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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-04-26
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Mrs. E. j. Harper. express ag-
ent, announces that she shipped
out IT'S boxes of asparagus last
Monday. April %, the highest
number she has handled in one
day since coming to Hover three
years ago.
C. O.. Piert of Portland was in
Hover on business Saturday.
Harry Hampton has rented the
Koeg1er place for the season.
Mrs. John Franklin and family
were Sunday visitors at the E. E.
Toothaker home.
Linn Mills has been very sick
with tonsilitus.
E.. L. Cushman was a business
visitor in Hover the latter part Of
the week.
John Franklin was a Yellepit
visitor Sunday.
The Womans Benefit club met
at the w. F. Ashby home Thurs
day. It was nutrition meeting,
and the ladies enjoyed short talks
by Misses Edna West and Inez
Cochran.
Marie Thomas was absent from
school last week on account of i'll
ness.
VIM. Mills and family were Wis
itors in Walla Walla Thursday.
Mrs. Lilly Peterson was a week
end visitor in Spokane.
VIM. Mills was in Pasco on bus
mess Saturday.
Remember the All club meeting
Saturday, April % at Mrs. Frank
Montague's home. Miss West will
demonstrate "felt flower" making.
The girls are asked to please be
there at 1870.
A birthday surprise party was
given in honor of Alvin Murawski
at his home Friday evening. The
evening was spent playing games.
and refreshments were served by
Mrs. Murawski and Mrs. Sprague.
Delma Hedington was Satur-
day evening visitor with Anna
Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Behnke were
Finley visitors Friday. They have
been helping Mrs. Ward with the
farm work as Mr.. Ward has been
quite sick.
A May Day festival for the chill
dren is being planned. Mrs. Tucker
and Mrs. Murawski are supervis-
ing it..
The junior-senior banquet will
take place Wednesday evening in
the high school gymnasium.
j. K. Franklin and son, and F.
Hutchinson were business visitors
in Kennewick Saturday evening.
B. B. Stewart went to Portland
Saturday and return this Friday.
Mrs. Ben Stewart came home
from Scoffield. Oregon, Sunday.
j. R. Ayers went to Pasco, Fri
day, and brought home 500 head of
sheep, which he bought from the
Hales Commission Co.
Mrs. j. r. Ayers attended the
Needle club Friday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. Chellis in town.
Mrs. j. E. Hampton and Harry
drove up to Moscow Tuesday to
visit Mrs. Joe Olson.
Sunday school at 10 am. Rev.
Wachsmith will deliver the sermon
on Finding Mothers" at II am.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker were Sun
day visitors at the H. S. Hughes
home.
Harry Forsyth, county treasurer
was down Tuesday comforting with
H. S. Hughes in regard to real pro-
perty valuations.
j. E. Sprague and H. S. Hughes
have completed partnership con-
crete pipe line for the purpose of
conveying water thru their places.
Mr.. Baker and family of Finley
were Monday evening visitors at
j. X. Franklin's home.
Word has been received by Mrs,
w. F. Ashby that Sue Jean has &C.
cepted the position to teach at Ell
lensburg again next season.
/ All right folks! Any news you
want published, call 12x11.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-04-26
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Sunday. school at 10 o'clock fol-
lowed by sermon by Mrs. Thomp-
SON. Everyone welcome.
Sunday evening the Junior
League will put on a demonstra-
ton of some of the work done, in
Guiding bed time stories. making
gardens, special music. memory
work and verse finding contest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-04-26

An old bachelor remarks that all
women believe in their hearts that
woman is superior TO man, but few
Of them ca'~ % brag about il till
after thev ~"~ried.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

