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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
BRIDGE DEAL
NOT LIKELY AT
THIS SESSION
Irrigation Laws Coming Nice
ly at Legislature in Opin-
ion of Rep. Olson of Pasco;
Dry Laws Hit

OpeCldl 10 C-h.-1 aXdllOU mAL-
tiers. seem to hold the closest at
tention just now. A public hearing
was held Tuesday evening on some
of the tax measures offered by
the Advisory Tax Commission. The
hearing was scheduled to be on
the personal income tax and cor
poration income tax measures, but
it developed into a booster meet
ing for the bill providing for a
county tax supervision commission
to control expenditures and levies.
Advocacy of the measure came
solely from representative of
building owners associations, re-
atty boards and the big corpora
tons. Some of the speakers took
decided opposition to the income
tax measures but others gave con-
ditional approval of that plan, but
the feeling remained after hearing
them all, that they wanted to put
over this extra machinery and then
do as they pleased about support
ing or opposing any attempts to
spread the tax burden to other
property. The overwhelming evil
dence was to the effect fl-a. they
wanted expenditures cut down but
were not so much concerned about
reaching the people now escaping
taxation.
The Senate has approved re-
duction in the maximum road levy
from ten to six mills, but is Ieav-
ing the road and bridge fund at
four mills as it is now. Also, there
are suggestions being made to
amend this budgetary control bill
so as to eliminate some of the ma
chinery it proposes to set up and
bring it under more direct respon-
sibility to the people enjoying the
benefits and paying the bills in
the various taxing units.
The latest developments in the
bridge situation are that the bridge
company has finally submitted the
last figures necessary, to the high
way department. Mr.. Humes states
however, that they did not reach
his office until last Saturday and
because of the intermingling of
the affairs of the Kennewick-Pas-
co bridge and the Bridge of the
Gods at Cascade Locks, which you
know are now owned and operated
by the same concern, it is most
difficult task to seggregate items
so as to make a satisfactory report.
He believes, however, that thei,.
report will be completed yet this
week. The next step in the pro-
cedure awaits the filing of this
data.
Reclamation matters are NOV
ing quite satisfactorily. The gov
errors recommendation for the
abolishing of the reclamation fund
and repeating the levy was defeat
ed in the Senate by four to one
vote. They substituted che same
act as was enacted in 1927 and
again in 1929, providing for the
suspension of the levy for the next
two years but retaining the fund.
Upon the defeat of the administra-
ton bill in the Senate, a similar
bill asking for the repeal of the
,evy entirely was introduced in the
House at the request of the adj
ministration. Sentiment, however,
would indicate that the House will
sustain the Senate's action in pass
ing the substitute bill, rather than
repeal the measure.
Several attacks have been
launched on the dry laws this week
but my prediction is that they will
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
GOLF MEETING

President H. R. Vibber of the
local golf club has announced that
the annual business meeting of the
Kennewick Golf club will be held
at the city hall next Monday eve
ming at 7:3O. Election of officers
for the coming year and plans for
the seasons activities will be dis
cussed.
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Ferry Running

Word was received this morning
that the Umatilla ferry which has
been tied up for repairs, is again
operating.
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onureh League Team Plays
Walla Walla Friday Night

II Paufs Episcopal church lea
Cue Team will go to WaIla walla
w .uay evening to meet the Walla
aila Episcopal team at the YIN.
n in, Inc St. Paul team is leading
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
him special work under his per-
sonal supervision.

