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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
FINLEY NOTES
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A pie social will be held at the
school house, Friday, March 81, the
proceeds of which will go to the ben
eft of the school. Everyone invited.
Karl and David gibson, who re-
Gently moved into this community
from Yakima, are now attending
school here.
Mr. Gilkey, county superintendent
was visiting school last week.
Leslie Moe has entered the Finley
high school from Hover.
Regular Grange meeting at the
school house March %. Luncheon of
sandwiches and cake solicited. Good
program for lecture hour insured by
our lectArer.
Rev. C. Geiszler who had quite a
severe attack of appendicitis last
week has improved enough to be able
to be up and around again.
P. Deakins is setting cut quite an
asparagus bed in the Mason pla
which he has lately acquired.
Mr.. S. Kuh, was quite sick for sew
erA days but is now better.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Zindel visited
in Richland at the home Of Mrs. C.
Ford, Sunday.
Mrs. Beal who has been nursing at
the hospital in Pasco for the past six
weeks, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Day who has been at the
Beal home while Mrs. Beal was away
returned to her home Monday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
Washington's geography and ma

Washington's geography and ma
tural resources entitle it to increas-
ing greatness among the states and
expanding influence in the nation. 1t
cannot assume and hold its rightful
position, growing commercially, in
dustrially and socially great, if po-
litically weak. To be governor OF
this state and to measure up to the
responsibilities of the office, is to do
big thing. The people Of this state
have a right to expect that the head
of its government be in fact gov
ernor and not a handicap.
am more interested in the fu-
ture of this state than in my own
political fortunes. / have come along
this far without political past and
can easily forego political future.
What happens to me politically does
MT matter. What happens to Wash
ington politically does matter. The
probability of defeat doesn't deter
me, it is the possibility of election.
Doubtless I'm unduly alarmed).
All that has been said has not
fired my ambition, but candidly it
has aroused my curiosity. am cur
ious to know how far candidate
could get, who has no isms to urge,
no experiments to expound, no pred
JUDGES to play, no antagonisms to
flaunt and no jobs to promise-a
candidate with an ear to counsel and
advise but unwilling to sacrifice his
independence for pre-
election alliances; one who would con-
fine his campaign strictly to those
issues directly affecting the execu-
tive office refusing to be led off into
the by-paths of state and national
legislative controversy, or interna-
tional policies, or senatorial inquisi-
lions.
Such candidate probably would
get no farther than Kennewick. So
why worry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
u,HERE are those who attempt to

THERE are those who attempt to
L preach that pessimism prevails
among the farmers of this district.
The snip, snip of the pruning shears,
the shooting spray guns, and the up
and back and back and forth OF the
tractor and disc, out in the apple or
chards, is proof enough of the falsity
of any such preachments. 1t Is one
thing to talk optimism but quite
another to practice it. The apple
growers of this district are the prac-
ticing kind. To begin to expend time,
and money, and energy on this years
crop with nothing received for last
wears, requires real optimism.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

HENNEWICK'S future is now as
II sured. A golf club has been or
oan;zed and a course laid out. Not
African nor the barnyard variety but
real honest-to-goodness goluf.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

THE only thing Gardner now re-
i uuires to render his name truly
GREAT is senatorial investigation.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
Boy Scouts Haze
Tests and Picnic

Saturday afternoon and until Sun
day noon, the combined troops of
WinslOw Boy Scouts assembled at
Clear Greek, where they had an en-
ioyable picnic, business session and
tests They were under charge of
Glib Hunter Scoutmaster, and w. c..
Breckeen and A J. st. Charles. Trans
portation to and from the creek was
furnished by P. D. Grizzard, D. E.
Parker, Homer Vaughn and R. K.
Corkhill.
The principal purpose of the gath
ering was the holding of swimming
tests. Swimming and diving lessons
were conducted Sunday morning, and
other sports enjoyed
Officers for the Scouts were elected
as follows: Senior patrol leader, Clyde
Brady; scribe, Parr Lancaster; pa
troll leaders, Troop No. 1, Maxwell
Hathaway; No. 2, Ted Clark; No. 8,
Robert Fussel; No 4, Gregory Hynes !;
national color bearer, Dick Trimble;
troop color bearer, Paul Vacker.
The following were the boys who
made the trip: Clyde Brady, Carl
Brady, Ted Clark, Alva Creel, Earle
Grizzard, Roy Hadley, Gregory
Hynes, Parr Lancaster, David Parker,
Art Phillips, Johnny Phillips, Roy
Simmons, Elmore Sorenson, Dick
Trimble, Paul Vader.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
JUDGE HOLDS court
FOR SPEEDY ONES

