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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-10-10

ents and we have campus about
like that of Whitman College (the
lake 'n' everything), spacious,
close-clipped lawns, athletic field,
and Colonial buildings of red brick
1t is like dream. Twenty min
utes ride on the bus and you are
IN the heart of teeming city of
ABOUT 1000, 900 people. 1t is calm,
quiet and lovely. All the buildings
nave galleries built in the first
fioor, with colonades connecting
the schools AID building, gym, DOR
matories, and Dining hall. The
teachers are well taken care of.
We have sitting rooms in all the
buildings with over stuffed furn-
lture on wholesale quality
. FACULTY dining room for all who
are not doing a weeks penance as
chaperones.
/ have an apartment on the
first floor of the girls dormitory
with two other teachers. We have
a large, much furnished sitting
room, a tiny hall with our private
bath and three bedrooms opening
from that. My room is very desir-
able in that it, like all houses in
Shanghai, faces the south-cool
breeze in summer, warm sun in
winter. My window looks out across
the lawns and athletic field with
wings of the Quad on the left and
right-an arch of the gallery
makes a frame for the scene.
To the south is the French army
camp, and every morning the
bugle blows like a fairy horn in
the distant. They do some marve-
lous bugling, apparently doing ali
their drilling with music.
Houseboys, coolies and annals
do all the work. Tea is served on
the shady lawn, while we sit in
wicker chairs and talk and talk
Houseboys also do all the serving
at the tables as they do it beau.
tifully, coolies NOW the lawn like
golf greens, polish every door knob
dust, paint, scrub and work like
demons getting everything ready
for school Monday-all for S12
Mex. per month. Imagine that. We
pay 81 a month (Mex.) for an
amah. She cleans our rooms every
morning, and for one day and Q
half each week, she is all mine
she will sew, embroider or do any
thing / want her to, but should
plan to keep her fairly busy with
sewing or, they get spoiled.
This morning when came from
breakfast, she said, 'Missy, got
washee, washee." Missy had, heaps.
missy, got soap, soap?" So, I
gave her money and she went off
somewhere and came back with
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-10-10

DR.. Pearson said that the coll
leges and universities could sup
port the educational movement in
three ways: First, by training men
in colleges of agriculture in sound
tcooperatives marketing leadership;
second, through the college extern
sion army of county agents the
proper information can be carried
to the farmers to aid them in or
ganizing new associations and i'm
proving old ones to that their pro-
gram of marketing will fit into the
national commodity selling plan;
third, by using experiment station
experts to make studies in mar
keting just as has been done in the
field of production.
DIR. C. w. Warburton, director
of extension work of the federal
department of agriculture, believes
that the extension forces will be
the biggest factor in putting into
effect the educational program. He
pointed out at the meeting Monday
that the state extension division
needed additional specialists N
marketing to strengthen the hands
of county agents by grounding
them in principles and practices OF
cooperative marketing.
A. ]. Meyer, state director of
extension, Missouri College Of Ag-
ricultures and chairman of the
committee on extension organize
tions and policy, emphasized the
need Of getting competing cooper
atives.
Dean Frederick B. Mumford, of
the Missouri Colleg of Agriculture,
said that one of the greatest needs
of the college is a national agri-
cultural policy to guide them in
their efforts to aid farmers thru
cooperative marketing. If this ma !.
tional agricultural policy were es-
tablished the problem would be
tremendously simplified. When the
colleges are united on the pro-
grom of instruction in cooperative
marketing the farmers will get
behind it. The competition among
farmers themselves often prevents
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-10-10
BE THE MASTER

