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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22

Lucy Helm, Marjorie Minert,
Edward Faulds, Marjorie Mills,
Manley Gest.
First grade, Miss Bertha Fricke
Dorothy Mills, Dorothy Hallet,
Lois Campbell, David Wooden, Gail
bennett.
First grade, Miss Florence Ring
Billy Helm. Mary Moteki, Max
inc Marsh, Ganette Lewis, Ellwood
Mcmillan.
Second grade, Miss Blanche Eas-
ton-Frank Welter,. Clarence Son
derman, Margaret Reed, Naomi
Graves, Shirley Dillon.
Second grade, Miss Blanche Mad
igan- Elizabeth Story, Burke
Hauschild, Marjorie Zicha.
Second grade, Miss Inez Wal
dorf- Ellen Wysong, Dorothy Lis
ton, Dorothy Blair. Third grade,
Mary Green, Trula Selph.
Third grade, Miss Zimma Buch-
anan-Alma Dean Wysong, Ber-
nice Moore, Delma Brown, Donald
Doyle, Charles Thompson.
Third grade, Miss Garbula
ompson-Bergman Giles, Erma
Evans. Fourth grade, Homer Frank
Vivian Maddox, Martha Lincoln,
Mark Brown.
Fourth grade, Miss Frances Nc
Manamon-David Tweet, Patricia
Helm, Gwendoln Halliday, Martha
Chellis, Betty Dickinson.
Fifth grade, Miss Lena Mains
Angeline Knopp, Dannie Kuh,
Frances Dunning, Millard Helm,
Melba Erickson.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
BEHRMAN RITES
HELD THURSDAY
Services for Ruth Behrman who
Died in Spokane Tuesday
Observed Here

Services were held Thursday
morning for Miss Ruth Behrman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Behrman, at the Bethlehem Luth-
eran church at 1920 o'clock
Rev. E. M. Kauth, pastor of the
church, officiated.
Miss Behrman died at 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning at the Deacon
ess hospital in Spokane. Several
months ago she had become af-
flicted and had gone to Spokane
for special treatment.
Miss Behrman is survived by
her mother and father and by sew
en- brothers and four sisters. Emil,
Armin, Edmund, Pauline, Dorothy,
John, and Alfred reside in Kenne-
wick. Martin lives in Seattle,
Flora in Spokane, Oscar in Fair
field, and Freeda at Sylvan Grove,
Kansas.
Miss Behrman was born October
1S, 1893 at Lincoln, Kansas. She
removed to Kennewick with her
family in 1910 and has resided
here since
Intermelat followed the servic-
es in Riverview Heights ceme-
terry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
FOR
r. SPOFFORD
HELD MONDAY
Frank Spofford, Owner Of
Kennewick Market for IL
Years Dies in Shop Satur-
dad Morning.

Services for Frank Spofford,
who dropped dead from heart fan
ure in his shop at 9:30 o'clock
Saturday morning, were observed
Monday morning in Mueller's
chapel. The Episcopal service was
read by Rev. Pohn B. Pennell,
vicar of st. Pauls Episcopal
church.
Monday evening Mrs. Spofford
left for Tacoma with the body
which will be sealed in a crypt in
mausoleum in Tacoma cemetery
there. Before coming to Kenne-
wick, Mr.. Spofford resided for 26
years in Tacoma.
All of the business houses of
Kennewick closed for an hour
Monday morning in honor of Mr..
Spofford, who owned and operat-
ed the Kennewick market for the
last IL years and who has con-
Quoted a store in Pasco for sever
al years.
Mr.. Spofford is survived by his
widow and by a son, William
Spofford of Pasco, and by a
daughter, Mrs. Eta Seegart of
Yakima.
Mr.. Spofford was born in Tor
onto, Ontario, Canada, and was
81 years. old at the time of b;s
death.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
MISS HELEN MEYER
WEDS HARRY HIGGLEY

