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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-03-22
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY

State OF washington. County Oh
Benton, IS:
Notice is hereby given that in
accordance with an order hereto
fore entered on the 9Th day of
March, 1928. by the board of coun-
ty commissioners of said county,
directing the sale of the real pro-
perry hereinafter described, ac-
quired by said county for delin-
quent taxes under tax foreclosure
suit and sale. /. the undersigned
county treasurer of said county,
will. on the 7th day of April, 1928
commencing at the hour of nine
o'clock am. and continuing until
the hour of o'clock pm. of said
day, unless the property herein
after described shall sooner be sold
at the front door of the county
court house in Prosser in said
county and state, sell to the high
est bidder for cash or on legal
contract, the following described
properly, situated in said county,
and described as follows. to-wit:
Prosser: E Is #. Lot 5. Blk 85;
w 80 #. Lot 6. Blk. s5 $4,000
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der: brown horse. 900 lbs. o r A
left hip; roam mare, $50 lbs, brand
right hip; gray horse, 700 lbs,
brand right hip; brown mare. 500
lbs. brand right hip; black mare,
700 lbs. D-bar left hip; sorrel
horse, 500 lbs, unbranded; black
horse. 1000 lbs, p left shoulder;
black mare. 900 lbs. p left Shout
der; sorrel horse. 800 lbs, p left
shoulder; bay mare, 800 lbs, p
left shoulder.
Said estrays will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash at the place
kept, as above specified. on Sat-
urday, the 3lst day Of March,
1928. at the hour of IL o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, unless
the owner thereof. or his legal
representative, shall appear prior
to that time. and make out his
title and pay all charges against
said estray.
Date of first publication of this
notice March 10, 1928.
e. o. KEENE. Auditor Benton
County. Wash. 1882
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! LErTERs OF THE PEOPLE

