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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

Announcements have been re-
ceived of the marriage of Miss
Dora Olson to Randolph Sly, which
occurred June 18th at Rapid City,
S. D. The groom formerly lived in
this city and is graduate of the
local high school. They will be at
home after August 1, at Belle
Fourche, SD. where Mr.. Sly is
in business with his father.
Everett Grouse left Sunday sor
Tell City, Ind. where he will visit
his uncle and have a position in
his store. He will stop en- route
to visit relatives in Chicago and
Indianapolis.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
LAMPSON SAYS
A FEW THINGS
Reports on Spuds, Onions
and Sweet Potatoes
Crops Increase

"We have shipped about one
fourth of our spud tonnage to
date" announces Manager Lee
Lampson Of the Three Rivers
Growers Assn. today, as he billed
out his twenty-sixth carload. He
also announced that he had started
on the Yellow Globe onion crop
having already sent cars to Port
land, Tacoma and Minneapolis
The latter crop comes largely from
the Pasco, White Bluffs and Rich
land districts, and will total about
80 carloads. q
The potato market is good,
ready sales being made at $45 to
$50 per ton, while the onion crop
is moving at So per hundred and
is proving a profitable venture.
Mr.. Lampson stated that the
association would soon be able to
close the asparagus and strawber-
ry pools, tho some growers were
still marketing asparagus. He
stated that he was doing his best
to stop the long asparagus seas
on, because the practice of cutting
SO late is injurious to the plants.
8 The association expects 200
per cent increase in the sweet po-
tato crop this year, but believes
this crop will be easier to market
as the growers have switched en-
tirely to the yellow varieties.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
ELLENsBURG INVITES

The Ellensburg Chamber of
Commerce and the people of Kit
titas county have sent an invita-
ton to the people of Kennewick to
join them in a celebration July
18th at eleven o'clock, when ac-
tual work. on the Kittitas high
line canal will began.
The ceremonies will take place
near Easton, and DR.. Elwood
Mead, commissioner of reclama-
tion will be the chief speaker of
the day. His remarks as to future
prospects in this valley will be of
great interest to Kennewick peo-
pie and this city will undoubtedly
send a delegation to. Easton to
gain first hand information as to
our future prospects. 1a.saf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

:. "ts' D. G. Rodgers gave a din
NJ, party Tuesday in honor of the
D; "a birthday OF her cousin. Miss
/ sn e hostedt, of st. Louis, who
-, spending the summer in Kenne-
Hoa Inc guests We're Elna and
ard Beste, Ovidia Williamson.
Daan on Johnson and Miss Kostedt.
,s.O ,'aslons of pink and white
i -. used with birthday cake
the main feature
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
DeMOLAYS TO KAYIMA

Five youthful lodgemen in
charge of Herbert Shanafelt at
tended the state conclave of the
DeMolays held at Yakima last
Saturday. The delegates were
Charles Parks, Lawrence Scott,
Craig Hinman, Buster Paden and
Carmen Greer.
There were 800 members Of the
order present, representing nearly
all the important cities and towns
Of the state. Much business of in
terest to the order was transacted
at this meeting. They voted TO
hold their next annual conclave at
Wenatchee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
HAS A FIGHT
ON HIS HANDS
Moulton Will Have Oppo-
sition at the Primaries
This Fall

sa
Rep. M. M. Moulton will have
an opppasnt in the republican pri-
maries this fall, judging from q
statement made Tuesday night
when J. L. Addison Of Finley stat
ed that the Hartley supporters in
Benton county would see to it that
a candidate would be put up. Ex-
tolling the ability Of Mr.. Moulton
as legislator and commencing
him on the good that he had accom-
plished for the county, Mr.. Adki-
SON announced that unless Mr..
Moulton would modify his atti-
tude toward the governor and his
policies he would have opposition
in the primaries.
Mr.. Moulton replied that, feel
ing Mr.. Hartley's methods, if al
lowed to go unchecked, would be-
come q distinct menace to the vel
fare of the state he could see no
other plan to follow than to COM
bat. those methods. With the result
that Mr.. Addison broke up the
meeting with the words: Were
off to the primaries"
Efforts of Hartley appointees
to secure a candidate in the west
end Of the county have so far
been unsuccessful, tho it is prob
able that the democrats will also
have candidate. i..v
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

