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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
FARMERS THEIR OWN BOSSES
Government Surveyors Say Four.
Fifths Own Their Land and There
fore Are independent.

Government surveyors report now
that eight out of each ten farmers In
the United States are their own boss
while the same proportion of mechan-
les work for somebody else. The argu-
ment, Of course, is for the advantage
Of independence the farmer has, and
this ought to have great weight !. any
consideration given the problem.
Out Of 1O.682,9 individuals en-
gagged at farm work In the United
States 8,24O. 400 are classified as en-
ployers and independent workers. This
means that they either own all or part
of the plant and machinery employed
in producing their output. Not all are
land owners. but those who rent own
a sufficient proportion Of the ma
chinery to give them the sense Of pro-
prietorShip. It is this quality that
gives them independence In action,
says the Omaha Bee.
The farmer who owns his lands or
his tools is independent because he
works for himself, employing his own
capital as well as his own labor.
While this condition prevails In Amer
lea the republic Is In very slight dan
ger of revolution, for citizens so sub
stantial as these are NOT given to re
volt. They may combine to effect
changes, but they do not strike at the
foundations of liberty.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
CHILDREN BORN IN PUNCHES
Tuscany Woman Gave Birth to Eleven
Sons In Two Years-Hse
Total Sixty-Two.

The comedian who walked into q
London dairy which exhibited the
legend In it's window, Families Sup
Piled" and said he would take "a boy
and girl, please" might have been
more successful in America, whence
comes the news that a wife has pre-
sented her husband with eight babies
in one day. says London Answers.
In the very same week the informa-
ton was forthcoming that q young
waitress at Durham had given birth to
four children, and the announcement
was accompanied by the assurance
that "all were doing we'll"
Some years ago Palermo woman,
Rose SaIemi, presented her husband
with five boys. all well formed, and,
according to the doctor, "eating well
and crying WELL" But she was a long
way from wrestling the record from
the peasant girl Gravata of Tuscany.
Gravata was the twin daughter of q
woman who was one Of triplets. The
daughter married man Of her own
class. She set the seal on the family
reputation when she made her hus-
band present Of six sons and fol-
lowed the next year with five moreI
After this she had triplets twice,
which were followed by quartette.
Then ensued procession Of ones and
twos, and. finally, came four boys all
together. This brought the aggregate
number Of her living children up to
81, and assured her fame In obstetri-
cal annals as "the Gravata case"
Brands History Of Newcastle"
credits similar feat to the wife Of q
poor weaver in Scotland. but does not
state how many children arrived ut
one and the same time. Her family,
however, numbered 81. OF these 40
boys and girls survived to manhood
and wOmanhoOd.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
HEDGES NOTES

Mrs. Charles Piert was called TO
Portland Friday as her sister is ia
the hospital seriously i'll.
Mr.. Turner from Portland who
bought the Johnson place has moved
here and started spring work.
The Comrade Bible class met at
the home of Mrs. I. Hooker last week.
Refreshments were served during the
social hour.
The Ladies Aid will meet next We'd
nesday as usual but no definite place
is arranged. 1t will be announced Sum
day morning.
Miss Florada Hooker accompanied
the degree team to Benton City TO
attend Grange last Friday night and
had good time.
The usual business Grange meeting
will be held in the assembly room.
Friday February 22nd. This being
Washington's birthday, the ladies are
asked to bring cherry pie.
Miss Helen Hickman and Miss Ger
aldine Atkinson started school again
Monday in Kennewick after three
weeks at home on account of the
measles.
Edgar Purdy of Salem, Oregon,
came Wednesday Unexpectedly to Wis
it his sisters Mrs. Hickman and Mrs.
Perkins, leaving again that night
for Spokane to attend the Epworth
League meetings.
Charlie Michael and family have
gone to Oregon to help take care of
Mr.. Armstrong; ranch. Mr.. Arm
strong is Charles grandfather who
recently buried his wife here.
bought tahe johnson plea NbilGuyaio
The Epworth League had their bus
mess meeting at the home of Mrs. O..
M. Jones Tuesday evening, after
which there was social time. There
was a good attendance and everybody
had fine time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
Swallows obey whistle.

