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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
TWO RED CROSS BENEFITS
Cafeteria Supper Thursday and
Dance Friday, the 25th

The next of a series of cafe
terra suppers, which the ladies
of the Red Cross will give during
the winter, will be served in the
basement of the Methodist
church dining room Thursday
evening of next week. Service
facilities in the Commercial club
rooms proved inadequate for the
accommodation of all who wish
ed to patronize the last supper.
Thursday evenings supper will
be in charge of a committee of
which Mrs. j. w. Vickers is the
chairman.
Friday evening, January 81, a
Red Cross dance will be given in
the X. of p. hall by the Kenne-
wick Business Girls club. The
members of this club since or
ganization, have been doing Red
Cross work and the dance is be-
ing given for the purpose Of buy
ing material for infants layettes
which they are making for the
Red Cross.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10

ment is presented for the pur-
pose of demonstrating the pro-
ductivity of the soil and the wide
variety and range of crops. With
gravity water and larger units
for farming purposes, there
would without question be added
to this list, hogs, sheep, dairy
products, grain, sugar beets and
forage crops for live stock. There
can be no question but that if
this proposed extension is con-
structed and the 1000 acres are
made available for irrigation and
if the land is given &c inches of
water instead of "a inches now
furnished, the rate of production
acre for acre, will far exceed the
above"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10

second to the state Of Washing.
ton, which during the last sea.
SON has grown 4,176,000 barrels
for market, while Missouri pro-
duced only 1,155,000 barrels,
Washington produced half a
million barrels more than the
combined commercial production
of both New York and Missouri
certainly wonderful showing
for a state handicapped by a
distance of 1000 to 5000 miles
from the great markets of the
continent. And yet this state
has just begun. The value Of our
commercial apple crop this year
is estimated at $19,8S6,000."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
WANT IS PER CENT

AT a meeting Of the board of
directors of the Kennewick-Rich-
land Marketing union last eve
ming a committee was appointed
to engage manager whose duty
it will be to begin preparations
for handling next years crop and
to canvass the territory with a
view of determining what per-
centage of the acreage is repre-
sented by the union. While no
formal vote was taken there is a
disposition on the part of the
board not to handle asparagus
and potatoes unless at least S5
per- cent of the total acreage is
brought into the union.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
CABLEGRAMS FROM MAJOR
WEYRAUCH AND CAPTAIN
WE'LL ANNOUNCE THEIR
SAFE ARRIVAL COVER
THERE
CHEERING NEWS FOR MANY
Families of Members Relieved at
News that Voyage Across
Was Safely Made

Cheering news was received
here yesterday in the form Of a
cablegram from Captain Fred NJ.
We'll to Mrs. We'll, announcing
the safe arrival Of the Washing
ton field artillery Somewhere in
France" The news brought re-
lief to the hearts of many Ken
newick mothers, fathers and rel
atives, who for two weeks had
been anxiously awaiting news
from their dear ones.
About the same time that
Capt. Wells cablegram was re-
ceived here similar one from
Major Paul III. Weyrauch was
received in Walla Walla. Neith-
er gave any news other than that
the battalion had safely eluded
the Kaiser's U-boats and were
safely on the other side ready to
begin intensive training and to
do their part in the great war
game.
According to the best informa-
tion available the artillery sailed
on Christmas Day and were two
weeks on the ocean. 1t will prob
ably be two weeks yet before any
letters are received from the
boys altho cards written before
leaving and held in New York
may be expected within the next
few days.
With the arrival Of the artil-
lery Benton county probably has
as many men in France as any
other county of like size in the
United States. Battery E, Sc
cond battalion of the 146th, was
recruited in this and Yakima
counties and is often referred to
as the Benton county battery.
Battery ID, Walla Walla, and Bat
terry f, Spokane, are the two
other batteries of the second bat
talon. The crack New Mexico
battery and two others, one from
Idaho, form the first battalion.
The second battalion was mus
tered into federal service in Aug
ust at Walla Walla and left soon
afterward for Camp Greene, N.
C. From there it was transferr-
ed to Camp Mills, L. l., and later
to Camp Merritt, N. j.
The battalion has had but lit
tie gun-firing practice but it will
be thoroly equipped in France
and will at once begin intensive
training and it will not be many
months before there will be
screaming across No Mans Land
shells sent over to the Germans
with the compliments of the bows
from Kennewick.
The correct. . address of the
Benton county boys is: Private
Blank, Battery E, 146th Field
Artillery, American Ex. Forces.
France, via New York.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
DISTRICT BOARD
TO BEGIN GRIND
Work on Claims for Agricultur-
al and Industrial Exemp-
tiOn Has Started

