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The Lane System for Traffic.

Now that the traffic Office has done
a good job Of painting lanes on prin-
cipal streets. it is up to the police to
teach the motorist just why the au-
thorities went to so much trouble,
time and expense. Apparently, Wash
ington motorists have no conception of
the proper use of lanes in trafic. They
evidently think that the painters had
a little extra time on their hands and
amused themselves by putting long
with curlycue arrows for decoration.
1t seems never to have occurred to
them that the lanes and the arrows
are there for a definite purpose and
are definitely to be observed.
In probably no other large city but
Washington. for instance, would cross
ing policeman permit motorist to make
left turn from any lane but the in
| side, nor would he allow a driver to
make a right turn from any but the
outside. Yet day after day, despite
intensive instructions in correct driv-
| ing habits by the trafhc authorities
left-turning motorists viii hold UP one
or more lines of straight-threugh travel
while they cut across to complete their
maneuver-the same thing applying to
right-turners. Instead Of waving them
into the through trafic stream, police
officers permit them to block all move
ment.
This is not the only driving fault o.
washingtonians in relation to the
lanes. Every time-and it happen.
frequently-a motorist straddles one
Of the white lines he Is thereby
reducing the capacity Of the street anc
blocking trafic. The lanes are ample
in width, but not ample enough to taxi
care Of the erratic weaving in and out
of the Capitals thoughtless drivers.
The lane system and the common
sense system are 50 universally uset
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noticeable impetus has been given
thereby to the trade in all sorts OF
machinery and tools, besides raw ma
terial too numerous to mention.
Before special consideration IS given
to a patent application, the applicant
must agree to expend certain amount
of capital in the manufacture of the
article patented. He must, further,
file afhdavitS to that effect not later
than three months after the allowance
of the application, submitting to the
Patent Once a report Of progress
showing various details, including
the amount expended IN manufac-
turing the article, the actual number
of units manufactured, and the extent
to which such operation has Increased
the employment OF labor. An applica2
ton may be made special also when the
invention is OF Importance to some
branch of the public service and tha
head of the department. e cabinet on
cer) requests special action for that
reason"
During the past fiscal year. endinR
June 80, more than 800 patent apnIi-
cations we're treated as Special and
granted priority in examination. Near
" 100 have been received since that
time. These involved something like
million and one-half dollars invest
ed, with pay rolls expected to total
considerably more than that sum.
The commissioner Of patents an
nounces, incidentally, that the past
wears fees exceeded those o. any other
year IN history, the total being Just
Short Of $4,566, ,000, Ia spite Of tha faaf
that the fees had baen increased sub
stantially and IN the face az a deoreaSa
in new patent applications.
tOopyEishts aasiA f~e;
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Another Traffic Bureau.

II the police want to establish a
trafhc violation bureau, it is difFcult to
understand what can keep them from
it. Reduced to elementary principles,
1t would merely mean the assignment
Of another special group Of policemen
who would be given the duty of en-
forcing the traffic laws by the simple
expedient Of following up the bork Of
the traffic officers. Changes in the
system of posting collateral might re-
quire legislation. But why is it neces-
sary to change it?
The authorities have tried nearly
every method under the sun TO enforce
the many and varied traffic regulations.
They have made the penalties more
strict, they have haled motorists into
trafic court, they have served warrants
on overtime parkers at midnight and
made them get out of bed to post
collateral at precinct stations. If they
helieys that the establishment of still
another bureau will help matters, lei
them 60 to I'll
In the meantime the plan to issue
"tickets" In triplicats for trafhc offenses
promises to bring q showdown on the
ability of the police to make the So
called pink ticket system Of trafic Law
enforcement work. Heretofore the
weaknesses in this system have proved
an irresistible temptation to the aver
age motorist. Finding q ticket in hi;
automobile charging him with some Of.
fense, he has known from experience
that he can gamble, with the odd
about even. on tearing up the ticket anS
atiIl remaining fpes from the tolls Of th'
Law. The police say that only about 81
per cent Of the tickets left IA automo'
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Speeding Up Patents
By Special Treatment
by HARDEN COLFAx.

