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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-05-22
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Merle Smith purchased a Maxwell
last week.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Giles
on Friday, Way 9th, boy.
Miss Ethel Owens was guest at
the E. o. Keene home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Trimble mot
ored to Spokane Friday and returned
Monday.
Mrs. Ayers of Finley was the
guest of Mrs. A. B. Personnel Thurs
day and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Soth and baby
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Green Sunday.
Mr.. Trimmer, a former Highlands
resident who now lives at Tacoma,
called on acquaintances while mot
oring through.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Gould left last
week for Boston where they will
make their home. The ranch will be
cared for by Charlie Williams.
j. B. Moore has marketed about
100 crates of berries from his tract
and Wednesday allowed all those who
had helped him pick and pack, come
in and pick on shares.
Mrs. Westall who has been stay
ing for some time with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Smith left Fri
day for her home in Richmond, CAL
ifornia.
Miss Airline Mitchell is at Walla
Walla the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Frances Stout whom she accompan-
led home after Mrs. Stout's week end
visit here.
John Beiderwieden who had the
misfortune to dislocate his elbow and
break his arm the last day of school
is getting along nicely. The fracture
is knitting and his arm will soon be
as good as new.
Arrangements are being made
whereby the Highland Fruit Co., will
take over the management of the
crop on the Sullivan and Hudson or
chard tracts for the season. DR.. Hud-
son will manage the irrigation but
not the handling of the fruit. The
Sullivan tracts will be entirely cared
for by the Highland Fruit Co.
Tuesday, Mrs. Hardy and Mr.. Nc
Elroy were dinner guests of Mrs.
W.. s. Green. Mrs. Hardy left Tues
day for Wallace, Idaho, where she
will join Mr.. Hardy who went there
soon after deciding that the frost
injury to his apple crop was such that
he could not afford to spend the seas
on on the ranch. Mr.. McElroy will
leave soon for Helena. Montana to
accept a position.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-05-22
HORSE HEAVENERS
BEAT TOWN STARS
Cy Smith Leads Kitty Ball Bunch to
Defeat Out at Locust Grove
Sunday

This town bunch may think they
can play kitty ball, but they can't
Cy Smith took picked team Of stars
from last years league players out
to Locust Grove Sunday and Vic Heb
erlien's Hill Rangers put it all over
them, q to Of course, Smithie's
excuse is that his team has not prac-
ticed any this year. Cutie true, but
some Of those Horse Heaveners new
er saw kitty ball game until Sunday
to say nothing of practice. They
have trained together so long, how
ever, that team work is a habit with
them.
It is to be regretted that so SPLEEN
did victory is marred by the fact
that the crowd was enticed to the
game through false representations.
All spectators from town didn't PC
to root for the home team (they
are not worth roofing for) but to
see Vic Heberlien play and then he
didn't play, he just bossed. It was
a keen disappointment.
"A return game is to be played here
Sunday on the baseball diamond i'm.
mediately following the Hanford.
Kennewick game. 90
Here's the bunch Smithie took out
to the hills Sunday, Bill Byrd, Brick
Oliver, Bob Mackie, Doc McCuskey
Ralph Matthews, John Kinkaid, ane
Rus Day. All of them stars wht
shown in last summers series. C
A. Mitchell and Virgil Wommacl
also played on the town team bu
they couldn't win the game alone.
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TRACT NO. s.

Three acres in Section 8, along
lateral 1 at the Zwanzig corner.
Has been in cultivation. No
buildings. This place is very cas-
ily put in cultivation. 11s miles
from town.
Terms on these tracts will be
ne-fifth down and the balance
ins5 equal annual payments with
6 per cent on deferred, but con-
tracts may be paid up at any
time.
Sealed bids for these tracts
will be received at the office of
the District at any time and will
be- opened by the Board of Di-
rectors at 2 pm. Friday, June
9th, 1924.
To make bids uniform, they
should be made on a form pro-
vided by the District, accom-
panied by a deposit of $500 to
insure good faith. All deposits
viii be returned at once, except
the ones accompanying the sue
cessful bids, which will be ap-
piled on first payment and the
successful bidders will be given
one week to make payment and
sign the contract.
No bids will be considered be.
low the following prices per &C.
re to-wit:
Tract No. $4,000, Tract No
p $4,000. Tract No. g. $780,.
90. Tract No. $4,000. Tract
No. 5-$75.0O.
The District reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
Full information and bid
forms may be obtained at the
office of the District.
w. C. Muldrow, secretary,
5:15-6: Is
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PURE BLOOD
NO DISEASE

