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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01
Raw Rnldt is start.

Ray Boldt is start
ing construction of a
five-room bungalow
on his property on
Second Avenue this
week. He is taking adj
vantage of present
low costs and will
have a nice little
home at a small cost.
Plans for the home,
which will contain all
up to date built-in
features were prepar-
led for Mr.. Boldt by
the Tum-A-Lum Lum-
Der Company.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

end. We are going to have big
blow out. Did you know Clare
more has Polo now? You bet your
life she has. We got one of the
best Military Schools in the west,
and they have Government
Horses, and a fine bunch of
young boys there that can really
ride. In a few years Polo will be
as big a sport in schools as Foot
ball, and its a great thing for
the Horse raisers, Ranchers, Feed
raisers, everything. Well, see you
at the World Series. So long.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01
When it comes to

When it comes to
building homes, Ken
newick is fortunate in
having a group of I'M
usually efficient work
men. Oden Staley and
V. NJ. Bird have been
selected by Mr.. Boldt
to build his new home.
He'll have an excel
lent job all through
with these men using
Tum-A-Lumber
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01
FREE

Call at the yard for
your free sample of
Wyoming coal. Well
be glad to have you
try this old-time fav-
orite - Cheaper, too!
Come and get it. No
obligation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

Tim Haley, whose
home in the Garden
Tracts was pretty bad
ly injured by fire re-
Gently, is having T. c.
Browne fix the place
up again in first class
shape. Materials were
purchased here, and at
the lowest price quot
ed in years. Now is
the time to do this
class of work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

/ n S t e a d or
stringing along
with Brisbane
and going to
Oxford. Course
/ made the
Cricket team
and knocked a
couple of hun
dred runs in
one game one
series. But aft
er all Tea and
Cricket don't do
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

here a couple
of weeks ago,
there just did
ent leave much
else to be said.
They hadent
any more than
finished saying
81 do" till the
b r e a C h of
promise suits
co m m e nc e d
pc u r i n.g in
Poor Ma Ken
padu che had-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

Leonard Kinkaid returned from
Tacoma Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards
were Yakima visitors Friday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

We invite you to see this
famous car and witness the
ceremonies attending its ar
rival at the E. C. Smith Mo-
tor Co., where the famous
log, now bearing the sigma
lures of President Hoover,
and twenty-nine Governors,
will be signed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

That must be a great school. /
wish / had gone there
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01

BEVERLY HILLS-Well all I
know is just what / read in the
papers. With Aimee marrying out
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01
Editorial

oil 81 Thursday, September "a, 1881
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
2}ENEMSYQRKHl 3 NdE;M'{SI t; A ; <; ]; KSHsl

New York-Yes, New York is a hard boiled town needless of the other fellow trampling, | showing. We'll, sometimes. . | And then, again.
 | It was just the other afternoon, when one of the coldest winds of the year was breaking all speed records. | It was fairly roaring up Fifth ave- | nue, sweeping pedestrians off their | feet and pitching tempers to new l highs.
 At 5Oth street and Fifth Avenue, | where some of the tony shops center, a sidewalk apple vendor had set up his box. He had piled little mound of apples well above the box cover by way oe display. And as he stood stomping his feet and skipping his arms in an effort to keep warm. 2 particularly vicious gust of wind swept round the corner and the job less mans daily stock went tumb- ling into the street. Apples rolled along the sidewalk and into the gutters and into the very center of the "Avenoo."
 Now the "Avnoo" in mid-after- noon is first-rate study in conges- tion.
 And this was, after all, New York . and hard-boiled and needless and all that.
 Yet, within a second, one section of the city had dropped its activities to help a poor apple vendor regat!l- CT his meager stack in trade.
 The traffic cop whistled on-com- ing motors into a sudden halt while he began picking up apples. Truck men left their seats and joined the hunt. A gold-braided doorman from nearby store deserted his job. A liveried chauffeur in a nearby Rem ault fairly vaulted from his seat to chase apples down the street. Shop pers and neWsies aided, too. It was all over in a few moments. The cop allowed traffic to resume, the doorman returned to his phony dignity, the chauffeur climbed back into his seat and the apple vendor smiled h.s gratitude.
 Business went on as usual in this hard-boiled, needless town. And New Workers delight to tell you of the time cat wandered down the elevated tracks and held up the city's affairs until the fire department arrived to fish it down.
 Meanwhile, all the coaxings and
 pursuasions of the crowd had been | to no avail.
 And they will tell you how the city opens it's heart to every needy
 cause. It will make this grand ges-
 ture and that grand gesture-and
 when it's all over with, it will all
 but kill three nice old ladies in q
 supper-tirne traffic jam.
 A fellow columnist who enjoys a very wide reading audience has recently accused the New York the- ater of suffering from highbrowisna and phoney culture and too much heavy thinking. A number of writ CTS would have you believe that this offers an explanation of the thea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

