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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-13
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must make connections
WHEN several members of the commuters
w family take the out, there is one rule they
should all observe.

have only seven minutes to make
Your train You want to be assured
of quick start.
No other fuel is so dependable as
this improved ''Standard'' Motor
Gasoline.
Get the good habit of buying bal
anced STANDARD" Motor Caso-
line and your motor will get the
equally good habits of starting
promptly and of taking you up
the hills and loafing along in traf-
fic without much gear shifting.
Don't neglect tho fabrication Of
your car. 1t is The principal fac.
tor in keeping depreciation at a
minimum. Correct fabrication
is best accomplished by the use
of tEc grade Of Polarinc cstab-
lished for your motor.
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WHERE Is 0iuH
Health Seals.

Ten thousand OF the new green rub
d.. Health seals. issued under tho aus
piues ot the Maritime Ferry Public
Health" seals. issued under the auspices
O: the Martins Ferry Health League.
wcro placed IN circulation IN this city
Yesterday. and ready ara rapid Snle
was rxpc-ierCel from the start. All
pr the proceeds from the sale OF this
seal viii be used for Public Health w"rN
IN Ne-tl0s Ferry
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BRIDGEPORT
Lodge Service for Iohnson.

Lodge SorvlCc Tor Johnson
The r.tUTliSt., iuner.l ."rV''re 'rr
the late William johnson. coal operator.
OF West Whc"linv vic died 'Hr'y sun
day morning, VIII hr leh 90 To FANNY
homo Tomorrow ".rr.nS. hN R"lm"nj
lodge No. lu1. I'm Ch'S Of HEthiaS. ~
the Pytnlan lodge % Wheatland. Pa.
md the local lodge Is holding services
at the request 80 tn, o"lcr in jhHt city
Prepare for Christmas.
ChoirS Of all o" Ia Churches Of lh.'
city are n,a',.uI N.r.r preparations t'"
"a" muSi' wh"'A ! - ice r""""r"" nS
part &c tn. Chrl~'r.... ,."'vnr1iI'H. Most
~ the Sunday s,huo.& WI also r",d"r
appropriate n'urr,,mN Curju% IL" h".,-
day. aud treats for the cn.!d",n VIII a."
features Of all the events.
Lrther Lea quo Social.
The cOWuit"tC IN char :" U' a." So, .J .
urrai~ 20 hc held lay tho Luther l.r0Eu"
or ST. Paurs I.Yth"r:,H church. in IN"
Sunday school rooms &C TIE church 10.
morrow evening, have promised a most
delightful time. and thor" is u" doubt
hat all members y..'i hr present. Fol
lowing a program Of >u..I diversions
IL dainty Mach""" VIII /" served
Basketball Game.
Most or IA" fans -! tbs city arc H'an-
ming 10 witness ~" first haSh"t''tlI
Same of the seasons ch"du'o "a" the
local High school Tonight III" gam"
floor IT Whcc.iH2. with tho t,thcdra,
team as uppos.tiuu.
stores Are ops7.
Beginning las ntcl' all - n" store.
% this city startcd r'uaniuS "w'n
evenings. ami this viii ,"::t:uuv uut'i
tho close ur the Christmas S"a@"u. Post
master =. NJ Duncan reports n" h"lj-
day rush getting under Way. but manN
have SAnwu the disposition to ct thor
plrv"! mail early
missionary Meeting.
Tho members az the W"mcn's li"m"
missionary: Society OF IN" West Fridge
port Methodist church he'd their rvTT-
lar meeting at the home or Mrs. Iaw"s
MrCunuau-hy on Main street, last nl"ht.
A variety Of social d.vcre.""S We're IN
'oyed after the business and 4 ,Grnh'"u
was served.
knights OF Columbus. .
ono of The most Interesting and best
attended meetings since th"'r o"rauI2o-
ton. ~ reported 70 have been held 10y
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-13