speeding up its procedure as to
specials" IN granting patents SO as to
DO its bit toward relieving the general
unemployment situation, the Patent
ounce provides some interesting data in
ITS annual report issued this week.
IN the ordinary course of procedure
patents must wait their turn in their
oroer OF examination. This Is especial
y the case with applications In the
radio and moving picture fields. where
frequent conflicting inventions compli-
cate the situation.
For a number of years, however, the
Patent Once has picked I'D certain
applications for Especial" treatment
taking them out of their turn and Civ
ing them immediate action. This has
peen done when evidence has been pro-
9uced that industry would be bene-
Ated oy such special treatment.
* *
During the months since depressed
business conditions began, the interest
Il TINS practlce OF the Patent ONCE has
neen growing Applications for "spe-
elaI handling have been coming In
from industrial concerns at an increas-
lng rate. These applications have
come from the makers of all sorts and
varieties Of Industrial products, from
toys. chemicals, toothpaste, watches and
CLOCKS, textiles, and a great variety Of
small mechanical appliances. through
bulkier industrial products up to open
air hearth furnaces. New factories are
being built and old ones kept going
and the unemployment situation Is be-
Ing helped accordingly.
An analysis of the applications in
dicates that the amounts of capital
invested vary from $4,000 TO $500 900
The number of employees involved range
from l! IN the smallest concern up to
$4,000 to $7O0,o00 annually. One large
concern sponsored by q nationally
known industrial leader reports that
from January TO October II turned out
1855 900 units OF Q newly patented
product OF which IL had sold 2.0O0. 600
~
The Patent once learns from these
applications for special tteAtnent thai
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Optimism.

Optimism.
It's fine to be an optimist
With sunshine everywhere;
With only pleasures on your list
And not word of care.
The world is like a picture bright
Where colors are arrayed
To fill us with sincere delight
'Mongst joys that cannot fade.
It's fine to be an optimist-
But he who takes the part
From thought and care may not desist
With languid brain and heart.
His pictures are but hopes so proud
And glorious to the view.
He has to hustle with the crowd
To make his hopes come true.
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Member of the Associated Press.
Emergency Measures.

emergency MeapuICs'
Secretary of War Hurley, addressing
the Chamber of Commerce Of New
York State, has called attention spe-
ciflcally to the action of the Hoover
as--!n !nistration to meet the emergency
r owing out of the depression, cata-
loguing each move from the call for
conferences with business leaders, labor
and agriculture at the outset OF the
depression to the formation of the Ma
tional Credit Corporation. Opponents
of the administration, Mr.. Hurley said,
have declared that the plans proposed
by the White House are all emergency
measures.
THAT is true" the Secretary OF War
continued. 1.-THE depression itself Is
an emergency. The President has
sought to meet it as an emergency
rather than by sacrificing in times OF
stress the fundamental principles OF
the American system Of economics ana
the American Government"
when the depression lifts, as beyond
a doubt it will, the country Will thank
the President of the United States for
the stand he has taken against pan
aceas advanced in many quarters for
the relief of distress in this country,
which If adopted would have changed
the American system in vital respects
and actually attacked the system OF
government. In the meantime, how
ever, Mr.. Hoover will continue to be
criticized on the ground that he has
not accepted the remedies offered, many
of them in entire good faith.
Mr.. Hurley did not attempt in his ad-
dress to claim that the economic sys-
TEN in this country is perfect. He did
declare it vital, and q system on which
for $50 years the American people have
gone forward to great achievement. He
placed q finger on one spot in the sys-
tenn, however, which leaders in INDUSTRY
ard business are more and more
coming to recognize as q weakness.
That is s'the oVerconcentration OF
wealth in the hands Of few ndivid-
uals." In this connection Mr.. Hurley
said, 1--WE have yet to devise . plan
that will provide for a more equitable
distribution of the Nations wealth, but
in dealing with it we shall be careful
not to destroy the initiative OF the
American people; not to dampen the
hopes and aspirations Of the individual.
We shall bear In mind that the sue
cess Of the United states Is the sum
total of the achievements of It's indiVid-
ual citizens"
If such q plan can be devised and
adopted, great steps viii have been
taken to make impossible recurrence OF
the suffering which the American peo-
pie have experienced in the last two
years. It Is not plan that will grow
out of legislation by Congress or gov
ernmental action. 1t is q plan that
must come from industry itself, making
for a more equitable distribution of
profits and caring for employees in times
of depression, as the industry Of the
country has learned in considerable de-
gree to care for investors of capital in
depreSSions. In the meantime, how
ever, it would be the height Of folly to
throw overheard the system under
which the American people have pros
pered, have met other deprsssions and
have emerged stronger than ever. Amer
ican industry doubtless viii learn many
valuable lessons from the period Of de-
preston through which it is now pass
ing
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A Bluff.

