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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
146TH ARTILLERY
STAYS ON JOB
Latest Report is that they will
Not Come Back It'll it's all
Over Over There

The third number of the Long Range
Sinner. the official publication of the
ssth Field Artilley Brigade, reached
the Couricr-Rcporter this afternoon.
r brings the rather disappointing news
that the seth, composed of the l46th
and 14Sth regiments, is not coming
har,a soon. but is to remain In Ger
many indefinitely. In breaking the
news to its readers, the Sniper says:
aRumors, downright assertions that
+be brigade would, and the brigade
would not leave for homo Immediately,
roxt month or not at all, rumors that
the brigade would pack up over night
and take the next train and that they
would remain in Germany indefinitely.
In fact any kind of a rumor possible
has gone the rounds of the brigade ur-
ii the average soldier of the two army
artillery regiments has been up in the
air. The Sniper realized it and wor-
ried over the jumble of choice gossip
as much as anyone.
"The comma nder of the Third Army
corps requested general headquarters
for any information that would bear
on the possibilities of the Goth brigade
going home, and received information
that the brigade would remain with
the Army of Occupation indefinitely
and that it was not proposed to return
The brigade to the United States at
he present time. 1t will remain as
army artillery of the Third Army.
|, members of the brigade have re-
allied that they have represented ar
! nv artillery in the Third Army, and
that their being in that position is
compliment to them, and a recogni-
ton of good work well done, and, too,
that while series of arnistices have
been signed between the warning ma
tions. peace has not yet been signed
and the countries are still in a state
of war. General Hagood, commanding
general of the seth brigade, states
that he hopes the brigade will be sent
home when peace is signed. While
under the present indications the stay
of the brigade is indefinite members
believe with the Sniper, that there is
satisfaction of well done job, and
if the brigade is needed, right here it
is needed is where it wants to be-"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01

Hogan as brigade adjutant. Lieuten-
ant H. H. Morton assumed Captain
Jeffrey's former post as adjutant OF
the 146th F. A., position he had held
for five months with that of opera
tions officer. Captain Jeffrey had pre-
viously been adjutant and operations
officers of the Third battalion and was
for time in command of the battalion
when Lt.-Col. Weyrauch was given
command of the regiment"
In another column the Sniper tells
of "aJeff's" being snowbound. It says:
Col. P. H. Worcester, 146th F. A., Col.
Frank B. Clark of the inspector gen.
erals office, and Capt. Frank R. jeff
rey were snowbpund in the Vosges
mountains last week. When they
reached the little resort town of Bel
fort eleven kilometers from the Swiss
border they were unable to proceed
farther by motor. The two colonels
proceeded to the artillery school at
yaldahon by rail, but Capt. jeffrey re-
mained for a three days vacation. The
snow was knee deep, providing excel
Lent skeeing and tobogganing. After
three days the captain was able to re-
turn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
BOSTON SPEAKER .
HERE FRIDAY EVE
DR.. Ora Samuel Gray will Lee.
ture on the Essentials of a
Good Town

DIR. Ora Samuel Gray, of Boston will
give free lecture at the high school
building Friday evening of this week
on THE Essentials of Good Town"
: DR.. Gray comes to Kennewick high
ly recommended as an eloquent and
convincing speaker who has made a
close study of community building.
His lectures are humorous and enter
tanning as well as highly instructive
and inspiring. He says, 3The success
of any town is dependent on the un-
selfishness of its citizens; upon the
willingness of at least q few to make
the public good their private interest.
If your town is not worth boosting, it
is not worth living in. If you are not
interested in boosting it, it will be bet
ter off without YOU"
DR.. Gray will arrive in the city early
tomorrow morning and some time dur
ing the day will address the high
school students on "How a Boy Can
Make Good"
While there will be no admission
charge to DIR. Gray's evening lecture,
a collection will be taken at the close
of the lecture.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
BIG CROWD MEETS
VICTORY SPECIAL
People. Turn Out to See Returned
Men and Captured Trophies
In Spite of Short Stop

