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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
GOVERNOR HARTLEY
YIELDS VETO PEN

Continued from page L.
for survey for a low level tun-
mel through the Cascade noun
tains.
State armory in Seattle.
Bills to provide a state child
ren's code commission, $4,000 for
survey Of the natural resources of
the state, degrees for graduates
from normal schools, to make it
a felony to manufacture liquor for
sale, to provide for confiscation
of vehicles apprehended while en-
gagged in the transportation of Ii
quor, to increase penalties for
drunken driving.
Garfield bill to create state air.
way No. / between Puget Sound
and Spokane.
Junior College bill, which would
have permitted local levies up to 2
mills for establishment and MAIN
tenance of Junior colleges.
Heifner sterilization bill, which
would have required state steriliz-
alton of all persons found to have
defective or degenerate hereditary
qualities.
Follows Policies
In making his vetoes, Mr.. Hart
ley followed the policies he OUT
lined when he became governor.
He bounced on every bill designed
to increase salaries of officials
very measure to increase state reg
ulation, nearly every bill to provide
more commissions and inspectors
and was especially quick to elm
mate any measure that promised
to increase general taxes.
Consequently the business and
social life of Washington is not
disturbed in consequence of the
session of the 1929 legislature. So
far as the average citizen is con-
cerned, the only noticeable change
because of the session of the leg
islature is that he will have to pay
tax of 8 cents instead Of two on
gasoline for his motor vehicle.
Otherwise the life of the common
wealth has been made neither cas-
Ter nor harder by the 1929 legis-
lature, while Mr.. Hartley has seen
to it that the people need not go
through the trouble of learning
the details of the legislatures GUS
tomary crop of new restrictive and
regulatory laws.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
Careful Bus Driuer
Was Taking No Risk

The route of the bus line crossed
railroad track in q Massachusetts,
town, which extended about one
block In either direction from this
point. The rest Of the track had
been long since removed.
The bus driver, an old grizzled
resident, had made the trip twice
each day for the last eight years.
Never in his career as bus driver
had he neglected to stop at the
point where the railroad had
crossed the path of the bus.
A travelling salesman, forced upon
the neighborhood against the wishes
of both, was passenger one day
on the bus when the driver made
his usual stop at the crossing. The
salesman was in a hurry and was
eXasperated at the snail's pace of
the bus. This unnecessary waste
of time made him wrothy.
"Say!' he shouted to the driver,
whats the idea? There can't be
any trains ON that trackY
"Well, just the same" explained
the driver. stolidly, there's been
a lot of people killed with empty
guns"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
Letters Carried EesDs
Rerc-e Printed PAGE

Letters were the real forerulIner.-
Of the newspaper. For m:ny year
probably thousands in fact, re-
tives and friends interlarded 81: T
written communications with CHI Z.
bits of gossip and news but all Ut
the end of the Ozark ages" a ne
cial sheet containing the news ne
gan to find favor as an additis t.
the regular epistles and by the Six
teenth century exclusive new let
tiers were being written, sa. ) an
article in the Detroit News. One
copy of this kind of letter was
displayed at the historical section
Of the international press exhibit
ton In Cologne. 1t was from Lon
don, dated March Is, 15Tn, and con
tanned a report Of q fight with pi-
rates. The business house of Fug-
ger in Frankfort-on-the-NIain built
up quite large clientele by sun
plying this kind of news service and
the system developed to such an
extent that finally a special office
advantageously situated, began to
collect the news for lists Of regular
subscribers. These letters were
sent out by post. By this means
the dissemination of news had
reached high state of perfection
methods of communication consid.
cred, when printing was simpiified
by Gutenberg and the way for the
present vast institutions In this
service was made easy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28

