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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
Gift petticoats of beautiful silk
Gifts Any Woman Would Be Charmed With

For they are made of finest grades of jersey silk and
taffeta silks. Many are entirely of the jersey silks
Others are with jersey foundation and fancy silk
flounces, also all taffeta silk skirts, and each skirt is
cut along the lines to conform with the lines of the
present day dress, and every beautiful color selection
is here in a price range from
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
HARRY M'DOWELL
BURIED HERE TODAY
Soldier Who Was Victim of
Pneumonia at Missouri Camp
Is Laid at Rest

Harry Russell cDowell, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. John Mcdowell of Finley,
died of pneumonia at jefferson Bar
racks, Mo-, on Friday, Oct. 18th, and
was laid at rest in the Kennewick cem-
etery this afternoon. Services were
conducted from the Methodist church
at two o'clock by Rev. ]. H. Harvey
and the business houses were closed
during the hour of the funeral.
Private Mcdowell entered the ser
vice of his country from Montana the
first of October and contracted influ-
enza about the time of his arrival at
camp. This later developed into the
dreaded disease which has caused so
many deaths in the army camps during
the past two or three months. The body
arrived here last Tuesday noon, being
accompanied from camp by Sergeant
Graves, who returned yesterday.
Deceased was q years old. He is
survived by his parents, who came to
Finley about month ago, and by a
brother, Frank, who lives in Montana
and who was in attendance at the fun
eral.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24

I've been broke ever since hit France.
Didn't mind it at first, but now that
we are where we can buy something
it's tough. They have lots of jam
and grapes to say nothing of wine and
beer. Wish We could get paid. I'd
have to quit smoking if it wasn't for
the government issue. I've got two
months pay coming, too. Pm not
kicking, tho, for they'll pay me when
they can. &c.. '.. e
And listen, mother. Don't worry
when you don't hear from me. When
we're on the hike it's hard to write
and I'm often too tired to write any
way. I'm all right and I'll get let
ter off some way at least once a week.
This isn't the States, you know, and
while I'm here today, God only knows
where I'll be tomorrow. And that
don't give a man much spare time.
And even when we are in one place
we have plenty to do. 1t isn't like
Keyport. I'll always consider that
as the big vacation in my life.
Must quit now. This is all my pa
per. It's hard to get if you're broke.
Don't worry about me. I'm fine and
getting as tough as the proverbial
army mule. We get plenty to eat,
and I can sleep any place.
Give my regards to all my friends,
and you know that Pm sending all my
love to you and Dad and the kids. And
more love, from
WILLIAM.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24

suspended. 1t was recently announced
by General Crowder that he wanted all
of the men in Class / in camp by jan
uary l, 1919, and the district boards
thruout the country were so notified.
1t nov. seems, that, owing to the fact
that this troublesome infection has so
spread thruout almost the entire coun-
try, it may not be possible to carry
ou this program on time. 1t appears,
however that the medical authorities
are meeting with much success in deal
ing With the malady, and it is claimed
that the real crisis has been passed in
many sections of the country. If so,
the delay in completing the physical
examinations of these newly drafted
men and getting them into the canton
r1ents may not seem so serious.
DR.. Ray Garland Of Gloucester,
Mass, where the influenza epidemic
death rate has been large, says that
baking soda and water, taken three
times day, has been found the most
efficient preventative.
"Where the other people in the
house have not already contracted the
disease, this has been used effective
ly," said DR.. Garland. "In no instance
that I know Of has person who has
used the soda under these conditions,
contracted the influenza"
DIR. Garland said that a teaspoonful
of soda should be used to a pint Of wa
fer and glassful should be taken
three to four times daily.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
TOTAL NEAR
HUNDRED THOUSAND
Eight Hundred Subscribers Put
Kennewick Over Quota by
Several Thousand Dollars