Altho the Victory Loan special train
stopped in Kennewick less than thirty
minutes ast Friday evening hundreds
of people were at the N. p. station to
get glimpse of the many trophies of
war ard to hear rr1e.' talks by some
of the returned soldiers who gave
praisewoTthy service IL. the great war.
The train was. In charge of First
Lieutenant larry +. Hanover; air SER
vice, of Seattle. The chief speakers
were Capt. E. X. Brown, of Ellensburg
of the 7th field artillery, Corp. j. Rich
ard Dillon, S. A. T. c., Seattle attor-
ney, Russ Simonton, first class yeo-
man and state representative of the
American Legion of Liberty, re-
turned soldiers and sailors organiza-
tion. Mr.. Simonton is also publicity
director of the train. One of the fea-
lures of the trains stop was the "ev-
erybody sing" stunt, directed by Paul
Moher, Co. H., 18th infantry and a
professional actor in Chicago.
Perhaps the most interesting man in
the party was Major E. Lowry, an
American soldier of fortune, who was
covered with medals and looked the
part Of a real soldier and regular
fellow. Ever since he has been old
enough Maj. Lowry has headed for
any worthwhile scrap in any part of
the world, and he has made good in
all of them in which he has mixed, hav-
ing served in capacities from private
to general in several foreign armies
He wears the Croix de Guerre with
Palm, the Cross of st. George, the Or
der of the Lion and the Sun, given him
by the Pasha of Persia, and the order
of the Liberator of the Republic (Ven-
ezuela). When Uncle Sam took q
hand in the big war Lowry was one od
the first to get into it. He enlisted as
a private in the Spokane Machine gur
company and finished up with the
rank of major. He served Ia month:
| in France and altho in many of the
big engagements he came thru with.
out a scratch.
Other men in the party wearing
medals were Sgt. D. II. Buch, 104th in
fantry, wears the Croix de Guerre will
star; First Class Private G. F. M. Mel
son, First Gas regiment, wears the dis
tinguished Service Cross.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
KENNEwIcK GOOD FIELD

Barney Segrue, of Cashmere, repre-
sentative of the Northwestern Fruit
Exchange, is working this week with
w. L. Craver, manager of the Kenne-
wick-Richland Fruit Growers company
in extending the membership Of that
organization. Mr.. Segrue, who is one
of the best known fruitgrowers in the
Northwest and former president OF the
State Horticultural association, was
one of the organizers of the Cashmere
Fruitgrowers Union, which is now one
of the strongest cooperative market
ing organizations in the state. he
saws Kennewick offers exceptional ad-
vantages for building up strong CO.
operative marketing organization.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
ORGANIZING Y. W.

Mrs. Charles Basey, Y. w. c. A.
field secretary with headquarters in
Seattle, spoke in the M. E. church
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. Mrs.
Basey is organizing Benton county for
active "Yn work. In each community
three groups or clubs will be organic
ed, the girls in the teen age, the high
school girls and the business girls.
A county leader will be employed to
direct the. activities of hese several
units along physical, educational, so
cial and religious lines.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
SOLDIERS SHOULD BE
CAREFUL OF INSURANCE
Returned Boys are Warned to be Care
full Not to Take Advice of Ir-
responsible Insurance Men

Returned soldiers and sailors can
get free information regarding their
Insurance by seeing Messrs. Trenbath
& Tweedt, who have been appointed
by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
at Washington, as capable of giving
such advice. They want all men re-
turning from service who are not abb
solutely certain regarding this insur-
ance to ask about it and particularly
the manner of converting these policies
and to be careful not to take the adj
vice of some stranger when he ap-
proaches them with his own insurance
and advises them to drop the govern
ment insurance and take Lis own. Life
insurance men all over the country
have offered their services to the gov
ernment free of charge with the idea
of having the men keep this insurance,
which is looked upon as the best, and
cheaper than any other insurance now
written, and the feeling is general that
any life insurance man who urges the
man who is entitled to government in
surance to drop it, is not fit to be in
the insurance business.
L. E. johnson said it is crime fol
any life insurance man to try and sub
stitute his own companies policies fol
the war risk insurance, when there
are so few men entitled to secure th'
benefits of it, which only comes tc
those who have been in actual service
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
NO KICKS