When motoring was young. the
owner of an automobile was sup
posed to give it something OF his
personality. Cond tionS have
changed rather radically since
those halcyon days, Cars have
personalities Of their own, personal
tiles that are created in the in.
tensive heralding of their virtues
by their makers. Instead of abb
sorbing the characteristics OF its
owner, the modern car that is
stressed in a particular manner,
transforms the owner.
K There is the case of the car that
is hailed as particularly fast. Is
it not true in at least a sufficient
number of cases to be convincing
that the buyer feels compelled to
hold up the manufacturers claim?
If a car is reputed to have marked
accelerative qualities, how many
drivers who own it can resist an
impulse to show all others how
truly it possesses this virtue?
Then, there is the car that will
soutclimb anything on wheels. +"
When its owner attempts to put tt
to this test. is he seeking confirma.
ton Of this claim for his own
benefit? Perhaps. at times he is,
but the odds are in favor of his
trying to show his fellow driver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

speed. not alone in motor cars but
in everyday business as well. Fast
intercity and interstate transporta-
ton, in social as well as in business
affairs, is an outstanding factor.
Since we have fast cars. and
will continue to have them in grow.
ing numbers, it then becomes nee
essary to have highways to handle
them in a safe and efficient man.
ner.
Automobile roads. like railroads.
have got to be built for safety.
Already our highways are carrying
many times more traffic than the
railroads. Just as 1t was found
necessary to double-track in order
to make possible increased speed
of trains. it is also going to be
necessary to double-track the princi-
pal highways Of the country.
Without CrOwding
These roads will be one-way roads,
sufficiently wide to permit one car
to pass another without crowding.
There will be no blind corner, no
blind crossing, and none OF the
things which now make for acct.
dents. I firmly believe that the
widening of highways to accom-
modate double lines Of two-way traf-
fic, increase the hazards of travel
instead of offering a. solution for
the accident problem"
Mr.. Franklin makes a plea for
uniformity in road development
among the various States as well
as within the separate States them
selves.
Imagine a transcontinental rail-
road with a different kind of road
bed and different regulations in the
various States through which it
passes. Proper development of long
distance highways is so close to
the people that 1 am surprised it
has not received important recogni-
ton in the platforms of the politi-
cal parties"
Very soon it Is going to be
necessary for the government to
take a stronger hand in this ques-
ton than heretofore, Mr.. Franklin
believes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
Man Refuses to Testify
In Alleged Poison Plot

BALTIMORE. Oct. 1O.-The charge
against Mrs. Marie Oetken, 81. of
attempting to poison her husband,
George Oetken. 62. was settled by
the State when called for trial yes
terday in criminal court. Mr.. Oct
ken refused to testify against her.
Mrs. Helen Sherry was the latter's
attorney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oetken were married
May 4. Eighteen days afterwards
he applied for a divorce and while
it was pending he sued his wife
again. When she was prese by
the grand jury on the attempted
poison charge her husband fur
nished bail for her. They returned
TO each other again and Mr.. Oetken
dismissed both his suits.
Mrs. Oetken appeared in court
with her 3-month-old baby. Mrs.
Sherry said the couple had become
reconciled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

with human frailty in mind and
with the thought that the street
should be remodeled to fit modern
TRANSPORTATION conditions, Los An
geles has contributed the pedestrian
tunnel to the cause of accident pre-
vention.
Foot Tunnels Used
That city now has Il foot sub
ways in service near schools where
motor traffic is usually heavy. THESE
underground passageWayS make u
possible for the youngsters to scurry
across the street as rapidly as
though they were on the SURFACE
and In complete safety. Automobile
traffic is speeded up and drivers
need not worry about the small
forms that are so apt to pop out
from nowhere.
The first pedestrian tunnel Ia Los
Angeles was constructed in 1924,
largely as an experiment. The re-
suits were so gratifying that wide
spread program was adopted. The
Al tunnels now in use will soon be
supplemented by others under con.
struction.
These tunnels vary in length from
100 to 800 feet. However, engineers
are recommending that they be as
short as possible. and to this end
stairsteps are replacing ramp de.
scents.
Michigan Approves
Highland Park, Mich. has con.
structed two such foot subways
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
FORD TURNS OUT
$500 A DAY

