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The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-27
PASSING OF THE "HALcYoN"

News Item: The whaling schooner Halcyon slipper her anchor while ly ing at Akutan, in the Aleutian islands, and was driven to sea in the great storm of November II. This is the ship that was once owned by Jack London. and which he piloted among the South Sea islands and later in Arctic waters" Twas on the night of the dreadful 'Tis thus the story ran The good ship Halcyon lay at rest In the port of Akutan. Right well was she named, that fairy
 ship,
 When she took her jaunty way To the palm-crowned isles Of the
 Southern sea
 And the cities of Cathay :- ,s, A spirit wild, unfetterod, free.
 As dauntless as her own, A hand that was steady, sure and
 strong
 Guided the Halcyon. And the little ship that London loved Went sailing on and on After her masters soul had passed
 Into the Great Unknown. She hear1 the call of the bitter North And met the Arctic blast, As though twere the breath of the
 fragrant South,
 Till there anne a day at last When a storm swept over Akutan,
 In the land of the Midnight Sun, Bringing word to the little ship
 That her voyaging was done 1 And no man knew when the Halcyon Alone and noiselessly, | Slipped her anchor and crept away Out to the infinite sea
 Mildred Firth Crockett. in Seattle
 Post-InteligenCer.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-27
WHY INFLUENZA SOFREQUENTLY
 PROVES FATAL

From the fountain Of influenza, whose gusher days have passed, some noteworthy lessons were learned and incontestably taken to heart. Some of the stubborn facts that are new are now worth recording and storing away for another such rainy day says Dr. Leonard Keene Hirshberg, A. B., NJ. A.. NJ D., of Johns Hopkins University.
 The natural, normal, healthy resist ance of the strongest, most fearless individuals; soldiers, outdoor workers and vigorous, self-conident men was broken down swiftly by the germs of this pandemic influenza
 The disease appears always to be caught and conveyed by contact with others who had it, which is entirely the same with measles and smallpox.
 The contagion is not air-borne. Winds. rain, vapors. smoke and night air or sewer gas, though blamed. have nothing to do with Spanish influenza. The disease is spread by contact and only by contact.
 Strange Characteristics
 The epidemic had several strange characteristics not before noted by doctors or baCteriologists.
 The disease is not the result alone of an invasion by the influenza germ, but instead double assault by both the influenza bacillus and the pneu- mococcus or the influenza bug and the germ streptococcus hemolyticus.
 As ono army surgeon, Major C. l.. if the influenza baCillus-dscover first in 1892 by Kitasato, d Japanese. and later claimed by German named Pfeffer and the pneumoCoccus lived together like father and child in q state of "symbiosis"
 Unlike ordinary pneumonia, this pneumonia has no pleurisy. no pain in chest. no cmpycma or pus in the walls next to the lungs.
 Nose bleeding before the disease is fully present is common with the first stages of fever. This appears to be due to some interference with the pas sage of blood from the right side of the heart through the lungs and the damming back of the blood in the veins of the neck and face.
 This same thing accounts for the blue-hlack "cyanosis" of the many pneumonia victims Of the scourge The venOus blood becomes checked and held back in the parts of the flesh which can not expose 1t. as the well lungs are able to do. to fresh air and oxygen.
 Red spots are frequently observed upon the backs of influenza patients with pneumonia.
 Vaccines Successful
 Almost anything which diminishes the alkali naturally present in healthy
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-27
BRJGES SUFFERED LITTLE
 FROM BOMB ATTACKS


 LONDON, Dee. 27.-Liberlted Bruges afforded striking testimony to tue work Of the ,llicd alrmcn. It ?, .ra atta ackcd by bomhcrs because the G"rmaus had made 1t an important base for submarines. It's extensive docks connected with the sea by ca nals formed a safe haven where 'hn German U-boats could be built, Gtod and repaired for their work of de struction. The raids of the allied air. men were directed solely at these ob- jcctiy,s, and dcfri'c the enormous town suffered hardly at all.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
THREE THOUSAND
FOR RED CROSS
Kennewick Exceeds its Quota by
Five Hundred Dollars in the
Second War Fund Drive

