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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
LITTLE DAUGHTER OF MIR.
AND Mrs. SHEPPARD DJB
Cause of Death Battles Best Physi
clans of POrtland-Funeral
Was Held Sunday

Elaine Elizabeth Sheppard, the II.
months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Sheppard died Friday morn
ing in Portland. The body was brought
to this city and funeral services wen
conducted at the home at 2 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. C. Strey.
ey, Of the M. E. church. A large
number of the friends of the sorrow
ing family were in attendance.
The little girls death was due to
complications which followed a severe
attack of bronchial pneumonia. After
the pneumonia symptoms cleared up
the little one did not rally from her
weeks of illness and last Wednesday
Mrs. Sheppard accompanied by Mrs.
C. ID. Hopper took her to Portland,
where three Of the best physicians Of
that city were consulted. They did
not regard her condition as alarming
and were at a loss to account for her
death as her respiration, pulse and
temperature were normal almost until
death came.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
AVIAT0RS HAVE SIXTH SENSE
Proof That the Human Body Is More
Highly Endowed Than Has Hith-
10. erto Been Supposed.

The London Lancet asks which OF
the five senses could have played a
predominant share in the nonstop
transatlantic flight of Alcock and
Brown.
"Sight, even when the moon was
visible, was practically nullified by the
constant cloud and storms Of sleet or
hail; hearing must gradually have
lost it's acuteness in the course OF IL
hours of exposure to the tremendous
din of engines and propeller-it is re-
corded that both officers were deaf on
dismounting; the vestibular sense
seems to have been no trusty guide.
inasmuch as the pilot admitted invol-
untary indulgence in stunning and
seems to have looped the loop with
out being aware that his vertical eli.
rection was changing. 4
ION the other hand, the aviators
horizontal direction must have been
marvelously precise throughout, as,
with no landmarks to guide them, their
destination was reached without
hitch, when .swerve of a single de-
gree to one side or the other of the
direct line would have lost them their
objective. 49,"
8 presumably the imperfect sense
records supplemented each other in
nervous systems long trained to RAPID
and impromptu adjustment. ~
1t seems that the human body is en-
dowed with a sense of stability ana
balance that depends not upon any
one of the ..five senses" and cannot be
localized entirely in the labyrinth of
the ear. Some men possess this sense
I'm greater degree than others.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
Red Hair.

A perturbed correspondent OF the IN
dianapolis News raises an interesting
question. Do women, he wishes to
know. shun red-headed men and, II SO,
why? His own hair is Of the hne
sometimes thoughtlessly and inaccur-
ately described as carrot coiored.
Hence the query is Of vital personal
Importance. He has given the matrl-
monial question serious considera-
ton" but each time has been met with
discouragement due, he believes. sole
" to the tinge of his hair. The mat
ter is one calling for the thoughtfui
attention of the philosopher and the
sociologist. If women generally are
frowning on the matrimonial offers OF
red-haired men, the future of the race
IS threatened. Was it not a red,
haired man who fired the first shot ID
the American war against the Hun
Society cannot afford to lose the red
head Temperament because OF the per-
picking perversity of marriageab'e
women. The red-head will be needed
for the next war, or if there is nc
next war, whenever and wherever
trouble is brewing. ISL
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
TRIBUTE TO DOGS OF WAR
Official British Report Tells of Good
Work Done by the Animals at -
'. the Front.