The following statement was IS
sued today by the Ford Motor Com
pany at its offices in Detroit:
Production of the new Model A
Ford cars and Model AA Ford
trucks was at the rate OF $500 per
day during the first week in Octo-
Der.
Every Ford assembly plant in
the world was in operation on Octo-
ber.1 and indications are that the
next few months will see the pre-.
vious Ford record of $500 Model
It cars, established in 1926, sur.
passed by the production rate Of
the new Ford cars and trucks.
s'More than. 100000 of the new
model Ford cars and trucks were
and sold in the United
States and Canada during the
month of September. Since the
first of the year approximately
half a million Model A cars and
Model AA trucks have been built
and distributed.
Ford payrolls are higher today
that ever before In the history Of
the industry and there are more
men employed in Ford factories
than ever before. In the Detroit
plants alone $4,000 men are at
work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

qualifications of the car that is
about to pass it.
The driver with the phobia for
heading the procession, may have
no earthly logical reason for his
conduct. He even may be running
slightly ahead of schedule and his
driving may put him at his destina-
ton much earlier than he desires
to be there. That fact does not
count. Regardless of all else, he
must pass, pass. pass. The SUP.
conscious desire is more forcefui
than his consciousness Of the al.
surdity of his tactics.
The situation would be less notice
able if the driver who lacked TINS
particular phobia did not possess
an antithetical one that otten rs
Just as conspicuous. Some drivers
really could achieve close approx
nation of indifference toward Wnal
the other fellow did II the later
did not do everything with great
knows from experience that it is
,,.,,cI, easier to be calm when passed
hv driver who does not look
denreciatingly at one as he glaes
nv on the highway. One depreclat-
ino glance. however, and he battle
Out of this, there develops two
classes of drivers. One is, rela'
lively speaking, the victim OF a
mania to show that he is right.
The other desires to prove. not so
much his own rightness. as the.
wrongness of the first.
1t has become almost national
game, this clash between the two
types Of motor vehicle operators.
Where it is played under certain
conditions Of good craftsmanship.
which involves, of course, consid-
Grafton for the rights OF other
street users, the game is palatable.
Where ethical principles are cast
to the winds, as they so often are,
it becomes quite detrimental to
safety and the players often pun
ished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

Is d D6tB0F CdT Judu yUuIo'
From the standpoint of safety OF
motor car operation, many deplore
the widespread disposition of nu-
merous drivers to give motordom
q competitive flavor. They regret
what they declare to be visible on
all sides-an inclination on the part
of various drivers to "show the
other fellow that they are a little
more skilled in the finer points OF
car buying and car operation.
This inclination manifests itself IN
varied forms. One OF the most
common is that of ignoring precise
engineering data on power. speed,
acceleration, deceleration and the
like in favor of the assumption that
ones own car is the most remark
able thing on the highway. Con.
tests with other drivers in an effort
to prove this, to oneself or to
others, may result in defeat, but.
regardless of how often one is proved
wrong, he goes on believing he 10
right; that the defeat was a fluke.
According to those who should
know, this attitude simply is a re-
Election of the individuals desire to
defend a prejudice. Having bought
a certain car, he is declared to feel
compelled to prove that his judg-
ment in making that particular our.
chase essentially was sound.
With reference to any mans car,
how many times has everyone heard
the remark, ST would not own any
thing else" This position is not
confined to the owner of the large.
expensive car any more than is the
desire to show the speed or power
of ones car confined 10 the small
owner. In thousands Of cases, al
though by no means in all, this Is
intended to convey the impression
that the speaker could own some
thing else. that his financial posi-
ton permitted him to acquire almost
any car to which he took a fancy.
AS viewed by the social psycholo-
gist, the impulse is a natural one.
A mans automobile represents, in
theory at least. his best Judgment,
just as his political beliefs and his
religious convictions represent his
deep and searching study of political
and religious principles. AS an indi-
Vidual he may reveal an incapacity
to defend his position in any OF
these fields, but it is seldom, indeed,
mat AC SAO0S any A4GS4LdAASy 4AAdn-
ing the attempt.
Consciously or u b sciously,
every motorist has this attitude,
though naturally, in varying mea-
sure. 1t explains a great many
forms of conduct and misconduct
that are to be noted in a broad glance
at the motor vehicle stream in the
metropolitan area, the city suburb,
the town, the hamlet or out in the
wide. open spaces.
If not, how does one explain, for
instance. the desire of the motorist
who is in no particular hurry. to
pass almost every other vehicle
on the street? The competitive
spirit, the desire to show the
alacrity. the CELEBRITY with which his
car viii pick up; in short, a de-
Tense Of his prejudice is the prob
able reason for his action.
It makes no difference that the
man ahead may have a car that
cost three times as much or per-
haps, three times as little. He
must be shown that it is far from
being as good as it might be, or
at least that it lacks many Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

