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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
A JOKE ON THE TAXPAYERS

TaXatlonll What an ominous sound
that wcrd be beginning to have!
When q state, county or city
takes over an electric light, gas, tele-
phone, street railway or other industry
it automatically loses the taxes form
efly paid by that company This does
not mean that the tax paid by the
private company has been eliminated
1t just means that it has been trans
ferred to all those persons who pay
taxes in the state, the majority of
whom may receive no service from the
tax-eXempt property which they are
taxed to support
This fact is coming more forcibly to
public attention daily 1t is the reason
for a strong movement now under way
to make publicly owned business en-
prises pay the same taxes that are
paid by privately owned industry.
When the state goes into business
it has stepped outside the functions
of government and the excuse Tor tax
exempt state privileges no longer ex-
lists. If the state Or municiual bust
ness is to compete with private
citizens, 1T should not be granted pri-
vileges denied to private citizens. State
or city-owned business enterprises
should stand on their own feet and be
subject to the same regulation and
taxation as private business. 1t is just
as necessary 70 pritect the public from
inefficiencN graft or over-charging by
a publicly -owned business as it is 6
privately-owned business.
Whenever any person or any enter.
prise escapes taxes, all others have tx
pay for the tax-eXempt privileged few
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
MANUFACTURING CRIMINALS

The lawmakers of America have
apparently gone into the business of
manufacturing" criminals
During 1929, 40 states passed 1921
new laws out of total of over $4,000
which were proposed, This is at the
rate OF 46 laws per day, including
Sundays and holidays.
1t is no wonder that practically
every American city has a crime
wave" of some magnitude. AS a nation
we are burdened with the greatest
weight Of laws in world history.--rnany
of them obsolete, conflicting and I'M
erforcible. All of us are lawbreakers
for the simple reason that there is a
law governing almost every human
act.
Patrick Henry once said that one
of the things necessary to the main.
tenance of free government was IS
frequent recurrence to fundamental
principles" During the past quarter.
century we have strayed about as fal
from the fundamental principles es,
tablished by the founders as possible
The spirit of the constitution has beer
violated time and again by fanatics
and reformers
AS result we have more crime thar
any other nation in the world. TIL,
cure is simple: Stop passing laws tina
react against good citizens and ge
after the real criminals. Make justic,
swift and sure. Do away with lega
technicalities. Weed out the vas
amount of waste matter in the statut,
books.
AS long as wholesale law-makin:
continues, crime will flourish
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
A "UTnITY-BUILT COUNTRY

America may be called a utility
built country" says the Manufacturers
News. "Our expansion in territory
and business has always been measrr-
ed by our industrial development. Our
world leadership is by reason of our
industrial genius and unprecedented
progressiveness Utilities have made
the United States great and we have
made the utilities great"
It is a fact that practically all of
our social and industrial progress has
occurred in the brief period since the
beginning of the utility industry.
The first electric street car came into
use in 1888. The telephone was in
vented in 1876 but many years passed
before it was generally employed The
electric industry is of recent origin. 1t
is only in the last few years that gas
has come to the front, to find 21,0O0
uses and 100000 users. Many living
people can remember when the first
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
DID YOU EVER STOP
TO THINK
nv Edison n. Walt,

.
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK So.
That a whole lot of people get the
habit of spending money too freely,
without thought for TOMORROW.
They indulge in too many luxuries
which their incomes will not stand;
they seem to have no thought for the
future. OF course, 1t Is their money
and they have right to spend it, but
they have no right to forget ToMoR-
ROW.
Most of them are gaining much ex-
perience and what they call 10y" but
what about TOMORROW?
If they would slow down, live within
their incomes and save, they would
be happier TOMORROW.
Now is the time for these people to
re-adjust their way Of living and start
to spend their money judiciously. 1t
may be too late TOMORROW.
Money made honestly should be
spent honestly Throwing it away to
crafty every wish and to indulge in
things that they cannot afford only
brings grief TOMORROW.
People, like cities should build for
TOMORROW!
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03

The following little poem was writ
ten by ian exile from Vashon Island
one afternoon as she vas suffering
pangs of inconsistencies, and surely
conveys her love Tor our blessed isle.
La Jolia tThe Jewell
I love dear yashon Island
Gem isle of Puget Sound,
And the folks that have known there
Are the finest to be found.
I love her paths SO winding,
And every flower chat grows,
And how long to be there
Not anybody knows
ITS trees SO green and lofty
Spread their limbs out to the sea.
Little birds therein are nesting,
All so happy and SO free.
Just like the little children
That you meet out on the way,
With a wave and smile so cheerful,
Back and forth to school each day.
I love our snowy Mountain
Reaching far up in the sky.
It's pure and glorious beauty,
Can be seen from low ana nigh.
There in fancy I am wandering,
About my home right near the shore
Where the moon beams come astealing
Gross the "Earbor" to my door.
can almost hear the voices,
OF the young loved so well,
And my heart retains the memories
OF ambitions each would tell.
So my thoughts are ever flowing
To the land of evergreen
And 1 think vashon the fairest,
Of the lands that have seen.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03