The Electronic treatment will cure
the following diseases: Carcinoma
(cancer), Sarcoma, tuberculosis,
Leucorrhea, scrofula, Ulcers, Tumors,
Diabetes, Rheumatism, Asthma, Col
tire, Tonsilitis, many nervous disor-
ders, and all kinds Of skin diseases
and veneral diseases.
Osteopathy will adjust the frame,
will stimulate the blood and lymph
circulation, and free the nerve dis
tribution and so contribute to the
well being Of the patient
Osteopathy and the Electronic
treatment combined can not be beat
to restore good health.
Yours ff good health
DIR. G.. BRUNN
Kennewick: Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. Phone: Office 1921. Resi-
dence 1922.
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MELTED GEM SEED POTATOES
extra quality from the Palouse
country. Get your order in this week.
Barton Gleason Co. &c
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TRACT NO. g.

Ten. acres in Section z, one mile
from. town. Known as the Rus
sell Place. Has been in cultiva-
ton.
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TRACT NO. 2

Five acres in Section Z, u mile
from city limits Of Kennewick.
known as the Spenseley Tract.
Water on place. Fenced. Very
good land. Not in cultivation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-05-22
TRACT NO. T.

Five acres in Section z, one mile
from town, known as the Rose
Grams tract. Has small house,
but not in cultivation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-05-22
DEPENDABLE
EFFICIENT
SERVICE

Increase your efficiency make your
eyes more useful and comfortable.
All late bi-focals which need not be
worn continually are great. Also
the new summer lenses with the late
frames are becoming. See DR.. Ko-
walsky at the Kennewick Hotel May
%, 80 and 81. S-9.
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TRACT NO. l.

Five acres in Hover Villa Tracts.
Lots "a and 81, fronting on the
main road, 800 feet beyond the
S, P. & S. Depot. Has been in
cultivation. Fenced, no buildings.
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WE CAN USE-A few cars of good
alfalfa hay. If there is market
for hay we know where it is. The
real hay men. Barton Gleason Co. Sc
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Sewers.

The Commissioners have appeared
before the District subcommittee of
the appropriations committee in sup
port Of an item of 100000 for sewer
construction under the assessment and
permit plan, the item being included
in the supplemental estimates approved
by the bureau Of the budget. In the
assessment and permit plan a part of
the cost Of the sewer work is charged
against the property benefited, and
during the past three years the
amount paid by property holders for
Of the cost.
The appropriation for sewer work
under the assessment and permit plan
was $15o,000 for the fiscal year Of
1924. The sums appropriated for this
work for the fiscal years 1922 and
1928 fell short of the needs of the city
and deficiency appropriations were
necessary. The supplemental estimate
for the current year is the difference
between the appropriation for the
year and the sum already spent or
which must be spent before June 80.
More than one-third of the amount
spent will be returned to the Treasury
by special taxes on the property bene-
fitted.
With an insufficient appropriation
and with the danger of incurring a
deficit the sewer department hassron-
Quoted it's business in an economical
way. The housing shortage has been
Evening star., 1924-02-18
A Coasting Casualty.