asunder by a crowd of foreigners
who had been brought IN TO pre-
mare more farms. But why proiong
tbe agony. You know the result.
Won have seen it enacted IN every
;rr;pated district in the world. Ten
farmers in place of one produce
+an times as much stuff, as the
ono Taxes, expenses and every
th;no else are increased, except
the market, which has to receive
ten times as much as it can rea-
sonably use.
Now there is no moral to this
story. It is only an idle dream by
an idle dreamer, but I would like to
remark right here that it takes
darn smart man to leave good
enough alone.
Most of our reformers work from
one side only. Much stress is laid
upon marketing our early spuds,
asparagus, Strawberries, etc. Why
don't somebody try to sell our
balmy climate, our beautiful seen
cry, our blue summer skys and our
year around roads and the many
other blessings with which mother
nature has endowed us. Sell it to
people who can live here and enjoy
it and buy from us who are poor
and have to work.
We break our railroads trying
to get our stuff to the people. Why
not induce the people to come and
stay where the stuff is. don't
know anything for sure and I cam
not mention any names in an ar
ticle like this, but I understand
there is one state in the Union
that is doing this with a great deal
of success and from what / hear
they haven't any advantage on us
in any way.
Well, come and see us sometime.
Yours, LESLIE j. SMITH
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
THE KENNEWIcK CoURIER-RNPoRTER

written. It consists of number
of solos and duets. The choir con-
sists Of IL voices.
Confessions after Friday eve
ning's devotions, Saturday after
noon and evening and Sunday
morning before mass.
The occasional Easter sermon
will be preached at both services,
and the st. Joseph's choir will re-
peat the high mass at st. Mary's
church, White Bluffs. Everyone
cordially invited to these services.
Wishing you a happy Easter,
Father j. j. Callahan.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
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Kennewick on the Columbia

/ sure enjoyed reading Bro. G.
Sellick's letter in last weeks pa
per about his fireside dream or
smoke recollections or vapor VS.
ions or whatever he might call it.
Boy believe me it sure is great
life where we can leave the shore
of "stern reality"upon the good
bark ssimagination'' and sail Sc
renely away into the '.land of make
believe" along the shores of the
river "what should have been"
stops awhile upon the island chow
nice it would be" and eat our
lunch in the shade of the candy
trees" unchilled by the stcruel
wind of stern realizes"
Strange, the effect fire has up
on the human mind isn't it? At
heart we are all fire worshipers
at that. Imagine if you can the
first human being who ever sat
down by a real fire and looked
through it's bewildering smoke out
into the dim distant future. / sup
pose he figured that he had done
a great thing for his race and dis
covered something of great value
for all mankind. What do you sup
pose he saw as he sat there and
looked into the curling smoke?
If he, saw anything near like the
truth as to what was to happen he
surely would have put out the fire
forgot the secret and went back
to sleeping in the snow.
There is something about fire
and smoke to cause dreams, ano
of course different kinds of fire
have different effects upon the i'm.
agination. There is the real OF
physical fire that burns upon the
hearth or in the stove and keeps
the bean pot warm. Then there is
the imaginary kind that enters
the mind and fires the ambition
Then there is the liquid kind
either red or white, that enters
the body from a cup or glass ant
believe me, some of that is a great
dream maker.
The trend of all our local dream
ers seem to be toward something t
make the conditions here in the
valley better in one way or anoth
er. / sometimes wonder if we wan
things any better than they are
We couldn't stay here if things
were much better. The first mar
was placed in a garden, but little
better than this and he rode out
on the back of snake before the
end of the second day.
Remember, we don't want per
feet conditions until we get per
feet enough to enjoy them. Blu
what / started to tell you abou
was my own dream, but the fire
gazed at was but smoulderini
coal in the top of an old corn co
pipe.
In my nicotine vision, / saw
beautiful valley not unlike thi
one and in the midst of it ther
was located that ideal farm. VIII
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28

