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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-12

and machinery to do the work. Not
having anything else to do. of
course I went along. When / got
there there was one hundred bust
ness men to boss the job and not
a single farmer to do the work.
We set around until about ten
o'clock and nobody showed up, and
as the sun was beginning to get
too hot for comfort, we were be-
ginning to think about going to
town when one man said if some
one would give him a dollar bill
he would gather crowd for them.
At first they accused him of hav-
ing some sort of graft, but after
he unfolded his scheme some one
rustled up a dollar bill and handed
| it to him. He tied it behind his car
and drove up and down the road,
and in less than an hour he was
back with five hundred men and
boys following the car and trying
to catch the dollar. But he drove
too close to the river, and as he
was untying the bill the wind
caught it and blew it out over the
water. Everybody in sight, includ-
ing the business men, jumped in
and swan over to the Pasco side
in vain hopes of catching the dol
lar. and now we haven't money e.
nough to pay their bridge toll to
get them home. So it promises to
be very cherries Christmas here.
In fact, if Santa Claus touches
within a hundred miles of this
place it will be because he breaks
a line or gets lost in a fog, or
whatever causes him to lose his
way. But at that, this is a fine
place to live. The people are hon
est, industrious and sober, perhaps
not so much from choice, as from
necessity.
Well. I will try to finish your
letter. I heard the dog barking and
thot he might have freed something
that would do for breakfast. but
if he had, one of the hungry neigh
bors beat me to it.
I don't think We will do much
for Christmas-just cook our goose
and sleep. 1t is too bad that the
ditch farmers can't hibernate like
the bears and sleep all winter. Per-
haps they would if they could ever
get fat enough.
was up within fifty miles of
Tekoa this fall and would have
come on and made you a visit, but
/ was afraid I would want to stay.
If a drunken sailor would take a
deck of cards and sit on top of Mt.
Vesuvius ard play strip poker with
bunch of blood-thirsty Apache
Indians to see who would get
burned at the stake, he would be
doing a good. sound, safe, legiti-
mate business along side of the
man who tries to make living for
his family on an irrigated farm.
If the weather is right, he may
raise something. if the ditch don't
break. at the wrong time. If the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-12
AN EFFICIENT WINTER BAIT
FOR JACK RABBITS

Under winter conditions, during
periods of heavy snowfall and
freezing temperature, jack rabbits
will congregate around cultivated
areas, doing considerable damage
to haystacks and young orchards.
At this time. poison bats are TAX
en- readily.
Prepare thin, boiled, starch
paste solution in the proportions
of one tablespoonful gloss starch
to a quart and a half of water.
Stir into this solution one ounce
powdered strychnine alkaloid and
one scant teaspoonful of sacchar-
inc. until well mixed. Sift out a
bout Is lbs. alfalfa leaves, place
on a canvas or clean floor and
pour over it the poisoned starch
solution. Mix thoroly until leaves
are evenly coated. The bait is then
ready for distribution. In zero
weather dry the bait out in a
warm temperature before distribut-
ing.
Fenced alfalfa stacks are excel
lent situations for batting. Drop
ndIlululS OIL Cue DALI OUTSIDE Tie III
closure in rabbit trails, several
rods each way from the fence. The
number of bats will depend on the
number of rabbits observed feed
ing in the late evening. Repeat the
bats each afternoon, where they
have been cleaned up the previous
day.
Alfalfa fields attract rabbits
from a considerable distance. Bats
dropped in trails will give good
results. Poison corrals do not at
tract enough rabbits to pay for
their construction. Efficient COM
munity campaigns will reduce the
animal over large areas.
Good markets have recently been
developed for wild rabbit skins.
The pelts should be cased with the
flesh side out. then stretched and
thoroly dried. Well handled skins
bring the best prices. For detailed
instructions write for F.B. 1919,
rabbit Skins for Fur
Caution:-Thoroly clean and la
bel containers used in preparing
poison. Expose bats only in places
where livestock is excluded.
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flivver will start and not run out
of gas he may get it to town. If
the station happens to be at the
depot he may get it shipped. II
the train crew stays sober long
enough he may get it to market.
If the city workers have any mon
ey left after he gets the other bills
paid he may get it sold. and if the
commissioner happens to have all
the money he wants he may send
some of it back to the farmer who
did the work. Other than that, it
is a fine country.
Every time you sit down to your
well filled table and flop your lips
over new peas, ripe red strawber-
ries or early potatoes and aspara-
gus, just pause long enough to call
up the vision of tired, barefooted,
brown-faced woman, bending over
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LETTERS OF THE PEOPLE

