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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

7th and 9Th grades have moved
up to the high school building and
they will have program and e
| change of gifts in their room. The
high school students are busy with
the senior play so will not give 9
Christmas program but will draw
names and exchange gifts. The
lower grades will give a program
Friday afternoon and will also ex-
change gifts.
In the double-header basketball
game played here Friday evening,
the Hanford girls won 81 to ID and
our boys won 16 to 10. This was a
practice game and the boys sec
ond team played. Next Friday eve
ming, December 19, the first con-
ference game will be played with
Benton City at Hanford.
Miss Beck expects to leave FRI
day afternoon for her home in
Estacada, Oregon and Miss Veatch
and Miss Whelan expect to leave
after the game Friday evening,
the latter going to her home in Sc
attic and the former to her home
in Tacoma. Mr.. and> Mrs. Mans
field and little Margaret Colleen
expect to leave early Saturday for
Spokane and will visit relatives at
Dayton and Colville during the va
cation.
The Sunday school will give a
program at the church on Christ
mas Eve. In commoration Of the
Greatest Gift Of all, each one will
bring some gift all wrapped to de-
post near the manger.
Hartford Lodge, No. 256 F. & A..
M. held their regular meeting last
Wednesday evening. The following
were elected to serve in 1881: Wor-
shipful Master, Norman Anglin;
Senior Warden, r. j. Roberts; jun
Tor Warden, C. S. Kline: Treas
urer, r. e.. Gibbins; Sec, DR.. E. F.
Newton. The appointive officers
will be announced at installation.
1.-The Improvement club met at
the home Of Mrs. Robt. Med
last Thursday with about 20 pres
ent. Mrs. Frank Bart assisted the
hostess in serving refreshments.
The club members voted to sew
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EAST KENNEwIcK

The auction sale given by the
& Grange Friday evenings was 9
great success. A good crowd and
r. lot to sell. Besides the money
made which was about 5000
everybody had q good time. After
the sale ice cream and cake were
served. A Christmas program is
being prepared for Friday, Dec.
E19, which is the regular meeting
date.
Mrs w. sB. Elliott. entertained
at dinner last Friday in honor Of
Mr.. Elliott, whose birthday it was.
Plates were laid for ten. ~
/ Harry Linn attended the Horti-
culture convention at Wenatchee
last week.
on account Of the school oper.
eta the Progressive Wom1zfs club
| has been changed to Tuesday, De
cember 80 at the home Of Mrs. J
Bryson Brown. -f.s
Mrs. waldorf has gone to Sc.
attic to spend the holidays with
/ her daughter and son-in-iaaN. s; ; s.,
The PIP. T. L. are extending
their line from the BrysQn Brown
corner north to James Johnst0n's
land will serve six families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston enter
jtained Nj. and Mrs Arthur Wal.
| ker at dinner Sunday.
The Needle club viii hold the
annual Christmas luncheon at tho
home of Mrs. Lee n. Lampsor
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for the Red Cross after the first
'gof Ethe year. Mrs. Mcdonnell, who
was at the head of the Red Cross
drive in Hanford, announced $25.50
paid. Our quota was $25.
George McConnachie and his son
Edgar returned from Seattle last
Saturday afternoon. They went by
way Of Portland and had good
trip both ways.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hartman re-
port a fine meeting of the Benton
county Pomona held at Whitstran
last Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Slav-
ems of Yakima county Pomona and
other important Grange members
were present. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Brockway were shopping in Pros
ser Saturday and also attended the
Whitstran meeting.
Miss Kathryn Kirby returned
last week from Seattle and will
spend the holidays at home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Thomas
and Lawrence Dimick were Walla
Walla visitors on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Ayers made
a business trip to Yakima Monday.
Harry Hampton and Ivan Evans
are repacking some Delicious APP
piles in Kennewick this week.
Miss Inez Cochran, Robert and
Louise Mccoy, Geneva Tucker and
Isabelle Harper attended an Ep-
worth League Institute at the
Methodist church in Kennewick on
Saturday.
The Junior League is giving a
program at the church Tuesday
evening, December %, There will
be a Christmas tree.
Charley Mills returned from
Nampa, Idaho on Wednesday,
where he has been for the past
five weeks. He is feeling fine aft
er his recent operation.
Mrs. R. A. Sims of Seattle is
visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
b. F. NeeI at present.
Mrs. Mcclure and Victor visit
ed Saturday at the j. K. Franklin
home.
We are sorry to note that Miss
Gladys Du Bots isaill and un-
able to be in school.
Ivan and Carl Evans and Miss
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18
HANt'oRD
Tree Kills Former
HanfOrd Resident