An official report has now been 10
used on the exploits of the British
war dogs at the front. Hitherto moth
ing has been known about them e1'
cept the occasional appearance in the
war films of some shaggy dog rushing
desperately across piece of she'll
SCARED country. g.. .-..
The corps of messenger dogs was
the creation of Col. Richardson, the
widely-known advocate of the use OF
dogs in war and police work. The
dogs were trained at q war Office
school of instruction. Men with u
knowledge of dogs, such as game
keepers, shepherds and hunt servants,
were selected as instructors. The first
dog recruits came from various homes
for lost dogs, and many a soldier owes
his life to stray dog saved from the
lethal chamber by the war. Unclaimed
dogs were sent to the camp by the
police and many people sent their pets
as war volunteers. ~
The best breeds for the purpose
proved to be collies, sheep dogs, lurch.
ers, Welsh and Irish terriers, Afre-
dales and mixtures of these varieties.
The dogs were splendid. They would
make their way through tremendous
barrage where no human being could
20, and would take vitally-needed
message back in ten minutes over
ground which would take a runner
hours to cross. They were wounded
sometimes, but went on just the same.
: During the great German push in
March Highland sheep dog ran about
two and half miles in ten minutes
with an appeal for reinforcements. and
by so doing prevented very serious
disaster. Part of our line was iso-
lated by the barrage, and, thanks to
the dog, division of French colon
fals came up in time and saved the
situation. r
Dogs did good service In following
up the assaulting troops and taking
back essential Information about the
condition Of the line and the rein.
forcements needed.
ST. Out in the Balkans dogs were used
as sentries, and one of them barked
the news of the approach Of Bulgar
scout when he was hundreds Of yards
away.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
NOT IMPRESSED BY SPHINX
Modern Reporter Refuses to See ANY
thing Wonderful in the Lady's
Appearance. II

, Admitting that ga mouth 7h feet
wide is not rosebud, nor an ear AZ
feet high seashelI," modern re-
porter in Egypt is impressed by the
fact that the Sphinx does not seem
nearly so impressive as he had eX-
pected. After all, the creature is only
$50 feet long and its face only IA feet
wide! Perhaps the environment made
a difference, for the Sphinx, as she
today rests in the sands of the desert,
has very different stage setting from
that of few years ago. The black
tents of the Bedouin have gone, and
their place taken by the white and
khaki tents of the British, pitched
north and west Of the Pyramids. Troll
ley cars run to within some hundred
yards of the Sphinx, and automobiles
travel the motoring road to the base
of the Great Pyramid; from the apex
of the Pyramid of Cheops four long
antennae of a British wireless appa-
ratus stretch down to the ground. For
q short time during the troubles IN
Egypt the neighborhood OF the Sphinx
saw q reversioD to lawlessness, ana
Bedouins only the other day swooped
In from the desert and attacked par
ty Of sightseeing British at the Pyra-
mids. Dwarfed by the Pyramids, the
latest visitor who has recorded his
impression found the Sphinx "disap-
pointing" and decided that so far
from having a cryptic expression"
her stone countenance has no express
sion whatever Christian Science
Monitor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
PAGE FOUR

Life Imprisonment was recommend
ed by the jury at South Bend which
convicted J. Fred WEIGH on a first
degree murder charge growing out
of the explosion on the dredge Beaver
in which four persons lost their lives,
December 16. Frank Behnke, the
dredge operator; Blanche, II, his
daughter; Eigel Christensen Of Port
land and John Javre of Astoria died
when the dredge was blown up at the
mouth of North river. Christensen, in
his dying statement, accused WEIGH
of the crime and also charged WEIGH
with beating him while they were in
the water after the explosion.
- Argument was heard by the SUI
preme court On the constitutionality
of the emergency clause of the civil
administrative code passed by the
present session of the state legisla-
ture. The case was heard by the full
membership of the court and was
taken under advisement at the con-
clusion of argument. The attack on
the validity of the measure Is in
yolved in petition filed by the state
federation of labor through William
Short and Fred B. Norman asking
that writ of mandate be issued d.
recting the secretary et state to file
petitions for referendum process on
the measure. "2* 49,
Orders for men are being received
at the Spokane municipal employment
bureau at the rate of 80 day and
registration of unemployed heads of
families has decreased from 7S9 on
December l to about $50. =
Cost of living In Seattle declined
10.2 per cent between May 1, 1920,
and January 1, 1921, announces the
college business administration, Uni
versity of Washington, in figures COM
piled by graduate students.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03

One day in the fall of the year, q
years ago, is memorable one in the
history of Kerr Clifford & Co., one Of
the well known Portland concerns
dealing in grain. On that day big
four-masted sailing vessel lifted an
Choir and pointed her prov toward the
open sea with the first cargo Of grain
ever assembled by that firm for ex-
port to foreign lands. Since that day,
many, many ships of every kind and
description have been loaded and dis
patched by this firm, but the one to
be longest remembered is the four
master which marked the beginning
of the foreign expectation of north
western grains by this firm. Its place
in the history of Kerr Clifford & 90.
is definitely fixed, and a picture of
the old sailor still retains a position
on the wall of one of the main Off
ces in Portland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
Rather ominous.