Altho the committee in charge of
the Red Cross second war fund drive
has not yet rechecked and verified the
figures, it is known definitely that the
Kennewick district exceeded its quota
by more that $500.
The totals as they now stand are,
cash subscriptions, s2901.59; unpaid
pledges, $151, making total of 3d.
O52.59. Occasional dollars are still
coming in from a few who were away
from home last week or Were missed
by the solicitors.
Tuesday evening total subscriptions
were two dollars under the three thou
sand dollar mark, with fine Plymouth
rock rooster held in reserve. The roo
ster, was donated by Mrs. E. c. Morton
of Finley, and was brought to the
committee headquarters by Geo. E.
Finley, who solicited the Finley dis
trict. At the M. w. A. carnival Tues
day evening the barred bird was sold
and resold at auction and $22 was
added to the war fund total.
The committee is well pleased with
the results of the campaign. The So
licitors did excellent work in their re-
spective neighborhoods and while here
and there a man was missed the can
vass was nearly hundred per cent
one. The assessment plan accomplish
ed what the committee had hoped that
it would. It put the campaign on
practically cash basis, which will OBJ
viate the. detail necessary to collect
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
HELPING RED CROSS

F. F. Beste of the Kennewick Har-
ness company, says there is no reason
why old worn out automobile tires
and tubes and other old rubber should
not be put to work to help win the war.
There is shortage Of rubber in the
country and demand for old tires
and tubes. The one drawback has been
the high transportation charges on less
than car lots. Mr.. Beste proposes to
absorb this expense and to give auto
mobile owners an opportunity to make
their old worn out tires and tubes do
work for the Red Cross. His plan is
outlined in his advertisement Of the
Kennewick Harness company in this
issue.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
YUM! YUM! THERE BE
JAM FOR THE YANKS
Ladies Are Busy Converting Over-Ripe
Berries into Delicacy for
the Soldiers 81

The Kennewick branch Of the Ma
tional League for WomeE's Service
desires to express their thanks to those
who so generously responded to their
appeal for jam for the boys in the hos
pital. Some have contributed jam,
while more have offered berries to
make into jam. They will be glad to
have all the berries that anyone wishes
to contribute and also any jelly glasses
of any kind, those that dried beef, or
peanut butter comes in, or any kind
of small glass containers will be very
acceptable. s... 4..-
The ladies cannot get too many ber-
ries or glasses. Look over what you
have and either leave them at Vibber-
Gifford's or phone 1484, and they will
be called for. w. ~:
A few of the ladies met at the do
mestic science kitchen at the high
school "wednesday afternoon and made
6S glasses of jam from berries fur
nished by J. w. Vickcrs, and sugar
contributed by Neuman's grocery, the
Holmes Grocery, Chas. Haas and j.
]. Reed & Son. This is only small
beginning, but shows that much can
be accomplished along this line and,
supplemented by the jam contributed
by those who prefer to make it at
home, will make nice shipment. The
ladies will make jam again Friday,
assisted by the Campfire girls.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
Big CROWD ATTENDS The
HORSE HEAVEN PICNIC
High Wind Stirred Up Considerable
Fuss in the Plowed Fields
but all were Happy

Sunday, for the first time since the
sIring picnic of the Horse Heaven
grange became an annual event, the
weather man showed up IN disagree
able mood. The morning dawned fair
and everything was lovely until the
wind started in to stir up a fuss in
the summerfallowed fields in !he hills.
Altho the wind ard dust made it
impossible to spread the dinner in the
ocen and detracted somewhat from
the pleasantness of the occasion it
detracted none from the appetites and
the good humor of the large crowd
that attended. The people. erown-up
and kiddies, all fought the dust and
smiled the while. III s...-=,.,..F
The program started at noon with
short patriotic talks by A. r. Gardner,
Of Kennewick and L. L. Lynn, former
ly county auditor. Then foll,wed the
dinner which was one of those regular
Horse Heaven dinners, with enough
of everything and some besides. TIE
afternoon was devoted to the usual
program of athletic sports and racing.
About 500 people attended the pic
mic and the flock of automobiles which
filled the big yard at the Horrel place
came from nearly every part of the
county. .s.-.#.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30

