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The Washington times., 1931-05-30

Great the power of mystery the ignorant human mind
Ancient pagan religions relied mysterious rites mysterious
mumblngs mysterious images to control the supersltlous
In one place great idol built that when the
went down loud moaning from the stone imag
impressed the people who brought abundant offerings
the priests of that idol
They could not explain the mystery, but it simple
Inside the image the air heated during the daytime
the sun and the grew colder the hot air rushed out
and caused the moaning
The ancient sby seers and fortune tellers before
since the witch of Endor worded their utterance
nysteriousy.
And they did wisely that no matter what happened
they might pretend that they had predicted it.
This picture the force of mystery still great among
those that do not think.
You see the high and mighty Africa native ruler
Shyanboa Ladgbo seated his throne with his ministers
He is the Alifin which means king" of oyo in Nigeria,
allow his face to be in public always ap'
pearng you him here closely veed with heavy strings
Of beads coming down before his face
On one side courtier holds his sceptre his advisers
him. the agent of the British Empire in immaculate white
nearby veil his face he wants to everything
legged on the ground his back to the King his powerful eye
directed outward toward anybody that might come The
Dvner supposed d. to have the & of wsrg G of fs1 sa
and which many Christian dreaded ancient days. when
they believed that the bassk could kill with glance Of its
eye and that human beings had the power with
glance, to cause great misfortune
This Ngerian Afn according to the British agent Is un'
usually enlightened for African ruler He knows that the
beads he wears his face don't to anything
But he knows aso that his subjects attach great Importance
to them.
They say to themselves "What marvellous creature
King must be- Doubtless he covers up his face because one
look from his magnificent would parayze and destroy
u.s.
The An looks very much any other native of Nigeria
possibly better fed and fatter but with other important
difference
But royal Dress his heavy veil Of beads and the extreme
poteness with which the agent Of the British Empire treats
him. while communicating Britans ORDERS impress the Ans
subjects immensely.
This picture is interesting illustrating how childhood,
whether it be the adult childhood Of superous savages or
real childhood among civilized beings cngs and enjoys
mystery.
Children have their secret clubs their passwords their
strange languages hog latn etc. Half grown children IN
colleges have their secret societies. with mystic Greek letters
They also, are still children.
But with the savage with the ancents mystery
farther plays part every day of their lives and in
every important function, from birth to death
Of all mysteries the greatest of all BIRTH AND
DEATH and those mysteries still puzzle ALL the foolish and
the wise In time shall all know that there nothing
mysterious back of them it will all be clear enough We shall
know that as know that there is nothing remark
able back of King shyanbola's beads.
The Washington times., 1931-05-30
Incompetent Auto Drivers

The National Conference Street Highway Safety is
properly giving encouragement drive throughout the ma
on for uniform laws covering the licensing Of
motor
Those comparatively few States that do have regulations
that shut out ncompeten finding that they are re-
ducng accidents but big majority of the have little
licenses to drive Anybody gets license without any Sort Of
examination The recipients may be mentally diseased have
serious eyesght conditions and know nothing of the rules of
driving.
The Washington times., 1931-05-30
The Right Kind of "Gang"

Washington is the threshold Of real gang invasion
This time the police are not bit worried fact they well
come the invaders even though they hail from Chicago
For the visitors will armed with typewrlters and
''pneappes "gang" of healthy, husky American
boys will take part the convention of the Boys Club
Federation America be held here for four days beginning
Monday.
Other gangs will come from Worth Stamford Conn.,
and New York city
Wasngtonians will welcome this gang incurSon with open
arms.
The Washington times., 1931-05-30
Painless Hunting
Why Not Painless War?