Kennewick "went over the top"
with $i2,143 to spare in the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive, according to fig
ures furnished today by Chairman M.
w. Mattecheck. This community's to-
tai subscription was $97,050, made up
of about 800 individual subscriptions.
This indicates that the average SUBJ
scription was close to $125, almost $50
more on the average than in the third
loan campaign of last May, when 700
subscribers raised S51, 500.
s This gratifying total was raised
without the aid of any personal solici--
tation.s "A quota-list,was made up by
the committee and cards mailed to all
those who were considered as having
the means to subscribe. This first no.
tice was augmented later in the drive
by circular letters to those who had
not previously responded, but no att
tempt was made by the committee to
personally interview any of those who
failed to come up to the quota allotted
to them.
The list of those who are considered
to have Stacked" on their subscription
-, 4L;r ,ry,,,,~s rr,, Is x,r,.x, e,,, y,d fbn
committee wishes to thank the people
of this community for their very gen.
erous response.
+ 1t has been proposed to place in the
public library a list of the subscribers
to this loan, thus furnishing perma-
nent record of the patriotism Of the
community for the benefit of the sol
diers when they return from their task
of helping restore the peace of the
world.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
HARRY MAUPIN DIES
AT NAVY HOSPITAL
Sailor Boy Succumbs to Pneu-
monia at Key West After a
Weeks Illness

A telegram bringing the sad news
of the death of her son, Harry, was
received Monday forenoon by Mrs.
Angeline M. Maupin, from the medi-
cal officers in charge Of the naval hos
pital at Key. West, Fla. The message
stated that death had occurred at 2:SO
that morning and requested directions
as to whether burial with military hon
ors should be made at Key West or
whether the remains should be sent
home. The family have arranged to
have interment made here and the
body is expected to arrive here by SAT-
urday and will be laid at rest in the
Kennewick cemetery.
Death was due to pneumonia, rela-
tives here having received two tele-
grams last week stating that the i'll
ness was severe. Deceased was "a
4 . H Il.
years old and enlisted from Richland
in the navy in April of last year. He
was promoted from apprentice to first
class seaman after three months SER
vice and was later made coxwain and
captain of one of the gun crews. At
the time of taking sick he was one Of
the crew of the U. S. S. Marblehead.
Besides his mother the following
brothers and sisters are left to ourn
his loss: John o. Maupin, of Kenne-
wick; Amos Maupin, of Spokane; Mrs.
C. F. LazeIle, of Parkland, Wash;
Mrs. Chas. Kuntz, of Butternut, Wis;
Mrs. J. E. MuIkey, of Waller, Mont;
Mrs. Fred Bradbury, of Champion, Al
berta.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
ARTESIAN FLOW
is INCREASING
Columbia iver-Puget Sound Co.
Gets Real Water Gusher in
Cold Creek Well

That not only artesian water, but
gas has been. struck in the Columbia
River-Puget Sound Natural Gas COM
pany's Cold Creek well, is the news
which w. r. Crawford, secretary of
the company, brought to Kennewick
the last of the week.
Mr., Crawford had just come down
from the well, which is located 18
miles, from White Bluffs, Last Mon
day, he says, the drill broke the cap
rock at the 670-foot level and irnmed-
lately everybody around the drilling
rig was given a shower bath. A coll
unn Of water shot 16 feet into the air
and then settled down to steady flow
six, feet above the casing head. The
flow is variously estimated from 1000
to 1000 gallons minute.
The water is said to be highly i'm
pregnated with gas which is easily de-
tected by the real ..fizz" bubbles and
the odor. p
Drilling operations have been sus-
pended until the flow of water can be
controlled by means of ''T" inserted
in the casing 8 feet below the ground
AS, soon as this can be done the rig
will again be started and kept going
until, Mr.. Crawford says, oil is struck
Even if oil is never struck, un-
doubtedly. the, discovery of artesian
water will have a marked effect upon
the development of the upper vale
where thousands of fertile acres await
the coming Of irrigation water. Mr.
Crawford. says that several large lane
owners have already visited the vel
and are beginning to outline plans fol
sinking wells for the development Of
their lands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
UNITED WAR WORK
CAMPAIGN SOON
Organizations that are Putting
Pep into Fighting Forces
Need More Funds

