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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
BETTER THAN ALL MEDICINE
Oysters Put Artemus Ward on His
Feet When Every Other Remedy
Had Proved q Failure.

When Artemus Ward and Dr. Hing
ston. who acted as his manager on his
western lecture tour, arrived in Salt
Lake City, after that amusing and
successful visit 10 California, the be-
loved humorist fell sick. So badly
was he. after his arduOus rounds Of
the Pacific coast and his strenuous
days in Virginia City, New. with Mark
Twain and Bill Nye, that his life was
despaired of.
The lecture Artemus had arranged
with Brigham Young to give in the
theater, had to be postponed. In fact,
SO hopeless seemed the case that DIR.
Kingston even tried to arrange to have
the body of his friend and partner
transported to the East on the stage
coach. But the optimism of Artemus
brought him back to safety again, q
very thin and weak man.
But before he was allowed to leave
his room, Artemus had difficulty gain
ing sufficient strength even to walk.
From Brigham Young to the least
humble Of the Mormon saints" atten-
lions in the form OF fresh eggs. jellies
and other helpful delicacies were
showered upon the convalescent. Ar
temus enjoyed everything, but nothing
seemed to give him strength.
At last food was discovered In q
local grocery, so we are told, that
lifted him from his couch" This
vroC uothipo v,,oro az 1occ thou q 6Ozon
cans of Baltimore oysters, put up In
squares Of block tin. The first oyster
stew shit the spot" and Artemus
chirped up:
"Get out the bills for the lecture!
See Mr.. Clawson and arrange for the
date. The show is safe enough now
we've got on an oyster basis."-Mark
Stuyvesant in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
TESTING AIR IN OLD MINE
OF All Methods, the Lowering Of
Miners Safety Lamp 70 Acknowl-
edged to Be Safest.

Raising and lowering bucket sew
eral times. to bring into long-disused
mine fresh air from the surface. is
common practice. Methane may be
expected i'm abandoned shafts or pits
driven i'm coal measures or carbona-
ceous states. or where a heavily tim
bered shaft is partly filled with wa
ter. If methane is suspected, ii is best
to lower nothing but a miners safety
lamp. If the light is not extinguished.
the descent can be considered reason
ably safe. When no safety lamp Is
available, and it is necessary to test
with an open light, care should be
taken to Immediately withdraw all
persons i'm close proximity to the shaft
or Dit as there may be an explosion.
Generally, there is no physiological
warning of oxygen deficiency i'm the
air. The first decided feeling is one of
extreme weakness accompanied by dir
illness, better described as partial
paralysis, and the victim collapses
practically without warning. To guard
against this danger. man should not
enter old workings without having
rope tied around his body and at least
two men on the top. The rope should
be kept taut. Then IL a distress signal
is given, the explorer will not only be
prevented from falling, but can be
quickly pulled to fresh air and his life
saved.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
RELICS OF AGES LONG PAST
England Has Three Of the Most Re.
markabie That the Whole World
Has to Offer.

A loaf Of bread more than 600 years
old, 1t is said, Is to be found at Ambas-
ton, in Derbyshire, England. 1t was
included In a grant of land from the
crown in the reign of King John, and
has remained in the Soar family ever
since.
Almost as great curiosity as this
is q house LOO years Of age, and yet
at for habitation. This old dwelling,
the oldest inhabited house In England.
was built in the time Of King Offa Of
Mercia. It Is octagonal In shape, the
walls of its lower story being Of great
thickness. The upper part is Of oak.
At one time the house was fortified
and known by the name Of St. Ger
mans Gate. It stands close to the
River Yer. and only few yards from
st. Adams abbey.
A marriage proposal 3.400 years Of
age Ii In existence In the British
museum. 1t is the oldest marriage
proposal Of which there is any definite
record. It consists Of about ninety
eight lines Of very fine cuneiform writ
Ing, and is on small clay tablet made
of Nile mud. It Is marriage pro-
posal of Pharaoh for the hand Of
the daughter of the king Of Babylon.
It was written about the year 1880
n c.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
Could Drink a Big Fog.