The hearing on the proposed inn
provement of the city streets Tuesday
evening wasn't a hearing after all,
but a sitting. Nobody registered any
kicks and there was nothing to hear,
consequently the street Improvement
committee of the council viii carry the
improvement forward as rapidly as
possible. Engineer Stradling, of Han
ford, has been engaged to prepare the
estimates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE

More than one hundred members of
the I. o. o. F. gathered at their hall
Saturday evening and. appropriately
celebrated the one hundredth ami
versary of the order. The address of
the evening was delivered by Rev. r.
A. Atkins, grand chaplain. Tuesday
evening a number of local Odd Fellows
and Rebacahs motored to Alfalfa to
attend the anniversary ceremonies
there.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
CAPTAIN F. R. JEFFREY
NOW BRIGADE ADJUTANT
Aennewick Attorney Gets Another
Promotion-Snowbound in the
Vosges Three Days

Jeff" has gone up another peg.
ne mas stepped up from regimental
so,utant to brigade adjutant. How it
happened is told in the columns of the
long Range Sniper as follows: Cap
saln cicero F. Hogan has accepted an
appointment in the judge-advocate
seneraps department in the Office of
me provost marshal, Paris. Captain
frank R. Jeffrey succeeded Captain
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
REcITAL sATuRpAY

The musical recital given by the
pupils of Mrs. T. B. Hopkinson at the
Liberty Theatre in Pasco last week
will be repeated in the local Methodist
church Saturday evening at 7:S0 o.
clock. Complimentary tickets may be
obtained from Mrs. HopIxinson or any
of her pupils.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01

Lumber for the Wenatchee Valley
Fruit Exchanges new warehouse has
been delayed, but delivery is promised
this week and building operations will
start as soon as it arrives.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
A Farmers Mistake,

One winter morning in December an automobile with six or seven pas sengers went rumbling along the hard frozen country road. There was also another person on the road, and who should it be but an old farmer from the country carrying eight or nine milk cans to be shipped into the nearby city. Those people in the automobile were hurrying to get the train to New York
 "Honk, honk honk!" sounded the large automobile, but the stubborn old farmer did not move an inch. He just rode quietly along without saying a word The driver leaned forward and re-sounded the horn, but in vain for the farmer looked like a statue
 The old farmer suddenly pulled his reins and the horse went to one side. At the same moment the automobile also turned.
 Crash!! bang crash! went some- thing and broken glass and milk were seen flying in every direction. The old man did not look to see what happened, but turned to the crowd who as soon as they caught sight of the old man began to laugh.
 The old farmer was angry and as he shook his fist he cried, Laugh as you may but my motto is, the one
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
In Honor of Roosevelt.

This morning, in the weekly assem- ply in school. we devoted the regular time in having exercises in honor of the late x-president, Theodore Roose- welt who died Jan. s, 1919. We sang his favorite songs and then the prin- cipal read to Us the life of the great statesman.
 stopped with our work in school at 2 o'clock for two minutes. 1 was just il the typewriting room at that time and so you can imagine what Il still hess retgned when the loud clicking of fifty typewriters stopped all at once. It was the least we could do to show our love for the noble American.
 He was as loyal an American as could be found anywhere. Everything he did was for the good of his be- loved country.
 He was shocked by news of his son, Quentin, being killed, but still he said he would rather have him dead and know that he did his duty to his country than to have him living and know that he was a stacker HANNAH BOSSART, Age Is. West Hoboken, N. J.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
Norwich.
Kate's Plan.

