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The Washington times., 1930-02-19
FOG BLAMED FOR WRECK

CHICAGO, Feb. 10. GN.SO-
Fog was blamed for the train
crash this morning on the Chi
cago and Alton railroad, when
200 passengers were severely
shaken,
The Washington times., 1930-02-19

NO. 61-ALBEE PHOTO COMPANY.
EXPERIENCED SECOND-STORY WORKERS made
the 600 block of Seventh St. n w. their special camping
ground early today rObbng three stores and baterng
the ceiling of fourth but failing to enter the building.
In the picture the extreme left Jack Solomon and Al
BIumberg are viewing the ceiling entrance hole which
the thieves made after they had reached the place. via
the fire escape The store entered from the roof by
lifting the trap and forcing hole through the ceiling.
Ladder placed under the trap to enable quick
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Waltonians Lie
At VenisOn Feast

Over so were present at the first
annual booster banquet of the
Izaak Walton League Tuesday
night. Out-of-town guests were
Nick Palmer, county game warden
of Prosser, and Mr.. Haylett and
Roberts of Pasco. Liars licenses
were issued to all present and
some made good use of them in
true fisherman style, while others
were more conservative. Cold
storage venison was the piece de
resistance.
The prospects for creating a
game preserve in this end Of the
county were discussed This is in
line with the policy of the league
everywhere, which is backing a
program of educational, legislative
and personal efforts at conserva-
ton of game and game habitats
throughout the United States.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
PaScO States Air
Jubilee May 15-17

Air RANGES, bombing, parachute
jumping and breath-taking stunts
will be on the program when Pas
co puts on its air jubilee at the
airport May Is, Is and IL.
r. F. Young, chairman of the
field committee, outlined plans for
the jubilee at the Pasco Chamber
of Commerce luncheon last week.
Prizes totaling over $500 will be
given, he declared. The races will
be run in relays of three each, and
the course so mapped out that
spectators will be able to tell who
won. The winners of each heat
will then contest for the prize. Ar
my planes from Spokane will drop
bombs on a building in sight of
the airport. The approval of the
National Aeronautical association
at Washington, ID. c., is being
sought for the program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
BRIDGE CONTRACT
AWARDED MAY 13
Specifications Call for Span of
676 Feet Across the Yakima
at PrOsser

On May Is construction con-
tracts for the new span over the
Yakima river at Prosser will be
awarded, and work will begin on
the first of June. Two seasons will
be necessary to complete the
bridge, it is estimated. The struc-
ture will replace the old Sixth st.
bridge, which has been condemned.
Blue prints for the bridge ar
rived last week end and the resi-
dent engineer is expected to be in
Prosser Saturday for preliminary
inspection and arrangements.
The new bridge will measure
GIG feet. The road bed will be "a
feet wide, thanked on each side
by a four-foot walk. Five arches,
six girder spans and a bow of
three feet are provided in the spec
ifications. As a safety measure,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
OPERETTA PLEASES
School Gives Creditable Perform
ance; Wooden, Spiegel Lead

In a setting of rah-rah campus
life, "The Pennant," high school
operetta, was presented at the Lib
erty theatre Tuesday evening to
a crowded house.. e ss.as.. o.. -
) Leads were taken by Jane Wood
en-, who played the part of a gay
coed from a rival school, and Ed
ward Spiegle, gallant "Captain
jack" of the winning football
team. Harold Nelson as the bored
English nobleman, Wilson Preston
as the Jewish 'beezness" man,
Dan Carter as Nerdant Green and
Bruce Williams as the self-made
paper collar magnate, carried off
other masculine honors. Jeanetta
Peter made a charming widow and
Edith Stradford was the naughty
social climber.
Clad in bright pajamas, the CO.
ed chorus put on a clever little
dance. Both boys and girls cho-
ruses were good. The climax of
"The Pennant" came when tn e
heroine expertly climbed down a
ladder from second story window
into the waiting hero's arms and
eloped with him in the face of her
mothers ambitions for titled
son-in-law-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
FROST DANGER
LESSONS WITH
PASSING Time
No Cause for Worry if Nor
NAL Temperature Prevails;
Cherry Outlook Indicates
Large Crop