George Lyons, former Han
ford resident was killed in log
gin camp at Gold Bar last week.
He was son-in-law Of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Mann. He was saving a log
when a heavy wind blew the tree
upon him, killing him instantly.
Mrs. Mann and her son, Frank at
tended the funeral. Frank returned
Monday, but his mother viii re-
main with Mrs. Lyons and her two
children until after Christmas.
The members of Mount Gable
chapter, o. E. S. gave a social in
the Masonic hall last Friday eve
ming and invited several guests. A
very enjoyable program was given
after which dancing and card
playing were the order of the
evening. There was a fortune-tell-
ing tent and great merriment was
caused at the white Elephant"
sale. Refreshments of salad, waf-
ers, cake and coffee were served.
About 20 were present. The pro-
ceeds were $25.
lcCt @OdlSMl HAS UcSH SuI1SIIIS
from pleurisy and was taken to
Yakima to the hospital last Tues
day by his parents. About a quart
of water was taken from his lungs
and he is getting along nicely. His
father visited him Friday and
friends visited him Saturday and
Monday.
The Ladies' Aid realized about
$40 from the bazaar held at the
church last Thursday evening. A
short program consisting Of music
and stunts was enjoyed by, all,
Candy, popcorn, etc. was sold
thruout the evening.
Schools will close December 10
for one week and will reopen on
December 20. There will be no
school on New Years Day. The
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Now we have a political dead.
lock" An Unemployment Situa.
tion.' "a Wet or Dry Question,
and perhaps whit is more inter.
t'estingstA the people right here
1.-THE chain store ,bug-a-boo."
i do not wish to take sides In
any of these questions, but if the
so-called independent merchants
had done before the chain stores
came in,..what they had to do aft
er they came, we would never have
had them to argue about.
l went into one Of our oldest and
'oest stores the other day and the
proprietor gave me fifteen min
ute discourse on why every loyal
citizen sshould trade with the
home-owned stores. | asked him
why he didn't put his speech into
writing and get it before the peo-
pie of the valley, and what do you
suppose he said. He was $50 busy
trying to take the place Of a ten
dollar week clerk he didn't have
time to get out and meet the farm
ers." Well this is one way to re-
lieve unemployment.
But-we hear beautiful pro-
gram from the chain stores every
day over the radio at a thousand
dollars a minute.
81 Now don't think for minute
/ want to knock anybody, but facts
are facts and our ideas are formed
by what we hear and see.
FL p,r% + IL ~ .4bov,I~ wa, ND
the rest of our loyal friends for
the support you gave out indoor
auction sale.
How about the wet and dry sit
uation?s Do we want it or not? It
we do let's all say so. If the hum
dreds of peace-loving, law-abiding
and clean-thinking people of this
valley would make as much noise
per capita as the few score who
would like to see it run "wide
open" it would be so dry in a week
the oldest camel in the world
couldn't cross it. If we want it
dry let's advertise the fact. If not,
let's keep still and let it run as it
is.
So now I'll tell you what we
ought to do. Let's sstear the Stats
off of the COOP" let's "uncork our
personality" let's unloose our en-
thusiasm, let's jump over the fence
and crack our heels together and
crow long and loud. lets pull a
few tail feathers out of the Amer
lean eagle and make him scream
until the name Of our fair valley
shall be by word in every house
hold the whole world over. We've
got the goods. We are sitting
right on top of the heap and this
is by far the best place in the
world to live. We have everything
any community ought to have only
more good people and nothing bur
our Unborn modesty keeps from
having them.
Let's advertise.
Hoping you are the same, | beg
to remain,
4, Yours truly,
LESLIE j. SMITH.
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Notice to Present cl.,.