Are YOU sure de lady in dat house
cooks wit an oil stove?" asked Plodding
Pete.
Positive" replied Meandering Mike.
"And she has pump right In de
kitchen?"
eyes"
"G'wan up an ask her If she don't
want us to chop some wood or carry
some water"
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SiIenced Eloquence.

SiIenced ElOquence.
My Uncle jim, he used to be
As eloquent as any enc.
But now he doesn't speak so free.
He says his talkin' days are done.
He hasn't time to stamp an shout.
He's got too much to think about
It amt so easy to arise
And agitate the atmosphere
With language more ornate than wise.
just now folks want the meaRlin'
clear.
Fur silence Uncle Jim stands out
While there's so much to think about.
He tells us he would like to show
The eloquence that was our pride,
But words do not freely flow
From minds that are preoccupied.
He's handicapped, beyond doubt.
He's got too much to think about.
"You's liable TO find" said Uncle
Eben. dat de man who talks de biggest
thinkS d smallest"
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That chuckling noise may be II Duce
reading about how Abraham Lincoln
envisioned Rome as the capital of a
United States Of Europe" If this
should come about in the formers life
time it is safe bet that he would
unanimously add "Hizzoner" to his
other titles.
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The Weather Bureau declares that
the average of Winter weather for any
consecutive twenty years Is about the
same as for any other twenty years. If
that be true, the Capitals next fifteen
or sixteen are going to be bearcats.
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What appears to the average un-
horsed citizen to be the acme of in
efficiency is when he reads of sixty
or seventy highly-bred hounds working
hard all day and starting up two foxes.
Evening star., 1931-11-22

FHappy" is the nickname of Wash
ington's new chief of police. May
nothing ever happen in the department
of which he is in charge to cause any
change therein.
Evening star., 1931-11-22

Now Dean Gauss of Princeton is in
Weighing against alumni subsidization
of what he calls professional foc% ball
amateurs" The Tigers record would
indicate that this is the very year for
him to have sprung his stuff.
Evening star., 1931-11-22

One should not judge q Christmas
gift by its box. Yet too often in these
days the container is more alluring and
desirable, and even useful, than the
gadget it holds.
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Effort to Define.

Father" said the small boy, what
is an ultimatum?"
An ultimatum, my son, is to diplo-
macy what the farewell appearance is
to the theater."
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1t Is not often that the male popula-
tions of whole communities find that
they put away Summer wardrobes fou,
or five weeks too soon.
Evening star., 1931-11-22

Signor Grandi made a nice impress
sion-but boards are not expected back
just yet.
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mails that the public win require the
plea IN this case to be very thWoughlT
substantiated before he Is allowed the
benent 81 ia I. :. 4-,. !,
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A Conversational Disappointment.
Inevitable.

do you think it will be possible to
settle all international differences here
after without WARP"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum. cat
best there's bound to be war of
words"
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irresponsible Comment.

AS superficially are scanned
Anothers happiness and plain,
The things we do not understand
We treat as easiest to explain.
A Conversational Disappointment.
Il understand that your new servant
is a disappointment"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Gaddington Prye.
1.-THE last family she worked for doesn't
seem to be at all interesting"
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AN Ofher States ard Canada.
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Art Carpenter was absent from