THIS is Fire Prevention week. VI
= all the "weeks" with which this
country is harrassed, this is one
which really deserves our earnest
attention. Fire is at once a bless
ing and curse to mankind. 1t
has raised him out Of the depths
of savagery, but it has taken pay
for this service in a vast toll Of
life and property.
Fire is a ready servant and COM
panion. In the forge it helps to
make the tools of civilization. In
the fireplace, it is a warm and a
sparkling friend. In the furnace,
it wards off disease and makes
the winter comfortable. But out
of control, it is the most ruthless
and fearsome of the elements.
The purpose of Fire Prevention
week is to educate people to place
such checks upon Fire that it will
be only servant and never mas
ter. Safety devices and principles
have been so well worked out now
that with a little care, the fire
hazard can be practically eliminat.
ed. This weeks issue carries q
story giving suggestions for check.
ing up on the home heating sys.
tenn in order to remedy all defects
of construction which might give
Fire its chance. These suggestions
are equally applicable to store
warehouse, factory or office build
ing. Take the hint and play safe
this winter.
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some villanous yellow st,t,
strong soap, little worl
gods, | would buy dyna,O,;a.t J
have my things taken oaN e /
Sheets, towels, large ONES e q
the laundry. If you want GO. g 4
to clean clothes with or . sasolll
you don't go yourself-no s ,all
person ever carries anythiDns van
cept a small shopping narcay e
have a ''boy" get what wv "
or carry your things as ~. wal
may be. @.@. 'ne eaG
Don't look for me bacA
States for three years--Yo, u v
not pry me away from tS Sa eOuk
with it's superlative Ir.ap9a Plea
cooking. They serve ,Anerls3
tasteful and delicious fooS noa
ever eaten-and there 4 nav
eign flavor as there wa. y ios
Japanese food on the sh;r &
the European food on am
ply couldn't eat the .f.1. ah
dishes. But though, we 'I Sps
Chinese cook, we bavs AI nsSe d
coffee, waffle, ice cream 49,.
peppers, everything az a w.
used to make it, Aqaa|
ROSE LEIRRp,,.
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the task? Until the next genera
ton is ready to carry the burden!
If so, we can make up our minds to
bump along miserably the rest OF
our days.
We must come to the realization
that the problem of our streets IS
one which concerns Us, NOW. The
means are within our reach if we
have the energy and the courage
and foresight to grasp them. It
will take money, unfortunately.
But once we have made the decis
ion, the outlay of funds will seem
meager compared to satisfaction
with the results. Get busy, Kenne-
wick!
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CHINA

Following is an excerpt from
letter written by Miss Rose Leib-
brand, who was the language in
structor at K. III. S. last year. Miss
Leibbrand is now teaching in the
Shanghai American !. School at
Shanghai, China.
Shanghai, China
10 Avenue Petain,
September 6, 1929
"We locked at 2 D. m, Septem-
Der a, on your September 8, and
/ was mighty glad to go down the
gangplank for the last time. /
had plenty of time on the boat, I
always wanted to go on a slow
boat-well, / did-it only took us
two weeks to cross the Pacific to
Yokohama, and we spent four days
there and three days at Kobe-so,
II saw lot of Japan. 1t is a
civilization, unique and bizarre,
worthy of no casual mention, but
worth volume.
ga Mrs. Thompson, the house
keeper and dietician, met me, and
with her were two school coolies,
house boys we call them, In long
white night shirts-the costume
for Chinese men in summer. What
do you suppose they sleep in when
they wear their night shirts every
day? The working men wear ter
ribly loose trousers, like bloomers
without the rubber in the knees.
swell, the two dock coolies car
ried off my baggage, one took the
steamer trunk, one the other two
bags, two violins and golf clubs.
Mrs. Thompson told me to give
them 20 sen each-they put up an
awful howl-so did she, / merely
looking one while they intoned
Chinese and finally she told me to
give them another 20 sen. Just
80 cents gold in all. Then she
chartered car for $3.50 Mex. to
take my baggage, herself and me
and the two school coolies to the
dormitory about 10 miles away.
We drove through The Bund,
where great Banks are, buildings
block square and eight stories
high-the international settlement,
down Marking Road, famous shop
ping street, the French Concession
and the school.
The school has about 800 stud
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Initial steps have been taken to
correlate the work of the federal
farm board, federal and state ex-
tension forces, and land grant col
leges and universities in a nations.
al educational movement In agri-
cultural cooperative marketing.
Full support of these agencies was
pledged in meeting held in the
boards Washington offices Mon
day.
The meeting was attended by the
executive committee of the Asso-
citation of Land Grant Colleges and
Universities, the committee on ex-
tension organizations and policy OF
+, the association, and federal extern
sion workers. It was preliminary
to the annual conference of the
land grant institution, which is to
be held at the Stevens hotel, Chi
cago, November IL to Ia, inclus-
i've. Several members of the feder-
al farm board will attend the Chi
cago meeting, where an effort will
be made to develop an effective
educational plan that will familiar
lie farmers and their marketing
agency officials with the commod-
ity marketing system that is to
be put into operation.
To avoid duplication of existing
machinery, the board officials
pointed out at Mondays meeting
that they were seeking the sup
port of the federal department Of
agriculture, the forty-nine az ,icul-
tural college. including the one in
the Hawaiian Islands, and the
fifty--seven hundredS extension
agents in carrying theN new pro-
gram Of selling farm products into
the farming areas of America.
The fullest cooperation of the
colleges and the universities was
pledged by DR.. Arson Marston,
dean. Of engineering, Iowa State
College and president of the ASSOC
sis$s1 oNd.and Grant Colleges and
niversitN and DR.. R. A. Peal
0S presidp Mt Of the University
-viAnd\a and chairman of the
>'s Iscutive committee.
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OUR LOCALS
S. Mulkey. Correspondent