In the presents of about forty
intimate friends and relatives, the
marriage of Miss Helen Meyer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Meyer, to Harry Higley was sol
emnized Sunday afternon at / o.
clock at the Christian church. The
ring ceremony was read by Rev.
Henry Shaw of Spokane, pastor of
the church.
The bride, who was gowned in
white satin and carried an arm
sheaf of white and pink chrysan-
them, ms, entered on the arm of
her father.to the strains of Lohen-
grin's wedding professional, play
ed by Miss Gladys Speegle. The
bride was attended by Miss Marie
Meyer, as maid-of-honor, and by
Miss Myrtle Meyer, as bridesmaid.
Little Vivian Higley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Higley, was
the ring bearer.
Mr.. Floyd Higley, brother of
the groom, was the best man.
The church was banked yith
small button chrysanthemums in
autumn shades. During the cere-
mony, Miss Glenna Kinkaid sang
80 Promise Me-"
Following the ceremony, a col
lation was served in the reception
room of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Higley viii reside
in Kennewick. 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
Valley Radio Listeners
Will Organize Monday

So much enthusiasm was dis
played last Monday night at the
meeting of radio fans, which was
called to discuss the advisibility
of: forming an organization to help
perfect reception conditions, that
permenant organization of radio
listeners of the Kennewick valley
will be completed Monday evening
at 8 o'clock at the City Hall. ALL
persons, who are interested in rad
10 in the valley are invited to at
tend.
Conditions which have caused
inferior reception here, have been
changed this week. Similar groups
are being arranged in various cities
Of the country and by taking joint
action, much interference has been
cleared up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
MONEY SET ASIDE
FOR ROAD WORK
Council Confirms Appointments of
Officers for City Election
December 4

AT the meeting of the city coun-
gu Tuesday evening, payment was
authorized for the work done on
hennewick Ave. from the canal
Tmnage to the city limits and on
inlrd avenue East from Washing
son street to the city limits, be-
sond the S., P. & S. depot.
Inc next meeting of the council
niil De held Wednesday evening,
cc.cember 5, at 7:3O o'clock at the
Tisy Hall as the city election takes
p'aee December 4, the regular
meeting day.
appointments fc- election offic-
sls We're confirmed follows: 1st
~a,d, Ole Rrue, NJ. N. Hudnall,
'u Mrs. G. H. Shanafelt; second
a'd, Mrs. C. S. Knowles, Mrs. l..
e. johnson and Mrs. Herman
Seaa SSeaaamldt; third ward, Mrs. L. w.
Gun Mrs. Alfred Anon and Mrs.
= :. Winkenwerder.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
APPLE PACK
ESTIMATED AT
500 CARLOADS
Big Y Pack About 200 Car
loads, Highland Fruit 100
Carloads, and X. Lane
Johnson $50 Corloads.

1t is estimated by the packing
houses that about 800 carloads of
apples have been sent out of the
district this year.
I The Big Y finished packing
Wednesday morning at 10 o'cloclr
and Fl. w. Desgranges estimates
the apple pack at 200 carloads.
The Highland Fruit Company
expects to complete packing at
midnight Thursday and will prob
ably have an apple pack of 100
carloads, according to Captain j.
w. vickers, president and manag-
er.
K. Lane johnson, which is rum
ming day and night crew, pick
ed $4,000 boxes of Winesaps last
week. This company is still OPP
Grating the Kennewick Supply and
Cold Storage Plant as an addi-
tional packing plant. They expect
to end the pack about December
4 according to P. A. Combelic,
manager. They expect to pack
about $50 carloads of apples this
year.
With the pack from Mrs. Sim
sons, Rasmussen's, Bill Green's,
Yakima Fruit and Cold Storage,
Harry Hampton of Hover, and
John Erickson of Richland, the
district should send out at least
800 carloads.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
JUNIOR CLASS
LEADSSCHOOL
HONOR ROLL
Katherine Mounsey, Junior,
= and Jeanetta Peter, Sopho-
more, Each with Averages
of SO, Tie.

