The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01

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Letters from the People
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Kennewick on the Columbia,
April q, 1880
Dear Editor: - ...g.s3,,.
Well, here we are, and as Inc
negro said when he was shlpwr'eecck-
ed. "Just where are we r., a. -
Did you ever see such year as
this 1880 that Father Time mas
brot us :? / am free to confess l
never did, and / guess I've seen
| hundred or more different kinds.
In the first place, we had the
shortest and most intensive winter
the valley has ever known. Then
the faithful old ground hog, VINO
has been truthfully portraying the
weather since time began deceived
us and brought spring the very
| day he came out of his hole to
| bask in his shadow. As if this was
not enough to slightly turn the
heads of some of our best citizens,
they Immediately began to tear IN
to faithful, time-tried "co-ops"
which have done so much to bring
prosperity to our fair valley. And
like small boy playing with his
fathers watch, they had too many
pieces left over to put back into
the two but not near enough to
make three. The consequence is a
new crop of Independent buyers
and the rest of us are just where
we were.
Then came the tax collector and
before we could get the piano
moved back from the cellar and the
radio re-installed, the chickens out
of the barn, the COW off the road
and the farm implements back
from the neighbors, along comes
the census enumeration and asked
us. how come and why?"
Il don't think the government
ought to send tax man from
whom we must hide much and a
census man to whom we must re-
veal everything the same spring. 1t
is a great strain upon the imagi-
nation and has a tendency to make
children lose confidence in their
parents.
I see by your valuable paper that
some prominent society woman adj
vises the farmers not to sell sec
tond class or disqualified aspara-
gus. Some must want that kind of
stuff or else the price would not
remain so high. It is only about
two cents below first grade and
the way we have to sort it means
that a lot of good grass goes into
No. 2, which, if wasted, would work
a hardship, not only upon the
grower, but upon the shipper and
the consuming public. If the far
mer must cut down expenses land
it is conceded by all that he should)
why not each one cut off one leg.
It would cut his shoe bills in half
and also have great tendency to
keep him home nights.
But to get back to the census
taker. There is one guy that we can
talk freely with because he is
pledged not to use it against you.
If every one put in as glowing re-
port as / did, this wonderful val
ley is due for great influx of set
tiers, tourists and capital as soon
as the reports are made public.
One question he asked me has
been puzzling all my neighbors so
long / thought perhaps you also
might be curious to know, so / will
tell you. He wanted to know how
came to this country, and also
how came to come. The latter; /
can not tell without duplicating
others, but how I came is quite a
story.
I When I was a kid back in the
Mississippi valley my dad sent me
out one morning to boil some salt
down at the salt spring. took my
lunch, small Ratchet to cut some
kindling with and walked about a
mile down to the salt spring where
found bucket, large iron ket-
| tie and such other articles as were
| needed for this particular job. i
Immediately filled the huge kettle
with water from. the salt spring,
built fire around it and sat down
to wait for the water to boil away.
Boy, believe me, it was hot! Not
a breath of air stirring, not bit
of excitement and not a thing to
do but wait. Of course, as was
only kid, I began to get sleepy,
but the darned mosquitoes would
; mt give me a minutes rest. Talk