10 present Clsims
Notice is hereby given, arr.
persons having claims aga;r slas Z ell
ton county, Washington sas Ben.
ices rendered or materials sr,l ssly-
ed, must file such claims r 1urItsh-
signed and verified, Wal Eitlloperly
County Auditor at Prosse @i'V W. the
lngton, not later than Tuesdavw wash .
cember Both, 1880. ay' De-
Ma CLAIMS presented later than y
cember both (for services yusa De-
ed in l93Ol cannot be pa;J 1i 's
the year 1882. Dated this lstl ulal
Of December, 1880. '' iOm DAY
-. f. o. KEENE. Ara,.
l2;ls-25 Benton County Wa
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18
Express Rates Cut

Cut rates In express rates took
effect December Is, on fruit, veg
etabies and dressed poultry but
ter ,eggs, cheese, fresh and cured
meats. These commodities can be
shipped to either Seattle, Tacoma
or Portland for s1.00 and to Spo-
kane for 80 cents per hundred
pounds, making 81 cent cut.
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Dear Editor:
Your kindness in giving us 50
4 much favorable notice for our
only and original Indoor Donation
Sale led me. ito believe that you
would be interested to learn how
lit all came out.
Also l though you might poss-
IDLY be curious to know just why
we put on a show like that at this
particular time.
| Well sir, the whole thing went
over big. We had a wonderful sale
Ia bully good time, made a bunch
of money and gathered another
sack Of valuable experience.
I would like to tell you just how
much we did make but don't like
| to boast and then you might think
we were q hit mercenary and be-
sides you wouldn't believe there
was that much money in this
country at this time of the year.
And / want to say. right here
that you poor misguided people
who do not avail yourselves Of the
opportunity to come out OCCASION
ally and frolie with the Changers
are over looking one big bet.
First we had about two hours
Of hetic selling, gave away five
dollar blanket as grand prize
and then made q wash boiler of
coffee, cut four big cakes, pried
the lid off of five gallon can of
ice cream and danced about two
hours and all came home happy
strictly sober. Can you beat that
for dark, rainy evening.
Now the real reason for the
sale. First we aim to have at
least one outstanding social event
every month. Second, we always
need little more money than the
regular dues provide and then the
third reason is perhaps the best Of
all and explains the donation part.
The Grange as you perhaps
know is strickly a non-partisan
institution, but we did get intense
ly interested in the big district.
power bill during the last election:
and thought perhaps in our en-
thusiastic campaign for votes we:
might have aroused more or, less.
animosity among the business peo-i
pie Of the community and we took
this means to ascertain.
And believe me we sure found;
out where every one stands IN re-
gard to the Grange. You send out
five or six intelligent, independent
farmers to canvas the town and
ask for small presents to sell at
3
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18
HOVER
Hover Club Members
Make Kitchen Tour

Mrs. w. F. Ashby was hostess
at lunch Friday to members of the
different home improvement clubs
on the kitchen tour Friday. There
were about 80 people on the. tour
and after visiting Mrs. Grover
Montague's and Mrs. w. f. Ash
by,s kitchens, the group went to
East Kennewick, where the homes
of Miss Alma Reese and Mrs. NJ.
Schuster were visited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

IF YOU have something to sell
and are in a big hurry to sell
it, let the classified advertising
department Of the Courier-Re-
porter prove it's ability as speedy
and efficient sales medium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
A Larger City Post Office.

When the spacious and impressive
City Post once was occupied IN 1914
those who had designed the building
and the proud occupants thereof fondly
believed that the floor space provided
would be ample to take care Of all the
increase in the mails for the next half
century. That was only sixteen years
ago, but a great deal can happen In
sixteen years. A World War, for in
stance, has been fought and the ami
versary of It's ending celebrated eleven
times. The map Of the world has
changed and by speaking into micro
phone a man can inspire a million
Americans to sit down Immediately and
write q letter. The revenue from the mails
through the City Post once has In
creased by 100 per cent. The volume Of
mail has more than doubled and 756
more employees are necessary now than
In 1915.
The City Post ONCE needs more space.
Since 1916 the postmasters have been
calling for it, for the demand was felt
two years after the building was COM
pleted. The bill introduced on Friday
for extensions to the Post Once has
been urged for some years. The report
accompanying the bill is an argument
that cannot be answered.
The bill would provide $4,000, 900 for
additions to the City Post ONCE, har-
monizing intellectually with the pres
ent building and providing needed floor
space for its activities. It is interesting
to note that the present building cost
only $3500,000 and that the enlarge
ment planned will therefore be more
expensive than the first cost Of the
structure. While the public buildings
legislation for other cities has provided
post Offices. no legislation has hereto
fore been introduced to remedy the con-
ditions in the Washington Post once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
British Financial Burdens
Seen as Force in Politics