deferred payments. Last year the
Kcnnewick district more than doubled
its quota, but many Of these pledges
are still unpaid and have recently been
turned over to the local Red Cross or
ganization for collection.
No attempt was made to insist upon
the payment of the amounts assessed,
the assessments being offered as sug-
gestion. There were more who increas-
ed the amount set by the committee
than those who paid less. This fact,
together with subscriptions from in
dividuals not listed md fraternal and
religious organizations, accounts for
the oversubscriptions.
r. B. Milroy, who directed the cam
paign in Yakima and Benton counties,
reports that every section Of the dis
trict went over their quotas and the
district is well over the top. The same
is true of the state and nation, the
latest reports indicating that the ma
tion's total will be one hundred and fif-
ty million instead Of a hundred.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
FRED G. MOELLER
~ T.. DIES IN SPOKANE
Well Known River Road Farmer
Ends Life at Sanitarium-
Son is with the COlOrs

Fred Moeller, we'll known farmer
of the River Road district, took his
own life Monday morning at the
Payne sanitarium in Spokane where
he was taken for Treatment last Sat-
urday. Mr.. Moeller had been in poor
health for some time and recently his
actions indicated that his mind was
unbalanced. ~
The body was brought to Kennewick
Monday evening by Mrs. Moeller and
cousin, Mrs. Kratz, of Spokane. Fun
eral services were conducted at the
home on the River Road Wednesday
afternoon and the body will be held
for burial until tomorrow (Friday)
morning, when son, Lawrence Noel
Ter, who is in the army, is expected to
arrive from Camp Fremont, near San
Francisco.
Frederick G. Moeller was born in
Germany 81 years ago December 5,
last. He came to the United States
when 81 years Of age. He made his
home in Wisconsin for time and
then went to California, where he
made his home until nine years ago,
when he came to Kennewick.
Mr.. Moeller has always been rated
as among Kennewick's substantial and
enterprising farmers and built for
himself and family an attractive and
comfortable little place which he pur-
chased when he first came to the val
ley. He leaves his widow, three
daughters, Mrs. John Mounsey, Of
Barnston, Wash, Melissa, who is at
tending business college in Seattle,
and Elsie, who has just closed a sue
cessful term Of school in one of the ru-
raj districts, and one son, Lawrence,
who enlisted in the army some time
ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY
OBSERVED HERE
Attendance at Services Honor
ing Soldier Dead is Notice
ably Small

This Thursday morning the thin.
ned and thinning ranks of the Grand
Army of the Republic Were closed up
and a few grizzled veterans of the civ
il war, accompanied by the ladies of
the Relief Corps, followed the old flag
to where it stood over the graves Of
their departed comrades and the flow
ers of honor's tribute and love We're
laid upon the graves.
This afternoon Memorial Day SER
vices Were held in the Congregational
church. An excellent patriotic pro-
gram was given, but there Were less
than twenty men and possibly fifty
women there to hear it. The stores
closed during the exercises, but only
a few Of the business folk found their
way to the church.
This lack of expressive patriotism
on the part of the people Of Kenne-
wick was made the keynote of short
address by Mrs. S. M. Henderson. She
reviewed briefly the great service the
Old Soldiers had rendered their coun-
try and made a plea for never dying
and expressive gratitude to the SOL
diers of today when they, too, have
become old, broken and gray.
The memorial address was delivered
by Rev. Campbell w. Bushnell. By
way Of illustrating the courage, and
the spirit of service and sacrifice Of
Americas fighting men of the Sixties
he gave a vivid word picture of the
battles of Lookout Mountain and Mis-
sionary Ridge. He paid a glowing
tribute 10 the bravery and manhood
of the veterans and closed by saying
that when the last aged veteran stood
upon the divide between the known
end the unknown he would still be
holding up the old flag, still faithful
in his duty as an American citizen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
LOCAL FARMERS SHOW
FAITH in THE COUNTRY
Several Have Enlarged Their Holdings
and are Giving Attention to
Stock Raising