Kennewick on the Columbia
The land of the Winter Sunshine.
Dear Editor:
What became of that fellow
who wanted to give that five dol
ar prize for the best letter ex-
planning why Kennewick was the
most desirable place in the world
70 live? l would like to write that
letter and win the prize. I'll tell
You that five dollars is lot OF
money to scare out of the juicy
end of fountain pen. / would at
Tempt to re-write the declaration
o. independence for five dollars. l
nave written hundreds of touching
and appealing letters home tor
money that didn't net me five dol
Afs apiece. And / am sure ! can
write him letter that will fill the
oil. can give twenty perfectly
good reasons why everybody
should live here but not single
one how. Of course / know how l
manage but don't want any one
ese to emulate my example be-
cause the neighbors are beginning
o complain already and if too
many try to do the same thing,
!. might cause an unpleasant up
rising. -.
Some people say they write be-
cause they have something Inn
portant to get before the public
some to defend the fair name OF
saelr community which they claim
being slandered; some write IN
: vain attempt to make the state
safe for democrats. but l use nc
sucn foolish alibis. I write because
IKE to see my name in print.
The longest road in the worie
the one between the amateur
pen and the printed page. 49,:
Before I entered the newspaper
game I worked hard for sixteel
hours every day. always told tn
ruth and paid all my honest debt:
once then l have done neither,
1t Is with a heart pounding llk'
: loose connecting rod. a han'
uembling like a tied up dog be
alnd movie wagon and a sou
Serflowing with emotion, that
femember the satisfaction / ex
penenced when / first saw my ar
uele and my name in bold bronz
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type upon the front page Of your
fearless paper.
1t gives greater pleasure to the
average citizen to see his name in
print than to be able to start a
cold Ford on frosty morning.
If / had the imagination of
Dante. the oratory of Clay, the
brains Of Roosevelt. the genius of
Shakespeare or the help and ad-
vice of few high priced lawyers,
I could delve down into the depths
of Daniel Websters dictionary and
bring forth few hidden gems Of
literature to express my feelings
but being nothing but a plain,
blunt. Woodworking farmer, you
must be satisfied when / tell you
that / feel like a tub of freshly
churned butter floating serenely
out upon a lake of strained honey
amid whipped cream pond lilys,
marshmallow swans in the shade
of chocolate candy trees, growing
on mince pie islands. with faint
breeze of perfume browning in my
face and a gentle rain OF cham
paigne falling upon my unprotect-
ed head or like a valley farmer
feels when the big ditch breaks in
June.
But l am afraid / transgress
from the purpose of this article
which was to earn a five dollar
prize for writing a booster letter
| for the Kennewick valley which I
feel perfectly capable of doing.
Everyone who has taken the
trouble to read and criticise my
letters say they are too long-that
I use far too many words to ex-
press what few thoughts they con-
tain. DIR. Frank Crane once said
| that in shooting out brain storm
of ideas to a waiting public the
head was the gun, the nouns the
bullets, the verbs the powder and
the adjectives the smoke, and to
one like me who has a weak head
few nouns for bullets and damp,
musty powder, if still aspire to
write then l must use lots of
smoke or people won't know
am shooting. es1
| Now to get back once more to
the original idea of the letter, you
4 find that man-you know who he
is-and get him to put UP the
money. will write the letter and
we will take the prize and buy US
a ing of-speak it softly, we must
not let anybody know that elthel
!. of US use it.
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terest of said bonds are payable
in lawful money of the United
States of America. for the prompt
payment whereof. both principal
and interest as they mature. the
full faith, credit and resources OF
the City of Kennewick are IRE.
vocably pledged.
This bond is one of a series OF
...-. bonds, numbered from one
to ------.....---..-- inclusive, aggregat-
ing Ten Thousand Dollars. in de.
nominations of -....-.....--.. Hundred
and 00-100 Dollars. or some null
tiple thereof. issued for the pur-
pose of securing a municipal build
ing for the City of Kennewick, un-
der the provisions of Chapter
CXXXIII. Session Laws of the
State of Washington of 1891, and
ACTS amendatory thereto, and pur-
suant to the terms and provisions
of an Ordinance of the City of
Kennewick adopted on the ...........
day of -.-.....-..-...... AID. 1928, and
published on the -..-.-.--....-. day OF
......--.-....-..- AID. 1928. as amended
by Ordinance No. 273, copies of
which law and ordinance as amend
ed are printed in this bond.
The bonds of this series shall
mature and become due and pay
able in the order of their number
in accordance with Chapter ISL of
the 1928 Session Laws of the State
of Washington. r
it is hereby recited, certified and
declared that all conditions and
things required by the Constitu-
ton and Laws of the State of
Washington and the ordinances
and resolutions of the City of Ken
newick to exist and be done pre-
cedent to the issuance of this bond
have existed and been done in due
and regular form, time and man.
ner as required by law, and that
the total Indebtedness of said city,
including this bond, does not ex-
coed any limitation prescribed by
the Constitution or Statutes of
said state. 2s " .
In Witness Whereof the City of
Kennewick. by due corporate &C
ton has caused this bond to be
signed by its Mayor and attested
by its Clerk and the facsimile sig
nature of the said officials to be
attached to the interest coupons
under the seal of the said city, and
this to be dated April 2, 1928.
THE CITY OF KENNEWICK
mayor
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NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR COUN-
TY PRINTING