Our esteemed and progressive
Geneva and Thelma seemed to be
staying considerable pep in the
Seniors these days. They gave the
same singing lessons on Monday
last. The singing was inspirational
if not in tune. Keep up the good
work, girls.
While umpiring the grade school
game Friday, Hank Nelson fell
and hurt himself on the west end
on the field. Better be more care
full next time, Hank.
Kathyleen Fletcher Thursdied in
Yakima last wk.
Our industrious Soph, John Nc
Chung, was reported absent on last
Thursday.
Traffic on the Dayton st. bridge
was DELAYED considerably Wednes--
day last as the Gass Buggy Of our
honored and respected schoolmate
Kenny Hilleir, became a refrac-
tory right on the bridge. Better
drive the old boss next time, Ken
ny.
Blue Monday was celebrated in
the H. S. assembly by spellbinding
orations of our esteemed freshmen.
They need correcting on their
mythology, SO the Sophs claim,
getting the persons of Pluto and
Apollo slightly mixed.
The leaves are turning from
Green and gold,
And October is here
It being pretty cold.
Considerable work is being done
on road in front Of high school
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ANTS
surley U. Cheezit

There are. two kinds of ants,
one being your mothers sister
and the other being small black
insecks who may be some rela-
ton, too. Your mothers sister
lives in a house like other people,
while insek ants live in small round
holes and generally either seem to
be either going out of them in a
Murray or going into them in a
hurry, like somebody that don't
exactly know what they want. In
SEX ants all look alike, so it would
be hard to teetch one to do tricks
because if he ever got away you
would never be able to recognize
him again. They are not sociable
like dogs and most people are glad
of it. 1t is supposed to be bad luck
to tired on an ant and even if it
amt for you it is for the ant.
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LOST
BUT NOT FOUND
Eth Dith

Help!!
Help!!
And I say now!
Please don't be so rough!
For a book / have lost!
And it sure is tough!
I looked in my desk,
And / searched thru and thru
It's the truth that hurts.
For have it / must
When the clock strikes twelve.
Wait q minute while I search
Through these shelves
For who knows but what
Some one has done me some dirt
When / find that book, I'll catch
the big "Flirt."
For q flirt he is
And with death he is flirting,
AS am the "He Man,"
Bill Burris.
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DAS H e S
by
DOT

Sign in Yakima barber shop
WE ALSO CUT MEMS HAIR
What is the world coming to?
Customer-I1l have some bread
ed veal.
Waitress-With or without the
meat sauce?
Customer-Doesn't make any
difference to me. 1 didn't think
there was going to be any argu-
ment!
UTOPIA
A place where they sell
two-pants overalls.
& & &
An optimist is just the opposite
of pessimist. A pessimist wears
both belt and suspenders to hold
up his trousers. Wed hate to be
an 0ptimist!
4 & a
The natives of Lake Cachess
always sound like they were catch
ing cold every time they pronounce
the name of the place.
& & &
A MAN WITH A FORD CAR
HAS GIVEN A HOSTAGE
TO FORTUNE
& & &
Why is a baseball team like q
cat?
Because it has nine lives.
& & &
LOVE is QUICKSAND.
THE HARDER YOU STRUGGLE,
THE DEEPER YOU SINK
& & +
Teacher-What is cynic?
Bright lad-A place where you
wash dishes.
DID YOU KNOW
that electricians were very
fond Of current jelly.
& 4 b
He calls himself Poet.
His readers never know it.
For his verses do not show it;
Then why the name?
Well, his wavy locks are telling,
In an attic is his dwelling,
He writes for art, not selling.
| So the name.
&&&
A patron Of the Liberty theatre
strolled up to the doorman the
other night.
"Got your tallde machine in?"
he asked.
"Oh, yes" replied the doorman
"How's the acoustics 2"
81 don't know. We haven't I'M
! packed them. / think they're in
4 that big box over there"
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FERT1LIzE APPLE ORCHARDS