In the triple-header basketball
game between Hanford and Benton
City at Benton City last Friday
night, our boys lost IL to Ia, our
girls winning 6 to II and the town
team lost Is to Is. Hartford plays
Finley at Finley Friday, January
80. ssrs..s..,r. A,...
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph odell and
children of Wenatchee spent the
weekend at the home of Ralph's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Odell. 49,
Pete Salvini, who is at Laurel
Beach sanitarium in Seattle, is
getting along fine but writes that
last week it rained so much that
he wished he was in Hanford en-
joying the sunshine.
Mrs. Merle Metcalf and daugh-
ter, Bessie May arrived from En-
tiat and is visiting at the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Pierson and will also visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Keith Brooks.
The Ladies' Aid will meet Feb
ruary 5, at the home of Mrs. S. F.
Murray. The election of officers
will be held. IL
Rev. and Mrs. Noyes drove to
Yakima Tuesday, returning Wed.
nesday evening. Mrs. Joe Picatti,
who went over to attend meet
ing of the o. E. S. held Monday
evening, returned with them.
Mrs. Russell Weber dorothy
Behrman) who has been visiting
her relatives in Kennewick, return
ed Saturday evening. Her two
brothers and Miss Alma Rowland
came up with her and spent the
evening here.
Wilfrid McConnachie came back
from Wallace, Idaho last Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Norman Anglin went to
Prosser Friday. From there she
went to Portland and will visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Berg and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29

Read the advertisements for
your own good ;. classified columns well as
display advertisements
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29

Dear Folks:
You know it's been quite a spell
Since wrote to you, but all is well
The sun is shinin'; skies are blue
You like me, and I like you.
There's no reason to fret and stew
About the times in China or Tim
buktu.
We've all got plenty to eat and
wear
So why sit around and swear
About our diet of beans and
kraut-
They will never give any of us
the gout.
Yep, prices are down, times are
bad,
But the worst of our troubles we
never had.
us just tne way we look at things,
Whether we see imp's horns or an
gels wings.
Think of the East where it storms
and blows;
Picture the North with its months
of SHOWS.
Then throw out your chest and
pat your back,
And say, "Old Timer, there's some
thing alack
With guy who growls about this
cline
And worries his neighbors all the
time.
With his tale of the country way
down South,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
Clean Up Fence Rows
And Rubbish Piles

Because of the fact that so many
insects hibernate in rubbish piles
and fence rows where consider
able rubbish has been allowed to
accumulate, it is well at this time
of the year to thoroughly clean
these areas one way or another.
Because of the need of organic ma
terial in our soils it often seems
advisable to work this material
back into the soil if this can pos
sibly be done. However, often this
material is in such nature that
this is not advisable, often contain
ing many weed seeds and there
fore it probably, in most in
stances would be better to
thoroughly burn this material.
During the past season aspara-
gus beetle has made its appear
ance in several sections of the
county. This beetle over-winters
In rubbish piles in the adult stage
and through cleaning of these
areas at this time should do much
to control this insect. The same
may be said of the Tarnished plant
bug which although not serious
as yet in the lower valley, caused
considerable damage in the upper
section. Pear and apple growers
near Yakima, according to many
reports, lost thousands of dollars
through this insect. This insect al
SO hibernates in just such area as
mentioned above and thoroughly
cleaning at this time before the
winter has warmed to point
where the insects resume activity
should do much to control them.
These are only two of the insects
which may be at least quite large
" controlled by this method, and it
would seem advisable, particular
~ this spring when weather con-
dltions have been so favorable, to
over-wintering insects, and when
an early spring is almost upon us.
to take special care in the cleaning
up Of all such areas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
CROP ROTATION

