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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-04
LOCAL RED CROSS
ELECTS OFFICERS
Report of Secretary Shows that
Local Red Cross Workers
Have Made Good Record

At meeting of The Kennewick
Branch of the Red Cross yesterday
evening bylaws were adopted, of
ficers elected, reports considered and
plans discussed for continuing the
work.
The secretary, Miss Harlow, sub
mitted report showing in detail the
funds received and supplies that had
been made and forwarded to chapter
headquarters. In reading the report
the chairman called attention to the
fact that the Kennewick Branch had
supplied enough hospital garments
and knitted goods to supply more than
three times the number Of soldiers in
cluded in the army draft quota from
this district.
Since organization the branch has
conducted no fund soliciting campaign
but it has been able to keep the work
going and at the present time has
YCVV WOACn Va AuoSVAAesAo eaAO
several hundred dollars on hand. The
entire running expenses of the branch
since oganization, not including ma
terials purchased, have been less than
$50. This small expense has been due
to the fact that the work rooms, in
cluding light and heat, have been do
mated by the Commercial club.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman, A. r. Gardner; vice chair
man, Mrs. R. E. Pratt; secretary, Mrs.
T. C. Browne; treasurer, H. r. Vibber;
members of the executive committee,
Mrs. r. @. Macmahon, Kennewick,
Mrs. T. ]. Chalcraft, Richland, Mrs.
H. E. Cooper, Finley, Mrs. Ackridge,
Hedges, and Mrs. Hampton, Hover.
These officers will hold Office until the
second Wednesday in October, the
date of the regular annual meeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-04
Representative of Pacific Coast
Defense Society to Speak
IL, Here Saturday
BILL PENDING IN CONGRESS
If Measure Become Law Great Impe-
tus will be Given Good Roads
Movement

80 "A pldl, WiuCu IL IL 10 CdTTIeu OuC,
will mean more to the good roads
movement on the Pacific Coast than
anything yet attempted, is to be pre-
,sented to the people of Kennewick by
M. B. Gilbert, of Seattle, at meeting
in the Commercial club rooms at three
o'clock Saturday afternoon of this
week.
Mr.. Gilbert comes here as a repre-
sentative of the Pacific Coast Defense
League, which was organized in Seat
tie year ago for the purpose of se-
curing adequate protection for the Pa
cific Slope in event of war. To that
end the league now has a measure in
congress, known as the Poindexter-
Raker Military Highway Bill, asking
for an appropriation of $250,000.00
for the survey Of a system Of high
ways based upon plans worked out by
the league.
The league proposed three north and
south trunk lines from Canada to Mex
leo. The first, the Coast road or the
Balboa Highway, following within a
few miles Of the Pacific Coast; the Sc
cond, the Valley or the Pacific High
way; the third, the Food road, known
as the Ell Canine Sierre and lying east
of the Cascades and the Sierras; also
1aterals leading eastward from all inn
portant harbors intersecting the three
trunk highways, opening the import
ant mountain passes and extending to
Spokane, Lewiston, Idaho, Ontario,
Oregon, and Reno, Nevada. This
would give ample railroad connections
to the east in event Of invasion and
the possible capture of one or more
important sea ports.
The league will ask for the adoption
by the war department of standard
of highways, such as grade, width,
strength, material and location. 1t
asks that these highways shall so far
as consistent with military prudence
follow lines Of present highways, con-
meet commercial centers, and render
our National parks available to tour
lists. It will ask for the construction
of the adopted system of highways as
soon as deemed expedient by our gov
ernment.
The league is working out plan for
the equitable division of the cost of the
proposed system Of highways. It is
believed this plan will be so just and
feasible that comparatively little diff
ficulty will be experienced in securing
final legislative action for the proposed
bill.
The system of highways as herein
proposed for the Pacific Coast will,
when completed, prove of inestimable
value in event of war and will forever
be great asset looking to the COM
mercial welfare and social intercourse
of the people in time of peace.
Therefore, the Pacific Coast Defense
League is using every means at its
command to arouse the people OF the
Pacific Coast to the tremendous I'M
portance and feasibility of its plans
and also the vital need for united and
persistent cooperation looking to ul-
innate success.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-04

The annual meeting Of the Kenne-
wick Woman's club will be held in the
Commercial club room Friday after
noon of next week. Officers are to be
elected and reports received from Of
ficers and department heads.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-04

Mrs. L. j. Dimick and Mrs. Mcclure
of Hover, are reported to have ship
ped the first asparagus from this val
ley to Seattle last Sunday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rowe, who have
been making their home in Montana,
visited yesterday in Kennewick. Mr..
Rowe was on his way TO Camp Lewis
as one of Benton county's draft quota
and Mrs. Rowe viii make her home
with her parents ut Auburn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-04

The entertainment planned by the
M. E. church for the young people of
the other churches of Kennewick and
Richland for tonight, has been post
poned until tomorrow (Friday) night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10
BRUNSWICK'S WAR BOOM.