Where do beavers stay during the winter months?
 Either in holes which they have dug out in the banks of rivers or creeks, or in houses which they have
 built.
 Yes, beavers know how to build houses, The ar0mals are among the brightest in the world. They know the art of cutting down trees, by gnawing at the trunks. They know that fallen trees will float down a stream. They gnaw branches from the fallen trees. They build dams to keep river water at a steady level, to prevent their homes from being swept away, and to deepen shallow streams so that logs will float. Beaver dams are among the mar vels of the animal world, and their homes are also built with skill. The beaver house is usually set up on land which puts out from the shore of the stream, or on the edge of an island.
 Many beavers join in building the house, carrying sticks, brushwood and mud to the spot.
 The floor" is placed a few inches above water level. Often there are two rooms-one used for sleeping, the other for eating.
 During winter, beavers eat food which they have stored during the open season. This food is chiefly in the form of bark, twigs and small branches.
 Beavers breathe air, but they can swim under water for eight minutes at stretch. They often swim be- heath river ice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

ter's 1ethargy. They vail for dear old Al Woods stuff.
 The trouble is that statistics fall to back them up. They are wailing slightly off key and without much idea of what they are talking about. The proof lies in the fact that while a dozen mellows were going 10 Gains warehouse, Strange Inter- Jude" was making $3,000,000. Ana that's what was actually collected by the drama which wore a super highbrow brand.
 And the gate receipts further show that the two first Theater Guild productions, both of them in the higher key, turned the crowds away, while Guild productions con- tinue to be the sole successful road adventure or the moment. Jed Harris demonstrated that a Gorky play could run a year and Eva Ie Gallienne has combed the world for plays some might call "arty," and continues to pack the doors of her playhouse.
 GILBERT SWAN.
 Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
MOVIES STUDIED AS
 AN AID TO BUSINESS

Washington.-The extent to which the American movie has gone into business as an aid in promoting op- erating efficiency, and the degree of success attending the use of such methods by industry. form the sub- ject of a special study being made by the bureau of foreign and do- mestic commerce. motion picture division.
 At least 2,0O0 concerns in the United States have used the mo- tion picture for some usiness pur- pose.
 The commerce department, through a questionnaire being sent to eash of these 2,000 firms, is seeking to determine how exten-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

beekoned last night and Myron Green began long trek to which vei the life that is from the life come young smiling in the worlds morning swallowed night had robbed him of its afternoon Sadness falls who privileged know Myron found in him graceful companion sympathetic consderate filled with the living charitable degree. Fused flag great armagddon that tumbed its ysm flood upon world hate back there IT, Myron found reaz much that the had taught Tn the catalogue of servhp his gowed with brianee all its No soldier charity offered palm that Myron did recognize Something down in ndefinabe something that with nations livery made such call open his personal aid He gave the weak and the asked the why As tonat his ready wit social mannerisms endeared him His dsarmng smile welcomed has long the yeast the loaf of life He lived fe program the rising of the until the going down of the Myon Green passes another soldier goes Vahaa His appings of life laid aside. This afternoon they doubled brass and tped muketry his grave. Memorys for his ash And family the comfort that only faith give The ranks close passing of friend.
 Death came, his spirit horses hoofs muffled low
 Deatrh pointed to heart with illness bowed
 To reap the harvest life kind to sow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
-Iol.

