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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
MRS. A. p. KIRKLAND
DIED LAST FRIDAY
Mrs. A. r. Gardner's Mother Failed
to Recover from Operation for
Removal of Cancer

Mrs. A. P. Kirkland died last Fri
day morning of cancer of the stom
ach at the home of her daughter
Mrs. L. L. Imbler, in independence
Oregon. Funeral services were hello
Saturday afternoon and the body tax.
en- to Enterprise, Oregon for burial
Mrs. Kirkland for three years made
her home in Kennewick with her
daughter Mrs. A. R. Gardner. When
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner left for Olym-
pia, Mrs. Kirkland went to Oregon
to visit relatives, with the expecta-
tion of later making her home in
Olympia, but was taken i'll and last
April underwent an operation for
cancer from which she never recov-
cred.
Mrs. Kirkland was born in 1856 in
Kings Valley, Oregon, her parents
being among the early settlers of
Willamette Valley.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Imbler and Mrs. Gardner; one
son Edward J. Kirkland of Wallowa,
Oregon; three sisters and three
brothers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
GREET PASTOR
. AND TEACHERS
Reception held Friday Eve
in Honor of NJ. E. Pastors
s. and School Teachers

The Methodist church was the
scene of an unusually enjoyable af-
fair last Friday evening when the
members and friends of the church
gathered to bid Godspeed to the re-
tiring pastor, Rev. A. A. Calender
and wife, and welcome his successor,
Rev. F. N. Norton and wife and the
teachers of the public schools.
Talks were made by F. J. Arnold,
representing the Baptist church, Dale
Smith, the Christian church, Rev. T..
j. Aldrich the Congregational church,
Rev. A. HI. F. Watkins the Episcopal
church and Rev. w. j. Scott of the
Richland M. E. church. All spoke of
the pleasant association with Rev.
Calender in the past and regret that
he was leaving; and extended heart
lest greetings to Rev. Norton and
family and the teachers.
Music was rendered by Frank
Green and Mrs. j. C. Swayze, who
sang a duet; Mr.. Lewis, who gave a
solo; Miss Alma Pecar, who gave a
violin solo, accompanied by Mrs. A.
G. Tullar and a number by the church
orchestra.
Mrs. Calender and Mrs. Norton
were given a shower bouquet, the
presentation speech being an original
poem by Mrs. T. w. Payne.
A social hour followed the program
during which refreshments were
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
THIRD PHONE GIRL
TO MARRY RECENTLY
Duffy -Westermeyer Wedding Satur.
day is Third Within Past
Half Year

Miss Altha Duffy and Irwin West.
ermeyer were married in Pasco Sat.
urday and are spending their honey
moon in Portland.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Duffy and grad
uated from the local high school with
the class of "a. Since then she has
been employed in the telephone office.
The groom is the son Of Mrs. j. r.
Mottinger. of Mottinger, and has
lived here for the last four years.
This is the third marriage of tele-
phone operators within the past half
year or so. Miss Emma Tweedt mar
ried A. b. Stevens, and Miss Esther
Richardson became Mrs. E. Brough-
ton last month.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
TAXES
ARE CUT $4,000
Increase of Taxing Ratio
as Fixed by State Makes
Big Saving

Benton county's taxes will be re.
duced this year about $4,000 accord.
ing to word received from County
Assessor B. F. Rupert this week.
At the recent meeting Of the state
tax commission in Olympia Benton
#County's tax ratio was fixed for the
coming year at a.. This is an in
crease of two points over last year,
and Benton county was one of but
three counties in the state whose ra-
ito was raised. The other two were
Grant and Whitman counties. Most
OF the counties had their ratios low
cred for 1926.
The principal result of this increase
IN the ratio is that on the assessed
valuation the railroads pay in the
form of taxes to Benton county, $10,-
900 for each point raise in the ratio.
In other words, the valuation of the
railroad property in Benton county
IS S4O5,O85 more than last year. This
makes the total valuation for the
county S15,O42,193.
The state levy will be ten mills
this year according to latest advises,
as compared with 12.f last year.
4 +
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
PAVING HINGES
ON u. S. FUNDS
While in Program Kenne-
wick Road Work Depends
upon Action of Congress