Among the presents given to rural
bride was one from an old lady In the
neighborhood with whom the bride
and the groom were prime favorites.
Some years before the old lady had
accumulated a number Of cardboard
notices, which she worked and
framed as occasion arose.
In cheerful blues and reds. suspend
ed by cord Of the same colors. over
thei table on which the other presents
were gathered, hung this motto:
Slight On; Fight Ever"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
nine RIGS NOW
. DRILLING FOR OIL
CONTINUED from first page)

organization has been completed
This company's well has been started
on land sub-leased from the Columbia
River-Puget Sound company, which
has extensive holdings in the field.
Down across the Columbia river in
the Alfalfa district the Columbia Ba-
sin company is operating their big
standard rig night and day. Manager
Ed Vogel who was in Kennewick the
first of the week, says the stage is
all set there for an oil strike at any
time. Water which has given consid-
cradle trouble in this well has been
effectually cased off and the hole is
now dry. Operators are of the opin-
ion that the drill is now working on
the oil cap rock. The rock is said to
be hard black limestone highly impreg-
mated with heavy base. oil. The pres
ence of oil in this formation it is
claimed can only be accounted for by
direct upward pressure from below
and could not have come in lateral
ly through faults, assures or porous
formations. The rock is extremely
hard and drilling is necessarily slow
although satisfactory progress is be-
ing made.
To date the Columbia Basin is the
only company drilling on the Alfalfa
side. The Alfalfa Oil company which
has been conducting an active stock
selling campaign reports satisfactory
progress and hopes to have a rig in
the field within the near future. Sew
eral other companies are reported to
be in formative stage or engaged in
securing leases and it is probable that
several other rigs will enter the field
within the next few months.
Two entirely new oil companies
have recestly come into existence on
this side of the Columbia. The Big
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03

Two or three years ago Kerr Gift
ford & Co., now known as Kerr Gift
ford & Co., Inc, added manufac-
turing department to their business,
and most naturally it pertains to
grain. They began competing with
eastern concerns in preparing some OF
the northwestern grains as breakfast
foods, and now instead of shipping
the grain east and having it manu-
featured into breakfast foods, and
again shipping it out west, or using
eastern wheat and oats for western
food purposes, they are taking the
western grain and making it into
breakfast cereals equal to or even
better than those put out by the east
ern manufacturers.
When this branch of the business
was being considered, one of the very
first things to consider was some dis
tinctive name and trade mark by
which this western product could be
known and recognized by the mer-
chant and the consumer. For over
thirty years the name of "Kerr" has
been well known among the grain
raisers of the northwest. In fact,
there are few farmers who have not
at some time sold their wheat, oats
or barley to Kerr Clifford & Co., so
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
Faith in Adversely.

Joe Fountain of Bootjack, Mich,
was willing to plead guilty in court to
the charge of making liquor, having
a private still in his home. Prosecut-
ing Attorney Lucas told the court that
he tried to get a promise of reforma-
ton from Joe, promise at leas.. that
he would refrain from drinking for
the remainder Of his life.
"Not me-" was Joe's answer. 1T
might get wet again" "ig
AS Joe's infraction included only
making little spirits for his own use
he was released on payment of the
costs.-Daily Mining Gazette.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
Bed Sandstone.