Popovers Bill Moray Democrat medium of coveage legislature checks and double checks of the highest polished desks the house boasts. Louie Lerz Hartford every day the legislature is sitting Lieutenant Jack Lay left yesterday for the Neurological You'll recall that Jack
 Walter Angle very kind the other afternoon dropped the Tower show merit received from national headquarters. Waly mighty proud of the award and justly SO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
WAR DEAD LISTED

Pocahontas. Ia.-What is believed to be a complete list of the men from Pocahontas county who died in the service of their country dur fig the World war has. been com piled by the American Legion. A memorial tablet is to be erected in their memory at the courthouse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
LEGION SOUP KITCHEN

Wynne, Ark.-A soup kitchen has been operated by the local post of the American Legion for several weeks. Two meals have been served each day to an average of 97 per- sons daily. About 35 per cent are locals and the other 65 per cent transients.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Uncle Rays
 Corner
ANIMALS IN WINTER
 V Beavers

Beaver-skin coats are costly, and there is reason for the cost. Beavers have been killed to such an extent that they are very scarce. Only in places where they are protected by law are we likely to see them; and even then we may need to watch by moonlight, for they seldom move about during the daytime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Cornucopia cuppings.

Conucopa cuppngs The of Corporal Coyle post American Legion support board desire have cash the of the boys douts around who have putting Coy the better record The they using unfit for broadcaing purposes Bernie Wilhelm they ask bis opinion immediate the bonus he's 0 say it with flowers, forget
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Flatsam and ietsam.

Flatsam and jetsam. Jimmy Baker and Larry Gordon considered the rife shots Larry the national navy trophy few years ago. legionnare tells Sher if Brady atred his blue with brass buttons, minds him of the soldiers home Noroton Ben tell this Judge Beardsley. Sig Sed is somewhere up in New Hampshire catching winter Tn the Garden of Tomorrow be popular but the Garden of day, smiles Manager Dick Haliwel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Iol-
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

What goods million dollars If you'r re just about to die' What goods pretty picture If you haven't got an eye? What goods great big dinner If you have no appetite' What goods pair of glasses If you're looking for hght' What goods tip, tomorrow, If the race is run to-day? What goods a buxom sweetheart If she's miles and miles away What goods box of choice cigars If you haven't got match' What goods master latch-key If you cannot find the latch? What goods big, four-door sedan If you have no gasoline? What goods an education If you cannot use your bean? What good are summer dresses If the sun is shining bright? What goods-(Though I have others, These are plenty for to-night).
 -G. E. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

Gossip Mir and Mrs Oliver Broughton of Detroit. former residents of Waterbury, visiting And Divers who taught music here is still residing California. Al Martin, grapplng with grippe The Darlington Gall broher play Bridgeport Sunday night and bus load of will accompany the boys Bill Cuddy Jr home from Rensselaer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
NEW POSTS FORMED

Baton Rouge, La.-B. l.. Spann district commander of the American Legion, recently organized his fourth new legion post in the sixth dis trict. The last post was at Plaque. mine, Iberville Parish. and had 54 charter members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
<. tbe towns merry-qo-round.

the towns merry go round Clara Bow has
 -oing the Daisy De Voc trial, hops into Palace Sunday latest twist No Limit We this to poor lii Dasys Cap" Leroy pinch hitting for Deputy Mungs but cheer up gals he'll be again bods The taxi racket be fast Three pnies have centrally located offices And poor fountain, ah folks weep soft for it. The only day filling the radiators parked within shadow Gene Oviat being lonized house parties composed special piano thumps doop away back gammon and forward the latest
 The January 24th issue of The Baack Bag, carries electro of Chaplain Martin Doran the lO2nd He's directing all athletic the New Haven amory Father Doran is Waterbury product.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
To R. B.