A copy of circular No. 264 Of
the University of Arkansas has
been received recently, the study Of
which we believe should give val
liable information for orchards in
this section. While We have no
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building, much to the betterment
of same.
Considerable excitement was had
last Tuesday afternoon. The
Touchet school playing football
with our local grid heroes being
the cause of same.
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Under the spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy squirms
He's just been eating chestnuts,
And they were full of worms.
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FACTS FOR FARMERS

heading win printed articles
Of timely interest to the farmers Of this community selected
and prepared e. Drae extension for Benton
county cooperating with the u Dept Of Agriculture and
the Washington State CoHege.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-10-10
STAFF

STAFF
Editor Emerson Potter
Feature writer Margaret Witt
Asst Feature Writer ..........Shir-,
ley Mulkey, Edith Stradford
Sports writer Geneva Brough-
ton, Harold Nelson.
Humor Bill Frazier
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-10

around in IL" water of the old
tomato can was Taddy, the little
lost tadpole.
"rccp! rccp!' he >oftiv
crooncd. "Hcrc am -
"Oh, how glad we are" 'roaS-
ed Bully and Bawly. "Our Iittle
lost brother is found.
Well, you hop back 10 school,
said Uncle Wiggny, "and IN make
Il mud puddle at the back steps for
Taddy to play in until YOU come
out and then YOU may tax, him
home with you.
so away hoppcd the frog boys
Uncle WIggily made Il fine mud
puddle for 'iaddy to play IN and
everybody was happy. And + th
Poachcd css doesn't slide eff th,
piece of roast and 90 skating in
,hc milk pitcher, IN tell YOU nest
about Lnci" MIggny ; luc~ y
]umI
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-10
TRUE CHRISTIANITY

Little more than week ago, fire almost
petey destroyed the Catholic church at Calipatria
leaving the small congregation in the north end without
lace IN which to hold religious services.
The alternative attending church in Brawley
considerable hardship most of the congregation
not being able to go at all.
Into this dark outlook stepped the Rev. F. E. Deal
of the Capatra Union church, who offered the of
his edifce to the Catholics for their services. The
generous offer gladly accepted that last Sun
day. Catholics of Caipatria worshipped in their
way in Protestant church Their Protestant breth-
eren have continued the of their church until such
time as the Catholic church is rebuilt other
rangement is made.
Rev. Mr.. Deal deserves the highest commendation,
not only for the Christian generosity he showed but
for the splendid example he has to people of all
faiths in Imperial Valley.
There is no reason why not dwell to-
gether in peace and harmony, respect each other and
develop splendid friendships among their neghbors
regardless of creed He who has to ask anothers
gious belief before he extend friendship, is to be
pitied He who would hold up anothers religious be-
lief to ridcue, only displays his ignorance
On the whole Imperial Valley has been remarkably
free from religious prejudices. Isolated arise
and will continue to arise but it should be the endeavor
of every upright man and woman to keep them at
minimum
The World War taught millions of Americans
that Catholic Protestant Jew and atheist respect
and be friendly with each other and work
cause.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-10

all baby frogs are first tadpolcs
with big body and funny tail
but no legs. After a while the tail
drops off and they grow -four legs
Just like Bully and BawIy. "No,
said the bunny gentleman, "Taddy
ism t even pceping!'
"Oh, whcro can he be-" sighed
Pully.
I'VE left him right here on tn,
bank of the pond said Bawly
"And when the bell rang we for
got all about him and ran to schoo!
leaving him here.
1t 5 queer he ism hcrt now,
said Uncle Wiggily. "Taddy is to.
small a chap to 90 off by himself
Let 5 look some more
So all three looked around the
Buck Pond but no little tadpolt
could they find and at last Uncl,
Wiggily said;
We II go to my hollow stump
bungalow and get something 70 ca
boys. After that we II hunt some
more for Taddy.'
SO Bully ard Bawly and Unclc
Wiggily hoped to the bungalow
where the rabbit gentleman had
left. on the back steps, IN oh;
7omat" can with somr wator in it.
And Bully no sooner saw that can
than he croakcd:
"Thcrc's Taddy now?''
" Whcrc'' asked Mr.. Lopgcar.
III grra; surprise.
''Ir that tin can, - oroal.cd
B@w.y. "We put a little water in
the old can and carried raddN
around in that, for he has no leg,
to hop as we do.
my goodness!' cried Unrl,
Wiggiiy. And to think was 90
ing to plant Il dan1clion blossom in
the same can with Taddy! But arl
You sure he is in there, boys
Look cruaked Bully.
And when Uucle Wiggily loo&cd
there, surely enough, swimming
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-10
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S MUD
PUDDLE