"Have you heard of Bees engage
ment?"
mo, who's the plucky man?"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
THOROUGH SPRAYING
NOT OVER EMPHASIZED
Entire Fruit and Foliage Surface Must
BE Covered

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nevar WITH danlares r. prossor oxs
tonsion hor,,e,,t,,r,s, rro,f,c,onov l.,
th,s nhsse NJ orchord ,rnctice has IN
manv caso, ros,,,tad IN nroat IL. ~ ~.
grou,sr . - =
Manv orovers do not rea,,,o Who,
thew arc nct DANG a first class ,on NJ
snrayinu and oho,,t the univ wov n
detarr,,ne tr,,s q tr c,,,nh n tho ton a,
the free AFTER snrav,,,o and 500 whethrr
ea,h fru,t ID corer.d Taer DC ent,ro s,,r.
face With tho snrev ,,on,d Mr. preroo,.
saws The TINS r. tho trees are tbe
most ,,nortant of 81, not onI,, M
cause thew ave- tho hardest 70 rooch
hut also hecause tina cod,ino moth
worn, sems n do most If ,ts work IN
tho ,,nner nort,ons Of tho tree
Thera .re sevara, thing M no .o.en
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
TOO MUCH EQUIPMENT
FAULT OF KITCHENS
Few Well Chosen Utensils In Good
Repair Save Much Time

A close study Of the kitchen equip
ment would likely be q revelation to
many housewife, for she would prob
ably find that she has more utensils
than she actually needs. says Miss
Gladys Gallup. extension economist In
home management. State College OF
Washington. A few good utensils kept
in good repair will save time, as the
extra material is stacked with the rest
and is handled every day
One of the msot important pieces Of
equipment. says Miss Gallup, is the
knife. A knife of good steel. stainless.
sharpened and in its place is one of the
greatest time savers to the busy house
wife, II the knife is manufactured
properly, all the knife blade is cutting
surface, and a knife properly ground
at the atart shoald last years without
sharpening. Care is important also In
the life of knife, for throwing them
into drawer with other knives, or
dropping them, destroys them more
than ordinary use. In most kitchens
the number Of knives is far too many
A butcher knife, bread knife, two par.
Ing knives and a spatula, all disable
might be sufficient.
In choosing pots and pans, it Is
necessary to know some of the
characteristics of materials adapted to
cooking purposes. Aluminium is light
in weight, does not rust, Is very dur
able, conducts heat rapidly, and al
though it requires g large amount OF
heat at first. after the utensil once
becomes hot very little additional heat
is necessary.
Enamelware is smooth, easily clean
ed, attractive in appearance, unaffect-
| ed by acids or alkalies but chips of
when heated to a great heat. On ac-
count of the difference in rate Of ex.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03

railroad track was laid across the
continent.
Practically every business depends
to large extent on electricity, gas, the
telephone and fast transportation Of
persons and products. II we lead the
world in all industrial development 1t
is because our utilities are the most
progressive and efficient. If our
people have the highest living stand
ards and wages, utilities have made
this possible. he United States is in
deed utility built" country"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
Records Show Leaks

Records are valuable in pointing out
the leaks in your farm work, and also
the phases that are making you mon
ey Complete records of your poultry
work will do more than anything else
to prove the value of flock of hens.
With the records before you it is an
easy matter to stop the leaks in the
poultry enterprise.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
ObIong Kitchen Best

An oblong kitchen is considered by
all authorities the most economical
OF steps and effort. The furniture
and equipment can be arranged along
the walls, and the housewife need only
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03

take few steps TO reach across the
room. Nine by twelve or fourteen is
considered the best dimension for
Kitchen. Two walls should have open
ings to insure free circulation OF air
and to carry off the odors and heat.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03
A SONG orHArE-THE FILTHY FLY
prepared under the direction of the
Executive Committee, Public Health
League of Washington.)