The district draft board ad-
journed It's sessions here yester-
day after having passed upon q
number Of cases. The board met
last week for the first time since
its work on the first draft was
completed several months ago.
Mr.. Clark, of Walla Walla, was
elected chairman to succeed w.
L. Lemon, Of Yakima, whose
place on the board has been TAX
en- by A. B. Fosseen. C. L. Hol-
comb is still secretary of the
board.
While the board finds that the
new method of classification has
greatly simplified the work it
still has no small task in passing
upon agricultural and industrial
claims for exemption from the
first classes. The board does not
pass upon any dependency claims
with the exceptions of appeals
from the decision Of the lower
board.
The board will meet again next
week and will then start a steady
grind until the long list of cases
has been disposed of. All Of the
questionaires have been mailed
out by the local boards and all
cases not definitely disposed of
by them will soon be in the hands
of the district board.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
INTEREST SHOWN
IN HORTICULTURE
Excellent Program is Carried
Out at Annual Meeting of
State Association

Altho disarranged railroad
schedules resulted in a small at
tendance at the annual meeting
lof the Washington State Horti-
cultural association, keen inter-
est in the proceedings was sus-
tanned clear up to the closing
session Saturday evening.
Considerable satisfaction was
voiced at the personnel of next
years official board, as every new
official is rated as a live wire.
The new officers are: President.
F. E. Williams, Opportunity; 1st
vice president, j. F. Sugrue, of
Cashmere; End vice president, F.
A. Virgins, Toppenish; dire:-
tors for one year, ]. Howard
Wright, Yakima; and Luke Pow
ell, Prosser; directors for two
years, M. L. Dean, Olympia, and
A. G. Craig, Deer Park; direc-
tors for three years, Prof. o. M.
Martin, Pullman, and j. L. Du-
mas, Dayton.
President Henry Suzzallo, of
the University, was unable to at
tend, but his address on the la
Dor problem was read at Satur-
days meeting. One of the most
interesting addresses was that
of e. F. Benson, state commits
sioner Of agriculture, who said:
'Tn 1900 New York had in
round numbers 100000 bear
ing apple trees; Missouri, 20,-
100000, and Washington less
than 2,750,OOO. The next ma
tional census showed New York
to have dropped down to H.
125,0O0 of trees, producing s.
CSC, 900 barrels; Missouri, with
Ia, 100000 trees, producing less
than half as much Fruit $780,
600 barrels; while Washington
had made some gain in its tree
census, having reached the g.
100000 mark, an increase of
273, ,513 trees, which was great
er than The increase made by any
other state except Minnesota,
which gained 504, 900 during the
period.
washington produced from
it's 100000 trees in 1910, L.
933, 900 barrels and ranked 10th
in Importance as an apple-pro-
ducing state. Until the present
season New York has always pro-
duced mere apples for market
than any other state. The pres
ent year finds New York produc-
ing only 100000 barrels of
commercial apples and ranking
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
MASS MEETING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Campaign for Armenian and Sy.
rian Relief Funds to Start
Benton's Quota $2400