Judge r. K Corkhill on Tuesday
afternoon held a short and snappy
session of police court and listened to
the petitions of several hasty ones
that they be allowed to contribute SIS
to the treasury of the city.
Bob Leonard donated five because
he admitted turning a corner at about
1S miles an hour, when the ordinance
says six is plenty fast enough. Clyde
Pane, driving a car with a Hoosier
license, donated five for having been
in too great hurry on the city
streets.
A. E. Critics was called, being ac-
cused with travelling 80 miles an hour
on Kinsley avenue, but denied going
over fifteen The complaining wit
ness had failed to hold stop watch
on the car, so the evidence was in
complete, and the judge dismissed the
case with a warning to Critics here
after to drive so it wouldn't even look
like he was going 80 miles per.
D. G.. Wade, having been cautioned
by the court and Marshal Harp on
previous occasions to travel more
leisurely, was allowed to dig UP a
double assessment of $40.
C. E. Machen, chief dispatcher of
the Santa Fe was next. Because he
is so used to transacting business over
the wire, Judge Corkhill tried him by
telephone, allowing Machen to be his
own lawyer, witness and jury, and
then asking that the check for five be
made out to the Town of Winslow.
The Judge took occasion to remind
all the defendants that the ordinance
SAYS over Is miles an hour is illegal
between streets; ten is the limit at
crossings. and six miles an hour when
turning corners.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
Preliminary Mapping of
Through Line Under Way

The vanguard of the railroad forces
who will build the Southern Pacifics
new main line road began preliminary
surveys this week on the project
which will connect Phoenix and Cen
tral Arizona on direct transcontin-
entail route to the Pacific coast.
Plans for actual construction of
the new route, a dream of many
years in the central part of the state,
thus reached their stage of reality.
Two surveyors arrived in Yuma
from San Francisco Monday morning
and began preliminary work of map
ping the line. They were Joined Ia
ter by force of Is surveyors who
will establish headquarters at Yuma
Initial survey was begun from
point near Dome, Arizona, where the
new route will connect with the
present branch of the road, and the
surveyors from there will work east
ward. Another party will begin sur
vey work at Red Rock, west of Tue
son,
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
Indians Are SIO1U
About Registering

Indians of Navajo county are slow
to avail themselves of the newly
granted privilege of registering as
voters for the coming primary and
general election. In Winslow, up tC
yesterday, only four had registered
They were Mrs Ada Haskell, Dave
Haskell, Amelia Maktima and H. H
Sekiesteiva.
All four had registered with Mrs
Hungerford of Babbitt Bros. Trading
company. Mrs. Hungerford says that
the Indians, when asked about regis
tering, insist that they first get the
advice of their agent, apparently feel
ing that they need his protection, or
that if they accept the privilege OF
taking part in the government of the
white people they will be expected to
take up some of the burdens, by being
compelled to pay taxes, or losing their
accustomed government aid.
The same qualifications apply to the
Indians as to whites, that is, they
must have lived in the state one year
and the county and precinct 80 days
and must be able to use the English
language we'll enough to read the con-
Stitution without prompting.
Mrs. Hungerford says it is difficult
to distinguish those Indians who
have had excellent educational train
ing and gone back to the shawl, u
from those who have lived in hogans
all their lives and know none of the
whites language or manners.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
MAN SUSPECTED IN
AUTO THEFT RELEASED

Clemente Garcia, the man who was
brought here from Flagstaff last
week charged with completely in the
theft of a car from the Driverless
Ford company of Albuquerque, was
released by the officials here Satur-
day morning. An officer from the
federal court who was here Thursday
relative to the matter stated that he
could not handle Garcia's case unless
the principal, the man who rented the
car and engineered the theft and sale,
could be apprehended. AS the other
man was not found there was nothing
to do but release the prisoner, who
was being held here. F. A. Cox, pro-
prietor of the company who was here
and sent home the stolen car after
making some necessary repairs, left
with local officers money to pay Gar
cia's fare back to Flagstaff in case he
was not held for prosecution Gar
cia said he had a job at Flagstaff.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
Soldier OF Fortune
To Abide With Us