That the population of the city of
Brunswick has practically trebled
since Americas entrance into
the war, and that most of this new
population will be permanent, is the
statement made by NJ. F. Brewster,
editor of the Brunswick Evening
Banner, who was in Atlanta this week
to purchase new equipment for that
newspaper, which he and group of
associates recently purchased.
Two of the big shipbuilding yards
at Brunswick have pig contracts for
the American and French govern
ments," said Mr.. Brewster, land these
will keep them busy for many months.
Although the picric acid plant is tenn
porarily shut down, it represents an
investment of six million dollars, and
will soon be recognized for future
operation as a privately owned plant.
The Standard Oil company is building
a great system of docks along three
mile river front, where ocean steam
ers will berth. Taken all in all,
Brunswick's present population of
nearly $4,000 is practically certain to
be permanent The citys outlook is
wonderfully bright and promising"
Mr.. Brewster is a north Georgian
who went to Brunswick some years
ago and has made a remarkable sue
cess in newspaper work in that city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10
WAYS THAT ARE DARK.

Why will a moonshiner shoot in
preference to being arrested and tried
for making illicit whiskey? The pun
ishment for the latter is infinitely to
be preferred than punishment for
murder.
Nobody has yet answered this uues-
ton satisfactorily, and probably it
would take a psychologist to give an
explanation of the workings of a
moonshiner's mind.
The question is brought up by the
case of Revenue Agent Harry Roth
stein, who has just been shot and Sc
riously wounded in Oconee county
while searching the house of Charles
T. Whitehead with party of officers.
It is charged that Whitehead welcom-
ed the revenue agents with a great
show of friendliness, but put a bullet
through Rothstein's head as he stopped
to look under a bed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10
Not a Bite of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass Of hot water and
phosphate prevents illness
and keeps Us fit.

Just as coal. when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount of incom-
bustible material in the form of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible ma
terial, which if not completely alimina-
ted from the system each day, be-
comes food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. From this
mass of leftover waste, toxins and
ptomain-like poisons are formed and
sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it to wash out of
the thirty feet of bowels the previous
days accumulation of poisons and
toxins and to keep the entire alimen-
tary canal clean, pure and fresh
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, biliOusness, constipation,
others who wake up with bad taste,
foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiff
ness, or have a sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from
the drug store, and begin practicing
internal sanitation. This will cost
very little, but is sufficient to make
anyone an enthusiast on the subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb
into the blood, causing poor
health, while the bowel pores do.
Just as soap and hot water cleanses,
sweetens and freshens the skin, so
hot water and limestone phosphate
act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10

Subscription Rates.
Daily and Sunday, Six Dollars
year in advance; Sixty-Five Cents a
month.
Weekly $3.50 a Year, payable In
Advance only.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City Of Americas
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District
O. S. Court, Southern District OF
Georgia
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10

FROST. Lands AND KOHN. :
Advertising Representatives in
New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10
A SAFE AND SANE MOVE.

The city council of Americas will
have an opportunity tonight of dong
the people of Americas and Sumter
county a real service, without cent
of expense and at the same time as
sisting in working a distinct public
economy. This opportunity or SER
vice will arise in the proposal to have
the city council and mayor officially
approve, by resolution, the proposed
change in standard time for Americas
from Central to Eastern.
On January / Macon officially goes
into Eastern time, which is one hour
earlier than Central time, that being
the date set for the adoption of the
new boundary lines for the standard
time zones fixed by the Interstate
Commerce commission. The commits
sion has informed Americas that it
wishes only to serve the commercial
interests of the city of Americas, as
we'll as all Georgia, and that if East
ern time is more desirable than Cen
tral time an official avowal of that
fact by the city council and mayer
will be given consideration.
In the stress of war, congress en-
acted the daylight saving plan, which
advanced standard time everywhere
one hour. II was adopted as an econ
omy measure, for the purpose of eX-
tending the daylight of the work day
an hour, thus saving power and fuel
to that extent and permitting of SO
much outdoor garden work or recrea-
ton on the part of the business man
tied down at his office during the
whole recognized working day.
A principle that will work such
wonderful economies and public and
individual benefits in war time will
work them equally we'll in peace time
although the need may be less APP
parent. But the need exists, and the
popularity of the daylight saving plan
so reluctantly abandoned attests to
it's genuine value to the public.
The only logical opponent of the
plan appears to be the public service
corporation which has power and gas
to sell for lighting purposes. Advanc-
ing our standard time an hour will
hit the lighting company hard, but
the public will profit in the way of
reduced bills for less power consumed
And there is ample opportunity for
the lighting company to sell all the
power it produces in Americas. The
dozens of darkened show windows
with their nightly gloom are not at
all in keeping with the Importance of
city of the size and wealth of Ameri-
Gus. Americas needs a commercial
white way" and a portion of the
money saved by the public in daylight
saving could profitably be expended in
more generous use of electric lighting
in the business district.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10
Liberty,