An expert in bird lore has been max
ing q study Of the peculiar actions Of
several hundreds Of chimney swallows
that make their home in the tall Chin
ney of a paper mill in Oneca, Conn.
He has discovered that at exactly 6
o'clock each morning, when the whistle
blows at mill three miles away the
hundreds of swallows rise from the
chimney and fly away to their daily
hunting grounds just as promptly as
the hundreds Of human workers an
swer the whistle. For two months. he
says, they have not been absent or
tardy. At night the birds return In
small groups.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
DISTRICT NO. .
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Mary -Kennet returned to Kenne-
wick Sunday.
Warren and Murray Kennett are
out of school with the measles.
Mrs. Iva Rand and Cecil visited
Mrs. Meals Thursday afternoon.
Ruth and Cecil Rand visited at the
Clutter home in Hover Saturday.
Mary Kennett was calling on Dor
othy Dahlin of Hover, Saturday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Hartley. who was visiting
Mrs. Hutchinson of Yellepit, returned
home Sunday.
Glenn Howard went to Kennewick
Sunday to begin school after the va
cation.
Harold Barrett, Ira Carman, and B.
Stewart of Yellepit, were Hover Wis
itors Saturday afternoon.
Harold Barrett, of Yellepit station,
who has Joined the navy, leaves
Thursday for San Diego, California.
Prof. Weir and Charles Evans, of
Hover, motored out to the hills Friday
evening. Mrs. Weir and Wyne return
ed with them attending the p. T. A.
at Hover that evening.
A letter from Mr.. and Mrs. Jamer-
son, of Seattle, who years ago had
homestead in Section 1, says: "Mrs.
Jamerson's health is better and all
are getting along fine"
Last week Messrs. Meals, Rand,
Brown, Cochran, Howard and Ken
nett moved the Little Missouri phone
line to the county road connecting
with the main line at the ditch. The
Box subscribers have felt the change
necessary for some time.
Among new books received for ref
erence and the library are the 7th and
9Th grade Reading Circle books, also
Building the Nation and Boys of 81
by Coffin; In Gods Out-of-doors-
Bishop; Adventures in Contentment,
by David Grayson. Last fall the direc-
tors bought set of Compton's Pic
tured Encyclopedia in which even the
youngest pupil finds of much interest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
HOVER NEWS
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:
The teachers entertained with a
banquet Monday evening.
Mrs. A. G. Ashby and sons left
Thursday for Portland TO join her
husband.
Frank Montague returned Saturday
from Big Eddy, Oregon where he had
gore with the U. S. S. Un.atilla..
Mr.. Chamberlain of Spokane visited
Wednesday and Thursday at the home
of j. E. Hampton. after which he left
for Yakima.
Mrs. Masters was unable to attend
the p. T. A. Friday evening as she
went to the Pomona Grange at Ben
ton City.
Mrs. James Mckenzie of Washougal
who has been visiting her daughter
in Kennewick attended the Ladies Aid
meeting at Mrs. John Dahlin's Thurs
day and visited with her friends.
The P. T. A., Friday evening with
the program and supper under the
supervision of the gentlemen of the
town was a very entertaining and sat
isfying affair.
Messrs. Ashby and Cochran with
their comic fabrications and the songs
by Mr.. ISLANDER were enjoyed. After
the program supper of oyster soup
followed by apple pie, cheese, tea and
cocoa was served in the gm.
Miss Gage, county club leader, met
with the Girls club on Saturday, at
the home of Mrs. H. C. Graft and or
ganized for the coming year. The club
of which there are eight members,
will have its officers as follows: An
ma Thomas, president; Georgia Can't
well, vice-pres.; Delphia Franklin,
sec.-treas.
The S. S. Lewiston, with Capt. S.
v. Winslow in charge tied up here
Monday for a short time. Sac IS en-
route from Portland to Lewiston,
where she will be used for the trans
portation of the wheat crop from the
various warehouses on the Snake Riv-
er to Lewiston. She has been lately
built, this being her first trip out
side of trial trip made short ways
up the Willamette.
The cantaloupe growers of this dis
trict manifested their interest in the
proposed growers union by a large
number turning out to hear the talks
on the methods and results of the un-
ion, given by a number of Pasco grow
ers namely, Messrs. Kirk, Dunn, Sim
mons, Wilcox and johnson. A meeting
was called for Tuesday evening to APP
point committee to investigate the
matter.
The debate on last Tuesday evening
with the subject Resolved: That we
should enter the World Court as adj
vised by Pres. Harding-was won by
the affirmative side by nine points.
The teams were as follows: affirma-
tive, Capt. Josephine Humphreys, Ly-
dia Toothaker and Dorothy Dahlin;
Negative, Capt. Fern Hampton, Joe
Mauraski and Sue Jean Ashby. Mrs.
Masters, Mrs. Ayers and VIM. Mills
acted as Judges.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
Laughter Caused Death.