Biggame hunting will be put on humane basis by New
York expedition to Borneo Indo China and Siam. Instead of
using high rifles the explorers will fire thin needles
loaded with morphine into the animals bodies small
powder charge will be used in the cartridge to get
the needle under the epderms without causing permanent
injury The tiger panther wild elephant will toppe over
five minutes and will then be Gagged and to American
ZOOS.
This offers idea to those interested in humanzng war
fare If army could give another shot in the arm
put sleep temporarily there would be casualties
That would be advantage.
The Washington times., 1931-05-30
LISTEN, WORLD

} no tests. They were always
popular and successful in the
dream world. often powerful
and feared.
At first, the dreams only
came now and then. Between
times, they tried to face reality.
But as soon as reality hurt them
they escaped into dreams. Pres
emily, they learned the trick Of
living almost constantly in
dreams.
But even then they weren't
happy. For dreams, like every
The Washington times., 1931-05-30

thing else, bring consequences.
And one of the consequences of
dreams is that the neglected
body is always making mis-
takes. The dish it was drying,
drops. The seam it was sew
ing, slips. The letter it was
typing, scrambles. And then
everyone gets mad and criti-
Cizes and blames.
End of the Dream
IT never can do anything
right" cries the dreamer, COM
ing out of his dream with an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

And here are our low prices on Hood Tires and Tubes -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

The only licensed woman amateur
radio operator Ia Pennsylvania Is Miss
Frances v. RNe Of Germantown,
philadelphia. About 500 radiograms q
month come over the tranGmittee
which &iaG Rica cQneyz1cAe6 haA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02
Distant Control of the Radio.

Through the use CT the new remote
control the radio receiver may be COM
pletely controlled from q remote point
by means of 10 differently marked
push buttons mounted in q small
metal box, which Is attached to the
receiver by means Of q fiat ribbon
cable of IL small wires. Functions Of
the push buttons are as follows:
Black with white dots-Momentary
depression turns the receiver on.
Black-Momentary depression turns
the receiver off.
Red with white dot-Depression in
creases volume until the button Il re-
leased.
Red-Depression decreases volume
until released.
Brown buttons-Each Of these but
tons correspond to one OF six prede-
terrnined stations any one OF which
may be tuned in by depressing the
corresponding button.
It is possible to secure stations other
than the six predetermined stations
by manipulating two Of the buttons,
q high wave length and o. low wave
length button, ana tuning the receiver
by ear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02
By Charles H. Joseph.

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is. Slacken.
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II. A pert girl.
18. Enraged.
10. Presently.
20. A metallic element.
%. Unceremonious attire.
"a. American Indian.
26. Observed.
81. Dispositions.
81 Former Persian governor.
IS. Genus of grasses.
SO. To thresh, as grain.
49, Self.
80. Large vehicles.
40. Miners compasseS.
Al. Woe is me.
az. Ancient mountain Of Crete.
43. Ancient coast of West Asia Minor.
A. Wrong.
As Badger Of Sumatra.
Al. Language Of Etruria.
40. PLIERS.
81. Court Of circuit judges.
So. Recoiled with aversion.
S. Tenfold. -. -
so. The odic force Of electricity.
81. Adriatic seaport. ~
SO. Scope.
g. Whimper.
65 Beneath.
66. The linden.
81. Vehicle without wheels.
So. Ugly grimaces.
SO. Serf.
Down,
I. Edible tubers.
2. Medley.
3. To go on.
4. Dictionaries.
5. Peninsula In the Black Sea.
6. Over: poet.
Z. Scheme.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
KIDDIES DRESS
UP FOR SHOW
AT PLAYFIELD
Hold Style Show as Part of
Field Day Program; Finals
Held i'm Athletic Contests
and Badges Awarded

Hoboes and court attendants,
brides and buns, all were pres
emit at the annual fancy dress
style show staged by the Kiwanis
playfield last Friday afternoon.
Following the dress up pageant a
number of final events in the ath-
letic contests were staged, follow
ed by serving ice cream to all
present. The attendance that day
was 106, and this years daily at
tendance has been the largest ever,
according to Miss Elsa Brogunier,
director.
Following are the winners in the
various events of the day:
First Class boys winning were
Monford Fyfe, Lorenz Neuman
and Phillip Gest.
Second class boys-1st, Gene
Whittemore in Colonial costume
and wig, Bobby Neuman as a
clown and Jimmy Reed as Uncle
Sam.
Third class boys-1st, Billy Lis
Continued on Page g.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
YOUTH is HELD
AS SUSPECT IN
2 ROBBERIES
Oil Stations Entered; Night
Man Captures Boy in Alley
Where Tampering is Dis
covered; Test Finger Prints

