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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03
Mem Shipment Madeira Linens

CIRCULAR CENTERPIECES are of
smoothly-woven Linen with Madeira
eyelet embroidery are finished with
plain and rose-point scallop edges, with
floral effects, butterflies, baskets and
wreaths some with center design. Size
Is inches, prices $500, $3.50 and $500
each
With more intricate embroidery de-
signs, size "a inches, prices $3.50 to
$11.75 each.
BUFFET AND DRESSER SCARFS are of
equally fine quality Linen, embroid-
cred with characteristic nicely of detail
With plain rose-point scallop edge; size
1895, $500; size 1Sx45, 5000; size 1Sx
81, $500.
With wave-scallop edge; size 1Sx45,
$3.50; size 1Sx54, $3.50; embroidered
with new basket, floral, butterfly and
foliage designs; size 1896, $S75; size
1Sx54, $500.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03

II don't know where 20 begin my
story" said Montana Jack. unless
IL Is at tho very beginning.
II was born in n small town I'm
Connecticut In the year 1881. My
father worked in wooden mill.
When I was II years old both my
parents died. and was adopted by
family named Harvey. who took
mo West with them. We crossed
the plains In 1874. Ny new found
parents opened up a general trading
store as Bannick. In Beavcrhcad
county. Montana OF course. we kept
booze. and an grew up and helped
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03

Il love TO cat at nOldt's.---Adv.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03

The -tears" of the distressed
heroine In tho movies are usually
manufactured from giyccrtn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03

LUNCHEON CLOTHS are en-
broidered with scallop edges ana
center designs.
Square Cloths, size 36x36,
wave-scallop edge, $1,000.
Circular Cloths, with rose
point scallop, beautiful en-
broidered designs of baskets and
flowers, size "a inches, prices
$3.50, $500 and $3.50. With
wave or plain scallop, no center
designs, size 45 inches, $500.
TEA NAPKINS are of unusually
fine Linen, even and firm of
weave.
With plain rose-point scallop,
$500 dozen.
Embroidered Napkins with
scallop edges, $17.50 to $22.50
per dozen.
First Floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03

Some 600. 600. 600 pounds Of cotton
are grown In Peru annually.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
GOOD INCOME
AND S SAFETY

stores in Benton county and all are
growing and all earn fair profits.
The thirty-seven employees are eff
ficient, we'll paid, loyal and well or
ganized.
The class of merchandise carried
would not, under any circum-
stances show much shrinkage and
could readily be converted into
cash at a small loss.
The undersigned has been man.
ager from the start and expects
to so continue. In case of his death
The Produce Company would rea-
lie 100000 from insurance policies.
The preferred stock shares. are
$25 each and dividends are guar
,anted and will be paid in cash on
first days of January. April, July
and October of each year, 2A
per cent each payment. We will
sell any number of shares from one
to thousand-all cash or partial
payments.
Detailed financial statement and
additional information will be fur
nished to all who are interested.
This stock will surely sell at pre-
MUM in very few years. It will
draw nine per cent from~date paid
for and is free from income tax.
All the foregoing statements are
guaranteed and will be verified
whenever requested.
THE PRODUCE COMPANY,
BY E. M. SLY, Sec. & Mgr.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

1t does not often happen that a
really high grade investment and
nine per cent are combined. This
is, however, offered by The Pro-
duce Company in its issue of Pre-
ferred stock.
The bylaws provide and it is so
printed on every certificate that
the Company must at all times
maintain a margin of two dollars
net assets for every dollars worth
of preferred stock issued. This
means after allowing for all indebt-
edness there would remain in the
possession of the Company, prop
erty worth at least twice as much
as the total Of all preferred stock
outstanding. The facts are that
were we to sell 100000 worth of
the stock this year, we would ac-
tually have net margin Of over
two and a half to one, and this will
doubtless grow still larger from
year to year. Please carefully con-
slider the above with what follows.
The Produce Company entered
the merchandise business March LIST
1909, with capital of Four Hun
dred Thirty Dollars. It's sales that
year were $4,000. Its net profits
$1,116. Each year since the sales
have increased, in 1920 will near
ly or quite reach million dollars.
Every year we have earned fair
net profit.
The Company operates four
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
Personal Mention

Howard bought cow and be-
sides what milk they use at home.
he is able to furnish us from 5 to
6 quarts a day which We are SELL
ing at 15c quart.
Mr.. E. M. Sly and his son, Bill
motored to Prosser, Monday of this
week. E. M. got chance at the
"Chinks" while he was there and
brought home two fine birds. Bill
stayed until Tuesday noon and ar
rived in Kennewick with five.
Miss Young says the pheasant
hunting isn't confined to the male
members Of the Produce Co. staff.
Sunday morning she arose at 5 a.
m, donned boy scout suit, Shout
dered her gun and went after the
"Chinks." When asked "what
luck" she reported killing two.
Good for Miss Young, and our only
regrets are, that we didn't see kr
in the boy scout suit.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
MORE PAFCO
EGG MASH