Local real estate records will show
that during the last two years the ma
jority Of cash deals, or outright pur-
chases of farm lands, have been local
deals. The purchases have been made
by local farmers who have made a
success of farming and are increasing
their holdings.
Among the recent transactions OF
this kind was the purchase Of the I,
w. Payne place on the River Road by
w. H. Kratzer. Mr.. Payne in turn
purchased the w. S. Hoyt place of
31.85 acres and 26.60 acres from the
Northern Pacific Irrigation company
which gives him a square between the
river road and the irrigation canal.
Mr.. Payne's purpose in increasing
his acreage is to improve his new hold
ings and make of it a stock ranch. Mr.,
Kratzer expects also to engage in the
stock raising business.
Down in the Valley Ed. Sellick &
Sons are steadily building up their
farm and engaging more and more in
the stock raising business. They have
already made fine record with their
Holstein dairy herd and they have now
added horses. Geo. Sellick recently re-
turned from Oregon with two pure
bred registered Percheron mares which
are to be used as foundation stock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
BERRY PRICES
ADVANCE DAILY
If Berries Last Long Enough
+ Market Promises to Hit a
- Four-DOllar Gait

The strawberry market is revers.
ing itself. Instead Of steady tobog.
gan slide Of prices from the begin
ming to the end of the marketing sea-
SON the price trend is upward and
there is some promise of four-dol-
lar finish instead of fancy-priced be-
ginning. Since last week prices have
been steadily climbing and If the ber-
ries keep coming the four-dollar mark
may be reached before the season has
closed. e -s:.tg s-~ -
Some of the patches, too, are revers-
ing themselves and are making a
strong finish and will yield much
heavier than was expected a week
ago. The growers greatest handicap
at this time is a shortage of help.
When it began to look as tho the sea-
son was due to pinch out week
ahead Of time the pickers began to
leave for other districts, where the
season is just beginning. As a result
there is now but little outside help in
the valley and many of the growers
find it impossible to keep up with the
ripening berries.
How the market is behaving is in
dicated by the following quotations
from the Seattle Daily Produce News.
Tuesdays issue said:
It was = wild, wild market which
made wild men of the buyers. With
but 798 crates of Kennewick straw
berries to supply a market which
could readily absorb $500 crates, it
was no wonder that the buyers fairly
hurled themselves at the statesmen in
an effort to capture few Of the
highly priced crates.
The Wednesday issue says:
Today's delivery of Kennewick ber-
ries cost $3.50 f. o. b. loading point
and tonight's shipments are being
booked at s3.75 per crate. 1t seems
to be the defined policy of the market
ing agency which is handling the
Kennewick-R -Richland Marketing Un-
ions berries to add 25 cents per crate
daily to the cost Of the berries just
as long as the traffic will stand it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
." KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON THURSDAY,

the Red Cross had 500, as the last pur-
chaser, j. E. Kissinger, of Richland,
gave the lamb back to its owner. By
this time the carnival noise had start
ed and several other articles which had
been donated to the Red Cross were
not sold. ~ .stt1nf
Up in the X. of P. hall the young
people danced and in the Emigh hall
old and young ate Strawberries and
ice cream for the privilege of which
they purchased thrift stamps. The
proceeds of the dance, amounting to
$41, was turned over to the Red Cross.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
BUSINESS MOVES

L. H. Raymond has moved his plumb
ing store and workshop from the Eakin
building to the Annis building on Sc
cond street which he recently purchas-
ed. Since purchasing the building Mr..
Raymond has completely remodelled
and refinished it. The Eakin building
will soon be occupied by the city as a
central police and fire station.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
SERIOUS BREAK
! IN MAIN CANAL
Thousand Feet of Levy is Wash
ed Out About Is Miles Above
T0wn-W0rkers Wanted

