The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-11-25

ofhce at KenneVck Washington 1879
ECRETARY MEAD of the Department of the Interior;
~ outlining his ten-year program for reclamation is
lng 20 spend more money for that purpose the next
ten years than has been spent the entire state for the
"enyeght years. since the national government
began giving aid to western development.
Mr. Mead has stated repeatedly that he was strongly
IaVor OF completing the projects already started before
beginning any Ones matter how aurinp the possi
biities might sound His plan of making comprehensive
surveys OF every angle of the proposed development is
tnat should be followed closely thus preventing the costly
failures That have put western reclamation repute
At his suggestion the Kennewick Irrigation district
comprising the lands under the proposed KenneWck high
ne arranged for this detailed survey which has but
recently been completed The report yet been COM
pleted aho the detail have been and the local
directors nave oeen given unofficial report The findings
nave not yet been forwarded to Washington, DC.
When Mr. Mead was in Kennewick, he was taken over
the Highlands and shown the wonderful results when the
places properly cared for Contrasting the orchards that
had been allowed to dry up he remarked aid of some
sort certainly should be given to the project.
In view of the fact that the Kennewck unit of the
Yakima project taken whole, could be completed with
out additional storage would that the director should
include the early completion Of the Kennewck nighttime
Director Mead has been deluged with protests of course
from the projects which included in his tentative
program The program only recommendation SO far and
may be changed in several details when full data re-
gardmg the water supply the soil and clatcal conditions
and the urgency of need with which the
local canal could be built are finally considered.
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THIS is Thanksgiving Day month-November 25th-and
each one of ought to be in thankful mood and
to be ready express gratitude for the blessings
Joyed during the past To live contentedy spirit
of gratitude not only worry the cause of
worry.
something the editors Of rural weekly
to be unqualied thankful Their work is always
conductive to feeling Of satisfaction and contentment be-
they have to meet and determine many perpexng
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Rev. Dewitt Tamage who said that he wondered that
all editors not atheists because the editorial
rooms are the dsrobing rooms for all mankind i
In the metropolitan cities editors are unknown
personally to their readers while the city and COM
muy the editor every one and understood and
misunderstood in many ways.
rural editor usually has alone and quickly on
vital questions that upon time True occasionally
he consult with those with whom he intimate and
who have ideas worthy of considerations but in most
cases ne must alone get the right angle problem and
blaze his regardless of whose reads
and certain monetary loss to his newspaper enterprise
But the rural editor is not alone his Thanksgiving Day
gratitude The of the people who toll does
and meet and overcome obstacles generally have overflow
ing hearts because of the nnumerab blessings which
to them throughout the year.
Misfortunes like poor crops the farm and I'M
profitable business the storethey be fore
guarded against but they do necessarily
that those who suffer have nothing for which to be
foundry thankful. HI
LIVERY in while these days is reminded that in
~ little while Christmas will be here Of course the merry
is still month away but many children and grown
ups have already begun to make their plans HI
do the kind thing that old Kriskrnge does takes
lot of planning if it is to be done WE'LL in manner OF
speaking you get ready for it. Not that this planning
is ever hard work even if you go it with all your might
and main because as every boy and girl knows when you
anything anyone happy, is hard work. and
the patience skill you have to employ in doing it.
the fun it is **@. z<.E Eli
If you were to ask face face, Santa Claus would
YOU that lot of people miss half the fun of Christmas
they forget that isn't what given that counts
hut how the thing given He would tell that what
+bino COSTS or Shines nothing to do with