A lad of fourteen was struck by an
automobile last night and seriously
injured. He was sliding down a sleet.
covered hill and was hit by the motor
car. No blame was attached to the
motorist. as the accident was unavoid.
able. This is the first Of the winters
coasting casualties in Washington, and
it comes so late in the season simplv
because Of the lack Of snow and ice
this year. Had there been more snow
there would probably have been more
accidents, and perhaps some fatalities
from this cause.
1t is seemingly impossible to pre-.
vent children from using the streets
as toboggan slides whenever condi.
tions permit, despite the risks and
dangers. They will take their chances
without thinking. regardless Of all the
police can do. which is little. The mo.
torists must continue to use the
streets short of the blockading If
certain areas. That can hardly be ef-
fected without very serious discom.
.AASAAo "a ttt publiS llIu poSSlDlN
denial OF access to private property:
These dangers arise on short notice.
A snowfall comes, and before any pro.
vision can be made for safeguarding
the children they are sliding down
hill. They sometimes station guards
at danger points, but this is but a
frail reliance, as the youngsters thus
set as sentinels are lacking in judg.
ment and vigilance. In any case. their
signals are difficult to see. especially
at night. A dangerous condition de.
velops with almost instantaneous
suddenness
This matter defies solution. Official
prohibition of coasting is virtually
sure to be ineffective because of lack
of means of enforcement 1t is simply
another case where the children must
take their chances The parents must
assume the responsibility. Ii is up to
them to see that the boys and girls do
not risk their lives
Evening star., 1924-02-18
The Government Invites Disaster.

Yesterday morning fire destroyed a
| twostory frame barracks at Fort
| Humphreys. Va. Two enlisted men
| in which these men lost their lives
was one of the wartime SHACK" bar
racks that were erected by hundreds
! in the hasty preparations for the re-
! ception and training of troops when
! the United States entered the Euro
Dean struggle in 1917. 1t was neces-
| sary to build them quickly, and of the
! most readily available and speedily
! handled material. 1t was not expected
! that they would be long continued in
! Use. Yet some of them are still occu-
| pied. nearly seven years after their
! erection. They are fire traps. as this
! fatality at Fort Humphreys demon
| strateS.
! During the war temporary barracks
We're erected in Potomac Park in this
city for the housing of detachment
| OF troops. After demobilization these
! buildings We're turned over to the in
| tcrdepartmental supply committee for
! storage purposes. They quickly de-
| teriorated and. loaded with heavy ma
terial. one of them collapsed and fires
! We're Started in others, fortunately
quickly eXtinguiShed to prevent the
destruction of valuable stock. Now
they are being razed to clear the
ground of their unsightly and unsafe
presence.
The continued housing of troops in
these wartime barracks is a direct
| invitation to disaster. There has been
| time enough for their replacement
Appropriation should have been made
long ago for the erection of permanent
structures But seemingly it has been
, deemed economy" to continue them
and take chances with the devourins
/ element. Yesterdays tragedy is proof
that this is an unsafe risk.
At Walter Reed Hospital a number
of wooden buildings remain in use. a
daily invitation TO disaster. Should
fire start in one Of them a terrible
Joss would be suffered. for these struc-
lures are occupied hy disabled men
who could not be cleared from the
wards in time. Yesterdays fire shows
how rapidly the flames spread in these
tinder boxes.
Let this unfortunate happening al
Fort Humphreys serve as final
warning Of the risk the United States
government is running in continuing
to house its wards. both disabled and
active. in structures that would not
in private ownership be permitted to
remain il Use for human habitation.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Critical Hours for Tax Reduction

The next thirty-Six hours will con-
stitute a critical period for tax reduc-
ton, in which half Il dozen votes in
the House may decide the nature of
the bill to be finally agreed upon by
the House. The issue is important to
the country, involving the grave de-
Cision whether the House will send
over to the Senate a balanced meas
ure, framed on sound economic lines
which would ultimately work out to
the best interests Of business, the gov
ernment finances and the taxpayers as
we'll or one largely shaped ny party
and political exigencies which. it is
predicted by the experts, would seri-
"usly injure all interests.
II is certain now that the original
plan of the Mellon bill cannot be car
ried out. Starting with a surtax of
20 per cent. the administration repub-
Leans We're forced by conditions pre-
ante" to 35 per cent by way Of prof
fered compromise. They We're driven
to this, practically held up by a
threatened combination between radi
rai republicans and solid democratic
bloc.
The democrats effected the creation
Of their bloc by tying up all their
membership. through their caucus rule
10 support the Garner bill, although il
is known that many democrats are of
opinion that the Garner bill is not the
safest nor souudest proposition. Once
having their bloc coppered up against
disintesraton they proceeded to hold
out inducements to the radicals to
come over. and the invitation was
promptly accepted.
Menaced by this combination. which
created aiority against the 81 per
cent rate. the republicans We're re-
ported today to be Offering to raise the
rate to 3II2, another concession The
radical republicans declared them
selves as not satisfied. and negotia,
tions are proceeding today.
1t is a grave responsibility which
the legislators shoulder in the prepa,:i-
ZION Of this bill. Some day they will
have to account for their votes if tho
wrong bill is passed. II is not Yet too
late to abate partisanship and take
up economic soundncSs.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

