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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30
MRS WORK

Word has been received OF the
death of Mrs. E. A. Work at Mis-
soula, Montana. on September "a,
after a long illness. She was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. 5.
Matthews of this place. She Is
survived by her husband and four
daughters, Rowena, Ollie, Hazel
and Vera, her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthews, all Of Kennewick:
Also by two brothers, r. w. OF
Kalama. Washington and Ralph of
Kennewick and four sisters, Mrs,
Emma Berry. Moscow. Idaho; Mrs
c. B. CULLEN, Lewiston. Idaho;
Mrs. Eugene Tyrrell, Kennewick
and Mrs. S. T. Bronson Of Missou-
la. All were with her at the last,
Burial took place at Missoula on
Sunday, September 26th.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30
RECEIPTS GAIN

Post office activities are taken
pretty generally as an index to
the size of the ----HEATOlNSH
the size and prosperity of a COM
munity. Postmaster Shanafelt re-
ports that the local office has
right now as many boxes rented
as has ever been at one time. The
receipts of the office have also
about reached the peak attained
during the latter end of the war
period when this district enjoyed
a mild boom. 1t is his opinion that
this end of the county contains as
many people now as it ever had
living here, and the school attend
ance bears out this statement.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

xM he on ...z..ts. Sns doesn't really
want me-she just wanted the last
new mani was 1t! She'll prob
ably break the engagement because
did not send those roses J"
Then he gathered up a double
handful Of violets and lifted them
above her head, letting them fall In
a shower over her brown hair. But
she gathered up every one. careful.
ly, exclaiming: "Oh, my precious
fiowers-my dear little violsts that
have brought ME such happiness.
must get some water for them
want them to live foreyer!"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30
RESTAURANT FIRE

A live coal falling from the
range at the Grill Cafe started
stubborn fire Monday morning
that has put the place on the blink
for the week. Burning a hole thru
the floor a draft under the build
ing started good fire that burned
thru the center of the room. Ow-
ing to the dense smoke the fire.
men had difficulty in locating the
blaze, which burned for nearly an
hour after the department arrived.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

south to the place of begin
ming.
Also the east 42S and 1l-1a
feet Of that portion of the
northeast quarter Of the north
east quarter Of section 80
Twp. 9 N, Range 20. E.W.M.
lying northerly of a line par
allel with and 621a feet dis.
tance northerly from the GEN.
ter line Of Columbia 1rriga-
ton District Canal as located
across said NEA of NEk of
said section 33
Excepting the west two acres
of said tract and excepting public
Bids to be in writing
and to be received at the office Of
G. L. Holcomb. attorney for ex.
ecutor. in Kennewick, Wash. AZ
or before IL o'clock noon of said
October 10th.
BETTER. Executor
C. L. Holcomb, attorney for ex.
ecutor. 9:30-1O:7
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

In the Superior Court Of the
State of Washington for Benton
County, (In probate). .g
In the matter of the estate OF
Anna III. Kimpel, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executor Of the estate
of Anna H. Kimpel. deceased, will
sell at private sale on or after
the 10th day of October, 1926, to
the highest and best bidder. for
cash. the following described real
estate in Benton County, Wash
Part of Section %. Twp. 9
N, Range % E.W.M. begin
ming at the southeast corner
of said section, thence west
42S and Hip feet. thence
north 1853 feet to the south
bank of the Columbia River,
thence south 65 degrees, 30
min. east along the south bank
of Columbia River to the east
line of said section. thence
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

big teams lowers labor costs per
acre. meets labor scarcity, stead
les labor output, and results IN
greater yearly profits. This is In
line with the use Of improved har-
vesting machinery that now enab-
les two or three men to do the
work that required several men a
decade ago, reducing waste. saw
ING time and labor, and reducing
cost. Thus do farmers meet emec-
gencies.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30
HIyGGING SOCIAL

A hugging social to raise mon
ey for the church debt was held
in Missouri, according to the Os-
borne Enterprise. These were the
rates: For hugging a girl under
Is two minutes. 15 cents. Same
hug for girls of Is to 20. 25 cents I;
same hug for girls Of 20 to 25,
so cents; same for other mems
wives, rs cents. Old maids, no
time limit. cents. Eight hundred
people were present and SIS was
raised.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

az do wish my husband would
give up smoking" said Mrs. Butts
peevishly.
docs it annoy you?" asked her
friend. II
"Oh, no. But I like his cigarette
holder
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30
CONDITIONS ON
STATE FARMS

Continued from front pagel
ing areas in eastern Washington.
Where formerly one man drove
eight horses to pillow, as many
as % are being handled, with 16
horses as the power unit on a
great many farms. The use of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

