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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
WANT FARMERS
TO TEST SEED
Committee Chairman Wants
Growers to Try Growing
Test Seed This Year

The chairman of the committee on
Commerce, Wesley L. Jones, has in
his possession a number of packages
of test seeds which he wishes to dis
tribute among the farmers. The LOT
contains a number of packages of
Kansas grown alfalfa seed, Great
Northern field beans, new variety
of field peas, Sudan grass seed and
white clover seed. a
In making the distribution he must
have the names Of the farmers who
are sufficiently interested to give the
same careful attention and report to
the agricultural department the re-
suits obtained from their tests.
Rather than to take the bundlesome
measure of sending your name direct,
it is arranged that any farmer inter-
ested may send his name together
with the kind of seed that he wishes
to test to the Kennewick Commercial
club secretary and he will forward
the collection of names to the chair
man, Mr.. Jones. In this manner your
request will be prompetly complied
with and the seeds can be planted
In the early spring and given fair
test.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
DANCES APLENTY
FOR THIS MONTH
Woman's Club This Week and a
Masquerade Affair Next
Week

Following on the heels of the Wo-
mans club annual benefit dance this
week will come the Highland Improve
ment club dance the next Saturday.
The local committee has given this
affair long name and they expect
to make the party as interesting as
the name is long. They say it will be
a Valentine Masquerade and Sheet
and Pillow Case Ball.
Cards are out giving the details
which will include prizes for the best
costumed, best characters, best clowns
and so on and after the unmasking
lunch will be served following which
will be carnival features, with con-
fetti and so forth.
Mrs. Rodgers is making arrange
ments to have costumes for rent and
those who do not wish to "dress up,
may bring sheets and pillow cases to
be used for DISCUSSES. No one will be
allowed to dance unless he is costum-
ed and masked.
A masquerade dance is usually an
especially jolly affair and this one
promises to out-do previous efforts.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
LOCAL WOMAN is
CAMPAIGN WORKER
Is Author of Good Letter Boosting
Washington Publicity
Campaign

Mrs. Walter Orion, daughter of
j. B. Hayden of Kennewick, wrote a
very forceful letter complimenting the
work done in the state in the recent
campaign and states her hopes that
the work of advertising the state may
continue after the campaign closes.
In her letter she states "Let each
of us strive continually to put our
state on the map, bigger and better
than ever before. Sell the state of
Washington to yourself; know the
possibilities of your own state bet
ter-and each day, as dear old friends
we will love it more-because we
know it better"
Mrs. Orion is the chairman of the
civic committee in the Spokane La
dies clubs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
CHURCH BRINGS
FREE PICTURES
M. E. Church Brings Five.
Reel Picture Depicting
Saloon Period

Under the auspices of the Methods,
Episcopal church the five reel picture
"Lest We Forget" will be shown at
the church on Monday, February 9.
In connection with the picture Hon,
3. E. Collins, attorney for the Wash
ington-Idaho Anti-Saloon League will
speak on "Law Enforcement as a
Lawyer Sees It.
The picture to be shown is a re-
alistic and dramatic portrayal of the
tradgedies that were an everyday oc-
curance in the old saloon days, prior
to the adoption of the eighteenth
amendment. The picture is made more
realistic by the talk of Mr.. Collins.
There is no admission charge for
the picture and the auditorium is
large enough to seat comfortably as
many people as would like to see and
hear about that period.
Children must be accompanied by
and sit with, their parents.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
TRAIN ACCIDENT
FATAL TO THREE
Three Killed and One In
jured when N. P. Train
Hits Ford Coupe

One of the saddest accidents ever
witnessed by the Prosser people took
place last Sunday morning near Pros
ser.
The train, No. 40, was driving from
Wymer to Pasco with no headlight,
when it hit the car which contained
the four young people Marie Miles,
Dorothy Wilson, George Joensuu and
George Wilson. The first three were
instantly killed and the fourth is i'm
the hospital at Prosser in a very SER
ious condition altho he is gaining
strength at the present time. The at
tending physicians report that he is
suffering mainly from shock and has
a good chance to recover.
The engineer, A. r. Peight and
Earl Cooper, conductor We're arrested
Tuesday on the charge that the cor.
oners jury found that the blame must
lay with the operative department of
the train. The men are now bonded
for the sum of $4,000 each.
Much sympathy is shown at Pros
ser. Hundreds of floral offerings were
sent from all parts of the valley.
Thousands of persons have gone to
the scene of the accident and studied
the situation. All business in the city
ceased at one o'clock Tuesday and
some 1900 mourners crowded in the
Legion hall to attend the funeral
services. Mrs. E. r. Davies read the
funeral service for Miss Wilson and
Rev. M. r. Calender conducted the
services for Miss Miles and George
Joensuu.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
SCHOOL ELECTION
CREATES INTEREST
Mrs. e. o. Keene TO Oppose Candi-
dacy of Present Board Clerk
F. L. Fraser