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NOTE-The following inter-
esting letter was written to
and printed by the Tekoa
Blade in a recent issue, by a
Kennewick resident. 1t proved
so interesting that we are re-
printing it in full:
When I read in the papers about
your heavy rains, your deep mud,
your inclement weather, your inn
passable roads, your deep snow and
the high, windy billiards, I won
der why anybody can consent to
live up there; but, when I hear
about your wild parties, your free
access to the forbidden fruit of
the vine, your obliging officers. and
your blind chaperones, / sometimes
wonder why everybody don't live
up there.
We are enjoying wonderful wea-
ther down here, no snow, no rain,
no mud, and sunshine every day
we enjoy the weather very much,
but nothing else. If / didn't know
there was such a country as that
up there I wouldn't believe it at
all. Where crops are sure and ev-
erybody goes around with pocket
full of money. Down here they still
use clam shells as medium of ex-
change, and it's rabbit every
morning or no breakfast.
Last fall the town decided to
have a fair. They fixed up little
pen with a gate and put all the
pumpkins and squashes inside and
waited for people to come and see
them. About the end of the second
day a couple Of rich gentlemen
came over from Pasco and paid
fifty cents apiece to get in. The
fair committee didn't know what
else to do with the money so they
bought ten acres of rough land
down on the river for a permanent
fair grounds.
Now don't misunderstood me
when I say rough. Up there you
call field rough if you have to
climb a hill in order to see all over
it, but down here if a big tumble
weed chances to lodge in the
middle of an acre on windy night
it takes four four-horse teams four
days to haul away the lodged sand
So the water will run properly a
gain. So the fair committee and
Commercial club decided that hav-
ing the ground the thing to do
was to level and otherwise improve
it. They sent out invitations to the
farmers to bring in their teams
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ternoon of last week and stated
tnat he was ready to begin work
IN Benton county.
DR.. Barber has just completed
his work in Columbia county after
spending weeks of time securing
outlying herds in the mountains
Gus sections of that county. DR..
Barber states that Columbia coun-
ty is in line for accreditation since
they have less than one-half of
one percent.
DR.. Barber started in on his test
work in this county on the larger
herds along the main highway. be-
tween Kennewick and Finley since
the roads make it bad to get a
round. He expects to complete
some of the Large herds and then
get few of the larger herds
around Prosser and will then set
tie down to a program OF taking
every herd as he goes and clean
up the community.
We know that DR.. Barber will
oe welcomed by many i,irymen of
the county. and to those who may
be inclined to feel that T.B. test
work is not step in advance we
would like to say that in Pacific
county it has been tested over
twice since we were there, and the
people have come to demand the
test and on the last test made with
out coertion or compulsion at all,
every owner of cattle who's ami
mails were where they could be Sc
cured. were tested. Probably not
more than three or four herds in
the entire county, these being beef
herds were missed.
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npocRAM VARIED AT POUL.
TRY SHOW

The program for the two day
.o,,Itrv shows to be held at Pasco
ppud Prosser will cover a wide
aanoe of subjects. From our obser-
rations since coming to the county
we believe that several of the top
ics are of vital Importance to the
No noultry industry at this time. We
would urge every poultryman who
can possibly attend these schools,
to do so.
We had hoped to get Mr.. Blu
chanan for the one day school at
Hanford but since it will be impos-
sible for him to give time for this
school the county agent will con-
duct the one day school at Han
ford. Friday, the 9th. At this
time problems which are of most
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in the hot sun hoeing weeds from
a field covered with rocks and sand.
But come down and spend one sum-
mer with US before you vote to
irrigate the Columbia Basin.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year, and many
returns of the festive season, I
beg to remain yours truly,
LESLIE j. SMITH.
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interest to the people of the COM
munity will he discussed.
The following is a schedule of
subjects for the poultry school:
Fall and winter handling for egg
production.
Fall and winter handling of
breeding stock.
How to grow healthy chicks.
Care and feeding of chicks.
Control of round worms and tape
worms.
The poultry outlook for 1928.
Turkey growing in central Wash
Summer care Of pullets.
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FACTS FOR FARMERS.

