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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-15
SWIGART RETURNS
TO FORMER JOB
Columbia District Engineer Will
Become Manager of Fruit
Growers Association

c. II. Swigart will leave Kennewick
February I, to become general man
ager of the Yakima Valley Fruit
Growers Association with headquar-
ters in Yakima. Mr.. Swigart will
succeed C. II. Hinman who handed in
his resignation last week.
Mr.. Swigart will not be new to the
work as he held the position of gen.
eral manager for a year before Mr..
Hinman took the position. Not only
is Mr.. Swigart familiar with the af-
fairs of the marketing organization
but he has an intimate knowledge of
irrigation and farming conditions
from one end to the other Of the
Yakima Valley. He was for several
years engineer for the u. S. Reclama-
tion service and developed ranch Of
his own in the Naches district. For
two years Mr.. Swigart has been en-
gineer for the Columbia Irrigation
district in this city.
The Yakima Fruit Growers associa-
tion of which Mr.. Swigart will be-
come the general manager, repres-
ents about $50 growers, living in 1a
districts of the Yakima valley. This
season it shipped 1900 cars of fruit
which sold for approximately $780,
900, according to Mr.. Hinman.
The area covered by the associa-
tion includes Yakima, Kennewick
Grandview, Prosser, Sunnyside, Gran.
ger, Zillah, Wapato, Donald, Gleed
Eschbach and South Mob Hill. OF the
1900 cars of fruit handled by the as.
sociation this season about three
fourths were apples and the remainder
soft fruits, including pears, peaches
plums and cherries. The company
also has large cold storage plant al
Zillah and other warehouse properties
throughout the valley.
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respective borders, so that the in
dividual states may own, control and
administer the affairs of such lands
Governor Larrazolo is the head of the
league. He decided that he was going
to Washington with his "heart and
soul" in the reclamation project, but
to present. to congress the plans of
the league, which are "far more i'm
portant at this time"
The conference was unanimous in
its agreement to lend effort to the OBJ
jects of the deague. E
States represented in the party, are:
Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska,
Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Texas,
Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona and
Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-15
TALKS The
FOOL TAX PAYER
Hon. Frank S. Regan Gives In.
teresting Lecture at M.
E. Church.

Hon. Frank S. Regan of Rockford,
ILL.,, appeared at the Methodist church
on Monday evening with his lecture
on ..The Fool Tax Payer" as one of
the numbers of the Lyceum course. He
is not only a cartoonist Of considerable
skill but is also a specialist in the
subject of taxation.
He began his lecture by drawing a
crayon picture of humble home in
the hills, as the strains of "My Old
Kentucky Home" were played on the
piano. He then showed that from
such homes as that the real strength
of the nation comes, but that the peo-
pie owning such homes are taxed far
beyond their just share while corpora
tions and wealthy individuals have
either secured legal exemption or are
just plain tax dodgers. Sheet after
sheet was rapidly covered with figures
showing the amounts which various
multimillionaires or powerful corpo-
rations were valued at, while the taxes
paid on these valuations were either
nothing at all, or aburdly small. For
example the 100000, 900 water power
plant of the Milwaukee road in Mon
tana is assessed at $780, 900, or the in
famous Hinky Dink, saloon owner and
alderman in Chicago, owns one eighty
six foot bar which costs $1,000 a foot,
and yet he is listed on the tax books
at $500. The speaker asserted that a
few years ago he found on the tax
books of the city of Tacoma one of
the richest men of the state assessed
at $4,000, and that lowered to $500.
He said that about this time the
Washington legislature passed one
bill exempting s29,0O0,000 in taxes.
In delivering his lecture in an east
ern state one time some one asked
what was the motive of the Illinois
legislature in exempting the Pullman
Palace Car company from taxes. He
replied, "Next time you see train
load of hogs on their way to the
stockyards ask them their motive for
going, and perhaps if there is an ed
ucated pig among them-he may tell
that it is because somebody has bought
them" The lecturer presented some
CONTINUED on page ten)
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-15
WEST Is GOING
AFTER MILLIONS
Western States Reclamation As
sOciatiOn to Make Its First
Attack on Congress.