jrtcrmcNt will tnkc pace at R'\'rN'"W
cemetery. Immediately upon -" ARRIVAL
OF the body here.
Westminster Guild.
MISS Janice Whltiry was ia" i"AHcr
at the meeting 81 janet Mann '"'pt'F
Of the Westminster GUi.'L h"IL II 'he
nome. ~ Rev. and Ms. Charles L. W!h-
r..rd. on Walnut street. 'IHt niEhi.
N!.-e"e Ale" Nrvi"EHr'A anL M'.!,'n'
Walker gave the reviews ana an iN'''
rSt!ug meeting is reported.
Complete Bylaws.
The COmmitrtr composed g, " -
MAXWELL. Whittier t@rl:sl" and NJ. T.
iIa,.khurn, arrnnucd some time ago, t.
revise the hy-laws al the E"tr! {"
Trade FOR tho com N; year. '"np"''"
.l1.l. work at tho uft!.r AZ the secretary
last evening. and tn" copies arc now "r-
,n% made preparatory {" being S"''"''-
ted 10 the genera, meeting t-h'Eh''
Masquerade.
the Ruya! \cjChhorS ~ Ma%pNci'ue
party. NJ her home "V North ScN'H,A
street. last might. \ variety TT delight
iug. and - dp.uty IUlrA'"n N"S t'"-
Iurc Of two Gent.
May Change Vacation
Nr,nr,l,ng to action If tn" board %
.Lu,aii zion. the local schools VIII clos" ON
December til for t'Ur nnnnu. M!ni'r
vacation Of two Wroiis, and viii resume
I -..ltn on .iaUaUrr 9TH. FOLLOW my l'i'T
decision 4 re:it.uu signed ~ uumn"r
of the teachers Was handed T." Sni"rln-
trudcnt MIston. asking that the Gates
il" changed. AMI ',.h"Ols close on i'-
rrmher 18th. and r"suw" "n January :
This would result III large number OF
the boys h"!HR ahl" - Ert IN 4 week =
wuril before Christmas.
missionary Meeting.
The mrct:l.E OF inr WOmcn's MisSI"n-
arr Snc.etv # lie First I'r~Soy' "r.an
rIU~rn VIII II" u, TO- ma IT," church to-
morrow rycu.ug. inllnwiWE III" md
week. pr9v"r 'U,cl'n-. IlIl Mrs. B!an'hr
NJ. l."ri,u ami Mrs. I.IHr"nr" \. IEr-
raH. viii haN" charge ut tnc program
Of tho @. ennE.
Martins Ferry Briefs.
Several local friends have arrived
home after paying their last Respects
to Rev. L.. T. Mohu. who died q; S'"u-
henv!l,c -.
Robert craig. Of tho Njvers'd" Bridc"
Works has arrived her" after u N'S.;
with friends a. Pittsburgh. IA.
Miss Edna HOLT is confined {" her
nom" on Iv'lwrr" street. vita 3n a.
ia,i of uuu-jlI'Is
An interesting m"c,iH" is promise!
tive members uf OHIO CITY luG.,r &c the
KNIGHTS Of Pytrips this evening.
The Ministerial Association "r this
city held 4 meeting ~ tn" h"m" "f I;"r.
L. =. Rose. ~ South THIRD street, last
\ meeting Of IT," Junior Kings
iaughirrS was Nc,d at III" bonn" "f Miss
| or.s Vcmnum On No:th Fifth street
.ast night.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-13