At the dairy schools here last
week Professor Hegnauer outlin
ed the following crop rotation as :
good one where dairy farming is
being followed: alfalfa five years
followed by early potatoes anG
then followed by corn followed by
sweet clover pasture. Strawberries
and asparagus, of course, would
not be included in the rotation I'M
less over a long period of time.
Strawberries, because of the short
er nature of the crop would grad
ually be rotated with other crops.
AS has been pointed out so many
times in the past and we feel is
the feeling of many farmers of
the section, the early crops are our
main asset as they usually bring
larger returns per acre than al
most any other crop. Professor
Hegnauer, however, pointed out
that if good returns are to be Sc
cured from these crops that soil
conditions must be brought about
which will be favorable as possible
for their development. In his OPP
inion this can be best and most
economically done by the following
of such a rotation as that given
above with the seeding of corn,
sweet clover and alfalfa to live
stock on the farm. While it is pos
sible to maintain or develop as
good a soil condition through a
good cropping program, particular
ly with the use of commercial fer
tilizer yet it could hardly be pos
sible to add fertility as cheaply
by this means as through the med
ium of putting back of manures
from livestock. Livestock return to
the soil about three-fourths of the
plant food material in the plant,
and it is hardly possible to get as
great return for this one-fourth
loss, in this way as through live
stock returns.
1t may be of interest to many
farmers on the lighter sandy soils
of the county to know that in the
set up on the demonstration farm
that two acre field will be given
over entirely to the cropping and
commercial fertilizer system of
soil building. This soil now is in
very poor physical condition be-
ing almost pure sand. 1t has
probably one advantage in that it
is well drained and not at all sub
ject to alkali conditions but other
wise is in very poor physical con-
dition. 1t is expected that within
at least the five year period that
this soil can again be in a very
high stand for productivity.
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her brother, Earl Berg ana :.

her brother, Earl Berg ana :.
lily. Aaa'
Guy Dayton jr was tal.,
Yakima last Monday and WA y
Grated upon for sinus trouble y
Mrs. L. T. Brooks enterts,,.,
last Sunday in honor of bar !
band whose birthday was s,.s.
day and her son, Keith. ~
birthday was Tuesday. Those ~.
ent were the L. T. Brooks FAM.
the Keith Brooks family ana y
bert Uuddington and family.
About twenty-five attens.as
meeting Of the Christian Ens.,..
held at the church Mondav !.
ming. The following were el.s'',
to serve for the ensuing VI.
president, Ruth Hoover; vice -, r.'
ident, Vivian Bell; secretary. NJ
garet Moulster; treasurer. A..
Szekfu. A social hour FOLLOWED ~
regular business and refreshmsr,.
were served. Christian Ende,v.,
was founded February 2. 1881 ~
US have a good attendance SuoS,S
February 1 to celebrate the al
tieth anniversary.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29

from our farming system has de-
stroyed market for $500, 000, 600
worth of farm products. 1t has al
so been estimated that the auto
mobile industry has created mar
ket for $4,000, OOO,O worth to off
set this. Figures of this type al
ways present an interesting stu
alton. AS far as the use of mech
anical power is concerned on the
farm, 80 percent saving in wages
can be effected, together with q
percent saving in tillage costs. Me-
chanical power also brings about
the increase in production to an
extent of at least Is percent"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29

Or his prophecies of a comm
drouth.o
This amt no time to be feelin'
blue
Because you owe me, and / owe
You.
If We'll work together all the time
And not be afraid to spend a dime,
Everything will be all right
And times will not be SO tight.
Well, amt got much more to say
But drop in and see me every day.
Don't stay at home and kick the
cat, t.. I'LL.
Or quarrel with the family about
this or that. 49,.
For you know if you only stop to
think, -.
If you'd come to see me, I'd be
tickled pink. r. E.
So come along and walk right in
But, durn it all, don't forget to
grin. ,.z ~ s-
Even if your heads achin' fit to
kill,
Grit your, teeth and say, 81 will"
For it's the bird that smiles when
things go wrong.
That makes our lives one Grand
sweet song.
". /. Tucker
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
HANFoRD
Local Youth Invents
Turbine Control Devise

Beverly Nichols, graduate of
Hanford high and w. S. C. has de-
signed mechanism for the speed
control of the large water tur-
bines installed in the Rock Island
dam, now under construction on the
Columbia river. Beverley is en-
ployed by the engineering depart
ment of the Allis Chalmers Mfg.
Co., in Milwaukee and the chief
engineer has recently assigned
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
Mechanical Power VS.. Horses

mo single development in our
general progress can be given
credit or be blamed for our present
condition. The internal combustion
engine, spnong other things, has
often been said to be the cause of
the present farm depression. This
IS of course untrue" states C. C.
Johnson, State College assistant
professor of agricultural engineer
ing.
ut has also been said many
times that the removal of horses
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
Shoe Laces