More than usual interest is being
taken in the annual school election
this year and candidates are being
talked of in all directions. The fol-
lowing announcement has been hand
ed in with a request for publications:
"In compliance with requests of
many friends and interested voters,
Mrs. E. o. Keene has announced that
she will be candidate for trustee on
the school board at the election to be
held in March.
"Mrs. Keene is well qualified for
the position, and as many of our vo-
ters believe that there should be at
least one woman on the board, pre-
ferably resident of the Highlands,
she will have exceptionally strong
support.
''It is understood that Mrs. Keene
will not do any active campaigning,
but her interests will be well cared
for by enthusiastic friends and sup
porters in all quarters of the district.
"That she will be elected by large
majority is confidently predicted"
So far, however, there are but two
announced candidates for the office,
Mrs. Keene and Rev. F. L. Fraser,
| the present clerk of the board who
will be candidate for reelection.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
LOCAL FAMILY is
NAMED IN ESTATE
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Jesberger have
Promise of Dab at Big
Estate

An estate in New York is being
settled in court and through report
we have it that Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Jesberger have a good chance of re-
ceiving some of the proceeds there
from. The estate is worth two bill
lion dollars.
The connection in Relationship seems
to be that the late owner of the es-
tate, Mr.. Edwards, was an uncle TO
the grandmother of Gus Jesberger's
wife Jessie. The other relatives in
this vicinity are Jap Scott, an uncle
to Jessie Jesberger and two brothers
who live in Walla Walla and sister
in the same city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
HONOR CRAvER

About sixty members of the Mason
ic fraternity were present at the reg
ular meeting last night, which was in
the form of a farewell party for w.
L. Craver, who leaves Sunday to take
up his new work at Walla Walla.
The lodge presented Mr.. Craver with
a handsome 32 degree emblem ring
in recognition of his interest in Ma
sonic affairs in the community. An
other feature of the evening was the
conferring of first degree by n
team composed entirely of past mas
tiers. -.-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
SHIPPERS SAVE
TEN PERCENT
Reduction in Express Glass
Rates to be Big Saving to
Washington Growers

Washington shippers will save
from 10 to IL per cent by the reduc-
tion in express class rates ordered to
go into effect March 1, the depart
ment of Public Works estimates from
an examination of the new tariffs,
which have just been distributed to
users of the express lines.
Coincident with the reduction or
dered in interstate rates will be cut
in the charges for handling business
within the state of Washington. As
soon as the interstate commerce COM
missions rate reduction was ordered.
the state department instructed the
express companies to make corre-
spending cut on rates in this state.
Oregon followed suit, but when Di-
rector Walter B. Whitcomb of the
department of public works, and At
torney General John H. Dunbar check
ed up the situation in other states,
when they were in st. Louis to op-
pose the railroads suit to prevent
the rate reductions, it was found that
only Washington and Oregon were
prepared to get the full benefit Of
rate cuts.
The state department of public
works initiated the rate reduction
fight against the express companies.
In fact the state department, during
wartime period of rate increasing,
stepped in and prevented the final
25 per cent increase being made in
full in the western territory and the
application for return to prewar
basis was merely step in the ear
lier express company fight. Former
Director E. v. Kuykendall who sat
with the federal board in the rate
cases was in Washington in time to
see that western rates were cut when
an increase was allowed in the East.
And finally the department, aided by
Attorney General Dunbar, helped de-
feat the railroad appeal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
FARMERS NIGHT TO
BE FEBRUARY nth
Farmers Night is to be One Night
Earlier Than was Previously
Planned