The following association press dis
patch from Denver is of special inter-
est to the people of this community
in that the success of the western
Attack" means the construction of the
Kennewick Irrigation project.
Four governors, two lieutenant gov
ernors and twenty-five representatives
of the Western States Reclamation
association and the league of public
land states, left here tonight enroute
to Washington, where they go to
present to congress memorial seek
ing prompt action on the suggested
$3.50, 100000 reclamation appropria-
ton for the western states.
The governors who left for Wash
ington are Simon Bamberger, Utah;
Thomas E. Campbell, Arizona; o. A.
Larrazolo, New Mexico; and D. w.
Davis, Idaho. The lieutenant COVER
nors in the party are George Stephens,
of Colorado, and William Mcdowell,
of Montana. Governor Carey of Wy
oming, Governor Hart of Washing
ton and Governor McKelvi, of Neb-
raska will join the party in Washing
ton.
The western governors and their
party expect to arrive in Washington
on January IL. On the morning of
January IA conference has been ar
ranged with senator's and represent
atives of the western states at which
time the entire question of reclama-
nation will be discussed. Governor
Larrazolo, who presented the whole
subject at conference of the execu-
tives and reclamation association re-
representatives. here this afternoon, de-
clared that the members of the party
were unanimous in their. views on
what congress should do, and that the
showing made in the capital would be
the strongest ever presented by any
country on any subject.
sThis western attack" said Gov
ernor Bamberger, "means something
to so many people that we are going
to Washington to show our hand.
We are going to regard the advice of
our representatives, at the same time
we know what we need and are entitl-
ed to, and we expect to demand every
thing that is coming to us"
Governor Davis is president of the
reclamation association, which was
organized at Salt Lake City November
81. The double purpose of the asso-
citation, according to its officers, is to
secure more money for reclamation
purposes in order that new and need
ed projects may be carried out, and to
reclaim millions of acres of arid lands
of the west.
At today's conference it was agreed
that the proposed effort to secure the
appropriation for reclamation would
be so presented to congress as to not
imperil the results expected by the
work of the league of public land
states, whose object is to have con-
gress cede to the several western
states the public domain within their
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-15

Alma Chapter No. 100 o. E. S. met
Thursday evening and installed the
following elective officers for the en-
suing year: Mrs. Chas Lum, w. M.
r. @. Macmahon, w. p. Mrs. j.
w. Vickers, Cond., Mrs. r. @. Mac
mahon, A. C.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
(N1IlI !; ~! ~ .:!,!gEE:R!,
REGO MONTGOMERY

Everything went smooth as silk
for three nights on the farm which
Billy and Nanny decided to call
home for awhile, but on the fourth.
had you been looking, you would
have seen an unusual commotion
among the goats when they were
turned loose after milking time to
|graze In the meadow during the
might. as they were allowed to do
when the weather was fine; and to-
might was an ideal night with low
hungry moon that Lit up everything
as bright as day.
know you are anxious to hear
what the commotion was all about,
so will tell you. Billy and Nanny
were to be married by the old par
son goat of the flock, and then they
were all going to break through the
neighbours fence into his turnip
patch and eat up all his turnips.
It Is needless to say that this
scheme originated in Billy's head.
though from Satan's name you
would have imagined it more likely
to have come from him; but in re-
atty that goat was as meek as a
lamb, and Satan should have been
Biily's name by rights, for in his
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to marry a goat twice her size and
as fiery tempered as she was mild!
But people frequently marry their
opposites, and why should not
goats?
After the wedding they all ran,
skipping and jumping over to the
turnip patch and when they got
there Billy, Satan, and two other
goats threw their weight against
the fence and with a crash 1t caved
in and the whole flock of goats
climbed over the broken rails into
the field where they Toasted until
daylight.
The farmer who owned the field
happened to look out of his window
next morning while dressing and
saw the goats. He hurried into his
boots, and hatless and coatless,
started out of the house. calling his
dogs to follow him.
And the first thing the flock
knew. several dogs were barking
and biting at their heels. Billy
kept close to Nan and when dog
came up to them he hooked him
bowling up into the air. Soon the
goats were all on their side of the
fence again and the neighbor was
fixing up his fence as best he could
and scolding all the time as he did
so, saying:
"I1l sue Farmer Windlass for the
damage his pesky goats have done.
so l will, for the hateful things
have eaten up all my turnips, tops
and ALL"
Several days after this when the
goats were all in the meadow, and
Nanny was lying down under a
tree for a nap. Billy, who was tired
of the monotony of going day after
day to the same place. stole off and
went up to the house to see what
amusement he could find.
When nearly there he came to a
white washed rail fence that sep
arated the pasture from the lane
that led to the house. This he
went over easily by taking it at a
running jump. Then he followed
the lane until he came to the house,
the yard of which was separated
from the lane by a picket fence;
but as luck would have it, the gate
was open, SO Billy walked in and
went around to the kitchen door.
[Billy's adventures in the house
will be told next week.
Copyright by the Saalfield Pub
fishing Co.. Akron. o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
GlRLHOOD STORIES
OF FAMOUS WOMEN
Harriet Beecher Stowe