Uncle Wiggily hoped along very
quickly, with Bully and Bawly, the
frog boys who had no tails, hopping
bcsidr him.
- hope We find Taddy.' croak-
ed Pully.
$50 do IT, croaked BawIy.
cts terrible to lose your little
brother, ism t it, Uncle Wiggily?'
Yes, it Is very sad" " said tn
rabbit gentleman. FBut m sure
We shall find Taddy. You SHOW ma
where yor left him and wen he
gir to hunt from there.
As I told YOU in the story be.
fore this, Uncle Wiggily was hop
ping around, looking for adventures,
when near the Duck Pond, he found
an old tomato can with some water
il it. H. took the can home to
plant . dandclion tloWp3 in il for
hie wife when, all Of sudden, h'
heard tine school bell ringing fast,
as If therc was q fire.
However, there was no fire. But
Bully and Bawly, who were in
school, Just happened 20 remember
that they had started out that
morning with Taddy, their new lit
tie brother. And after playing on
the way, all of q sudden r." last
bcll rang and Bully and Bawlr
hurried to school.
1--WE forgot all about Taadr," "
exclaimed Bully Us he and Bawl+
hoppcd a!on. with Uncle Wiggill.
''Ilt after a while. in claa., We
remembered We had left hjm some
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-10
Melon Contracts
Now Available

Picking contracts have been drawn
up by the committee appointed by
the cantaloupe growers and the in
dustrial relations bureau, represent
ed by Louis Block of San Francisco
These contracts have been printed
and are available for use at the
horticultural commissioners office
All growers are urged to usc these
forms as they eliminate the ohiec
tionablc features of the old one,
which caused considerable Labor
troubles.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-10
NOTICE OF THE FILING OF AS
aESSMENT AND THE TIME OF
HEARING

Notice is I4etcDy Given that on
Monday. the sth uay of Aprli, 1929,
,herc was filed with the undersign-
cd city clerk, an assessment TO COW
cr the sum due for the work per.
formed and Improvement made BY
che IL. l.. Hazard Contracting Com
Pany also known as the X. r.. Haz-
ard Contracting Company, Inc, con
tractor, under and III pursuance OF
.hc provisions OF the ''lmproYc-
ucnU Act OF l9lI,' reference being
made to Rcso.utIon of Intention No.
j2o OF the Council OF said CITY, pass
ed and adopted the 22nd day OF Au-
gust, 1928, for the description 0t
sald work and improvement, and o :
the district TO be assessed to pay
Tie costs and expenses theyeof, said
assessment being made i'll conform
Ity with the provisions of Sections
~ and II of said Act, according to
che character OF the work done.
Said assessment shows the amount
to b" paid on said contract for the
work contracted for and performed,
together with all incidental CX.
pcnScs, the amount Of each asscss-
ncnt against cac> lot or portions Of
lot, the number of each lot or por-
tiQns Of lot so assessed, and has
attached thereto Il diagram Cx
hblting each street and street cross
ing, lane, alley, place or court, pro
pcrty, or rights ot say on which any
work has been done, showing the
relative location Of each lot or por.
ton of lot, to the work done, mum
ocrcd to correspond with the mum.
bcrs Of the assessment.
Notice Is Hereby Given that oh
Thursday, the 25th day of Aprlt,
1929, at tho hour Of 7:30 o clock Z.
NJ. is the time fixed by the under.
signed city Clerk when all persons
Interested in the work done, or in
the assessment may appear at the
City Hall and be heard by the City
Council in reference to sa>l asscsa-
mont
The cwncr,, the contractor, or his
assigns, and all other persons in.
Jercstcd in said work, or in the as
sc~ ment, feeling aggricvcd by any
act or determination of the Super.
intcndcnts of Streets or CITY En-
gincer in relation thereto. or who
claim that the work has not been
performed according to the contract
N good and substantial manner,
or who claim that any portion Of
the work for any reason omitted or
illegally included in the contract for
he same, or having or making any
oh 'ect,Ons TO the correctness of the
assessment or diagram or other act,
determination or proceedings of the
Superintendent of Streets, or City
Engineer, shall prior to the day fix
I'd for said hearing, appeal to the
City Council by briefly stating III
writing the grounds of arocal
Dated this Sth day Of April, 1929.
j. G. NEALE,
City Clerk of the City of FL Centre,
CALIFORNIA. 9t2