Bill Carpenter, cousin of the agile
French boxing champ, Georges Car
pentier, after travelling the world over
helping to win five wars, has, after
seeing almost every country, decided
to make his future home in W1nslow
and toward that end, has established
an auto finishing shop on Third
near Kinsley avenue.
The last war Bill won was the
World War, which he says was quite
the best war he was ever at, and
which satisfied his taste for gore for
all time to come. In it he was
wounded a couple of times, gassed,
and very honorable discharged a SER
geant. Before the World war he rem
dered assistance in the Spanish
American war, from which he draws
a pension; was a trooper in the Boer
war in South Africa; member OF
the English forces in an Indian cam
paign, and once took part in South
American war. Bill in between times
was a member of the Northwest
Mounted Police, was elected constable
of Canadian county Oklahoma, and
once served as deputy United States
marshal in the same state.
Bill fights for just most any coun-
try where white people rule, but he
calls himself a 100 per cent American
and the balance north Of Ireland. Bill
carries an armful of credentials, gov
ernment documents, letters and testf-
monials, which show him to be, be-
sides the adventurous things above
mentioned, billiard shark, boxer and
pugilist trainer, steeple jack, painter
and interior decorator, camoutlage
artist, pyschic and fortune teller.
Bill arrived in Winslow the first
of the month, and in the few weeks
has become a very busy man. and no
doubt will in a short time find outlet
for the expression OF his numerous
and varied talents.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
THE PIZZLEWIGGS ESTABLISH
BRANCH LODGE IN WINSLON

Edwin K. Errett of Gallup was a
visitor in Winslow over the weekend
The principal business of MIR. Errett
here was to establish a branch OF a
new secret society which is sweeping
the country like wildfire. A number
of WinsIowites had previously been
members of the lodge. but no local
branch had been inaugurated.
The name of the lodge is the Piz-
z1ewiggs. It is not society for the
propagation of hair tonic, nor are
bald-headed men the only ones eng
ib1e. Mr. Errett is the grand travel
ing pizzle, and as such obligated can
didates at a star chamber session at
the Harvey House Saturday evening.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
REYNOLDS GETS
TWO YEARS At
LEAVENW WORTH

Wesley Reynolds, arrested number
of weeks ago in Winslow for the man
ufacture of booze, was sentenced for
the third time last week by Judge ia
cobs of federal court, who imposed
the maximum sentence upon Reynolds.
This case has attracted much atten-
ton because of involving two women
and the minor son of Reynolds, who
pleaded sole guilt to the liquor viola
tions with an apparent desire to pro-
tect his parents from prosecution.
On two former occasions Reynolds
had received light sentences of small
fines, because of sympathy of the
court with his family, but the third
sentence was as severe as the court
could impose.
He was sentenced to serve the max
imum term of two years in the fed
federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth and was fined $1,000, the fine
being assessed at the rate of $500 on
each of two counts of the indictment.
In addition Reynolds was severely
reprimanded by the court When he
was asked by the court if there was
any legal cause why the sentence
should not be pronounced against him,
the prisoner said there was not, but
he would like to say a word or two.
This right was granted and Reynolds
proceeded to tell the court that he
bore no malice against anyone in the
court room or any of the members of
the jury. He had a family of small
children, however, he said, and for
their sake and his own, he being tu-
bercular. he would like to be kept in
high altitude. He was without funds
for the support of his family, he add
ed and had turned his car over to
his creditors.
Quietly and without a trace of re-
proach in his voice, Judge Jacobs ans
wered the man. He had appeared in
the federal court in Phoenix last year
and had been fined only $25 after he
had pleaded guilty to charge of pos
session of liquor, most lenient sem
tence. Then in the winter, he was
found in the court again, informed
again on a charge of possession and
sale to which he pleaded guilty. Il
gave you another lenient sentence at
that time" Judge Jacobs said land
in few days after that joudgment
you were again apprehended with
still and liquor. 1t is upon that charge
you are now being sentenced. The
court has followed this case closely
and is satisfied that Il have been
engaged in the constant violation of
the national prohibition law. While
l am IN sympathy with the small
children, I think it would be the best
thing for the family to get away
from that influence and the best way
to do that is to take you away from
them. Fines in these cases do not
seem to deter you"
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
SANTA FE SHOP MEN
HAVE BIG PICNIC