Farther up the valley, frost haz-
ards will threaten fruit until after
the first week in May is over, says
E. II. Jones, meteorological in
charge of the federal weather bur-
eau station in Yakima, after study
ing the weather records of the val
ley for the past 20 years. In the
lower valley, however, it is felt
that the frost danger is fairly
well past, though local observer
Albert Cook last night recalled a
frost in 1926 late in May that kill
ed potatoes. Mr.. Cook stated Mon
day that there would be no frost
in the next three days, at least,
and further than that it was inn
possible to tell.
In five years out Of 20, a tenn
perature of % degrees has been
recorded between May ] and 6.
While the temperatures at Yakima
do not correspond exactly with
those found at this end of the val
ley, they serve as an indication of
what to expect. ''
Now that the Strawberries have
begun to arrive on the local mar
kets, the next crop to be harvest
ed will be the sweet cherries. Fol-
lowing the discovery of the more.
or less serious damage to the cher
ry crop in certain localities from
winter freeze, curious phenom-
ena has been noted. After the very
prolific blossoming, the leaves on
the affected trees began to fall
and the growers were more or less
discouraged over the prospects for
a crop. However, the cherries
seem to have set fairly well and
so far, at least, have continued to
develop and appear perfectly nor
NAL. They are about half grown
now and seem to be thriving on
branches nearly bare Of foliage.
In some sections there has been
very little winter injury noted. On
the w. B. Williams tract on the
Highlands, experts who have ex-
amined the trees find scarcely any.
Williams expects to harvest by far
the largest crop he has ever grown
and the experts pronounce the
tract the finest cherry orchard in
the entire Yakima valley. He ex-
poets to harvest more than 10000
boxes this year and thinks the pick
ing will begin about the twentieth
of the month. He will pack his own
fruit and will market 1t under his
own label, the Red Gold brand.
Indications are too, he states, that
the quality of the crop will be UNI
usually fine this year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
FIRST BERRIES
SENT in april
Ole Brue Has Honor of
Shipping Premier Crate
Out This Year

Billed for Seattle, Kennewick's
first crate of Strawberries was put
on the train Wednesday afternoon
by Ole Brue. He received So for
them at this end. This year ard in
1925 are the only times since 1910
that berries have been ready in
April. last year, May Is was the
date of the first shipment. Beside
the crate, Ia hallocks We're ready,
but were held over until the full
crate could be made up. A lot
more berries were expected to be
ready today.
Asparagus, which slowed down
with late deliveries, is steady
again. 1t will begin to go to the
cannery between the 5th and 10th
of May. At the 8 Rivers board
meeting Tuesday night, the vice
president of a Canadian canning
company was present, making ne
gotiations for Kennewick grass.
He explained that although many
companies take only the white as
paragus for canning, his concern
had been in the green asparagus
business for several years. He pur-
chased a trial order of q to 8 cars
of the local product.
A canvass of early crops was
made at the meeting, with the re-
suit of an expressed satisfaction
in the strawberry and cherry sit
uation. Although the cherries are
pretty badly hit in some spots,
particularly the old trees, they are
exceptionally good in others. The
Strawberries show a few patches
where there is a small amount of
winter injury. Both crops will be
much earlier than for several
years. With Ole Brue's shipment,
Kennewick is living up to its rep
utation as "the land of the first
ripe strawberry"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
MRS. Stafford
Dies OF BURNS
Horse Heaven Woman is
Victim of Flames from
Burning Oil Can

Services for Mrs. Ralph Stafford
who died Saturday in the Pasco
hospital from burns received the
day before, were held Tuesday af-
ternoon in the Methodist church.
The Rev. F. N. Morton was in
charge. Rites at the grave were
conducted by the Grange.
Mrs. Stafford, who, with her hus-
band, was living in small house
in the Horse Heaven hills, was
building the MONDAY fire when the
accident occurred. She poured coal
oil from five-gallon can to has
ten the fire. The oil exploded ig-
nighting her clothing and before
it could be torn from her, the burns
had gone so deep that recovery
was impossible. Although she was
rushed to the Pasco hospital, lit
tie could be done.
She is survived by her husband,
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Smith of Prosser,. one sister and
three brothers. She was member
of the Grange. Born in Kennewick
in 1908, she was % at the time of
her death. On December 81, 1928,
she was married to Ralph Stafford.
The house, which was owned by
Safford's grandfather, j. N. Pratt
burned down completely. It was
partly covered by insurance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Smitty Thinks Ford is a Darn
49, Good Car---Buys One

