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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11
Plan 40 New
Tax Measures
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a. Creation of central budget
authority, probably county boards
which would be under the regular
! State Tax commission or a new
Estate Budget commission, /" K
keep down local expenditures. This
safeguard is to be the pivotal fea-
| ture of the tax reform program
Tt is to assure taxpayers that prop
erty taxes will not be gradually
/. re-increased. This central author
| ity would have. the last say on
proposals for bond issues, new
functions and other plans for in
creasingj local budgets county,
municipal and district.
1t now looms as certainty that
the 1881 legislature, which will
convene in January, will enact a
far-reaching measure to reform
the financial structure of the state
common school system. Moreover,
it is fairly safe to predict that thu
reorganization generally will be
in conformity with. the recommen-
dations of DR.. N. d. Showalter,
state superintendent Of public in
struction, who, after having fail
ed to put the "Showalter bill" thru
the 1929 legislature, set out to re-
shape his plan and seemingly sue
ceeded in working out a program
to the satisfaction of the conflict
ing interests.
DIR. Showalter had his longest
forward step in Olympia last week
when the State Advisory commits
sion, after two days of executive
conferences, tentatively decided to
adopt and support the reformed
Showalter bill. Likewise, the
Grange and many other interested
groups indicated willingness to
support the new program. This.
Is, when the Advisory Tax COM
mission will not have a commission
school bill, but, in its report to
Governor Hartley and the legisla-
ture, will express approval and
support of the Showalter program.
In other words, when it comes to
school finances, Dr.. Showalter is
to have the right-of-way in the
1881 legislature.
While full particulars of the new
school reform bill will not be
available until after September
IS, when the Advisory Tav COM
mission is to formerly approved
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

A. C. Bullock, Council Bluffs,
Ia, arrived last Friday. He will
spend a short time here looking
after his apples. Joe Millard has
charge of his orchard.
Miss Stella Murray will leave on
Sunday for Pullman to attend the
w. S. c.. for her second year.
The first quarterly conference
of the M. E. church will be held on
Monday evening. Rev. A. A. Calen-
dar, district superintendent, can
not be present and Rev. Edgar
Purdy will hold the conference.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

The orchestra has practiced very
faithfully during the summer even
though they had no leader. Miss
Evelyn Yedica plays the piano. On
Monday evening they had a spec
ial meeting as they are to play at
the teachers reception Friday eve
ming.
Mr.. o. K. Pike and his wife are
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Pike.
Mrs. Caroline Hanson has NOV
ed to town with her family during
the apple packing season. They live
in the house formerly occupied by
the telephone company.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tuttle en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday S.
p. Carmichael and wife.
Miss Lucille Faulkner spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Farnan of Benton City.
Miss Cora Kelso visited with
Miss Lillian Wall the last of the
week.
Mrs. v. G. Pahlman returned to
her home at Mt. Vernon. After a
visit with her mother, Mrs. J.. B..
Clements.
Rev. E. M. Filbert, wife and his
little daughter, took dinner Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rouse.
James Grierson has on display
at John Dams store a basket of
fruit from his ranch. The banana
must have slipped in by mistake.
Since Mr.. Timmerman's death,
the ferry, which he ran for so many
years has changed hands again
and again. The latest owner is G.
L. Magneson of Portland. A hearty
welcome is extended to Mr.. and
Mrs. Megneson and daughter.
The watermelon sociaa given 1t
the home of William Pike created
plenty of fun for those present.
The verses telling how the melons
were obtained were original, some
humorous, others serious.
Sunday is Rally Day. Every
member ofsthe Sabbath school is
urged to be present. 1t is also
promotion day and many of the
children viii receive diplomas. The
collection goes to world service.
Floyd Yawles, wife and two
children of Kennewick were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Curtiss Tues
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Muncie
had as their guests on Sunday, ).
C. Johnston, wife and daughter,
and Mr.. and Mrs Earl Sutton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

more of the state money to the
help of the several hundred So
called "poor districts"
So, working under these three
central principles, DR.. Showalter IS
outlining a mass of new details
that promise to revolutionize and
revitalize the school system from
top to bottom.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