Forty miles of state paving next
year hinges upon the time congress
passes the federal aid bill next win
ter. This work is most apt to be de-
layed if anything happens to the
federal contribution for road work.
The 1926 program for clearing and
grading state highways is not yet
made up. Much work that was started
this year-all of it which was COM
menced or will be begun this fall
is to be carried over into 1926. This
includes such big undertakings as
the grading of the Olympic highway
between Lunch Creek and the Queets
river; the initial work on the road
between Raymond and Montesano;
the American river sector of the
Naches ass highway and all jobs lie.
during October and November.
Among the paving projects that
will be let next year if federal aid
is awarded promptly are the follow
ing; Between Agnew and Port An
geles, on the Olympic highway; Falls
City to Snoqualmie on the Sunset
highway; Cashmere to Dryden on the
Kennewick to Richland on
the Inland Empire highway; Alden
to Elbe, National Park highway and
piece on the Naches Pass highway
west of Yakima.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
GOVERNOR REFUSES
KITTITAS PROPOSAL,
Says Private Plan to Underwrite
100000 Settlement Contract
Leaves Policy Same

Governor Hartley again refused te
commit the state to the policy OF
land settlement yesterday when he
rejected the proposal of the Kittitas
Land Settlement Co. to underwrite
the 100000 obligation of the state
in settling the $9,OOO,OOO Kittitas Ir-
rigation Project.
In his statement the governor re-
viewed his action Of April in which
he refused to sanction the plan of
development proposed by the federal
reclamation service. Declaring that
while the development of the Kittitas
project was desirable, yet favorable
action on the proposal would commit
the state to a policy that would tend
to retard rather than hasten the
rescue of the federal reclamation
from its present chaotic condition.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
3 MORE NEW
HOUSES GO Up
A. I. Smith and Frank Mills
Build New Homes on
River Road

Three more new houses are beine
started on the River Road. Frank
Mills, who lives just west Of the
Smith place has already begun the
construction Of his modern home
which he will occupy upon its COM
pletion, and A. I. Smith is getting
ready to start two houses.
All three will be modern in every
respect and will be occupied by their
builders. Ihey expect to have them
ready to move into by spring.
Mr.. Smith has recently purchased
an additional twenty acres near his
home place and will plant a substan-
tlal part to cherries and peaches in
the spring. He has unbounded faith
IN TINS country and expects to devote
considerable time to the care of his
tracts.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
Courier-Reporter
MOOSE CANCEL RODEO.

Owing to the great amount of op-
position that had developed during
the past week to the holding of a
Rodeo on Sunday, it was decided at
a meeting of the Moose lodge last
Monday night to call off the Rodeo
which had been advertised for Sun
day, October IL.
AS there had been a misunderstand-
ing as to the Rodeo date coming on
Sunday when permission was granted
by~ the the council and the matter
had become. badly mixed up affair,
it was considered to be to the best of
all concerned that the affair be
called off. Therefore there will be no
Rodeo.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
FISH STORIES

Verne Mitchell caught a lib. sal
mon on fly rod last Sunday at the
mouth of the Yakima river. It took
40 minutes to land the big beauty,
according to reports. He was fishing
from boat and was using a spoon.
A well authenticated story is go-
ing the rounds about the capture of
big 4k-lb. bass last Sunday by
Miss Gertrude Gage, county club
leader. Fishing from a boat on the
Berrian pond the bass gobbled the
carp minnow Miss Gage had for a
lure. She had to land the fish without
any outside help, too.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
TWO CARS OF APPLES
SHIPPED IN BASKETS
First of New Style Pack Rolls
East This Weew No
Grade or Wrap

E
The first apples to be shipped out
Of Kennewick in baskets, went out
this week from the K. Lane johnson
warehouse.
Certain Of the eastern markets de-
sire this style Of pack as the fruit
can be secured much cheaper. Two
cars of orchard run Romes rolled to
Kansas City today in the baskets.
The apples are faced only and are
not wrapped or graded, tho no culls
are permitted. From all indications,
the shippers expect to make q little
money on the lower grades and sizes
for which there is little or no demand
at present.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
-Courier-Reporter-
BORDER METHOD
NOT FEASIBLE
Station at Prosser Proves
Flooding Wasteful on Lo-
cal Irrigated Tracts