Tom had found an old bowl witt {; verse written on 1t in Drown. lie showed it to his sister, Ka.e.
 Why" said Kate "That is the bewi grandmother sent to me rom Scot land for my oatmeal when I was q little girl, and Tom, the word neat doesn't mean just beef anl hacol. ana such things. Ii means everything we eat. We children in America have ali we want and are thankful for it.
 "I suppose sick people are those who have food and cannot eat" said her brother, thoushtfully.
 Why, Tom, have you forgotten the poor people of Europe?" asked Kate, NO, indeed, I haven't, said Tom T wish we could help then to ha,c meat, too, sister"
 Well" said Kate. q have pin, Let's pretend the bowl is :L bank and save food in it instead oT pennies, Every time I go without sugar on my oatmeal, Or you take a small piece of butter, instead of a la-ge one, each will write it down on a piece of pa- per in the bowl"
 Agreed" said Tom. Wen heg,E right now and at the rnd of mGErh we'll count Jp and see who has save the most meat for those who Walt l. ELIZABETH BALDWIN, Age g. 1 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
An Ideal Friend.

I have the good fortune to have
 many friends and more than one real friend" but there is one dearer to me than any. To begin with she ie my oldest friend, and never in my life have l been separated from her for more than a few hours at a time We think alike in everything, althoush she is much older than I an and d great deal more clever and experi- enced
 Our ideals are the same our hopes, our aims, our notices, indeed in ev- erything as I have said, we think alike. Small wonder then that 'when one of us is ill or in trouble the other is in consolable.
 My friend plays with me, toe, at any imaginative games which I like 1 SC much, and she takes a deep inter est in all that I do. I in return do all
 1 can to help her. Were I to write fer hours I could not tell how much she has done and does for me; but think
 anyone will understand when I say | that my special friend is-AIotner! 1 HILDA COLLIN, Age 13. l Plainfeld.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
5essie's Don't Knows.

Bessie was four years old, and mother said she had bad temper for every year Of her life.
 Bessie had slipped out of bed on the wrong side that morning, and sne felt unusually bad tempered, so when her mother said: What do you want for your breakfast this morning, Bessie, dear?' Bessie only answered with a snap: "I don't know!"
 Do You want your egg fried" ask cd mother
 Don't know" she promptly replied.
 Would you rather have it scram- Il,6?"
 Don't know"
 But something came to mother. She said it was an idea, but Bessie Knew lit couldn't be that Nevertheless moth CT set herself to the task Of scramo- ling the eggs, toasting a slice of bread, buttering it. putting the egg on top and cutting the whole into little inch squares, all of which she accomplish ed so quickly that Bessie had hacdly i time to look at her. Let's call the little sduares Don't Knows" said mother Bessie forgot to bout and began tc laugh. She ate the Don't Knows and said they tasted good; ard nearly 1 every morning after that for q Icrc 1 time she wa1ted Don't Knows" fo] ] her breakfast.
 ] GLADYS LAWTON, Age il. Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23

Clara's grandmother gave her a fur scarf for Christmas. It was white with black spots, and it had blue ribbons to tie. Clara liked it very much. It was so pretty, warm and soft. She wore it to grandma's, auntie's and on many q merry sleighride. Sometimes she would pet it and call it, Pretty pussy" as if 1t were alive.
 Mamma told her always to put her srarf in the closet when she took it off Clara did not mean to disobey, but one day she was in a hurry andforgot, she threw the scarf on mammas bed and ran down stairs to play with Helen Brown.
 Pretty soon Clara's little dog came into the room. His bright eyes spied the scarf. Ho," he said to himself. Heres pussy" Now won't l play with her!"
 So he jumped and danced and pull ed the scarf off the bed. He rolled over and over with it until it was all around him.
 Clara's mother came into the room. She saw the strange thing rolling about the floor. White fur and brown curly hair were all mixed in a ball. A pair of bright eyes peeped out and then came a tiny white paw. 'G ou mischieYous dog" she said And she shook the scarf gently and rolled him out. It was scratched and the blue silk lining was torn. But she did not scold the dog. She called Clara and showed hir the scarf.
 You naughty dog)) said Clara and | she lifted her hand to strike him, but | mamma caught her hand. It was not the dogs fault" she said, "a careless little girl left it in his way. The dog didn't know better, but the little girl did. Whose fault was it | CIara?"
 Mine" answered Clara, I'm sor- ry'
 Mamma took her work basket and mended the blue silk lining very nice 1 ly,
 "Try to remember next time" she said, and Clara did try and she kept her scarf nice for 9. long time. 1 BEATRICE ABLEMAN, l
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
Plainheld.
Mary's First Skating Lesson.

