-.
TIMES of the children riding in Mr..
Mann's bus are in the capable hands
Of A. ID. Villier.
A. G. and Mrs. Zierdt and James
eft Monday evening for Wabasha,
Mimi, where they expect to eat
turkey with Mr.. Zierdt's
parents. After visiting there they
expect to go on to Chicago to spend
Christmas and the holidays with rela-
ives of Mrs. Zierdt. They expect to
De away until February.
The first meeting of the Kennewick
Highlands Woman's Club was held at
he club house last Friday afternoon
With very good attendance. Mes
lanes Hart, Gray, and Chaplin were
lostesses and pleasant time is re-
ported by those present. The follow
ng delegates We're elected to the Dis
riot convention at Prosser: Mrs. Hart
irst delegate; Mrs. White second, and
Mrs. A. p. Russell, alternate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
ADVANTAGE OF SELLING
FARM PRODUCTS BY GRADE
Bureau of Markets Says What Has
Been Done with Apples can be
Done with other Products

During recent years, increasing pub
| lie interest has been directed toward
the question of reducing the cost of
marketing farm products. Many sug-
gestions have been made, and many
remedies offered with the idea of rails
ing the prices which the consumers
should pay for food. The soundness
of such remedies depends largely upon
the effectiveness with which they can
be put into operation. Of the many
suggestions offered, perhaps none are
as. easy to put into practice and pro-
ductive of more immediate benefit to
both the farmer and the producer than
is the establishment of grades and
standards for the commercial handling
of the products of the farm. =.
In view of the advantage which
should follow the adoption of CONNER
cial grading practice in the marketing
business, the Office of Farm Markets
has prepared a bulletin setting forth
and explaining the benefits which
standardization would bring to grow
ers of this state. The material in
this bulletin is based upon actual ex-
periences in the marketing field. q
The great majority of farm pro-
ducts are sold by inspection, which
means that they are not paid for until
the buyer examines them. This prac-
tice also means that the producer does
not know what he is going to receive
for his produce until the buyer sees it.
1t is quite common for growers to
ship produce to distant markets and
receive much less than they expected
to receive. Yet they have little choice
but to accept the reduced price offered
because of the added expense of hav-
ing the shipment returned.
If grades We're thoroly recognized
and in general use the grower could
pack up his produce in accordance with
these grades, and in this manner make
known to the buyer the exact quality
and condition of his goods, and in re-
turn demand of the buyer that he be
at the time of shipment of
The price he would receive for them.
Many cars of Northwestern apples
"a highly standardized commodity
change hands each year at designat-
ID price without the buyer seeing the
apples. But few cars of potatoes are
,aid for without being inspected by
he purchaser or his representative.
What grades have done for the apples
t will do for many other classes of
arm products.
The circular entitled "The Advan-
age of Market Grades to the Produc-
r" may be had for the asking by
writing to the Office of Farm Markets,
'ullman, Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05

