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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22

George L. Zundel, plant pathology
specialist of the extension. service of
Washington State College, will DEM
onstrate the selection of seed and the
treatment Of seed potatoes at the ag-
ricultural office on Friday at $3.50 a.
m. Potato club boys and those who
can plant one-eighth of an acre, as
well as those who are interested in
potato growing, are invited to attend.
Lorraine Engels is leader of the Ken
newick Boys Potato club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
BACK FROM OLYMPIA

Gordon c. Moores and R. H. Briggs
returned this morning from Olympia
where they were sent by the Com
mercial club to confer with Represen-
tative M. M. Moulton and other leg
islators regarding proposed changes in
the irrigation district laws and other
legislation in which this county is es-
pecially interested. At the confer
ence the Richland club was represent
ed by A. L. Nelson and Frank 0'Brien.
Mr.. Moores reports that very sat
isfactory appropriation has been as
sured for the extension of the state
soldier settlement at White Bluffs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
Eliminate Pasco from Con-
test to Determine Val
ley Championship
TO MEET GRANGER
IN PRELIMINARIES
County Seat Players Look
Like Strongest Contend
ers in the Race

By the defeat of Pasco Tuesday
night the Kennewick high school
basketball team won the right to en-
ter the Lower Yakima Valley basket
ball tournament which will be played
in Sunnyside Friday and Saturday Of
this week. The four teams in the
competition are Granger, Toppenish,
Prosser and Kennewick.
In the Friday preliminaries Ken
newick will play Granger and Pros
ser Toppenish. The winners will play
Saturday evening and the winners
Of the final match will be sent to the
University of Washington, with all
expenses paid, to take part in the
tournament there. The losers will be
given similar trip to the State Coll
lege at Pullman.
Kennewick looks for no difficulty in
disposing of Granger and the records
of the other two teams give the adj
vantage to Prosser. Unless the dope
is upset the final match will be be-
tween Kennewick and Prosser with
Prosser showing up the stronger on
comparative scores. The County Seat
quintet haven't lost a game this year
and they defeated Benton City twice
which broke even with Kennewick on
two game series.
In Tuesdays game the local boys
were still in slump which followed
the trouncing which they received
Thursday when the fast Walla Walla
High ran over them al to 10. How
ever, with the exception of the first
few minutes of play they maintained
lead over Pasco and won % to Is.
Fraser and Cresswell were the big
point gamers each tossing three field
goals.
The Kennewick girls simply walk
ed away from their Pasco opponents
and won 81 to 0. Harriet Hudnall and
Alpha Duffy, local guards, at no time
gave the Pasco guards an opportunity
to score.
In Walla Walla Miss Damann's girls
won from the Y. w. C. A. team IL to
4. In former game this team tied
the local girls on the high school
floor, IL to IL.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
BRIGGS WILL NOT
BE A CANDIDATE
will Not Seek Reelection as School
Director-F. ]. Arnold will
Take Office

R. H. Briggs, who is serving his
second term as school director, has
definitely announced that he will not
be a candidate for reelection at the
school election March 8. There
is some doubt as to Mr.. Briggs eleg-
ibility to hold the offices of director
and county commissioner.
At the present time the only as
pirant for the office is F. j. Arnold
whose candidacy is being urged by
many of his friends. Mr.. Arnold in
formed the ourier-Reporter that
while he expects to make no formal
announcement, he will, if his friends
see fit to elect him, accept the office.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
TRUAX FILES
HIS OPINION
Superior Judge Says Plain
Mandate of People Can
not be Disregarded