Never in the history of the world
has there been so spectacular an ex-
ample of the supremc importance of
morale as is now being presented on
the westcr. front. The forces that
confront each other arc not widely dis
similar in humber or equipment. Yet
one army is constantly withdrawing
and the other irresistibly moving for
ward. The difference is spelled in a
single word morale.
Now that the Liberty Loan is over
there is just one more task for the
A American people, to provide the COM
forts of life for American boys thru
the United War Work campaign, which
has for the purpose of raising funds,
amalgamated the seven orgamza-
tions doing welfare work for the sol
diers and sailors-the Y. M. C. A.,
Y. w. C. A., K. of c., War Camp
Community Service, Jewish Welfare
Board, American Library association
and Salvation Army. =
1t is the service rendered by these
organizations that makes for the
splendid morale Of the American ar
mics. General Pershing in a recent
letter commenting on the work of the
agencies quoted with approval etthe
statement Of one Of his colonels who
said, "Give me nine men who have
a hut to spend their evenings in and
/ will have better fighting force
than ten men would be without it."
DIR. j. R. Mott, director general of
the United War Work Campaign says,
"It it is worth twenty-four billion dol
lars to keep our boys under arms next
year surely it is worth a hundred and
seventy million more to add ten per
cent to their fighting edge to bring
victory ten per cent nearer. This is
the appeal of the seven united wa1
work agencies to America and particu-
Ilarly to those four million homes
where service flags fly.
"Viewed as total sum, $170, $780,
900 seems gigantic, but divide it by
the four million men who will be un.
der arms in our army and navy during
the period it is expected to cover anc
it means less than fifteen cents a day
per man.
Surely there is no father or moth,
er or friend of a soldier in this great
country who will say that fifteer
cents day is too much to spend OF
his church, his home, his library, hi:
theatre and his club over there"
The United War Work Campaign
is being made at the request of Pres
ident Wilson.
The state quotas in the west are a.
follows: California, s4,688,750, Wash
ington, $1,27s,75O; Oregon, s676,25O
Montana, $511, 800; Idaho, $425,250
Utah, s341, 900; Wyoming, $196,075
Nevada, $s5,25O.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
wENATcHEE COMPANY BUYS.

F. ]. Bonn, White Bluffs manager
for the Wenatchee Fruit Exchange,
was here last week and closed deal
to purchase the apple crops of T.
A. Warnock, F. HI. Lincoln and w. H.
Withers. Mr.. Warnock has rented the
old Beach building and in addition to
his own apples, has taken the contract
for packing those of the other growers
who have sold to the Wenatchee firm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24

Dearest Mother:
Heven't written you for nearly two
weeks now, and / imagine you're get
ting little worried, but it couldn't
be helped. I went over the top one
morning last week and we Were on
line for five days. Some doings, I'll
say. They took us on a three-day rail-
road ride, Tin box cars) and when we
got off we hiked all night. Joined
this outfit about noon and at five we
got word to roll combat packs, draw
ammunition, and stand by to. leave.
We hiked till 4 a. M the next morn
ing and went over the top. at 5. You
can imagine that, /, was somewhat ex-
cited at going over for the first time.
Wasn't SO bad. tho. We were on the
drive and Fritz was on the run, so we
didn't see many live Germans, but we
got lots of reminders in the form of
high explosive Shells.
We were on the drive two days
more and the last day we. laid in sup
port in some woods. We sure caught
H that day! Course we We're dug
in, but dugout don't seem very big
when six-inch shells are coming over.
We had very few casualties, tho.
I guess / made, some of the old
timers laugh. The order was given
to dig in, and I had no intrenching
tools, so thought couldn't dig. Then
the shells started and you should have
seen me dig! I went under ground
like pocket gopher. Took my bayo-
net and the top of my mess gear and
went 21s feet down thru roots, lime
rock and clay.
We got relieved that night, hiked
back ways, laid in some woods three
days and then hiked all night back to
this village. This is home, too, af-
ter what we've been thru. I'm bill
leted in hay loft, with lots of straw
to sleep on and wouldn't trade it for
any feather bed / ever saw.
We all talk of when the war is over,
and we get home. 1t can't be too
soon, and I don't think it will be long.
You can see from the papers what
they're doing on all fronts and from
1
what I've seen, Heinie is about ready
to quit. It's a cinch the common sol
diers have had plenty. One thing is
sure, tho. When come home you'll
have star boarder for at least two
months. Eating and sleeping is all ]
intend to do.
Wish you could see some of this
French country. The villages are fun
ny. ALI have one big church and q
bunch of little stone houses. And
the houses, barns and hen coops are
all in the same building. You don't
see any young men out of uniform
here, you bet. It's amusing, too, to
watch the Yanks try to talk to the
Trenches. 1t can be done if you have
plenty of francs. They sure know how
to charge. That don't bother me as
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
1'FLU' QUARANTINE
CLAMPED DOWN AGAIN
Restrictions Now State Wide
Several New Cases Develop
During Week

