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New Britain herald., 1923-02-17

Charles II. Jillson OF this town was
ordered 10 pay his wife Ada ". Jill
son s3s month pending his llrnree
action against her, The money Will
support two minor children, Jillson
was criticized severely by Judge
Haines for making IL necessary for
the court 10 order him TO support his
children.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17
Ia Reeea, Tah,esu

The lambda neita cub will give
return presentation Of the iahleah
"0ur Garden Of Flowers" in Orange
hall neNi "Wednesday evening under
the auspices Of the grange. The tab.
lean vas presented al various social
affairs some weeks asa and was such
a success that il was decided 10 repeat
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17

Miss Isabelle Kelley OF Edon avenue
has returned 10 resume her stUlies
a. st. Francis Hospital Training
school.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17

The funeral OF Mrs. Thomas De-
Angelo was held this mornihE At .
o'clock from ST. Thomas chutrn and
burial was in st. Thomas cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17

Fire Chief cronin has been appoint
ed local fuel administrator 10y rohert
Hurley. superintendent Of state ponce.
His instructions arrived yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17

No meeting Of the Berlin troop o.
Eoy sco,hs was hcldslast evening. due
70. tho Illness Of many OF the ner-
bsrs and also TO she weather. Tiie
scoutmaster 1;es. S. \ Fislsc. has
been working Tor the past several
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17

cre,ouaes in time for spring. sse. zee. soc, 400
un 10 NJ 40 YARD,
Window Shades. ssxTs inch domestic Holland
In white. cream. eeru and linen shades-ssc each.
Marauisette Curtains. rnffled with tie back for
se.i1 pair.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-17
Won,cn's Federation

The woman's Federation Of TN
congregational church will hold
FREQ entertainment on Washington
birthday at 1890 p. m. Following th'
entertainment. a cafeteria supper vii
be served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
LOCAL PIONEER
WOMAN is DEAD
Mrs. Herman Fisher Passes Away
Had Been Resident Of Kenne-
wick Is Years

Mrs. Herman Fisher died Friday Of
paralysis following an illness Of nine
days. Funeral services were conduct.
ed Monday afternoon at the M. E.
church by the pastor, Rev. A. A.
Calender. Interment was in River
view Heights cemetery.
Johannah Caroline Geppert was born
April 1, 1858 in Germany. When she
was only six months Of age her par
ents came to the United States and
settled in Wabasha county, Minnesota,
where her father was one Of the pio-
neer ministers of the M. E. church.
In her early womanhood she was mar
ried to Herman Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher came to Ken
newick eighteen years ago and have
made their home here since that time.
Mrs. Fisher is survived by her hus-
band and three sons, Alva, of Brem-
erton; Irwin, of Boville, Idaho, and Or
lin of this city. The two older sons
came here to attend the funeral.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
TO BATTLE
JACK FROST
Many Orchards are Equip
ped with Smudge Pots
for the Spring Season

Enough orchardists will smudgt
this year to give a practical demon
stration of what can be accomplished
in the way of frost damage preven.
tion by orchard heating.
In addition to the large number Of
oil pots already in the district, which
for a number of years have beer
idle, being again put into service, the
Big Y has secured for its members
4500 coal burning pots and two car.
loads of briquets to feed these pots
have arrived at the yards Of the John
Dover Lumber company. A number
of orchards will also be equipped with
the Crusdorf method of smudging
These are expected to arrive this week
With plans already perfected for
the giving of frost alarms in co-opera-
tion with the weather office at Walls
Wal,a, everything will be in readiness
to battle with Jack Frost should he
again attempt to invade the, valley.
If the expected success is achieved.
every soft fruit orchard in the dis
trict will probably be provided with
smudge pots another year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
BISHOP PAGE is
LUNCHEON GUEST
Stresses the Need of Greater Team
Work Between Communities
of Northwest