County Assessor A. II. Wheaton has
been doing some work for the irriga.
ton district in this end of the county
this week.
w. j. Gilmore, of Erie, Pa, az.
rived the first of the week for ]
months visit at the home of his broth
er, ]. B. Gilmore.
Miss Pearl Shepardson and Miss
Annie Cavanaugh, teachers in the
Washington building, are confined to
their homes with illness.
The music department of the Wo-
mans club will meet tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening at the home of the chair
nan, Mrs. C. M. Brunn. :,.s
The Bridge club will meet at the
home of Mrs. A. R. Gardner next Wed
nesday with Mrs. Gardner and Mrs.
Grosscup as hostesses. There will be
a business session before the social
hour. #.,-s 4
Lacey Squibb, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. A. Squibb, surprised his relatives
and friends short time ago by his
marriage to Miss Hazel Hurst, teach
er in the Sprague schools. Mr.. Squibb
is principal of the Benton City school.
President M. w. Matchbox repre-
sented the Kennewick Commercial club
at the Yakima Commercial clubs big
Home Products Banquet, Tuesday eve
ming. Mr.. Mattecheck reports that
Yakima is simply bubbling over with
enthusiasm over the prospects for
the future development of the val
ley.
Mrs. j. E. Gosette and daughter, of
Boston, Mass, who have, been visit
ing for several weeks at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Perry,
left on Tuesday for Weiser, Idaho.
They will leave San Francisco Dec. 20
for Buenos Aires. South America, to
join her husband, who is manager for
the International Hardware Co.
3 i 7 : .
Mr.. and Mrs. EN-. Sly have receiv-
ed letter from their son William
dated November IA, three days after
the armistice was signed. "Bill" was
laid up in a hospital near Paris with
a slight attack of pneumonia followed
BY an operation and missed the last
four weeks of the fighting. He made
t very plain that he was glad the war
was over, saying that six times over
he top was plenty for him.
j. G.. Kelley has received a wire
rom George Mertes of Spokane; say
ng that his brother Stanley, who is in
Company C, 161st Infantry, has been
nvalided home and is now in hospi-
al in Virginia. Stanley was in some
f the hottest fighting on the western
ront and received severe injuries to
is spine. The Mertes boys formerly
made their home in Kennewick and
ave many friends here.
Mrs. C. D. Gray, formerly Miss Luz
LA Squibb, finished her course at the
'heney State Normal and arrived here
saturday at the home of her parents,
Ir. and Mrs. C. A. Squibb. The fol-
owing day Mr.. Gray arrived from
'ortress Monroe, Va, where he was
fom the aviation section of
lie Army. Mr.. Gray attended the
Walton school at Berkeley and was
nishing his training at Fortress
Ionroe when the armistice was J
igned.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05
PRINCESS PROGRAM

Friday and Saturday
Douglas Fairbanks in. Heading
South" a typical Fairbanks picture,
with lots of pep. Also one-reel COM
edy.
Sunday and Monday
Mae Marsh in "All Woman" the ro-
nance of the good girl who tanned the
"bad town." Also the Official War
Review.
Tuesday
Billie Burke in "The Mysterious
Miss Terry" Also Ford Educational
Weekly.
Wednesday,
See lobby for program.
Thursday
Julian Eltinge, the wonderful wo-
man impersonator in "The Countess
Charming"
Coming soon
Rex Beach's "Heart Of the Sunset"
VIM. S. Hart in "Blue Blazcs Raw
den."
Ann Pennington in "Antics of Ann
Wally Reid in "Rimrock Jones'"
"To He'll with the Kaiser"
"For Husbands Only"
Judge-"You have been found guilty
by jury of your peers"
Prisoner - "Please sentence me
without knocking me, your honorw
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05

w IE fill this page with good newsy items every
p w week. You help When you know an item of
local interest tell about it personally by phone
Wen appreciate The phone number is One DoubleOne
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-27
AMERICANS HOLD
 IMPORTANT AREA
Pershing's Men Now Faee Germans on Battle Line ss Miles Long U-Boats Win Not Cheek
 Movement

Washington. June 2l--Ameriean soldiers are now holding the fighting line for 3 distance of sS miles on the western front. according to infor- nation given members of the House military committee today at the week ly conference with Secretary Bakef and General March, chief of staff.
 This mileage is held by all Ameri- can forces under command of Ameri- can officers, located af six different places along the fighting line Other Americans are at the front with Brit ish and French units.
 Members of the committee were told again that there was no thought of diminishing the movement Of troops across the Atlantic because of the operation of U-boats of the Amer ican coast.
 After the conference Representative Caldwell of New York said as far as America is concerned the war will begin next September. By that time materials now being manufactured will be ready in great abundance for making the presence of American troops felt by the enemy and the fight planned for the United States soldiers will have begnn
 Fighting on the Italian front was discussed and military authorities de- clared it had not reached stage to be considered serious to the allies. Members of the committee said suf- ficient amount of rapid-6re guns now is being manufactured here to supply the needs of the American troops and that the output would be increased as needed.