A peasant woman of near Paris,
France, recently suffered violent
stomach pains. An x-ray photo
graph showed the form of a
snake, 20 inches long, in the wo-
mans stomach. 1t is thought that
the woman swallowed the reptile
when it was small while drinking
water from a spring.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

the revised measure, this report
Ter is in position to define the major
or guiding principles:
First, it is to be a "50-25-25'
plan, which means veerlng to.
ward state control, but does not
eliminate sslocaI control" which
has been the stumbling block in
the path of all recent attempts at
school reform. This is understood
more easily when it is realized
that, as a general rule, control is
commensurated with financial con-
tribution. So, under the prevailing
system, local districts have the
largest voice because the S26,OOO,-
900 raised annually for current op-
erations of the schools is contrib
uted as follows: approximately
state. 1000, 600; counties, $780,
900; local districts, $4,000, 900.
But. under the "50-25-25" plan,
the ratios would be: state, $751;
OOO, 900, counties, 100000; local
districts, S6,5OO,000.
1t was on this feature that the
commission and DIR. Showalter
were divided for several months.
The commission wanted a "5O-50'
plan. or a state-county system,
which would have eliminated tax
levying by local districts. But DR..
Showalter, while expressing pref
erence for central control, contend
ed that the taxpayers, particular
ly those of the rural districts,
would refuse to surrender local
control. His point was upheld by
the Grange. Finally, the commits
sion, not wishing to defy popular
sentiment, yielded to accept the
.s5O-25-25' plan, thereby making
certain that the new reorganiza-
ton scheme would provide for the
retention of a measure of local
control.
But DR.. Showalter and other
forces tentatively yielded to the
Advisory Tax commission on one
major point, or new provision. The
new program is to provide for a
estate veto" in the case of protest
ed or extravagant local budgets.
This means that central state
agency, probably a Estate Budget
Commission" will authorized to
pass on the necessity and desirable
ity of increases for operations,
supplementary levies and propas-
ais for bond issues. 1t would be
court of appeal, where group of
taxpayers of any district could de-
nand reductions in budgets or pro-
test against increases The main
of the central authority
would be to keep districts from
local levies in lieu of
taxes shifted to the state under
he a5O-25-25" ratio.
Equalization, the objective of
he long fight for school reform,
u0ul be achieved thru the distribu-
Jon of the $13,OO0,O0O contribu-
ed by the state. In other words,
since the state. would contribute
more, the state naturally would
lave. more say as to where the |
money should go. UnderFthis pro-
yision, the Showalter bill would
larry new basis of apportion-
neflt DESIGNED to shift a little |
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

At Whitakers, N. c., while Mary
Morris, years old, was peeling an
onion with her teeth, the skin on
the vegetable suddenly tore loose
and the child's head was jerked
backward, breaking her neck which
caused her death.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

A pipe line to carry natural gas
from Amarillo, Texas, to Chicago
and other mid west cities, will soon
be laid down. The capacity of the
line will be 1000, 100000 cubic feet
daily.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Mrs. Meade Williams of near
Gettysburg, Pa, shot and killed a
blacksnake, 5 feet long, which had
coiled itseuf about the legs Of her
3-year old son.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Elizabeth Jerns, So, of Washing
ton, d. c., was so poor that she
took to tending a furnace at $40
month. The woman died recently
and stocks and bonds amounting to
$4,000 Were found in her trunk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

For kindness shown George B.
Sullivan, a Civil War veteran, dur
ing his last illness in soldiers
home at Leavenworth, Kansas, Ed
ward A. Lewis, an attendant, re-
ceived $4,000 from Sullivan's es-
tate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

An out-Of-tOwn 5s,.
won the ironing 81.
we gave away Al - y
booth at the fair.
aia Black was the NJ
one. The medicine y
met was won by N
J. Fred Halliday, \.
lives at Paterson.
shows the fair em1
tains other than uu.
local people.
$50
A little taste Of FEM
ing and remodel
would probably
your home IN 4
shape for the rirOr
winter.
The ''mopped-inn
being put on The EN-
house is one Of the
oneer roofing prodD
1t will make ia
good temporary
We have other pr,
Of this excellent n
ing suitable for eu
type Of building.
$50
The boy stood on
burning deck. The
was coming from K
coal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

A farmer of Van Buren,, Mo-,
traded gallon of whisky to a
neighbor for horse. The farmer
was arrested by prohibition Off
GERS, but the county judge ruled
that the transaction was within the
law.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

When Walter Carson persisted
in blowing his automobile horn in
front of a house in Dover, Ohio,
he was arrested and fined $25 for
disorderly conduct.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

A swarm of bees alighted on the
head of Robert Bixler, 10 years
old, of Shamokin, Pa, where they
rested for five minutes. The boy
stood perfectly still and when the
bees departed he was found un-
hurt.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Flying 10000 feet sbov.
Lake, Oregon, Capt. A " i Ct's
OF the U. S. Army Corn ~ steve
away. CIV ME
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Jean Jean Rogers, II year. d q
child before Ssi i / ss.s q catching 1
ment when it fell fro" u 'ne p.
at Utica, N. Y. a wind
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11
HIGHLAND
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Visitor Finds Many
Varieties of Fruit Here