Many inquiries have been received
at the Prosser station concerning the
possibility and advisability of irri-
eating different lands in the Yaki-
ma valley by flooding. 1t is thot by
some that irrigation by border flood
ing will result in material saving
of water, expense, time and labor in
irrigation. The experience and in
formation, obtained with this method
of irrigation during the last three
years indicates that the border me-
thod will have very limited applica-
tion on soils and topography such as
is represented by the station farm.
1t may prove to have advantages on
level pastures or on certain of the
heavier soils in the valley where a
large head of water is available.
A six acre tract including 80 bord-
ers is being used for this experiment.
The borders vary in width from Is
to 40 feet and in length from 220 to
42O feet. The slope of these borders
ranges from o. feet per hundred to
2.5 feet per hundred.
The quantity of water applied and
the size of head used is determined
by discharging the water over
Cipolletti weir at the head of the
field. The most economical head and
has not been determined
but seems to be governed by the
amount of surface run-off. This run
off is measured by submerged orr
flee equipped with a Lyman meter.
Due to soil washing it was not pos
sible to flood any of the borders sue
cessfully before crop was estab-
ished. Hence they were irrigated by
The furrow method the first year.
During the last two years they have
all been flooded successfully enough
20 grow an average of 6 tons of al
alta per acre per year.
The surface run-off from the bord- |
rs, ranges from Is to 81 per cent
where the head of the water applied
vas O.S4 cubic feet per second, and
he depth applied was from a to
inches, the percentage of run-off
ecreases with the length of the
orders. The larger the head of water
sed the greater the per cent of
vaste. With head of 1.5 cubic feet
er second the run-off from the long
orders was about 40 per cent, while
18th head of 0.45 cubic feet per
econd the run-off was 1913 per cent.
smaller head than this is used
will not spread sufficiently to flood
le borders uniformly.
For comparative purposes it might /,
mentioned that on the Umatilla
roject in Oregon head of water of
cubic feet per second is used on bor-
,rs 20 feet wide and 200 feet long {
ithout any waste by surface run
f. s
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
HOW LONG DO
YOU NEED WATER
Ditch Manager Wants to
Empty Canal as Soon
as Possible

The time has rolled around agar
when we must think about shuttine
off the irrigation water for the sea.
son. There is no fixed date for this
It is the peoples system, and ought
to run as long as there is any real
necessity for the water. But, the
people are paying for it, and it costs
sbout $50 day to keep going, saws
Manager w. c. Muldrow.
It is good business not to keep it
running a day longer than is justi-
fed by results.
There is a powerful tendency to get
careless at this season, and not
change the water as often as usual.
This not only prolongs the time but
hurts the valley by filing the ground
and bringing up the sub-water in the
lowlands.
It is up to each water user to Law
his plans so as to finish his irripa-
ton for the season as early as wealth
er conditions will permit, wasting
as little water as possible, and then
have his water cut off. AS the season
progresses, the manager would ap-
preciate calls from the users, telling
him how long they expect to run.
While October 18th is nominally
the closing date, we have closed all
the way from October 3rd to October
10th, in the past four years. AS
usual, We will continue to run as long
as any considerable number of farm
ers are really using the water.
Another thing, this is a good time
for each rancher to lay his plans to
improve his distribution system this
winter. There is no place SO perfect
that there isn't some weak point
that may be cured. Perhaps it is |
long run that takes too much time.
and might be cut in two. Perhaps it T
is an old leaky flume to be replaced /
or badly leveled piece of land to be +
smoothed up.
II each man will pick out the one
weakest point in his system and get
1t liked before the water arrives it
Will make a big difference, better
tnan turning lot more water in the
canal because it will get good out
OF water that is now wasting and do
ing harm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
LOST TWO HOLES

county Treasurer Malcolm Mae
Dougal and County PROSECUTING A.
oorney frlstoe We're in Kennewick tho
nrst OF the week on official business So
wac tells of a recent trip to We
natchee with Auditor Keene Will
eney Were there they managed to
sneak off from their work lono
enough to try out the new golf course
.ney nave up there. They had fine
.lme but completely lost couple Of
noies. They don't know vet where
they were.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
-Courier.EepO-.s

