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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Best Sellers

DR.. William Lyon Phelps, the
critic, said at Yale tea:
"Best sellers are always worth
less. A good book has never been
a best seller yet"
Doctor Phelps smiled and added:
81 saw a young man reading
best seller the other day.
"tGood?' | asked him.
"He answered with yawn:
GAS Hull as DELL Detroit
Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
resolution states.
CANADIAN UNIONS TO
MEET

Edmonton, Canada. Officers of the
Trade and Labor Congress of Canada
have issued the call for the annual
convention, to convene here Monday,
August %
The Congress is composed of locals
affiliated to A. F. of L. national and
international unions. The purpose of
the Congress is to secure legislation
from Dominion and provincial palia-
ments that will benefit all workers in
Canada.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Dog Coffee "Fiend'

Sunday, Boston terrier owned
by Allen Burdick, of the New Ca
naan Conn., police department, is
a genuine "cofee hound" Sunday
must have his coffee in a cup, with
a little milk and great deal of
sugar, before he will consider even
the most tempting bone.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
RoxorIess Era Ahead?

Experiments carried out by an
English naturalist indicate that
new method of controlling the
growth of hair may in the near fu-
ture make it unnecessary for men to
shave. In the experiments a strain
of mice was produced whose heads
became bald in IS days. A few days
later they lost the fur on their
backs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
OKLAHOMA HALTS
OIL OPERATIONS

Oklahoma City-The State Corpor-
alton Commission has issued a tenn
porary restraining order prohibiting
operators from drilling wells in the
newly opened Seminole field.
This order is unusual in American
industry and is an attempt by the
state to aid the operators in limiting
production after they failed to agree
between themselves.
The operators, led by the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, pledged
themselves to limit production and ap-
pointed an oil czar to enforce the
agreement. Several operators ig-
nored their promise, and the State
Corporation Commission was called
upon.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
The Reckless Age

~ suppose old Jim Tucker Is as
stingy as ever" remarked the former
resident on a flying visit to Dinky-
Vile.
Gosh no." exclaimed the native
"Jim's gettin' to be reg'lar spend
thrift Why, he even gets his hair cut
at the barber shop now American
Legion Weekly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Try a Standard sc cigar.
Indian Runners Long
Noted for Fleetness

Quanawahu, Hopi snake priest,
won the first Long Beach marathon,
though he halted in the race to help
a footsore competitor.
Despite Longfellow, who attrib-
uted to Hiawatha such Aeetness Of
foot that a mathematician estimated
that he could run 20 miles an hour
if he really could perform the feats
ascribed to him, it has taken US hun
dreds of years to appreciate the In
dian runner. Not only our own
Indians, but those from Mexico, are
participating in our races. The
marathon race, indeed, has revived
among the Indians of Mexico the
art of running, as our revival of
the Olympic games has revived
among US a zest for international
sports. 1t was said of Montezuma
that he had brought to him every
day by runners fresh fish from the
seas and ripe fruit from the tropical
shores. The Aztecs also commune
Gated with their army which was
scattered all over a vast empire, by
means of runners. No post was 50
distant that they could not quickly
reach it.
Quanawahu said during the race
that he feared only other Indians
in it. Nevertheless, it was a white
man who pushed him at the last
The white man is not the natural
runner the Indian is. His is an
other mode Of life, but he has a
stout heart.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
No WoIues There

Fires island, near Anchorage,
Alaska, is the maternity hospital
for moose. Moose COWS are now
swimming from the mainland to
give birth there to their calves. The
island is of small size, but it har-
bors no wolves, and the young
moose, when old enough to look out
for themselves, are escorted back
to the mainland by their mothers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05

The American Golfer says: "Our
estimate of the number of golf
courses in the country is $500 to
3,70O. We also estimate that there
are probably 100000 who play, or
play at golf. This includes men,
women and children"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Some Difference

Eyes, l get $50 a week" said the
saleslady in the millinery establish
ment.
How do you manage TO command
so large a salary?" asked the country
school teacher.
81 know hats"
Dear me For $50 week l have
to know everything. Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Industry Is Stupendous