The main irrigation canal broke this
Thursday morning and the irrigat.
ed farms of the Valley and the High.
lands will be without water for ter
days and possibly two weeks. The
lower levy of the canal gave way
about mile above Flume No. 1, fif-
teen miles above the city and reports
indicate that the break is one of the
largest and most serious since water
was first turned into the canal.
Altho the break was discovered soon
after the water started thru the levy
it was impossible to stay the damage.
1t is five miles from the break to the
first spillway above and by the time
the five miles of water had poured
thru the broken levy thousand feet
of embankment had been washed out.
The soil at this place is light and ashy
and it required but little current to
male great deep cuts in the lower levy.
No sooner was the break reported
than Superintendent Sonderman began
to bend every energy to assemble a
crew Of men and teams to repair the
damage. If he can assemble as large
a working force as can be convenient
ly handled he believes he can have the
damage repaired within eight or ten
days. Owing to the distance from
town it will be impossible for but few
of the workers to come and 60 from
their homes each day. A boarding
camp, however, will be established
and hay will be provided for the horses
in cases where the owner is unable to
bring his own feed.
1t is impossible to estimate what the
damage to growing crops will be. The
damage in individual cases will de-
pend upon how recently the ground
has been irrigated. The. damage to
orchards will be slight except III those
that were needing water when the
ditch broke. Alfalfa fields that are
dry now will undoubtedly be hard hit
and the break will probably result in
a short second cutting. Harvesting
the first crop has already started and
those farmers who irrigated their
fields thoroly before cutting will prob
ably lose little if any because of the
break.
In some strawberry patches the
shortage of water may cut the crop
short but on the whole the berry sea-
son is so Ily over that the damage
will not be great. The damage to
and truck gardens will un-
1oubtedly be considerable.
1t is supposed that the break was
caused by 6 gophc. or badger altho
there has been but little trouble with
yophers in past years along this part
IF the canal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
HELP WANTED

. We must have workers-lots
of them, both men and teams, or
> the damage to the growing crops
will be great because Of the break
in the canal. If We can assemble
large enough working crew we
can save the farmers thousands
of dollars. We have established
) a working camp and workers
should bring their bedding and
feed for their horses. Call Irriga-
ton Office, phone 81, or j. r.
Quigley, phone 2095.
w. f. Sonderman, Supt.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30

After June 1, the library will be
open on Wednesdays and Saturdays
only. s..s S z-.nr .4aE .-e'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-30
LOCAL BUSINESS
MAN ANSWERS
CALL TO WAR
S. ID. Lynch Sells His Depart
ment. Store to Become Y. M.
c. A. War Secretary
MAY BE SENT TO FRANCE
Urgent Call from War Work Council
Comes to Him Unsolicited and
r =. Unexpectedly

S. ID. Lynch, one of Kennewick's
pioneer merchants, has sold his busi-
ness and will don the uniform Of the
Y. M. C. A. and enter the service Of
his country for the duration of the
war. .... .- .,as, ,u. ...n.
Mr.. Lynch's successor in business
will be p. H. Boesche, Of Spokane,
who has had years of experience in
the mercantile business in the smaller
towns Of the Inland Empire. Inven-
tory of the stock was started Monday
and as soon as it is completed the new
owner will take charge.
1t is almost ten years since Mr..
Lynch came to Kennewick and opened
up small drygoods and ladies' and
mems furnishings store. As the town
grew Lynch's grew from its small be-
ginning to one Of the leading depart
ment stores of the county and Mr..
Lynch has been prominent figure in
the mercantile history and. growth Of
the Kennewick country.
Altho he has given long hours to
his business Mr.. Lynch has found time
to be an active worker in church and
school affairs. He has been one Of the
mainstays Of the local Baptist church
and is a member Of the school board.
1t was by reason Of his activity in the
layman's work of the local church and
his especial interest in young people
that brought his ability as a leader
and organizer along these lines, to the
attention to the war work council Of
the Y. M. c. A.
Recently Mr.. Lynch was unexpect-
edly called to Spokane to meet some
Of the leaders Of the Northwest div
ision of the Y. M. C. A., who urged
him to accept position as war sec
retary. Altho Mr. Lynch declined the
offer because Of his business ties, he
came home thoroly impressed with the
possibilities for real service to his
country as Y. NJ. C. A. worker. He
at once began to lay plans for dispos-
ing Of his business and the present
deal with Mr.. Boesche is the consum-
nation of his efforts.
Mr.. Lynch does not know at this
time where he will be stationed, but
thinks he will go from here to Camp
Lewis. He prefers to serve at home
at some Of the army camps in this
country, but it is not improbable that
he will go to France. As matter Of
fact he has already been requested to
forward his photograph and other data
necessary for obtaining a passport.
He expects to leave Kennewick early
in June. Mrs. Lynch and children will
accompany him and make their home
near the camp to which Mr.. Lynch is
assigned until such time as he may be
sent overseas.
Mr.. Lynch's oldest son, Norman,
who enlisted in the army few weeks
ago, is now in Camp Mills and writes
that he expects to embark for over
seas in a. very short time.