"How long a stretch did Bill
get?" inquired bandit.
eth Judge give him thirty days
replied his friend.
"Thirty days! That amt
stretch-that's just yawn."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

aJohn," accused the stern wife,
ayou've been drinking whiskey
again"
"No, Marsha" he denied some
what thickly, "you've made the
shame mistake I did-'tawsnt
whiskey at ALL"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

FOR SALE-Curly maple dresser
and chiffonier to match. A real
bargain. First class shape. Phone
402.
FOR SALE-Sweet potatoes. One
cent a lib. Phone 654. 27tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

Sloan (diffidently): "Last week
old man, 1 lent you twenty-five
dollars for a day.
Byrne: "you did that odl man,
and believe me it was some day,
too"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-30

Pending a settlement with the in
surance adjusters the place VIII
be closed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

primary. His aggressive tactics in
the investigation has made him the
most feared man to the Mellon
Grundy group.
Grundy is head of the Manufacture
ers' Association in this state, and for
years has been the most implacable
foe that labor unions have known. He
has been known as the "cash BARREL"
and he has put up the money when
it was most needed for campaign pur-
poses-and for price His dictation
has been accepted in virtually every
piece of legislation that affected the
welfare and the interests of the work
ing people of the state He has been
a monumental factor also in the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
at Washington.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13
DREADED "PHOSSY
JAW" PREVAILS
IN INDUSTRY

Washing ngton.-Despite prohibi-
tive tax on white phosphorus matches,
passed by congress in 1912, the dread
ed disease, known as "phossy jaw
exists among boneblack makers, phos-
phate mill workers and similar indus
States bureau of labor statistics,
tries.
In pamphlet issued by the United
Emma F. Ward, who has studied this
occupational disease, says:
phosphorus was the first indus
trial poison to become the subject of
international legislation, and because
of the intense suffering and often
shocking deformity resulting from the
disease almost every civilized coun-
try has taken measures to abolish the
use of poisonous phosphorus in the
match industry, where chronic phos-
phorus poisoning was most preva
lant."
The study concludes with the state
ment that there is still real indus
trial hazard from phosphorus.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13
Building Trades to Hold Wage Gains;
Cuts in Pay Declared Out of Question

calling for higher wage scale than
has ever hitherto prevailed. Of course,
the reason in each instance is that
the building craft unions held their
ground and refused to surrender what
they had gained through years of
struggle.
1.-The building trades union have no
desire to retard building but they are
going to hold their ground and main
tain to the utmost Of their ability
the wage scales and conditions which
have required SO many years and
hard efforts to obtain. Wage reduc-
tions are out of the question. Those
interests which are clamoring to re-
duce wages, or opposing reasonable
wage advances appear to fail to take
into consideration that all of the con-
struction work now in progress or
which has been constructed during
this period of prosperity in the build
ing industry would be Immediately
VI OuSIC uOWH W IIie itNei Ol CI6d per
construction if wage reductions and
low labor costs were to prevail
Big Gains in Efficiency
"Then again the average building
is constructed through increased off
cheney on the part of labor and
through modern building construction
methods, in approximately half the
time of former years, which in itself
gives to the owners of the building
an opportunity to get the revenue
from the rent of this building and
save untold amounts in interest on
money that he would of necessity be
compelled to borrow.
There are today nearly one million
organized workers in the building in
dustry of this country. What they
receive in wages and spend for the
necessaries and luxuries of life-yes.
we now enjoy some things that were
formerly termed luxuries-are a big
factor in keeping the wheels of other
industries moving-thus adding to the
general prosperity of the nation.
ut seems that some people do cot
stop to think of this before attacking
the union"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

amounting to $10,381 100000. These
figures represent billions Of dollars
not mere millions! By the close of
the year they had run the figure up
to eleven billions and it is now doubt
less close to twelve billions. This
represents close to one-fourth Of the
money loaned by banks and shows to
what extent insurance companies are
a power in the industrial and social
world-to what extent they hold a
pseudo ownership over the heads Of
our people.
Those who loan money may, to a
large extent, determine the policies
and course of action of those who
borrow money. For example, not
long ago certain insurance companies
announced that they would loan no
more money on certain types of build
ing. / am not branding their policy
as right or wrong. am simply show
ing their power to shape the actions
of others.
Insurance companies hold mort
cages amounting to $1,871, 100000 on
American farms. Policy holders have
borrowed $1,271 100000. Insurance
companies have loans approximating
$5,000,OO0 outstanding on city build
ing developments and property. That
this vast credit power exerts strong
influence over wage earners is beyond
question.
1t is further amazing fact that
less than 800 life insurance COM
panies have more assets than 10000
national banks, state banks and trust
companies combined.
Through loans, through potential
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