ooh, mother, we've just eaten
the loveliest onions we found in a
sack in the nursery" cried little
Harriet, as she rushed up to her
mother, who was coming out of the
garden.
But, dear. you must be mistaken,
for there are no onions in the
house What have you children
eaten"
Harriet found them and cOaxed
us to eat them?" put in Henry.
1--WE heard about onions and
these were such nice big white
ones that I was sure they would
be good, but they did taste sort of
sweet and funny said Harriet.
Then Mrs. Beecher remembered
that she had left some priced tulip
bulbs in the nursery. 1t was these
the children ate.
Later Harriet Beecher married
Mr.. Stowe. Now she is known to
all boys and girls as the author of
Uncle Toms Cabin" the book
that did more than any other to
help the negro win his freedom.
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rem waded in the shallow water.
Then there was shout. for Mar
gerry had fallen in and was being
fast carried away.
The first thing anybody knew.
Dorothy was in the water, taking
no notice of her new dress. and
swimming fast to Margery.
Dorothy swam with her to safety
and Margery's father helped them
up.
When Margery had been put in
dry clothes, her father said, dor
othy, you are to be my little daugh-
ter now"
"But what will my mother do?"
she said.
ooh, she is to come with you and
live with us and do our work; but
she will not have to work so hard"
Dorothy's dress was replaced by
a silk one. When Margery's father
said, Dorothy. you had on your
new Dress" Dorothy said Mar
gerry was worth nearer $4,000 than
W.
She is very happy in her own
home now. Margery and she have
many good times together, but
Margery will never forget what
Dorothy did for her.-Marian
Beard, age u years. Economy. Ind.
Honorable Mention in the Story
Writing Contest
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
BOY SCOUTS OF TROOP I
PLEDGE CHURCH SUPPORT

Boy Scouts of Troop 1, pledged
$25 for support of Grace church, at
their meeting held last Wednesday
night, Oct. 6. The troop has just
been recognized and now has 10
members.
Money to pay the pledge will be
raised by the sale of calendars.
Any money left after the pledge is
paid will go into the troop treas
urp, and be used next summer to
finance pleasure expeditions. Old
members of the troop are urged to
re-enlist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
Robinson Crusoe

Here are some stories about the
great adventurer, Robinson Crusoe,
told by girls in the 3B grade of
Baxter school:
He Finds Palm Trees.
Robinson Crusoe was on ship.
A storm came up. Robinson jump
ed into the ocean. The waves
dashed him to shore. Robinson
found that he was on an island and
saw that he could not get away.
Poor Robinson was left all alone,
He found palm trees on the island.
He built house on the island and
lived there long time.-Sleila
Van Etten.
He Finds Cat and a Dog
Robinson was a little boy. He
rode on a ship. A storm came up.
The ship was wrecked on an island.
He built it near cave. 1t was
near some palm trees. He made a
raft to go across the water to the
ship. He found a cat and dog on
the ship. He lived on the island a
long time.-Alta.
Finds Some Biscuits, Too
Robinson was on ship. A storm
came up. 1t wrecked the ship. A
piece of the ship came by. 1t took
Robinson to the island. He saw a
ship on the water. There were
biscuits on the ship. On the island
there was sand. There Robinson
built a home. He lived there a
long time.-Northa Mann.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
Johnny Mouse and
the Woozyqoozle