|. l?@2. Frank Z. Kerr, probation "fi!-
.sr. appointed 10 make examination ana
report. continued.
Stewart Watt, deceased. Final ac.
r"Un, filed. Set for hear!nG January
-. rn"2. Notice ordered. H"ntimued.
WtiIiS Mcconnell. guardianship. Final
1rr"urt filed Set for h""rinE JnmH"'E
.. I3-2 Notice ordered. Continued.
The State uf ohio vs. Clarence pnFAh:
rpun tho advice. and with consent of
tine prosecuting attorney. defendant re-
ceased uppn his own rc""rnizAnce
Marriage Licenses.
carl Leroy James. age So. lumber
man az E,rucsyi.!c. and Laura Ann
DYrbur. rEe 81. ~ Bethesda. Rev. |. i.
l.cepcr performed the ceremony.
THOMAS W Kelly, ago -. = coal InimcT'
Of Martins Ferry. and Elizabeth NJ. Par-
kcr. HEc rs. Of \eftS.
\I,olu Nudr"att;,, age 80. coal miner
md MHria Cunrrsna. age 49, hoth o.
lArfcrty. Sun.r" Henry NJ. Davies per
!urlucd the ceremony.
,nnrlcs Edward Potter. age q. an
automobile mcchan!c, Of l"l!airc ana
Ella Kathryn Schan. age u. OF SnanS :
side. Rev. {. W. Cooper performed the
81. Clairsvins 1riots.
ATTORNEY r. W. SchcriZrr. OF Beilalre'
was y business callor N St '!h'rSFIhe
yesterday. -,
Robert Hammond. Of Columbus. has
returned 10 that p!acc after Il hrl"l E!Ni'
1T the homo of his parents Mr.. ana Mrs
Robert Hammond. 81 West Main street
A. 9. Nanonc. Of S"liiire, was II DuS''
rnss visitor here Monday.
Attornc, A. H. Mitchell, who has heet
M at his home for the past week. Is
slightly improved e.,
- +, 'r.mneriakc. Of Belairc, was N
town on business yesterday.
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NJ - = y
IddtnSs Lands Two.
Boone FUNERAL.

Funeral cry ices To- unc .ltH 'r. u.
" Iioonc. 10y Il score II yrH", local
health ofn,er ard one ui the H'y's n,St
known lGd prominent ?hvnvG-Hs we've
held Yesterday afternoon H; me '@tS
home. Or. GrorCc e. %ms'1 -! HHtu"S-
vile had .hTrs"u % Ia, ~ ,eS. i'ui'a!
VA In the Rose liill c.'n&:.,ry.
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Banquet Committee.

All OF the ballots sent "ut 70 NOM
hers Of th~ Board Of Trade. u ne elcc-
ton for directors for the yeGN. must be
il the hands ~ ~" secretary by 4
n'rin,i tu-'norrur' afternoon. according
To arrangements made by til" officers
und a meeting Of the tcliC"S vii! p" h"ld
n ;ne near future TO taou!2to the re-
turns.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-13

The meeting Of the NlWtMls mo II
noon today s.vcS pro mise ~ being a
Wy interesting one. ny. 80" : i.
Smith OF BarH"svI.le viii SrSIH. tiH IL
the reid ex.cutl,c OF N" ru"i,- Health
!, Sgue In the cOlnty and VIII "iJi h~-
t,ariy.lIs,S Seals. The o.uSr.,n ~ Uclns
furnished hv Dr. -. ". N!'.G ,nl and
ne wIIl tII.,sa TIA" tn. " "tlr:slNl,c
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-13

They should always buy balanced
gasoline that is dependably uni
form, that insurcs quick starting
in all weathers, that gives plenty
of power for climbing hills, that
burns mp completely and keeps
lhc motor clean, that carries you
a few miles further OH each tank
full than n less perfectly condi-
toned motor fuel.
There is such a gasoline, and YOU
"an buy it everywhere you go in
This state. 1t is our improved,
balanced standard" Motor Gas
olinc. On every test ''Standard''
Motor Gasoline leads the field.
A car that has stood all night i'll
cold garage will soon develop an
exhausted battery if fed with
inferior gasoline. When you
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21
RIVER RIDGE

Mr.. George Hagadorn is doing a
fine business from his new gravel
pit that has been opened on his farm
this fall. We are told it is the best
gravel around, testing 95 per cent
for road purposes. A large number
of teams and trucks are hauling for
the road contractors.
Mr.. l.. w. and A. w. Crossman
made business trip to Ionia and
Grand Rapids last Monday, return
ing Monday night. They report
some bad roads as they battled thru
the snow.
Rev. II. ID. +. Gaffln and wife,
pastor of the +. M. church in Bel
ding, spent the day with the Cross
man family last Friday.
The Chadwick school expects to
have a Christmas tree and exercises
next Thursday, December 22.
Bill Layback says we are to have
lots of rain and high water this fall.
Guess he is about right.
Mr.. Leon Francisco and Mr.. Frc
Roe were River Ridge callers this
week, also Mr.. George Antcliff.
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Uhr.iHttttaH