To R. B. The Tower does publish letters of the last Wednesday, You have correspondence back by calling the Tower.-The Ed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
sively the films are, being en

sively the films are being em- ployed.
 It is hoped after the study has been completed, the department will be. able to discover the real value of motion pictures in busi- ness, and hlep formulate plans for the most effective use of films.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

Legion short Walter Angle and Page Seaton spoke fore the legion post Essex, Tuesday night Mime Shumann Henk sings Hartford Sunday afternoon under the auspices gon Half the proceeds the Red Cross drought fund and the other half unemployed understand the legion protest hospital Newngton. The claim is made that lacks enough beds hosptalze patients territory assigned it,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

Her looks mean, Ossifer, but her aren't sayin' muffin bad. Hers dest askin' will you please not put me in jail fer hittin' you wifi a snowball? (Baby, hush!)
 Copyriaht bv Public Ledoer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-11
PACIFIC COAST BASIS PREFERABLE

Of the two air mail routes under consideration to link Alaska to the States, one from St Paul, Minn., and the other from Seattle, that paseo on the Pacific Coast port is the more desirable Ihis is true for many reasons. The major part Of Al aska's business with the States is confined to the Pacific Coast and most of it to Seattle and vicinity Our ties of commerce and social life largely center in the Pacific Northwest. Probably 90 per cent of the mail from the States to Alaska originates on the Pacific Coast Little of it comes from east of the Mississippi River
 The Post Office Department, it is made known by Postmaster General Brown, is studying the two routes with view of shortening the present :oute to the Territory The basis for the final decision, if properly made should be which of the two will render the greatest service to Alaskan patrons of the mails. Surely there should be no great diff ficulty in determining this factor. The Depart ments own records in the Seattle post office will show that most important mail originates in Seattle or other Pacific Coast cities Most all of the passenger traffic to Alaska originates or the Pacific Coast and a very large precentage of the Alaska travel is destined to Pacific Coast points.
 Any airplane company that undertakes to trans port mail by air to Alaska will depend to some extent upon revenues derived from passenger mad express business. Only very small amount of either class of traffic could be expected route from St Paul But from Seattle there would be heavy passenger movement and express probably would equal mail in weight The successful operations dur ing the past two years of the Alaska Washington Airways between Seattle and Juneau should furnish convincing proof of the practcabiity of the route
 It is gratifying to know that the Postal authori- ties giving serious thought to the project, and Alaskans and others interested should furnish them with the necessary data to convince them that the Seattle route is the only logical one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-11
ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTES.

The movement started by Cenasor Norris to wipe out the electoral college and substitute there for the election of President and Vice-President by popular vote has had consideration in the past particularly following any election that was extremely close. Seldom does the electoral and popular vote coincide. In most national elections, the electoral vote does not portray with degree of accuracy the relative popular vote received by the candidates.
 Figures compiled recently by Randolph c. Downes of the University of Pittsburgh furnish strik ing instances of this condition Since 1850, in only election-1916- has there been any close cor relation of the two votes In that year Woodrow Wilson received 52 per cent of both the popular vote and that of the electoral college On five occasions candidates failing to receive majority of the popu- lar vote did get majority in the electoral college This occurred in the elections of l860 when Lin coin got 40 per cent, Douglas 30 Brecknridge Is, and Bell 12 per cent of the popular vote, while Lincoln received 59, Douglas only 4. Brecknridge "A and Bell l3 per cent of the electoral vote. In 1864 Lincoln got only 55 per cent of the popular vote to 45 for Mcclellan but the former had o1 aad the latter but nine per cent of the electoral college. In 1868 the difference was equally dis proportionate Grant who boiled only 53 per cent of the popular vote against Seymour, got 73 per cent of the electoral ballot. Again in 1872 Grant with 56 per cent of the popular vote had 82 per cent of the electoral college
 In 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes actually had 8 minority of the popular vote 486 to 514 for Samuel Tilden, but the former elected President by vote of sol per cent of the electoral vote In 1888 Grover Cleveland with 50.5 per cent of the popular vote defeated by Benjamin Harrison in the electoral college the latter receiving 58 per cent there. In 1892 Cleveland given AT, liar rison A and Weaver per cent of the popular vote but the Democrat got 62 per cent of the electoral college. He the last of his party to occupy the White House until 1912 when Wilson, profiting by the Republican split, with 45 per cent of the popular vote elected by 8l per cent of the electoral vote
 In 13 elections the Democrats have received e smaller per cent of the popular than the electoral vote and the Republicans on only three occasions In no election when a third party has entered the field has it's electoral vote been proportonate tc the popular ballot it received
 There is doubt that the electoral college method and the general ticket necessitate thu formation of national political machines Abolition Of the system would entail the abolition of the gen eral ticket This may be one of the aims of Senato Norris in proposing to do away with the clectora
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-11
Alfalfa Bill in Office.
(NeW York World.l