because Of the urgency Of the case
A contractor stands ready to begin
| the work Of cutting and filling tc
make this land available for building
| The park character Of the land and its
desirability as an entrance from the
| west to Rock Creek Park would be
destroyed. The Commissioners are
| making the matter clear to Congress
| in hearing on the supplemental esti.
mates.
From the beginning of development
of Rock Creek Park the advantage
has been seen of adding to it the val
leys of certain creeks that enter Rock
creek. These little valleys are bits of
wild land and are natural entrances to
the park. Two of these valleys are
Klingle, which leads from the west,
and Piney branch, which leads from
the east. The proposal to add these
valleys to the park has been pending
a long time and a few years ago the
land could have been bought for a
trifling sum. There has been delay
because it was believed by many that
these valleys, steep and narrow for a
considerable part of their length. could
not be used for building. But tracts as
rough as these have been graded for
building and the Commissioners told
the director of the budget and have
told subcommittee of the appropria-
tions committee that application has
been made by owners Of the land for
grading permits. preliminary to build.
ing houses. 1t would be deplorable if
this bit of land should not become
part of Rock Creek Park.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

a matter Of public concern, yet a house
cannot be constructed without sewer
connection in Il section served by
sewer mains 1t is said that even
with the 100000 provided in the sup
Elemental estimates sewer connections
with new houses cannot be furnished
up to the close of the present fiscal
year If the present rate Of applica-
tions for such connection is main
tained.
Here the District government has
its troubles in connecting new houses
with sewer mains already laid. Old
outlying sections of the city where
sewer mains have not been laid have
greatly increased in population. The
people demand water and sewers. The
District heads must deny the demand
because there is no money for the
work. The health department closes
the wells on which the people depend
for water and says that the situation
is a menace to the public health. New
sections Of the city have grown up
where there are no water mains and
sewers. People had to have. houses,
and they built villages without wait
ing for water pipes and sewers.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

! Lenin was the ruler of Russia
His successors will be the rulers OF
Russia Democracy, which works but
titfully in any land. works with even
poverty and the lack of education of
the people.
Lenin built his kingdom on his
hatred OF the car and on what
passed for the peoples hatred.
Lenin hated the czar because it was
one leader against another. But the
people only thought they hated the
czar. They were just tired Of rou-
tine, eager for adventure-that was
all. Deprived of one czar. they
quickly built another. His name was
Lenin. And they worshiped him
as they had long ago worshiped an
Alexander and Nicholas and back
of that a Catherine and a Peter the
Great.
What a lesson the funeral of Lenin
teaches. People change so slowly.
Human progress drags but inch bv
inch. ~
We go forward by one NAM. nd
one manner alone. We go forward
In the train of banners with some
sort Of an imperial leader going on
before. oi
There is no victory but the victory
of leadership.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
COURAGE
Il an, the master of my fate:
1 am the captain OF my soul"
HENLEY.
MELLON, THE QUIET BOY