Miss Gertrude Gage went to
Pullman last week to attend the
graduation of her sister and
stayed over for the Boys and Girls
clubs meetings this week. She was
accompanied by Geneva Brougb-
ton and Marjorie McGahey who
also attended the meetings. The
Benton county delegation gave q
demonstration, with other counties
before a group of Pullman club
leaders. Monday and Tuesday af-
ternoons they took part in maxine.
clothing exhibits. They will he
home the last of the week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
cox PREDICTS

j. HI. Cox, Of the Cox Imple-
ment House is man, who knows
Horse Heaven thoroly and is al
ways in close touch with condi-
tions on the hills. This week he
said he was ready to predict that
both the fall and spring wheat
will this year average Is bushels
to the acre. Mr.. Cox also made the
statement that such a crop would
be equal in value to the selling
price of the land on which the
wheat grew.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
POLITICS ARE
GETTING WARM
County Hopefuls Begin to
Let People Know of
Their Abilities

candidates for county offices
re not waiting this year for the
d.te Of filing before they start
buading up political fences. This
~ be attributed largely to the
,1nsolidation Of several county Of
a1es and the increased salaries
,1nuted by the last legislature,
vhich becomes effective next jan
nary.
Under the new law the auditors
M6ce is abolished and the duties
4 this office are taken over by
he clerk. E. O. Keene, present
auditor is now an avowed candi-
Ate for this office, while E. c..
Howard and E. O. Rice are mem
toned as being interested. This
dice now carries salary Of $2,-
90 year.
The office of county school sup
eintendent, which has been made
4 $500 job, is already sought af-
- by four announced candidates.
hey are Olaf Stranwald, present
aputy superintendent, Lola M.
Crawford, who held the position
for two terms, Immediately pre-
sding J. w. Gilkey, incumbant;
Iulu M. Johnson, for several years
mperintendent at Finley, and Mrs.
Nay Weir of Hanford.
For prosecuting attorney, which
dice has been boosted to the ST.
so class, the voters in the re-
publican primaries will choose be-
tween Geo. NJ. Beardsley, incum-
bant and C. w. Fristoe, who held
tie office several years ago. The
winner in this contest will prob
,bly face Geo. w. Hamilton in the
inals.
p
For sheriff no one has yet shown
Willingness to cross swords with
James Shepherd, and it is gener-
illy conceded that Jim will again
secept this job which now pays
1880 without a contest.
The office of assessor has been
abolished and the duties attached
70 the treasurer. For this office
which pays $210O Harry Forsyth
resent assessor and Malcolm Nc
Dcugal, democratic treasurer, will
have pretty race.
It is not yet known whether
Barry Briggs and C. E. DeBow
will again be candidates for COM
nissioners. Neither has as yet
nade q decision. =
The last legislature made the Of
aee OF county engineer appointive
md hereafter this position will be
nbject to the will Of the board Of
county commissioners.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
T THANKS

! ~ their regular meeting at the
: '1 Club house Friday, June
6. me Valley Grange went on
: 01d to extend to the Kennewick
slmerclai club a vote of thanks
~ appreciation for their inter-
i = and help in entertaining the
'ste Grange. convention.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24
OLD RESIDENT BUYS

V Inc Bruce Lampson tract on
!. highlands was sold this week
! .as Frinfrock, a former resi-
r. ~ OF kennewick who has been
tug ing Tor stveral years in Cali
:. mia. The tract comprises ten ac-
~, aug is planted mostly to Con-
u and Worden grapes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

Miss. Ruth Smith and S. R. Will
son Jr., were married at Hood
River, Oregon, June Ia. The bride
is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Smith and has lived all her life in
Kennewick. She graduated from
the Kennewick high in the class
Of 1925. The groom is in the en-
ploye of the Pacific Power & Light
Co., and they will make their
home at Hood River. Their many
friends extend congratulations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

Mrs. w. H. Gascoigne and Mrs.
E. C. Smith entertained few
friends at luncheon Tuesday. The
tables were decorated with garden
flowers and Misses Virginia Gas
coigne and Constance Black served
Following luncheon bridge was
played.
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The ladies of the Mooseheart LIE.