Art Carpenter was absent from
his Mace as second assistant man
age. at TIE j. c. Penney store on
Tuesday and Wednesday with a
badly abccssed tooth. Art says il
is worse than working, besides dis
figuring his beauty, but he hopes
it won't be permanent.
A patent has been issued to j.
B. Gabrieau of Richland for a
machine adapted to cleaning the
growth of turf from embankments
and bitches. Mr.. Garbrieau also
secured patent for hay loading
or other crop device from the
ground to a wagon or truck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rosson drove
to Ukiah, Oregon Sunday. Mr..
Rosson went on to Hideway
Springs, where he will spend two
weeks for his health. Mrs. Ros-
son returned Sunday evening and
will have charge of the Ideal
Cleaners, assisted by Ray Marsh
during Mr.. Rosson's absence.
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in Kennewick-Pascof for the 2-door Sc
dan or coupe. Sport Coupe, $919.50.
4-door sedan or convertible coupe,
$949.50. Custom sedan, $9s9.50-illus-
trated at left. Special equipment extra.
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LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Hall and
son and Mrs. Amelia Olbrich were
Pasco visitors Wednesday and
called on the Kennewick people IL
the Pasco hospital.
Vance Holcomb has accepted 9
position with the Yakima Herald
He is to report for the Herald dur
ing the vacation period for the
month of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Bell of Top.
penish visited at the Elmer and
Bruce Hinkle families and Will.
liam Brace homes on Columbia
Blvd. over the weekend.
Mrs. Charles Warter of Port.
land left for her home Monday
after spending a two weeks va
cation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Paulson on the River
Road.
Gus Reese underwent an opera
ton Tuesday at the Pasco hospi-
tai. He was kicked by a horse
several weeks ago and suffered
bone injuries that necessitated an
operation.
Andy Anderson, one of the
scout masters, drove to the scout
camp and brought back Walter
Hembree, Lowell Higley, Ted Gift
ford and Gene Shanafelt who had
spent the week over there
y
V. M. Ward, manager of the To-
cal j. C. Penney store, and C. S
Elliott, manager of the Pasco
store, were business visitors in
Walla Walla Monday and or
Tuesday were business visitors in
Yakima
Mrs. r. w. Anderson and Mrs
Percival Pugh left Tuesday morn.
ing for Portland, where Mrs. An
derson will visit and Mrs. Pugh
will continue her trip to Salem
where she will visit her parents
and other relatives.
Mrs. Fred Rosson received
word today of the death of a cou.
sin OF Mr.. Rosson's, Carl Adkin-
son at Fox, Oregon. This is the
second death in this family with
in the month. Mr.. Atkinson has
visited N Kennewick a number of
times.
Walter Hulet's class of young
married people of the Baptist
church was entertained at the
! home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elton
Thomson Tuesday evening. There
were "a present. After the bus
mess meeting a social hour was
spent playing games. Mrs. Thorn.
ason was assisted in serving by
Mrs. w. S. Hulet.
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H. L. Blake spent the weekend

H. L. Blake spent the weekend
visiting in Waitsburg.
Father Joda returned Monday
from Spokane, where he attended
the retreat week.
Mrs. Arthur STRAIN of The Dali
les is guest at the Jap O'Keefe
home this week.
Mrs. Owen Whit and small
daughter, Donna Roe, of the Gar
den Tracts is visiting in Billings,
Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brough-
man of East Kennewick spent the
weekend in Grangeville, Idaho
visiting Mrs. Broughman's rela-
tives.
Miss Shirley Mulkey left Sum
day evening for Portland, where
she joined relatives. They will
drive thru to California, where
she will spend a two weeks vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewell Cox re-
turned Saturday from a six-week
vacation trip spent in the Yellow
stone park and Montana and Wy
oming combining a business and
pleasure trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Elliott and
baby of Salt Lake City are visit
ing Mr.. Elliott's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Elliott in East Kenne-
wick and Mrs. Elliott's sister,
Mrs. A. H. Wegner.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Allen and
baby lilo, left Wednesday for their
new home at Endicott, where Mr..
Allen will be in charge of the city
schools this year. They have spent
their summer vacation with Mr..
Aliens parents, Mr.. and Mrs. O.
F. Allen on First Ave.
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.,ort Love spent the weekend