The Rt. Rev. Herman Page, Bishop
of Spokane, who is in Kennewick or
one of his periodical visits to St
Paul's Episcopal church, was q guest
and speaker at the Thursday lunch
con- of the Cimmercial club.
Bishop Page stressed the need fol-
teamwork among the communities Of
the Northwest. He pointed out sew
eral instances where the unfriendly
rivalry of communities had retarded
progress. He declared while local af-
fairs doubtless have first call upon
our attention we must not overlook
the fact that the community is an in
tegral part of the state and the ma
ton.
ave sometimes Think" said Bishop
Page, 'that what happens in neigh
boring community does not concern
us. But it does; sometimes very vi
tally. What is true of communities
is also true of nations. We are COM
ing to realize more and more that the
welfare of America is closely linked
with and dependent upon the welfare
of other nations Of the world"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
CHAPTER INSTITUTED
Kennewick Lodge Folk Help Launch
Eastern Star at Hanford

Thirty-five members of Alma Chap
ter, No. 100, o. E. S., drove to Han
ford Monday to attend the institution
of Mount Gable Chapter, o. E. S., of
Hanford and White Bluffs. Following
the institution of the Chapter by the
Grand Patron w. F. Meier, the work
was exemplified by Alma Chapter and
Mrs. N. Hooper and Miss Muriel Ma
son of Kennewick were initiated by
courtesy.
|. Grand officers appointed for the
evening were: Secretary, Prescott, of
Seattle, marshall; Katherine Craver,
Kennewick; chaplain, Ruth Cole; con-
ductor, Sister Prescott of University
Chapter, Seattle; associate conductor,
Edith Macmahon; warder Janet Hatch
sentinel B. L. Cole. The local chapter
was greatly pleased with the warm
hospitality of the Hanford and White
Bluffs people.
An excellent six o'clock dinner was
served in the new community hall.
The new chapter gets its name Gable
from beloved pioneer of the Hanford
district.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
TRAVEL HEAVY

VIM. Switzler, ferryman at Ply
mouth, who was in the city, Wednes-
day, reports that considering the time
of year, travel is heavy over the Una
tilla-Kennewick cutoff between the
Columbia highway in Oregon and the
Central Washington highway. He has
been crossing on an average Of ten
cars day. Mr.. Switzler reports that
the road across the hill is in good
condition. 1t has recently been grad
ed from the summit this way.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
To Request State Highway
Commissioner to Start
Hard Surfacing
MEETING HELD IN
PROSSER TUESDAY
District Engineer Says More
than Million Dollars will
be Available

AS result of meeting in Prosser
Tuesday attended by representatives
of the Prosser Community and the
Kennewick and Richland Commercial
clubs, q concerted effort is to be made
to secure If possible start on the
hard surfacing of the Inland Empire
highway in Benton county.
At the close Of the meeting COM
munication was addressed to James
Allen, state highway commissioner,
asking that he name date for con-
ference with Benton county delega-
ton. Senator d. v. Morthland, Of
Yakima and Representative M. M.
Moulton will be invited to accompany
the delegation. "a
Tuesdays meeting was not prear-
ranged. The Kennewick and Richland
delegations went to Prosser to meet
State Commissioner Allen, whom it
was thought would be there that day,
to inspect the Sixth street bridge re-
Gently closed by the county commits
sioners. Mr.. Allen, however, was not
in Prosser, but was represented by
District Engineer Nook, Of Yakima
and two other state highway en-
gineers.
Following the weekly luncheon of
the Community club the visiting dele
cations met with the good roads COM
mittee of the Prosser club. This meet
ing was briefly addressed by Mr..
Nook. He was unable to give any
detailed information as to where the
$4,000 appropriated by the legisla-
ture for work on the Inland Empire
highway between Ellensburg and Ken
newick during the present biennium
is to be spent. He said there will be
available for expenditure on this Sec
ton of the Inland Empire highway
during the biennium total of 81 ,200,-
600. Of this, 100000 is federal mon
ey to be expended on the Yakima can
yon grade.
Mr.. Nook said so far as he had been
advised the only work scheduled for
Benton county was $4,000 to be ex-
pended on the grade between Prosser
and Benton City, and the rebuilding
of the Fallon bridge over the Yakima.
The bridge work he said, would be
under way within sixty days. The
forty thousand to be used between
Prosser and Benton City was appro-
priated by the 1921 Legislature but
,.<<A III n
MUM. 1t was reappropriated by the
last legislature.
Kennewick was represented at the
Prosser meeting by Commissioner r.
H. Briggs, Mayor H. w. Desgranges,
L. E. Johnson, A. F. Brown, F. F.
Beste, h. G. Fyfe, S. H. Whitehorn
and A. r. Gardner. The Richland rep
resentatives were F. j. O'Brien and
James Pearce.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
BOY DIES