After the plans for the Farmers
Night" were completed it was re.
membered that the Tanning of The
Shrew" was on the same date. The
agricultural bureau wants everyone
at the meeting and the Business Girls
want everyone at the Liberty Theatre
on that date so arrangements have
been made to have the farmers meet
ing one night earlier.
The program Of the evening will be
the same. The meeting starts at
eight o'clock and is filled with a
number of fine talks from men who
have reputation of being good
speakers.
'The Tanning of The Shrew" is
played by people who have reputa-
tion of being good speakers also.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05

picked from the four teams by E. C
Smith. The team ought to make Pros.
ser get up and move.
On the same night the basket ball
wizards play Pasco town team. The
association team gave Pasco the lit.
tie end of the score last time and
they didn't like it. The game Wednes.
day ought to be regular battle.
The club charges no admission for
any of the league games but this be-
ing an outside game with heavy ex-
penses in bringing the teams here, a
charge of twenty-five cents will be
asked.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
DRINKING WATER
MUST BE BOILED
Water Rising in the Yakima River
Makes Drinking Water Very
Dangerous

Reports of the recent test shows
that the water is in bad condition
for drinking purposes. The chlorine
gas that is going into the water IS
not adequate to handle the impurities
in the water. The amount has been
increased, the mains have been flush
ed and every preventative has been
used by the city authorities but the
water is still contaminated and the
residents of this city should obey the
following notice given by the city
health officer:
Because of the recent rise of wa
ter in the Yakima, and other streams
tributary to the Columbia river, much
deposit accumulated along the banks
of streams during the fall and winter
seasons, is being washed into the Col
umbia.
"Recent analysis of water made by
the Washington State department OF
Health, shows the water at present
supplied from the Columbia, to the
city of Kennewick, and to the High
lands, is badly contaminated with
shore wash, and unsuitable for use
for certain domestic purposes.
"For the present, water should be
boiled before being used for drinking
purposes, or for the cleansing of eat
ing and cooking utensils, and the
cleansing Of receptacles used for stor.
ing milk and other food products"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
WILEY AND BASKET
BALL WEDNESDAY
oe'ation Plays Basket Ball with
rasco and Volley Ball with
PrOsser

,o. testing out the volley ball
r,;m s m actual play last week team
n De picked to represent the asso-
Nun ~ In that game which will be
da,. with Prosser next Wednes-
WI, ine volley ball league has been
wo.n ne to perfection, every team
nl.nas as !, better with every game
nm u' The standing of the league
,a. y date puts the Nuts in the
fe.t. "r.n ~ two victories and no de-
won Inc standings are: Nuts, two
ono. - none n lost; Gumps. Won one, lost
n0, , bob Cats Won one, lost one |;
te,m oss, Won none, lost two. The
'nat Is to play Prosser will be
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
KENNEWICK Is BEST
California, Texas and Mexico are All
Right but Kennewick Looks Better


Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Ayers returned
from two months trip and visit to
California and other points, last
week, and bring back the report that
Kennewick weather is best.
Among the places visited by them
are Southern California, Texas and
Mexico. In all these places the wealth
er was disagreeable. Mrs. Ayers
says, eve liked our visit to these
places but while there / wished many
times for little of Kennewick's good
weather.
They spent nearly a month with
Mr.. Ayers relatives in Chillicothe,
Mexico and during that time, accord
ing to Mrs. Ayers, there was no
weather that compared with the cli-
mate of this valley. She is glad to
be back.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
TWO MAKE TEAM

Two Kennewick boys made the
wrestling team at W.S.C. this year
and represented the college in the
grapple with Idaho this week. Eric
Waldorf met Rosco Hall of Pasco in
the 178 lb. class and Phillip Hitchcock
grappled with John King of Yelm,
in the 158-lb go.
Under the new rules adopted by
the colleges there will be but one
fall, instead Of the time-honored two
out-of-three.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05

Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Reed and son
James returned Tuesday evening
from ten days. business trip to the
coast. They visited friends in Tacoma
and Seattle and stopped over in Port
land, Montesano and other places.
They made the trip by automobile.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

Smith to have Golden Anniversary
and Reunion of Family Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. Smith are to cell
ebrate their fiftieth anniversary next
Sunday at the home of L. Smith on
the River Road.
Included in the celebration there
will be family reunion. The affair
is to take up the entire day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05

