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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03
News of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch. June 2 1853 7
General Schofield will

HeHerAl sen O1eld Will
undoubtedly accept the of
fee of Secretary of War.
lie left here Saturday for
washington, accompanied
by Colonel J. A. Campbell
and Lieutenant Rathbourn,
or his personal staff. Be
lore his departure Satur-
day morning, the general
was waited on by num-
Der of well-known citizens,
among them Colonel w. T..
CutShaw, a wounded Con-
federate soldier, who, as
speaker for the party, ex-
pressed the belief that
General Schoficld had car
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a Closeup
Of
PerShiDS

first impression his character as man and Sol
der have made the British and, Indeed the
Foarcnch: When he landed in England in June
1916. one OF the British newspapers, whose cor
respondent had been for a long while in his
pIrttisence. compared him with Motke who
silent in seventeen languages" What General
PershinG< the master of several Philippine dia-
lects. said was little and good When General
JoHTe shook his hand in Paris few weeks later
he said to one of his stan General Pershinr
will think first and act afterwards" At ali
Junctures the general has been cool and prompt
and determ!ned. His colonel in Cuba wrote OF
MN lie is the braVest and coolest man under
fire ever sa win my life His own recorded
maXms are few; but at the most worrying
Crisis in Francc-when news OF the arrival or
American troops was published while OF
those troops were still In the danger zone al
sea-he said II do not worry and when the
days work is over go to sleep"-w. Beach
Thomas. in Harpers Magazine for June.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

In Sandusky. according to a loca, naner IN.
mud Is In some places UP to the hens Of the
ladies' skirts. This is believed to be the deep
est mud In the history OF the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

With Director-Gcneral McAdoos grant of
an increase in wages TO railroad workers.
amounting to s300,000.O00 annually. goes
his patriotic appeal that they will forget for
mer dissensions and join fundamentally in
the rendering of that service which Is es-
sential 10 military success. Labor. and par
t!culary railroad workers has Jared we'll
during the past year. Wages are higher
than ever before, and many man who
works with his hands now is able to lay by
competence for his old age. Labor has been
loyal to the colors, and moro and more as IL
comes TO realize the great end to be achieved.
ana mat IT is TO be perhaps the greatest
pehehclary' 1t will put aside all past griev-
ahces' real and fancied and respond as one
man to Mr. McAdoo's cn,rcaty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

Extent 10 which the German espionage sys-
TEN went in its preparation for war and
world dominion has been divulgcd in Lon
dons Bow Street Court, where names placed
high IN the British empire are being dragged
through the mire OF scandal There it has
Deeh put IN evidence, and not contradicted
that the kaiser's agents in times of peace
prepared book containing the names of
4Iooo vice habitues, among thcm men and
women powerful in public life Under the
.hreat OF exposure German bondage has
been pressed upon these unhappv yic,ims and
many are said TO have yielded nlacinp tbeir
regulations above their loyalty. 1t is an nm
savory, disgraceful story that is being nm
folded, but it will defeat its own purpose
through the reaction and housekeeping that
are certain TO follow
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

Every time Russia wakes up In the morning
she receives new set OF demands from Ger
many why not nave the mikman deliver them?
Germany had best do her demanding wbi1a the
demanding is good.
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Silver HnIf n.n ...


~; -; q, Jr.. FredericksburE.-A sill
nan ooilar OF 1880 is not listed az
having any special value.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

The allies seem to be refreshing rapid1y-to-
ward Berlin.
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It's up to us. Uncle Sam Is the man Il
lick the kaiser-apparently the only one t
do II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

To-day we resume business at the thrift
stamp bargain counter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

WEAVING the Baby.-1 have brought my baby
through to nine months old through your teach.
inGs, and now l must her, though ! had
intended to nurse her through the summer
don't know thing about artificial feeding; nor
about tho proper way to wean Will you please
give mo some advice on the subject?
Answer-Instructions necessarily volumnous.
Better send self addressed envelope with 3-cent
stamp affixed. to bring back the advice.
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tically poison to the body. and hence rhubarb
the facts? F. r. D.
Answer.-Many fruits contain acids nil whole
some. Rhubarb contains oxalates and therefore
has been theoretically compared with oXalic
ACID ana condemned as an article OF diet. be-
lieve It Is prefcctly wholesome. we'll
refreshing and enjoyable relish. especially pie
plant pie.
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Current Editorial Comment