The electrical industry in America
is a thing of stupendous size. Dur
ing 1926 it produced and sold near
ly $6,00O,OO0,0O0 worth of service
and equipment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
RENEW UNION AGREEMEN

New Raincoat workers and
manufacturers have renewed their
agreement. No changes are made in
wage and hours, but four holidays
with pay will be allowed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05

Washington.-Th Federal Govern
ment has taken no action in the case of
Oklahoma oil operators who have
agreed to limit production. Spokes
men for the Department of Justice de-
clare they are watching" for viola
tions of the antitrust law, but are in
sympathy with any effort to check
reproduction.
The oil operators are moving care
fully lest a hostile public opinion be
developed. They claim their agree
ment is temporary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES

Cincinnati.-Printers employed on
daily newspapers secured a $205 and
a 1920 weekly increase through ar
bitration.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
7heCherry
1V Where with our
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fippantl-,
sometimes recklessly. +.

If the pilgrimage to the Black Hills
has done nothing else it has served
to bring the ten-gallon hat back to
its own.
Most folks had forgotten that there
was such a thing-that is, most city
folks. The big hat, so far as the great
bulk of the population knew, has gone
into that musty limbo from which
there is no return.
But the ten-gallon hat has staged a
comeback. Athwart presidential
dome it has been shot for the movies
and recorded indelibly by the still
shots. The ten-gallon hat-there she,
or he stands and long may it wave.
The ten-gallon hat is in the ring
and hat of that kind makes mighty
near ring full without any other
company.
OF course, in doing this amazing
come back, the big hat of the plains
raises around it's ample brim the age
old question as to whether it is worn
for it's artistic effect, or for it's util-
itarian value.
While the fact remains that no one
can wear hat with any more artistic
abandon than can the wearer of the
big hat of the old West, the truth is
unchanged that the ten-gallon hat is
a hat of utility and not alone thing
of beauty in the eyes of it's wearer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
STRANGE OCCURRENCE

How did the accident happen?"
"Mistook a puncture-proof tire for q
life preserver-and went down"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Cynical

PA, what's an adage"
AN adage. my son, is an epigram-
matte sophistrs composed for the pur-
pose of preventing one from doing
something he wants to do, or induc-
.ing him to dc something he doesn't"
Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
With Us Tonight

Around the banquet board we sit
Mid oratoric glory
The man who makes the real hit
Just tells a funny story,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
Thought He Was Poraiyzed

He-Do you want to marry one
eyed man?
She-No, why2
He-Then let me carry your um
brella.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29

and Ordinance No. 269, which said
local improvement district No. 10
was for the Improvement Of WASH
ington and Yakima streets, is now
on file at the office of the city
clerk. The said roll has been set
down for hearing at meeting of
the council to be held in the coun-
ell chambers in the city hall in the
City of Kennewick, at 7:30 pm.
on the 18th day of January, 1928,
and all persons who desire to OBJ
ject to said assessments are noti-
fed to make such objections in
writing and to file the same with
the city clerk on or prior to the
date fixed for such hearing. At the
time and place fixed and at such
other times as the hearing may be
continued to, the council will sit
as board of equalization for the
purpose of considering said roll,
and at such hearing or hearings,
will consider such objections made
thereto or any part thereof. and
will correct, revise, raise. lower,
change or modify such roll, or any
part thereof, or set aside such roll
and order that such assessment be
made de novo, as to such body shall
appear just and equitable, and then
proceed to confirm same by ordi-
nance.
-WINIFRED CAMPBELL, Clerk.
Date of first publication: 22nd
day of December. 1927. 12:22-29
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON
DRAINAGE PROJECT