Robert Love spens s -
% , fosB onnie Brown visited in
us IlsS Walla Thursday. :.
Nsna Barbee of Walla Walla
\. T.. c sunday with his family.
spe e1;.. Elna Beste left Wednesday
- 1 Portland to spend a weeks
ssea'1SL Lester left Monday for
c.ss.ne r Idaho, where he will
visit relatives; &C.,
~. VIZ Idaho arrived Monday to WIS.,
y y :. the ]. C. Pratt home.
Mrs q AL Henniken came home
-, the Our Lady of the Lourdes
l uIosnital in Pasco Monday.
ny Trs 7 2. Mulkey and children
turned n Saturday from a vaca-
rev lsss' Trim to Seattle and Portland.
'V ~hs Misses Nellie and Cora
rsnrston are spending the week
.;th Mr.. and Mrs. McCalmant of
0' Miss Pauline Higley of Daven-
nort spent the weekend with her
PARENTS ps, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hig-
lev and family.
Mrs. r. M. Taylor of Seattle
and Mrs John Lake of Vancouver
uere guests of the w. M. Brough-
,on home over the weekend.
=. Kleinknecht and cousin re-
turned from northern Alberta on
Saturday, where they had spent
week visiting with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Powell
went to Yakima Saturday and
we're joined by two of Mr.. Pow
elps brothers and they spent the
weekend in the mountains above
Cliffdale.
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The Rev. j. Fred Stilwell Of
Spokane will preach at the Meth
odist church here Sunday morn
ing. The topic will be The Form
of The Fourth" The Methodists
of Pasco will attend in a body and
will be accorded cordial well
come by the Kennewick people.
At 8 pm. Mr.. Stilwell will adj
dress union prohibition rally in
the basement of the Methodist
church. The topic will be "Our
Young People and Prohibition. ("
Young people are urged to attend
this service. Plan now to attend.
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C. L. Holcomb was a business

G. L. Holcomb was business
visitor in Prosser Monday.
Mrs. G. Bleichner left Monday
for a months visit in California.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Mcintyre of Finley, a girl, Aug
ust 10.
Grant McCann of Spokane was
a business visitor in Kennewick
Tuesday.
Miss Florence Molinger of Ben
ton City, visited friends in Ken
newick, Monday.
Mrs. E. C. Smith and Mrs.
Charlotte Albright visited in Wal
la Walla Wednesday
Walter Hembree returned Sun
day from a week spent at scout
camp in the Blue mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Visger and
family motored to La Grande and
Pendleton and spent the weekend.
The Misses Pearl and Betty
Schunemann of Pasco were Sun
day guests at the C. l.. Holcomb
home.
Mrs. Nellie Shaughnessy spent
the weekend in Yakima visiting
her daughter Mrs. Fred Stuhr and
family.
Clarence Olbrich, manager of
the Liberty Theatre, was bus
mess visitor in Walla Walla We'd
nesday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Christy, son, August 8. The
young man has been named Ray
Ernest.
E. S. MCDONALD of the Red &
White Store left Tuesday for
Portland on a business and pleas
ure trip.
John Hogan of Toppenish is
spending the week with his grand
mother, Mrs. j. C. Hogan in the
Garden Tracts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis Miller of
Clareholm, Alberta, Canada were
weekend guests of DR.. and Mrs.
L. G. Spaulding.
George Starr, chairman of the
state democratic central commit
tee, was in tow today comforting
with county chairman, C. L. Hol-
comb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Monroe
and daughter, Barbara Jean, re-
turned from a ten-day camping
trip in the mountains above the
Naches.
Russell Weber of White Bluffs
spent the weekend at the John
Behrman home in the Garden
Tracts, and visited with his wife
and baby.
Miss Edna Mechanism, who has
been working in Pasco, returned
to her home on the Highlands on
Sunday and will spend a short
vacation.
Mrs. K. C. Clifford and son
Junior, returned Sunday morning
from weeks vacation spent in
Olympia and Seattle and other
coast cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Perry and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. II. P.
Cranmer returned Sunday from a
vacation spent at Newport and on
the coast.
Marion Crutchfield came home
from Hood River Wednesday and
will spend his vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Crutchfield.
The Freshman class of the M.
E. Sunday school entertained the
sophomore class at party in the
church parlors Tuesday evening.
The evening was spent in group
singing and playing games.
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Vol. 81 Thursday, August Is, 1881
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A kind hearted gentle
man saw a little boy
trying to reach the
door bell. He rang the
bell for the little boy,
then said, "What now,
my little man ?"
run like the dickens, /"
said the boy, that's
what I'm going to do"
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or perhaps a complete
new roof? The hot
summer days bring
out the weak spots
and the first fall rains
will go right thru and
into the house unless
the roof cover you
like it should.
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The man who's wise
Goes and buys
Paint for his house.
He knows it pays
Because he saves
And has a beautiful
house.
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Editorials

IN Kansas they can
trade ten bushels of
wheat for a marriage
license. But how can
that help the farmer
who is already mar
RED?
N. N. Hudnall, editor.