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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-04-03

Special motor vehicle taxes pay
the biggest part Of the increase in the
nations highway bill.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15
: DAS III e S
nv
DOT

When a mans convicted of muir
der they either take his life OF
give him life. =
:--1.== .s:.-'s >$ & & & 1919 -
~ Why is a prisOned like noun
in the nOminative case?
Because he is the subject of the
sentence. -. rs - ~
=: Hall of Blame
We nominate Otis X. Oatcake,
whose mother turned his picture
face to the wall because he yelled
'I'H raise you two" when his part
ner made an informatory double.
& & &
What is it that son uses to
brush his teeth, father uses to start
help himself upstairs?
help himself upstors?
A toothbrush, a crank, and a
cane, you silly.
& & &
Illuminated, to blind man with
cup: Take it away, I shay. 1 jush
can't stand any more of it.
q Il IL
Wife-Oh John, stop! Some
thing fell out of the car.
Hubby-That's all right. just
threw out the clutch.
3 e > 8
Don't chute" she implored on
Bonded knees, as he took off on
the water toboggan.
& & &
We've gone this far without
breaking forth in verse. Wonder
if we can keep it up to the end Of
the column?
First taxi driver-I feel just like
a dumb owl.
Second menace to human life
Howzat?
First dittoI don't give a boot!
q & &
Oh gee, we feel it coming -.
and here it is:
To Nocturnal Nuisance
Maledictions on thy head,
Cat who bowls while I'm abed
Modelling in my back yard,
Cat, you make it awfully hard!
When dog-tired, I turn in,
You set up easily din.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15
J THE FARMER

Farm relief has figured so prom
inently in the daily press that most
people who do not have to dig their
living out of the soil have grown
tired of the subject.
A Kiwanian who has worked with
his club in establishing better re-
1ations between the farmer and the
city man can never grow tired of
the worlds unfairness to these
men who are the very back bone
of this continent. go. .... S.
No business man would think of
entering a business in which the
prices he was to receive as a re-
ward for his labor were fixed by
the buyer instead of the seller.
Yet this is exactly the proposition
with which every farmer is faced.
All the farm loans, all the i'm
proved agricultural methods, all
the pig clubs and corn prizes in
the world will not ameliorate the
lot of farmer while the men who
purchase his crops fix the prices
they will pay and he has to accept,
"willy-nilly."
This is no argument in favor of
cooperative marketing, farm trusts
to meet the other trusts or any
thlng OF that sort. 1t is simply a
statement of plain fact. No bust
ness can be successfully conducted
on such terms.
Every kiwanis club which does
something locally to better mar
keting conditions for the surrounds
ing farmers confers boon which
VIII do more to establish relations
between farmer and business and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15
HAPPY DAYS

Breaking through the dense
clouds of gloom last Thursday,
spread by the Spokesman-Revlew
item concerning the Highlands Re-
lief, came the message from Rep
resentative John w. Summers tell
ing of the passage of the appro-
priation. An immediate apd notice
able change in the morale and at
titude of the entire community has
been noticed
After years of working and wait
ing, the reclamation department
has finally got into action and has
given Kennewick half loaf, at
least. Every possible advantage
should be taken of it. ~. .,..r
Residents of the district, now
assured of an adequate water sup
ply, can plan for increased produc-
ton. Half-formed plans can now
be matured and the project pro-
perly developed. Townspeople, re-
assured as to the permanency OF
the Highlands and its resultant
increase in productivity, can now,
with assurance, go ahead with con-
templated enlargements of stocks
and equipment. --... -
But. most important of all, both
to the actual residents and others
interested in the development of
the district, is the work yet to be
done. We must tell the world OF
our changed status. We must tell
to all and sundry, time after time,
that Kennewick, instead of being
mired in the slough of despond, is
once again firmly on the high road
to prosperity and growth. It's up
to all of us, in every capacity, to
miss no opportunity to tell people j
everywhere, that Happy Days
Have Come Again" III
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15

Torn from out the arms of sleep
/ grab a shoe and shivering
creep
To the open window, where
/ see you hooking me down
there!
Straight aim / take, and hurl the
shoe
Curses! Missed again! And you
Scamper off in quick retreat
To a safe spot down the street
Where you squall with fiendlsh
might. T. -
Little rest for me tonight!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15
Speed Of Ostrich

A fall-grown male ostrich stands
some eight feet high. from the
crown of its head to the ground
and weighs about 800 pounds. Its
speed, when running "all out" is
said to attain 26 miles an hour. Al
such times it is generally believed
to derive no small help from its
wings. used as sails.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15