The influenza quarantine, which was
to have been lifted after last Sunday.
was clamped down tighter than ever
Monday forenoon when Health Officer
Morrison received instructions that a
statewide quarantine had been put
into effect. About sixty per cent of
the school children were on hand ready
to go to work again Monday morning,
but were Immediately sent back home.
In addition to the ban on schools,
churches and the picture theatre, the
closing order has been extended to the
pool and card rooms, so that those who
have any leisure time on their hands
must now find their recreation out of
doors.
Several new cases of the influenza
have developed since last week. The
most serious case is that of 14-year-
old boy, Ivan Schuyler, who was taken
from train here Monday with we'll
developed case of pneumonia, and who
has since been seriously ill at the Com
mercial Hotel. Other local cases are
in the homes of Mr.. and Mrs. Hage-
man, Mrs. F. C. Woods and the Die
trich home in Richland. Mrs. Hage-
man is still very sick, but the other
cases are reported on the mend. Ray
Copeland and Mrs. Harold Fyfe are
also reported to have developed the
disease today.
In connection with the epidemic and
its effect ON the mobilization of the
national army, recent bulletin of the
General Welfare League has this to
say:
Within three short weeks Spanish
Influenza has developed and spread
so widely and rapidly that Americas
death roll here at home is greater
than that of all her huge armies in
Europe. Moreover, the number of
prostrations from this disease from
day to day in America is probably
greater than the combined casualty
lists of all the fighting forces engaged
/. in this great world war. The number
ltof cases I'M New York city alone has
Increased from total of AZ cases and
no deaths reported to and including
September goth, 1913, to 1928 new
K cases and 393 deaths in single day.
! Moreover, the statement is said to
have been made by prominent physi-;
cian-Dr. Goldwater- that the actual
number of cases in New York is about
half a million.
Ii The federal military authorities have
just announced that there are now
more than two million American troops
in the war zones. 1t was also stated
that the further shipment of troops
abroad will necessarily be curtailed to
a considerable extent on account OF
the rule, which it has been found
( necessary to adopt, of sending abroad
only those men who have not been ex-
posed and who show no symptoms
whatever of Spanish Influenza. n
The local boards thruout the country
are now engaged, except where, as IN
Massachusetts, it has been necessary
to suspend such work on account OF
the influenza epidemic. in the examln-
alton of men of Class 1, between the
ages of 10 and 81, who registered on
the 18th of September. The first call,
covering about 142.OO0 men, who were
to have been in the various canton
ments on the 9th of October, is stlll
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-24
BILL" SLY TELLS OF
GOING.OYER THE TOP
Kennewick Boy Has Been Seeing
Some Real Action with
the Marines

How it feels to go "over the top"
and dig yourself in when the Hun
shells. begin to land uncomfortably
close is told in the following interest
ing letter from William Sly, who is
helping the Marines chase the Ger
mans out of France:
Washington Journal., 1918-05-10
Srcmcr rSpciiefartc~.