The metaphor, "dying Of laughter"
was translated into real fact In the
case of an elderly man in Philadelphia.
who was so tickled at the drollery OF
movie comedian that he was unable
to control his laughter and suddenly
collapsed. dying in the arms Of wom-
an sitting beside him. Physicians said
that the victims heart had been rup-
tured.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
Preventable.

Sickness costs the United States
$500 100000 year in lost wages and
the total loss from preventable dis
eases and deaths is nearly $3,O00.O0O.-
600, according to the national health
council. How much of this could be
prevented by better laws to ensure
pure water and milk, and abolish
Sums and 0verwork and overcrowd-
ing? How much by shutting out low
grade emigation?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
citron's Remarkable Vitality.

A citron that she raised in 1921 was
kept in the dining room Of st. Johns
bury (vt) woman. Wanting some
seeds to start some plants in window
boxes recently, she cut the citron open
and found that part of the seeds had
sprouted, one of the sprouts being
nearly three inches long. The citron
appeared to be in perfect condition.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-02-14
81. s,i4 the character.

Manager Of Stock Company-To-
night you will play the part OF q
duke
Star-Then you must give me Is
cents for shave.
Manaper-On second thought you
will play the part Of Bolshevik.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

The hnecdote Of the Practical on
tlmist. which appeared recently IN the
Companion reminds reader at m.
other optimist, an old Western farmer
Hts house stood or the high bank Of
the river but his farm lay In the hot
tom lands
One spring the river overiowed. and
the farm was covered with water 70 q
depth Of several feet. His nephew
went down 10 cell on the old gentle
man and found him standing on the
bank looking out across the waters
INIT covered his ruined crops Az
preaching hts uncle he said. We'll.
Uncle Mort, that looks rather bad
don't it?"
Put as the old man turned 10 his
nephew there was the customary twin
kle In his eyes We'll he said. "msy-
he Il Is had for my crops, bat anyhow
Il win drown those pesky gophers l"--
Youths Companion
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
Feats OF Endurance
bv Beasts OF Burden

A welEbred Shetland pony is no
more than 40 inches In height YET Is
capable Of carrying OF its back 4 gnll
grown man. Which Is proof that Il
IS not only size which counts in the
matter OF strength.
Two animals that are much strong
er than IS usually supposed are the
pig and the sheep Boers have often
been broken 70 harness ana have
been used fos blowing and on "a GER
tain Bedfordshire estate large hog
has been trained as saddle animal
Al the same place sheep have been
used for riding and were found quite
equal 10 bearing the weight Of fnt
grown man, says London TIl-Rits
II is not many years since oxen
were used for plowing In this country
The present writer saw one If the
Inst yokes Of oxen at work IN an OK
forishIre field within the last ~
years. Again, the little indian *. the
gehu. Is a capital draf, aninol AM
can 'rot az q merry pace
Horses are plentiful on the eastern
plains Of South America. but do not
DO well IN the Andes. whore their
place as beasts Of burden Is taken rs
mules and by the llama. a large sheep
like creature with very long coat
Llamas will carry 30 10 50 pounds
apiece over the most appalling noun
tain passes on very little food
There Is. however. one point to be
remembered about them They are
dreadfully nervous creatures ami they
VIII not stand being beoten or M
treated IN the Andes they viii work
for their owners and for nobody else
The Lappg still us the reindeer as
draft animal and good reindeer
will pull sleigh 50 mites day The
elk has been similarly used and WINS
found able 20 do Journey OF 50 miles
IN one day This compares well with
the horse, for which the one.dAy rec
ord Is a little over hundred nlles.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
HUMAN AFFECTIONS
WILL NOT STAY PUT"
And in Many Ways It's Wise
PROVISION OF Nature.

