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Wendell Explains

beings are not perfect; they have not,
in the majority of cases, adjusted
themselves to their environment.
They are restless without knowing
what they are seeking, Miss Nash"
"Oh. let's cut out the formalities,"
she said boldly, toying with her spoon,
land stop calling me Miss Nash. Just
call me Verna and I'll call you Wen
dell" Oh, how she had been wanting
to call him Wendell. Nevertheless,
she flushed slightly at her boldness.
How handsome he looked sitting back
in the dim light!
"Just as you wish, Verna," he
laughed. IT never make it point
to tax, liberties with women, you
know. Everybody does that, and the
women have come to expect it. 1 try
to be an exceptional individual. There
is no distinction in being like every
one else and doing the same things
everybody else does"
You're a queer fellow" she said,
puzzled and slightly wrinkling her
brow. 81 cannot understand you at
ALL"
That's because I am frank and
natural" he replied, whereas most
people spend most of their time pre-
tending they are something different
from what they are"
eff you're so frank" she asked,
"why not tell me why you, a really
big and successful young man, have
not yet married."
That's an easy one to answer: I
just haven't found the young lady
that fits my ideal of a wife. When
I find her perhaps shall get mar
ried, which probably means never"
$50 you don't think any woman Is
good enough for you, eh?"
Don't misunderstood me, Verna,
he said soberly. There are countless
women good enough and too good for
me. That is not the point at all. The
point is, that when marry, my wife
must be a certain type of woman,
and maintain that that type is rare.
Every woman become intimate with
has certain of those qualities that
nv ideal calls for but no one OF them
possesses all. When meet a woman
who has all of them, I'll marry her.
Suppose she refuses your Verna
leased. What them"
"She won't refuse me-" he snapped,
sitting upright, his dark eyes flash
ing. 81 usually get what 1 want IN
this world because I have the courage
and strength to take it. When SUCH
a woman, my dream girl, comes along,
I shall claim her if the whole world
stands in my path to hinder me"
Verna was thrilled by the intensity
and passion of his tone. She had
not believed him capable of such emo
ton. He had seemed so cold, so
suave, so rigidly polite, SO, almost
unhuman that this exhibition came
as a rather pleasant surprise. IL
thrilled her to know that at last she
had penetrated his defenses.
An Open Confession
"How silly of me-" he smiled, re.
taxing. Sometimes I forget myself"
ooh. I think it's so fine that you
should feel that way" she said, glow
ingly. 81 think you are quite an
admir- BILE person, really do" .
Don't get enthusiastic about me,
he warned. 81 have my unfayorapie
sides, too, just like everybody else.
I'm no saint, as you have probably
surmised, nor need you think that
waste my life in the loneliness OF
this apartment without female COM
pany."
81 don't see how you could" she
remarked coquettishly, "as fine a fell
low as you are"
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THE SAME TO YOU!