If the metal tips come off your
shoe laces, making it difficult to
thread them through the eyelets,
dip the ends of the laces into glue
and roll them to point, between
the fingers. Hang them up to dry
and the glue will stiffen and make
substitute tip which will last
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
FACTS FOR FARMERS

Under this heading will printed from week. articles
of timely interest to the farmers of this community selected
and prepared E. Durdle for Benton
County, cooperating with the u Dept of Agriculture and
the Washington State College.
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Letters from the People

Dear Reed:
You are sort of an optimistic
son-of-a-gun, too, so l am enclos-
ing a copy of a letter that / am
mailing to my customers today.
Somehow or other, I just happen
ed to feel that way when / wrote
it.
Nogales international., 1931-07-08
REPLACE THE UNDEsIRABLEs

Los Angeles, July Isn't this the
right time toareplaee and replenish
cur breeding herds?
Many Gf the far-sighted breth-
ren Of the bovine faith have already
made good headway in cashing the
undesirableS. While it is true that
prices are down on the bullock that
goes to beef, that condition is off
set by a corresponding decline in
the value of replacements. The
whole list is down SO that the re-
lationship stands about as it did
before the general lowering of price
levels. II short, the dollar YOU get
for the beefed critter viii buy more
of the better kind. When the old
COW won't produce she should be
or her way to the shambles. The
dairymen have set a good example
in culling out their herds under the
urge Of low prices of Butter Fat.
'No Boarders" is their slogan.
Nogales international., 1931-07-08
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modernizing certain plant in Salt
Lake City; expecting to supply the
Pork requirements of several West
eral distributing plants. Then the
war came along and the growers
were told not to use their wheat
and barley except for human food
so that settled the Hog business.
The packer had to change his
plans; but now we again find a
surplus of wheat and other grains
that will bring more money by con-
version into Pork.
In the meantime, lots Of people
have come to the western states
especially to the Coast, and the
Coast packers are also looking for
ward to an increased supply from
the Intermountain country.
Are we going to produce, or con-
tinue to live from hand to mouth
off of the Eastern farmer?
Nogales international., 1931-07-08
MARKET TENDENCY

Hog prices are holding fairly
steady and it looks as though the
seasonal increases might be reflect
ed during the next three months
There is no surplus in sight and
that's the time of the year when
the decreased run should reflect
higher values,
The Eastern cattle market seems
to be holding its own fairly well, es-
pecially on the better kinds. The
western markets are. strong to high
er on the better kinds, everything
in the beef line cashing with rea-
sonable promptness.
The calf market is lower.
The lamb market still continues
weak to lower. The best thing about
the business is the optimistic at
titude of the growers, as evidenced
by the fact that they are putting
their money back into the business
Nogales international., 1931-07-08

got to smoke it. His mind went
Shutting back and TO, III, weaving Mel
lies story into certain puzzling frag-.
ments of information he had never
been able to make anything of.
"Of course he had nerve! Too
much. He wanted to get the goods
on that bunch without dragging the
neighbors into it. He never told them
what he was doing, but he told
Father"
Plumb strange yo'all nevah mem
toned it, when we talked these things
ovah at the cabin. 'Peahs like | wasn't
trusted at no time"
Il didn't know it then. Mother
knew, but they we're afraid to talk
about it, much. She only told me early
this morning, when we found ont our
Nogales international., 1931-07-08

|yon bottom, playing his mouth organ
as he went, and letting his long legs
sway to the rhythm of the tune. The
kids eyes lightened with peculiar
gleam but the tune he was playing
never missed a note. until a black
horse and rider came into view. The
kid gave one startled look and the
music ceased with squawk.
Nellie Murray, dressed in her dead
brothers overalls and blue gingham
shirt, with her thick braid of yellow
hair sweeping the cantle of her saddle
as she rode! She carried her dads
rifle in the crook of her arm, as If
she meant to meet danger little more
than halfway, and as the two horses
stopped of their own accord. she lifted
the rifle midway to her shoulder, then
Nogales international., 1931-07-08
Ex-sERvICE MEN AND DE-
PENDENrS OF WORLD WAR.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!, q.