Two lovers were sitting side by side
In Battery p9E&, New York, one eve
ming. II wonder" he whispered as he
glanced out across the beautiful bay
and saw the Statue of Liberty in the
shadOwy gloom, 'why they have its
light so small" Perhaps" replied
the girl as she blushed and tried to
slip from his embrace, "the smaller the
light the greater the liberty"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10

SeabOard Air Line.
Leave Americas for Savannah and
stations and points east
1891 p. m 1:2O a. m.
Leave Americas for Helena and in
termediate points
sails p. m.
Leave Americas for Columbus,
Montgomery and points West
3:OS p. m.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-10
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.

Arrival and departure of passenger
trains, Americas, Ga.
Central OF Georgia Railway.
Trains Arrive.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11


ibeen visiting his mother and sister,
Mrs. Dobson and Ernice. this week.
w. j. Wilkinson and wife were in
town Thursday. 4s
Mrs. Merriam and Mrs. F. A. True
were Omaha visitors Monday. '.,-+
Guy Martin moved to his home
some of the buildings left from the
| fire.
Alfred and Tom Hutchinson were in
town Tuesday.
Floyd Darling was visitor under
the parental roof Sunday.
Mrs Lorenzen, in town, passed
away Saturday after a short illness.
Mrs. kitterer's brother, Mr.. Beck,
has been spending a few days with
her and her mother at the Northwest
ern depot.
Rev. kamphoefer was here Monday.
to hold quarterly meeting.
Mrs. Green was q Denison visitor
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broder Boysen are out
at their farm caring for the sick.
There were the most sick people
in and around Deloit the past ten days
that has been known for many years.
Nearly all are able to be about again.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
John j. Mcmahon, France

Mrs. Mary Mcmahon has kindly
handed us the first letter which she
received from her son, John, who re-
GENTLY landed in France. John went
|overseas with a company from Camp
Forest and landed just in time to take
part in the peace celebration.
Nov. II, 1918.
Dear Mother:
l have not written since landed,
but l,suppose you got the card | mail
led when we were getting on the ship.
The weather here is real damp and
THE ground is wet, so there must have
been a great deal Of rain before we
landed I guess we must have landed
lin very poor part of France. We
don't see any young people. Just chill
dren and old folks, but there are lot
of American soldiers in camp here so
we feel more at home. It. seems
strange to see so many stone walls,
and it sure must have taken lot Of
work to build them. There is a Y. NJ.
G. A. here where we can buy tobacco
and cigars. l surely was glad when
we landed as / was getting tired OF
seeing so much water. None Of the
.boys4in our company were very sea-
sick and they all are feeling fine now.
When we landed we took little hike
from the ship but did not get nearly
as tired as did when we took the
hike to the boat before we started. !
Everybody here seems to think the
war is over and the French were cele-
brating yesterday. I saw some Ger
mans working on the road here and a
negro was guarding them. There are
quite a few negroes here. from the!
states, and lots of marines too in
camp. would like to have a chance
to go out and look around little
Yesterday when i was eating dinner
somebody came and hit me on the
back. and when I turned around 1t
was Tommy Alberts. sure was glad
to see him. He said he was talking
TO Hugo Reimers the day before and
he told him that Frank Johnson was
in the same bunch, also that Alex,
Aebischer had come over with him.,
but he had not seen him since they
landed. had no idea that would
meet anyone from home here so soon.
/ suppose it will be a long time be-
fore get any mail over here, but |
will write as often as l can. If you
don't receive any mail you will know
that am all right anyway. You cans
tell the rest of the folks that am O,
X. because can't write to them all.
| suppose everybody around Denison
is looking for peace3every day.
Well, l believe this will be all for
this time as don't know just what is
allowed in a letter. Hoping everyone.
is well, am your loving son, John.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11

= j !. 1~. 4 = . =
U. S. Dunbar has bought the meat
market again. .. i.
w. T. Huckstep was in town Satur-
day. He reports his sick folks on the
mend. "a. x :, A. a..
Mrs. Newton Brogden received word
from Ft. Collins, Colo. this week that
her relatives, Mrs. Bertha Martz and
daughter, had died November 25th.
Jennings Newcom is visiting rela-
itiyes in Deloit
Mrs. George Newcom, Of Odebolt,
spent the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
James McKim.
Henry Boysen is on the sick list.
Miss Dorothy Green commenced her
school Monday at the Riggleman
school, but is now very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzen, of the Huck
step farm, have a fine baby at their
home. Mrs. Klamath, of Deloit, is
taking care of them.
Alma Dobson, of South Dakota, has
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
Pvt. Vim. Il. Roaoe, France.


