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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
ABOUT EW
SPEED LAW
B e C o m e S Operative in
June-Traffic and Con-
ditions Must Govern

Although Washington's new au-
tomobile speed limit is fixed at a
maximum of 40 miles per hour by
the recently accepted law, which
becomes operative in June, the Au-
tomobile club of Washington points
out in recent bulletin. that such
pace is permitted only when all
motoring conditions are perfect.
"The intent of the legislators
was to fix a rate of travel that
would be conductive to rapid trans
portation only when it could be
accomplished with utmost safety
tht bulletin says. "The following,
Section A, paragraph 8 of the code
definitely states the. situation:
Every person operating or driv-
ing a vehicle of any character up
on a public highway Of this state
shall drive the same in a careful
and prudent manner, and at q
rate of speed no greater than is
reasonable and proper under the
conditions existing at the point of
operation, taking into account the
amount and character of the traf-
fic, conditions of brakes, weight
of vehicle, grade and width of
highway, condition of surface and
freedom of obstruction to view a.
head and so as not to unduly or
unreasonably endanger the life,
limb, property or other rights of
any person entitled to the use of
the street or highway and in no
event at a speed greater than for
ty miles per hour"
The Automobile club points out
that these many factors combine
to determine the question of safe
or unsafe driving, no matter what
the speed may be.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
HEALTH CLINIC

The fourth health clinic under
direction of the Woman's club for
children of pre-school age was held
Tuesday and Wednesday in the
parlors of the M. E. church. Com
munity service committee, Mrs. w.
S. Walters, chairman, was in
charge, assisted by other cluD
members. Miss Monica Weber,
county nurse, Miss Gertrude Gage
and the doctors of the town. DR..
F. p. Mccormack, of Spokane,
child specialist, examined the chill
dren. He found them on the whole
in healthy condition altho a good
many had tonsil trouble. Those
who had been attending the yearly
clinics showed the benefits of the
corrective work done. OF the three
hundred children registered, 1877
were brot to be examined. Hover
had the best representation. all
registered in that district, except
a few unable to come, were brot
to the clinic at the time appointed.
Miss Belle Alger, head of the nu-
triton work at W.S.C. took part
and Miss Costello, Franklin coun-
ty nurse and Mrs, HI. A. Neuman
of Pasco, were present part of the
time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
Mother Cat Adopts and Nurses Setter
Pup Who ThriDes on Substitution

merclal world. What to do with
them was a perplexing question
Their mother being a true aristo-
crat OF dogdom, and their sire the
esteemed LOUIS Mohawk for whom
the owner had refused an offer of
more than $500, the orphan pup
pies were considered worth saw
ing. 4 search for foster mother
was inaugurated but without re-
knowing that he would be un-
able to give them as much atten-
ton as they would REQUIRE, Mr..
Wall Presented the little blue.
bioods to several of his friends,
whom ne thought would take
pleasure in caring for them DR.,
Gole ref;eived two, Roy Allen. Carl
Aarslegg . ana Mrs. Curtis of Rich
tcotltinued on page fourl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
IN THAT CASE
WHY FIX 1T?
Close Headgate but Water
Still Flows in Pipe Line
Acts as Drain

Manager "Bill" Muldrow of the
irrigation district relates an anus
ing incident which occurred this
week III connection with some re-
pair work being done on one Of
the larger irrigation water mains
which serve the Kennewick Gard
ems. As the line was apparently
partially clogged and not deliver
ing the full amount of water it
should, some of the land owners
uncovered the portion of it they
deemed at fault. When the pipe
was barred the headgate was care
fully closed and work suspended
until next morning in order that
the pipe might have time to drain.
However, when the men got
back on the job next day, instead
of being dry and ready for clean
ing as they had expected to find
it, the pipe was still delivering
what looked to be full head OF
water.
Complaint was made at the ir
rigation office, it being supposed
that some uniformed person had
reopened the gate. Such was not
the case, however, as the intake
proved to be bone dry and exactly
as left. The trouble was, the pipe
line was such an obliging piece of
that it picked up seep-
age water and supplied it to the
ranchers below, evidently bent on
watering the ranches whether
their owners wanted to irrigate
them or not.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
RUN 2 SHIFTS
THREE YEARS
Flour Mill Grinds Quarter
Million Bushels of
Local Wheat