The ladies of the Mooseheart Le-
gion surprised the members of the
Moose lodge by appearing en-
masse at the close Of their meet
ing Monday with refreshments and
plans for social evening. The
time was passed with cards and
dancing. About fifty were present.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

Mrs Beatrice Libby and Miss
Emma Libby, were guests of their
uncle, II. E. Huntington, a few
days last week. They are motoring
to California and resumed their
journey Wednesday evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

MIR. and Mrs. volney Cox and
SON, OF Los Angeles, California.
Were ", here the first of the week
They made the trip by auto and
VIII leave the first of the week
tor home accompanied by M
Sox's mother, Mrs. L. H. Cox whn
VIII make her home with them
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-24

Rev. and Mrs. M. c. Kauth and
her sister, Miss Tinnie were IN
Walla Walla over Sunday. Rev.
Kauth preached in the Lutheran
church there in place of their reg
ular pastor.
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board platoons of the 49th and 67th
Companies, burst from the trees upon
a gentle slope of wheat that mounted
to a crest of orderly pines, black
against the sky. A three-cornered
coppice this side of the pines COM
manded the slope: now 1t blazed with
machines guns and rifles; the air was
populous with wicked keening noises.
Most of the front waves went down;
all hands, very sensibly. flung them
selves prone. Cant walk up to these
babies" "No-won't he enough
of us left to get on with the war
Pass the word; crawl forward. keep
in touch with the man on your right.
Fire when you can"
Sweating. hot and angry with a
bleak, cold anger, the marines
worked forward They were there.
and the Germans. And there was
an officer, risking his head above
the wheat, observed progress. and
detached a corporal with his Squad
to get forward by the flank. Get
far enough past the flank gun. now.
close as you can. and rush it-well
keep it busy" Nothing sounds
as mad as rifle fire, staccato. furi-
ous---. The corporal Judged that he
was far enough, and raised with a
yell, his, squad leaping with him,
He was not past the flank; two guns
swung that way and cut the squad
down just as a grass-hook levels a
clump of weeds. . They lay there
for days, eight marines in a dozen
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a woodpile. with a big auto rifleman.
Just across from them, very near. a
machine gun behind another wood
pile was searching for them. The
lieutenant. all his world narrowed to
that little place. peered vainly for
loophole: the sticks were pumping
and shaking as the Maxim failed
them; bullets rang under his helmet.
Here, Morgan" he said. I'll poke
my tin hat around this side and you
watch and see If you can get the
chaut -Chaut on them" He stuck
the helmet on his bayonet and thrust
it out. Something struck it violent
~ from the point, and the rifle made
his fingers Jingle. The Chaut -chaut
went off. once. in the same breath
there was an odd noise above him
the machine gun he
slumping down to its knee it lean
ed forward against the wood, the
chaut -chaut. still grasped in a
clenched hand, coming to the ground
butt first. The mans head was gone
from the eyes up; his helmet slid
stickily back over his combat pack
and lay on the ground.
MY mother" reflected the lieu
tenant. will never find my grave in
this place" He picked up the chaut-
chaut and examined it profession
ally. noting a spatter of little red
drops on the breech. and the fact
that the clip showed one round ex-
pended. The charging handle was
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When he has seen the enemy. the
American regular will come on in. To
stop him you must kill him. And
when he is properly trained and has
somebody to say Come on" to him,
he will stand as much killing as any
body on earth.
The platoons, asssiled now by a
fury of small-arms fire, narrowed
their eyes and inclined their bodies
forward, like men in heavy rain. and
went on. Second waves reinforced
the first, fourth waves the third, as
prescribed. Officers yelled Battle
sight. fire at willard the leaders
making out green.gray. clumsy uni
forms and round helmets in the
gloom of the woods, took 1t up with
Springfields, aimed shots. Automati tic
rifemen brought their chaut-chauts
into action from the hip-a chaut
chaut is as accurate from the hip as
it ever is-and wrangled furiously
with their ammunition-carrier
Come on, kid-bag o. clips" "Aw
Il lenN it to Ed to carry, last night
didn't think "Yeh,s and Ed lent
it to a fence post when he got tired
get me some off a casualty, before
I"
A very respectable volume of fire
came from the advancing platoons.
There was yelling and swearing in
the wheat, and the lines, much
thinned. got into the woods. Some
grenades went off; there was scream
ing and tumult. and the "taka-taka.
TAXA TAXA of the Maxim guns died
-tiown. Hi. Sergeant.-hold on. Ma
Tor said he wanted some prison
ers-" We'll sir. they looked like
they was gonna start somethin'---
"All right. All right, but YOU catch
some alive the next place. you
hear?-" Quickly. now-get some
kind of a line" Cant make four
waves" well, make two-an
put the aut-chauts in the second
no use gettin' 'em bumped off before
we can use EN- The attack
went on, platoons much smaller. ser.
geants and corporals comma ding
many of them.
A spray of fugitive Boche went be
fore the attack, holding where the
ground offered cover, working his
light nachine.guns with deviish skill,
retiring, on the whole, commercially
He had not expected to fight defen-
sive battle here, and was not heavily
intrenched, but the place was stiff
with his troops. and he was in good
quality, as Marine casualty lists were
presently to show.
There was more wheat, and more
woods, and obscure savage fight
Ing anong individuals In q brushy
ravine. The attack. especially the In
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SAVAGE FIGHTING IN THE WOODS AT SCISSORS.