Nus Der 9renler Burger eitune.
9efanntmahung iiber Die alf aor-
ten 81 peraus9ebenoen 2ebensmit-
tel. ISOLDE pom "a. Ropember bic
2. 0e5ember 1917.
gertoufspreis:
/. Set. so @ramm Butter mn
80 Wranm aunitipeiieiett ODER
Wiargarine. GerfouiSpreis: fir 80
Wramm Butter 81 Yiennig; iir
100 @ranm 81 8f.; fir 30 Or
aunitipeiieiett IA 81; iiir 30 Or
margarine IL 8f.
Ii. aartoiieln. 1. aiif &artoiiet-
farten: a. oberer Abidnitt A
Bfuno; b 8odeuo6idniitt 3 Bio.,
81 ben biSberigen @ruppenpreiien.
,. guf Observation-Disclosures iir
Sdnmerarbeiter: 3 Sio. gum 8rei-
ie bon % Hf.
Ill. aufitridmitteI. Iuf 2e-
bensmitteImorfe Nr. L ID Gilt bis
6inn 8. Ge5ember.
~. 9rot. @uf Die 9ebensmit-
telmarfe Nr. L 10. 200 @r.
Y. 3uder. Iui ole 2ebensmit-
telmorte gtr. L 2, $50 @r. auBer-
Dem berehtigt Die 2ebensmittel-
marie Scr. l. 1 nod bis gum ?.
Ge5ember 1917 our @ntnnbme pom
200 @r.
vi. eier. Gie ocbensmitteI-
marie SIR. L 5 berehtist nod bis
gum 2. Ge5em6er 1917 sur gnt.
robme BON einem 81 gum 9reiIe
BON 40 Big.
lleber Die Inrehnung Ser Gor-
toiielforte in @oihpirtldaiten nno
gemeinniisigen Speiiebetrieben bat
Der &usidpuB 6eS &reiies ScItorp
cine neile 8eror0nung erIaIien. 60
nod iino bel Der @ntnobme bon
Speiien in @altbofen uno @oltpirt-
ihoiten iopie III 9emeinniisiaen
Speiieonitalten ouf ole ISOLDE fir
cine gan5e &ortion 6 bon Den Ia
gbidnitten bel Gntnobme elmer
baIbeu Yortion 3 Gbidnitte Der
SortOffeltarte o%b5utrennen. Sen
gemeinniieigen DIFFERENTIATION uno
Ocn aantinen geperblider 8etriebe
meroen iiir 6 @odenabi6nitte Der
aartoiieIfarte 8 Pfno Gartoffcln
aeIiefert.
Washington Journal., 1918-05-10
paIhshRdlrm In Drag.
grb5rSlid fOntrUniert, 1T iie elm biniser
@riae Der Shrseriiihe.