Superior Judge John Truax in GUST
ing A. G. McNeill and ordering C. E.
DeBow seated as county commission
er, has handed down written opin-
ion supplementing his verbal decision
rendered last week. Judge Truax in
his findings makes it plain that the
plain mandate of the people must be
accepted and the fact that the people
of this county cast 1856 votes for
DeBow and 1924 for McNeill cannot
be disregarded.
The case involved an Interpretation
of the constitutional provision which
says that officers appointed to fill
vacancies shall serve until the "next
general election" McNeill's attorneys
argued that the term "next general
election" means the next election at
which the office would regularly be
voted upon, which in this case would
not have been until November, 1924.
After reciting the facts in the case
and commenting on the law and court
decisions cited by the contending at
torneys' Judge Truax concludes his
opinion by saying:
"Finally, we should not disregard
the plain mandate Of the people of
the state who adopted this constitu-
ton of ours. 1t is fundamental prin-
ciple that the source of all power in
a republic like ours rests in the peo-
pie. In older days and in other lands
it was inherent in the crown, but we
have builded our structure of law
upon q different and a surer founda-
tion. And the process by which this
elimination was achieved has been
gradual and costly. We are not to
forget in moment the long struggle
which forced the signing of the Mag
ma Charta at Runnymede, nor the
chain of events by means of which
the Bill of Rights was wrenched from
the House of Stuart. The constitu-
tion Of the United States, the funda-
mental law of the land, provides:
The powers not delegated to the
United States by the constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the states, are
reserved to the states respectively,
or to the people, The vacancies in
the. office of county commissioners
shall be filed by appointment until
the next general election and no
longer. In other words, they delegat-
ed to the remaining members Of the
board the privilege of filling va
cancy by appointment until the next
general election which is the next
reasonable, orderly time for the peo-
pie to fill the office by electing an Of
ficer of their choice. Had the people
intended to part with this right or
to delegate it to another, the consti-
tuition would bear. evidence of such
expression"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
HOW ABOUT
BASEBALL?
Plans for Kennewick Team
to be Discussed at Meet
ing Monday

The groundhog's piker. From all
appearances he has crawled into his
hole where he is due to stay at least
three weeks longer. Yet, the baseball
bug is boldly abroad and Joe Martin
has been heard from for the first time
since the hunting season. Joe and
the bug are letting it be known pub
licly that Kennewick is to have a
baseball team this year, and that next
Monday evening at eight o'clock at
the City Hall every baseball fan is
expected to answer roll call and be
prepared to say his little say about
plans for the coming season.
It is planned to put Kennewick in
the Blue Mountain league this year,
the preliminary outline of which was
agreed upon at a meeting held in
Walla Walla last week. The league
is to be six-team affair, including
Walla Walla, Pendleton, Milton-Free-
water, Dayton, Pasco and Kennewick.
Local fans are of the opinion that
this arrangement will work out more
satisfactorily than lower Yakima
Valley league in which there are no
large towns. Walla Walla and Pen
dleton, it is argued, are both good
baseball towns and they will put pep
into the entire league, as well as fur
nish dates for a series of ripping
games at Frontier Days and the
Roundup.
Anyway, if you are interested in
baseball you are expected to be at
the City Hall next Monday evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
POULTRY MEETING
Extension Specialist to be at Highland
Club House Monday

w. d. Buchanan, extension poultry
specialist will spend the whole day
at Kennewick Monday, February 26.
The meeting will be held in the High
land club house, starting about $3.50
in the morning and continuing on as
long after 400 as seems advisable.
The principal subject will be dis
cussion and instruction on the
brooding and raising of chicks. He
will also deal to some extent with the
question of feeding commercial flocks
with reference to the bearing this
has on persistence of lay and main
tenance of vigor in the laying hen.
It is hoped that a large number of
poultrymen will find means Of attend
ing this meeting as it should prove of
great value in helping them meet
some of their most difficult problems.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
JUVENILE BAND
Beste Wants Names of Youngsters
Who Want to Play in a Band

Plans have been put on foot by To-
cal musicians for the organization of
a juvenile band. The matter has been
taken up with C. H. Hall, Of the VAL
ley, who has agreed to take charge of
the youngsters as director, provided
sufficient registrations can be Sc
cured.
All boys or girls, who are inter-
.ested are requested to leave their
names with F. F. Beste, giving infor-
nation as to what instrument they
play, or wish to learn to plan and
whether they have an instrument or
not.
There are lot of boys in Kenne-
wick who have band instruments and
are footing away at home trying to
learn to play without any instructor"
said Mr.. Beste. eff these youngsters
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
JUST WHO ARE
THE RANGERS?
If You Want to Know Ask
Most any Fellow Over
Seven and Under IL