We have finally succeeded IN
getting another car Of Pafco 10.
Mash.
Pafco has become so ponpl.,
with our poultry keeping custom.
.ers that we had no end of trouble
during the time that we have baer
unable to secure it. From the hest
information that we can get. wa
will experience no further tronblo
in keeping a supply of this popular
egg mash on hand at all times.
Give those pullets and moltino
hens a chance by feeding Pafco
You will find it listed in our grain
and feed list elsewhere on this
page.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
Don't Joke Your Wife.

A well known bishop, who is fond
of a joke tells the following story
of clergyman in his diocese: This
clergyman once, in introducing his
wife to the bishop, facetiously
quoted the phrase in which Touch
stone introduces Audrey in Shake
speare's GAS You Like TT: "Allow
me to present my wife-a poor
thing, sir, but mine own"
The good lady resented her hus-
bands somewhat infelicitous jest.
and being a woman of spirit, i'm
mediately turned and said: cal
low me to present my husband-a
poorer thing, sir, but mine owner"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
SUD BRINGS IN BIG PUMPKIN.

Sud came marching into the gro
Gerry department Tuesday with a
mammoth yellow pumpkin, weigh
ing 421k pounds. After close ques-
tioning and cross examining Sud,
we found that his i'll COTTON gain
was grown by Mr.. Domenick Re-
gall. Mr.. RECALLS place is located
on the River road, and Sud tells us
there are many more like the
sample on the same farm.
: We took the big pumpkin away
from Sudler and now have it on
display in our window.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
ONLY POOLING.

1t was said OF certain village
innocent" or fool in Scotland that
If he were offered a silver sixpence
or copper penny, he would invar-
isbly choose the larger coin Of
smaller value. One day a stranger
asked him:
"Why do you always take the
penny? Don't you know the differ
ence in value?"
"Aye," answered the fool, al ken
the difference in value. But II I
took the saxpence they would new
er try me again."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
Nos. CSC AND
1874 WINS

Have you the lucky number? If
so, bring it in and get your alum
mum kettle free. Mrs. Adkins, of
Richland, won the first prize last
week.. Party holding No. 298 last
week will please call for their al
minimum kettle. Remember every
Wednesday we give aluminium
ware free. This Is Lifetime alumni
mum and all large pieces ranging
in price from SITE to $3.50 each.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
MARKET
NEWS NOTES

Butter prices tumbled this week,
and we are now retailing best
creamery at Zoe per h., which
shows cent decline under last
weeks prices. H..
Eggs advanced two cents per
dozen, making the purchase price
60 cents per dozen and selling price
60 cents.
Sugar also hit the toboggan, and
the 2 cent decline in the wholesale
market allows us to retail it at II
cents per lib. This makes decline
of $11.0O per hundred in the last
ninety days. q.
Contrary to the propaganda
about canned milk advancing, it
declined 4Oc per case. This is
brought about by good pasture and
lower feed prices.
We are informed that when the
new corn meal is ready, for market
there will be marked decline in
the retail price.
The market on rice and beans
is very weak, and no doubt, by the
time the new crop arrives, the pric-
es will be back to nearly pre-
war basis.
Owing to the ever downward
trend in the grain market we are
obliged to change our feed list pric-
es every week, and you will find a
complete new list Of prices in this
issue.
We have had so many calls for
a butter substitute lately that we
have added line Of Nutola which
we will retail at 40c pound.
We have also added small as
sortment Of galvanized tubs.
During the hot weather it was
impossible for US to handle good
line of chocolate cookies or candies
but Joe has recently added to his
cookie stock chocolate eclairs and
lady fingers.
Don buys all of our candy, and
has now added a large assortment
Of the. finest hand dipped choco-
lates.
We find that a great many of
our customers are unaware of the
fact that we handle Mazda electric
light bulbs. Well, we do, in all siz-
es. This is the time of year you
need lights in every room. Check
over your supply and include a few
Mazdas with your next grocery or
der.
Howard says this cool weather
left him with too many lemons on
hand, and to reduce his stock he
will sell lemons Saturday and all
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

With wheat crop of 77O,0OO,-
600 bushels and a carry-over Of
100,000,000 bushels, Bradstreet's
estimates that the United States
will have an exportable surplus Of
200,000,000 bushels, about half Of
which has already been sold and
delivered. By reducing our carry
over, however, We may ship as
Puch wheat abroad as last year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
A CHEER-UP SONG
(By Walter @. Doty)