GkUVluiAuI AVHAAbAfNAf W. " ~ NNHtb~@
@riae Der Sirsertide.
@ir Ieien I'M graeer .SoaebIott"s
anion9 Sanunr: DSn 8einberee
purOe oieier &age inter Yiihuir-
flung Der ge5irfsbnupimaHultait
un0 Oes StaOtamies ole erite oi-
ientlide 8oltsfilde eroiinet. Sic
beiinOet lid im 8aitbauie ocs s.
Soiei golnaba, 9%ronenitroBe yer.
90, uno man fam bort YiittagS-
ma6I5eiten - aud iiber Die 1alie
- UNI oen 9reis pom $50 81. bc5Ie.
ben.
Ser @rri6hng Oieies 9pps uon
&olfsfiiden lag Die Ibliht 5n
@rumOe. Die idpere Situation Ie-
ner Berionen unO SausbnItungen
ertrdgliher 5u MAIDEN, ole aus If.
geno meldem @runoe ibre Wiittags-
mabl5eiten niht 81 &ouie foben
fonnen un0 0aber aui Die beut6n-
taae befanntermaben lebr foitipieli-
&c 8erfoitigun9 in @%oitbduiern an
9enielen limo. aIs oiientlide
8olfstiiden - bon oenen norldu.
fla mir ole erite bel Soief 8alnaba
fun0iert - iino Die erittlaiiisen BE
itaurants in @einberge gepdbIt
moroen, Oenen es einerieits Our6
qeluilie 9epor5ueung bel Der In-
idaiiunq BON Sebensmitteln ermog.
lidt wuroe, ole Speiien 81 oen Dem
Wittelitanoe erreihboren YreIien 5n
oerabreiden, Ole ober an0ererleltS
unter ltrenger mo itdnoiger bebor0-
lider 9ontrole itebeu, 10 ooB iid
oos 8ublifum onraui uerlaiien
fam, tiir ieiu @elo Dirflid preis-
merte Mobl5eiteu 81 befontmen.
obne babel oen in 0en guten 3e-
It%aurouts iibliden aomiort entbeb-
rem 5u miilien.
Gie 8olfstiid)en iino in Die foot
lide 8erbroudsregelune eingeIilet,
uno eS m~iiiien oober iene Wiengen
Der Itootli6 bepirtidaiteteu Artifel,
Die 5ur SerItellung Der Speiien in
Den BoltSfiiden ueriuenoet mcrOen.
0ur6 entiprebenoe &iir5ung Der
omtliden ausueisfarten ibre Set
flung iin0en. Ole aiSfoI9ung Der
Seilnebnerforten fam oaber bis
oui meiteres nur eeeen abIieicrnng
foloen0er Observation-Disclosures
erfol9en: Sci 6Ieiid = IA So.
w66entlid, bel Wiebl = 10 WieDL
fartenabitnitte 81 ie 25 Or, ins9e-
iomt olio $50 @r. pro ISOLDE, beI
5~ettitoiien - $40 Der wodentIiden
Station.
Die 8olfsfiiden lino ieoermanm
5ugGngIib. Die Seilnebmer mill
len ieood nit amtli6en 9egitimo.
tionen perieben ieint Die in Der
aonslei oes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
oes StootomteS in @einberge,
4orI8gaIie 90, 2. Stod, Cir Nr.
8, arsgeioIet meroen. Bel auSfol,
grng Der 2e9itimation miro Die
Sleiit6e5uesforte abgenommen. be-
5ieblmgsmeile beribtigt peroen. An~
oere 4liSpeisfarten meroen in Der
Slide bel Der 8e5a6lung oes Ibon-
nements ab9egeben. 0as 9lbonne-
ment lit, minoelten oif cine ISOLDE
uoraus 81 besablen. Sir Die nidJt
obgenommenen MobI5eiten miro ei-
ne Gergiitune geIeiitet."
Washington Journal., 1918-05-10
3ebntss RapiteI.

Die Muttsr bate in Der Sot nit
S4mersen, wie man 10 gu iosm
pflest. auf i3re MannsIeuts gstuart.t.
Sic bate beute cine tleine, ober rifs
tiger gefogt. cine grobe @nttduI9uns
erlebt. Menn bic beioen IIten nit.
chamber ben Plan beIpraden. Wilim
an &inoesitatt an5unebmen, bann
bate bic Mutter INNER 5eiost: Sd
ie9e IL ben Sungen pie in einen
Spiessl Wit benz wiro ii@ nod
Washington Journal., 1918-05-10
Cities Rnpitsl.

Der Winter mar getommen. Griber
als ionit bate sr ein9eIeBt. @4on
Milts Ropsmber fam barter 6roit
uno eeraos CUR redtsn 3eit, um Die
Trisrenoen 5olten gu lhiiben, umbus
itsrts fi6 Der 9immel. 6lods auf
Glods iant berab uno oedte Die @ros
elm gum @intsri9laf. Sn Der Wir;.
i9oft got ,s ai6ts gu tun. Die beis
ben Ra9barn 1atttn iih Tor Sabren
Washington Journal., 1918-05-10
TOrtleeung foIst).

SpieImaHns Sumo r.
90 mir unier Sr1elter nidt lieber
uerIt0rfen2"
,@o3u2 Bier Stinmen iino &C.
mug"
.@ier2 Sinh bod nur 0peil"
FRA. i'd babe uniers fnurren6en
Moaen mitee5dblt."