From the West Virginia Mountaineef
Like the roses need a smeller,
Like the nightshirt need a tail,
Like the old maid needs a fellow,
Like the hammer needs a nail
Like the suspender need a button,
Like the oyster needs stew,
You can see they all need some one
But who the heck needs you2
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SO 1 Selt lOr suui
prescription. w h l | e
I ing the second
box I was unable TO
express my happiness.
1 never had a sick
day. I became the
mother of a fine 8la
un d baby. God
only knew our Joy.
/ hope every woman
longing for mother
hood will take your
medicine. You are
welcome TO use this
letter and picture for
publication. 7 h a n K
you"
Married IL years
and doctors told me
I would never have
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do you really think SOP" he asked,
leaning over until his face almost
touched hers.
eyes," she breathed softly, her eyes
blissfully half closed You're the
finest man I've ever met"
They looked at each other for a
full minute, their eyes eloquent. Yer
mas heart stood still. She wondered
what he would do now, when she had
been so bold. What would he do?
In answer, the doorbell rang. That
broke the spell. And under her breath
Verna cursed for the first time in her
life. Right at momartic climax and
the ooorbell had to ring. She smiled
dryly to herself as Wendell rose and
went to the door.
Jack Sanders, one of Wendelrs
friends bounded in, dragging Theresa
Hickson, a show girl, in with him.
Verna's heart sank for she knew the
evening was practically spoiled.
"Say, Wen," shouted the young
sheik, 'let's go down to Small's to-
night. They've got a swell revue
there now and a blues singer that's
just out of this world. Boy, I'm tell
in you, she won't quit"
Eyes, Wen," added his escort, "let's
make it a foursome. Just enough
here to fill table and polish off a
quart before three GIN. Let's go,
pretty papa"
want to go, Verna?" asked Wen
dell, and she thought she detected a
softness in his voice that she had
never noted before. Could he actually
be falling?
Sure, I'm game" she volunteered.
"All right, then, people" cried
Sanders, lets be moochin'."
They took a taxicab down to the
cabaret and twenty minutes later
were seated around little table, sip
ping cocktails and watching twelve
brownskin chorines go through the
intricacies of off-beat dancing. Verna
was eager for the show to go off and
to dance again with Wendell Dalton
An Old Friend
Suddenly on the far side of the
room she spied a familiar face. Gould
it be he? She peered again through
the haze of smoke while the dancing
walters, their trays aloft, 'tamped
by grinning and keeping perfect time
Yes, it was Donald Baxter! Donald
Baxter, and drunk!
He was looking in their direction
He had recognized her. She sat al.
most frozen with fear. He lurcheo
forward and wended his way through
the forest of tables. There was nc
escape; she would have to see II
through. The blood drained from
her face. She glanced down to HIDE
her confusion and fright.
When she looked up he was stand
ing leering over their table, laughing
drunkenly to himself, swaying un-
steadily from side to side.
"Well, well, WE'LL" he leered sar.
donically. $50 I've caught the ole
coon at last! Smart kid, amt youi
Thought you could get away from olf
Don, didn't you. He'll of way II
treat a true frien' after takin yuf
outta tn sticks. He! He! He! Triet
to get away from old Dom"
Get away from here" shouted
Wendell, jumping up, before L XII
you, you bum"
ITO be Concluded Next Week.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-07-17
ASKS STATE SUPPORT

