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FITCH. FOX & BROWN,
Main 30I. 17I3 Eve st. NV
I0-ROOM. SEMI-DETACHED BRICK. =
baths. . garages: electricity, ". heat: on
Canitol Hi. Call Adams 353H.
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spent the week end with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. F A. Masters,
and returned to Ellensburg Sun
day.
w. Desgranges will start his
crew to work on his Jonathans in
the Simonson orchard the middle
of the week. They are coloring up
nicely.
Regular Grange meeting will
be held in the hall, August 9th.
Mr.. Jacks is busy showing just
what Improvement can be done on
sage brush land here in a short
time. Tho they have only been
here a short time they have put
up buildings, fences, pipe lines,
and leveled and planted a nice sec
ton of their place.
Two carloads of coal are ex-
pected in soon, one for the Finley
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| Mr.. and Mrs. M. Boylan re-
turned home Tuesday from their
camping trip and report a very
fine time.
Miss Gage. having an appoint
ment at PrOsser for three day..
this week. TIE Girls Sewing club
Will not meet as VS. arranged.
They will meet Saturday at Mrs.
3oylan.s. Every girl must bring
tkeir work that day so that it
can be ready for the fair.
The regular meeting Of the
Change will be in meeting hall on
Friday night. Tie iecturer asks
that members br:.g paper and pen
Ec;l to answer questions on mag
a2ines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Jones Of Win
chester, Idaho are visitng at Mrs.
Carl Williams home this week.
Mrs. Jones is a sister Of Mrs. Will
liams.
Mrs. Bertholf had an announce
ment of the marriage Of Der bro
Their William F. Bavter to Mary
Belle Spots Of Bremerton, August
18th at Seattle.
Mrs. j. Walsh and her son Ralph
with his wife and two children
from Bonners Ferry, spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Hook
Ter, Mrs. Walsh's aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Masters visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. Masters TO,
the week end. They motored from
Ellensburg and Mrs. M. Masters
met her mother, Mrs. Forbes Of
Washburn, N. D. who left with
her husband, Sunday for theil
home to take up school work. Mar
ion and his wife got their diplomas
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this term at Ellensburg. Mrs
Forbes will visit with her daugh-
ter for a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sellick, Gladys
and Percy, left Friday for La
Grande, Oregon, to visit with some
friends. They returned Sunday.
Aubrey CURLY is confined to his
home with bad eyes caused thru
dirt getting in while at his work
Mr.. Volland and Mrs. Williams
are busy in their grapes this week.
Walter Desgranges has put in a
crew and started on his early ap-
pies this week.
Mrs. Harkiss and Mrs. Whitney
visited with Mrs. Helps Sunday af-
ternoon.
Jack Penny came home Wednes-
day from Seattle where he had
been visiting friends for two weeks
Sunday School as usual at 10
am. to which all are cordially in
vited. A class to suit every per-
son and age.
Preaching services by the pas
tor at IL am. and those who can
sing are especially invited to re-
main at the close of the morning
service for a short rehearsal, pre-
paratory for the service of song
to be given with the stereopticon
Sunday evening, Sept. 9Th.
The Columbia River conference
of the Methodist church will hold
it's 53rd annual session at Walla
Walla Sept. 9th and Finley and
Hover will hold the last confer
ence of this year at the hall Fri
day noon, August 24th. DR.. For
syth will preside.
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SPEED USUALLY THE
EXPLANATION

CUNDAY ought to be made q
- day of rest for a lot of over
worked Speedometers. That is a
humorous statement of a very SER
ious need. The Monday newspapers
everywhere has become a motor
casualty list. One is tempted to
look down the columns not for
whether automobile accidents oc-
Cured but whether ones friends
were among the victims.
And this situation prevails
largely because speedometers have
been overworking. Despite all that
has been said that at time it is
safe for autoist to attain high
speed, the facts are that it is not
safe. just where the dividing line
between safety and danger is for
others to determine, but high
speed in the popular sense is nine
times out of ten the cause of ac-
cidents.
A car runs off bridge. It could
not if the car were under control.
One car is rammed by another.
Even the victim car might have
avoided the accident had its speed
been lowered. A child is run down.
More often than not this tragedy
might be averted if the automobile
were going slower. In most cases
speed, even speed within the law,
is responsible for the bloodshed
and property damage.
The lesson that the motorist
needs to learn is moderation. The
American lost his liquor because
he did not know how to use it. He
has lost other things and will lose
more unless he learns the lesson
of moderation. Under certain con-
ditions the law permits speed up
to 35 miles an hour. If the motor
list elects to go beyond that speed
he must expect the consequences.
In Investigating motor accidents
it is not unerringly found, but very
often so, that the speed Of one Or
both cars explains the real reason
for the smash.
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FINLEY NEWS