Can't all be miIlionaires
Pilin' up dollars,
Can't all fill senate chairs;
Can't all be scholars.
No lamps o. magic now
Grant all our wishes.
Some have to shove the pillow,
Some to do the dishes.
Times av'rage purity good.
Let's quit our kickin'.
Eff We got all we should, -
Might be q lickin'.
Can't all be beauties tall,
Rich, complimented.
Let's see what's best of all
Let's be contented.
Peoples Home Journ
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

We hear that Mamie Moon left
home becuz her father, Bill Moon,
came in the parlor while her lover
was pressin' his suit. Whatever
Bill said, we are on his side. The
parlor amt no place for SIGH puff
formances when pusson is visit
ing. The young folks conduck
themselves scandillous these days.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

Old Hank Homebrew says, "Dog-
gone if / blame Mrs. Charlie Chap
lin fer wantin' a divorce. Imagine
having to cook all them custard
pies for Charlie to throw! Must be
like cookin' fer thrashers every
day-the whole year round.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
TO OUR FINLEY CUSTOMERS

There seems to be some misun.
derstanding among a few of our
Finley customers about the Pro-
duce Company News. This sheet is
as much for our Finley Store and
its customers as it is for the Ken.
newick store, and any regular or
special prices advertised in these
columns applies to both stores.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
BEINHART GROWS BIG CORN.

BEINHART GROWS BIG CORN.
Mr.. Beinhart, seeing the item in
The Produce Co News last week
referring to our display of large
vegetables and fruit, brought in a
huge ear of white dent corn. The
ear is 1914 inches long and has 16
rows of kernels. Some ear Of corn.
Mr.. Beinhart.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
McDOUGAL'S ROMES
ARE VERY LARGE

Being attracted by Mr.. Chapin's
fine display of Rome Beauties in
our window, Mr.. ID. McDougal of
the Highlands, went home and
picked twelve of his Romes that
weigh liz lbs, and added them to
our display, which is fast assuming
the proportions of county fair.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
LATE ROSE GROW BIG.

Seven fine specimens cf late
Rose Potatoes were brought in
from the Ed and Chris Hoole
ranch. These are fine smooth tu-
bers, and the seven weigh ten
pounds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
FLOUR PRICE
is LOWER

We are pleased to announce a
change in the price of flour this
week, and are now able to retail
flour at 1925 per sack in single
sacks or $500 per sack in four
sack lots. This is a decline Of 35
to 40c per sack under last weeks
prices.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

next week at 25c per dozen.
We have just received two bar
rels of extra fancy medium sized
dill pickles. .' -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
Sized EN- Up.

"They don't belong to the lower
middle classes"
"How did you manage to place
them so soon?"
"They pay all their bills prompt
ly and never have had scandal in
the family"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

The Judge (interrupting)-An
right, Mr.. Clerk, just add six more
months time to the prisoners sem
tence.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

Never too late to learn-except
in the case of the busy and pre-oc-
cupied man or woman who won't
take time to look at advertise
ments.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

Mr.. Lincoln took two-day va
cation this week and put in his
time working on his farm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

Boost your city, boost your friend,
Boost the lodge that you attend;
Boos the street on which you're
dwelling,
Boost the crowd that you are SELL
ing.
Boost the people round about you;
Maybe they can do without you;
But success will quicker find them
If they know that you're behind
them.
Boost for every forward move
ment,
Boost for every new Improvement;
Boost the stranger and the neigh
Dor,
Boost the man for whom you labor.
Do not be chronic knocker,
Do not be a progress blocker;
IF you'd have your home town bet
ter,
Boost it to the final letter. Select
ed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

Nlawyer was recently consulted
by woman DESTROYS Of securing
legal separation from her hus-
band. The lady told such a har-
rowing story of her illtreatment
that the lawyer was for a moment
startled out Of his usual profess
sional composure.
MADAM" he exclaimed, "from
what you say, / gather that this
man is perfect brute!"
Thereupon the woman rose with
dignity. saying: "Sir, / shall con-
suit another lawyer. came here
to get your advice, not to hear my
husband. abused"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

The Lawyer-Your Honor, ask
little more time in behalf of my
cliene@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
LIKES DIR. LIE GEARS
POULTRY FEED

Mr.. R. C. Morgan, near Hedges
station who owns fine large flock
of white Leghorns, has been using
some Of DR.. LeGear's poultry pre-
scription for ten days and reports
that his egg production has in
creased 40 eggs a day.
Mr.. Morgan is one Of our largest
feed customers and we are pleased
to have his valued opinion on this
new poultry prescription.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07
FOR SALE-One Ford ca