When Alfalfa Bill Murray had been safely in- ducted into office Governor of Oklahoma they might well have called it a day It First of all, Bill had to borrow $250 to get to the capital from his home in Tishomingo Once arrived, he was greeted by Millett Hoy Roy Bitty, Indian chief in painted face and all accouterments-Mrs Murray is member of the Chickasaw tribe. Alfalfa Bill needed no amplfiers to carry his inauguration speech and subsequent message to the waiting crowds Like Dr. Butler of Columbia, the who was elected by tn largest majority in the brief history of the State very critical of the parlous condition of college athletics. He thinks he is going to cut the taxes
 They have picturesque Governors in the West and South, and do not need to go back to Bloody Brides Waite of Colorado to begin the list. There Governor Hogg of Texas, who named his daughter Ina, and Governor Frazier of North Dakota, who named his twin daughters in honor of the State University, Une May and Versie Fay. The Ferguson Jim and Ma re- cent portents in Texas There Governor Var daman of Mississippi, long-h haired and vociferous and Governor Bilbo, his understudy There is Gov Huey P. Long of Louisiana who becomes a Sena- tor March 4
 Comparing such colorful personalities with more humdrum executives of the big industrial States one might be tempted to generalize that campaign funds talk in the East while the West and South listen to the big, rangy man with the big voice and the sombrero-and then thinks of Len Small and of Illinois, which is both East and West and has plenty of money in politics, to be cured of rash theories We be thankful for the pcturesqueness of the Alfalfal Bills without worry ing about the cause and course of their political evolution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-11
Speaking His Will.
(NeW York Times. ]


 Not many have had Tom Sawyers eerie experi- ence of listening in his funeral, after he had supposedly been drowned in the Mississippi An elderly Engshman, however, is planning to speak out after his funeral to his friends and relatives
 retired manufacturer of Birmingham, he de- cided that the reading of his last will and testa- ment shall be done by a talking motion picture of himself. Here is one talkie which is assured in advance of. deeply interested audience for it's premiere.
 The talkie has already been made. Further, the testator has planned the seating of his auditorium, so that as he speaks he may address each listener to his face. Not only will he his bequests but he will quite frankly point out the faults and virtues of each individual getting off his chest post-mortem compliments and condemnations which life perhaps, never gave him the courage or the opportunity to deliver. And there will be talk ing back.
 This movie-will is bound to present far diff ferent scene from the conventional reading by the old family solicitor to nervousy expectant group in respectfully somber back parlor. Specifying the decedents wishes in his voice it should carry unusual authority, and discourage litigation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-11
THE BASIS OF PROSPERITY.

The wealth of the United States is estimated by reliable statisticians to be S360 O00 000000
 The national income is computed at s95000000 0oo
 Total savings of the country have exceeded 52S- OOO0O000o
 Banking resources have reached $72000000000, and American investments abroad approximate $17- OOOO0000O
 This wealth forms the basis for prosperity of the nation. It is actual and tangible. Upon it can there be any doubt that the country can restore prosperity and enlarge it upon a scale which has never before been attained in this any former age?