and explains that "the gravity Of the
unemployment problem in Great Brit
ain Is responsible in some degree for
the moderation of the Snowden budget"
Where else could the burden be
placed?" asks the Richmond News
Leader, voicing the view, however, that
ut seems the hardest injustice TO add
approximately 5000, 000,0 900 year to the
taxes Of those who already make the
largest contribution to the support Of
government, while sustaining England's
private charities and cultural activities"
The News Leader concludes that Snow
den was not playing to Clydeside or 10
the East End Of London, but Wae
speaking plain truth when he nd.
I have placed burdens on the shoulders
best able to bear them"
"Three-eighths Of the four.bfIHioA-
dollar budget" records the New YO%
Sun, sis pledged to service Of the ma
tionai debt. a quarter to war and other
pensions and to health and unemploYv
income tax rates are higher re th HueI SsSS
been in effect since 1924. Americans
who remember the income tax of 1918
VIII remember rates running up to s.
per cent Of the net income. The Snow
den rates amount to 2215 cents on the
dollar, but according to the chancellor
Of the exchequer only the minority Of
taxpayers will feel this burden"
The situation Is accepted by the
Lynchburg News as evidence that
Great Britain has not recovered from
the war, is still struggling to pay the
costs" The Asheville Times finds in it
an explanation Of the cry. "Not man
nor q shilling shall we ever waste again
on q continental war" The Hartford
Times comments on the deficit tnher-
tied from the preceding administra-
ton, stating that apparently Mr..
Snowden does not intend to have the
present Labor ministry bear at once
the onus of that inherited shortage"
1.-THE budget is almost a political
document" thinks the Flint Daily
Journal. ION this occasion it attracted
more than ordinary attention because
of the business depression and finan-
cial conditions in England which have
worked hsrdships In some quarters.
The Labor government, under Ramsay
Macdonald, stood a very good chance
Of meeting defeat had the budget dis
pleased Commons"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
Highway Parking Hit
AS Menace to Life

From the Schenectady Gazette.
After several years Of effort the State
has at last secured a law to deal with
persons who for one reason or another
park their cars along highways. Where
these are narrow-and under modern
traffic conditions practically every road
may today be called narrow
parking constitutes distinct menace.
The Goodrich bill, just signed by the
governor, prohibits parking on the
paved portions of State and country
roads, as well as on the improved part
Of town highways. The penalty Is $50.
It Is not merely the night parking
which Is dangerous. OF course, we md
along our roads after dark many cars
with lights out, and there Is more than
a possibility Of running into them, with
damage to the machines and injury 70
human beings.
But even in the daytime the person
who leaves his car on the paved POI
ton Of the road is interfering with
traffic and creating a hazard. It takes
up room needed by moving machines
and forces them into the middle of the
highway or on the other side. increaS-
ing the possibility of collisions.
Save in real emergency, there Is no
legitimate excuse for parking on the
paved portion Of O road. Even II o
tire must be changed, 1t is not difncult
to drive to the side on the dirt pay
or even to 60 on q short distance u
some driveway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
Discipline Would Have
Averted Prison Horror

70 the Editor of The Star: gas
I have read your editorial with re-
spect to the fire at the penitentiary at
Columbus. have few impressions on
my mind: II there had been proper dis
cipline at that prison such fire could
not have happened in broad daylight. If
there had been proper management and
discipline the convicts would have been
let out Of their cells In case Of fire. It's
mighty hard to get away from the above
facts. The warden Is responsible for
the discipline at q prison. He Is re-
sponsible for the proper management.
The governor of a State appoints the
warden and in turn he has RESPONSE
bility. He will defend the warden to the
limit, as his responsibility for his ap-
pointment is at stake.
I served five years In the Moundsvtlle
Penitentiary. At that time every week
we had fire drills, and every convict had
a post in case of fire and several times
fire broke out in the shops and in less
than no time 1t was out.
The oficials at Columbus cannot get
away from the responsibility for this
loss of life, and the public should hold
them fast in this responsibility.
They will twist and turn and figure
and deny and be let of, but 1t will not
affect the thinking man or woman.
E. e. BUDDING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
Farmers Are Advised
To Help Effect Relief