COUND over all waters. reach ous from
~ all lands.
The chorus Of voices. fhs ci0spinS Of
hands;
Sing hymns shos srsrs suns BY fhs stars
Sing songs Of shs angels when Jesus was
born!
With siod jsbiiafjons
Bring hope 70 Abe NATIONS!
The dark nsshs is ending and d0,vn has
bssUn;
Rsss. hope Of shs ssss. sriss HAs fhs
sun,
An speech flow 10 music. sn hearts bs0s
a. onei
Sing shs bridal Of noGons. wifh chorois
Of love.
Sing our the wnr vuffure and sing IN shs
dove.
7Yn fhs hearts Of fhe people Keep fisns IN
accord
And fhe voice Of fhe world Is fhe voice Of
hhs Lord!
Clasp hands Of a,e NATIONS
In strong gr0fui0ffons:
The dark night II ending aud dnsvn las
begun;
Rise. hope Of fhs ages. arise like fhs
sun.
An speech flow 70 music. all hearts bear
as one!
BLOW. bugies Of b0sae. fhe marches Of
peace;
East ,vess. north and south. Ter shs long
quarrel cease.
Sing of glory 70 God. peace 70 Ss~n Of
good will!
Hork. joining tn chorus.
The heavens bend o 'er us!
The dark nighf is ending and dawn has
begun:
Rfss. hope Of fhs ages. arise Ire shs
sun.
And speech flow fo' music. oil hearts bsos
os one!
John Crsenieof Whittier.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

Christmas Epe
in the Kitchen
BY ELEANOR E. KING.
Observation-Disclosures


AyN THE kitchen OF an apart
ment building In the city
was seated large. husky
~ man with little girl Of
about seven, on one knee,
and boy Of perhaps six, on the other
knee.
But grandpa, don't see why Santa
Claus doesn't come" said little Doris
'We have waited so long out here in
this old kitchen"
At this, Master Fred laboriously
climbed down from his grandpa's knee
and ran over TO the kitchen door. and
then TO the window.
isn't 1t disgusting, grandpa? l
can't even see him coming"
"Well, you know" said grandpa. as
Fred climbed back upon his Knee.
santa Claus was little boy once
himself. and he knows how impa-
tient little boys are. He has hard
time, though. Every year he has
more boys and girls 10 bring toys To
than he had the year before
But grandpa" said Doris, IL never
knew Santa Claus was ever little
boy
"Oh, yes" asserted grandpa firmly.
"Once upon time a group OF fairies
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And the Postman
Passed the House
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sy MARu qRAnAM BONNER
,opyright. 1921. western Newspaper Union.

n Ut WAS Christmas morning.
Old Hiram Palmer sat by
The window waiting for the
- postman. Christmas eve
had been rather bleak. He
had seen. from the window. groups of
people passing from time To time. hur-
rying. smiling. such gay happy peo-
pie.
Hiram was old. too old. He had
outlived his friends, his immediate
family. his day had long since gone
by. He had given generously to hos
pi,als and charitable institutions and
number Of personal presents. He
always, for example. sent some of the
large baskets of fruit the towns lead
ing shop arranged so attractively, to
those he knew would never buy them
selves such delicacies.
.The last Christmas he had only re-
ceived two presents. One from his
nephew out West and another from
a grandchild.
He was waiting for these now.
The postman came along the street.
Eagerly old Hiram waited. Aud then
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

were p n y | n <
around In an
open place under
some trees and
they foun d Il
little baby asleep.
They took the
b a.b v 70 { h cir
queen. The fair
les loved the little
baby, so they
begged the queen
to LET them keep
him and take
care Of him. The
queen consented
and the little hoy
Claus thrived un-
der the care Of
the fairies"
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What did they .doi' queried Doris
iervously.
"They gave Santa Claus everlasting
life so that he could make little chill
dren happy always" finished grandpa.
"Oh. am so glad said beth Of the
kiddies.
"Now. to see what Santa brought.
said grandpa. and all three made
rush for the parlor.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