vearIe s1en Arnold Peterson, the five.
la. D.. u son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
lin Fac Eison' died at the family home
|2O. ns.., H.. hennewick Tuesday, March
from s.n ~. was caused by diabetes
|fered nich s the little fellow had suf-
u Fu ior some time.
o'clocs 'a, y services were held at three
|unders.,:m .ms afternoon at Muelier's
la. sham g parlors, with Rev. John
|officia,;, pastor of the Baptist church
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
HEARING FOR
NEW TRUCK LINE
State Department of Public Works to
Consider Application for
Auto Service

The state department of public
works is to hold public hearing Fri
day afternoon at one o'clock in the
city hall on the application of w. J.
Burns and Leo Corkrum for a GER
tificate of convenience and necessity
to operate freight truck line be-
tween Walla Walla and Kennewick
and intermediate points.
Recently the state department ask
ed commercial bodies along the pro-
posed route for their opinions. The
governing board of the Kennewick
Commercial club opposed the propos-
ed line on the grounds that the pres
ent rail service between Kennewicl-
and Walla Walla is ample for all de-
mands and the auto service is not
needed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
COUNTY BOARD
VIEWS ROADS
Commissioners Make Tour
of Inspection Of Second
ary Highways

Commissioners Briggs, Allard and
DeBow spent most Of last week on
a road inspesction tour Of the coun-
fty. The purpose Of the trip was to
work out a definite plan of improve
ment for the secondary roads Of the
county and to agree upon the expen-
diture of the general road and bridge
and the permanent highway maint-
enance funds.
Gall members Of the board are
agreed that before we can vote in
telligently on road matters each mem
ber Of the board must know where
the roads are, what condition they
are in, the number of people they
serve. For this reason we are getting
acquainted with conditions in the
other fellows district" said Commits
|sioner Allard.
The commissioneys are confining
their attention to the secondary roads
as the maintenance Of the primary
state highways has been taken out
of the hands of the commissioners
and placed directly in the charge Of
the state highway department. I'm
der the new plan adopted by the leg
islature the commissioners will have
nothing to say as to how or where
the maintenance money will be spent
on the primary state highways.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
FIRST GAME
is IN PASCO
Local Club will Open Season
April / Across River
Schedule Adopted

Kennewick will open the season il
the Blue Mountain League April
in Pasco. This will be the first Of q
series of Is games to be played by
each Of the six clubs in the league.
The schedule, rules and regulations
governing each clubs participation
were definitely worked out at meet
ing of the league directors in Walls
Walla the first of the week. C. H
Peterson, who represents Kennewick
on the official board, reports that the
stringent regulations prohibiting the
hiring of players is to be rigidly en-
forced.
The proceeds Of the first two games
are to be divided so and 40 per cent
between the winner and loser. Be-
ginning with the third game the pro-
ceeds are to be divided equally between
the participating clubs after the trav-
cling expenses of the visiting team
have been deducted.
Each club is to designate league
umpire who is to officiate at all the
games on the home grounds. While
two umpires will be used in each game
the second umpire will serve only as
an assistant and his decisions will be
subject to reversal by the official UNI
pire, who will have authority to i'm
pose fines and penalties upon any
player or club for violation of any
rules of the game. Such fines or pen
alties must be paid before the player
or club can participate in another
game. At the close Of the season the
league fees which will amount to 5000
are to be divided SO, 80 and 20 per
cent between the three high teams.
Kennewick's schedule follows: At
home, April 8 and June 10, Walla
Walla; May 6 and June "a, Milton
Freewater; May 20, Pendleton. April
20, Echo; May q, Pasco. Away from
home: May 13, Walla Walla; May 80,
Milton-Freewater; April Is and June
8, Pendleton; April % and July 8,
Echo; April l and June II, Pasco.
The season closes July s and July
is open date for all clubs.
About Is players turned out for
the first practice Sunday and Manager
Leibee says. the local club will be
able to send very creditable lineup
to Pasco for the opening game.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
YOUNG FOLK WE'D
Miss Irene Haas and George Thorn
ason Married in Pasco