From the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm
Board continues valiantly in his cam
paign to help the farmers help them
selves. He Is tnsistent in his plea to
farmers to reduce their wheat acreage
in order that they may feel the full
benefits of the protective tariff. II the
domestic market Is glutted, it is obvious
that the effect of the barrier against
imports will not be perceptible.
Mr.. Legge makes the exceedingly clear
argument that If the farmer sees the
probability of receiving more for four
bushels of wheat than he is now getting
for five there Is no purpose in raising
the extra bushel The results from over
production obviously will be lower prices
and further exhaustion Of the soil and
expenditure Of labor to no avail.
The idea behind the creation Of the
Federal Farm Board was to encourage
the agricultural industry in the working
out of its own salvation. The danger
of coddling through granting subsidies
to certain industries Is easily recognized.
If the farmers will cooperate 1t seems
that the Farm Board plan should prove
eventually successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
Labor's Future in Britain.

Now that the Macdonald govern
ment has achieved semi-Success at the
London Naval Conference, Labor's polit-
ical future will become a matter of in
creasing interest in Great Britain.
While Mr.. Macdonald was engaged in
the delicate and protracted negotia-
tions which have eventuated In the
five-power treaty, his foes in Parliament
declared truce. Mr.. Baldwin for the
Conservatives and Mr.. Lloyd George Tor
the Liberals pledged that there would
be no attack on the government. They
expressed, and carried out. the lauoanle
purpose Of offering no embarrassment
70 the Macdonald cabinets efforts to
compose. In particular, Anglo-American
naval differences.
The truce is now obviously at an
end, its object achieved. The day OF
reckoning with Labor, from the stand
point of opposition conservatism ana
liberalism, is correspondingly at hand.
Just when either Mr.. Baldwin or Mr..
Lloyd George will conceive the moment
TO be ripe for provoking general cleo
ton is as yet their own secret. Labor
does not shrink from another trial OF
strength. On the contrary 1t contem-
plates it with equanimity, strongly sea-
soned with confidence. When intro
ducing the Labor cabinets budget the
other day, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Snowden boldly envisaged q four-year
tenure of ONCE for the present govern
ment. Many Britishers think that Mr..
Snovden himself is destined, sooner or
later, to displace Mr.. Macdonald as
prime minister. There is no love lost
between them.
In the realm Of foreign affairs Labor
could go to the country today with no
mean record to its credit. Last
Fall Mr.. Snowden accomplished in few
brief weeks at The Hague q greater
stroke for British international prestige
than any ministry at Downing street
since the war. Alongside that feather IN
John Bulls cap now Is pinned the re-
suit of the London Conference, univer-
sally hailed as another triumph Tor
British craftsmanship. It is not fully
srasped abroad that while Britannia
surrenders the trident Of naval suprem-
acy, held by her for 400 years, she has
by the same token guaranteed herself
against the danger of being outbuilt by
a rival UNNECESSARILY more capable than
herself of financing sea power, namely,
this opulent land Of ours.
Many q British election has been won
and lost on foreign issue. The Con-
servatives went out and Labor came IN,
In 1924, on account Of popular objec-
tions to warnke British policy In the
Near East. Labor itself was driven from
ONCE a few monthe later by revelations
in connection with Soviet Russia. In
1929 the Baldwin government was de-
feated largely because Of the country's
snnoldering dissatisfaction with Anglo
American relations in the wake of the
Geneva Naval Conference fiasco Of 1927.
Now that relations with the United
States have been stabilized under Labor
auspices, it may well be in the cards
that Mr.. Macdonald could ask the ma
ton for q vote Of confidence and be
reinstated In power under majority con-
ditions instead Of the ignoble position
Labor now occupies in the House OF
Commons.