finder this heading will be printed from week articles
Of timely interest the farmers of this community
nd prepared E. c. Durde extension agent Benton
county cooperating with the u Dept Agriculture and
the washington State College.
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Political Innovation

All Presidential candidates were
first nominated by national con-
ventions In The campaign OF 1882.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-12
Impossible Feat

The bureau OF standards says
that 1t is not possible 10 make a
perfectly straight edge.
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DIR. BARBER HERE

DR.. Barber, working under the
state department of agriculture on
T:B. work. walked in to the office
of the county agent Thursday af-
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
PIL IN COQRT
So IS GRANGE

NEW YORK, May S0.--J. Peters,
radio man from los Angeles, has
obtained q writ OF attachment
against C.. 6. pyle from Justice
Thomas q. 4. Grain in an action to
recover $s.1sS, which Peters alleges
Is the balance due him under an
agreement with Pyle dated june Z,
1928.
Peters was to accompany the
Bunion Derby with a portable radio
to broadcast the event. Pyle was
to pay the expenses of three other
men back to the coast. according
to the complaint. They are now
stranded IN Passaic, N. u. The
$3,I83 is the balance due on con-
tract for $500.
George r. sMcComb. receiver for
the Illinois TruSt and Savings Bank
made APPLICATION to obtain a judg-
n1ent against Grange in the sum
OF S20,283. On April 90, McComb
obtained a Judgment In the Circuit
Court of Urbana, ILL.,. for that
amount and since Grange is now
making his headquarters with G. G..
Pyle at the Vanderbilt Hotel. Nc
Comb seeks the Judgment here.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
CHOSE G0L ERS
At BELLE HAVEN

ALEXANDRIA,, Va. May S0.-Dr.
Samuel b. Moore. Charles F. Holden,
Il. e. sebrelI, Carroll Pierce. ir.,
Beudrice Il Howell. G. G. Brown,
g. p. Lloyd and Bill EilIch have
earned places on the Belle Haven
eight, which plays at Winchester
Saturday.
Alexandria Gun Club plans to
send marksmen to both the Mary
land State championships at the
washington Gun Club at Benning
Saturday. and the tournament Of
the Virginia Trapshooters Associa-
ton at Farmville. Va, July 4 and 6.
e. III. Monroe, Of Washington,
made IaOIe-in-One on No. at
Belle Haven Country Club. He
was playing i'm match with M.
e. Houston, also of Washington,
when il happened.
f. r. I4awler, jr., has been named
a member of the regatta committee
of the Middle States Regatta Asso-
citation for the second consecutive
year. The regatta will be held
Labor Day on the Spring Gardens
Course at Baltimore under the
auspices OF the Arundel Boat Club.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30

drive to the rough, played his
second over the green, down onto
the ninth tee. That looked even
better than the other two, but
again i was doomed to dIsappoint-
ment. Bob pitched back about 70
feet from the hole and down went
the putt. / think 4 must have had
difficulty getting my eight-footer
dead, for was beaten right there.
The match lasted seven more
holes and Bob won fodr Of them
beating me five and three. On the
hole that ended the match he
drove out OF bounds, put another
down the middle, played an iron
TO the green. and holed a sizeable
putt for q par four. The out Of
bounds penalty was loss Of distance
only in 1916. was then past being
surprised at anything. had been
taught very thorough lesson;
keen on hitting bal" when oppo-
nent gets breaks
The point is, of course. that the
quickest way to break your oppo.
nent Is to do something he isn't
looking for. ! cannot go the length
of saying that one should expect
the worst, although / have about
reached that point myself, but one
must certainly be prepared in any
golf match to halve or even lose
hoIeg that looked surely won. The
man who allows his opponent to
take him by surprise inevitably
must be shaken by reverses. and
that In turn must affect his sub.
sequent play. He must steel him.
self TO bear with equanimity the
breaks big and little. which are
bound to come. Just keep on hit
ting the ball." as Vardon said.
Copyright. 1928. by the Bell
Syndicate Inc
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
PAYNE IS READY
Or LONG RACE