The men who marched up the
Paris Metz road to meet the Boche
in that Spring of 1918. the 5th and
9Th Regiments of United States Ma.
rines. were gathered from various
places. i, In the big war companies,
ESQ strong, You could find every sort
of man, MIRO every sort Of call
ing. There were Northwestern
ers. with straw-colored hair that
looked white against their tanned
skins, and delicately spoken chaps
with the stamp of the Eastern uni
versities on them. There were large
boned fellows from Pacific Coast
lumber camps, and tall. lean South
tie, dra wiling voices. There were
husky farmers from the corn belt.
and youngsters who had sprung, as
It were, to arms from the necktie
counter And there were also di-
verse people who ran curiously to
type. with drilled shoulders and
bone deep sunburn and a tolerant
scorn of nearly everything on earth.
Their speech was f1avohred with Navy
words, and words culled from all the
folk who live on the seas and the
ports where our warships 60. In
easy hours their talk ran from the
Tartar Wall beyond Picking to the
Southern Islands. down under Ma
Mia: from Portsmouth Navy Yard
New Hampshire and very cold-to
obscure observation-disclosures in the West
Indies, where Cacao chiefs. whimsi-
cally sanguinary. barefoot generals
with names like Charlemagne and
Christophe, waged war according to
the precepts of the French Revolu
ton and the Cult of the Snake. They
drank the eau de vie of Haute-
Marine and reminisced en- saki, and
vino. and Bacardi rum-strange
drinks in strange cantinas at the far
ends of the earth: and they spoke
fondly of Milwaukee beer.
Rifles were high and holy things
10 them, and they knew 5inch
broadside guns. They talked patron
izingly Of the war, and we're con-
cerned about rations. They were
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north. where all the heavy fighting
was. 1t appeared that the I'd was
going up to relieve the 1st. .
Sure, Well relieve EN-. But if
they wanted a fight. why didn't they
let us know in the first place? We'd
a-showed' EN- what shock.troops
can do
THE division set out In camions; in
the neighborhood of Meaux they
were turned around and sent out the
Paris Metz road, along which the
civilian population from the country
between the Chemin des Danes and
the Marine. together with the debris
of a French army, was coming back.
The civilians walked with their faces
much on their shoulders, and there
was horror in their eyes. The Marines
took notice of another side of war.
. Hard on poor folks. war is"
You said it, "Say--think about my
folks. an your folks, out on the road
like that. =" "Yeh. I'm thlnkin'
about it, An when we meet that
Boche. I'm gonna do something about
it-look--right nice-lookin' girl, yon-
der"
There were French soldiers in the
rout. too Nearly all were wounded,
or in the last stages of exhaustion.
They did not appear to be nrSt-l1ne
troops; they were old. bearded fell
lows of 40 and As, territorials; or
mean. unpleasant-looking Algerians,
such troops as are put in to hold a
quiet sector. Seven or eight divisions
of them had been in the line between
scissors and Rheims, which was.
until the 9th of May. quiet sector.
On that day forty-odd divisions.
tidal wave Of fighting Germans, with
the greatest artillery concentration
the Boche ever effected, was flung
upon them, and they were swept
away. asa levee goes before flood.
They had fought they had come
back, fighting. 35 miles in three days;
and the Boche, though slowed up,
was still advancing. They were hold
ing him along the Marine. and at Cha
eau-Thierry a machine-gun battalion
Of the American Sd Division was pill
ing up his dead in heaps around the
ridge-heads. but to the northwest he
was still coming. And to the north
west of the I'd Division was gather
ing.
During the ID the Sd and the 4th
'of June it grouped itself. first the 4th
Brigade of marines, with some guns,
and then the regular infantrymen of
the 9th and 23d. Already, around
Hautevesnes. there had been a brush
with advancing Germans, and the
German We're given a new expert
ence: Rife fire that begins to kill at
500 yards; they found it very interest
ing This was June 5: the battalion
near Marigny. on the left of the ma