Irene Elizabeth Haas and George
Elton Thomason were united in mar
riage Tuesday, March 20, at the M.
E. parsonage, Pasco. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Eaton in the
presence of immediate relatives of
the young couple.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Haas of this
city. She has made her home here
since childhood and has a large circle
of friends.
The groom is member of q pioneer
family of Baker, Oregon. He came
to Kennewick about six months ago
and during his residence here has
made his home with his uncle, w. H.
Mather. He is at present employed
by the county as mechanic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomason will make
their home in Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
SOME COKE

According to factory representa-
tive who was in the city last week
the people of Kennewick are heavy
Coco Cola drinkers. He said Hayden
and Lloyd of this city, bought more
Coco Cola in 1922 than any other
firm between Spokane and Yakima.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
EARLY PAPER

"Dixie" Taylor, local circulation
manager, reports that beginning Mar.
25 the Sunday Spokesman-Review will
be delivered to Kennewick homes be-
fore breakfast. The publishers have
changed the hour of publication Of
their Sunday issue 80 as to mail it
on the night O-W. R. & N. train and
it will arrive in Kennewick at 4:45
a. m. on the train from Walla Walla.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
BROWN TO LEAVE

Wendell p. Brown has resigned as
horticulturalist for this district to ac-
cept similar position in the Walla
Walla district He will go to his
new field the first of next month. Mr..
Browns successor has not yet been
announced by the state commissioner
of horticulture.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
BASEBALL DANCE

The management of the Kennewick
baseball club hopes to put the team
over the top SO far as preliminary f.
nances are concerned at the dance
Saturday night which the Highlands
Improvement club is giving for the
benefit of the baseball club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
HONOR STUDENTS

Benton county is credidted with six
honor students at Washington State
college. They are: Allen Arnold, Ken
newick; Neil Johnson, Finley; Eliza
beth Whelan, Hanford; Ivan Travis,
Kiona; John Brand and Adelaide
Walker, Prosser. These were among
the 219 whose semester average was
80 or over.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
cnall Head will be Turned
s. at First and Increased
Each Day
SERVICE TO START
FIRST OF APRIL
Hundred Thousand Feet OF
Embankment have been
Thoroly Inspected

Manager w. C. Muldrow of the Col
,,mbia Irrigation district makes the
following statement concerning the
opening Of the 1928 irrigation system.
The work Of getting the canal sys-
tam Of the Columbia Irrigation dis
rict ready for another years SER
We Is almost complete. Working
conditions have been fairly favorable,
except for some severe wind storms
and IN unusually thoro cleanup has
ben made Of the main canals. Silt
md sand deposits have been cleaned
ont, weed and grass grown berms
along the banks have been sliced off
and banks that were underwriting in
dangerous spots have been sloped and
sravelled to hold them in place. Low
spets in the banks have been raised
md weak spots strengthened in num-
,esous places. The net result Of the
wuiIk done should be a material in
crease in the amount of water that
can be carried and a greater safety
in operation, after the new work has
been tested out Temporarily, an ele-
men3 Of danger is introduced every
time any work is done on the banks
Of IN earth canal You may cut into
an old gopher-hole that may cause a
break between the canal is primed
Ther are over a hundred thousand
feet Of lower bank on the main canal
bstveen Kennwick and the headgates
and that means at least a hundred
thousand chances for gopher hole
lying just under an inch of dirt, wait
ing for the water to break thru into
1t and cause a break.
To block this chance, every foot of
the banks has been carefully inspect
ed and all holes detected have been
dug out and filed We expect to turn
IN water at the headgates Saturday,
the 24th-only half head at first.
Then It will be raised slowly, a little
each day and the banks will be
watched with extra care till we get
the full head in. It would be invit-
ing disaster to do it any other way.
Inc work has been carried out with
the plan of having water ready for
deilvery in all parts of the system
on April first. Barring mischance
OF some kind, this will be done
tnere will be several new faces
N the district force this year and sew
e.si OLD ones missing. j. r. Quigley,
si.er many years of faithful, cheer
iui and efficient service, has been
.UIced ~ by ill-health to resign the work.
.ne extra crew will be in the capable
nands OF Mr.. Altrogge, who is well
.Apenenced in this work of shooting
nank Scott, last year on beat q,
ia,.eo to tear himself away from the
nelsnts Of city life this spring, and
Cheek. ~ ~ ones'er
4
,ro ane Hedges beat vacated by Mr.. AL
~. usse Will be handled by Mr.. Brough-
~. no 10 |" an old hand at ditch work.
,,sa =. $ s.n1lassner, y of the headgates beat
,,.;~ a.sU ,alled to come back and that. beat
= ~ e IN charge of Fred Mosier.
s., e new men have been carefully
selected for th;s ,,,or,. -,
and = % the service of the district,
clean s.e manager believes we have a
so ut, hard-hitting crew that will
Sea- .' toward the ideal of 1923
tv va ~ without break and with plen-
tim. y water for everybody all the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22