has not some day or night, some
time in his life, pictured to himself
the ideal little farm and imagined
himself as the owner? You know.
Twenty-Five or forty level fertile
acres. well watered, and well pro-
tected from the winds. A few acres
each of our most dependable crops
. few fine cows, chickens and pigs,
nlentv of room for a big yard with
GRASS. trees and flowers and per
hans a few-but why prolong the
AGONY You know the picture, every
farm lecturer and every farm pa
uer paints it for us every gay.
Of course to maintain a farm
like this a man would need some
help. faithful hard working wl!e
and perhaps a few children Dig
enough to assist. Also perhaps
some of the neighbors who didn't
have farms of their own wouid
he clad to lend a hand occasional
" for some of the things the htcle
farm produced SO abundantiy.
Tban came the merchant with
HE little store of manufactured
Goods TO trade for the raw pro-
dnet Then came the barber TO
shave the merchant and the insur-
ance man to insure the store. Inen
the postmaster to keep track OF
the unpaid bills and the newspa-
perman to print the news. Then tne
hotelman, the doctor, the dentlst
and somebody to tend to the SER
vice station and so on down the
| line until we have an ideal little
town situated close by and de-
pendent upon our little ideal farm.
Now the picture is complete and
everybody is happy. The town peo-
pie buy and use the surplus from
the little farm and the farmer
has a market for a lot of stuff ne
didn't need to raise until he had
j all these extra mouths to feed.
But by working a little harder and
a few more hours, he is able to do
[, it and we know every one enjoys
raising big crops, even if they are
4 not worth anything.
4 But now the farmer and his
helpers have to work so hard they
don't have much time to go to
town and so the merchants are
rot very busy and look around for
some way to pass their idle time.
They build golf courses to play on
in the day time, a pool hall to play
around in during the night and
vote for more good roads to drive
] their automobiles on.
Now no doubt all these things
are very necessary and nice to
have but they all add greatly to
the tax upon the little farm with
out increasing it's productivity one
. bit.
/ Science has never been able to
discover the dividing line between
a pleasant dream and nightmare,
but along about this time must
have dropped asleep for / awoke
with a start, my pipe cold and my
body in a tremble and I could
scarcely believe the pictures of my
5 own tortured vision.
2 And when / awoke, 1 saw nv
81 ideal little valley being torn
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
LOCAL CHURCHES OBJ
SERVE EASTER SUNDAY

eternal Life" This will be given
by the Sunday school.
Following this, will he the bap-
tism of candidates for church mem
bership and the reception of new
members.
Especial music is being prepar-
ed for the morning service and Mr.
Sprague plans to be with us and
sing for us at this, his last SER
vice with the people of Kenne-
wick" says Rev. F. N. Morton. We
can seat four hundred people COM
fortably and we hope to see every
seat filled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
Growing Family

The population of muskrat farm
has yearly increase of about 500
per cent. These animals are singu-
larry free from disease and their
sustenance is naturally provided for
In the summer and winter and
there is little difficulty in raising
them. The value of the pelts has
bounded upward enormously in the
past decade.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
THURSDAY. March % :.
Science and l.

1 am always seeing 49,
duced in the papers S,, sSlnn b
ment: Science says s'G s, 9e
Just declared that people Ssc sS
because of their ewes. p Tsn Ian h \
though l am, / nrssInOrsDt
self in disagreement e r.I. Ind \
said to be science "''p vAg
not fall in love becapso reoptt
eyes.-E. w. Howe's Mo Se q ID
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Easter services will be held at
the Baptist church at IL o'clock
Sunday morning. Rev. II. R. Ced-
erberg will speak on "The Risen
Lord" Two special musical num-
bers have been prepared by the
choir. Baptism will take place at
this service.
In the evening the Sunday school
will present an Easter program at
1880 o'clock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
CATHOLIC CHURCH

st. Joseph's church, Kennewick,
high mass at TOO a. m. st. Mary's
church, White Bluffs, high mass
The st. Joseph's church choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Gladys
Speegle, organist, will sing Leon
ards "Mass in E Flat" This is
one of the most beautiful masses
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
CHURCH OF THE NAzARENE

The Sunday school OF the NaZ-
arene church will have a short
Easter program at 10 o'clock Sun
day morning. At IL o'clock, Rev.
E. H. Edwards will speak on 'Two
Deaths and Two Resurrections."
Special Easter solos will be a fea-
ture of this service. At 7:30 o'clock
in the evening an evangelistic Eas-
ter service will be held by Rev.
Edwards.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-28
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
MI. C Kal1th. nastor.