AS cure for the blues, the editor
Of the Courier-Reporter recommends
a visit to the basement Of the Con-
gregational church any Friday eve-
ming. For on Friday evenings the
basement is occupied by F. A. Swingle
and his bunch Of Rangers.
Who are the Rangers? IF you don't
know just ask most any lad, between
the age Of z and IL, whom you meet
on the street. He'll tell you that the
Rangers are the fellows who carry
in the kindling and wipe the dishes
without grumbling, who keep their
faces and hands clean, most of the
time, who are kind to dumb animals,
who are respectful to older folk, who
are square with the other fellow, and
who do at least one good turn every
day. Their guide, for. he is called a
guide, instead of master, will tell
you they are Boy Scouts in the MAX
ing and real live fellows.
Down in the basement Of the church
you will see the Rangers open their
meeting in true parliamentary FASH
ion, with flag salute, roll call, declar-
ations of principles Of the organiza-
tion, official yell and other trimmings.
And by the way, every Ranger ans
wers roll call by planking down a
penny on the secretary's desk, a
practice which might be copied by
some other organizations with very
satisfactory results.
Following the business meeting the
Rangers range. But, say, the base
ment Of that church may be all right
for Sunday school, but it's no place
for a Ranger to range. The floor is
oily and grimy and how's feller go-
ing to keep his stocking clean or his
pants untorn when he has to roll
around on floor in a wrestling
match? And how's he goin' to pull
off real boxin' bout without no box
in gloves? Yes, how is he?
That's the question which the Rang
ers are going to put up to the men
Of the town some Thursday evening
when they invade meeting Of the
Commercial club. They are going to
the mat with their elders over the
question Of more grass for, the range.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
ARDEN TO SING
Noted Metropolitan Opera Artist Com.
ing to PascO Next Month

! o.
Cecil Arden, contralto of the Met
Opoiltan Opera company, is to sing
u concert at the Liberty threatre in
rasco the evening of March 8. She
comes to Pasco under the manage
ment of the Music Department of the
Woman's club.
Mss Arden is the young contralto
VINO by her artistic merit has rapidly
come to be included among Americas
.eii known singers. At the Metropol-
lsan Opera house, her rich, full voice
!. ana her pleasing presence have been
sne cause of more and more favorable
Comment.
newlck people the Pasco ladies have
ror the convenience of the Ken
.aade arrangements to have tickets
paced on sale at Vibber-G Gifford's
drug store.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
SURVEY HILL ROAD
County Engineer Will Run Line from
Finley to Yellepit

County Engineer C. L. Ammon and
three assistants arrived in Kennewick
today for the purpose Of surveying q
road from Finley to Yellepit on the
Columbia river. The new road when
laid out will follow the general route
of the old one out thru the Little Mis-
souri, district of Horse Heaven. This
road has been in use for some time
but has never been laid out as coun-
ty road.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
KENNEWICK
USES LIBRARY
Institution Circulates Aver
age Of Thousand Volumes
a Month

Do the people of Kennewick use the
public library? They do. According
to the annual report Of Mrs. Cora
L. McKain, librarian, there were cir
culated during the year 1922 a total
of 12,343 books and magazines or an
average of ont thousand each month.
Of this number 2742 volumes were
taken out by the boys and girls Of
the community. This is an increase
of 1000 over the circulation in 1921.
The circulation was largest during
December, 1910 books and magazines
going out during the month and the
smallest in October when 736 were
loaned.
Three hundred seventy borrowers
cards were made out during the year.
The total number Of books in the Ii
brary at present is $3.50 Of which
685 are juvenile and 600 books Of ref
erence.
Books to the number of $50 have
been donated during the year and
more than 200 purchased by the asso-
citation.
Nine books have been given by the
Booklovers, ten by the Current Events
department Of the Woman's club, 62
by the Arts and Crafts department
and Is by the d. A. r.
The Kennewick Courier Reporter
and the Richland Advocate have been
on the reading table for a number
Of years.
The years subscription to the Scien-
tific American has been donated by F.
j. Arnold. The Cosmopolitan and the
Christian Herald by Mrs. c. c. Har-
Ian; the Lutheran Witness by Rev.
T. Gulhaugen; Good Housekeeping by
the Home Economics department OF
the Woman's club and the National
Geographic by TIE Curren Events de-
.partment.
The library association furnished
Popular Mechanics, Saturday Evening
Post, American Magazine, Literary
Digest, Ladies Home Journal, Wo-
mans Home Companion, Boys Life
and American Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
OFF TO ALASKA