Santa Fe shop men held a most
successful picnic at Clear Creek Sat
urday evening. The largest crowd
that ever assembled at the creek was
present, and glorious time was re-
ported. The refreshments consisted
of hot dogs, cake, coffee and punch.
Among the stunts put on to enter
tain the crowd was an exhibition OF
ju jitsu by a couple of local Japan
ese wrestlers. which was much en-
ioyed. Aviator Russell Hall furnish
ed thrills galore with his dangerous
aerial stunts, and 'Poss" Coon fur
nished illumination for the late hours
with fuses.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
Airplane Takes Flight
Last Friday Evening

The airplan flight due the night of
the Fourth managed to be manifest
ed just one week late, when weather
conditions for the first time made it
feasible to start the flight Russell
Hall, the aviator, who was checked in
his flight July 4th, steered the aerial
bark over and round the city. The
hour of flight was a rather uncanny
one, the plane not going up until al
most II p. M, and residents had no
notice of the flight until they heard
the rattle of the engine skyward.
The plane was lighted on the early
flight, but gradually the lights weak
ened until two wing lights dwindled
to one, and finally to none. The sky
was clear and the moonlight bright,
making it possible to follow the
course of the airship for quite dis
tance from the observer.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
SNOWFLAKE WILL STAGE BIG.
CELEBRATION ON PIONEERS DAY.

AT 1 p. m. a children's dance will
be held at the Social hall.
The afternoon sports start promptly
at 2, and something is scheduled
to be going all the time. There will
absolutely not be any delay between
exhibitions. The afternoon committee
is busy drawing up a program which
will consist of cowboy sports such as
bull riding, calf roping, ,broncho bust
ing roping and other sports necessary
to make a real cowboy celebration.
Athletic events such as races, jump
ing and basketball are scheduled. Nav
ajo and Apache Indian sports are also
on the program, and large sized
crowd from these tribes is expected
to be present.
One of the big features will be an
Indian band if it can be secured.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
TOM HUBBARD'S AUTO
BURNED MONDAY NIGHT

Tom Hubbard, candidate for sheriff,
lost his automobile by fire last Mon
day night. While driving along the
country road, near the railroad track,
train passed, which was pouring
forth sparks in great quantities. A
little later Mr.. Hubbard put his car
in his garage. The next morning,
when he opened the garage door, the
top of the auto burst into flame and
before he could stop the fire, the top
and body had been completely burned
away, Mr.. Hubbard supposes that a
spark had smoldered on the top of the
car all night.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
GAS CRYSTALZES
AND CLOGS Pipes

Superintendent Bert Steinert of the
city gas plant, is exhibiting this week
sections cut from gas lines leading
from the street mains into houses,
which have become so clogged with
chrystallized gas that it was impos-
sible to see through a section of half
inch pipe not more than five inches
in length.
Mr. Steinert explains that gas made
from oil, the process employed in
Winslow, solidifies or crystallizes
within 48 hours. The crystals cling
to the sides of the pipes and accumu-
late to such an extent that in a cOu-
pie of years half-inch pipe becomes
completely filled. Mr.. Steinert ex-
plains that this is the cause of faulty
service where the gas force becomes
so low during the time of peak load,
or when the plant is put on low pres
sure, and that if the lines leading
from the street to the meters are
cleaned thoroughly, sufficient gas will
always be available for household use,
regardless of the number of custom
ers using gas at the time.
FIe says that the Winslow plant is
capable of supplying at least 800 ad-
ditional meters; that there are now
400 coDnec,ed, puts because the lines
have not been kept clean, the gas has
no chance to flow About forty lines
have been cleaned recently and in
each case, he says, the service now is
excellent. and no more complaint
Genes from those users. AS fast as
the department can attend to the
cleaning they are being taken care
of but application must be made by
the customer, to whom the cost is in
tho neiphborhood of $3.50 to $500
A. 6:15 o'clock in the morning the
plant is put on high pressure. The
high pressure force is great enough to
send the gas flowing through the
clogged mains. In the evening the
rlany is again put on low pressure.
which is not great enough to supply
meters where the lines are plugged,
but which is sufficient to give plenty
of gas where lines are clean,
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18