The Finley Ladies Aid met for
their annual election the 18th of
August at the parsonage. A good
attendance was reported and the
following officers We're elected for
the coming year: President, Mrs.
zindel; vice-pres., Mrs. Cooper;
|sec.-treas., Mrs. Hooker. A report
of the past year showed much
good work accomplished besides
the paying for the fuel, taxes,
water, insurance and lights which
the Aid had assured the payment
of, and of which the retiring Of
ficers, Mrs. Rorick, Mrs. Cooper,
and Mrs. Volland received the most
hearty praise from the members.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Howe have
a baby daughter born, August %.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Mitchell of
Portland, accompanied by their
father G.. R. Mitchell, came in last
week for a visit at the home of
their brother and SON, Ralph Nit
chell. R. C. and wife have returned
but the father will remain for a
longer visit.
The Gowings left last week for
Wenatchee and will be away for
about three months. Ralph Nit
chell is looking after their place
while they are away.
Mrs. Beale and Mrs. Patten
drove to Walla Walla Sunday for
an outing and had a splendid trip.
Mrs. Patten who has been visiting
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Beale, left
for two weeks visit in San
Francisco with her son, after
which she will spend couple of
weeks here before returning to
her home in Detroit, Mich.
Marion Turner of Seattle spent
several days visiting at the Beale
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Masters
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Store and one for the grangor.
G. c. Hitchcock and fam;l, :.
Kennewick were dinner guests !.
the Bush home Sunday. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Smell and Mr. -,
Mrs. Weber were Sunday eyen;n'
guests at the Hudson home
Ernest Hudson who is wo,,L;,
on the section at Wallula sno.s
Sunday at home.
Mrs. Cresswell spent a few dor.
visiting her son Roy and familv =
Toppenish.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Smith and f.,.
lily and f. A. Smith are in en-
kane for a few days.
School begins next Monday ana
everything is in excellent shan
for good beginning and a fips
enrolment is expected.
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Edward Lum returned Sunday
from Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Reeder of
Lind visited at the G. A. Rupp
home Sunday. Fay Rupp went
with them as far as Connell where
she visited with her grandparents
until Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Taylor entertained
a number of little girls Sunday af-
ternoon in honor Of her little
daughter Bernice's sixth birthday.
j. E. Odom of Connell visited
Tuesday at the home of his daugh-
ter Mrs. Rupp.
Mrs. Helen Hill Of Prosser came
Wednesday to spend the remainder
of the week with her sister Mrs.
Lee M. Lampson.
Mrs. Huston Of Spokane visited
last week at the home of Mrs. j.
C.. Swayze.
Rev. and Mrs. Aldrich were
guests at the home of their daugh-
ter Mrs. Willard Campbell.
Twenty young people surprised
Albert Zarndt Monday evening,
he occasion being the young mans
birthday.
Seventeen young people from the
Bethlehem Lutheran church of
Walla Walla took part in the SER
vices at the Kennewick church last
Sunday. After services a picnic
which had previously been planned
by the local people was enjoyed at
the Richland park.
Rev. II. C. Messerli and daugh-
ter of Albany, Oregon, are visiting
friends here.
Members of the Valley Grange
surprised their master F. S. Nc.
Clure Monday evening in honor d
his ? birthday anniversary at the
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FIRST BARGAIN DAY