credit power, through affiliations,
through group insurance policies and
in other ways, the insurance COM
panies of the country exert their in
f1uence.
The Union Labor Life Insurance
Company will bring into the hands
of the workers themselves as much as
possible of the credit power created
by their own savings and accumulat-
ed resources. Every labor organiza-
tion in the country ought to be alert
to the Importance of this new labor
enterprise, its possible power for la
Dor and it's power to bring to the
country an influence for good that will
extend inso every community where
it does business.
In addition to this it will provide
insurance at figure as near cost
as possible, CONSISTENT with Sa1eCy
and compliance with law, at the same
time earning profit for those who
invest in it's stock.
Trade union organizations have be-
fore them, through this company, one
of their most attractive opportunities
to add to the power and prestige of
the labor movement for the benefit of
wage earners and our citizenship gen.
orally.
Study the startling figures which
l have presented and act at once
to bring The Union Labor Life In
surance Company into the field as
a force for good in thte financial
world as well as in the insurance
field.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13
TheCherry
- Where with our
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fippantl-,
sometimes recklessly. 80.

The Big Question just now is,
"Who's going to Russia today"
Some people seem to be as crazy to
go to Russia as others are to make
a pilgrimage to Coney Island or yell
lowstone Park But in reality it's
much crazier to go to Russia than it
is to go to Coney.
At Coney the visitor can get hot
dogs and roller coaster rides. In
Russia he can get red flags and lee
lures on how beautifully everything
is going to work sometime.
The popular notion that the would
be pilgrims are pining to go to Rus
sia Just to drink tea made in sam
ovars and swim in the Volga is prob
ably exaggerated. They probably
don't plan to swim in the Volga.
The roster of "Who's going to Rus
sia today" never looks the same in
any two consecutive weeks. One
week a great many seem desirous of
going. But week by week the list be-
comes weaker and weaker and now
nobody knows who's really going to
Russia.
The dictatorship of the proletariat
offers to provide good board and lodg-
ing for tourists who will see only
what they are supposed to see and
listen to nothing that ought not be
repeated. But when person is liv-
ing we'll enough at home and doesn't
have to go into exile for any known
reason, lots of persons ask why should
they take chance on promise like
that.
Many pictures of all the leading
communist faces have been printed
and almost everyone knows what they
look like, so there's no reason to go
to Russia to see them.
Of course if delegation of Ameri-
can trade unionists should show up
in Moscow some Of the dear commits
sars might put on clean shirt for
the event, but even going to Moscow
to see a commissar in clean shirt
isn't SO much of an attraction. There
are lots Of clean shirts right at home.
There was some talk about it being
necessary for someone to go to Rus
sia who would be SO absolutely amaz-
ing as piece of observing machin-
cry that he could come back and tell
the American labor movement just
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

total for the United States this year
will pass the billion-dollar point.
the highest ever recorded in the in
dustry. And modern methods of con-
struction, measured by volume, dura-
bility, floor space and efficiency of the
workers, make building operations
today cheaper to the investor than
ever before.
Building Booms Throughout South
In the southern states there is a
greater amount of new building this
year than last. There has been nc
slowing down in Florida with the COM
ing of summer, and the operations
there continue on a vast scale. In
the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas more
new structures are under way right
now than at any previous time.
"All this means plenty of work and
increasing prosperity for that section
of the country-a prosperity in which
the wage-earners participate in a
larger degree than formerly, because
they are better organized.
"Out on the Pacific Coast, particu-
larly San Francisco and Los Angeles,
where boss contractors, at the urge of
big business and the banks, attempted
to inaugurate the so-called 'Ameri-
can plan of company unions open
shops and low wages, the building
trade unions have successfully wealth
cred the storm and are again writing
regular wage contracts.
Unions Refuse to Give Grounds
'The same is true in Chicago, where
it was sought to establish the open
shop under terms of the Lands award.
Today the unions have contracts there
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13
Four-Hour Workday in 0ffing,
Chicago Editors Prediction

By International Labor News Service.
Chicago. A four-hour day may be
in store for the workers of America
and the world, according to Norman
E. Richardson, professor of religious
education at Northwestern Univer-
sity. In his opinion, it seems that
the entire nation ''is going to join
the leisure class"
The professor is particularly inter-
ested in the diminishing working
hour prospect from the standpoint of
an educator. He believes that the
new era of leisure, already forming,
places upon schools the duty Of "edu-
eating for leisure"
Civilization is turning corner, !"
he said. 1--WE have worked SO hard
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13
Employees and Employers
Enjoying Peak Prosperity,
William J. Tracy Writes

