The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-08-02
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Kennewick on the Columbia

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The fool sayeth in his heart:
APut not all your eggs in one bas-
ket.'. But the wise man sayeth:
Put all your eggs in one basket
and then watch that basket"
The Palouse Philosopher saws:
Pint not all your valuable papers
IN one safety deposit box because
there have been many mysterious
and disastrous fires caused by fric-
ton between an overdue mort.
gage and real live insurance pol.
icy.
Be that as it may, the fact still
remains the same and the great
question before the house at the
present time is: "What are we
going to do about this great COM
munity fair we have coming up?.
l don't mean what are we going
to do about it, but to put it q bit
personal, what are YOU going to
do about it,. Youth great big
capital letters-You and each and
every one of you who reads this.
I asked this question of one of
my neighbors the other day and
he looked surprised and said: ooh,
nothing, / guess They have got
that all fixed. No use to exhibit
anything. Some favorite of the
judges gets all the prizes"
I asked him if he was going to
vote and he said: ooh no-it's no
use.. They have it all fixed who is
going to be elected anyhow"
/ tried to get him to explain
just who this mysterious ''They"
was, but he didn't seem to know.
'They" fix the amount of his taxes
and "they" steal the money. They"
determine the freight rates and
set the price of wheat and spuds,
They" determine beforehand who
is going to win the prize fights
and the outcome of all horse races.
They" must be very busy people
according to his ideas and still no
one seems to know just who "they"
are.. That is-no one but the news
papers and they are paid not to
tell.
We look at the pictures and see
cartoon of Uncle Sam with one
foot in the middle of the Atlantic
reaching across extending q help
ing hand to distressed Europe, un-
til we believe he is a real person
and that our governmental affairs
are in the hands of some big kind
hearted benevolent being who can
do no wrong, instead of a group
of more or less inefficient repre-
sentatives whom we send there by
our votes or permit to be sent
there by our failure to vote.
But to get back to the fair
OUR Fair, let's say-They only
way to make it a complete sue
cess is for everyone of US to get
behind it.. And remember this
don't get too far behind, either.
A few years ago belonged to a
certain secret order and was APP
pointed by the chairman as the
entertainment committee to put on
show. Now thoroly believe in
secret societies, lodges and so forth
but never could figure out why
few faithful members should al
ways work their heads off to make
entertainment to get the rest to
attend lodge.
When I asked just what kind of
show was wanted, / was told
to use my own Judgment. go
ahead" the chairman said, I'VE are
all behind you" And the meme
bers present eachoed: eyes, we
are all behind you. And sure
enough they were-all too far be-
hind to help any and most Of them
so far behind thly forgot to come
and bring their two bits admission
when the show was pulled off.
So, as / have said before and
am about to say again: If we aim
to get behind this fair movement
let's not be too far behind, but
better still, let's all get with it,
every man, woman and child who
is interested in the advancement
and welfard of this community
and we can make this an affair
of which we can all be proud.
Let us do our part; register our
kicks; take our responsibilities,
attend the meetings and we will
find that the mysterious 'sthey"
who are supposed to control the
destinies of everything are but a
mere handful of overworked di-
rectors doing their level best to
please everybody.
1 remember when was quite
bit younger than / am now and
used to ride the range as past
time. Many time in the early
spring when the stock were still
weak from the effects of the win
fer wOuId cnr,a ,,no,.