NJ. c.. kauth, pastor.
English Easter services Sunday
at 1890 a. m. Sunday school at
9:45 a. m. You are welcome at all
our services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

The junior vice commander-elect, Fred
erick Shortsleeves, and officer of the
day, Frederick Klein, were unable to
be present.
Comdr Mawson has been honored by
his comrades for the eighth year as
their leader.
The installing officer for the corps
Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, was escorted by
the colors to the presidents station
and she appointed her conductor and
color bearers for the Service-Mrs. Isabel
BontZ, conductor; color bearers, Mrs
Ecker, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Thomas and
MES. Mangum.
Those installed were: President, E
Helen Temple; senior vice president
Amelia Failing: junior vice president
Caroline M. Curry; treasurer, Addie w
Hickman; chaplain, Cora Mandy; con-
ductor, Esther Lippold; secretary, May
belle Mcdowell; patriotic instructor
Charlotte M. Cary; press correspondent
Elizabeth D. Shaw; musician, Mary
Van Ness Fauth; color bearers. Anna
Ecker, Mrs. Allen, Emma Thomas and
Martha Mangum; assistant conductor
Hattie Canada
The newly elected guard, Margaret
Bradt, will be installed on her return
from New Orleans. Meantime the as
sistant guard, Nan Slattery, will fill that
station.
The president thanked Mrs Oldroyd
for her induction of the officers and
gave her gift, expressing regret that
she would not have her as treasurer or
have Mrs. Parker as secretary, but real
lied how much they needed to be re-
l1eved after years OF service. Mrs,
Oldroyd has been in the order 40 years,
eight Of which she has been treasurer
OF the corps. Mrs. Parker has SO years
membership in the order and served as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Miss May Beck has been resumed, and
the bowlers will meet tomorrow at
4:45 pm. in Recreation Hall.
Interest is being shown in the dances,
and the attendance is increasing. Miss
Grace E. Young is in charge. The next
dance will be held next Saturday eve
ming at the Arlington Hotel. Every
effort is being made at these affairs to
promote sociability and provide enter
tainment for the members and their
friends.
The Girls Club of the WOman's Bene-
fit Association will hold card party
Tuesday night at the home Of Mrs.
Virginia Burns, "a Iowa circle, at 8
pm. Mrs. Charles r. Henry hostess,
will be assisted by members of the
Girls Club.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Hebrew
Home for the Aged will meet tomorrow,
pm, at the home, 1925 Spring road.
The opening prayer will be given by
Mrs Morris Gewirz. There will be an
address by Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith,
also the annual report of the house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
NOTICE
TO CONTRIBUTORS.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

American War MOthers--The ma
tional officers and delegates to the
Women's Patriotic Conference will be
honored by the District of Columbia
Chapter of American War Mothers at
a dinner January %, Z pm. at the
Hamilton Hotel Maj. Gen. Charles P.
Summerall will be the speaker and
there will be other guests. Reserva-
tons may be made through Mrs. Will
liam Morrison, 4031 Connecticut avenue,
until January 25. The next meeting of
the chapter will be held January IS,
pm, at the Hamilton Hotel
The University of Michigan AIumnae
Association will meet in the private
Ginning room Of the A, A. U. w. club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Ohio Girls CIub.-At a recent meet
ing held at the home Of the president,
Mrs. Ethel Hess, 1926 Shepherd street,
the executive committee decided to
stimulate more social interest by hav-
ing series Of bridge parties. The first
is to be given at Mrs. Hess home, and
others follow soon until the whole club
has been included.
The regular Bridge Club, with Miss
Agnes Guyton as chairman, will meet
as usual Thursday evening at Thomson
Normal School,
The bowling under the leadership of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Continued on Ninth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

The Woman's Alliance of All Souls
Church tUnitarian) will meet Friday
evening. pm, in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth
and Harvard streets.
Clifford X. Bergman. cartoonist Of
The Evening Star, will give talk at the
meeting, which is joint session of the
Woman's Alliance and Laymans League.
Mr. Bergman will display with words
and charcoal the high and humorous
lights of 10 presidential campaigns from
President Cleveland to Mr.. Hoover in
which he has participated.
A string quartet organized by Mrs
Rowland Dyer will furnished music. A
social hour will follow, with Mrs.
Edward Horton, hostess.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-26
CANADIAN NATL
 FURTHER EXTENDS SERVICE TO NORTH
New De Luxe Passenger Boat Now Being Constructed in England for the Alaska Run Next Season. Will Provide Faster Service.