Operating night and day for the
last three years without any ma
terial delays, producing $50 bar
rels of flour every twenty-four
hours, 1000 fifty pound sacks, as
well as poultry and dairy feed and
a full line of cereal products, the
Kennewick Flour Mills, under the
management of C. B. Shoemaker
and j. B. Conroy have made an
enviable record of efficiency and
production.
A quarter million bushels of
wheat are required to satisfy the
gigantic appetite of the mill for a
year. About twenty-five per cent
of this amount is grown in the
adjoining Horse Heaven wheat
belt, the larger part of the bal
ance being obtained from other
wheat growing districts of Wash
ington, altho some special grain
of high protein content is obtained
from Montana. BY mixing this
with the Washington wheat more
perfect blend is secured. The quail
ity of the Horse Heaven wheat,
Mr.. Shoemaker said, ranks high
in comparison with that obtained
from other districts.
The Kennewick Flour Mills Co.
produces and distributes the fol-
lowing brands of flour: Big K, Lily
White, Washington Hard Wheat,
and Kennewick Best. These brands
are sold widely thruout Oregon
and Washington and have an en-
viable reputation, Kennewick be-
ing known for its flour mills in
almost any city in either of these
states. Big K Scratch food and
egg mash for poultry and Big X
dairy feed are the important by
products manufactured. A great
many of the cereals, also, are mar
keted under the predominant trade
mark, Big X. OF late the demand
Continued on page ten)
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28

The Woman's club will give a
public musical and tea Friday,
May 6. The proceeds will be used
to buy seats for the city park. The
committee in charge has arranged
program of instrumental and vo-
cal selections, readings and several
numbers by the high school orches-
ira. Tea will be served. 1t is hoped
that all who can will attend. Ad-
mission will be 25c. 1t will be held
in the Commercial club room at
2:30.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
ASK CHERRY TARIFF

That the fruit crop in the upper
part of the Yakima valley is not
seriously damaged is the report
brought by H. w. Desgranges,
manager of the Big Y, who was
called as a witness before the tar
iff commission at Yakima last
Monday. The commission has un-
der consideration an increase of
the tariff on royal ann cherries
to prevent the disastrous compe-
tition from imports from Italy and
Spain and other countries.
The meeting was attended by
cherry growers from all parts of
the valley and they all agreed that
the crop for the valley was a fail
ure with the exception of the ex-
treme portion of the Naches dis
trict.
"The entire valley below the
Yakima Gap has suffered from
the frost but the crop is not a
total loss," said Mr.. Desgranges.
Favored spots will have a fair
crop. Donald and Buena saved
most of their soft fruit by heat
ing and that district will produce
more than half of all the cots and
peaches in the valley. In the up
per valley the damage is mostly
confined to the low spots and q
Is per cent crop will be harvested.
Locally the situation is brighten
ing. Quite a number of orchards
are developing enough late bloom
to insure a fair crop"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
LOCAL YOUTH
WINS CONTEST
Arthur Carpenter to Rep
resent District in State
Finals Friday

Maintaining his lead of a yea,
ago, Arthur Carpenter, of the Ken.
newick high school, Benton coun.
tvs only entrant in the national
oratorical contest, won first place
at Yakima last Friday night in
the district trials. Margaret Ros.
ehcranz, representing Zillah. plac.
ed second. The state finals will be
held in Seattle tomorrow night
at the Broadway high school with
three supreme court judges to
make the awards. The, speeches
made during the evening will be
broadcast from one of the large
Seattle stations.
All the contestants did excep-
tionally well, Miss Mae Mark.
county superintendent of schools.
who had charge of the contest. de-
clared at its close. Mrs. E. H.
Iickler of Buena presided. The
Judges were Senator D. v. NORTH
land and A. M. johnson. Miss Alice
Caulkins, teacher of history in the
Kennewick high school, was pres
ent.
Carpenter will go to Seattle as
the representative of this district
inclusive of the five counties. for
the state contest which will be
held in the Broadway school April
20. Last year he was the winner
in the district contest and went to
Seattle for the state event in which
he placed fourth.
AS he is junior in the Kenne-
wick high school he intends to try
hard for winning place next year.
He is taking the English course in
the high school, according to a dis
patch in Yakima paper.
The Kennewick lad is hard
worker. In addition to carrying a
full course in the high school ne
cuts asparagus in the morning and
after school works in the j. C.
Penny store. During the frost pre-
vention campaign he helped at
night to keep the heaters going
NUT lost his job Wednesday night.
Carpenter came to the Yakima
meet without any previous practice
as no one in Benton county con-
tested his precedence as an orator.
The only practice he had was GO
ing and down the asparagus rows
with the shoots poking their heads
out of the ground as his audience.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
WILL HANDLE
OTHER CROPS
Selling Agency to Use
Forces in Selling Spe-
cial Crops This Year

In the present emergency. the
Three Rivers Growers association
is offering every possible assist
ance IN the marketing of various
farm crops, according to Manager
Lee Lampson this week. who sub
mits the following statement in
regard to their plans for the sea-
son:
Since the freeze a large percent
age of the growers are turning
their attention to planting addi-
tional cultivated crops to make ND
for some of the loss. We have been
asked by many growers every day
what could be planted at this time
OF year that will sell for reason
able prices and if the association
could sell these different vegetable
crops. On account Of this emergen-
cy the 3-Rivers association office
will assist in making up mixed
cars OF vegetables or other crops
on which any grower may need
assistance in marketing.
This cannot be handled &c a
part of the 3-Rivers business but
will be handled under the name of
Early Crops Pool or some similar
name. The 3-Rivers will lend the
assistance of its organization in
this emergency in assembling
these mixed cars but will assume
no obligations. These additional
crops, OF course, will pay their
own costs of handling and will not
be signed up on 3-Rivers con-
tract.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28