j; Pensions, compensation, insur-
ance, hospitilization, so'd'srs' homes,
bonus, funeral exfssa.ses, etc. Me
thods of obtaining these and other
benefits covered & our, Manual.
h'i.@H:' p F,es IL >a.t'-
One Dollar. -.
SERVICE MEMS SERVICE
si1 w. Pearl st. Jackson, Miss.
(4-18 ct,
Nogales international., 1931-07-08

cattle were gone. 1 rode down to the
pasture to bring up the cows and there
wasn't hoof in sight. saw where
they'd been driven off, and then when
l went to tell Mother, she told me
the whole story"
"Shoah would like to know what
yoh mothah said," he observed, in
what would have been a cold and
formal tone, except that the kids
soft Texas voice made pleasing mel
ody whenever he spoke.
Mother told me Ed was always
trying to figure out why the Poole
had it in for the nesters, after let
ting them settle in the valley without
making fuss. Ed did lot of rid
ing outside the valley The Poole.
claimed he was rustling calves, but
that's lie. | know how we got every
hoof we owned. We only had forty
two head. Now we haven't got any,"
"If yoh brothah got proof"
| "He got enough to put the fear of
the Lord into Walter Bell" she de-
clared bitterly. 1--WE don't know
whether they saw Ed watching them,
or whether the Eastern owners wrote
hack and told Walt what Ed said
about him and his outfit The Poole
certainly must have found out some
how, and it wasn't from any OF. tho
valley folks, for they don't know it..
The Poole started irl--dry-gulching,
if you know what that means. and |
suppose you do, all right" She sent
him quick glance and looked away
again when the kid failed to meet her
eyes. Before, it was just mean range
tricks-hogging the range and accus-
ing the nesters of rustling calves and
killing beef and all that. But all at
once they started killing. Ed was one
of the first"
eff yoh'd give me the brands so
I'd know yoh mothall's cattle when |
find EN-"
"Weli, it's Reverse E. But I couldn't
think of troubling you. Mr.. Reeves. l
intend to get those cattle myself"
"It's a mans job the kid said
grufly.
"Well, I'm the man of the family
now, so it's my job. So long, Mr..
Reeves P' She gathered up the yreins
and tapped her horse lightly with the
quirt-just as if it never had been put
to a more sinister use--and rode on
past the kid with her chin tilted up
ward and her gaze bent ostentatiously
upon struggling, small herd of cattle
feeding over on the farther slope.
| "Adios, Miss Murray" The kid
l 1<,o tso%o n tr0 mn
into the rocky pass, playing his mouth
organ so loudly he cracked reed SO
that the note buzzed like bee in a
bottle.
He rode on ahead of her. Didn't
act like she was going home. Didn't
try to catch up with him, either.
The kid got to worrying about what
she meant to do, and finally he pulled
in behind ledge and waited for her
to come along, SO he could give her
another piece of his mind. Yet when
she rode up she didn't give him a
chance.
eff you're bound to hunt Our cattle,
I guess we better work together, >
she said cheerfully. "ThiS is awful
rough country"
GO avn home like I told yo'all." ."
"Oh, forget it" she snapped. "I'n
not going, and that settles it. If you
want to get rid of me so bad, hurry
up and find our cattle"
eff it wasn't foh yoah mothah, I
wouldn't tuhn my hand ovah foll
yo'all!" the kid blurted 6ercely.
Nogales international., 1931-07-08
HOGS INTERMOUNTAIN
COUNTRY

Looks as though the Internoun-
tain Country is Going to raise lots
OF Porkers this year. Good feeds are
abundant and apparently Hogs Of
fer the best chance for price gain.
Not so many years ago Idaho had
a surplus of wheat and went into
the Pork business in a big way, at
tracing the attention Of one Of the
national packers who .thoughS that
the Intermountain Country was
really going to raise hogs and he
backed up this thought by spending
a considerable sum OF money IN