an SATURDAY, August 2sth
" Kennewick business men VIII
inaugurate monthly Bargain Day
IN he repeated the last Saturday
in each month for a year.
The purpose of the day is 70
offer merchandise at prices that
will save money to the purchaser
and at the same time foster the
habit of trading with the local
business men.
The success with which this
monthly market day meets depends
upon the willingness of purchasers
and sellers to cooperate. 1t holds
large possibilities and can furnish
a convenient means of exchange
among residents of the territory.
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This week a poster carrying the
offerings of the local merchants is
being mailed to every person n
Kennewick whose address can be
obtained so that all may know
what savings may be made at their
places of business on the general
market day.
Many real bargains are listed
for the first Market Day offerings,
and it will pay anybody who wants
good goods at low prices to come
to Kennewick on Saturday, August
18th.
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MED like to urge a little more
w interest in the coming fair.
The fair is not a thing for one
man or even one group Of men to
attempt. To be successful, such an
undertaking requires the united eff
forts of all classes. It's a sort Of
community advertising that every
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II Asst week we stated that we
- would give you the dope on the
candidates. We couldn't get the
material ready in time for pub
LEGATION this week, but we hope
to have it ready for you next week.
We're going to let the candidates
AL Of hem-tell why they think
they ought to be elected.
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THERE was no organized opposi-
= tion to the special school levy
last Saturday. There shouldn't
have been, in our opinion. But we
think the directors made mistake
in not asking for ten mills instead
of five. The district would have
been money ahead on the PROPOSE
ton.
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Lee Lampson home. Ice cream and
cake was served by the ladies.
The Progressive Woman's club
meets Friday, August 9th at the
home of Mrs. d. F. Cresswell.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Kettunen of Lansing, Michigan, a
daughter, Margaret Jean, on Au-
gust 10Th. Mrs. Kettunen was for
merly Miss Ruth Cresswell.
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not into an argument with q
Owoman last week and she said:
"Where would man be had it not
been for woman?" When we told
her :s'In the Garden of Eden eat
ing Strawberries she got mad.
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IF THE girls of the present day
I don't catch husbands and make
good matrimonial bargains, it isn't
because they don't put all their
stock in the show windows.
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LIVER stop to think what bet
- ter world this would be even
for a day, if every bit of censure
was turned into words Of praise?
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1 paused beside a new-made grave
And on the stone / CHANGED to
see: &iM1
"You mortals who are doomed to
die, lib
Grid up your loins G. follow me. -
And just beneath this legend ran:
ITO follow you I'm not content"
Some wag had wisely scratched it
there
"Until know which way you
went" "
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one must contribute to, either wit!
work, money or products. And it's
the sort Of advertising that every
one in the community cashes in on
The Washington times., 1926-07-07

WE ARE living in formative times Grest ars
W. yet in their infancy
al map Of the air transport lines Ct the United
states lies before the writer shows that much mas oee
accomplished il the way of permanent and dependable a
TRANSFORMATION but we only beginning Aready 1ne
Poaoffce Department operates through DAY ana mgn9
transcontnental air mail service from New toIk w 81
Francisco some 757 miles IN elapsed time oI 1nsys3o
hours The planes leave the coast n the morning an
1T the opposite coast the following evening
Besides the regular postal planes, the mas co
acted for other mail which have aengLn
al 1881 miles These mail routes connect When nO
onlv with each other but with the railroad mail trans
Already the postal air lines directly serve lily ces ana
population Of q, 1000, 600. NJ
The problem Of progress Of aas
airane IS RAPIDLY weaving the country INTO soAQ
INIT We have lines from Boston to New 4ork ron MANI
o Los Angeles from ST. Louis to Chicago, ana rom Los
Angeles to Salt Lake City Other lines will rapidly spring
mp 80. ~,
was fraementary The New York Central railroad system
IS but little older than Chauncey Depew Dspew DOW
alive and beginning viii what radical progress
in airpane servicel
Besides this we have the improvements ct the raalo ana
ii II not absurd to- suppose that those now living VIII use
telephoo machines to distant face while 70 ~
and that teephonng By air without wires viii be y common
use. 49,. $500 ]. u, Nh
All this makes for the unifcaon and SOLIDARITY or the
nation Whatever weaves closely together
and soIidifies the country.
The Washington times., 1926-07-07
The New Public Utilities
Commission and Col. Bell