Listen while the bride Introduces
her man. This. she says. els my
husband" In her tone Is vast nrlde
Il Is the tone employed by the man
who caught an eight-pound bass and
the man whose walls are adorned
with antiers spreading SIX feet u
means that she has Travelled long
and weary way and at last has ar
rived II means that after long
travail she has captured a knight. q
hero, god, male who IS flawless
In all ways and can do nc wrong.
But the months pass, as months
win, and she observes him In his pa
iamas without q shave and with
rumpled hair, She discovers that his
knees knock She discovers that he
won't walk under ladder She dis
covers that ne cusses unheautlfully
when rear tire explodes She dis
covers that he pouts and that he
thinks his mother IN many WAYS
superior 10 her.
Things happen that way. Aud now
NAftAa iva NtAEfA EAfE AhAF0NUNRN HPk
husband. ''rhis." she says, as nm"
Her tone is the one she would use
n confessing that she milk was sour.
that the children had the measles.
that all her decent froclSs were nj
home that the mole on her left cheek
wss inherited.
Bill doesn't mind especially. He
has learned the philosophy that comes
% the rescue Of all husbands He
knows he never can hope 20 be a cred
Il 10 HIS wife but the "fellers" stlll
think him all right He Is good old
RIll." who pays when his time comes.
And his wife isn't 10 blame Every
body rs thar way. Little Bah's new
doll becomes bore In . week she
wishes 20 dissecl II and remove the
sawdust from its tummy. The hat
Mabel adores In the shop window
fortunes her soul each time she puts
Il on week later. Mary has Il
bohbed and within fortnight weeps
into her pillow for her long tresses.
The clipping you tossed into the
waste basket week ago would be
almost Invaluable now The bit OF
furniture that was to brighten your
living room resembles something the
cat dragged In
Our affections won't stay put. II
they would nll Of Us would die OF
broken hearts when the people and
the treasures we cherish are taken
From us what blessing Il Ia 20 FOR.
get Baltimore Evening sun.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
Selecting che Hat

Men nre Just MS vain when buying
hats as women according 10 the oh
servntons OF several leading huber
dashers of Roston. one mirror never
satisfies the man customers. hut they
walk around 70 every mirror IN the
establishment 70 get different views
The average mun tries on ri leHst
ten hats before he makes choice.
and some have been known to try
twenty FIVE Unlike women. the men
generally do buy. once they have en-
tered p store
And men IRE Just as anxious for the
new styles ms women They are nj
why's on the lockout FOR the f.tcst
color and like 20 wear what the ether
man Is wearing.
seventy five per cent or our cue
TONERS buy gray hats while tb re-
naming "a per c@:s; has brown sad
Boston hnbordosher "Mnny men
bring their friends with them hen
buying 70 help them in choice AT
men would make better ch0Ic lf
they took the snlesnau's advice sout
what is becoming Good paIe men
chn usunlly guess mans hat Mt
Brst glance and they always now
what f. most becoming Cla hler
and Furnishcr
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

Most people. when they huF rafio
sets. put up the best aerms tl9ef eao.
Few. though. bother much ahont their
ground connection Now tho ground
f. almost as important an AID 10
good reception as che aerial says
Popular Science Monthly md for ths
reason you should spnre neither paHns
NOS trouble in supplying il
n possible II should be q sfne.ai
iron pipe. or plate buried 10 the
ground a few feet from the house and
Il should be ~ close - yonf receiver
az you can yet Il IN other eora the
lower eoor 81 tire house "a The heei g.
cation FOR ro3ic sei and The ground
connection should b. made direct rot
through n compleslty 81 water rlpes
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
lndomitoble Donehbo,

John n Quinn heud Of the @lerf.
can Legion. was recalling war fet0-
cries at bonus luncheon IN san ran
cisco.
"A captain ono winter day, nc aia
yves inspecting the trenches Tire
trenches we're In . dreadful safe The
doughb0ys waded round ~ t. heir
knees In mud Rnd Icy winter
1.-THE wadinR captain stopped h de
cheerful red faced doughhot NO
WIS shaving himself
Shaving, ehT The captain sati in
voice run ~ admiration bod re- Get
Yes. sir chucked the dong 10y
and n You don't mind cunts
yoo're standing In rny shaving water +"
Indianapolis News
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
Ouch! LumbagO Painl
Rub BaCkaChe AWAY
instant Relief with a small
trial bottle Of old
est. Jacobs OIL"

Kidneys cause Bsckache? Mol
They have no nerves. therefore eau
not cause pam Listen Your hack
ache is caused by lumbago, sciatica
or strain, and the quickest relief is
soothing penetrating st Jacobs Oil :"
Rub Il right on your painful back.
and instantly tlIc soreness stiffness
and lamenrss disappears Dout stay
crippled Get 6 small trial bottle OF
st Jacobs Oil" from your druggist
and timber up a moment after it is
applied you'll wonder what became OF
the backache or iumbago pain
Rub old. honeSt est Jacobs Or
whenever you have sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism or sprains, as It is abSo-
lutely harmless and doesn't burn the
skin
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
Pes-,rcefut Employee

Long Island wives cooked theif
meals with thanks 80 che lngeuu'f -
an employee n lighting @muans
Who. "hen two big hoilsrs showed
leaks that would make necessary
curtailment ~ service conceived tha
iaes ~ substituting frain loeaasat5Ees
for them while they we're be'ne -
paired Two engines rented fraa1
railroad 81 o reported rate ~ 5000 +
day. pumped away FOR three DAYS nA
then went back 81 hauling romrHfers
10 and from New York
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and Eud Head Colds.