1t takes big block of fog to make
one good swallow of water, says DIR.
w. J. Humphreys of the United States
weather bun eau at Washington. The
densest fogt off Newfoundland banks
contains soma twenty thousand drop
lets in q. cubic inch, DR.. Wells and DIR.
Thuras of tne bureau of standards
found. To get one gulp Of water,
enough fog TO fill space 3 feet by 6
feet by 100 feet long would have to
be condensed. In fog of that size
there are 60 trillion particles Of water,
or three tin es as many particles as
the number of dollars spent by the
United States during the world war.
at would take about half hour to
count an inch of fog PARTICLES" says
DR.. Humphreys. "Placed side by side
$500 to 5000 droplets would be needed
To fiji that length"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
TO MAKE HEADWAY IN LIFE
conseerate and Concentrate, 10 the
Advice Given by Writer In
Forbes Magazine.

You want to make Roadway in the
world, of course. See if this thought
can help you: First, cOnsecrate your
self to your calling; then concentrate.
The lives of most men of notable
achievement have been characterized
by conservation and concentration. Be-
fore one can cOnsecrate oneself, one
must be possessed by some bigger and
broader and better idea than mere
money making. There must be some
thing in the work that appeals to one.
The work must appear to be worth
while, worth effort and industry and
sacrifice. You could not, for exam
pie, conceive of anyone consecrating
himself to- "bootlegging." There isn't
one honest calling, however, to which
a worker could not consecrate him
self or herself if animated by the right
spirit. Having consecrated oneself to
line of endeavor, then concentration
must follow if proficiency and success
are to be attained.
The worker, be he employee or en-
ployer, who hasn't cOnsecrated him
self to his calling fails to derive from
it that deep satisfaction known to
those who have .consecrated themselves
to their iol.S. Concentration follows
conservation naturally and with joy
rather than hard effort.-FOrbes Mag
aZine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
Swiss Santa Rings Bell.

In the quaint little town of st. Gal
len, Switzerland, which has retained
many of its curious medieval customs,
Santa Claus makes his visits ringing a
gigantic cowbell, says Popular Science
Magazine.
In st. Gallen, every Christmas eve
twelve men array themselves in white
trousers and shirts, embroidered wool
suspenders, and bright red ties. Each
one fastens an enormous cowbell on
to wide leather belt, and covers his
head with an enormous mask Of card
board, the upper part of which is
decorated by stenciled designs.
One of the twelve is called "Sami-
chlaus." 1t is his duty to give the good
children presents The other eleven
remain at little distance on the out
skirts Of the jolly crowd that follows
them on their rounds, giving candy to
the grownups and entertaining every
body with their Glowing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
The Beaver.

A family that figures prominently
In the annals Of New York owes the
origin of its great wealth to hum
BILE but Industrious rodent, the beaver.
The same rodent has conferred its
name upon downtown street In that
city. There survives the tradition of
a Beaver brook that once meandered
it's picturesque way through what is
now the downtown section.
But the beaver himself is van
ished species in this country. The
beavers that inhabit the little ponds
in the geological. gardens are immi-
grants from Canada.
In these restricted areas, surround
ed by high wire fences, these citizens
by adoption are as busy as were their
ancestors who once ranged along
the streams that watered the woods.
Chicago Journal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
WALLA WALLA
JOURNEYS TO
KENNEWICK
CONTINUED from first page)

iiOiu AiAoG Po6Sy
Of waste lands. If reclamation is to
be carried on it must be by govern
ment aid by means of legislation such
as is proposed in the ith-McNary
bill now pending in Congress. The
success of this bill depends upon
winning the support of the east. That
support can only be won by the united
efforts Of the west. If this meas
ure suscceeds it must have back of
it the whole : hearted cooperation of
every section of the state.
Brief messages of greetings were
exchanged by the executive heads of
the two cities, Mayor Ben Hill speak
ing for Walla Walla and Mayor HI.
w. Desgranges for Kennewick.
Following the luncheon the Walla
Wallons spent an hour visiting with
the Kennewick business men in their
stores. A number visited the plant
of the Church Mfg. company while
others were taken for short automo-
bile rides thru the residence sections
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20