The first of the new de luxe pas senger boats now being constructed in England for the Canadian Ma tional Steamships will go into ser vice on the Vancouver Prince Ru- pert Alaska run from Vancouver on July 3rd next, according to the 1930 Alaska schedule recently issued by G. A. McNicholl, general passenger agent, Canadian National Railways, Vancouver. As far as is known the boat to be used in this service will be the "Prince Henry" :"
 The addition of this new boat to this service will give the Canadian National Steamships 20 sailings from Vancouver to Alaska next year as compared with 13 this year and sufficient business is already in sight to indicate to the officers of the company that the additional service will be more than warrant ed.
 An indication that the new steamships will be very speedy is to be had in the fact that the new schedule calls for the Prince Henry to make the round trip between Vancouver and Skagway in seven days, as compared with nine days under which the Prince George and Prince Rupert have been operating in the past and will continue to operate next summer.
 This faster service by the Prince Henry has been arranged to meet the needs of a large section of the travelling public, who in the past have been unable to make the Alas ka trip because of the time in- volved
 The first trip to Alaska in 1880 will be made by the Prince George which is scheduled to leave Van couver June 9th, arriving at Skag- way June 18th and returning to Vancouver June 18th. Thence forth to June 3Oth there will be sailings from Vancouver every Monday and from July 3rd when the Prince Henry is added to the service, there will be sailing from Vancouver every Monday and Thursday. This latter schedule will then remain in effect until the end of the season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-26
WHITE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE
 CHRISTMAS
Executive Offices in Presidential Mansion Practically Destroyed Loss Amounts to Many Thous- ands of Dollars.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Forced d from the White House in the midst ot an Christmas Eve party, Presi- dent Hoover stood on a low wall of the White House wing and watched d nre practically wreck his execu- tive offices in the presidential man slou. MltnIn a Iew minutes after the fire started, firemen from half dozen companies were drenching tne flames with water while out side the gates, thousands of Christ mas Eve jewellers, attracted by the glare, watched the battle to save the rest Of the mansion. The east ern portion of the building did not appear to be affected by the flames but was well soaked with water.
 No estimate of the damage done could be secured but 1t will pro- DaUiy total many thousands of dol Iars, since the house was recently remodelled for President Hoover.
 The fire, which was believed to have been started by an electrical short circuit, was discovered by the switchboard operator in the base ment of the executive offices, but by that time the flames had eaten their way into the second floor. An alarm was turned in and President Hoover was notified, and the presi- dent, followed by his secretaries Akerson and Richey. seized their wraps and hurried out on the lawn. While the president remained out side, the secretaries dashed into the smoke filled offices of the president and collected all his papers and per sonal belongings and passed them out through a rear window to MT. Hoover and two secret service men.
 Secretary Akerson predicted the damage to the executive offices would interrupt the work for a con- siderable time. 70
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-26
NEW FISHERY REGULAH TONS
 ARE APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 - New regulations issued by the United States Bureau of Fisheries govern ing the Alaska Fisheries industries were approved yesterday by Seere- tary Robert c. Lamont of the De- partment of Commerce.
 It is understood that there are no general striking changes in South eastern Alaska. It is also reported that the district boundaries adopted last year are being allowed to stand for the present; but there is slight tightening of restrictions in several minor ways.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-26
MISS OSBORN VISITING
 IN WRANGELL AFTER AN
 ABSENCE OF NINE YEARS

Miss Gertrude Osborn of Juneau is spending the holiday week with relatives in Wrangell Miss Osborn left Wrangell nine years ago to en- ter Mooseheart. 1.-The School That Trains for Life" Last May she graduated from that institution, re- ceiving both high school and Vo- cational diploma. In addition to her high school work she completed a full business course equal to that given in the best of business col leges. On leaving Mooseheart she went to Juneau where her brother John resides. She soon found em- ployment in the office of R. E. Robertson, a well known attorney of the capital city. Miss Osborn will return to Juneau on the Queen