One of the perogatives of q
newspaper man is that of riding
in all the new cars that come to
town. Certainly is fine to drive a
nice, shiny new car. Fours, SKIES
and eights-we've tried 'em all.
And they all are fine-while they
are new.
However, to the rat killing: Some
one came in last week and bought
the Ford Cy Smith was using for
his personal business. He had a
beautiful new maroon sedan sit
ting on his show room floor and he
decided to buy it for himself. His
name was not on a prospect card,
however, so Bill didn't get credit
for making the sale. Cy must have
read the big ads Mr.. Ford has
been running in the Courier-Re-
porter, for he required no high
power stuff to grab the car.
Anyway, when he came over to
get Hoddy Fyfe to give him a per-
nit to drive it.. the editor was in
vited to get in and have a ride.
And while we went lickety brindle
over the railroad tracks down to
the pavement, Cy began to tell
some things about the Ford.
rs (
incidentally, the way that car
took the rough going over the o.
w. tracks would put many a big
ger car to shame. She certainly
rides slick! And the interior finish
is just nice as in many a bigger
car, too! Nice upholstery, arm
rests, deep seats, fine finish-and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Future Farmers
Go to Convention

Three delegates from the high
school left here Wednesday night
to attend the Smith, Hughes con-
ference at Pullman. They were
Dan Carter, Warde Rupp and Les
ter Foraker. They represent the
Kennewick chapter of Futur e
Farmers. Carter will be a dele
gate to convention to organize
state chapter.
Election of officers of the Farm
ers will be held at the high school
next Wednesday. They are PLAN
ming carnival to be given some
time next fall.
F. L. Barbee will take several
Smith Hughes students to Pullman
Friday to attend the Little Inter-
national Livestock show.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
ECLIPSE CAUSES
WORK TO CEASE
Town Devotes Morning to Staring
Upward as Moon Gets
In Way of Sun

The moon got in the way of
more than sun rays Monday morn
ing during the partial eclipse. 1t
got in the way of a lot of work.
Business men, housewives and
school children dropped their tasks
to stand in the streets, gazing
heavenward at the black disc that
crept slowly over the sun and slow
ly retreated again between 9:45
and noon.
As the eclipse advanced, the
bright sunlight changed to a
greenish twilight with the eerie
quality of the light that sometimes
precedes a hard storm. But the
sky was clear except for a few
wisps of white clouds.
Most of the curious residents
resorted to small pieces of smoked
glass, which frequently resulted in
the user bearing around smudgy
nose the rest of the morning. Oc-
cupants of the business houses on
the south side of Kennewick aven-
use took up their stations in the
alley, and talked deceptively big
words about percent of coverage,
caronas, planetary paths and other
astronomical phenomena.
Wearying of the eye strain
caused by looking direct at the
sun through the smoked glass,
Mrs. G. A. Rupp and Mrs. Lee M.
Lampson set out pail of water,
in which they could see mirrored
perfectly the reflection of the
eclipse.
Old timers held the center of
the stage while they told about the
eclipses they had seen in their
day." and nearly everyone recalled
the eclipse of the summer of 1919,
when it grew so dark that the
chickens, went to roost.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
KENNEWICK TAKES
SECOND GAME, 8-3
Hudnall Hurls for Local Boys
Team Shows improvement
Meet HanfOrd Next

With score of 8-3, the Kenne-
wick nine came out victors in a
fast game played against Benton
City Sunday on the latter's field.
Hudnall, hurting for the local boys
whitfield eight batmen and kept his
hits well scattered. Howard, Ben
ton City pitcher, struck out IS,
but allowed hits in the pinches.
The Kennewick team showed i'm
provement in both hitting and in
fielding over their form at the
last game.
Batteries were Hudnall and Hig-
ley, Howard and Larson.
Next Sunday Hanford will come
down to try and snatch a win from
the Kennewickians, who have two
victories to their credit. With the
'grandstand completed and good
parking accommodations, a large
crowd is expected. The game will
be called at 2::30.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01