IN this issue appears an item con-
corning the matter of upkeep
on the Plymouth Umatilla road,
Commissioner Hughes is to be
commended for his aggressive eff
forts to reach some solution in this
matter. Day by day, the county
road crews toll to keep this road
in condition and day by day in ever
increasing numbers, fliver and Sc
an, huge freight trucks, and heavy
passenger stages roar across this
stretch of highway undoing the
work of machine and man. And the
sad part of it is that from 95 to
80 percent of this travel is done
by non-residents of this county.
Surely Mr.. Hughes is not asking
too much in his efforts to get the
state to take over this part of the
highway as part of the state high
way system.
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plomas and doing fancy lettering.
Mrs. Joe Kokal and daughter,
Marjory, came over from South
Gle Elum on last Wednesday eve
ning,s train and visited Mrs. J. l..
Fife until the following Monday.
Mrs. j. L. Fife received letter
from her son, Johnnie last week,
saying that he and a boy friend
from Yakima were in Minneapolis,
but that they We're planning TO
come home in the near future.
William Syfford drove to Yaki-
ma Monday to have his car fixed.
LYMAN Moulster and Robert drove
to Yakima Monday and Lyman ex-
poets to bring home his car which
he had repaired in Yakima. .-
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Stewart and
daughter, lila, arrived Monday to
visit at the homes of E. j. Jones
and Walter Jones. They returned
to their homes in Milton, Ore. on
Thursday. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Fife and
George were in Yakima Wednes-
day on business. They also visited
relatives.
Mrs. Ralph Conkle and daugh-
ter, Dorothy and Miss Margaret
Syfford came over from Seattle
Thursday evening. Mrs. Conkle
drove back to Seattle Friday morn
ing. Miss Dorothy has been at
tending school at st. Mary's of the
Valley at Beaverton, Oregon for
the past year. She will be a jun
Tor next year. Sire expects to spend
a month at the home of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Conkle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Ahrens-
child arrived Friday to visit at the
home of Mrs. G. T. Slavens. The
former is Mrs. Slavens' nephew.
They had been visiting relatives
in Bellingham and left Sunday, for
their home in Monticello, Cal.
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Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Griner, Jean
and Tommie Griner, Mrs. VIM. S.
Webber and Miss Margaret Syf-
ford drove to Seattle Monday. The
Griners win be Joined by Miss Ber-
nice in Seattle and will go to the
Young Beach to visit Mr.. Griner's
brother, Irwin Griner before return
ing to Hanford.
Joe Clark's acknowledgements
old mare died last Friday. Joe
traded a squatter's right in the
Blue mountains for this mares
grandmother thirty-five years ago.
F. J. Niemann's son arrived on
Monday evening, by motorcycle
from Chehalis and will be at the
Phare ranch which his father pur-
chased some time ago. T. E. Bunje
has been living on this tract, but
moved to Joe Clark's place when
Mrs. Clark was injured by fall.
Miss Edith Moffatt is spending
her vacation at Samash Island near
Bellingham. She will continue her
work at business college in Seat
tie in September.
Sunday was the hottest day in
the season, the government Their
mometer registering 108 degrees.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Boie and G..
Wurtz and family were the only
ones from Hanford who attended
the Masonic-Star picnic in Prosser.
The White Bluffs members were
nearly all there.
White Bluffs baseball team play
ed the Hanford team at Hanford
Sunday. The score was 9 to 5 in
favor of the home team.
M. r. Slavens and family left
Wednesday morning to attend the
State Rural Carriers convention,
which is held in Bellingham on
July Is and 10. The children will
remain in Seattle with their aunt,
Miss Elsa Weissmiller, while their
parents attend the convention.
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through more fire hoops and roll
ing more barrels than you ever
heard of, and the audience will ap-
plaud and eat it up.
They will dog it if he takes aft
er 'em. Roosevelt jumped 'em into
the Potomac with their clothes on.
We sure had a great Fourth, es-
pecially after we picked up our
morning papers and found that
Congress had adjourned the night
of the third.
This country has come to feel
the same when Congress is in ses-
sion as we do when the baby gets
hold of hammer. It's just ques-
ton of how much damage he can
do with it before you can take it
away from him. Well, in eighteen
months these babies have left a
record of devastation.
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MORE KIND WORDS

4 NENT our "Kind Words" item
"A in last weeks issue, we feel
inclined this week to take another
shot at one of our local citi-
zens and in as much as he is off
fishing this week and unable to
talk back, here goes. Several years
ago, Cy Smith got up at Kiwanis
meeting one noon, and talked long
and loud on the subject Of organ
lied play for the kiddies and the
advantages of having such play
field in Kennewick. The idea pleas
ed the Kiwanians and Cy was CIV
en- authority to go ahead. That was
three years ago. And during those
three years we have had a play
field, competently supervised, and
a credit to any small city. While
full credit is given to Miss Hud-
nall and Miss Brogunier for their
work in supervision, and to MEM
bers of the Kiwanis club for the
support and help given, the driv-
ing force behind the whole move
ment has been Cy Smith, and to
him credit is due. More power to
him.
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full of stories, and is great little
fellow. Gosh when you think of
what those fellows have done!
That's what you call being a real
Benefactor to mankind.
You know to me the greatest
thing they have done, and that is
the system of charging everyone
in proportion to what they can
pay. Course some, let yell out of
them like a boot owl, and claim
that they paid more than so and
so, but it's the greatest system
ever invented. All doctors should
make enough out Of those who are
well able to pay, to be able to do
all work for the poor free. There
is nothing that keeps poor people
poor as much as paying doctor
bills. It always wipes out their
savings and it's that fear of not
being able to pay is what makes it
ten times worse on them. It ought
to be law, not custom.
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"a
WILLIE
ROGERS