The Junior class leads the hlgn
school in scholarship again In the
honor roll which Warren c. Hodge,
superintendent of schools, has just
announced. Katherine .Mounsey,
a Junior, and Jeanetta Peter, a
sophomore, each with an average
of 90, rank first as individuals IN
the school.
The high school honor roll fol-
lows:
freshmen Louise Townsend,
81 1-2; Orville Bowen, 94 l-2;
Eunice Foraker, "a Ia; David Pen
nell, 90, 3-4; Dorothy Duffy, 81
1-2: Norman Thomson, 81 Ia;
John Hubert, 81 Ia; Clyde Town
send, 91; Lois Patheal, 80 Sd; De-
Witt Mcguire, go; Harold Paul.
90.
Sophomore-Jeanetta Peter, SO;
Annie Clark, 90; Thomas Fried
man, 95 1-2; Eleanor Richards, 80
3-4: Edna Kempe, SO 3-4; Lois
Brue, 90 IA; Lucille Heberlein, 92
IA: Stuart Morgan, 90 Ia; Jo-
hanna Christensen, 81 3-4; Ida
Faulds, 90 ga; Ola Mae Elliott,
90 1-2; Lauren Tweedt, 80.
Junior-Katherine Mounsey, SO;
Margaret Witt, 81 IL; Bonnie Hill
lier. 96 3-4; Ruth Mueller, 90;
Helen Richards, "a; Margaret
Barnes, 90 3-4; Arvella Luke, SO
Ia: Margaret Moulton, SO; James
Kratzer, 90; Wilmuth Lester, 92
Sd; Vivian Hitchcock, 90 1-2; Har-
old Nelson, 90 1-2; Helen Kath-
man, 90 Id; Alice Mae Smith, 81
1-2: Thelma Anon, 81 Ia; Paul
inc Behrman, 81; Thomas Brown,
80 1-2; Myrtle Mcguire, 80.
Senior-Helen Barnes, SO Sd;
Freda Draper, 90 IA; Maurice
Yoshino, 90 1-2; Mercedes Sprague,
90: Gladys Vickers, 90; Beulah
/ Larson, 81 IA; Alta Sandberg, 81
IA; Edward Cotman, 81; Gerald
Cox, 81; Dorothy Bradshaw, 80
Sd: Glee Miller, 90 1-2; Dorothy
Bachman, 90.
The grade honor roll is as fol-
lows:
Fifth grade, Mrs. Mabel Neand-
er-Ruth Goodnight, Grace Dick
inson, Robert Watts, John Behr-
man, Mary Thomson.
Sixth grade, Miss Anna Easton
Rosie Friedman, John Tweet,
Dorothy Allison. Fifth grade,
Elaine Petitjean, James Giard.
Sixth grade, Carl Pretch-Ken-
meth Giard, Henry Lortz, Edna
Minert, Mildred Gurnsey, Mary
Francic Hoag.
Seventh grade, Miss Olga Heg-
gem-Edna Goodnight, Euarda
Vinson, Dorothy Griggs, Anna Kuh,
Lloyd Morgan.
Seventh grade, E. Kirkpatrick
Pauline Struve, Esther Thompson,
Helen Hembree, Wilbur Bergen,
Alice Altrogge.
Eighth grade, w. Ottomeir-
Betty Beamer, Olive Brue, Robert
Tweedt, Edna Erie Ferrell, Eileen
Olbrich, Jean Arnold.
Eighth grade, Miss Clara Smith
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
THANKSGIVING
AYSERVICES
AT CHURCHES
Joint Service Planned by Pro-
testant Ch hur C h es for
Thanksgiving Morning at
10 o'clock at Church of
Nazarene.