Upon returning from the morn
ing services last Sunday, j. C.
Buchanan met with real surprise
for there he was met by a goodly
number Of the Baptist people who
had left the church earlier than
he, armed with several kinds of
weapons, all ready to remind him
in the usual way that it was his
birthday. After the effects of the
surprise had calmed down, the
guests moved to the dining room
to partake Of an excellently pre-
pared turkey dinner. The honored
one was bashful as usual and re-
fused to tell his age but when tho
large angle food cake was brot
in, all decorated with candles. the
age question was settled. Before
leaving, everyone present hoped
that Mr.. Buchanan would have at
least two birthdays a year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28

Mrs. c. E. Lum returned Satur-
day from Summerville, Oregon,
where she had attended the fun
eral of her sister, Mrs. Parilla
Keefer. Mrs. Keefer will be we'll
remembered by the old-timers here
as she and her husband ran the
Antlers Hotel during the early
days. She passed away April 90
at the LeGrande hospital. She is
survived by seven children Mr.
Keefer having died about ten
years ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
SPEED

; Talk about fast work! Last
: week there was small ad
: run in our paper announcing
asparagus plants for sale. To-
! day the owner of the plants !
I came in to tell us that the ad
+ brought such good results ,
: that just exactly one hour
} after the paper was distribut-
ed on the route the entire :
! bunch of plants was sold.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28

The business Girls met Monday
evening with Miss Gladys Gooch
at the Gascoigne home. This was
their social meeting and they
played games and enjoyed them
selves. Ice cream and cake were
served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28

The Needle Work club will meet
May 5th at the home of Mrs.
Staley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28

Granville Kennedy was Spo-
kane visitor the last of the week.
The Washington times., 1927-12-21

This is plainly evident through
observing the extent to which auto.
mobile manufacturers are adopting
fhe equipment and methods offered
hy specialists in body accessories.
Gbme of the largest motor car pro-
DtIcers are turning to those special.
sts who have been able to provide
better. simpler and less expensive
methods of constructing individual
Natures Of car bodies.
Today, the automobile body is
Almost as complex as the chassis
Apon which 1t is mounted. The
motor world has come to think of
IN automobile as being made up
sof q frame, wheels, engine, a trans
slsiission. a final drive and a body.
M is only lately that the body of
The modern car Is being viewed as
factor composed of a great mum.
her of individual and highly spe.
cialized parts.
ga Doors For Instance
The doors Of the modern produc-
SAlnn closed car are case in point.
One Of the oldest and largest manu-
1acturers Of automobiles, a concern
which, in pre-automobile days was
4n outstanding maker of horse
Afawn coaches, has just placed an
bfder for all doors for its 1928 cars
aNith a concern which has solved
The Washington times., 1927-12-21

bodies than heretofore have been
possible. Naturally. there is con-
siderable competition between spe-
cialists offering parts for bodies.
This is reflected not only in lower
operating costs, but also in in
creased sales through providing
more impressive reasons for trad
ing in old cars for new ones. The
public rapidly is finding the auto.
mobile body a vastly improved and
useful unit. Some of the methods
of raising windows and locking the
doors, to scite two instances, Illus
trate the point in question.
Special Designers
Attention to automobile bodies
has reached such a point that one
OF the largest designers and makers
or fine body fittings now employs
special designers. modelers, die
chasers and artist.engineers. Great
beauty, n being built into these
body parts as well as ingenuity,
strength and simplicity. 8
The automobile body shortly may
reveal quite radical changes for this
better. 1t already is highly
serviceable and remarkably com.
plete, but due to the vision Of those
specializing In it. and the willing.
ness Of quantity producers to take
The Washington times., 1927-12-21

numerous, problems in connection
with this part OF the automobile
body.
The first real opportunity for the
specialist In body manufacture came
with the development of all steel
bodies. Here. one of the largest
wheel manufacturers came into the
limelight with product which EN-.
phasized the Importance OF special
ization.
More recently, there have been q
number of innovations in body de-
sign, chiefly in connection with
what is known as the composite
body-one that Involves the use of
both wood and steel. The very word.
composite suggests the present
trend.
In reality. the bodies that we see
on automobiles along the highways
are assembled from many shops,
Just as are the chassis and engines,
1t no longer Is a case of building a
body all in one shop by group of
skilled workmen who make fall parts
of it, except in those custom estahp
lishments where men are So highly
skilled as to be able to do this, and
where cost is no consideration.
Specialists in Parts
The majority of concerns contribu.
ting to the 1928 automobile body are
The Washington times., 1927-12-21