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of County Commissioners
of Benton County, Washington,
will receive sealed bids for county
printing for the year beginning
July /, 1928. and that the same
will be opened Tuesday. April 3,
1928 at 200 clock pm.
Legal notices to be printed I'M
der this contract are TO be set in
or billed on the basis Of nonpariel
unleaded and all matter to be set
single column. ....
The board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Prosser. Washington,
March 2. 1928.
--E. o. KEENE, county clerk and
ex-officio clerk of the board Of
county commissioners. $500
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After consideration of the mat
ter of an irrigation water supply
/ for the court house grounds, reSo-
luton was passed authorizing the
laying of six and four inch iron
pipe line to the grounds from the
city measuring box on the ditch
at the end of Grant street.
C. A. Carpenter was appointed
! Justice of the Peace for the Ken
newick Gardens Precinct. the APP
| pointment to become effective up
! on his taking and filing the oath
of office and furnishing the re-
quired bond which is to be approx
ed by the commissioners.
Letter was received from W.. G..
Donovan of Spokane. demanding
theh payment by the County for
damages sustained by r. B. Simp-
son and wife to their car which
was wrecked in a washout on the
Kennewick-P Plymouth highway. The
demand was refused, and the let
ter referred to Pos. Atty. Boards
ley for reply.
At the hour of 2:3O p.m., hear
ing was held on the application of
the Pacific Power & Light Co. for
franchises for the use of certain
county roads. 1t appeared to the
board from affidavits on file that
due notice by posting and by pub
LEGATION in accordance with statu-
tory requirements had been made.
No one appearing at this time to
offer objection, and it being deem
ed public benefit that the petit
tion be granted, 1T is HEREBY
Ordered that the franchise asked
for. be granted.
At this time hearing came on
regularly regarding the disinfec-
ton of orchards owned by the
hereinafter named parties, and it
appearing that due and proper
notice of such hearing had ben
given. and no persons appearing
to object to such liens, 1T is Or
DERED that liens be ordered as
follows:
Against Harold G. Fyfe, High
lands Plat D. Tract z. in the sum
of $25.35.
Against Kennewick Townsite
Co. owners of Highlands Plate A,
Tract Is. in the sum of $56.05;
Highlands Plat A. E1s, Tract SO
in the sum of $34.72; Highlands
Plat A. Tracts 81 and 81 in the
sum of $26.60; Highlands Plat A
Tract Is, in the sum of $500;
Highlands Plat A. Tract Sc, in the
sum of $23.35.
At this time a delegation rep
resenting the Rattlesnake Grange
appeared before the board with a
request for construction of a grav-
ell road to as near the top of the
Rattlesnake hill as the finances
will permit.
Bond of r. H. Perkins as SUI
perwisor of Drainage Improvement
Dist, No. and bond of Glen
Thomas as supervisor of Drainage
Improvement Dist. No. 10. were
approved.
Certain lands in Township z,
Range "a, Township 8, Range "a
and Township 8, Range %, were
ordered leased to A. q. Thompson
at an annual rental of $50.
Lease was ordered executed be-
tween Benton County and v. o.
McWhorter. leasing to him the
Sk of 34-10-26. at an annual rent
al of $32.
Claims against Benton county
were approved and ordered paid
from the prope funds. as follows:
Current Expense Nos. 1858 to
1903, $8133.53.
Road Dist. No. 1. Nos. 551S to
5542. $1O35.27.
Road Dist. No. 2. Nos. 1921 to
1895. $334.88.
Road Dist. No. 3. Nos. 5492 to
5551, $4060.36
G. R. B.. Nos. 5S17 to 5341,
$10,O82.83.
P. H. M. Nos. 2s45 to 244s,
s17O.55.
Misc. Nos. 1882 to 1885, 1923.
On motion the board adjourned
to meet Monday. April 2. 1928:
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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Mayor
Section 2. This Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect five days
after its passage, approval, and
publication. according to law. in
the Kennewick Courier-Reporter,
the official newspaper of Kenne-
wick.
Attest: Winifred Campbell.
City Clerk
C. A. Crawford, Mayor
Passed March 20. 1928.
Approved March 20, 1928.
Approved as to form,
c. L. Holcomb. City attorney.
We hereby certify that the fore
going Ordinance was passed by
unanimous vote of the Couicil, five
members being present and voting
for its passage.
&C. A. CRAWFORD. Mayor
Winifred Campbell. City Clerk
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

A mass convention of the demo-
Gratis of Benton county is called.
to meet at the Community hall at
Benton City. on Saturday, March
81. 1928 at 1870 pm. to select six
delegates and six alternates to at
tend the state convention at Spo-
kane on April Is, 1928.
G. L. HOLCOMB
State Committeeman.
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ORDINANCE NO. 273

An Ordinance amending Section
3 of Ordinance 271, entitled ian
Ordinance providing for borrowing
the sum of 100000 for the pur-
pose of purchasing and equipping
a municipal building for the City
of Kennewick. authorizing the is
suance of negotiable coupon bonds
of said City to the amount OF $780,
10000: fixing the maximum rate
of interest at par and the date of
maturity of said bonds; directing
notice to be given of the proposed
issuance of bonds and calling for
bids; and fixing the time and place
of meeting of the City Council to
consider bids of said bonds"
The City Council of the City of
Kennewick do Ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 8 of Ordinance
No. 271. the title of which said
Ordinance 271 is set forth in the
title hereof. is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 8. That said bonds shall
be in substantially the following
form:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF BENTON
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COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS

The board of county commission
ers met at their office Monday,
March 5. 1923 at 1:30 pm. all
members being present.
Lease was ordered executed,
leasing to H. M. Barclay the E1s
of the NEA of 1924, at an an
nual rental of $1,000; also lease to
w. T Elliott covering land in the
SWA of 1880 at an annual rent
al of $14.10, and lease to Geo. w.
Messer covering E1s SWA SWA
NWA of 1923 at an annual
rental of $1,000.
Sale of certain county owned
property was authorized, the pub
ilcatlon OF same to be made by the
county treasurer.
Contracts were signed with the
Standard Oil Co. covering lubri-
eating oil to be used by the coun-
ty during the year 1928.
On motion the board adjourned
TO meet March 6. 1928 at $3.50 am.
The commissioners met Tuesday
March 6. 1928 at $50 am pursuant
10 adjournment of previous day.
All members being present.
Petition was received from XII
ona-Benton Community club ask
ing for certain road work To he
done in the vicinity of Kiona and
Benton City. ~ ~
| Petition was raoo;,,oa
committee of the Hanford Grange
asking for the establishment Of .
point Of 9,,. intersection with the
Resolution was adopted autbor-
izing the extension Of Pa,noo r
Highway No. 16, 5,27s iinaI A. feet
and the execution of nontrect
with Frank Haas for the construc.
ton ton, OF ,, same. And that the pro
rac.1 a - uni price for the crushed
! tocs <, On the extension be increased
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EDITORIAL

aDoN'T TELL ANYoNE"-Edna Kimpel
HI0W don't get excited, for am not going TO
IN toll Won a secret-but merely want to point
:. come evils that arise from gossip.
when a bit of news comes around to you
.u;th tbe phrase "Don't tell anyone" attached
= Won may be certain that it is gossip or
- other words, idle, personal talk, ground
iass rumor. The additional phrase may be mod
;sed in a manner somewhat like this: $50 and
e. told me not to tell, but Pm just telling you,
- % now don't you tell anyone else" Invariably
!. Il nassed on with the same explanation trail
mo after it. Yet the evil of gossip does not
oriv lie in it's ability of being readily passed
s s one person to another, but also the ease
,r;th which it is revised; and nine times out
~ ton after it has travelled its cycle it is so
vramodeled that it doesn't resemble its former
.slf any more than peanut does a watermelon.
'' Women are generally designated as: "a Cos
.;nno group of humanity" but we can't go far
wrong. and uphold that we are right when
NO saw that men are no exception, for the de-
,;re TO gossip is an Unborn tendency to carry out
sba temptation to relate scandalous story
INST heard to another; and it seems that it is
Sone with certain degree of pride.
nMaster of a great art is the person who
can keep his tongue from gossiping."
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of Lot /. thence South S92
it.. thence East 1895 #.
thence North S92 it., thence W
West to point of beg. 1924 10000
The above property shall not be
sold for less than the amount set
forth in column headed Minimum
Sale Price, opposite each descrip-
ton of property. If sold for cash,
a Treasurer's Deed will be execut-
ed. If sold on contract, the terms
thereof shall be 209o cash and bal
anee in ten equal annual INSTALL
ments commencing Nov. lst next,
with interest at six percent on
deferred payments, payable annu-
ally. All subsequent taxes and as
sessments must be paid prior to
delinquency. Failure to make pay
ments or to perform any Of the
covenants of the contract forfeits
same at the election of the vendor.
This contract may be paid in full
at any time plus accrued interest,
in which case a Treasurer's Deed
will be executed.
And notice is hereby further CIV
en- that if necessary i will adjourn
said sale to the same hours from
day to day by announcement made
at the time and place Of said sale.
or at the time and place to which
said sale may be adjourned.
Dated at Prosser, Washington,
this 14th day Of March, 1928.
HARRY FORSYTH, County
Treasurer of Benton County,
Washington. 3:22-4:5
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Thanking you in advance for
your help in the matter, / beg to
remain
Yours truly.
LESLIE ]. SMITH.
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Attest:
City Clerk
CITY Treasurer

City Treasurer
That the coupons for said bonds
shall be in substantially the fol-
lowing form:
No. ......
On the .... day of .-....--....-..
d.. The City of Kennewick, in
the County of Benton, State of
Washington. will pay to the bearer
...-.---.-.-.--.... and loo Dollars
lawful money of the United States
of America at ---.-.-.----.----....--.-- in
the City of --...--..------....-..., State of
being the Sc
mi-annual interest then due on its
City Building Bond.
Dated ----.---------------..-.----,1 1873.
Attest: .-....-..--.-.-..........
City Clerk
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STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF BENTON
CITY OF KENNEWICK
BUILDING BONDS
of the