Colorado is full of wonderful req
sandstone rocks. They are lined and
grooyed and stippled over with fine
dots: they are worn and followed and
curved into innumerable grotesque
shapes: from the tiny stone which you
can hold in your hand to the sharp
colossal wall, hundreds of feet high,
which no man can climb. there is not
an inch which does not look as If for
millions of years it had been worked
Inv tools. Yet no hand. no tool, has
been there. Grains Of sand have done
it all-grains of sand blowing and
eddying in wind currents. -deleh
Hunt Jackson. 49,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
CARGO OF WHEAT
LOADED II YEARS AGO
First One Dispatched by Firm Having Local Offices in
Many of the Inland Empire Cities.

it was settled that the products Of
their new cereal mill should be called
"Kerr's Rolled OATS" "Kerr's Wheat
Flakes" "Kerr's Pancake Flour
etc. 1t was also decided that every
sack or package of these food pro
ducts should as well, bear the distinc-
tive picture of the old four-masted
sailing vessel, which carried the first
cargo of northwestern wheat esport
ed by the firm. So on the shelves
of an ever-increasing number of gro
Gerry stores throughout the great
northwest is appearing the round, RED
carton, containing the Kerr's Cereals,
on each of which is faithful artists
reproduction of this ship which holds
such prominent position in the early
history of Kerr Clifford & Co., Inc
The company has quickly advanced
its manufacturing department and the
products Of its cereal mill is market
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03

ed through the usual wholesale cnar
mel to the grocers, and from the gre
Ger to those who enjoy dehghuu
breakfast made from northwes'ei'
grown wheat and oats. The hell'
Rolled Oats has become a partlcuA
favorite with the children, and Nv
quently when sent to the grocery :
get package Of rolled oats they ~
remember nothing of the name, w.
do remember it is the red pachas'
with the picture of the ship on j.
The company has received n''s
compliments on the fine quality s~
flavor of their Rolled Oats, Mn',
Flakes and Pancake Flour, ana :
from people who are in a posltiOa !
know a good breakfast dish WIZ
they taste it. Many families Vss
their breakfact cereals and disD.
from day to day, by using hep
Rolled Oats one morning, he,
Wheat Flakes the next, and pancas
made from Kerr's Pancake Flour
third morning.
All of these can be obtained Throw
the grocers. If your grocer does
have them in stock, be sure anu Z
him to place an order with his "nv
saler, SO you can be using the y
as soon as possible.-Adv.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03

Horn Petroleum company has :.
quired large lease holdings and !.
poets to drill about Is miles nortbws.
of Kennewick on this side of the Va
ina river near the Horn. The Pal
wood Land Development COMPANY /.
announced its intention to drill ,
miles southwest of Kesnewick on a,
slope Of Jump Off-Joe.
All in all it looks like a busy sa.,
on in and around Kennewick in the d
and gas game.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
The Rriahter Side.

"Well. did the captain of Industry
gee you?"
mo-" replied Mr.. Gadspur.
"You bear up well under the disap-
pointment." -.......-.-
Eyes. You should have seen MS
private secretary. 1t was pleasure to
be turned down by such rare compi.
nation of feminine tact ana loVeiness'
Birmingham Age-Herald-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03

is special in seven reels. Taken
from the word Oklahoma, and shows
the exciting and daring times when
that territory was settled, and carries
with it a wonderful love story. An all
star cast. Also "Money to Burn" a
Snub Pollard comedy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03

You will remember her for her won
derful work in "Polly of the Circus"
Also two-reel comedy, without a
Wife"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
THURSDAY
A Universal Special
"Shipwrecked
Among Canniba1s"

This is one of the most instructive and
daring pictures ever screened. It was
taken in the South Sea Islands at the
risk of the lives of the photographers.
You will never see anything like it
again. Also "Uncle Toms Caboose,"
a Mack Sennett comedy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
I IBERTV
. T HI E A T r E u
The Liberty--A good place to go
FRIDAY
MAE MARSH
"The Little 'Fraid Lady"

after a1year's absence from the screel
onpoo,e IN ~ l..-... a.s-r ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
MONDAY
A special in the true sense of
word.
"GOing Some"
from the novel by
REX BEACH

You can always depend upon a Reg
Beach novel making good photoplay
and "Going Some" lives up to all ex-
pectations. Also Mack Sennett two
reel comedy, "Out of Tune" that will
make you laugh and put you in tune
again. It's real show and you can
not afford to miss it. = 4
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
COMING SOON