One day Grandma Mouse washed
Johnny Mouse's face and brushed
his hair with a part in the middle,
and put on his little red pants, his
pretty white waist with red stripes,
his little black slippers with the sill
yer buckles, and, after kissing him,
placed his pretty little hat on John
ny's head.
Johnny Mouse was going to
spend the day with Woozygoozle.
1t was a great trip for Johnny, be-
cause the Woozygoozle had wish
ing clock. The night before there
had been heavy storm and many
of the trees had been broken and
lay across the path so that Johnny
had to climb over the tree trunks.
When he jumped over one of the
trees he heard something flop. He
saw hole in one of the trees, so
he went in the hole. He looked all
around and saw a woman baking
pancakes. When they were brown
on one side, she turned them over
and Topped them in the air. Then
they rolled out the door and rolled
away. This was the flop! flop!
that he had heard. Each time she
baked pancakes they did the same
thing.
II have baked them for years and
years, and l do not know where
they roll to-" said the old woman.
II am going to follow them and
see where they roll to-" said
Johnny. He walked and walked.
and finally became tired and hun
cry. He sat down to rest, then he
caught some of the pancakes and
ate them. Then he fell asleep. AT
ter he had been asleep for some
time, he heard a gruff voice, "Who
has been eating my pancakes?'
Johnny looked around and saw a
big giant. The giant put Johnny
in his hands and blew him into the
air. Just then, in came Woody
GOOGLE and said he wanted to know
where Johnny was. The giant
pulled Johnny out of his pocket
and said he was sorry for what he
had done. The giant got box and
gave them each three wishes.
They wished for a bicycle each
to ride home on, and some Jolly
pops and candy. They went to visit
the giant many times afterward,
and lived happy life after that
Helen Lee, GA grade. Hibberd
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
Creaky's Newspaper
CHAPTER III.
Student-Edited Paper As Part OF
Daily News is Suggested
by Creaky.

Captain Newton, editor of the
Daily News, was always in his of
flee early, but next morning he had
visitor that was earlier. There
sat Creaky.
Captain" said Creaky, I'm
afraid that we can't start a paper
of our own now. 1t will cost too
much. But have a plan to show
you"
Creaky pulled out of his side
pocket copy of last evenings
News. He turned to page five, and
there. covering the upper left quar-
ter of the page, was a sheet of
white paper pasted over the print.
On this sheet were pasted four
clippings and across the top, four
columns wide, was printed the
heading, "WINNEBAGO SCHOOL
NEWS"
Little Paper in Big One
Look at these three news
stories. Captain. They are almost
column long. l found them last
evening scattered through this
paper. They are school news. Here
also is a section of continued
story written especially for boys
and girls. Now, why can't you
put such things as these in the
same place in your paper each day
and let us help you edit that sec
ton as a special school newspaper,
a little newspaper made up as
part of your bigger one?"
The Captain looked and rubbed
his chin.
We'll" and the Captain looked
some more.
Creaky had the instinct of a true
salesman. He knew enough to
meet an objection before his pros
pect" had actually brought it up.
Promptness Prophesied.
II know, Captain Newton, that
your paper comes out on schedule.
| would not want to undertake to
edit this section of your paper I'M
less l was absolutely sure that our
material would always be in plenty
of time ahead You wouldn't have
to wait on u.s."
'Have you talked it over with
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
CHAPTER w.
Creaky Explains Plan !; School
Stands BY Him; Committee
Appointed,


Stands BY Him; Committee
Appointed.
Out in the cloak-room. Sunset
Schneider, habitual pessimist and
killjoy, was scoursing on
Creaky's latest bunk" the school
newspaper idea.
But despite Sunset and his gang,
the whole school was on tip-toe
with excitement. The gong sounded
and the assembly hall filled.
Mr.. Hall, the stalwart young
principal, mounted the platform
and announced, walter" (meaning
Creaky) "Creel has proposition
to present. He will explain"
Creaky started right in.
Newspaper Will Boost"
I'VE need a newspaper here. 1t
will help stir up enthusiasm and
pep. 1t will make our work more
interesting. 1t will make us all
better acquainted 1t will help
boost our teams and our school,
"To print a newspaper of our
own would be too expensive right
now. So, with the permission OF
Captain Newton, editor of the Win
nebago Daily News, | wish to pre-
sent another plan.
every evening we look in the
Daily News for the high school
football notes, for accounts of So
cial events, and the like, Now,
why not gather all these things to-
gether in the same place and
make, as a part q :he bigger pa
per, a little pa~>.' of our own?
Do It This Way"
"This shows how it can be DONE
Creaky opened up a copy of the
News and showed page on which
he had pasted school newspaper.
Here" he explained, twill be the
names of our school editorial staff.
We will have a sports and a society
section. We will have general
news articles and special features.
1t will be a real newspaper. What
do you think of it,"
Applause was loud and vigorous.
Sunset and his bunch argued
against the plan, but of no avail
When Buck Winter, captain of the
football team. said briefly, Its a
mighty good idea" gum t
ceased Creaky was supported by
an almost unanimous vote.
That evening he telephoned Cap
tain Newton for an appointment.
Creaky was chairman of the
"School Newspaper Committee.
more Next Week.
(Boys' and Girls Newspaper Servlce)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
Dorothy's New Home