NEW YORK, May S0.-Andy
Payne Is back from Washington
ready for the 26-hour race scheduled
to start In the Garden on Friday
night at II p. m.
Prior to the long grind a mara
thon race will start at p. M,
bringing together many interna.
tional long distance stars who figure
they can break the Olympic record
for the official route. The personnel
of the teams entered for the 26-
hour schedule will be announced
tomorrow. and it is believed that a
few applicants other than those
who stepped off the 3,50O-mile
classic across the continent will be
permitted to run.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
War Chief Authorizes
StanfOrd-ArmY Game

AUTHORIZATION has been given to
Mai. Gen. William r. Smith, super
intcndent of the Military Academy
by Secretary of War Davis to ar.
range a football game with Stanford
University during the Christmas
holidays this year.
The Secretary explained that
many requests had been received
for West Point to play the California
team and he had found the II could
make the trip and be absent only
two and half academic days in ad-
dition to the normal Christmas vaca.
fion
The Washington times., 1928-05-30

1895, j. II. Dawson. sos, W. Joseph
p. Brown. 2S7.
1910, George Lindsay. so. vs.. Will
liam Henderson. 299.
11:1s, v. b. Bonney, 2ss. vs.. A. r.
Wilson, 331.
WOMEN'S FLIGHT
1000, Mrs. Douglas Tschiffely vs.. Mrs.
Annie Mitchell.
1906, Mrs John Briscoe vs.. Miss G..
X. Schoenbaner; Miss Ivy Stevens vs..
bye: Mrs. Helen Nebel vs.. bye.
TODAY'S GOLF RULE
Definitions: (5) Through the
green is all ground on which play
Il permitted, except hazards and the
putting green of the hole that Is
being played.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30

Armour ). 5 81 2 A 2-S2-63
Edward s. Brashears, president;
DR.. D. G. Davis, secretary, and Will
liam w. White. treasurer, chris
tened the new nine holes at Beaver
Dam today.
A high order of golf will be re
quired to win the first flight cham.
pionship of the Tobac tournament.
it is indicated by the pairings'
Match play will start tomorrow at
East Potomac Park in four flights
for men and one for women.
Earl McAleer. Charles Cole. the
1927 public links champion; John
Shorey, and Bill Mcclure. former
public links king and holder of the
East Potomac Park record. are
some pf the stars of the first slA
teen.
The pairings follow:
FIRST FLIGHT
10. Leslie Billings, vs. r. b. Lewis
iO;o5. Watson salkeld. 2sS, VS.. A. t.
1910, Charles Merrill. 22s. vs.. John
r. Miller, 227.
1o;15. Walter Barrett. s24. vs. Earl
1920. John l F. Haussr, ssi, vs. L. P.
1925. L. X: Downey, 2sa, vs. William
1880, John Vessels, 217, VS.. Charles
ie:s5, John shorey, 22o, vs. Arthur
: ~ SECOND FLIGHT
$50, M. Birge, 265, VS.. c. s. Rouns-
s:25. G. s. Cole, 2S5. VS.. Ted Turner,
$40. Morris Fitzgerald 24O. vs.. Ed
s:a5, ]. b. CoIeburn, 257, VS.. John N.
$40. r. A. Mulvihill. 2ss, VS.. Mel
Handy, 246
9:45 W. C. Lawrence. 2H. VS.. Ted
$3.50. wilbur seay. 2sS, vs. B. C.
s:55, "; H. Arnold, s5a. VS.. James e.
THIRD FLIGHT
$40, R. A. Curtin, ESQ, vs. F. P.
s:45' H G. Barott. 2s9. VS.. H. S.
$50, william X Mangum, jr., 2s4. VS.
s5h, .. W. owens. 2s5. VS.. }. Wander
800, Walter Haight. 2Ss, VS.. r. NJ
9:05. Il. Mills VS.. Paul RosendaIe, 2ss.
910, S. A. sagrario, 2s9, VS.. Gene
sis. Julian q. Gibbs. 27S. vs. William
- FOURTH FLIGHT
1o:4O, Fl. H.. Youngquist. 2s7' VS.. H.
1o:45' r. W. Parker. s1s. VS. H. W.
1850. j. Berry, s14. vs. E. L. Pearce
ioss w. NJ. Fuller. sas, vs.. H. H.
ii:co, F. r. EdteIdt, sas. vs.. c. e.
Alvey, 29s.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30