Pauline Frederick in "Slave of
Vanity"
Chas. Ray in "The Village sleuth."
$50 Long Lefty"
"Kismet."
"Way Down East"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
SATURDAY
ANITA STEWART
ssHarriet and the Piper"

It's an amazing story of daring
subject, full of thrills, and real love
two-reel comedy. Matinee at 2:3O.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
SUNDAY
WILLIAM DESMOND
"a Broadway Cowboy"

q comedy drama with real kick. It
took cowboy from the west to show
that Broadway bunch real good time.
Also Insulting the Sultan" a Roli,l
comedy with Snub Pollard. Matinee
at 800.
MONDAY
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
TUESDAY
JACK PICKFORD
'The Man Who Had Everything

You can always depend upon a Jack
Pickford picture giving you good en-
tertainment. Also a two.reel comedy
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-03-03
WEDNESDAY,
"LAHOMA"

Another Western that will make
you hold your breath,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
JURY TENTATIVELY
ACCEPTED TO TRY
N. p. DETECTIVES
fHerald Sne1,ial Service. !

Fargo, N. D., Nov 3.-This noon
12 Jurors had been tentatively ac-
cepted to try the murder case of the
state against William Henry Kearns
and William Wyant. Northern Pacific
yardmen at jamestown. charged with
the shooting and killing Of three
transients in the 'jungles" west of
that city last May.
The case was brought Ito the Cass
county district court for trial on a
change Of venue from the Stutsman
county court. The case Is being
heard by Judge Charles M. Cooley.
The state is represented by I. G. Tell
ner of jamestown, states attorney OF
Stutsman county, and G. l.. Crum,
assistant attorney general, detailed by
the attorney general of North Dakota
to assist in prosecution OF the case.
The defendants are represented by
George w. Thorpe Of jamestown, as
sisted in selection Of the jury by Judge
w. H. Barnett Of Fargo. The jurors
passed for cause by the state and
partly examined by the defense up to
the hour Of the noon recess are as
follows: Edward Johnson Daven-
port, farmer: A.. w. Mopair, Fargo.
loans and real estate: Charles Yirchott
of Fargo, bridge contractor; j. M.
johnson Of Fargo. mail carrier; Fred
Miller OF Durbin township, farmer;
George r. F'rohling. Fargo. real es-
tate dealer; Charles Salisbury of Cas-
seIton, painter; J. Fl. Dahl of Fargo.
fire insurance: n. r. Doyle of Page.
clerk in hardware store: AL Hegge
OF Fargo, laundryman; Carl Pitsch.
Fargo, real estate, and Hans Anderson
Of Buffalo, farmer.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
OFFICIALS TRY
TO RUSH BOND
issue THROUGH
Hall Refuses to Sign Securi-
ties In Violation of
the Law.
(Herald Special Service. }

Bismarck, N. D.. Nov. 3.-The state
industrial commission which was vot-
ed out of office in the recall election,
intends to continue preparations for
issuing bonds during their remaining
days in office. without consulting the
wishes Of the incoming administra-
ton. Preparations were made at a
meeting Of the industrial commission
here to sign up considerable
amount Of bonds.
Thomas Hall, secretary of state, re-
fused to sign bond issues of mill and
elevator bonds and real estate bonds,
his reason for his refusal being that
no mortgage had been filed on which
the mill and elevator bonds could be
issued and no real estate mortgage
had been assigned to the state treas
urer for the real estate bonds. Until
these actions were carried out he said
1t would be illegal for him to attach
his signature.
Will BE in Court.
1t is expected that the bond issue
matter may be brought into the courts
within a few days in connection with
the jamestown case now pending ir
the supreme court. The court, it il
anticipated, will set it down for argu.
ment soon. 1t is expected that the
question of selling the bonds at a. fig.
ure consid erably below par will b<
brought up in this connection.
Carl D. Thompson, who was en-.
ployed in the bond selling campaign
wired from Cincinnati stating a. labor
union would purchase some bonds HI
was referred to Spitzer, Rorick & Co