The citizens of Snowflake are plan
ming, for pioneer day, next Thurs
day, July "a, one of the biggest cele-
brations that has ever been pulled
off there. Details for the program
are being perfected, and an excel
lent time is assured visitors in
Snowflake that day.
At a meeting of the committees
recently the spirit of enthusiasm
shown and the promptness with which
each committee met and rendered
their reports to the general commit
tee shows very plain that the Pioneer
day celebration is guaranteed sue
cess.
In the morning a parade and pag-
cant will be staged that will be well
worth seeing. The two committees
have consolidate to make the forenoon
program a real success.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
LEGISLATIVE BOARD OF II. X.
MEN TO MEET IN PHOENA

Roy Kirkpatrick of Globe, secre-
tary of the legislative board for Arl-
zona of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen, an
nounces that meeting of the legis-
lative board will be held at the
Arizona hotel in Phoenix at 10 o'clock
a. m. on Monday, July %.
At the same time and place a joint
meeting of the legislative boards OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, Order of Railroad Conduc
tors and Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen will be held.
All candidates for state offices will
be invited to appear at the meetings
and state their position on certain
legislative matters.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
CORPORATION COMMISSIONER
HELD HEARINGS IN NORTH

Corporation Commissioner Loren
Vaughn visited Winslow last Friday
after a series of hearings in other
points in the northern pert of the
state. The first of the hearings were
held at Kingman on a matter insti-
tuted by the commission to investi-
gate the need for an underground
crossing beneath the tracks of the
Santa Fe at Kingman.
Mr.. Vaughn left Friday evening for
Springerville, where he to K part in
the celebration there Sunday Early
this week a hearing was held at Pres
colt on the matter of stage line per
nit
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18

City council held a recessed meet
ing Tuesday evening at council cham
Der, the principal business of which
was consideration of the budget for
next year as prepared by City Clerk
Ed Johnson and published in The Mail
two weeks ago. Citizens present were
asked to voice suggestions or altera-
tions in the budget as published. and
no suggestions being offered, it was
adopted without change.
The matter of auditing the city's
books was again broached, but no act
ion was taken. The expense of such
audit seemed to the councilmen great
er than the benefits derived would
warrant A number of letters were
read from different auditors and ac-
counting firms, but all offers and bids
were higher than the council was
willing to pay.
A delegation of residents was pres
ent to protest against the failure OF
council to put in street and alley
crossings to connect sidewalks al
ready in, but the situation of the
council was explained by Councilman
McGregor to the satisfaction of the
protestants, that petition for paving
on that street which was being con-
sidered had made it inadvisable to
make the connections until the paving
was decided upon or rejected.
Another delegation to appear be-
fore the council was to inquire about
the lack of sewers north of Cherry
street in the northwest portion OF
town. Although in the city limits,
those blocks had never been plated
and accepted by the city, and until
that was done, the city could take no
action in the way of laying sewers or
improving streets or alleys
E. H. Black, jeweler, appeared be-
fore the council for the adjustment
of an excessive gas bill rendered last
December. Mr.. Black had refused to
pay subsequent gas bills until the De-
cember bill was reduced.
The council purchased Ford truck
from Clyde Matthie for the use of the
gas department 1t will be put in use
as soon as it can be delivered.
The resignation of City Clerk Ed
Johnson, who has been acting since
the new council took office a few
weeks ago was asked for, and Char
ley Murphy was appointed to the po-
sition. Mr. Murphy is well-knoWn IN
Winslow. He is son of F. II. Muir
phv. prominent merchant. Charley
has been employed for some time by
the Santa Fe railroad.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-18
Lou THOMAS, PIONEER
OF OAK CREEK is DEAD

Lou Thomas, known far and wide in
Arizona among people who have visit
ed the famous Thomas ranch on Oak
Creek. died Thursday afternoon at
Mercy hospital, Flagstaff, of uraemic
poisoning and heart trouble.
Mr.. Thomas had been seriously at
flicted with rheumatism for the past
years. Several months on the coast
did not seem TO relieve him. Returning
to Oak creek this spring with Mrs.
Thomas, his condition did not improve.
Last Tuesday he was taken home for
treatment and for a short time seemed
to improve