near schools and has designs for
q third with others contemplated.
The first Of the Highland Park tun.
nels was also built as an expert
ment and it, too, Immediately
proved its practicability.
Pedestrian tunnels have not as
vet been adopted for adult use at
busy downtown street intersections.
but with automobile traffic in
creasing it is not unlikely that such
subways viii be installed With .
further growth in traffic to be
faced. it is probable that the pedes-
TRAN viii be required to change his
method OF crossing streets.
The nationwide use of pedestrian
tunnels near schools Is foreseen,
for. aside from the safety feature,
they pay for themselves through
the elimination Of traffic policemen,
or the freeing of them for other
duties
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

reason to triumph over ones emo
ton. One cannot look into the
causes of the other mans conduct
when ones sense of decency Is so
flagrantly outraged.
That is the reason why a. sum.
mary Of the why's" developed by
the social psychologist may help
explain to a great many motorists
the hitherto unexplainable conduct
of their fellow drivers.
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
Aged Maryland Woman
Dies of Fall From Bed

EAsToN Md, Oct. 1O.-Mrs. Mary
w. Easter, 81, an inmate Of the
Aged Woman's Home here. died in
the Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Easter
had been an invalid for some time
and recently fell out of her bed at
the home, breaking her right. hip.
Funeral services were held at the
home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

safety in automobile traffic is
not a matter OF laws and restric.
tons. Not very far in the future
we will look back in CONSERVATION
on our present system Of arrests
and fines and our present ideas Of
regulating automobile traffic.
Age Of Speed
''It no longer is so much a ques-
ton Of good roads as it is of build.
ing roads that permit the fullest
use and development OF automobile
transportation. This is an age Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10

The why" of the conduct of auto.
mobile drivers is an interesting SUBJ
ject to certain social psychologists.
The average motorist is so con-
cerned with the fact of it that he
seldom has time to go into the de-
tails of the why"
This is easy to understand. When
one is driving along striving hard
to conduct his car with safety and
another motorist cuts recklessIy in
front, it is too much to expect one 3
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Many serious accidents are
caused by wet pavements, con-
gested traffic, muddy roads and
obscure vision, and because Of
these, conditions trouble can be
avoided II the car is fully equipped
with such safety items as chains,
bumpers, windshield wipers, proper
lights, etc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
One Way Road Seen
As Boon to Traffic

with peak automobile travel left behind and
with the experience of that twentysix million
motor vehicles on guide u.s. it is plain that
of the outstanding public needs system of highways that
can carry rapidly increasing traffic The mounting toll of
accidents is the largely of congestion says H. H.
Franklin president the Franklin Automobile Company
N Y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
FOR EFFICIENT ENGINE

The operating efficiency Of an
engine depends on the condition Of
the interior of the radiator. Make
1t a regular practice of flushing
cut the cooling system with water
or an alkaline solution, so as to
keep the inside surfaces clean
and allow the hot water to de-
liver its heat readily to the metal
OF the core.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
RIVAL AUTO DRIVERS DEFEND
SPEEDING ON VANITY BASIS
By J. LEO SUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

VANITY vanity All is vanity, in moordom Il not an
at least, much is :,
That the slant taken by many keen observers on the
attitude of mind which stamps the actions of certain motorists
saying I'm a better driver than you are or NY car
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-10
Tunnels Keep Pupils
Out Of Traffic
Bv E.-E. DUFFY