Frank Green has been appointed To-
cal secretary for the Red Cross and
will work under the direction of the
Yakima chapter, and with the county
nurse, Miss Weber.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05

Mrs. L. L. Kratzer and small son
Billy are spending few days with
Mrs. Kratzer's parents Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. S. Kinkaid.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05

Perry Willoughby, former publisher
of the Hanford Herald and the Rich
land Advocate, but who has been
farming at Richland for the last
couple of years, has purchased the
Shamania County Pioneer and is back
again in the publishing business.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05
COMING PLAY
REAL COMEDY
play Reported Thru Circuit
as Very Clever and Full
of Laughs

r,o nlav coming here through th'
-.-n;cas of the Business Girls ha'
.r.sted many favorable remarks, al
- them indicating that the play il
no place for anyone who does no.
wish to laugh.
The play is classic but Mr.. oisor
..u.. @Whether it is classic or moi
S...r,t interest me and quite certain.
~ 4 is not highbrow or low brow.
chose the play because it is bril-.
liant comedy and colorful in cos
tumes and settings"
tn those who are not familiar with
81. nlay we are printing the play in
tbe modern version as it would sound
u written by George AIDE.
Once upon time there was ritzy
dago by the name of Petruchio who
falls in love with a wildcat jane
called Katherine.
Her old man offers a nice pot of
k.l. to whoever will take her off his
hands. The dough's inviting enough,
but every he-cake-eatin' gold digger
that springs a mush line on her, goes
to the hospital. The last bird gets
crowned with his own ukelele.
Just about that time Pete blows
in. Kate had an extra hump on that
morning and Mr.. Pete gets it straight
from the jaw. Boy! How that frail
did razz him. She calls him every
thing but piece of tripe. All Of
which don't bother Pete a-tall. He's
some bimbo, and just as full of gar
lie as she is of vitriol.
Instead of diggin' hole for HIM
self like and you and me would Of
he pins back her claws and smacks
down a kiss for himself right on her
cherry-like lips.
Right off, Kate gets the rabies
and hits the ceiling. Pete gets an aw-
full boot out of it. He gives her the
merry "ha, ha," calls her lamb, pets
her real affectionate, tells her they
will get hitched tomorrow, and fin.
ally blows.
Comes tomorrow and Kate makes
up her min dshe1l marry him for
spite, get him in her own kitchen and
try out a few kettles over his bean.
Everybody comes to the weddin'
dressed up to within an inch of their
lives and stand around waitin' for
Pete to trot in. Pete, however, keeps
'em waitin' for several hours, and
just when everybody is thinkin' he's
skunked out of it, in he pounces rear
ing like bull and lookin' like junk
house. He's as ornery as a govern
ment mule. He won't change his duds.
And he won't stay to supper. AS
soon as the splicin's done, he christens
the priest with his beer suds and tells
Nate to come home. This starts the
paprika workin' in Kate and she says
nobody goes home till the party Is
over. Worst of it is, the crowds on
ner side, and it looks like our hero
VIII have to toddle off by himself.
But not so. He's full of surprises. He
WHIPS out long rusty sword and
snorts.
everybody turns into jelly and of
,ers no resistance as Pete drags off
ms irail. Out at his own diggin's the
iun begins, and Kate gets razzed
rignt down to Mary's little lamb.
Moral:-Don't start fight unless
you're sure you can win.
Ine play is not taken from this
version however but is played from
the original play. The players prom
se 10 bring those characters from
ohakespearian times and bring them
20 tne Liberty Theatre February IL
iOr your inspection and enjoyment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-02-05

Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hayden have
moved from their home on Monroe
street to the Hayden bungalow on
Beach street.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-07-11
New Austrian Currency
Wipes Out Millionaires