FOR SALE-One Ford car with
piston rings; two rear wheels, one
front spring. Has no tenders, seat
or plank, burns lots of gas, hard to
crank. Carburetor busted half way
thru, engine missing, hits on two.
Three years old, four in the spring,
has shock absorbers and every
thing. Radiator busted, sure does
leak; differential's dry, you can
hear it squeak; ten spokes missing,
front all bent; tires bowed out,
amt worth "a cent. Got lots of
speed, will run like the deuce, burns
either gas or tobacco juice. Tires
all off, been run on the rim, but
darn good Ford for the shape it's
in.
Mayor McSwiney's hunger strike
elicits no sympathy from the gro
Gerry trade.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

Smith-It seems strange that all
these trips to the North Pole should
prove fruitless.
Jones-How fruitless? / under
stand there are plenty of currents
there.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-07

'Do you believe in the equality
of the sexes 2"
81 do" replied Henpeck in a
scared whisper. s'But don't tell my
wife, or there will be more troub-
le."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-11-19
TWO KINDS OF ADVENTURE
New Yorker Who Offered to Sell His
LIES Services Already Has
Had Takers.

Jack Hardy! former sailor. living
In New York. who advertised that he
was ready to sell his services for T. 2
rest of his life to the highest bidder
who bad q career Of useful adventure
to offer, has received two bids.
A woman offered him $1,000 to be
her bodyguard on trip to Egypt
providing. the trip was successful"
Jack doesn't think he'll take this. not
being certain what the woman regards
as successful trip to Egypt. The
other offer was from man and his
wife who described themselves as the
wealthIest couple In Scranton. Pa,
wanted Jack to help hunt for their if
teen-year-old son with 5000 and
adoption as the reward.
That Is more promising, the young
man thinks, hut he has reached no de-
cision yet. He is twenty-five years
old. I'm not looking for soft berth"
he said. "The harder the job. the bet
ter like It,"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-11-19
Protect
Alaskan Eagles

day, and as 1t WAS put In one In
dictment-'every day they consumed
more food fish than the people Of
Texas got in year.
Mistakes Campaign Against GuiIs.
"The assailants of the birds placed
their numbers at million and started
the slogan: XIII the pelican or the
kaiser will get YOU. They Appealed
to the federal food administration to
aid in destroying the bird 10. save the
fish. by cooperation between the
federal and state authorities under
took an investigation of the habits
of the bird and made cruise with a
party visiting all but one of the is
lands on which they were supposed to
breed. This showed that, instead Of
could not exceed G5000. It also
showed that they lived exclusively on
menhaden. fish not eaten by hU-
mans.
"One OF these periodic flare-ups
against birds actually left deep mark
on the development Of the country and
is truly I'm historic episode. 1t is re-
counted by e. II. Furbush, state
ornthologist of Massachusetts. that
the inhabitants of Southern Harbor a
great many years ago became alarmed
AT the great flocks Of gulls which con-
gregated there to eat the heads and
remains Of the fish which were thrown
into the water. II is frequent charge
against the gulls that they destroy
food fish. hut the fact is, that they are
almost exclusively scavengers. The
anti-bird fever spread over this com
munity and gulls were slaughtered nm
I'll they were eyterminated. Then
what happened? The tons of fishhead
and refuse thrown into the water was
washed up along the beaches, causing
stencil and sickness and making the
place uninhabitable. 1t ended with
the Southwest Harbor people leaving
the region almost in body and found
ing Bar Harbor, Me.
One of the few communities, on
the other hand, to appreciate and
remember benefits they have received
from birds are the Salt Lake City
MOrmons.
"When they first settled the vicinity
of Salt Lake, grasshoppersj came on
them, like the plaques of locusts. set
tling on the ground In myriads and
threatening the complete destruction
of their crops. Then the seagulls came
out of rhe lake, eating the insects by
the millions, even lighting In the
yards and making their way into
buildings to catch them. They ex-
terminated the grasshoppers and saved
The colony from famine. And very
recently there was unveiled In Salt
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-11-19
PAID HIM TO KEEP QUIET
lish Without Any Affidavit az
to Its Truth.

There was man in Wall street, EN-.
ployed as thirty-second assistant CASH
Ter In bank. Il took the bank di.
rectors several weeks to discover who
was talking to the financial reporters
about certain things supposed to be
known only to insiders.
Upon learning his identity the d.
rectors Immediately advanced him to
cashier. on the theory that his new
responsibilities would preclude his
conversing with outsiders on impor-
tant matters. But It didn't work.
The cashier was In more favorable
position to relay important things to
the financial scribes. He was pro-
NOTED to vice presidency. He talked
louder and more frequently.
In desperation the bank directors
made him president of the institution.
It worked wonders. He stopped talk
ing. Thereafter he spoke only through
prepared statements. and while they
were long and windy they revealed
nothing dlsturbing.-From Life.