Kennewick's campaign to Sc
cure contributions to Americas
fund for Armenian and Syrian
relief will be launched at a mass
meeting in the Princess Theatre
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
The meeting will be addressed
by Rev. w. S. Pritchard, field
worker for the Spokane Office of
the relief committee. At the
close of the meeting a local cam
|paign committee will be organ
lied with S. ID. Lynch as chair
man.
The work Of the Armenian and
Syrian relief committee is close
ly allied with that of the Red
Cross and its work has the en-
dorsement of the war council of
the Red Cross as well as that of
President Wilson, who in an open
letter to the American people,
says: American diplomatic and
consular representatives and
other American residents recent
ly returned from Western Asia
assure me that many thousands
of lives were saved from starva-
tion by the gifts Of the American
people last winter. - - Re-
ports indicate that Of orphans
alone there are more than 400,-
600, besides women and other re-
pendent children, reaching a to-
tai of more than 100000 desti-
tute survivors. The situation is
so distressing as to make a spec
ial appeal to the sympathies of
all.
'Tn view of the urgent need /
call again upon the people Of the
United States to make such fur
ther contributions as they may
feel disposed, in their sympathy
and generosity for the aid Of
these suffering peoples"
1t is estimated that to success
fully carry on the relief work
this winter $30,000,0OO must be
raised in this country in excess
of the funds already at the dis
posal of the committee. And this
great sum will allow less than ten
cents for the relief of each suf-
ferer.
The committee is headed by
some of Americas most promi-
nent men, its accounts are care
fully audited and its reliability is
equal to that of the Red Cross
and the Y. M. c. A.
The campaign is being handled
as have been the other war work
campaigns. Benton county has
been asked to raise $2,400 as its
quota, one-half of which is to be
raised thru an organization at
Prosser and the other half thru
an organization here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
THRU SERVICE SATURDAY

According to announcements
made yesterday by officials of
the Northern Pacific, traffic over
the Cascades will be resumed on
Saturday of this week. Engin-
GERS expect to have the bridge at
Thorpe completed by Friday
night and with this done thru
traffic can be resumed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
LIBRARY MEETING

The annual meeting Of the
Kennewick Library board will be
held in the new library rooms in
the city hall next Monday eve-
ming. Officers are to be elected
and annual reports of the years
activities received.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
CROPS PRODUCED ON 1856
ACRES THIS YEAR SOLD
FOR BETTER THAN FOUN
HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
FARMS MAKE FINE SHOWING
Figures Compiled to Show Re
Clamation Service what Can
be Done Under Extension

Despite the fact that the west
ern board of reclamation engin-
GERS recommended that the build
ING of the Kennewick extension
of the Sunnyside canal be post
noned on account of the high
price of material, local reclama-
tion engineers and land owners
are hopeful that favorable action
on the project can yet be had and
work started this year. One OF
the strongest arguments against
the delay is the fact, that with
out exception, the land owners
are willing to shoulder the in
creased cost.
For the purpose of laying be
fore tn, director of the recla-
nation service some facts which
were not before the board at the
time it recommended a postpone
ment, O. A. Fechter, president of
the Northern Pacific Irrigation
company, is now in Washington,
ID. G. Mr.. Fechter carried with
him a petition signed by practic-
ally evey land owner in the pro-
ject, asking that work be started
as soon as possible. Also a very
convincing statement from Coun-
ty Agriculturalist Lee M. Lamp
son showing the great tonnage
of food stuffs that could be pro-
duced on the project even the
first year after irrigation. Mr..
Lampson is of the opinion that
there is no other body of land in
the Northwest where the per
acre yield of those food products,
so much needed at this time,
would be as great as here. Dur
ing the past year it has been
demonstrated that two crops a
year, one of fall wheat and one
of beans can be successfully
grown on these lands.
Perhaps the most convincing
argument which Mr.. Fechter
will lay before the director is a
statement of this years produc-
tion record on the Highlands.
This crop record is not based on
estimates, but is the result of a
careful compilation of the actual
production on tracts where the
fruit trees have reached a bear
ing age. This report shows that
the average production on the
Highlands was $15O an acre. And
this record was made in spite of
the fact that the lands had an
inadequate supply Of water de-
livered by means of an expensive
pumping system.
The report shows that 1686.O1
acres produced as follows: apples
1889 boxes; pears, 10,054
boxes; potatoes, 209.O5 tons; al
falfa 100 tons; beans, $1,000 lbs.
strawberries 6,754 crates; grapes
1870 baskets; peaches, 54,655
boxes. The value of these crops
at the price at which they were
sold was: alfalfa, $4,000; pota-
toes, $4,000; apples $218,939 /;
pears. $12,O64; grapes $3,548; !;
beans, $500; peaches $27, 1927 ;
strawberries $16,ss5; miscellan-
eous products $4,000.
In presenting this statement
the land owners say: s'This state
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-10
NO TRACE OF
DROWNED MEN
Search for Bodies of Chas. Va
nier and Henry Thamke is in
Vain-Reward is Offered