and some of the nearby orchards.
At the close of their visit the Waila
Wallans were escorted to the ferry
landing from where they viewed the
Kennewick end of the new highway
bridge.
Several Kennewick men accom-
panied the excursionists to Pasco
where they attended baseball game
between the Pasco and Whitman
college teams. Later in the evning
members of the Pasco Chamber of
Commerce were Walla Walla's guests
at dinner.
Delighted with our visit, and that
goes for every man in our bunch,
said DIR. Heating before leaving for
Pasco. ITO many of us the visit was
a revelation. We were agreeably sur
prised. Kennewick is to be congrat-
ulated upon the neatness of its stores,
the attractiveness of its homes, the
evidences of thrift on it's farms, the
general atmosphere Of progress and
above all the splendid spirit of COM
munity harmony which we have seen
displayed today"
Much of the credit for the success
of the program as carried out here
was due to the joint efforts of Sec
rotary L. L. Lynn, of Walla Walla
and Secretary S. H. Whitehorn of this
city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
LIVE and FRESH
READY TO GROW

That's the kind of trees we can
still deliver fresh from our large
insulated packing house here at
Toppenish.
Nursery trees, shrubs and plants
out of doors, exposed to sun and
winds may be in full foliage
and unfit for satisfactory trans
planting.
Ample protection is afforded in
our big cool insulated packing
plant, which enables us to keep
stock in live, dormant, fresh
condition. Many visitors re-
mark at the splendid condition
of our stock at this time and
of the excellent facilities for
serving the late planter.
Prompt service also means much
at this time. Shipment can be
made the same day your order
reaches us if desired.
Write, wire or telephone us.
Your order will receive careful
attention in each instance.
Here are a few of the standard
varieties still offered for i'm
mediate shipment:
APPLES: Winter Banana, Stay
nan Winesap, Wealthy, Winesap
Jonathan, w. w. Permain, yell
low Transparent and others.
CRAB APPLES: Transcendent,
Red Siberian, Whitney, Yellow
Siberian.
PEARS: Winter Nellis, Bartlett,
Anjouleme, Idaho, Seckel, Chi
nese Pyrus Ussuriensis (blight
resistant) and others.
CHERRIES: Black Republican,
Centennial, Early Richmond,
Montmorency, Ostheim, etc.
PLUMS: Abundance. Burbank,
Damson, Grand Duke, Green
PRUNES: Italian, Standard,
French Xxx, Imperial, etc.
PEACHES: Crawford, Early,
Crawford Late, Champion, Box
hara, Crosby, j. H. Hale, Hale's
Early. Perfection, Slappy, Tus-
can Cling Tuscan is great
canning peach).
APRICOTS: Tilton, Wenatchee
Moorpark, Alexis.
Some splendid shade trees, and
shrubs, vines, berries and roses.
A complete line of choice climb
ing roses.
Plant now and save a years
growth.
WASHINGTON NURSERY
COMPANY
l00-Acre Nursery
Toppenish, Wash.
Your tree men since 1908.
j. Marvin Miller, Salesman
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28

Cripples and sufferers, invalids
and the deaf. all declared them
selves healed of lingering affiic-
tions as Miss Matte E. Perry, of
North Carolina, laid hands upon
them, and prayed for their recov
cry at two healing services at .n9
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church,
Fourteenth and Maryland avenue
northeast. yesterday.
Have faith. If you pray for and
expect the accomplishment of mi
raculous healings, they will result"
cried the preacher-healer as the
congregation. was thinned by those
who gathered in front of the pulpit
to se helped.
Admitting that she has been deaf
for years, Mrs. Dora Balts. 1901
Rosedale street northeast. sat be-
side her daughter. who was suffer-
ing from adenoids and tonsolitis,
a,,d waited for relief. Miss Perry
uttered a short prayer. made a few
gestures, and the deaf mother de-
c,ared she heard the Whispered
wo, DIS of the healing missionary.
Moves Arms for First Time.
Eer little daughter complained nc
more of her adenoids and tonslts
troubling her, a few minutes late
after similar ministrations had
been given her.
Approaching Bertha Potts, So.
Twentieth greet northeast, Rev. II
M. Lawson. pastor of the church
who assisted in the services. told
of her gradual healing. She had
Y
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
CRIPPLES DECLARE SELVES
CURED AS HEALER PRAYS
Deaf Mother Tells of Hearing Missionary
Voice at Baptist Service.