Automobiles and children the streets are poor
binaton and legislation has been unsuccessful
ducng accidents to point where mothers not worried
when thew send their children to school,
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-21
AUTHORITIES HAVE
 THEORY ST. FRANCIS
 DAM VAS DYNAM|TED
EVIDENCE FOUND TENDS TO
 DELIBERATELY BLOWN UP

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21. (P-The Evening Press says authorities are Investigating the St. Francis dam col lapse with the theory it was dyna- mited.
 District Attorney Asa Reyes is said to have possession of sheet of paper found at the damsite bearing a rough chart of the dam. Rotations on the chart are the same as the charts found in connection with the recent dyna- hitting of the city aqueduct.
 A short length of newly frayed rope was found near the St. Francis site; the same kind of a strand of hemp, and size, as that used to lower dyna- mite to the Ownes Valley acqueduct which was dynamited.
 Guards have been ordered to every spot in the city's water sup ply It has been recalled several are said to have seen big flashes of light on the sky over the San Francisquito Canyon about the time the dam col lapsed.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-21
HUGE EXPENDITURE PROPOSED IN NAVY
 DEPARTMENT BILL
NEW WARSHlP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM is APPROVED BY
 THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, March q. P- Proposing the largest expenditure for Naval establishment since the Wash ington Elimination Conference, the an- nual Navy Department supply bill was reported to the House by the Appro- priations Committee.
 The measure totals s359, 100000 and Is an increase of s2O,OOO,OOo above cur rent funds but a decrease of more than s1,O0O,0OO below the budget re- commentators.
 The 16 new warship construction program was approved by the House. Aviation moderization to capital ships several years hence with reference to as prospective, were causes for the increase.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-21
COMMITTEE DELV|NC
 INTO TIE ESTATE 0F
 LATE PRESIDENT
SEEK TO DETERMINE IF PROFITS FROM OIL COMPANY FOUND
 WAY HARDING

WASHINGTON, Mar. q. (P-The fifth day inquiry by the Teapot Dome Committee into Warren G. Harding's affairs will go further. The Commit tee seeks to find if any of the Conti- mental Trading profits came to him.
 We shall determine whether there were any oil stocks or other securi- ties that might have emanated from oil deals into which we are inquiring," !" Chairman Nye said. They will go in- to the sale of the Marion Ohio Star formerly owned by Harding
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-21
GUARD OF
 POLAR FLIGHT |S
 UNDER WAY ROME
ICE BREAKER "clTY OF MILAN" MOBILE BASE FOR MOBILE,
 ENROUTEs ARCTIC

ROME, March 21. (P)-The advance guard of another aerial expedition over the North Pole headed for the Arctic when the ice breaker, "City of Milan, which will be used as mobile base by Mobile for dirigible flights in Polar regions, sailed from Spezia for Kings Bay.
 The ship is outfitted with the latest of scientific instruments and carries wireless, receiving and transmitting set. The vessel is expected to reach It's northern goal by the end of April.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-21
ISSUE SUBPOENAS FUR ROCKEFELLER,
 SCHWAB, MELLON
WILL BE ORDERED TO TESTIFY REGARDING BiTUMiNoUs MiN-
 ING INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. (P-The announcement that subpoenas will be Issued for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Charles M Schwab and R. B. Mellon, to testify before the Senate Commit tee Investigating the bituminous min ing industry, was made by Senator Wheeler of Montana, met with the statement from Chairman Watson that this had been agreed upon first by the full Committee while the Acting Chairman yesterday, Senator Gooding of Idaho, acceded to Wheeler's request that Rockefeller, Schwab and Mellon be called.
 Wheeler explained he wanted to question Rockefeller because of his connection with the Consolidation Coal Company and said Schwab would appear as Chairman of the Board for the Bethelehem Steel Corporation, and Mellon. a brother of the Treasury Secretary, would be questioned as a member of the Board of the Pittsburg Company.