2
Praise services of Thanksgiving
will be held by the churches of
Kennewick Thanksgiving morning.
A joint service will be held by the
Evangelical churches at the Church
of the Nazarene at 10 o'clock
Thanksgiving day. Three younger
ministers will each give ten min
ute talk.
At st. Paul's Episcopal church,
of which Rev. John B. Pennell is
vicar, special abservances of the
day will be held at 9 o'clock.
The program for the union SER
vices follows:
Reading of President Coolidge's
Thanksgiving Proclamation, F. N.
Morton.
Song by the congregation.
by the Rev. L. ]. Aldrich.
Address by Rev. H. X. Shaw.
Special music.
Address by Rev. HI. R. Cederberg.
Special music.
Address by the Rev. E. H. Ed
wards.
Song by the congregation.
Assurance is given that this SER
vice will begin promptly at 10 o.
clock Thanksgiving Day and close
at not later than 11:15.
Thanksgiving services will be OBJ
served by st. Joseph's Catholic
church on Sunday morning at 8
and 10 o'clock mass. Father j. j.
Callahan will be the celebrant.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
Grange Store Entered
By Burglars Tuesday

The Grange warehouse was en-
tered Tuesday night and about
SIS worth of merchandise was taxi
en-. The loss was discovered We'd
nesday morning by C. A. Boyer
when he opened up the warehouse
at 2 o'clock.
Entry has been made by a back
window. No trace of the person
or persons who entered, has been
found yet, according to r. R. Woo
den, manager. The merchandise
stolen included flour, sugar, butter,
milk, cigarettes and tobacco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
(. V. WATERS
SPEAKS Al Al
GRANGE MEET
,,..r,er Wants Profit on His
abor and Investment, Ma
t;onal Deputy Master Points
ont Monday Evening.

3what the farmer wants IS a
rotit on his labor and on nus IN
I.,trenta, F. P. Waters, deputy
..;onal master of the grange
"a At an open meeting of the
r..newick Valley Grange Mon
asv evening at the Valley club
w. waters reviewed the work
i the grange since its inception
:, wears ago and pointed out
soroe Of the things which the
,ranre is trying to do today.
arbe only way to make a kick
.ount is to kick collectively he
continued. "The grange has been
i nolitics put only in non-par-
asan fashion. The grange does
not recognize any party.
sThe grange was organized on
,oneeryative and sensible Lines
and it has always tried to better
Tho condition of the farmer.
Women have always had their
share in grange work and child
rem from 6 to IA years of age are
now organized into Junior grang-
es."
Virginia has just recently come
into the grange organization,
which makes 33 states, which the
grange has entered. Washing i,n
leads in the number of oranges
organized this year with one more
grange to its credit than Ohio.
Mr.. Waters praised Washington
State College and the groups OF
about 100 members which has
been formed at Pullman.
Inter State Commerce Commits
sion direct election of senator's,
alien ballot, pure food laws, the
establishment of agriculture col
lege, representation on the presi-
dents cabinet for agriculture
the abolishment of free railroad
passes, women's suffrage and the
parcel post law are some of the
political issues in which the
orange has interested itself in the
past, Mr.. Waters pointed out.
Four thousand dollars has been
raised as part of fund to es-
tablish a home for old grangers
and orphaned boys and girls. The
fund is being raised in honor OF
C. B. Klegle, who was state mas
ter for IA years. The money at the
present time is being used as a
loan to help grange boys and girls
through school.
j. A. Mclean, master of the
Kennewick Valley Grange. presid-
ed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
Methodist Women Will
Hold Bazaar Saturday

Fluffy angel food cakes, golden
yellow sponge S7kes and fat, black
devils food will all be on sale at
the bazaar of the Methodist Epis-
copaI Ladies' Aid which viii be
held Saturday in the store build
ing next to Piggly Wiggly. Home
made bread, baked beans, dainty
salads will also be on display.
In the sewing exhibit, rugs, pill
low cases, quilts, cushion tops and.
towels have been made by the wo-
men of the four divisions. The
chairman in charge Of their respec-
tive divisions are Mrs. B. j. Camp
bell, Mrs. A. v. McReynolds, Mrs.
G. A. Rupp and Mrs. John Raus-
cher.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
Apple, Mince, Pumpkin
Pies at Church Auction

Luscious, thick, pumpkin pies,
mince pies like grandmother used
to Make" and delectable green ap-
pie pies will be auctioned off to
the highest bidder at the pie so-
cial which win be held Friday eve-
ming at 7:30 o'clock at the Christ
ian church. The women of the
church are each concocting their
favorite pie and cocoanut cream,
lemon, chiffon and cherry pies are
all scheduled to appear. The adult
bible class of the church is in
charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
Wilde Will Conduct
Evangelistic Services