everything.
"This is a brand new car" CIV
started. "You notice there are no
signs pasted up on the windshield
telling you to drive slowly for the
first thousand years, or whatever
it is you find on other cars. Mr..
Ford does all that breaking in with
his precision tools in the factory.
These Model A cars are the bunk
in one way; don't give an up-to-
date repair shop enough to do. Of
the two hundred odd Model A cars
in this vicinity we have not had
occasion to take up a single con-
rod bearing nor refine the breaks
on a single car. 1t used to be con-
sidered that when car had run
five thousand miles or so, that a
valve grinding job was necessary.
There are many of the new Fords
that have run fifteen and twenty
thousand miles without having the
valves touched.
'fPeople are funny-in a way.
If this car was put out under any
other name-if the name plate
could be changed to Lincoln or
some such high sounding title,
probably there would be no other
car sold on the markets today"
By that time we'd arrived back
in town, so we had to drop in to
see if Vibber- Clifford were still
giving away cameras and offering
$76 for any Victrola when
we have had trouble getting an
offer of any kind on our own
Brunswick. They are!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
C0UN TY MEET :.
Will BE Held
IN kENNEWICK
Benton School Children to
Race, Spell, Play Ball Sat-
urday at Annual Young
sters' Field Day s.. ,

Footraces, spelling and penman-
ship contests and base ball games
will be featured at the annual
County Day" which will be held
for school children at Kennewick
Saturday, May 8. remnants and
ribbon badges will be awarded the
winners. Mayor C. A. Crawford
has been asked to make the pre-
sensations. = SIS II
Children from all the schools
in the county, their parents, the
teachers and others interested are
invited to attend. All must bring
or provide their own lunches, and
parents are asked by Olaf Strand
void, county superintendent, to ar
rage for the care of their child
rem. The meet will begin at 10 o.
clock in the morning.
The winner of each grade in the
spelling contest in grades 2 to
will receive pennant and first
prize ribbon. Second and third
place winners will draw ribbons.
The first battery of words will con-
sist of so words selected from the
lists used in the county spelling
c onte is. Supplementary word
lists of SO words will be submit
ted 10y the superintendent. Each
contestant will be eliminated upon
having missed two words. The
pronouncers are Bertha Fricke, End
grade; Katherine Quinlan, third /;
Mrs. Ellen C. Dunwoodie, fourth;
Irene Larson, fifth; Silas F. MUIR
ray, sixth; Maude M. Lampson,
seventh; and Mrs. Edith VanSy-
exile, eighth. The chairman of each
room will act as umpire.
The penmanship contest gives
the same prizes. 1t will be judged
for speed and quality and conduct
ed as nearly as possible according
to the American Handwriting
Scale. All material will be fur
nished to the pupils.
First, second and third ribbon
prizes will be awarded for the fol-
lowing 50-yard dashes: Boys, age
8 to 10; girls, age 8 to 10; boys,
ag. II to IL; girls, same; boys,
ID to ID; girls, same; boys, above
ID; girls, same.
Ball games between competing
teams will be played during the
day,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
TO SHOW PATTERNS
Mrs. Davis Will Demonstrate :
n Announce Camp Dates

A demonstration on drafting
bloomer patterns will be given to
4-H sewing club leaders at the
Commercial club rooms Tuesday,
May 6, at three o'clock by Mrs.
Mary A. Davis.
On Wednesday, May Is, an all
day demonstration will be given
by Mrs. Davis at the same place
on making slip covers for furni-
ture. She will make a slip for one
chair. 1t will not be possible for
the women attending to make COW
ers for their own chairs at the
demonstration. All women are in
vited.
The date of the All club camp
has just been announced as June
ola. This is a statewide camp,
and will be held at Pullman. Over
1000 boys and girls are expected
to attend, with about 25 coming
from Benton county. Instruction
will be given in all All club pro-
jects. The cost of the camp, in
GLIDING railroad fare, room and
board, is $13. Since appointment
as a delegate from a All club to
the camp is regarded as a reward
for work well done, the club US
ually arranges to pay half the ex-
penses of each delegate, who is
chosen by the leader. Except on
rare occasions, standing of one
year or more is a requirement for
a delegate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Myersick Takes
Liberty Managership

With the readjustment attend
ant upon the taking over the Mer-
cy chain of theatres by the Fox
West Coast company, everal
shifts in personel have been made.
Ray Meyersick has been brought
from Walla Walla to take the place
of o. L. Coday as manager of the
Liberty theatre here. Senior Mer-
cy is still directing this portion of
the now nationwide chain. ~, :
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Degrees Will Go
To 3 Local Students