Alfred and Edmund Behrman left
Tuesday for Cordova, Alaska where
they expect to seek employment in
the copper mines. The boys will sail
from Seattle Saturday, meanwhile vis-
iting their brother Martin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
Charles Haynes Killed by
Accidental Explosion
Of Dynamite
VAS THROWING THE
EXPLOSIVE ON ICE
Sticks Held in Hand and
Part Of Case Alongside
Him Set Off

Cn0fleS 1dyueS, UeTTlCk IOrem8n
for the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron
eompany, was literally blown to pieces
Il 7:45 o'clock this morning while
dynamiting ice in the Columbia river
where the new Union Pacific bridge
i under construction. George Bran
der. electrician, who was watching
HAYNES, had the skin torn from the
back Of one hand and sleeve and
one side of his coat ripped to shreds,
but was not seriously injured.
Haynes was standing on the bridge
md tossing dynamite down on an ice
held which had formed near the east
shore. He had lighted and thrown one
charged which lighted on a floating
ice cake. 1t was carried down stream
and exploded under the bridge. Al
most simultaneously there was a
larger explosion as charge which
Haynes held in his hand and a part
Of case alongside him went off.
All that was left of the unfortunate
mans body was the shoulders and the
back of the head which lay on the
bridge about ten feet from where the
man had been standing. One leg
lodged on top of pier below, the
scalp and parts Of the head were left
hanging in the timbers 20 feet above,
the arms were missing and parts were
scattered, yards away, on the ice.
There are two theories as to the
cause Of the fatal explosion. One is
that the dynamite in the mans hand
or that alongside Of him was set aft
by the concussion of the charge ex-
ploding on the ice cake directly be-
low. The other is that the charge in
Hoynes' hand had been lighted and
exploded prematurely.
Electrician Brander owes his life
to the protection of large beam
which entirely shielded his body.
He was standing only a few feet
away behind the timber with his arm
around it. The explosion loosened his
bold and he was knocked down but
not rendered uncouncions. In addition
to the injury to the hand which was
exposed around the timber he was
rendered deaf in one ear but it is
thought his deafness is only of a
temporary nature.
A colored workman who. was also
dynamiting ice nearer the shore was
uninjured.
Mr.. Haynes was A years of age, and
his home is in Cedalia, Missouri. He
= survived by his widow, a daughter
aged s, an 8-months-old baby, and a
step son who is employed on bridge
work. Mr.. Haynes and his family
lived in one of the temporary cot
uges near the bridge. No funeral
arrangements have been made.
county Coroner Wanda, Of Pros
ser arrived here at noon and went to
We bridge to investigate the accident
The death of Mr.. Haynes is the
second fatal accident at the bridge
works within month. E. L. Keith,
earpenter, was killed there four weeks
ago this morning by falling timber,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
MERCHANT GOES EAST

r. w. Manley, manager for the
Golden Rule store, left last week for
New York City. In company with
L. Barney of Yakima Mr.. Manley will
spend two months buying goods for
the Golden Rule stores of this state.
Besides New York his trip will in
clude st. Louis and Chicago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22

can only be gotten together and pro-
vided with a director we can have a
band of which the town will have
reason to be proud"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22

mss Mona Young, who has been
''siting her sister in Walla Walla,
spent few days in Kennewick this
Week. -
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-05
INTEREST INVITED
BY ECONOMY MOVE
Politicians Wondering Whether
Revenge May Not be an un-
DERIVING Motive.
special pispaseh From Hvssy Evenings
eta6 Ocrresrondent
M Joseph r.. Wnkins.