| VdM-NcWdTU Is OuereQ
Little hopes are now enter
tanned for the recovery of the
bodies of Henry Thamke and
Chas. Vanier, who were drown
ed week ago Sunday night in
attempting to cross the Yakima
river in a row boat at the irriga-
tion headgates. The flood wa
ters have receded and the river
is now back within it's banks. The
flooded bottom lands along the
river have been Systematically
searched to no avail. Lookouts
are being maintained at all the
bridges day and night and men
in boats have been securing the
stream from the dam to the
mouth. AS yet no attempt has
been made to drag the river be-
cause of the strong current. AS
la stimulus to the search Chair
man F. L. Bash, of the board of
county commissioners, has au-
thorized the posting of a $25 re-
ward for the recovery of either
of the bodies.
Both Mr.. Bash and Commits
sioner r. E. Pratt have been busy
organizing crews to begin the re-
pair of roads and bridges. Crews
ARE already busy with temporary
repairs SO as to make the main
roads passable. It is expected
that by the first of the week the
work can be started on the
bridge between here and Rich
land, one span of which was
washed out. The pile driving
outfit of G. E. Lum, of Yakima,
has been engaged and is due to
arrive here tomorrow. Piling
and timbers have been ordered
and is also due to arrive this
week.
Plans for the temporary re-
pair of the bridge have been
drawn up by O. L. Hanson, who
will be put in charge of the work
and who will employ every pos
sible means to rush the job and
relieve the isolation of the Rich
land people.
The commissioners have as
yet made no definite plans for a
permanent bridge, nor will they
until they have met with the en-
gineers of the state highway de-
partment. There seems to be a
difference of opinion as to the 10
cation of the permanent bridge.
The suggestion that the bridge
should be built farther up the
river near where the old crossing
was established when the first
bridge was built by Yakima
county, has met with consider
able objection from some Of the
Richland people. AS the bridge
i is a part of the state highway,
the commissioners will not take
the initiative, but will carry out
the recommendations of the
state engineers who may decide
to change the present crossing.
Commissioners Bash and Pratt
have roughly checked up
the work of the flood and esti-
mate that the damage to roads
and bridges will amount to about
100000. The Fallon and Gross
Icup bridges both withstood the
shock of the rushing waters in
spite of the fact that the smaller
of the Grosscup bridges was SUBJ
merged. This bridge is slightly
out of alignment but the damage
will not be great. The approach
to the Fallon bridge was washed
out, but the structure came thru
without injury.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-20

80 cor YOUR sTcMAcH's sAKs) =
Magic Relief for Bad Stomochs
AS SHE FELT JUST THEN
Woman Had No Occasion to Smile,
and WouIdn't Do II to Please
Photographer.