Earl F. Wilde, national evange-
list, will conduct services here at
the church of the Nazarene from
November 20 to December 9, every
evening except Sunday, at 7:30
o'clock. Mr.. Wilde comes here from
a two weeks stay in Spokane,
where he converted 800 persons,
according to E. A. Edwards of the
local church.
Mr.. Wilde is called the "Caruso
of sacred song. He lives in Cali
fornia and at present is making a
tour of the west. The services will
open Thanksgiving evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
SEATTLE WILL HAVE
1929 GRANGE MEETING

Seattle has been selected as the
place for the 1929 meeting OF
grangers at the meeting in Wash
ington, d. C. A. S. Goss, state
master, officially invited the dele
gates to his state for the next
convention. Denver and Grand
Rapids were also considered for
meeting places.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22

fields, the alluring windows of fruits and
cranberries and nuts all suggest the har-
vet plenty of Thanksgiving time with fes-
tive boards heavy laden.
The shops are showing fat turkey COB
blers, with heads that come off so the
tummies may be filled with candies for
the little folks gay paper napkins for the
youngsters second table; vivid turkeys
against gold backgrounds for place cards
and bright seals Of bowls of fruit, and
autumn leaves to be used on plain white
cards for place cards.
For the Thanksgiving table, Miss Edna
West, county extension agent, suggests
a hollowed-out pumpkin filled with bright
autumn leaves or a centerpiece Of fruits,
oranges apples and trailing punches of
green and purple grapes. Autumn leaves
may be combined effectively with such an
arrangements. Low bowls of fall flowers,
such as the button chrysanthemums in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
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HELP US BE THANKFUL

+ Printers, even the lady re-
= porter who works on the
? weekly sniffle," would like to
= eat drumstick Thanksgiving
= day. To enable the staff to
= eat turkey in peace, and per-
= haps go to the football game,
= The Courier-Reporter will be
= printed Wednesday afternoon.
= To secure copy, both news
= and advertising the first of
= the week, the cooperation OF
= everybody will be necessary.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
KLEGG TO PARTICIPATE
IN TWO CONTESTS

Jack Klegg, the local boxer, is
scheduled to fight K. o. Weeks of
Toppenish Tuesday evening, Nov
em5er % in Toppenish. Another
bout has been arranged, which
will be in Umatilla, Oregon, Dec
ember 4. This will take place with
frankie Brownell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
REV. ROGGESS HERE

Rev. Stanley T. Boggess, rector
of st. Paul's Episcopal church in
Walla Walla will be the celebrant
at the Holy Communion service
at st. Paul's Episcopal church, in
Kennewick, at ten o'clock Monday
morning.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
A GREAT MAN AT HOME

The morning after the election,
Mrs. w. i. Marsh told her little
daughter, Maxine, that her daddy
had been nominated in the primary.
"Goody. goody," cried Maxine, 81
thought Mr.. Hoover was going to
beat him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
SCHNEIDER GETS SEDAN

Raymond Schneider got Pom
tiac Landeau sedan In dark green
last Thursday from the Columbia
Garage.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22

celery hearts and large
ripe olives, roast goose
w it h brown gravy,
creamed onion, brown
ed potatoes, current
jelly, finger rolls, ap-
pie, celery, and cab
bage salad served with
the dinner, pumpkin
pie and coffee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22
Golden Pumpkins, Fat Turkey Gobblers
aeeaos seaeae ssesssa
Suggest Thanksgiving Harvest Plenty