Stats House. Dover. Jan. S.--Poiiti-
chns arc wondsrin1 whether the
Democratic Senators were influenced
y, economy or revenge In deciding at
yesterdays caucue 20 attempt Co re-
ducc from $500 TO 800 per month the
salary ~ Wallace \. Handy, automo-
hllc executive.
Mr.. Handy is superintendent OF the
automobile division I'm the Office OF
Secretary of State Benson. who ap-
pointed him To thu position and fixed
his saisry friends 81 Mr.. Hantf1 say
his management 81 the department Is
-sscllont and his attention To business
hs~ elevated tho division 10 point
where i,s rcsspt greatly exceed its
expsnAiitur~ rhcy also cite many In
stances II his fundamentally I'm re-
ccverins stolen vehicles.
Some politicians think the proposed
reduction OF Mr.. lIandys salary is IN
conspnanoo with the Democratic plat
fovm declaration for economy. Others
hclicV. revenge Influenced the Demo-
orutlc caucus While Senator, In
1874, Mr. Handy Ted the Republicans
and Democrats who combined in con-
nrsnins Governor Dcnnay's nominal
t.on 81 Josiah o. wolcott rs Chancei-
Tor, hence suspicion of revenge.
-Four members 81 tho present Senate.
Hopkins and Mcintyre. Democrats,
and Luu and Harry Pr-ttyman. Re-
publ,cNn., voted for Chancellor VOL
colts crnnrmation. and three Of their
proscnt colleagues. Murphy, Demo
crr,. and Hixhneid and Walker. Re
punlhan<. opposed u. This political
division a. what invites the inquiry
as Co whether eocnomy or revenge are
prominent IN the proposed move.
should tho Leg,slature reduce Mr.
Handy. salary. some persons declare
Governor Donnov would dieapprove
tho reduction and hts veto could not
be ovcrriddsn. two-thirds vote in
senate ana House would be necessary
~ override the Veto and Republican
legislators say such n combination 1.
lnrrchabla. The final test VIII =,
anxiourly awaited.
ii.~'ie~ faNorins q permanent rests-
trauon 81 voters ana recommcndns
consolidation q tho officers of STATE
lrasnn oorinisssnn.r and SUITE insCr-
snce ccrnmisron.r. the Democratic
a>naecrp. In oaucus. dccited 90 draft q
ls' limiting "a % cents the fec OF q
Justice 81 tho peace or a notary nnbliS
foy administering On oath IN his oiiic<
and n GO cents TIE fec for administer
tn a cath oueice hia ot.ioeA
AaDeriAng 20 rvports current hore
- I'm An The reorganization Of IN,
~ Cnust n N~w Onssie county AN
nn1no psspasAi ons fos a u,res-con-
mhs1nuns court and ne other fo- q
,csss sumysseh Of ore meuSeer IRON
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-05
oRAyNr HIRCTs OFYDoBhS.
rhSSp Husbands WIN Head West
prWnAywine In IRA.

Philip Hus,sn-ls wac elec:sa worthy
master % wes; prend,>r'ne Orange
a. shs regular eu~:nsse meeting IN
Orange Hi. Ta-isyvsiie. IS, nisht
Tho installation o~rcrnory VII tske
tlar~ q. next weeks meeting. And
wi'i - IN charge ~, one % ire past
masters and staff OF assistants.
Othcr officers elected last nish, were:
dy~~.r. William C,.a-k. lecturer.
ella Tarey. steward. Harry Ramsey;
as,.i@,ant steward. stephen lo.us;
chspiain. Alice Ryan: sais keeper.
wsrrsr Phnngs ceres. Carrie Clark ;
pomona. Marian Brown; nors. Helen
r.llcy: lsiy assistant steward. ELSIE
Webster. treasurer Herhsrt Chandler
secretary. Ni~ Eva wsldn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-05


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