rine brigade, had a feeling that they
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common men endure these horrors
and overcome them. along with the
insistent warnings of the belly and
the reasona BILE promptings of fear;
and in this, / think, is glory.
X Xxx
THEY tell the tale Of an American
lady of notable good works, much
esteemed by the French, who. Al the
end of June, 1918. visited one of the
field hospitals behind Degoutte's 9Th
French Army. Degoutte was fight
ing on the face of the Marine salient
and the I'd American Division, then
in action around the Bots de Bel
leau, northwest of Chateau Thierry.
was under his orders. 1t happened
that occa sional casualties of the Ma
rine Brigade of the I'd American
Division. wounded toward the flank
where Degouttes own horizon blue
infantry Joined on. We're picked up
by French stretcher bearers and
evacuated to French hospitals. And
this lady. looking down a long,
crowded ward, saw on pillow a
face unlike the fiercely whiskered
Gallo heads there displayed in rows.
She went to it.
oh" she said. surely you are an
American"
mo. ma am" the casualty answer
ed, I'm a marine"
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ments of the 4th Brigade. A brigade
musters some 1900 officers and men:
this brigade took part in some very
interesting events.
Hereafter l have written of the
Marines in the war with Germany:
how they went up. and what they
did there, and how some Of them
came out again. Being a Marine. 1
have tried to set forth simple tales
without comment. 1t Is unnecessary
to write what I think of my own
people, nor would 1t be, perhaps, in
the best taste.
And I have written of Marines in
this war because they are the folks
/ know about myself. Those battle
fields were very large, and a MAJ
seldom saw much or very far be.
yond his own unit if he had a Job in
hand! AS company officer. | ALWAYS
had a job. There is no intent to
overlook those very gallant gentle
men. our friends. the Army. Their
story Is ours too!
JOHN w. THOMSON. JR.
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the Leathernecks. the Old Timers;
collected from ships guards and
shore stations all over the earth to
form the 4th Brigade of Marines. the
two rifle regiments. detached from
the Navy by order of the President
for service with the American eXpe-
dictionary forces They were the old
breed of American Regular, regard
ing the service as home and war as
an occupation; and they transmitted
heir temper and character and view
point TO the high hearted volunteer
mass which filed the ranks of the
Marine Brigade.
1t Is a pleasure to record that they
found good company in the Army.
The I'd Division Omitted States Reg
ular was the official designation)
was composed of the 9th and 2Sd In
fantry, two old regiments with
names from all of our wars on their
battle flags the I'd Regiment of En-
gineers-and engineers are always
good-and the 18th, 18th and 18th
Field Artillery. 1t was a division
distinguished by the quality of dash
and animated by an especial pride
Of service. 1t carried to a high de-
gree esprit de corps. which some
Frenchman has defined as esteeming
all the other corps. And, although 1t
paid heavily hi casualties for the
things it did-in five months about
100 per cent--the I'd Division never
lost its professional chara cter.
In 1917. when trained soldiers in
the United States We're at premium,
the Navy offered a brigade of Ma
rines for service in France: 1t vas
regarded desira BILE for Marine officers
to have experience in large opera
tons with the Army: for it is certain
that close co-opera ton between the
Army and the Navy. is necessary
thing in these days of far-fung bat
tie lines. The British distress at
Gallipoli Is crying witness to this
principle.
In Navy transport, therefore,
Z. S. S. Henderson, the 5th Regi-
ment Of Marines embarked for
France in June, 1917, with the first
armed American forces. The 9Th
Marines followed. The two regiments
constituted the 4th Brigade, and
served in the I'd Division. United
States Regular, until the division
came home. in August, 1919. About
10000 Marines were sent to France:
some $4,000 of these went as ore
placements to maintain the two regi-