What OF General Pershing, who
may one 'day have as great an
army. as any? The question is
America. II Is not, I think,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03
The Slavery
Of
Austria

against the insurgent forces at home For
some time it has been, plain that the German
not not much longer hold in subsection the Czech.
self, the dual empire would have TO face seri-
ously the alternative of federalizatio or dis
solution. Federation would imply the ultimate
political predominance OF the Slavic elements.
who in another hal-century will constitute a
decisive majority Of the population. And even
SO. II may be that the opportunity solving
iiaapsed II then the Germans and Magyars OF
the empire wish TO retain their old political
privileges. they must commend themselves to
the German Kaiser as weak barons OF the Mid
die Ages commended themselves to the greater
lords lords lsut this is the end Of Austro- Hungarian
indie pendence. The old empire of the Hans
burgs, ONCE confident Of his destiny to rule the
world. falls to the rank OF subject state. The
istenee not It,, by mutual consent, Naumann
allies. How long the Central European unit
VIII endure however. depends upon the course
public
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03
what Austria-Hunrary. i, TO

set out OF the compact of the
kaisers is military support. not.
as in the case of the old Austro-
German alliance, against Russia
or any other foreign country. but
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

"Bill OF the U. s. A." by Kenneth Graham
Dutiield (Henry Altemus Co, Philadelphia), is
book OF patriotism, in which there are war
verses of more than ordinary merit and strength
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II our friends nho favor with nianuscripts; nhu
publication Hsh to have unavailable
articles retur ned they must In MI cases senu sh"ps
for HAT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

PUBLISHED every day In the year mt 10 South Tenth
Street, Richmond. n. by The Times Dispatch Pub
fishing Co, Inc, Chnrles L. MasbroOk Editor AMI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

ADDRESS ALI. COMMUNICATIONS 70 Tho Times
Dlspatch. md not . Individuals.
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~, .S Questions and Answers.
Pass the Piep!ant Pie. Please.-I have a din,
recollection OF having read somewhers tSa rhn
barb contains some Kind Of acid which is nrac
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-03

BRANCH OFFICES: WASH
inSton. l4lG New York Ave-
nue.: New York City, Eifth
Avenue Building; Chicago.
l'copies Gas Buiiding:
phiiaIciphia. Mutual Lie
NvllulnE.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21

ers hiring help follow the advise OF
the government and provide adequate
accommodations for his help, and,
Be 1t Further Resolved, that each
local organization draft resolutions
urgently requesting the county com
missioners to provide an office clerk
for the county agricultural agent to as.
sist in handling the work of the Of
flee and to act as labor clerk.
The councils resolution to the coun'
ty commissioners follows:
Whereas, the work Of the county ag.
ricultural agent is assuming such pro-
portions that it is impossible for him
to successfully cover same and since
his work should be facilitated in ev'
cry possible way under the present ma
tional emergency, the County Agricul'
tural council does hereby resolve, that
the county commissioners provide al
office clerk to assist with the Office
work and to act as labor clerk, since
the shortage Of labor is becoming
alarming.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
SOMEBODY HASCAMOUFLAGED
OUR BASEBALL BOYS NAME
Kennewicks Punk is Now a Star
Twirler for the Marines at
Mare Island

In recent issue of one of the San
Francisco papers there appeared the
picture of the Marines star baseball
pitcher. Who do you suppose he is j?
Well, who Of course, but our Punk
who started his baseball career out in
the sand lot by the Washington school
building. Altho Punk has evidently
carried with him into Uncle Sans ser
vice some of the accomplishments he
picked up in the sand lot, he seems to
have failed to get across with his full
stock in trade. Somebody has changed
his name. They don't call him "Punk''
down there. Neither do they call him
Earl. No; he is Matt Larkin, the star
twirler of the Marines.
The San Francisco paper says: "The
boys say Matt has enough on the
ball to knock Hun into kingdom
come. He will get chance tomorrow
to go the route for the sea soldiers
and if he shows that he has got ii
Matt will get a chance to work
against the Senators at Sacramento,
March or 10, when the Marines team
play Bill Rodgers Sacramento Coast
League team"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
TO BRING FARMERS
CLOSER TOGETHER
County Agricultural Council Dis.
cusses Plans for CO0rdinat-
ing Efforts in County