specializing in parts. One of them
Is making doors so strong, it is said,
that they will resist both horizontal
and vertical stresses better than
any door that can, be manufactured
in. the average automobile body
plant.
These doors, like other body parts.
are being purchased complete, just
as manufacturer would order spe.
cisl aluminium alloy pistons or tires
or a complete vacuum system.
Other concerns are making joints,
while stiH others are specializing In
the posts which. In the majority of
quantity production cars, now are a
combination Of steel and wood.
Just as 1928 automobiles reveal
values produced by a concern which
has specialized in heat resisting
metal, so too. it displays door checks
which are the result OF years of re.
search and experiment by concerns
whose specially is making such body
parts. An imposing list of automo-
biles using concealed door checks
sheds much light on the progress
being made In this direction.
Many see in such developments
the possibility OF more interesting
more useful and less expensive
The Washington times., 1927-12-21
FOR FRENCH RACER

In recognition of his victories in
four international Grand. .Prix races,
the French government is pre-
senting Robert Benoist, world cham.
pion motor speed driver this year.
with a Cross OF the Legion Of
Honor. Builders OF the winning
cars will be similarly honored.
The Washington times., 1927-12-21

advantage of the opportunities
offered. 1t Is, slated for still further
improvement and lower manufactur.
ing, cost.
The Washington times., 1927-12-21
Automobile Bodies
Deserve Attention
By ]. LEO sUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

Quantity production of automobile bodies of the most
egncant trends in automobile manufacture, has much to
with the increasing values the automotve counter and
the lower price tags the stock being sold it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
NEWS PRINTERS
BACK MILLIKEN
IN BIG SIX FIGHT
Wahneta and Near
Wahs Slated for Defeat

Progressive printers were winding
up their strenuous campaign today in
behalf of Darcy (Doc) Milliken for
president Of Typographical Local s
big Six against the reaetionary in
cumbent. Leon II. Rouse.
Rouse's main achievement for the
newspaper publishers was to kill the
six-hour day back in 1924 at a time
when Big Six almost had the great
victory in their hands. A third can
didate is William VI. A. Powers, a
reactionafy who has The support Of
the reactionary Wahneta group
The Wahneta or administration"
gang for years ran the international
union and through a conspiracy with
foremen OF newspapers and job Of
fices tried to starve out of the in
dustry the militant members who re-
fused TO subscribe to Wahneta policies.
The Wahnetas were in charge or the
union, under the leadership of Mars
den Scott when the 44-hour strike
was lost in many Of the Job shops,
costing the union S10.000,000 and a
heavy loss in membership
The Wahnetas in the present cam
paign have stopped to the lowest
forms of cooperation with the boss.
With boldface talk of "blood-dripping
flags of anarchy" they have tried to
besmirch one of the unions outstand-
ing leaders, doc" Milliken.
The lineup in the present election
is Milliken, the progressive party
candidate against Rouse. the turn
coat who has held office for ~ years
while playing to the Progressives and
Wahnetas and serving the employers.
and Powers, the out-and-out Wah
candidate.
This Is the first time in Rouse
career as president that the Wahs
have failed to support him. But
there is only a slight difference be-
tween him and powers. Even the
stupid Wah gang realizes that he is
discredited among the membership
and so have pushed Powers out.
Powers is ignorant Of the labor move
ment
The election takes place wednes-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Building Bosses Lose
Fight on Wage Rise

Continued from Page Ono)
into submission had brought this re-
suit:
1.-The Brooklyn plumbers are still
out to man, and no serious effort is
being made to fill their places.
1.-The lockout against the Bronx
and Manhattan plumbers, engineered
by this association, has collapsed
3.-The lockout against the Queens
and Richmond plumbers is being con-
tinued.
Local 1 Proves Correctness.
Thus the militancy and god sense
of Plumbers Local last week in re-
fusing to srbitrate the five day week
and the S14 scale demanded in a strike
lasting since April I is borne out by
the official commentators on the in
dustry itself. Shortly after Local
had voted down overwhelmingly the
International officers demands that
they return to work pending the arbi-
trration proceedings, the Employers
Association called off the Bronx-Man-
haitian lockout, using as an excuse a
week old injunction. At the same time
the international officials HE'D them
selves back to Chicago.
Building trades workers in Cooper
alive Hall, SAT East 72nd st. last
night reflected the optimistic turn Of
events in demand that the interna-
tional union enter negotiations with
the Plumbers Helpers Association,
looking toward their admission into
the union with regular standing. The
building workers also commended Lo-
cal ] and called for renewed support
of the strike in Brooklyn and the
locked out men in Queens and Staten
Island.