Among the student activities at the
various colleges we note these of in
terest to Kennewick readers: Miss
Wilma Hoyt was elected historian
for the Euphonia club, an organiza-
tion of music students at Cheney
normal. Eric Waldorf is a star on the
W.S.C. football team and Gene Haw-
kins is mentioned as a promising
player. Miss Sallie Frazier was
pledged to Pi Beta Phi sorority and
James 81. Fraser to Sigma Chi fra
ternity at W.S.C. Miss Eloise Craver
was pledged to Delta Delta Delta
sorority at Whitman. Miss jeanette
Huntington is acting as student
teacher in the Commercial depart
ment at W.S.C.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Price & Lincoln have moved to the
Hover block the transfer being made
Yesterday and today. The new quar-.
ters have been newly decorated and
new partitions put in and the store
is already nicely settled and doing
business.
In their new quarters Price & Lin
coin will handle an up-to-date grocery
stock as well as feeds and seeds as
before. Mr.. Lincoln will manage the
store with Don Campbell as chief
clerk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

r me DeMolay boys held open house
osa assuay, the guests being all boys
NJ sixteen and the members of the
.synlc .snl lodge. M. M. Moulton gave
Hesa saA on The Purposes of the De-
iva ~ and Robert Hunter an ora
. .'0n on Patriotism Mr.. Hunter was
asltlng DeMolay from Oklahoma.
dr.; ;Oelai hour followed the program
s;ehg ag which the boys served sand
"1aes, pie and coffee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
acknowledgements

Inc flrst of a series of peoples
.S .psums N was held Sunday evening at
sle - congregational church under the
~ TTaleetlon of the pastor, Rep. Cole.
Iue question discussed was "Shall
laws De Enacted Providing for the
s.sg scssscnlng OF the Bible in our Public
: c'n0ois 9 M. M. Moulton and Phil
" ~ "arnock gave talks and an open
rT1scasslon followed. Mrs. H. H.
:ssner presided and music was fur
sr s.sued by the choir. Next Sunday
sas s,salng the choir will give a sacred
ere. tsas A cordial invitation is ex-
o 70 the public to attend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
Courier-Re
MEMORIAL SERVICES

Inc Masonic order will hold their
annual memorial services next Sun
Gay, October 4. All members of the
masonic order and the Eastern Star
are expected to take part in the GER
emony, which will start at the hall
~ TWO o'clock. Following a short
session at the hall those attending
Wll go to the cemetery where the
graves OF departed members will be
decorated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
PIGS

The kennewick Market bot
all the pigs that Were for sale
that were on exhibit at the re-
cent fair, paying a premium
of one cent per pound. Mr..
Spofford has a standing offer
to any member of the pig clubs
for this premium on their stock.
This is done for the purpose
of encouraging the young
farmers to bring in good stock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
SPARE A QUART?

Inc Orthopedic Hospital IN
seattle is asking for donations
- canned tomatoes to be used
,or the children's diet. All those
s.avlng tomatoes to give, please
ring them to the Commercial
sluo rooms Friday and Satur-
ua y October 9th and 10th and
y Will be packed and sent
= the hospital. Doctors have
pionounced tomato juice SUI
perior to all juices for these
- aren and it is hoped every
aally ~ will give quart from
su .aslr supply for the crippled
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Last Thursday aftern Don party
Of little folks gathered At the Slower
home to help the twins, Monzell and
Fernell, celebrate their sixth birth
days. The main feature of the event
was the appearance and disappear
ance Of the twin birthday cakes all
lit up with candles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
-Courier-Reporter