BEVERLY HILLS-Well, all /
know is just what 1 read In the
papers, and what I see as | proWl
hither and thither. You know l
just had a fine week up among our
Nordic Brothers in Minneapolis
know they live and prosper
and get along better than any
other distinct bunch of folks we
have in this Country. They are
about the best farmers we have IN
this country. But the great part
about it is they all get along line
together. Any rivalry is good ma
tured.
Well, sir, was up there one
night and who do you think drop
ned in on me but Doctor Mayo, the
old country doctor of Rochester,
MINI. They say he has put IN a
branch line or Operation" while
YOU wait. Somebody give him a
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ton. The trouble with most of us
is that about all that we do is va
cate. Most of each day is vacated.
We do get in trouble, however,
from worry and stewing and inef-
ficiency. We get in trouble from
mental and physical diseases, most
ly mental diseases. Vacationing is
mostly hoax and delusion. 1t re-
moves no inefficiency, no mental
ills, no bodily ills. The man with
steady nerves, with efficient act
ion, with positive and satisfac-
tory flow of accomplishment, with
a strong and unfettered mind, and
a healthy body, reaps his vaca-
ton in the pleasant and delicious
fruits of his efforts Sunnyside
Times.
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Base Ball Bat Slips;
Injuries Two Women
Mrs. M. r. Slayens

HANFORD Especial to the C-R)
While attending a ball game at
Yakima on July A, Mrs. Eugene
Hicks had the misfortune to have
baseball bat land on her head
near the temple. The bat slipped
from the hand of the batter while
he was batting. Mrs. Vada john
son hit on the arm and nearly col
lapsed. First aid was administered
to both the women and no serious
results followed.
Edward McConnachie drove over
from Seattle last Monday. Mrs.
McC onnachie and little son return
ed with him Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Picatti, who
are now making their home in
Yakima, spent several days at
their Hanford home while the Joe
Picatti were in Yakima. Joe and
Joey came back to Hanford but
the rest of the family remained in
Yakima.
Herbert Crimson, who was injur-
ed in an auto wreck at AzweH on
July A, was able to come home on
Sunday. He is much improved, but
will have to remain quiet all sum-
mer. Albert Crimson, who brought
him home, left that evening to re-
sumo his work in Ellensburg. Alex
Murray was able to return to his
home in Azwell last Tuesday, but
his face is still quite swollen. He
lost great amount of blood, but
is getting stronger.
Dorothy Ford, the 15-year-old
niece of Mrs. Heard, suffered a
hemorrhage of the nose Thursday
and was taken to Kennewick and
from there went to her home in
Portland. Mrs. Heard said she was
weak when she arrived in Hanford.
Mrs. Spady, who has been living
in Portland, but who has been here
for the past few months, had an
attack of nose bleed Saturday, but
finally got relief by putting paper
on her teeth. This July weather
is hard on the visitors from the
coast.
The Improvement Club met on
Thursday at the home of Mrs. VIM.
S. Weber. Ahere were about 16
present. Refreshments were serv-
ed by Mrs. VIM. S. Webber and
Mrs. VIM. S. Weber, Jr.
d. c. Mock and family of Enter
prise, Ore. visited at the S. F. MUIR
ray home from Saturday until Sum
day. On their way home they stop
ped at Richland and visited at the
George McClendon home.
Last week Albert Hoisington
and family moved out to what is
known as the Metcalf place, but
which has been occupied until re-
Gently by Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Peter
son.
Norman Van Ordstrand arrived
on Tuesdays stage to visit his
brother Cy Van Ordstrand. Van
Ordstrand is head of the penman-
ship department in business col
lege in Pittsburgh, and part of the
Tine ne is engaged in signing di-
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lIlSLSdu VI
Now, he is q
man t h a t j s
quick to learn
anything n e w,
and the minute
he fin d s o u t
they are cow
ardly, why he
will grab that
sharp pole and
pistol, and he
will have Con-
gressional lions,
and Senatorial
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WHY NOT?