CITY OF KENNEWICk
Know all men by these presents:
That the City of Kennewick, mu-
nicipal corporation, in the County
of Benton. State of Washington,
is justly indebted to. and for value
received promises to pay to --.----
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Junior Carnival-March 2srd

FRENCH HUMOR-George Broughman
French Nv class has finished the adventures
Of the Three Musketeers. They have had violent
dreams, sleeping with the bread knife under r
their pillows. This book was very weird; =, All
Of Dumas. the author, books are spooky Ihey
deal with near-impossible feats by exceedingly
brave men, This book portrayed war IN
France and the central characters portrayed;
This week the class will study composition and q
construction Last Friday the teachers took
vacation and this class had to tell what they
were planning to do that day. A variety Of sub
iects were given ranging from the impossible as
Of studying to camping in Walluia Gap. winch
three members actually did.
French II class is still studying La Belle
France. They are travelling in Brittany. 4s me
quaint customs and amusing habits OF snese
Britons are queer to our ideas of life. Some
Of the students have way of translating that
is very original One instance is quoted. A pas
sage in the book states: IL was sleeping very
soundly when a fearful noise awakened me.
One student translated it this way; Il was
sleeping on my two ears when frlgnt1ui Deas'
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5000

Beach's First Addition to
Kennewick. Lots 2. 3. 4,
Blk. 8 --...-...........-..-..-. 500
Assessors Plat No. 4, !
lands in 1851 and 6-7-31
Tract 9 ..................-.-...-.....- 400
Highlands Plat "C'. be-
low canal. Tract rs, and Sc
SW. north of canal, Section
IL, Twp. s, Rye. % .--.--..-.-. 1000
A triangular piece of land
beg. POI #. w. of Sc cor,
Lot IL; tn. w. 1917 #. tn.
N. 40 OF min. E 160 #.
and S. AZ 40 min. E 176.S
ft. to beg. 2-S-24 -.-.-........-.. 1873.
Beg. at a pit. 1856 #. w.
of NE cor. of NV NE. tn.
S. 700 it., tn. w. 434 #.
tn. N. 700 fit. tn. E. 434 #.
to beg less E 234 #. 11-s-24 342. a.
NE Sc Sc $3.50 ..-....... 5000
SW NV SW 1880 .-...... 1000
Lot / S. Of Ry. rtw. 6-7-
81; Sc NV less canal rtw.
% ...........-.....................,..-.. 1oO.Ol
canal. 2-s-2S -,...,....,-.,.....-.... 17O.oC
S. 1925 &C. of Lot 8 ID
$50 ..................................... 1OO.OC
WIZ Wa Sc Sc 1880 250.0(
Beg. at Northwest corner #
At
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Beach's First Addition to
Kennewick. Lots 2. 3. 4,
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Junior Carnival-March 23rd

SENIORS WALLOP PHANTOMS-
Last Monday night the football grid-iron was
scene of unusual activity-the senior boys
were playing the regulars.
The game started by kickoff from the
oa,ers which the Phantoms brought back about
twenty wards before being stopped. Thereafter
the game see-sawed back and forth, neither
foam beine able to advance farther than ten or
Sfteen wards into the enemy's territory. Then
same the inevitable and the twenty-eighters'
Suce tackle Reese, scooped up loose tumble
and ran some sixty yards for the lone touch
DOWN of the game The point was not converted.
The fourth year lads again kicked but nothing
eventful happened for the remainder of the
came except during the last time the senior
warriors had the ball. BY unique passing at
taclr thew gained huge amount of territory.
Thew were. however, stopped about 20 yards
short Of the goal The Phantoms taking this as
q challenge made serious invasions into the
senior territory but on being held for downs
IN the ten yarad line both teams called it. a
day. The final score was 60 in favor OF the
seniors.
The game was won on some good luck and
at no other time did either team have the upper
hand. Coach Smith has good squad coming up
next wear and we're all expecting at least the
valley championship.
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Assessors Plat No. 4,
lands in 1851 and 6-7-31
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PUBLISHED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
NO. II

came and woke me-" From this the teacher of
foreign languages, Miss Pecar knows that more
than one way of translating exists
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City Clerk

Mayor