hy surn. louise Kathman was pleasant
numbaI bsprlsed Tuesday evening by a
her ca,.s ol friends who called to help
nnts eeleorate her birthday. Refresh
were served at midnight.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22

very definite program the results of
which will show up on the streets,
in the schools, churches and homes
long before the first year is over.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22
SECRETARY IMPROVES

w. R. Crawford, secretary of the
Commercial club, who has been i'll for
several weeks, was on the street We'd
nesday, but is yet too weak to re-
sumo his work with the club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22

Mrs. r. H. Nicholson will be hostess
to the bridge club next Wednesday
at the home Of Mrs. r. E. Pratt.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22

Mrs. M. O. Kitten returned Wed.
nesday from business trip to the
coast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-22

H. C. Schmidt is transacting bust
ness in Seattle today.
Evening star., 1923-09-04
MY FRIENDS In
THE COUNTRY
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

Back in the city after my vacation,
friends in the country.
Trees. One lone tree in a meadow.
giant cottonwood. with cows un-
der 1t. Massed trees in the forest at
distance. Armies of trees swarming
up the mountainside. A procession OF
trees along the roadside.
The Brook, happiest. playfullest,
brightest of all natures children.
Tho Waterfall. / can close my eyes
now and see it's silver surface, its
mounting spray. its flashing Jewels,
and hear it's thunderous note.
The Cliff, standing out grimly,
sturdily. everlastingly defying the
waters
The Field. The waving surface of
golden grain, the sweep OF meadow
The Sea. For days foated on a
snip. little speck lost in the i'm
mensity of sky and water The in
unity of 1t haunts my mind.
Greenness. Acres. miles, worlds of
green green grass and LEAKAGE. Gods
The smell of earth and tho salt
tank of the ocean. The odor of the
fresh plowed field, of the new cut
nay, of the stacked wheat and oats,
oi bdIHs ana DdrnydrdS, OF orcharoS
and woods.
Long stretches of railway
Birds. Nultures poised motionless
nigh in the air. SeagulIs circling,
sWooping, mounting, diving tirelessly.
WHO things A bear. a deer
scurrying squirrels. They are peep
ing among my memories now as they
peeped at me from among the leaf
age.
The Horizon. out at sea I saw it
IN It's purity, with not a building, a
snip, a mountain orr any such thing
70 break the utter puNty of it's line.
In the city there is no horizon.
The Wind. Not little sucking
drafts or street cramped gusts but
vast fronts of it. miles wide, coming
like an advancing army. Wind fresh
and rich and full of the medicine of
the sun and sky and ocean.
Inc Path, Zig-Zagging across the
heath as OBVIOUSLY as life itself
Roads. Not streets. Roads, roads
climbing up mountainsides. roads
stretching across plains, roads aroh ed
by trees. bordered by weeds and
brushwood. roads straight. meander-
ing, climbing hills, descending val
leys. crossing bridges.
The River, eternally seeking the
sea.
Boats. herds Of cattle, droves of
sheep. fiocks of birds, heaps of stone,
innumerable stars fretting the vast
night.
Huge silences. not disturbed but
accentuated, by the sound of crickets
and frogs.
So I Sit in my chair in my study
and think of my Friends in the
Country.