Margery Swain was a little girl
whose father was very rich, and, of
course, she got most everything
she wanted. She liked to have her
own way and sometimes she did
what she pleased.
Dorothy Cain was dear little
girl also, and she is TO be the hero
of The story.
Her mother was very poor and
her father had died when she was
two years old. The mother washed
for a living and had very small
income.
Dorothy did what she could to
earn money. She would run er-
rands for the neishhors and do
other things. She did not spend
her money for candy; no, indeed
She was saving money for a dress.
There was to be picnic held for
the church whe she and Margery
belonged and she wanted it for
this.
One day Margery heard someone
talking about some pond lilies not
far from the city.
Oh, yes, must tell you where
she lived. She lived in a tiny little
house in the middle of the city
She had no place to play. so she
walked every day about the city.
Now Dorothy loved little Mar
gerry, although Margery cared
nothing for her. She always fol-
lower Margery to see that no harm
would come to her. Margery
wouldn't have liked this if she had
known it.
One morning Margery started to
cross the street ahead of an auto
mobile. lit would have run over
Margery had not Dorothy run out
and got her back to safety. They
Margery's father gave her two dol
lars. Think of it! Now she had
only to earn a quarter, for it cost
three dollars.
Well, about the pond lilies. She
went to the place and gathered
enough to bring a quarter. Every
one she asked bought them ana
soon she had the quarter She went
home and told her mother about 1t.
Her mother told her to get her
best dress. which was only an OLD
gingham and go to the store and
get the dress.
The picnic was in two days.
This would be a great day for her.
When she got to the store, there
it was yet and oh! it seemed more
beautiful than before when she
used to gaze at it through the win
dow. 1t was white wolfe with ruf-
files all around the neck and
sleeves, and pink ribbon and SASH
with it.
Oh. when the clerk wrapped 1t
I'D, she was so happy and she ran
all the way home with 1t. her
mother thought it very pretty.
Well. The great day had come
for Dorothy and Margery Dor
,othyhad on her new dress. There
were automobiles to take them
there. She had asked her mother
to 90, but she said, mo, no, dear;
run along. haven't anything to
wear" You see they were SO
poor.
Every person had a lunch bas-
ket filled with good things to eat.
They finally got there to the trib-
utary of river where the picnic
was to be held. They had lunch
about an hour after they got there.
There was everything nearly
imaginable to make a good picnic,
and there was even ice cream and
cake.
Dorothy thought 1t was the best
meal she ever had.
After the picnic dinner the child
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your principal and the superintend-
ent?" the editor asked.
"No, sir" replied Creaky. "but |
will"
He did, and two mornings later
an assembly of the whole high
school was called.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-09
Puzzles for Juniors

/. Though not SO good as prac-
tice,
My first has value too,
If we behead it one letter,
Means upward aim, try better.
Live noble, brave, and true;
Beheaded of one letter more,
Every one is in the score.
2. What girls name, reversed.
is concealed in the following lines:
Lazily rambling through the wood,
Whom did | meet but Red Riding
Hood!
3. MAN
Fill in the missing letters and you
will have the square of man.
ANSWERS will appear in next
weeks Junior.)
Of the 6,445 schools in France
destroyed by the war, 5,345 are re-
ported as re-established in some
form. This is remarkable record
and shows the stress laid by the
French on the Importance of their
schools.