Santa Claus four
reindeer and n
sled 10 help him
cut.
after n n y
years ~ this hard
work Santa Claus
began To show
that he was grow
ing o. d II h q
fairies realized
that Santa Claus
was "A mortal and
would die. so
they"
"Santa Claus
has come" some
one shouted from
the front room.
- III urry and
finish. grandpa.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

Cut and hem piece OF unbleached
muslin, about four inches wider and
longer than your ironing hoard. so that
II laps over about two inches under
the board. Then crochet an edge of
six chain and fasten. and so on until
you have edged the entire piece. Lay
the cloth on the board, turn over and
lace II with stout card or tape, the
same as you would lace shoe-using,
however, only about every fourth loop.
The cover can be easily removed and
washed.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21
RELDINGGRAMD RAPIDS AUTO URBAN
TINE TABLE
Standard Time)

Corrected July q, 1921
Iona TO Howard City 6:49 a. m.
Grand Rapids to Saginaw 1866 am
Saginaw to G.. r. 1916 a. m.
Howard C. to Iona & Det. I1:11 a. m.
Saginaw 2:37 p. m.
Grand Rapids $40 p. m.
Howard City to Detroit ALB p. m.
Ionia to Howard City $3.50 p. m.
G. R. to Saginaw, daily tr. 6:44. p, m.
Saginaw to G. R., daily tr. S:03 p. m
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21


pa think he's comming, interrupted
Fred as he again climbed down
and ran 10 the window. Nothing
doing" he said with much disgust and
gave signal with his arm like the
fiagman does when telling train 10
60.
Grandpa obeyed the signal and con-
tnued: "He lived under the care OF
the fairies until he grew TO be quite
man. Then the queen ordered her
fairy workmen to build Claus hut.
as he was a mortal and could not live
the way the fairies did. any longer.
Claus had lots Of time when he got
into his new home and he occupied ii
by carving things. The fairies had
taught him how 10 whittle and he be-
gan making all sorts Of toys.
There was village some distance
from his hut and every time he heard
of a little boy or girl down in the
village who was sick. he took them
one Of his little toys The children
grew 10 like him ever so much. After
while he became acquainted with
SO many children that he found il
hard to get around and see them all
so often. He decided that he would
work all year making toys, and then
go around and find out which of the
children had been good, and leave
them presents.
when the fairies heard OF this
plan they were delighted and gave
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

NT HE best thing 10 give to
W your enemy is forgive
ness; to an opponent.
tolerance; to friend, your
heart; to your child. a good ex-
ample; TO father. Difference to
mother, conduct that will
make her proud of you: to your
self. respect: TO all men. char
ity."-F. NJ. Balfour.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

bother about Uncle Hiram this year
It's n nuisance to shop. and anyway
what does he care about necktie !?
He can buy all he wants -
And his grandchild had said:
I've got Ia cut down my Christmas
list It's so long"
And she had run her pencil through
her grandfather's name.
For she had said:
christmas is Cor young people.
He's too old to care about presents
and a handkerchief or two which
might send himl'
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

lie got up and
went To the door.
But the post
man had passed
by. Are you
sure you have
nothing for me =
he called out.
Look more care
fully. | was ex-
pecting som =
packa ges.'
u lie pOStman
looked again.
I'm sorry. Mr..
Palmer. but there
is nothing here. =
Slowly Hiram
went back into
the lonely little
house. He had
lived too long.
For his nephew
had said:
gllpSS won't
The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21

wish to thank my friends and
neighbors for the many acts of kind
ness and for the gifts of fruits and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