Plans for bringing the farmers of
Benton county into closer cooperation
for the purpose of coordinating efforts
in solving common problems, were dis.
cussed at length by members of the
County Agricultural council who. met
here Monday with County Agricultur-
alist Lee M. Lampson.
One Of the big problems this year
is that of farm labor. While members
of the council realized that the govern
ment will render every possible assist
ance, much depends upon the farmers
themselves. Looking to this end the
council will endeavor to induce each
neighborhood to maintain its own La
bor agent who can work in conjunc-
tion with other local agents and repre-
sentatives of the government.
In doing this the council finds that
it will not be practical to make the
meeting places of the different farm
organization the labor headquarters.
This would mean that the local labor
agent would have to establish an Of
flee at the meeting places and give
practically all of his time to the work.
For this reason the labor Office will
be established in the homes of farm
ers centrally located in their respective
districts.
To aid in carrying out this plan the
council has requested the county COM
missioners to provide for the county
agriculturalist a clerical helper who
will be placed in charge of the labor
work.
Mondays meeting was attended by
nine farmers representing different
farmers organizations in the county
as follows: r. H. Bone, Walnut
Grove grange; Joe Pearson, Horse
Heaven; T. ]. Chalcraft, Strawberry;
E. H. Dunning, Vale; John Storland
and w. H. Allison, Valley club; J. w
Vickers, Highland Improvement club;
N. C. Bowles, Finley Grange.
The following officers were chosen:
Bowles, president; Bone, vice presi-
dent; Allison, secretary.
The council decided to make a coun-
ty exhibit at the State Fair this fall
and named the following men as mem.
bers of the exhibit committee: w. H
Allison, Tom Wilson, Joe Pearson and
A. p. Russell. The president was au.
thorized to make other appointments
to make up the full personnel of the
committee. The county has a balance
of $97 in the fair fund, which will be
enough to finance the exhibit.
The work Of the council is set forth
in the following resolutions:
Whereas, there is lack Of coopera'
tion in all local communities regarding
the buying and selling Of farm imple
ments, commodities and products;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Benton County Agricultural council
assembled at regular session in Ken
newick, February 18, 1918, that eacf
local farm organization be urgently
requested to maintain bulletin board
for the listing of things for sale and
wanted and that each local organiza
ton change lists with each other when
ever possible, and,
Be It Further Resolved, that the 10
cal organizations select agriculture
committeeman who are enthusiastic
and who can be absolutely depended
upon to attend each meeting of th'
county agricultural council; and,
Be It Further Resolved, that in view
of the shortage of labor that all farm
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
TO DEDICATE TWO
SERVICE FLAGS
Congregational Banner will have
Eighteen Stars and Modern
WOOdmen Six

Two service flags are to be dedicat-
|, ed this week. Sunday morning hand
some flag will be hung in the Congre-
gational church and Tuesday evening
the Modern Woodmen will hold an open
meeting for the dedication of their
flag.
The Congregational flag will bear 1s
stars for the following men who are
now with the colors:, Lieut.. Frank r.
Jeffrey, Fred Berg, Elwin Brace, En-
tgel Erickson, Martin, C. CARRIER, Will
mot Gravenslund, Charles Hunt, Lyle
Johnson, John Lauterbach, Frank Mo-
rain, Harold Taylor, Loys Taylor, Per-
Try Soth, Charles Sonderman, Bernard
Slaugenhaupt, William Sly, Clyde
Watson and Leslie Williams.
The morning service hour will be
given over to the dedication ceremonies
a feature of which will be the special
music, including solo by A. C. Hall,
and selection by the church's new
male quartet, composed of DR.. A. G.
Tullar, H. H. Davis, ]. v. Strange and
Everett Ely. The presentation address
will be made by A. R. Gardner and
the acceptance address by M. M. Moul-
ton. The dedication will be followed
hv a short Address hv Rev EaYnnhell
w. Bushnell, pastor of the church.
Special souvenir programs have been
printed and one will be mailed to each
of the men in whose honor the flag is
dedicated.
The Woodman flag will bear six
stars for the members of the lodge who
are now in service as follow: William
Sly, Hardin Andrews, Fred Grassland,
Chas. Leitch, Thos. Swayze and Floyd
Kelso.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21

seeking for the oil and feel confident
that they will soon strike it. When
the big gas well came in, the pressure
was so great that the gas shot out
above the top of the big derrick, S5
feet high, and roared like tornado.
Both of the other companies are now
drilling in the field and within short
time other wells will be brought in to
prove that Benton county is real gas
land, and within a few months we
ought to show the world that we have
one Of the largest oil fields in the coun-
try.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
FIRES FIRST SHOT

To Kennewick boy belongs the
honor Of firing the firstsscannon st
Camp Lewis aud possibly the first in
any of the national army camps. Gun
Corporal Ray Boldt, of the s346th field
artillery, pulled the string which sent
the first shell screaming across the
range at Camp Lewis. It was not un-
til an officer handed him the empty
casing as souvenir that he realized
there was anything extraordinary
about that particular string pulling.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
CHILDREN GIVE PENNIES

The children of the Washington
school last week donated $15.52 to the
Red Cross as Valentine offering. The
offering in the several rooms was as
follows: Miss Jorgensen's, $2.40; Miss
Katherine Shepardson's, SIG; Miss
Morgan's, S1.37; Miss Scott's, S1.4S;
Miss Hanson's, s2.31; Miss Pettyjohn's
s.55; Mrs. Trips, 1922; Mrs. Bones,
and Miss Pearl Shepardson's, .ixth
grades, 1878.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION
FIRST SATURDAY in MARCH
Three-Year Director is to be Elected
to Succeed M. M. Moulton
Whose Term Expires