bending of her legs and her arms
also refused to bend at the elbow,
until last Friday night. he said. The
girl was afflicted in this way at
birth, 20 years ago, he continued.
but with the aid of Miss Perry. size
was able to bend her arms last FRI
Gay and repeated the movement last
night.
Loses Tumor.
Mrs. c. S. Roland, 321 b street
southwest, lost a tnree-year-old tu-
NOR and a stiffness in her neck due
to Miss Perry's efforts, she de-
clared to the congregation. s. L.
Cooper, 52S Twelfth street north
west. totally deaf for years. heard
yesterday, he declared. DeLacy Lay
ton, 1855 Emerson street northeast,
told how his tonsilitis disappeared
through Mss Perrys ministrations.
Norman Ried, 1il7 E street north
east, was cured of nervous indigss-
tion, and E. 7. Obannon, 1711 Co..
coran street northwest, was relieved
of his nervous prostration, they
said. Mrs. l.. V. Kent, 1875 New
Hampshire avenue northwest, and
Mrs. J. S. Adams, 61S Nineteentn
street northwest. were also among
those who declared they were
healed yesterday. -
Miss Perry has been holding
nightly services with the prayers
for healing at their conclusion for
two weeks and will continue until
Sunday, at least. Afternoon ser
ices are held Tuesdays. Thursdays
-T C.--S----
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
ENGLAND WILL ADD
10 AIR SQUADRONS

LONDON, June 27.-Prime Min
lister Lloyd George has decided to
add ten squadrons to the royal air
forces and to add 500 aviation Of
ficers, it was learned today. The
program. it was promised. does not
involve additional expense. as the
army and navy budgets were
shaved to provide the necessary
funds.
Great Britain thus will have
thirty-two squadrons throughout
the empire, of which twenty in the
United Kingdom will be effective
for operations against the conti-
nent. The rest are scattered among
the colonies, chiefly along the route
to India.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
MRS. BIELASKI
M SENDS WORD
Expected News of Hus-
bands Release Tues
day Night.

NEW YORK. June 27-
Mrs. A. Bruce Bielaski, wife
of the oil man kidnapped by
bandits near Cuernavaca.
Mexico, cabled this message
to her mother, Mrs. Dora
Benson:
Ransom received. expect
news tonight or tomorrow"
The telegram, sent from
Mexico City on Monday. was
received by Mrs. Benson at
her home on Long Island to-
day. She said she did not
understand whether the mes
sage meant the bandits had
received the money, or merely
that IL had reached the Mex
leo City bankers.
81 am still dreadfully wor-
ried." she said.
Richard Levering and Com
pany, the Arm of which
Bielaski is president. has re-
ceived no word from him or
others.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
FIFTY AMERICANS NOW HELD
FOR RANSOM BY MEXICANS
Cortez Camp Near Tampico Captured by
Rebel Generals Band.

MEXICO CITY June z7-Ffty Americans and large
of nammable and dstuctible property of the Coz Oil
Aquad Tampco being held by rebel gen
eral Gorozabe until Of $1,000 pesos is paid
The Cortez captured without fighting Sunday night
by a force of armed
The has arranged the unless the
orders otherwise the
for future protection
The of Gorozabe and his band surprise
the district around Tampco had been left unprotected
result of department reports that the bandits
had been annihilated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
HERRIN OPERATORS
URGE GOV. SMALL
TO SEND TROOPS
Miners Plot to Slay In.
jured Witnesses, Com
pany President Says.

CHICAGO. June 27.-Officials OF
the Southern Illinois Mine Com
pany, whose strip mine at Herrin,
ILL.,, was the scene of the slaugh-
ter of between thirty and sixty
unarmed non-union workers last
Tuesday. are making urgent ap-
peals to Gov. Small to send troops
into the defiant district.
1t is pointed out that twelve
wounded men, a remnant of the
forty-seven non-union workers and
guards are now confined in a
Herrin hospital and that plans
are believed to be under way to
spirit these men away and dispose
Of them, so there will be no wit
nesses to the slaughter. All
photographs of the killings have
been destroyed. II the wounded
men can be disposed of, there will
be no one to testify as to the
actual circumstances, except four
survivors who have reached Chi
cago after heart-breaking expe-
riences
President Lester. of the mine
announced he had received warn
ing that If he attempts 20 send
a representative to the mine in
an effort to salvage any of the
machinery, or to look after the
wounded men in the hospital, the
representative will be 'disposed
Of as soon as his whereabouts
is discovered. Since last Thurs
day the company has not had a
representative in Herrin. The
cosby machinery was dynamited
cars were burned. tracks torn up
and all buildings bombed and
burned.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
RUSSIANS FORCE
issue ON CREDITS
AT HAGUE MEETING
French, Belgian ENJOYS
Indignant Over
Soviet Action.