tle.less than 10 cents. The gov.
eminent expenditures for the
current fiscal year are fixed al
1904, 900, 900, in round figures
The War department is allotted
$500, OOO,OOO of this budget and
| the navy 1897, 100000, a total of
$787, 100000. This is 1877 per
cent of the total expenditure of
the government for the current
year. To phrase it another way
the army and navy for the cur
rent year are spending 1877 of
every dollar spent by the federal
government. If both of these
departments were utterly wiped
out, the nation would save Is
cents out Of every dollar it is
now spending-not SO cents, nor
80 cents, nor any of the fanciful
propaganda figures.
The bulk of expense chargeable
to war are found in items of pub
lie debt, pensions, etc. None of
this expenditure would be saved
teven if the world should decide
tomorrow upon total disarma-
ment, for all such expenditure
represents debts already con-
tracted, which must be paid. For
instance, the public debt of the
United States prior to her en-
trance into the war was only a
little over $1,OOO,OOO,OOO. The
public debt of the United States
as of June 20, 1920, was $24,-
300, 100000. The interest upon
this tremendous increase, as well
as the principal itself, is all
chargeable to the war. But no
disarmament program, however
complete, could avoid the neces-
sity of raising by taxation suf-
ficient funds to pay the interest
upon this debt and eventually to
pay the debt itself.
In addition to the interest on
this public debt there are the
tremendous claims to be met in
the way of compensation to ex-
service men, payment of claims
to various individuals and con-
Germs growing out of war con-
tracts and ather war activities.
There still is an annual pension
of over 100000 from previous
wars. None of these obligations
incurred by reason of past wars
would cease even in the event of
total disarmament. All that
could be assured the people
would be that such Indebtedness
could never again be saddled up
on them. This is a consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished, and
it is to approach in some meas
ure such a desired end that the
present conference to limit arm
aments was called by President
Harding. This is the thing al
ways to be kept uppermost in
the public mind.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

CEATTLE detectives and peace
~ officers who participated in
the hunt, declare Roy Gardner
is still 'romancing". Surely
they don't think him still on
McNeill's Island. The question
isn't how much or how long Roy
romances but where and how
long he sojourns.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
A DAM AND A BRIDGE

A DAM AND A BRIDGE
THE Prosser Record-Bulletin
i comes back at the Courier
Reporter and the Richland Adj
vocate with a column editorial
and suggests that if the dog-in-
the-manger title belongs to any
body in the county it belongs to
certain denizens of the east-end
town who inject the county seat
question into every public ques-
ton"
The Record-Bulletin and the
Courier-Reporter might engage
in an exhaustive research to
trace and classify the county's
original dog-in-the-manger, but
our competitive efforts in that
direction would in nowise influ-
ence the ultimate outcome of the
dam controversy which is now in
the hands of the supreme court.
This paper has never heard
anyone so much as attempt to
deny that, not a few, but many,
individuals in this end of the
county have sought to keep a
court house from beng built in
the hope that some day the
county seat would be taken away
from Prosser.
But just what has this to do
with the point of the Courier
Reporters editorial to which the
Record-Bulletin takes exception?
We said, water had been flowing
over the dam for long time and
that the city of Prosser had not
only never used it, but had never
so much as claimed any right to
it, until after the Kennewick
Irrigation district had sought to
divert it for the irrigation of
IS, 900. acres of land in the coun-
ty of which Prosser is the pres
emit county seat. This is a very
fair statement of the case, isn't
it?
Undoubtedly not few Pros
ser people are sincere in the
misbelief that the water which
wastes over the dam is of great
value to that city for the devel-
opment of power. 1t is a fact,
however, that the Pacific Power
& Light company abandoned the
development of power there for
the reason that it could purchase
electric current from the Wash
ington Water Power Company
cheaper than it could generate it
at Prosser. In view of this fact,
If the supreme court sustains
Prosser's right to condemn 100
second feet, it will be interesting
to see just what use that city
makes of it's right.
The most interesting part of
the Record-Bulletin's editorial,
however, deals not with water
but with the Columbia river
bridge. That paper admits, as it
always has admitted, that it is
not proud of Prosser's record in
the bridge campaign, but seeks
to excuse that record by saying:
Tt was unfortunate that Kenne-
wick should have been the town
to ask Prosser for support in
this campaign. That towns Sc
lection of a committee was more
unfortunate still. But that does
not excuse Prosser, as the Co
lumbia river bridge is a much
bigger matter than a petty fight
between two villages over county
seat honors."
True enough. Just who, then,
were the "denizens" who inject
ed the county seat question into
the bridge campaign? Kenne-
wick didn't ask Prosser for a dol
lar of bridge money. The first
solicitation in Prosser was made
by E. w. Trenbath, of this city,
and M. j. Carrigan of Seattle,