WHY NOT? RI. 4.
THE idea is not original but is a
good one and we pass it on.
Why not have a good gravel drive
way along the south side of the
city park wide enough to serve as
a parking space for the cars of the
many small picnic groups making
daily use of the park. On the
Fourth of July it was noted that
several cars became stuck in the
soft blow adjacent to the park. A
good road and parking space would
do away with this trouble. Why
not?
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knife, and he
and a brother of
his will have
your frame into
kindling wood
before you know
it. He has been
over in Italy,
and it was re-
ported that he
was going to
slice into Mus
solini and cut
but his French
oonn1ay He is
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-07-17
ARE WE VACATION MAD

WITH Lne subject OF vacations
w uppermost in the minds of
most Of us the following pertinent
comment clipped from an exchange
is offered for consideration.
This paper has always contend
ed people should take vacations
every year-though the editor him
self never takes one. Now that we
have had one, we are inclined to
think that our practice was better
than our theory. One man sticks to
his job because he cannot spare
the time or money to get away.
Another one gets all worn out, in
his own mind, and has to have q
vacation. There is not one person
in million that is hurt from over
work or from not taking a vaca-
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/ had a fine visit in Des Moines
with ding, the great political
cartoonist. He knows, and he says
the country is not goinng into the
hands of receivers.
We decided that Coolidge gong
to work shows that the unemploy-
ment situation is picking up.
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Flew over the Rockies recently
with the air mail. Passed over
Reno at 8 am. They were sleep
ing off one marriage and dreaming
of another. Lots of 'em just keep
the same houses from year to year.
And they arrive the same time
every year, unless some new hus-
band becomes stingy, particularly
early. Then they drop in sooner
that year.
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S Mr.. Coolidge's sermonettes are
running more to the spiritual than
the political. He has layed off the
tariff and Uncle Joe Grumpy, IN
favor of faith, and passed UP the
disarmament treaty and Hiram, IN
favor of divine guidance and ne
sets more store by eternal Things
than he does the United States
senate. He wants us to get back TO
the old early New England tradl-
ton, where if you wasn't praying,
YOU was burning somebody tnat
was.
So it looks like am left single.
handed to cope with Borah, Smoot
and all material and temporal mat
tiers.
Mr.. Hoover has done lots Oh
things, but he never trained cir
Gus animals before.
Up to now, the animals have mao
him hemmed up doing the Tricks
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In the Rear to Stay

Be on time In life In both small
and large things Keep up to date
Don't limp into line after everybody
else has arrfved.--American Maya
zine.
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Be Sure You're Right

A ne-hundred- Chicago
woman says laughter will keep a
person from growing old. It prob
ably will, provided you don't laugh
at the wrong persons.-Louisville
Times.
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Services at the local !,
be held Sunday evening. VI
8 o'clock. guy ag
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Fish Have r..

Fish Have Ear.
-,, When disposed to spesk !, .
silly brother as a poor fIsb !, q "
Der that a German scIon,L,een a
demonstrated that fish ces b
Boston Transcript ~" neal.>
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cannot be told without
reference to the accom-
plisilment of CONOCO
Germ-P rocessed Motor
Oil at indianapolis. For it
was in that 500-mile
classic thar the stamina of
this new oil was Impressed
on the racing fraternity.
After observers had seen
the oil at the close of the
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Frank Farmer, in a Miller Ste-
ciaf, "pIaced" third 4vitb an
average speed of 1922 miles
per bour. "Sborty'' Canflon, in
q Milier-Scbofeld Special, 1oas
fourth 1Vitb 1915 miles Der
boHr. "SPeed" Gardner 1Vas !
fifth in a Miller Front Drive
Special. All three used CON-
OCO Germ Processed Motor
Oil in this convincing demon-
sfration of the qualities of this
regular "stock" motor oil. Ait
Altoona, as at Indianapolis,
ibis 1Uas the first time that a
stock oil bad *iaced so bigb in
the finish Of the race.
The story of the Altoona race
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they had observed its full ~,
body and good color as it IN
came from Dave Evans N
motor. the word went out N
that CONOCO Germ
Processed Motor Oil had displayed
the qualities necessary to solve the
fabrication problems of racing
motors. CONOCO had earned
the respect Of this most skeptical
group-and earned it fairly.
In view of the indianapolis re-
suits, it was only natural for a
majority of the drivers at Altoona
to choose CONOCO Germ
Processed Motor Oil for Americas
fastest competitive race.
Al &C fbaca care uhizzed