TIL Thanksgiving only a week
away, plans for a largess of
hospitality, for gatherings OF
friends and family reunions
are being completed rapidly.
The golden pumpkins, the fat
turkey pobblers stalking in the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-11-22

the yellow and bronze shades, combined
with lighted tapers, make charming set
ting for the table.
For the dinner itself, Miss West offers
two menus. One has roast turkey for the
piece de resistance, the other goose. Now
that We are having so many wild geese in
ehis section, many of the housewives may
be fortunate enough to have this succu-
lent bird for Thanksgiving.
The turkey menu follows: grapefruit
roast turkey with celery dressing and glib
let gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry
sherbert, small Parkerhouse rolls, cauli-
flower, cooked whole and served with
cheese sauce, steamed fig pudding with
foamy sauce, coffee. The other menu con-
sists of: clear consomme with crotons,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
MARYLAND ROADS OPEN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
BALTIMORE. August 18.--Most of
the roads in southern Maryland which
we're inundated by the storm of Satur-
day and Sunday week ago are again
open to traffic, according to Harry D..
Williar. jr.. assistant chief engineer of
the State Roads Commission.
Charles and st. Marys Counties,
hardest hit by the storm, lost total
of is bridges which were washed out.
Two others were damaged, but not suf-
fciently to hinder traffic.
Reconstruction work on the washed
out bridges is being rushed by the State
roads body, with the expectation of
having the entire system in the south
ern Maryland counties open to traffic
by Saturday. The majority of the
damaged bridges were on spur roads.
| The most serious impeachment to traffic
caused by the washouts was the loss of
| two bridges spanning Mattawoman
| Swamp between Charles and Prince
! Georges Counties One of these bridges
/ has been replaced by a temporary struc-
! ture and the other is expected TO be
i open to traffic tomorrow.
| A detour approximately Is miles long
| has been opened to skirt the swamp.
This detour gives access to the lower
ends of the counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
GOOD ROADS FOUND
IN NATIONAL PARKS

Continued from Fifth Page)
the National Park Service declared, and
people are getting an opportunity 10
use the parks more freely. He cited
the great educational value of the
parks. asserting that great educators
ike DR. Wallace Atwood president OF
Clark University. will be out next
month in the Grand Canyon country
to tell the story of the Grand Canyon,
geologically, to the general public. The
new Secretary of the Interior Roy o
West, is expected to visit some Of the
national parks in the near future.
Mr.. Mather called attention To the
landscape and bodybuilding problems
encountered in Zion National Park in
Utah A tunnel of between 5000 and
5000 feet is being constructed. involv-
ing novel methods in road building
never worked out in this country be-
fore" This part OF the country is very
scenic. Mr.. Mather said. and in this
tunnel. nearly mile in length, two
buses will be able to pass at any point
in the structure. The tunnel will open
out on the canyon, window-like at
various points, for ventilation and light
This road construction will be completed
next year.
In this project, Mr.. Mather said
about $i.250,00o will be spent for
about miles OF road, which will be
very costly, owing to heavy construction
The Southwestern country is COM
ing into its own" Mfr Mather explained
in sketching the road development that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
MOTORS ARE POPULAR
FOR DESERT TRAVEL

BAGDAD, Iraq (Pl.-Tha slow
Flooding camel has given way to the
automobile as a means of desert travel.
the Field Museum Syrian expedition
from Chicago has observed.
Automobile driving in the Syrian
desert is no pastime. however. Only
a few types of motor cars can make
the trip across the wasteland. Some
Of the desert is made up of mud fats.
smooth and hard. but other sections are
composed of hard sand and rocks and
even lava beds. and there are large
expanses of soft sand, in which the
expedition on enc occasion was mired
for seven hours.
The expeditions automobile had no
fewer than IT punct0res in one day,
explorers relate. The desert tracks
are wide. however Sign posts. written
in English. French and Arabic. warn
the motorist TO keep to the left. but
this could mean several hundred meters
or more from a center line. Never
thelesS head-on collisions have occur
red in the desert owing to the right
hand rule of the Syrian road and the
left hand rule in Iraq. which Is a
British mandate.
An escort OF armored cars is not an
infrequent sight TO desert motorists.
These armored cars. together with air.
planes, enable the British government
to keep the Wahahis and other dam
gerous tribes in check Hold-ups of
motorists at spots where they must
slow down have occurred