Notice is hereby given that on
January 7th. 1928, at 1:3O pm. at
the Commercial club rooms in Ken
newick. the Board of Directors of
Columbia Irrigation District will
hold a public hearing to determine
the matter of a proposed drainage
ditch running through Sections 26,
q. 35 and SO. Twp. 8 N. Range
80. E.W.M., the object of which is
to relieve seepage conditions in the
general neighborhood of Finley and
thereby benefit the district as a
whole.
At this meeting the board will
hear any person having evidence
to present for or against the pro-
posed improvement. and will fully
determine the matter by resolution
which resolution shall be final and
conclusive upon all persons as to
the benefit of said system of drain
age to the lands in the district.
BY order of the Board of Direct
ors at their meeting, December 10
1927.
w. C. MULDROW. Sec 3a-4O.
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the east half of the west half
thereof .......................-...- 500
E. L. Capps Orchard Tracts No.
2. Tract IA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
The above property shall not be
sold for less than the amount set
forth in column headed minimum
Sale Price" opposite each descrip-
tion of property. If sold for cash,
a Treasurer's Deed will be execut-
ed. If sold on contract. the terms
thereof shall be 20 percent cash
and balance in ten equal annual in
'stallments commencing Nov. LIST
next. with interest at six percent
on deferred payments, payable an
nually. All subsequent taxes and
assessments must be paid prior to
delinquency. Failure to make pay
ments or to -,erform any of the
covenants of the contract forfeits
same at the election of the vendor.
This contract may be paid in full
at any time plus accrued interest,
in which case a Treasurer's Deed
will be executed.
And notice is hereby further Civ
en- that if necessary I will adjourn
said sale to the same hours from
day to day by announcement made
at the time and place of said sale,
or at the time and place to which
said sale may be adjourned.
Dated at Prosser, Washington,
this 14th day of December, 1927.
HARRY FORSYTH. Co. Treas.
of Benton County. Wash. 1859
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manded by law on said date, at the
hour Of 10 o'clock am. Of said day,
at front entrance of the court
house in the City Of Prosser,
Washington, sell each and all of
said tracts on which said assess
ments and penalty, interest and
costs shall not then have been paid
or so much thereof as shall be nee
essary to meet the same. Such sale
shall be in the manner by statute
made and provided and the land
sold shall be subject to redemption
as provided by law in such cases.
All of said lands are situate in
Townships numbered North from
the Base Line and Ranges num-
bered East from the Willamette
Meridian. in Benton County, State
of Washington.
Three lists Of all property de-
linquent in the district mentioned
above are posted in each voting
precinct and in the places herein
after mentioned:
Precinct No. 1:.One at the mar
gin Of the State Highway in Sec
ton %, Township Nroth, Range
% E.W.M., at the road corner of
the Highlands Pumping Plant;
One opposite the residence of
DR.. Morefield in Section 80, Town.
ship 9 North. Range 90 on the
margin of the State Highway; and
One at the State Highway cross
ing Of the Columbia Irrigation dis
trict canal in Section 81, Township
10 North. Range % E.W.M., near
the point wher ethe State Highway
crosses the Kennewick canal. -
Precinct No. 2: One on the city
hall in the City of Kennewick; one
at the Post Office in the City Of
Kennewick; one at the corner Of
Adams st. and Kennewick Ave. in
the City of Kennewick.
Precinct No. 8: One at the Stru-
theirs corner on the margin Of the
Highway at the northeast corner
of Section %. Township 8 North,
Range 80 E.W.M.; one at the Fin
ley Hall at Finley, Washington and
one at the Store of the Produce
Company at Finley, Washington.
Precinct No. a: Opposite the res
idence of H. S. Hughes on the
County Road in Section 81. Town
ship 8 North. Range 81 E. w. M;
one the store at the Town of Ho.
yer. in Section 8. Township z No.,
Range 81 E.W.M.: and one oppo-
site the residence of H. w. Powell
at the margin Of the Highway in
Section 5. Township z North, Rye.
81 E.W.M.
One additional copy is posted in
the office Of the Board of Direct
ors of the Columbia District; and
one in the office of the County
Treasurer of Benton County, Wash.
HARRY FORSYTH Treas. Ben
ton County and ex-officio treasur-
er of Columbia Dist. 12:l5-29
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NOTICE OF HEARING UPON
FINAL ACCOUNT AND Pc
Triton FOR DISTRIBU-
TI0N