Robert Wooden went to his home
at st. John Friday evening He
lives in a wheat country and very
little fruit is raised there. Mr..
Wooden had his car full of fruit
and vegetables. He found he had
18 varieties, most of them from
different ranches.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Our idea of agony is aC oal
Mexican jumping beanlo
with inflamatory rheu- A merican .-
matism. L ife
-. To keep your homt
warm burn COAL
Question: Is chicken The fuel econom
two weeks old x old icaL
enough to eat? So.
(See answer at bottom)
Ole and Jens were nov.
ices at the fishing
r w - -, L.. game, but had remark.
Der from Tum-A-Lum - -
when he built fine, 49, ap s;s Si s:ull.
- 'iieO % hole. Las mark das
- place ant comb back
$50 tomorrow" suggested
ole, as he pulled up
a New fork pollceman the anchor.
stopped hold-up man -, !,
-. 81. shore Ole asked, ''Did
,,-oJ - - you mark das place
i''' ''e'N' ware We caught dose
-. fish,"
~, ,,r,,n - - ':Ya bet" answered
" a., As"Aii' JAMS, SAY poot cross
mark on da side dat
boat"
Ole snorted, 'Val,
weeks oiu iSn Oiu enul Lunkhead, hay va know
to eat, how can 1t veil get das same boat
live? tomorrow"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

FOR SALE-6-weeks old pigs. j.
Williams, Hover. !.
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FOR SALE Tompson Seedless
and Black Hamburg grapes, Sc
per Id. Half mile west of Combelic
peach orchard. j. Kleinknecht, tele-
phone 2741. 28p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

WANTED Chickens, large breed
preferred, either Bluffs or White
Wyandottes. w. j. Preston, R. F.
D. No. 1, Kennewiok. 25p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11
whats the
News?"

WHEN COLUMBUS and his returned from the New
World question shore was Whats
8 the news?"
ago folks asked it the rider the soldier returned from the
had been the settlements the
4 neighbor back from the general store
Today, find the in Through the
newspapers community quickly
public knowledge And remember takes kinds
to make modern paper complete.
The first tells of happenings and farOf fires sports
elections accidents marriages. Deaths men, great
buy things being sold to friends and neighbOr This
advertising.
It's just important to advertising
this paper doing the world Of
events.
Advertising is essential news service
1t is distinctly to your advantage
to be guided byit
Kennewick Courier Reporter
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Well, if a chicken two
weeks old isn't old enuf
to eat, how can it
live?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Question: Is a chicken
two weeks old - ole
enough to eat?
(See answer at bottom)
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Our idea of agony is z
Mexican jumping bear
with inflamatory rheu,
matism.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

wANTED-wet Rain
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

A New York policeman
stopped a hold-up man
by butting him in the
stomach. One cop who
used his head.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

J. w. Root used lum-
Der from Tum-A-Lum
when he built a fine,
new machine shed on
his farm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-09-11

Thursday, September IL, 1880. N
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-26
CONNECTIONS OF THE
KONDRATIEV SABOTAGERS

economy is special form of money commodity
economy distorted by an incorrect economic
policy, and only in this matter it differs from
the ordinary capitalist commodity form of eco
nomy which has many great advantages over
the present Soviet system in the matter of
rapidly developing productive forces"
Hence they drew the conclusion that there is
an insoluble contradiction between the present
system of Soviet economy and its monopoly of
foreign trade and regulation of the internal
market, on the one hand, and the UNCHANGED
and Interchangeable laws of money commodities"
which regulate the economic life of industrially
developed states, on the other hand.
This program and similar tactical lines we're
laid by the w. P. P. at the basis of all their
Scientific" work. reports, social economic and
financial summaries, which were prepared by
the c. c. of the w. P. P. for the Soviet organs
when the latter were preparing extremely i'm
portant measures in the sphere of industry, agri-
cultural policy etc. In order to back up these
summaries and propositions, they prepared false
data on the state of the national economy
Direct Damage
At the same time they carried on work for
directly damaging socialist construction and for
supporting private capitalist and kulak eco
Monies. For instance, when carrying out the
measures ordered by the Soviet Government for
combating drought, directives were given
through the apparatus of the Land Department
which assured the. greatest help being given to
kulak farms through the medium of government
credit and the poor and weak peasant farms
were deprived of assistance.
When organizing credit for agriculture. in
practice the principle was applied of giving
credit in proportion to assets which is in reality
meant that the kulaks received credit and the
poor peasants received nothing These distor-
tons of the class line were disguised under the
cloak Of the necessity of increasing the produc-
tiveness of the country, etc.
Besides this, the professor members of the
w. P. P. taught the students in the higher
scientific investigation institutions especially in
the Agricultural Academies, their concrete pro-
gram. and they recruited active participators in
the W. P. P from among the students at the
same time making special effort to disinte-
CRATE the ranks of the nuclei of the Communist
Party Of the Soviet Union in the universities
BY references to Marx and Engels, they tried
to prove" the incorrectness of the line of the
G. P. S. U. for the collectivzation of agriculture
and on the contrary, they defended the views of
the right opportunsts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-26
RayOn Workers Prepare for
Struggle
BY TOM JOHNSON.