Mary was a little girl about years old. Her mother had bought her a pair of skates for her birthday which was on the 11th of January She was very anxious to learn how to skate so the next day, which was Sunday, her father, who was a good skater, took her to the pond. When they had got on their skates Mary's father said, Try and see if you can skate all alone.'
 Mary no sooner had got on the ice than she fel down.
 Then her father thought of a plan. He said. Try and see if you can race me. l will not go very East"
 Mary agreed to try it, so he said One, two, three-go."
 Mary was not thinking about being afraid of falling, so she gave a big spring and off she went When she had taken about three or four strokes dOwn she went. Her father said: You cannot expect to learn in one lesson. You will do better next time, ? So they went home.
 EDITH COLLIN, Age S.
 Plainfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
me with food for thought ever since.
 HELEN BRAUMAN. Age l2. Norwich
The Story of the Camel. 7

I am a camel. My name is Jimmy. My home is in a hot and sandy coun- try called a desert I am very hand some animal, and I am useful. The hump on my back is only a big lump of fat. That can be called my store house, because l store the fat there and use it when I need it. The fat Is to keep me alive when 1 have no food. I have another storehouse in which I carry water. When l drink water it goes into the cells in my stomach. When l start on a journey my lump should be large and fat Then can go few days without food. I can go a few days without eating or drinking. The water which stored in my stomach keeps me from being thirsty when I go a long way off. Such a journey would be very hard for me and my master.
 Once I was caught in a big hot sand storm. I laid down and shut my nostrils out of the hot sand storm. My master laid down beside me until the hot sand storm was over. Them when it was over, we started again on our journey. I have odd looking feet. They look like large flat cush- ions. Without these cushions l can not travel in the hot sandy desert.
 Men can not cross the sea WlthOut ships, so men cannot cross the deserts without camels. So camels are called the ship of the desert. Jimmy sheds his coat of hair every year. This hair is made into coarse cloth, and brush es. His flesh and milk are used for food. When the milk gets thick or sour, it is much liked by the children in the East. Tine children in the East say that it is just as good as fresf milk from the COW.
 In the olden times the people dressed i the camels very pretty. Their backs are covered with rich clothes, an( beautiful chains. Did you ever heal ! of a camel litter. IL is a large couch or covered seat that is fastened on tht camels back. Wealthy people, womer and children ; ride in these filters ! Sometimes there are two cribs or bas 1 kets hung on the camels back, one ol each side. It is not fun to ride in thes | filters. The eamels can go as far as ; l hundred miles in day.
 The camels are much used in tn country where our Lord Jesus Wa born.
 FRED BAUER,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
We Shall Feed Germany.


 Dear Uncle Jed:-An entertainment was given here Dec. IS. 1918. We made topics ourselves and they were corrected and given back. five speeches were given back and I got one. This was it:
 The question is asked, Shall we. or shall We not, feed Germany 1 say Yes. We call the people of Germany inhuman because they let the people of Belgium and some of our soldiers starve, Do we want to be ciassed with the people Of Germany by let ting them Starve? No! If we starved the people of Germany would it be humane? No! It would be heathen1sh and inhumane. Yet, some even srg- gest that we adopt the Germans heartless customs of starving our enc mics.
 Lincoln in his Gettysburg speech said: We should have malice toward none, charity for all True Americans should live up to this speech. Ii IS impossible to pick out the guilty ones. It would be better that 99 guilty should go unpunished than one innocent should suffer. Shall We starve them and make them commit more crimes, or shall we return good for evil and perhaps many will re- bent.
 If we refuse to feed them we will be lowered to their level It is 9 hard pill to swallow, but We cannot cherish hate. l do not mean to lav- ishIy supply them with the Exufies of life but with the bare necessities and supply the allies first.
 50 our duty will be done though we don't enjoy the chore, and we do not love the Hun any better than be- fore. We dispense the cheese and bread, but we don't forget our dead, or the streamlets fisying red or the acres soaked with gore JENNIE LAMOINE, Age 12.~ NOluntoWn.