In the Superior Court of the
State of Washington, for Benton
County. Tin Probate).
In the matter of the estate of
Mary E. Howe, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Henry A. Howe, executor of the
last will and testament of Mary
e. Howe, deceased, has filed his
final account as such executor. and
petition for distribution of the es-
tate, wherein the court is asked to
settle said account, distribute the
property and discharge the exc
cutor.
That Wednesday. the 18th day of
January. 1928, at o'clock pm. at
the superior court room in the Ben
ton county court house at Prosser,
Washington, has been appointed as
the time and place Of hearing upon
said Final Account and Petition.
HENRY A. HOWE. Executor.
C. L. Holcomb. attorney for exc
cutor. 12:29-1:1 2
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ESTRAY SALE

Notice is hereby given that Z.
I. Brooks on the End day of De-
cember. 1927 took I'D and now
keeps at his ranch near Hanford,
Wash, the following estray: One
sorrel horse, brand on left shout
der. weight HOO lbs. white face
and feet; one white horse, brand
on left shoulder, weight HOO lbs.
Said estrays will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash at the place
kept. as above specified, on Satur-
day, the 18th day of January, 1928
at the hour of one o'clock in the
afternoon of said day. unless the
owner thereof. or his legal repre-
sentative. shall appear prior to
that time, and make out his title
and pay all charges against said
estray.
Date of first publication Of this
notice December 20, 1927.
e. o. KEENE. Auditor Benton
County, Washington. 12:29-1:5
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EAT onions in the winter" adj
vises "a physician. Yea, bo! Then
if you are lost in a fog, your
friends will find you.
& 4 & &
A travelling salesman in strange
town was handed a message from
his wife, which read Twins ar
rived tonight. More by mail"
& & 3 4
Many man has put his foot into
it entirely because of inability to
keep his nose out of it. -. We've
about decided to let the knee ques-
ton alone for a while. We insist
that they all have bumps on 'em,
but what good results from our in
sisting when the only reply seems
to be-well what of it?
& & e &
Napoleon said there was no
such word as can't. Wonder
if he ever tried to scratch a
match on a cake of soap?
& & & &
Junior: Papa, what is a prophet?
Senior: My son, prophet is
man who tells you what is going
to happen. but doesn't bet any
money on it. ~. 1
& & & &
The other day a man gave me a
really spicy news item, concerning
some folks who are mincing along
at a speed little too fast for
small town; and told him would
rermit it if he would sign his name
to it. "Ah, ! amt in the newspaper
business" he replied. Well. / am.
And l want to stay in it. and I
don't want to be shot. I declined
to use the item.
& & & &
The real danger to an ed
ltor. on account of his
blood pressure, comes
when he is thanked for
something. instead of be-
ing blamed for something.
& & e &
when is the next train out of
this burg?"
Twelve o'clock, sir"
that 2"
"No. sir; we never run one be-
fore the next"
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NOTICE OF DELINQUENT IR-
RIGATION ASSESSMENTS
y. AND SALE OF LAND
THEREFOR %
Kennewick Irrigation 10