Mrs. II. D. Sweet of Spokane spent
a few days the first Of the week with
the O. T. Staley family and other
friends. Mrs. Sweet was one Of the
earliest settlers Of Kennewick, she
and her husband having come here
over twenty years ago and improved
the place in the Garden Tracts now
owned by L. c. Gardner. Mr.. Sweet
passed away last winter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Invitations are out for bridge
luncheon tomorrow to be given by
Mesdames w. II. Gascoigne, Harold
G. Fyfe, H. C. Schmidt and E. C.
Smith and on Saturday, Mrs. Paul
DuSair, Mrs. Frank Green and Miss
Beatrice Sherk will also entertain at
bridge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Erickson
mourn the loss of their infant son,
Clifford Wayne, who died very sud-
denly early this morning. The baby
will be laid to rest in Riverview
Heights cemetery beside his grand
mother.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Mrs. d. G. Rodgers spent the first
OF the week in White Bluffs and Han
ford on business. She took some of
her stock from the store here, up
there to put it on display.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

DR.. r. G. Moss, wife and son Dom
aid of Seaside, Oregon, spent last
week at the McKain home. Mr.. Moss,
who is the mayor of Seaside, and
Mr.. Durbin are old friends.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sheppard
gave dinner party Sunday in honor
OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Moss and
Friday evening Mrs. Alex Bier en-
tertained few friends for them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
NEW FLAG POLE

The high school building is sport
ing new flag pole which was erect
ed this morning. The pole is of steel
construction and is forty feet high.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Mrs. w. S. Green entertained a
group of children Saturday afternoon
in honor of her daughter Mary's fifth
birthday. The affair was given at the
home of Mrs. w. P. Soth and fifteen
youngsters were present. Games and
refreshments were the order of the
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Miss Geneva Broughton was hos
tess to nineteen of her schoolmates
at her home Saturday night. Music
and games furnished the entertain
ment and refreshments were served
by Mrs. Broughton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Keeper of the Bees" "Alabaster
Lamps, Joanna Gladden." Spanish
Acres" "In Zanzibar" "a Son of
His Father" "Oliver October" are
among the new books on the library
shelves.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

The Missionary Society of the
congregational church will meet with
Mrs. L. J. Aldrich Thursday, October
9th at o'clock. This will be the
annual thank offering meeting and
all having mite boxes bring them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Gull White was in town this week
and expects to move his family here
next month
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. King had as
house guests last week. her nephew
Clifford Tagg, his wife and daugh-
ter, of Sioux City, Iowa. Mr.. Tagg
is one of the partners of the Tagg
Bros. Shirt Mfg. Co. of that city and
they are making an overland trip
west. They left Monday for Seattle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01

The following births have been re-
ported: September 16, to Mr.. and
Mrs. L. J. Farley, girl; September
"a, to Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Semon, a
boy; September 25 to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Larson, boy; September 81.
to Rev. and Mrs. o. Waltz, a bow.
and to Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Finfrock.
a boy and on September 90. to Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Erickson, a boy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-01
PRICE & LINCOLN MOVE

--Courier-Reporter-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
five AMERICAN
: SHIPS REPAIRED
Shipping Board Vessels Are
Trimmed for Sea.

By Times Special
NEW YORK, April 3.-The
five passenger steamers of the
American Oriental Mail Line,
operated for the United States
Shipping Board by the Admiral
Oriental Line, have just been re-
fitted and redecorated after four
years of service. This work has
been done at intervals between
winter sailings, and the last of the
ships to be gone over, the President
Madison, sailed from Seattle this
month for the Far East Other
vessels in the fleet are the President
Grant, President Jackson, President
Jefferson and President Mckinley.
with the installation of con-
siderable new equipment, said T. J.
Kehoe, general agent for the COM
pany in New York, 'the liners now
have all modern appliances for
safety at sea that have been de-
veloped on a practical basis. These
include the gyro compass, holster
range finder, Metal Mike quarter.
master, fire alarm system, smoke
detectors and automatic extinguish-
ers.
New rooms have. been added, the
pursers' offices enlarged for the
inconvenience of passengers, the
Bocial halls redecorated new
~draperies hung and new furniture
installed in many of the public
rooms. The company is ready Tor
the coming tourist season, which
promises to be the largest in It's his.
tory"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
Why We Climb Trees

LONDON, April 3.-Children S
fondness for climbing trees comes
from their monkey ancestors, in.
sists ]. r. Lesson, famous scientist.
He argues that we are cousins of
the monkeys fifty times removed"