Yau fee lire in q tgw moments. Your
eot ii head o. eitsrfh will ne gone.
toNr ringFed posiriis viii open The
.iy passages ii yo'u head will clear and
sou nau ,reathe freely No more dull.
lcss headache; no hawking, snuflng,
aureus discharges or dryness; nu strug.
CLING tor breath at night.
Tell your druggist YOU want small
bottle of Eiy's Cream Balm Apply a
little OF this fragrant, antiseptic cream
IN your uostTils, let It penetrate through
every air passage of the head soothe and
heal the swollen. infsmed mucous mem
brane. and relief comes instantly.
|, is iust what every cold and catarrh
sufferer needs Don't stay stuiFedup
and miserable
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

Quarves chr stood oi aat .ana
for = week. after ~ had reported
stolen. IN front ~ his homo af Loo
Angeles. but ne dld non recognize
thinking Il was Just another oaa Is
the 100000 Quarve vas not 'fo
gether wrong, Tor one Johnson was ar
rested for stealing Il Il appeared
that johnson took the car Tor Joy
ride every night for eight nights ana
returned Il In the morning.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

Motor pictures - Germany are on
taysng runs 81 many weeks and the
arecr ones ere being run through sue
,essive months according 70 p report
the Department Of Commerce from
'onsnl Rudolf r schoenfeld. Reflin
I.ack n good Aims and not their a.
zeal 10 the f8ns IL given ~ the reason
or the long runs Germany's produc
ion ~ films has been waning stcad"y
since 1921 In 1922 the total output
4aR 1871 .2eo meters. or roundly 81
Der cent of the 1921 production In
1924 the production had dWlndled 70
suit T75. 7s3 meters
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
Scu0rins the Circle

The immortal Socrates was noted
FOR hts quiet humor. II was his night
Nv custom ia goreenther with geometri
rlans about q cornwall bowl. drawing
Inspiration from the vintage Of psc-
has Following the end Of the tenth
round De would rise for Il is written
mat he always could rise and address
the symposium
Il move Re wonld say. ''that this
frcle 20 home and square Itself
And 50 seriously did the multitude
take him that TIE squerins Of he
circle grew To be considered inpos
sible yea. even unto this day I}fe
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13
Should Do Then, Good

Ysidro Rey and Alfonso Trujulo.
wo eighteen year-oid Mexican Youths
,ame before the Juvenile court Of Biv-
,rsido, Cal, after admitting that they
,ad attempted 10 cot OF dogs ears
n revenge for scr. fancled wrong
sene them by the dogs mlsfresses IN
addition to small fine Judge ElHs
sentenced them 70 memorize md
ranslate into Spanish ser@t Vests
rihute % = dog
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

Foley Pills Reached The Sore Spot
Mrs Ellen Reighard South Fork
Pa, writes Il had been suffering
with my kidneys and nothing scenes
tO touch the aching spot until /
procured FOLEY PILLS. with
wonderful results. FOLEY PILLS.
a diuretic stimuIant for the kidneys,
thoroughly flush and cleanse the
kidneys,
Sold Everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

Milwaukee, recently celebrated the
forty 9th anniversary y the installa
lion ~ lts frst telephone exchange.
The number ~ telephones has grown
from rs IN 1879 10 more than 10000
today. According TO the latest avail
able figures. Milwaukee. with about
me thirteenth the population. has more
telephones than the entire country Of
belgium.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

Cut This Out-Is Is Worth Money,
Send this al and ten cents 90 Foley
& Co.. 2S55 Sheffield, Ave- Chicago,
H., writing your name and address
clearly. You viii receive a ten cent
bottle of FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR COMPOUND for Coughs and
Colds. and free sample packages of
FOLEY PILLS and FOLEY CAT
HARTIC TABLETS. Try these
wonderful remedies
Sold Everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-12-13

We cant pave streets during the
winter but there's nothing 70 pre-
vent as iron planning for peXt
spring