THE HAGUE, June 27.-The first
contact of the Russians with the
delegates of other nations at a
meeting of the credits commission
of the conference here. was largely
a bargaining duel between Litvi-
noff and the others.
Litvinoff demanded to know
whether or not credits would be ex-
tended to Russia. The British and
French countered this demand by
insisting that Russia should state
her exact needs, the amounts re-
quired, and where they would be
spent. The Russians were in
formed. as well, that the question
of whether credits were extended
hinged largely on reaching an
agreement regarding private prop
erty and the old Russian deots.
Although Litvinoff insisted on
knowing if the commission could
guarantee the extension of credits.
he finally consented to give all in
formation the commission required,
asking time to prepare 1t. Litvinoff
said he proceeded on the assump-
tion that the commission conld set
would not again be referred to an
tie the credits question. and that it
outsiGe agency.
The attitude of Litvinoff as.
founded the French and the Bel
gians. They asked NJ. Patyn, head
of the central commission, what
their status is. in view of the fact
that they had not approved ar
rangements at Genoa out of which
grew the present conference. They
expressed Indignation at what they
termed the ''impertinence" of the
proceedings. and intimated their
governments may formally express
resentment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
HOOVER
ASKS FINAL EFFORT
TOENDCHILDL
Favors Federal Action If
States Fail to Fall
Into Line.
CONDEMNS SYSTEM
Urges Cooperation in Indus
try to Solve Problem of
Seasonal Employment.

PROVIDENCE. X. l.. June NJ
Secretary OF Commerce Hoover Will
Join those favoring a constitutional
amendment abolishing child labor,
IL the necessary safeguard cannot
be obtained through local govern
ment.
Foremost in Mr.. Hoover's mind
are child labor and intermittency
Of employment as examples of the
waste OF human effort in industry.
Every well-wisher of children
must feel deeply the failure OF the
last effort in national prevention Of
child labor" Secretary Hoover told
Work here today.
"Minority of Backward states.-
"All of US would agree in the wish
that the sense of local government
and local responsibility in our coun-
try were such that each and every
state would advance itself to the
/ forefront of progress in this. so
vital a question. There is a minor
ity Of backward States that are still
in the Middle Ages in their attitude
to childhood. and in these States il
! is comparatively unfair to industry
in the States that have responded
to the moral and social ideals Of our
people.
But far beyond this. the mora
and economic results of debilitated,
! illiterate and unframed manhood
and woma anhood that must sprinS
1 from these cesspools. where child
! labor is encouraged and is legiti-
mate, infect the entire nation.
Waste of child life. whether
viewed economically or in terms OF
common and universal betterment
is blight that in its measure il
more deploraOIe than war.
Lack of Opportunity.
There is no equality OF opportu-
nifty where children are allowed
by law and compelled by parents to
| labor during the years they should
receive instruction.; there is nc
equality of opportunity unless this
instruction is made compulsory by
the State. There is no equality oi
opportunity for children whose
parents are not restrained by Law
from exploiting them and compelled
to give them participation in the
] ~ NAAdL NAAC SAaA'
pro .,.'- -, them.
Lest some would think that thest
statements can be recited as evi
dence of the failure Of America. LEI
me also add: Out of some 26.00O.OOt
children between 5 and years o.
age in America the use OF child la
bor so far as il retards proper de
velopment and education OF chill
| dren. probably affects less thar
300. 900 children. This number 1.
100000 below the ideals of America
but no other nation can show S,
small a proportion.
Asks Final Effort.
IF II is impossible to secure thii
necessary safeguard to our peopl,
by local government. i am one o.
those who consider the losses IN oul
sense of local responsibility are les,
than the loses to the nation as
whole and IL all else fails, / stanc
for amendment to the Federal Con
stitution that will give the neces.