The annual school election will be
held in the Commercial club rooms
Saturday, March 2. The polls will be
open from to in the afternoon. One
director for three-year term is to be
elected to succeed M. M. Moulton.
School affairs, like other political
affairs, have been so entirely shelved
that there are not as yet even rumors
of any prospective candidates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
LOCAL RED CROSS
WORKERS ARE BUSY
Another Shipment is Sent to
Chapter Headquarters-Many
Knitted Articles

Another shipment of Red Cross sup
plies were forwarded by the Kenne-
wick branch to chapter headquarters
last Friday. In the shipment were 81
sweaters, 64 pairs of socks, one scarf,
a. pairs of pajamas, 10 hospital bed
shirts, 4 pairs bed socks, 26 wash
cloths, 13 eye bandages, nine quilts, IL
fracture pillows, 10 convalescent robes
and large quantity of gun wipes.
The eye bandages in the shipment
were knit by the 10-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Peter.
Fridays shipment represents lit
tie more than two weeks work for the
local branch, the last shipment having
been made January 20.
What is becoming of the sweaters
and other knitted articles is shown by
the following news dispatch given out
at Camp Lewis yesterday:
Nearly 10000 soldiers at Camp Lew
is have been provided with Red Cross
sweaters, it was announced at head
quarters Of civilian relief. Already
this week 219O sweaters knitted by pa
triotic girls and women have been dis
tributed to the men Of the camp.
Many of the sweaters contain notes
from the makers and CHEEKY words OF
encouragement are offered the men.
Five hundred wristlets and 500 muf-
flers knitted by the home folks have
been distributed this week and the de-
mand for them is keen, according tu
Mrs. w. R. Van Valen, wife Of the
assistant field director, yho is aiding
in the distribution.
Keith Spaulding, of the American
Red Cross headquarters at Washington
visited the Red Cross headquarters
here this week for an inspection OF the
activities of the organization. Mr..
Spaulding said the Red Cross was do
ing a great work here and equalled in
every respect the activities at other
''cantonments.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
VOTER SHOULD
NOT CONFUSE
TWO QUESTIONS
Assessment for Maintenance
Purposes Should Not be
Confused with Bonds
NOT PAID UNTIL NEXT FALL
Per Acre Assessment Will Probably
Be Less than the Present Main
tenance Charge

Voter: in the Columbis. Irrigation
district should be careful not to con-
found the proposition Of the special
assessment with that of bends at the
Coming special election, says M. M.
Moulton. The fifteen thousand dollars
to be raised by assessment is purely a
maintenance charge and is not part
Of the purchase price of the irrigation
system. I
If the bonding proposition carries
it is to be supposed that the assess
ment will also be voted, because IL
the waterusers take ove~ the canal
they must have funds with which to
operate it. The law provides that in
August of each year the directors Of
an irrigation district shall make up a
budget of the following years expenses
to meet which a tax is levied as in the
manner Of school districts, counties or
other taxing units. The Columbia Ir-
rigation District was not in existence
last August and consequently no bud-
get could be made and the only
c.iier manner in which funds for OPP
Grating expenses can be provided is by
means of special election such as
the one to be held next month.
The per acre assessment required TO
raise this $4,000 will undoubtedly be
less than the charge which the irriga-
tion company has been making for a
double water right. None of it will be
paid until after November /, 1913.
when 60 per cent is to be paid and the
remaining 40 per cent is due some time
the following spring; in the meantime
the district will meet it's current ex-
penses by the issuance Of warrants.
The 100000 for which bonds are to
be voted is the amount the directors
believe is necessary to purchase the
system and put it into shape to carry
enough water to this years needs, and
is not the amount which it is estimated
will be required to enlarge the carry
ing capacity of the canal and TO make
repairs Of a permanent nature, as
stated in last weeks issue of this pa
per. The boards final plans were not
completed until a short time before
the paper went to press and the COM
plete details were not fully understood
by the paper at that time.
A comprehensive outline of the en-
gineer's report and the boards plans
is given in an article by Director A.
s. Goss published elsewhere in this is
sue. :
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-02-21
BRIDGE Is OPENED

County Commissioner r. p. Pratt
announced this afternoon that the
bridge across the Yakima river be-
tween here and Richland will be opened
this evening and direct travel between
the two towns, can be resumed. The
bridge as it now stands is only a tenn
porary structure, but it will meet the
traffic demands until plans for new
one can be matured.