THE rapid growth in strength and influence
of the Communist Party in and around Elz-
abethton, Tenn, where five strikes have taken
place in the last three years has thrown the
owners of the Bemberg and Glantzoff rayon
mills into veritable panic. Faced with sit
uation rapidly developing toward strike action,
the mills have sent out hurry-call for help to
that savior of American capitalism, Ham Fish
Unable to come himself, Fish has delegated
several members of his committee now in the
South to come to Elizabethton, together with
Paul Aymon, head of the Tennessee State Fed
Grafton of Labor to Investigate" Communist
activities in Happy Valley.
Aymon, by testifying in Chattanooga first and
now in Elizabethton aiding the committee in its
attack on the rayon workers stands completely
exposed as one Of the worst scoundrels in the
whole A. F. of L. leadership. He has posed for
years as a progressive and honest labor leader"
More recently he has inclined toward the Music
gang of socialists, particularly those in the
United Textile Workers. This gang needs no
exposure to the workers of Ezabethton who
have had strike after strike throttled and sold
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-26
Society Notes

In the theatrical paper called Variety" where
all the chorus girls are supposed to get their
mental pabulum (Which is highbrow for food)
we ran across the following under society notes
from Miami, Florida:
Mrs. Jimmy Walker has leased the Flesh
man estate for the season. Her yacht will
arrive in January"
We are quite sure that the 100000 unemployed,
especially those who have been given wormy
potato to last a family of four for one week, as
well as all the boys who are trying to sell each
other apples, will be happy to note that Jimmy
Walker is giving up all his luxuries for the poor.
And then, of course, the notice in Variety
gives all the chorus girls advance information
that Mrs. Walker will be in Miami in January.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-26

the present strike. They are continuously
spreading rumors amongst the strikers and gen.
eral public that there are anywhere from three
to five thousand out on strike. To the workers
in this city it is a well known fact that the
strikers do not number any more than 400 at
present Many of them have returned to work
completely disguised with the fake tactics used
by the corrupt A. F. of L. officials Picketing
has been abandoned at most of the mills Spas
modc unorganized picketing is being carried in
front of the Berkshire and two small mills In
Reading proper police have been stationed in
front OF the mills but there are no pckets within
sight. It is these methods which have practi-
caly caused the entire bottom of the strike to
fall out and has resulted in many of the workers
returning to the mills in disgust.
Postponed Parade.
The F. r. H. officials advertised a parade for
Saturday afternoon but suddenly changed their
minds and decided to hold the parade on Mon
day evening with a general public rally in1rne-
diately after the parade. Workers of this city
are wondering whether the parade will ever ma
teralize and exactly how many strikers" will be
in the line of march
Try To Sell Out.
The mediators have left the city for week
end vacation" They are expected back in the
city by Monday. The F. F. H. officials are
still making attempts to officially sell out the
strike" through fake arbitration methods.
However, the mill owners are fully aware of the
fact that they have the situation well in hand
and do not seem anxious to negotiate. 1t is
quite evident from present indications that this
strike will be another repetition of Nazareth.
Here the u F. F. H. officials carried on a strike
which was lost due to their fake tactics. The
strike was never officially called and they are
still trying to flirt with politicians, carry on
legal battles in the capitalist courts, and use
every other method to pretend that there is
somewhat of strike existing.
N. T. w. Comes Forward.
The National Textile Workers Union has
opened up official headquarters in this city To-
Gated at 221 N. 10th st. The N. T. w. u will
carry on systematic organizational campaign
amongst the textile workers of this city and vi
cinity. number of leaflets have been issued
to the strikers explaining to them the role of
their officials and calling upon to watch all
their moves. Members of the N T. w. U. have
been assisting in the picketing and carrying on
general other work in aiding the workers on
strike. The N. T. W. U. has especially appealed
to the workers not to lose their morale because
of the fake tactics used by the A. F. L. politi-
clans. No matter what the outcome of the
strike may be the N. T. w. U. will take every
measure possible to organize the workers into a
real militant fighting union that will eventually
sweep the slave conditions from the mills