Candidates for the degrees of
bachelor of arts and bachelor of
science from the State College of
Washington have recently been
announced by the registrar of the
college. The following Kennewick
students are included in the list:
Lorraine Engels, bachelor of science
in botany; Urban L. Keolker,
bachelor of arts in business adj
ministration and Kenneth Kadow,
bachelor of sciece:
Virginia Enyeart of Hanford is
candidate for the degree of bach
elor of. arts in foreign languages
and Lule Edward Brand, Benton
City, for degree of pharmaceutical
chemist. The degrees will be given
to the graduating students in June.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Kiwanis Continues
Business Sketches

Continuing the series of talks
on little-known phases of differ
ent businesses, E. C. Smith spoke
at the Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday
on contributions Made to the
Mechanical Industry by the Ford
Engineering Staff" stressing the
point that it was through Ford's
acquiring of the American rights
to the Johanson precision instru-
ments that quantity production was
made possible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Census Report,
1916, Confirmed

Confirming the unofficial RE-
port of last week, G.. Dove Nc
Question, supervisor of the census
for the 9Th district, has announced
that the population of Kennewick
is 1916. ~ ~ ..~,.~z. s.
Prosser is given 1860, as COM
pared with 1897 in 1920. East
Prosser has 1856; Benton City, 698;
White Bluffs, $40; Rattlesnake,
1913; Vale, SO; and Columbia, 100.
Returns for other precincts in the
county have not yet been received
here. ~ -u ~. II
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
lDDOssOms Motif
FOR Annual Dance


blo ",sn the pink. and white apple
t;as lessons p as the motif for decora-
he a, the Highlands clubhouse will
o Is transformed into a fraprant W.
Fridana At the Apple Blossom Ball
Rns aay night, sponsored by the
mems club. 'i'iiai "o-
funun ss ,k !, orchestra will
snrin ,lsn the music for this annual
sold dance. Tickets are being
club III 9oWn by members of the
doc, ana me will also be sold at the
the mn rms promises to be one Of
year must attractive dances of the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Larson, Vinson Join
Up for G.. M. T. G.

Lester B. Larson and Alvin Vim
son have been accepted for the
Citizens Military Training camp
session to be held at Fort George
Wright from June Fl to July 81.
All necessary expenses will be paid
by the government. The Inland
Empire is sending 100 boys to this
annual summer camp, where a
practical course in military science
is given by regular army instruc-
tors. There are still openings for
enrolment in this course.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Vibber- Clifford Give
Away Kodaks

Many a 12-year-old crept out of
bed at five o'clock this morning to
he first in line at the Vibber-Gif-
ford Drug store, where the Kodaks
were to be given away. Out of the
crowd, only 4s were lucky, for in
45 minutes, Kennewick's allotment
was all claimed.
The cameras were the gift of
Mr.. Eastman directly, 100000 be-
ing given away at the same time
all over the United States. Vib-
ber-G Clifford are sorry that there
wre not enough to go around.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Royal Neighbors
Convention Host

The Kennewick chapter of the
Royal Neighbors of America was
host today to seven visiting chap
tiers at the annual district conven-
ton. Pasco, Walla Walla, Waits
burg, Dayeon, Cornell and Touchet
were represeted at the conclave
here.
The morning program began at
10 and was followed by an after
noon session, banquet at the M.
E. church and public program
at the lodge hall in the evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
START KITTY BALL
Churches, Town Teams Organize
for Summer Sport

AOl O0hhhuCi OpOAN
A kitty ball league is being or
gained by the churches along the
same lines as the basketball league
that played this winter. The first
game will be played May 10. Each
church will have one team, there
being no senior or junior divisions.
Three games will he played week
with the schedule to be announced
later.
Gus Neuman and Warde John
son are organizing a town kitty
ball tournament with two teams,
lJeuman's being composed of play
ers working west of Benton street
and Johnson's east of Benton. The
first game will be played May 8.
The lot next to the King building
will probably be used for a dia-
mond.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-01
Ditch Payments
Coming in Well

May payments on the Columbia
Irrigation ditch are coming in
well, is the report of w. C. Null
drow, manager of the district. Out
of the 600 holdings subject to the
tax, 438 have already been paid in.
Those who have neglected to tend
to this matter are asked to do so
at once, as the payments are due
today.