By international Labor News Service.
New York City.-The building
trades unions 'have no desire to re-
tard building but they are going to
hold their ground and to maintain to
the utmost of their ability the wage
scales and conditions which have re-
quired so many years and hard efforts
to obtain" writes William j. Tracy,
secretary, building trades department,
American Federation of Labor, in the
August issue Of the Miller Builder
Economist, published by G. l.. Miller
& Co., nationally known real estate
investment bond house.
Mr.. Tracy said that the building
trades unions were enjoying "a won
derful period of peace and prosper
ity" and "there is not single building
craftsman in the country who can not
find job at good wages"
Big Membership Gain This Year
international unions comprising
the building trades department have
added more than 10000 new members
since the first of the year and are to-
day enjoying wonderful period of
peace and prosperity" says Mr..
Tracy, who continues:
II can not recall time when affairs
in the building industry were running
more satisfactorily. This applies to
both employer and employe. So far
as know, there is not single build
ing craftsman in the country who can
not find job at good wages. All
wage agreements that expired during
the months of May and June have
been renewed, and most of them at
an increase over last year.
Building permits indicate that the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

and to such advantage that the neces-
sity of toll is gradually disappearing.
The good old days when Puritan SEN
timent required an apology for leisure
are gone forever.
''In single generation the indus
trial workday among the most pro-
gressive nations has dropped from
ten to eight hours.
"And this movement has not spent
itself. Economists are talking sober
ly of the time when, with everybody
working heartily and to the best occu-
pational advantage, the worlds work
will be done on the basis of four
hour day. The whole nation, it
seems, is going to join the leisure
class"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

what is going on in Russia. There
also is still some talk of the discov-
cry of perpetual motion.
Of course only few can afford a
summer vacation trip to Russia and
that's another reason for the opera
tion of the law of diminishing re-
turns in the matter of the roster of
who's going to Russia today?"
It's much cheaper to get some place
nearer homeland a lot easier to get
back. All in all, no sooner does a
person begin to think about going to
Russia to see the sights than he be-
gins to think also about not going.
The slogan, "See America First" is
doing lot more business than it was
couple of months ago. Even boil
sheviks can be seen at homeland
after taking look at few of them
they don't seem to be worth going all
the wa yto Russia to observe.
The only American who has gone to
Russia and who prefers to stay there
is Bill Haywood. Those who paid the
expenses of Bills trip are said to wish
he hadn't made up his mind to go.
Bill, it is rumored, would like to
come SO he could tell others what
is going on over there and save them
all the time and expense of going to
see, but he's kept SO busy that he has
delegated the job over here to his
friend Foster. That being the case,
some will "Ask Mr.. Foster" and take
their vacations nearer home. Others
will just pine away and never be the
same again.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13
DUFFY HONORED
By n. Y. Carpenters On
Quarter Century AS
Secretary

By International Labor News Service.
New York City.-Frank Duffy, for
25 years general secretary of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, was the guest of
the New York carpenters July % at
a reception in his honor The testi-
monial was arranged by the New York
District Council. Two days before
Local 488, of which he was member,
held a reception for him at it's regu-
lar meeting.
The members of Local 488 present
ed Duffy with fine clock with COM
memoratory inscription in silver let
ters on the front telling of his long
service to the carpenters of America.
Brother Duffy as we'll as being the
oldest official in the carpenters or
ganization is also second vice presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor and one of its executive coun-
cil
Active in Early Movement
During the period of his activity in
the carpenters brotherhood he saw it
grow from a membership of 81 900 to
its present massive strength of more
than 100000 members. Wages have
been trebled, the hours of labor have
been reduced to 44 week and the
goal of the fye-day, 40-hour week is
in sight. The American carpenter as
the result of the successful admins
tration of the brotherhood has better
conditions than the carpenter of any
other country He has behind him a
union that takes in every woodworker
and is one of the largest labor organ
iZations in the world
twenty-five years ago when Brother
Duffy took his job as general secre-
tary the office consisted of few
rooms in the Lippencott building in
Philadelphia. Now the brotherhood
has its own modern office building
in indianapolis. Among its other
achievements is the purchase of
home for aged members in Lakeland.
Fla, and the creating of pension
system for those who may not wish
to take advantage of the home.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-08-13

number of deaths and accidents in
the mines, and pays only $12 week
as the maximum compensation to the
victims of their toll for the race and
nation. The standard urged is the
payment of the full union wage for
disability due to accident.
Big Accident Toll
The CHASTITY toll of industrial care
lessness is shown. Each year in the
United States 100000 industrial ac-
cidents occur, loss of 225, 100000
working days and wage loss of at
least one billion dollars. At least
$4,000 workers are killed annually, Of
which nine-tenths is believed unnec-
essary and could be avoided by proper
safeguards.
The greatest menace to workers
health at present is industrial disease
resulting from the powerful poisons
and man-killing machines now used to
keep up the terrific pace Of industry,
including pneumatic hammers and
drills, air paint sprays, benzol paints,
the anti-knock fuel mixtures, etc.
Labor Urged to Investigate
No protection is given now against
the use of tetra-ethyl lead in motor
fuel despite the public outcry, it is
pointed out by the bureau. Labor or
ganizations are urged to make inves-
tigation of the ills that beset their
trades and rob their members of
health and life.