The letter following was written
by VIM. Royce to Mrs. Rogge Of. this
city the day peace was declared. He
states that everywhere people are eel
ebrating the good news and he hopes
to soon be returned home. ),
Ny Dear Wife:
/ am feeling fine at present and
hope you are not worrying about me.
as I am just as safe as if! were home,
only / would much rather be at home.
This Is surely queer looking coun-
try, the land is in such small lots, OF
three oryfour acres to piece, and the
people look very poor according to
our people. The women do most. OF
the work here for the men are all
gone. You do not see any young men
around. and SO many people wear
mourning. They still have all the
old fashions and wear wooden shoes
Just like a hundred years ago. The
houses and buildings are mostly of
rock and the horses and cows and
people all stay in the same, building.
1t surely looks funny to ME. Il will
be able to tell you more about this
country when get back home.
Phil Ransom and are still togeth-
er, ond suppose we will come back
together. wonder what all the good
people are doing back home, and how
all the folks are. The weather here
is Just like a summer day and | hope
it stays this way as long as am here.
suppose they had big celebration
when they got the good news at home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11

Ft. Dodge Messenger: The kaiser
has arrived in hell. In all probability
he has been there. most of the time
since the finger Of fate pointed out to
him the handwriting on the wall.
From the time he has been conscious
that he would be defeated and that
all his ambitions and dreams We're
not to be realized he has been in hell.
For minds that are tortured are real
izing the, fires of hell. Can you mag
ing any more severe punishment than
William Hohenzollern is now endur-
ing and will continue to undergo?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
From the Boys
Sgt. Martin Saggau, France

).
Below we publish two letters receiy
ed BY Mrs. John Saggau from her son
Martin, who is in active service with
the, .313th supply train. Martin lis q
truck repair man and his work brings
him not far behind the LANES, although
he states that he is not in DANGER
K, "a. ,sr Oct. Is, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Well here goes, to let you know that
we are still on deck and feeling fine.
We are doing our work now, and are
not very far behind the lines, but are
not in any danger as we never 60 up
with the trucks. All we do is to look
them over every morning when they
leave here and see that they are all
right, so you see we are not working
very hard.
wrote you the other day and sent
a Christmas coupon, but forgot to tell
you that the thing we would like. best
would be good field glass, but l. sup
pose by the time you get this it will
be too late. We could buy one here
but they cost SO much Money is pref
ty scarce in this league, but it doesn't
make much difference whether we
have any or not as you can't buy any
thing worth while.
Hannes Johannsen came over here
the other day to see us. He found out
where we were from one of our trucks.
Our drivers come back every once in
a while and tell us that someone told
them they knew us. The other day
Leslie Hunt came over to see us and
1--WE sure were surprised, because you
know he left DenisOn long time ago.
How is grandmother getting along !?
Give her my best regards. We are
having pretty good weather now, only
it gets pretty damp, and most Of the
boys have bad colds. had little
touch Of it for a couple Of days, but
am all right now.
must close for this time. Give our
best regards to all the. folks and tell
Eddie and Harry they should see some
OF the air fights.
Your loving son, Martin.
Nov. 2, 1918.
Dear Mother:
l have a lot of time to spare today
SO will write again and let you know
we are still on deck and feeling fine.
We have been having. some great
weather over here, that is as far as
cold is concerned. 1t has frozen a
couple of nights, but always warns UP
during the, day. | got letter from
Harry the other day, but he didn't say
anything about hearing from here, and
l haven't heard from you, so sup.
pose a great deal of the mail gets lost.
/ suppose when you get this letter you
will be getting ready for Christmas.
i suppose we will have a great one
over here, but guess we can get
along even if we do miss one, as we
can make up for lost time when we do
get there. We are going to move
again in a few days, but don't know
where.
How is everything back there, and
how is grandmother. If you don't hear
from me again before Christmas don't
eat too many ducks. l know you can
eat quite heap, and would sure like
to be there and help.
Your loving son,
Sgt. Martin Saggau.
Co. F, 313th Supply Train
Amer. e. r., A. P. 0. 1876.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
A Square Deal to All

The people here sure feel good about
it, and suppose you all feel the same
at home. Airplanes of all descrip-
tons are to be seen at all times, flying
over here. 81 sSs =. F.s Il
My address is changed and is now
Co. Is, Det. B., j. AR. D. Inf. fl. Camp
Gordon A.. e. F. That means July
Automatic Replacement Draft from
Camp Gordon.
1t is almost supper time so must
quit now.
Your loving husband,
VIM. H. Rogge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11

Having saved the country by get
ting themselves reelected as far as
possible the congressman are now
free to return to Washington and do
business.