N uniting through the bill creating Public Utilities
Commission for the District Congress paid fine tribute to
Engineer Commissioner Bell by requiring that the Engneer
Commissioner shall be a member OF the new Dooy
ad not the Senators and Representatives WHO have come
N personal touch with Colonel Bell believed in him and had
confidence in his ability and integrity they would have COM
piled with the Engineer Commissioner earnest oese ana
omitted him from membership on the commission.
of course the law applies to all future Engineer Commits
ioners but the prospect that Colonel Bell Wi remain 1or
some wears in his present position and that the Dstrlct WIZ
continue profit by his valuable services a
and as member Of the new Commission sf 49,.
The hill creating the new Commission went through at the
last minute after all appropriation bills had been passed
It could not engossed enrolled ana therefore NOT D
signed by the President until this done next DecemDer
Az there is no appropriation for the new members WI
nhabIv be wear before the body IS appointed and
beOins to function The President viii have plenty Of time
10 consider applications the position and TO select men
who viii be free from any and all Influences that VIII lessen
public confidence in them.
There is no actual necessity that either OF the TWO new
members Of the Commission shall be lawyer In the Dis
trict appropriation bill is item Of $500 for assistant
counsel for the Commission This appropriation i available
at once It will materially aid the existing Commission IN
having legal help in solving utilities problems s
The law creating the Commission provides Tor people
ATTORNEY at salary of $500 year. the salary to be
pad members This salary which viii be provided when the
salaries of the Commissioners provided ought to give
the Commission bright lawyer whose duty viii be TO
represent the interests Of the public The corporations take
care of themselves in counsel
whoever Is named counsel win splendid opportunity
20 genuinely serve the public and make name for himself
He win have to pit his skill and knowledge against the bright
est attorneys Washington paid large sums of money
By the local utilities corporations to protect their interests
This newspaper has for years fought for new Utilities
Commission and for people counsel They are both needed
The position counsel Of greater Importance than tat Of
Commissioner is the counsel who guides the Commission
in legal matters and who, the right type Of man. leads the
way to fair and just solutions Of the mcnentous questions
affecting both the public and the corporations.
The selection of an attorney should largely rest with Colonel
Re and he will doubtless give the subject careful thought
intent upon getting with proper qualifications and
The Washington times., 1926-07-07
Short Observations

The distinguished President Haiti visiting the United
States gazed upon Uncle Sans collection q gold in the
Treasury vaults, amazed, interested and impressed!
Gold valuable nation because it proves that the
ton doesn't lack gold It isn't absence Of gold that hurts
you but the fact that people know you haven't got it.
Nathan straus said young friend: II know haven't
got money but for Heavens sake don't tell anybody
Peary American first set foot the North Pole and
claimed it for the United States
Byrd American navy first flew over the North Pole.
Now that Sam doesn't want the North Pole he looks
upon that frozen spot part Of the high seas Anybody
can have it. We want only the pleasure Of driving dog sleds
up there flying there
However time that North Pole viii be The oil
well that Rockefees have drilled inside the Arctic Circle
as experiment will be surrounded by manufacturing cities
such things exist 10000 years hence might be as well
g call the Pole United States territory only for glory
The Washington times., 1926-07-07
RY ELSIE ROBINSON