Andrew w. Mellon was the son of
rich man; he inherited wealth, and
had a good education, but always he
has been the quiet, bashful, modest
self-effacing person.
He attended the Pittsburgh public
schools and Western University Of
pennsylvania, working in his fathers
seemed to be the thing to do at the
time" he said, in his reserved manner.
Graduated from college when nine
teen, he asked his father for a loan,
that he might go into business. You
haven't any security to offer; you're
bad risk" his father said, as he
charged a stiff rate. just to teach him
about interest. Fifteen months in a
small town, working fourteen hours
q & Day as boss; bookkeeper. clerk and
helper, he built real estate, lumber
and building supplies business then
sold 1t for $4,000 profit.
Back In his fathers bank, he had to
dig out his knowledge alone. Within
d year he became a partner when his
father retired, and when twenty-five
was appointed manager. 1t was q
one-man. private bank, and he had
no directors to help him decide Ques-
tions. In twenty-five years he made
It the Mellon National Bank, one Of
the largest in the country: then built
up three other financial institutions.
AS a banker he was a retiring, diff
hdent young man, and visualized pos
sibilities of plans brought to him on
paper: Carnegie, Frtck. and others
went to him. He made the carborun-
dunn and aluminium industries big.
built up the coal, coke and steel busi-
ness, founded Donora, Pa; challenged
the United States Steel Company and
successfully defied the Standard OIL
Company.
Director in four banks and seventy
other corporations. he was practical
ly unknown outside Of Pittsburgh or
New York when Senator Knox push
ed him" in President Harding's cabinet
as Secretary Of the Treasury-and he
gave up a yearly income of hundreds
Of thousands of dollars to accept.
Today. at seventy, he also is tho
second richest man in the world, and
Is interested I'm many benevolent and
educational institutions, but all has
been done very modestly, calmly and
quietly.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Klingle Valley.

The Commissioners are giving the
best that is in them to save Klingle
valley for the park system. and Con-
gress has before it in the District
supplemental estimates an item of
100000, approved by the budget bu-
reau, for the purchase of klingle val
ley land and it's addition to, Rock
Creek Park. A bill for the purchase of
this land, for the purchase of land In
Piney Branch valley and for part Of
the Patterson tract has been favorably
reported by the Senate District com.
uittee, but in the matter of klingle
valley the item for it's purchase was
approved by the budget in the Com
mlssioners supplemental, estimates
Evening star., 1924-02-18
THE VICTORY OF LEADERSHIP
BY JOHN CARLYLE
A million persons stand bareheaded
In the biting cold while the corpse

A million persons stand bareheaded
in the biting cold while the corpse
Of Nicolai Lenin is carried by. Ten
hours are given up to elaborate
funeral ceremonies magnificent
monument will mark the eternal
resting spot of the dictator.
And in those dramatic and melan-
choly facts lies the complete proof
iof the failure of the dictatorship of
the proletarfat.
For no multitude in the imperial
days of the ear could have
more humbly acknowledged personal
autocracy and dictatorship than this
million of average Russian citizens
at the bier of Lenin.
When Leon Trotsky dies the same
scene will be re-cnacted. And when
the leaders who succeed Lenin and
Trotsky die. the same million, and
more than they, will bow again in
abject recognition of personal leader
ship.
i What is the answer? The answer
lis that there is not. and in our day
!never can be, any dictatorship of the
Iproletariat or of any other class. Men
are not created equal. and even when
they approach equality in birth they
do not remain equal. Leadership is
as necessary to the ranks of all of
us as bread and water.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
The Districts Greatest Need

Representative Will Il. Wood Of In
diana, in his address before. the Board
Of Trade at the midwinter dinner Sat.
urday night, fully aud effectively
stated the plea Of the District for rep
resentation in Congress. noting tila.
the people of this city. nearly a half
million in number, pay taxes into the
federal Treasury each year greater in
the aggregate than the taxes paid by
fifteen to twenty states iudividuaIly.
He expressed himself strongly in favor
of granting them the right Of repre-.
sentation which goes every where else
in the United States with the liability
to taxation.
Representative Wood knows full
well the helpless condition Of the Dis.
trict people III respect to their legisla.
ture. He has seen them repeatedly
ask for laws and for appropriations
without effect. He has seen them
ignored in respect To their most
urgent needs This is in grea.. part
because they have no voting repre-
sentation in the body that makes the
laws for them and that alIOts the
money for their maintenance. It is
because they are politically impotent,
because they have nothing to say in
respect to national affairs and have
no voice whatever in the selection OF
the federal executive
There is but one cure for this con-
dition. and that is national repre-
sentation, for which Representative
Wood spoke strongly. and it is hoped
convincingly, to his congressional col
leagues present Saturday night