Miss Gladys West is leaving on
Wednesday for her home IN
Ieavenworth. She expects to at
tend the University of Washing
ton this summer. Mr.. and MRS.
George Conley will move into the
house Miss West had. :
Mrs Ellen Dunwoodie left Sat
urdey for her home in Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reatherford are
here from Kellogg, Idaho. They
sold their twenty acres with house
on the hill to Dave Mann. He will
enlarge the house and move into
it. z..- Ia 49, - =...,~-.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton,
Mr.. Dighton, Sr. and Mrs. j. M.
Breithaupt will start on short
tour Thursday. They will visit
first at Mrs. Dighton's home IN
Washougal, then go to Stevens,
and from there to Salem. At Salem
thew will make their plans for a
longer trip. y.
The Juniors decorated the high
school auditorium Thursday and
made it a bower of beauty. The
class flowers were orchid and the
white sweet pea. A splendid pro-
gram was presented.
III. F. Yedica will move into the
house vacated by E. B. Sisson. 1t
is known as the Koelsch house.
d. D. Sawyer of Snoqualmie
was business visitor Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Star
key and baby of Yakima came
down to attend the commencement
exercises.
Miss Thelma Meredith came
home Saturday to pack strawber-
ries. The berries will be at their
best this week as the crop is not
going to be as large as was antic-
ipated.
H. R. Berenleau has bought the
Nicholaus place and moved his
family.
Hugh Waldrett and Miss Velma
Meredith motored to Mabton on
Monday.
Mrs. Ella McMakin returned on
Friday from Butte, Montana where
she has been spending few
weeks with her brother.
Harold Willmsen left Monday
for Yakima, where he goes to
work for the P. P. & L. company.
Orvie Ross is already there.
j. A. Nicholaus and family NOV
ed to Kennewick Monday. In APP
probation of the work they have
done in the church here over SO
gathered Friday evening to do
them honor. After a short pro-
gram in which a number express
ed their sorrow at losing them,
the evening was spent visiting aft.
er which the ladies served re-
freshments.
State Representative Knute Hill
of Prosser gave the Baccalaureate
address. It is pronounced by ali
to he the best one ever given In
Richland.
The freshmen and sophomores
gave themselves a picnic at the
Horn Friday. Judging by the
amount of ice cream consumed
they had a good time eating ice
cream and keeping the seniors
from stealing it.
The 9Th, 7th and 9th grades went
to the Meadows for. an outing on
Friday. They went so late and had
to be back for the busses so they
were most of the time on the road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coyl Of
Portland visited her aunt, Mrs. R.
Boehler Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Unanimously and
children spent the weekend in our
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Worth, Norman
Worth and Mrs. Herman Clint
worth of Connell visited at the
Koehler home last week.
L
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15

professional men with whom they
do business than anything else.
The farmer asks no mans char
ity. He only wants decent returns
on his investment and his labor,
which is certainly not unreason-
able!-Kiwanis Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15

For four consecutive Sundays,
Kennewick's baseball team has
gone out onto the diamond and
brought back a victory. Begins to
remind US old timers of the time
when the big green X on players
uniform really meant that he was
a ball player! =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15

It's about time for the would-5e
June brides to break th.. news to
"the other fellows" ass:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-15
RichIand

Honor Roll-Freshmen; Marga-
ret Dam, Alma Ehrenberg, Fran
cile Fletcher, Jessie Harris, lrnla
Mcguire, Mazda Schuoler.
Sophomore-Martha Richey.
Junior-Marie Hanson, Hazel
Nelson.
Senior-Mozelle Van SICKLE, Eva
Rose, Lydia Ruud. III
Evening star., 1930-06-22
A suggestive fen bed room
suites are quoted below

Attractively designed Bed Room Suite in wal
nut chiefly with especially interesting vanity
dresser and charming chest of drawers; s
pieces ..................... .SZZ5
Mahogany Bed Room Suite of classical lines;
Sheraton type with inlay and graceful taper
ing legs; six pieces with full size bed. 1895
Quaint Early Amsrican-type Bed Room Suite
in maple principally with poster-type bed and
ladder-baek chair; six pieces. ..S275
Evening star., 1930-06-22
JOHNSTON TO DIRECT
CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY
Advertising Man Succeeds Melvin
Sharpe in Community
Chest Post.

Ernest S. Johnston, chairman of the
board of directors of the Washington
Advertising Club, was named chairman
of the Community Chest campaign
publicity committee and Community
Chest publicity council at meeting of
the council at the Y. W. c. A. yester-
day. Johnston, who succeeds c. Melvin
Sharpe publicity chairman for the first
two campaigns OF the Chest, was ap-
pointed by President John Poole. Sharpe
had declined to serve another year.
For the %cond consecutive time, the
District OF Columbia Council, Boy
Scouts of America, was awarded the
STORY of the Month" cup for having
received the best publicity during May.
Linn G. Drake, Scout executive, made
both the presentation and acceptance
speeches.
Reports from the National Conference
on Social Work were made by Elwood
Street, director of the Chest; Lisle Bur-
roughs, assistant director Mrs. Mary
F. C. Leute, secretary Of the Social
Service Exchange; Mrs. Margaret Ford,
executive secretary of the Travellers
Aid Society; Walter s. Ufford, execu-
tive secretary of the Associated Chari-
ties. and Maurice Maser, director of the
Hebrew Home for the Aged.