OF course she had the usual
human hankering TO be differ
ent." She felt entirely different
irlside-as we ali do. but she
wasn't able to impress that fact
upon the world. At last her
chance came. she had been hav-
ing q nervous spell and she
asked the. doctor what allied her.
The thing that really allied her
was too little work and too much
crab salad and raspberry whip.
But the doctor, who had an1bi-
tons OF his own. wouldn't stoop
to such an uninteresting dag
nosis. So he told Eunice that She
had an enlargement of the thyroid
gland. a very slight enlargement.
to be sure, but one never could
tell, ETC., etc.
IL that doctor had handed
Eunice q couple OF thousand IN
hard cash he couldn't have tickled
her more. Here at last was some.
thing that made her different
something that set her apart
from the common herd. She be-
gan an extensive study or the
thyroid glands. She found that
they are supposed to have wide
influence on both body and mind.
Just how wide no one knows. But
it was certain that SERIOUSLY
enlarged thyroids caused increased
blood pressure and gave rise to
nervous irritabiIity.
Eunice didn't emphasize the
seriously" Any old enlargement
was good enough for her pur-
pose. Hitherto she had possessed
the usual amount OF cussedness.
BAD temper, the family called II.
Said temper had previously given
no indication Of being located par
ticularly in her thyroid. It had
seemed generally inherent ana
quite as much at home IN her
toe nails. as in her throat. And
at no time was it any worse
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about that temper. Look now
she'd be- way M iii cloud one
minute ana down iii the dumps
the next. Look how easily she
was hurt. Look how shed go for
davs and days with her heart
inst breaking inside her, trying
to hide Il all with b brave smile,
And IL she dared reveal the least
little tiny BIT Of her suffering the
family iumped all over her neck
and asked her hdeu she got that
way. Wen, now she'd show them
how she got that way. SIR
HAD AN ENLARGED TH4s
ROID.
So forthwith 8 new Eunice
emerged upon the. scenes At last
she knew that she was DIFFER
ENT and she now proceeded to
prove it,. Those irnpulsiye little
peeves, which she had previously
suppressed, she now exploited u
their full capacity. Her likes and
dislikes assumed scientific i'm.
terests. Each slightest reaction
was given the keys to. the city
and told to do It's darndest. For1
IL you had an enlarged thyroid
YOU weren't supposed to- act like
other people. Which Of course
was very tragic but oh, what .
relief!
Are we to gather from this
little tale that all this new
tangled talk about the influence
of glands and environment and
heredity ID the bunk2 We are
NOT. Science is discovering many
remarkable things about the
human mind and body. But il
hasn't discovered salything vet,
and it never win discover any,
thing which gives us the right -
bust 6ff the lid and smear our
selves all over the horizon, Just
because we feel q little riled
Which is q good thing to remem.
Der in these wise-t alking. free.
acting days.
The Washington times., 1926-07-07
MINDS TRICKS
By Garrett p. Serviss

has to give to unexpected and
confusing details, which result
from the awkward positions that
you are forced to assume In bear
ing an unmanageable burden, and
keeping it free from the ground.
You may be compelled to stretch
yourself upward, or support the
weight at an unusual height, thus
increasing the expenditure OF
energy.
One Must Be Rigid
All this is elementary, but
there is another consideration
which may throw light on one of
the standing, enigmas of occult.
ism, viz, 'Ievitation," You have
doubtless heard it said that If a
person stretches his body out
horizontally, and keeps it in a
rigid state, as, for instance,
lying on his back with his head
resting on one chair and his feet
on another, he may be lifted
shoulder high by q number OF
persons CASUALLY four) who place
their fingers underneath his sides
and raise all together at a sig
nal. The required rigidity Of the
body is an Indispensable condi-
ton; also the experimental must
breathe concurrently with the ex-
perimenters, and when, stimuli
taneously, they all have full
breath, they must hold 1t In and
"raise." When all the condi-
tions are faithfully fulfilled the
80
be amazing. But. II the person
to be lifted allows his body to
become limp all the magic dis
appears, and the raisers cannot
"levitate'i him.
A great many people appear
to believe that mysterious de-
crease Of weight occurs In this
experiment. / have even read a
report, purporting to be scien-
tific, In which 1t was affirmed
that when the experiment was
performed on a Weighing plat.
form the body suddenly lost a
large, and measured, percentage
of Its normal weight!
Mind Plays Part
I have myself seen the trick
performed, and the part that
psychological deception plays in
It, seems to me obvious, though
many always declare themselves
convinced that the phenomenon
is the result of occult power. In
variabIy when l have served as
subject" and have been lifted
or partially lifted, it was perfect.
ly evident to me that the pres
sure Of the four pairs OF fingers
upon my sides exerted q force
The Washington times., 1926-07-07
Less Noise, Please

Anyone coming back to Washington from other cities or
from the vacation places is impressed BY great volume Of
surplus noise that drivers Of vehicles nfct upon the
community.
other motor machines sensible and considerable but there
are hundreds whose main object in life to be footing
their horns In sections Of the city their favorte TINT
around o'clock night just about the hour ordinary
people trying fall asleep It is special hardship on
those who must spend the summer in town.
The writer of these lines sat at the bedside OF friend
in one of the big hospitals Of the city It was puL The
patient declared he did mind the pain much he did
the noise of the automobiles that ded necessarily through
the windows.
In nine out Of ten this blowing Of automobile tru
pets is unnecessary. Please give Us rest PLEASE!