Vienna.-American visitors to Aus
tria. who used to get a thrill when
on crossing the Austrian frontier they
had to pay 10000 crowns for their
first meal on Austrian soil In the din
ing car, will soon be deprived Of this
sensation. They will no longer gasp,
as they did when tailors In Vienna
charged them 100000 crowns for a
suit of clothes.
They will not be benumbed by huge
figures with little meaning. nor hesi-
tate before giving the elevator boy a
1,OO0-crown bankbill. Austria Is to
have a new currency, which will re-
duce everything to the seven-fold Of
dollar prices.
Future denominations will be "shill-
ing" and "steuber," and seven shill-
lngs will be equal to 81, while the
shilling will be subdlvided into 100
steubers. There will be 10000 paper
crowns to one shilling.
An Austrian million, which almost
anybody might have, will melt down
to 100 shllllngs. Owners Of paper
billions, or "milliardaere," as they are
called, no longer will be in the capi-
talist class, as one paper billion will
be worth only 100000 shillings.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-07-11
Offers to Pay Damage
His Horse Did to Engine

Iron Mountain, Mich.-The unusual
happens in all lines Of Industrial ac-
tivity, but the officials of the North
western railroad are discussing an Incl
dent that holds no parallel in the his
tory of the company.
The collision Of a freight train with
a horse and a wagon is not new to
railroading. And claims for damages
to compensate the owner Of the horse
and wagon for his losses are nothing
to excite the railroad world.
But when the owner of the horse
and wagon sends an apology to the
railway company declaring the fault
to be his. and requesting a bill In
order to pay the loss inflicted on the
railway company. that is different.
Yet this Is precisely what happened
recently when horse valued at $500.
hitched to q load of wood, was struck
by Northwestern freight train at
Iron Mountain and killed. The wagon
was wrecked and the wood strewn
along the tracks.
The following day NJ. J. Fox Of the
Won Platen Lumber company, Iron
Mountain, owner. wrote to the COM
pany offering to pay all damages II
had suffered In the melee.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-07-11
COLLEENS' CALVES
BOOST SILK TRADE
Demand for Shimmering Hose
Booms Industry.

London.-The little shop girls Of Ire
land are responsible for boom In the
artificial silk trade that Is one Of the
bright spots in the business life OF
these isles.
The manufacturers Of a new process
Of weaving artificial silk material, an
industry started long before the war,
are now banking fatted dividends be-
cause the girls In the shops and offices,
and even schools, are no longer con-
tent to wear the cotton stockings and
cotton blouses which they displayed
before and throughout the war.
That attitude for style changing
which In America could make and un-
make fiapper fashions overnight,
moves slower in England, and a year
or so ago the English girls found that
much Of their social standing was
based upon silk stockings.
The manufacturers Of the artificial
silk then reopened their mills, closed
by postwar dormancy, and have kept
the factories working overtime pro-
ducing stockings, blouses and other
similar articles. The artificial silk
trade has grown until now most of the
long-established woolen and cotton
spinning firms are producing artificial
silk of some sort. Machinery for max
ing artificial SILK garments and novel
ties Is being invented and marketed
daily.
Since the war factories for produc-
ing the synthetic silks have been es-
tablished at Bury, Nelson, Peterbor-
ough and Golbourne.
The industry has spread also to
India, where artificial silk shawls,
headdresses and cloths are being pro-
duced with even more luxurious gloss
and feathery softness than real silk.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-07-11
Owl. Like Fish

Warren, Okla.-Owls In this vicinity
have q taste for rare and expensive
flsh. AdoIph Daniels, who runs gold
flsh farm here. lost 200 flne specimens
In one night recently - the result Of
o raid by ewlA
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-07-11
Father and Daughter
Hang Out Shinsle

Dayton, Ohio.-"Thomas Her
man and Daughter. Attorneys"
Thus reads the shingle hung
out recently by Thomas Herman
and his daughter. Louise, twen-
ty- three. 1t Is believed to be the
first father and daughter law
firm."
Louise was admitted to the
Ohio bar recently. She has Q high
school education and has studied
law In her fathers Office four
years.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-07-11

FOR SALE
CAT st. Anthony Ave.
SS1 Rondo st. $4,000.
Bungalow $1,000, up to date in ev-
cry respect.
362 N. Dale, snap, terms IL desired.
On Grotto, near Rondo, $1,000; 500
down.
10 Room House. up to date. $4,000.
706 Rondo, s4,700.
607 Rondo. $4,000; 500 down.
st. Anthony, near Grotto, $500:
$500 down.
s54 Western Ave., duplex, $4,000;
500 down.
Duplex, none better, Carroll Ave.,
$500; $1,000 down.
DUCKETT, 687 st. Anthony
Dale 1922.
Notary Public.