heuueW1ck 1II1gaIlOn DlStrlCI
Notice is hereby given that last
half of assessments for the year
1926 of the Kennewick Irrigation
District upon premises and lands
within said district are now delin-
quent and penalty of $50 of the
amount of each assessment has ac-
crued thereto. and said assessments
including said $50 penalty, interest
and costs. are payable at the office
of the undersigned Treasurer of
Benton County.
Inasmuch as these delinquent as
sessments stand as a lien against
the real property for which they
are assessed and unless the said
assessments, together with said
$50 penalty. interest and costs are
paid prior to Tuesday, the 10th day
of January, 1928, / will, as COM
manded by law on said date, at
the hour of 10 o'clock am. of said
day, at front entrance of the court
house in the City of Prosser,
Washington, sell each and all of
said tracts on which said assess
ments and penalty, interest and
costs shall not then have been paid
or So much thereof as shall be
necessary to meet the same. Such
sale shall be in the manner by
statute made and provided and the
land sold shall be subject to re-
demption as provided by law in
such cases.
All of said lands are situate in
townships numbered North from
the Base Line and Ranges number
ed East of the Willamette Merid-
ian. in Benton County, State of
Washington.
Three lists of all property de-
llnquent in the district mentioned
above are posted in each voting
precinct and in the places herein-
after mentioned:
Precinct No. L: On Highway at
Southeast corner of Tract 1. High
lands Plat "B". known as Kadow
corner.
On corner of Tract %. High
lands Plat "B" near Highlands
club house.
At Southeast corner of Tract Sc,
Highlands Plat GAP, at Pipe Line.
Precinct No. 9: One at the front
door of the hall of the /. o. o. F.
in Kiona. Washington.
One at the front door of the
Kelso home in Kiona. Washington.
One at the u. S. Post Office in
Kiona. Washington.
One additional copy is also post
ed in the office of the Board of
Directors of the Kennewick district
and one in the office of the County
treasurer of Benton County
Washington.
Dated this 18th day of Deem
Der. 1927, at Prosser, Washington
HARRY FORSYTH. Treas. Ben.
ton County and ex-officio treasur-
er Of Columbia Dist. 12:15-2e
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ter of said Section %, Township
quarter Of the northeast quar-
8 North, Range 30 E.W.N., tn.
north 372.75 feet. thence west
776.5 feet, thence south O. 2r
East 372.75 thence east 774.2O
feet to the point Of beginning.
Situate in Benton County, Wash
ington,
and to quiet the title to said prem
Uses in the plaintiffs as against
all claims of the defendants. and
to exclude the defendants from any
right, title, interest or estate
therein.
M. M. MOULTON, attorney for
Plaintiffs. Office and post office
address Kennewick, Washington.
12;S-1:l2
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NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
State of Washington. County O.

oIate OF washington, County of
Benton, IS:
Notice is hereby given that in
accordance with an order hereto
fore entered on the 9th day of De-
cember. 1927, by the Board of
County Commissioners of said
county directing the sale of the
real property hereinafter described,
acquired by said county for delin-
quent taxes under tax foreclosure
suit and sale, I, the undersigned
County Treaurer of said county,
will. on the 31st day of December,
1927. commencing at the hour of 9
o'clock am. and continuing until
the hour of a o'clock pm. of said
day, unless the property herein
after described shall sooner be sold.
at the front door of the county
court house in Prosser. in said
county and state. sell to the high
est bidder for cash or on legal con-
tract. the following described pro-
perty. situated in said county. and
described as follows, to-wit:
Blalock Island Gardens. Lots 2
to 18. Blk. Ia and N. 2.74 acres,
Lot II. Blk. 26 ............ s171.Oo
SWA SEA SWA w. of conal,
1924 106.14
Stanton's First addition to Ken
newick, Wash. Part of Lots 5 to
II inc. Two described as follows:
Commencing at the SW cor. of Lot
IL, Blk. 2, Stanton's First addition
to Kennewick. Wash, tn. running
east along the south line of Lots
IL. II. 10. 9, 8. z, 6 and 5 to the
southerly right Of way line of the
North Coast Railroad Co., now the
O.-W. r. & N. Co., thence north
westerly along the southerly right
of way line Of the said O.-W. R.
& N. Co., to an intersection with
line drawn parallel to and 80 #.
north from the. south line of said
lots. thence west along said par
allel line to the west line of said
lot IL, thence south along the west
line Of said lot IL to the point of
beginning ........... 1924
Benton City, Lot z. Blk. "a 1000
Kiona-Benton Highlands. Division
No. 1. Tract 81 -...: 592.55
Benton City. Lot 2. Blk. 43 $500
VIZ sen NWA NWK, Section
I6-lS-Z1 .----.---.--.-----------.----. 1OO.U0
Hanford, All Blk. 80 ...... 1920
NWA NWA Sec. 1928 2750.00
All of Lot 1, Sec. 3-10-27, except
10 &C. in squais form in the north
west corner thereof; all of Lot 2,
Sec. 3-10-27. except 10 &C. in so.
form in the northeast corner there
of; all of Lot 1. in Sec. 11-10-27,
except the north half and the Sc
quarter of said lot; all of Lots 2
and a in Sec. 11-10-27; all of Lot
5. in Sec. 11-10-27, except the east
half and the east half of the west
half thereof; all Of Lot 8. in Sec.
11-10e27. except the east half and