The village photographer vas losing
patience with his lady patron. "Just a
little smile, please" he said, dwelling
somewhat on the last word. "A smile
adds SO much to the artistic effect"
The lady shook her head.
of course, If you'd rather" COM
menced the artist.
II would that" came from the direc-
ton of the head rest. sour one layin'
hen died this mornin', bacon's gone
up tuppence q pound, mothers had g
couple of fits, my boy George has just
broke a plate glass window, and my
husband is in a military hospital with
four or five pounds o. lead inside him.
If you think I'm goin' to look like a
Cheshy cat when I'm up against that
shower O. blessin's you're scratchin'
the wrong pig. You git on with 1t
natural, mister."-London Tit-Bits.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-20
The MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.

A visit to the laboratory where this
successful remedy is made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the reli.
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman's ills.
Over $50, 900 pounds of various herbs
are used annually and all have to be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juices and medicinal sub.
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
contact with the medicine is sterilized
and as a final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile bottles.
1t is the wonderful combination OF
roots and herbs, together with the
skill and care used in it's preparation
which has made this famous medicine
SO successful in the treatment Of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound which we are continually pub
fishing attest to its virtue.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-20

Ing along the road, without their guns,
a few Of them being slightly wounded.
Some Of them looked scared and 9TH
ers happy, but they all seemed tired.
Then we heard some singing, and pret.
ty soon we could see an Irish corporal
stepping along behind the Huns, with
his rifle slung w his back, and
every once in a while he would shut.
fe a bit and then sing some more. he
had a grin on him that pushed his
ears back.
The British noncom who was de.
tailed as our guide sang out: "What
kind Of time are you having, Pat"
The Irishman saluted with one
hand, dug the other into his pocket
and pulled out enough watches to
make you think you were in a pawn
shop. "Oh, a foin toim I'm havin','
he says. II got wan from each Of thin
fellas." We counted fourteen prison.
ers In the bunch. Pat sure thought he
was rolling In wealth.
After we were rested up we were
issued rifles, %shrapnel helmets and
belts, and then started down the com.
m%unlcation trench. These trenches
are entrances to the fighting trenches
and run at varying angles and vary.
Ing distances apart. They are sci.
dom wide enough to hold more than
n man, SO you have to march single
file In them. They wind In and out,
according to the lay Of the land, some
parts Of them being more dangerous
than others. When you come to q
dangerous spot you have to crawl
sometimes.
There are so many cross trenches
and blind alleys that you have to have
a guide for a long time, because with
out one you are apt to walk through
an embrasure In q fire trench and
right out into the open, between the
German front line and your own.
Which is hardly worth whilel
II any part Of the line Is under fire,
the guide at the head Of the line Is on
the lookout for shells. and when he
hears n coming he gives the signal
and you drop to the ground and wait
until 1t bursts. You never get all the
time you want, but at that you have
plenty Of time to think about things
while you r lying there with your
face In the mud, waiting to hear the
sound Of the explosion. When you
hear II, you know you have got at least
n more to dodge. II you do not hear
it-well. most likely you are worrying
more about tuning your thousand.
string harp than anything else.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-20

we have Is yours to the French. Thes,
French women, young and old, coulc
be q mother and q sweetheart and 0
sister all at the same time to any hairy
old e%x-convict In the legion, and do II
in a way that made him feel like a lit.
tie boy at the time and a rich church
member afterwards. The only thing
we did not like about this trip was
that there were not enough stations
along that line. There is a tip that
the French engineers will not take,
am afraid.
There is another thing about the
French women that l have noticed, and
that is this: There are pretty girls in
every country under the sun, but the
plain girls in France are prettier than
the plain les in other countries. They
might not show 1t In photographs, but
in action there is something about
them that you cannot explain. / have
seen an ugly French girl who
was not easy to look at.
We finally got to Dixmude, after
having spent about eighteen hours on
the way. On our arrival n company
was sent to the reserve trenches and
my company went to the front line
trench. We were not placed in train
ing camps, because most Of us had
been under fire before. I never had,
but that was not supposed to make
any difference. They say if you can
stand the legion you can stand any,
thing.
Before we entered the communica-
ton trench, we were drawn up along
side Of a crossroad for a rest, and to
receive certain accoutrements. Pretty
Don VIZ saw a bunch Of Boches CON