International Champion Frees
manor Glencoe Supreme, male
whippet who died recently at the
ripe old age Of is years. was con-
sidered by Americas foremost canine
authorities to have been the greatest
of his breed in his time.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
EXCLUSIVE QUARTET

Only four amateur golfers have
succeeded in winning the United
States open championship since il
began in 1895--Bobby Jones, Jerry
Travers, Chick Evans, and Francis
Ouimet.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30

Fans Of ST. Paul have arranged
a benefit dance for Jimmy Murray
veteran American Association UNI
pire, who is retiring to little
farm he has bought. 1t Is planned
to raise a sum sufficient to pay OH
the mortgage.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
NEW ELI MASCOT

Yale has it's first bulldog mascot
since the death of Handsome DAN
whose stuffed carcass now adorns
the trophy room. The present
mascot is a prizewinning thorough
bred English bulldog and was given
TO the crew by John Hay Whitney.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
STUNNED BY CHAMPS

Marin PIestina, veteran wrestler
who has tried in vain for years to
obtain a match for the wrestling
has q record of only
two falls against him In his IS
years in the mat game.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
/ EASTE RN HQL Ds
ADVANT AGE

Fastern High holds huge ad.
vantage Ii the interhigh basepalI
reries. for the Lincoln Parkers can
lose fo Central Friday and vet have
shot Al the title Eastern. BY It's
sweeping ~ victory over Western
Yesterday. Is out in front with three
wins and no losses and Tech trails
with three wins and one defeat.
he Guyonites can prevent any
aftermaths BY taking the final game
FOR the Blue and White. THIS
wsula give Eastern q clean slate
for tiie series and the championship
astsrell. IN case Central topples
reeterr, the latter and Teen will
finisl1 IN 4 deadlock for the crown.
This would force q play-off.
Cart. Andy OehTnann hurled
4 steady game for the winners
yesterday and was an enigma
N, the West Enders. His. speed
flaxxIed the foes and he never
quaiIed with aliens on the tow
paths.
Mike Hunt was thu only one who
could solve Oehmann and he con.
eecsld for two of the four hits col
lecfed off the Eastern twirier.
The Gonzaga High netmen de-
geated st. Johns. fl, yesterday.
T'ao results follow:
singles-W. Berberich fG,l defeated
4 O'HanIon. s--3 80. Conaidine tG.1
defeated Buchanan go, 6--l. Nj.
ri JHanien fSt IL defeated j. Ber-
berteh. s-4 b--7. So
DOubles-Considlne and w. Berberich
o.. defeated ]. O,Hanlon and Her
e@A ~ EalL
liner fG,l defeated Kirby and NJ
O,Hauion. 6-1. s4
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
GRIFFITH BOON
To CARNEY
BY George A. Simpson

Is 1t the coach or the athlete
himself that brings to the surface
the best talents in the athlete?
Long has this moot question been
debated and perhaps will never be
settled. Yet. there are instances
that favor both sides, and this par
able leans to the coach.
Out at Catholic University can be
found Jim Carney. who played with
the football and basketball teams
and gained some prominence as
member of the floor team. There
il also one Dorsey Griffith, as
track coach. Now Dorsey only this
year took up the task of handling
the Cardinal tracksters. He attained
a recognition as a sprinter at
Georgetown University about eight
years ago.
When Griffith called Candi-
dates he saw that many lacked
polish, but possessed pOssibili-
ties. One of this number was
Jim Carney, who has been de-
yeIOped into a splendid sprinter
by the Griffith teachings. The
Cardinal tutor knew that Car.
ney could be converted into q
speedy runner, but 1t required
constant schooling.
A few months ago, any student
at Catholic University would have
chuckled il one dropped the re-
mark Carney could outrun "so-and-
so'' Of the track team. Tempus
fugit. scribbled the old classic
authors, and so does Carney today,
for he is winning 100 yards and 22O
yard races consistently.
Well, it only goes to prove that
a coach is vital, no matter how you
look at 1t. The athlete, too, must
have the crude ingredients as man
can't build something out of moth
ing
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
SIELLAR SEASON. T0 END

The stellar Dramatic Riayers will
close their season Monday night
with For One Night Only a
four-act farce, in holy Trinity audi
toriuna. Thirty.sixth and o Streets
Northwest.