The Standard Oil and Associat-
ed oil stations here were entered
last night by burglars and a small
amount in postage stamps was
stolen. Otis Fullerton, Is, was ar
rested in the alley back of Kings
Pharmacy and is being held for
investigation by the police.
The King store had the screen
cut and the coal shute opened, but
the youth, in company with "Bill'
an acquaintance picked up on the
road, claimed they had nothing to
do with it. They were discovered
in the alley by the night patrol
man, Bert Moores, who ordered
them to stop. Both started to run,
but after a shot or two fired in
the air the youth stopped. Bill
kept on going.
A finger print expert from the
sheriff's office in Walla Walla
was in town this afternoon and
took pictures of the prints left at
the oil stations. Meanwhile the
youth is being kept on an open
charge pending the development
of the prints to see if they check
with his, in which case charges
will be filed against him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
CALL FOR BIDS
ON HIGHLANDS
PUMP PLANT
Pumps and Motors for High
lands and Power House at
Prosser to be Awarded 18th
of Sept; Engineer ON Job

Bids on the hydraulic and cleo
trical apparatus for the Prosser
power plant and the Kennewick
Highlands pumping plant were
called for this week when the
specifications were made avail
able at the district headquarters
office in Yakima. Specifications
have been available at the Denver
office prior to this time. Bids
will be opened at two o'clock, on
September ii at the Denver Of
fices,
Specifications call for one AGO.
200 horsepower vertical turbine
with governor and governor
pump, one 3000-kilowatt volt
ampere alternating current gen.
orator, complete with a direct
connected exeter and thrust bear
ing, and a number of transform
ers, lighting arresters, switch
boards and expulsion fuses.
Surveys and Investigations pre-
paratory to the letting of the
contracts on the construction of
the powerhouse, canal and spill
way for the Kennewick division
will be undertaken at once by T.
r. Smith of Coalville, Utah, con-
struction engineer, who arrived in
Yakima Monday of this week to
begin his work.
Smith came from the Salt Lake
project and has been assigned to
the Kennewick division, with head
quarters at Prosser. He will bring
together information so the Dem
yer office can prepare plans for
the power house, spillway and
canal, as this construction will
probably be handled by contract.
The new pipe line for the High
lands has been completed, but the
connection with the present pump
ing plant will not be made except
in an emergency, the water still
being delivered in the old lines.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
HIGHLAND FOLK
IN JUSTICE COURT
Neighbors Get in Squabble and
Get jury to Settle Charges
Of Third Degree Assault

The first jury trial in justice
court for years was held yester-
day afternoon in Judge Hatch's
court. A man named Cox at Rich
land had a neighbor named Van
Imam arrested on a charge Of
third degree assault.
A jury of six was. impanneled,
the evidence taken and the accus-
sed was acquitted on the first bal
lot.
The trouble arose over a beer
bottle was stuck I'D on a post
pointing to the Van Imam place.
Cox was accused of setting it up
to throw suspicion toward Van
Imam, with the implied suggestion
that beer might be obtained at the
spot the bottle was pointed. Van
Imam grabbed Cox and attempted
to get him into his car to explain
to the police. In the scuffle Cox
suffered torn shirt and lacerat-.
ed feelings. He sworn out the as
sault warrant and the trial fol-
lowed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
HODGE TELLS
OF CUTS In
SCHOOL COSTS
Kiwanians Told of Financial
Condition of District; Tax
Levy but Half of Last Year
Possibilities Limited.

1t takes about thousand dol
lars a week to keep the local
schools operating, according to a
statement made at the Kiwanis
club luncheon Tuesday by Super
intendent w. c. Hodge. This
money is the total from all funds,
the state, county and school dis
trict, but does not include the OPP
Grafton of the free bus lines.
Mr.. Hodge called attention to
the election Saturday of this week
for an expression on a special
levy of four mills for the contin-
uance of the buses for carrying
the children. Between 425 and
$50 children are transported,
which is better than half the en-
rolment. During the past two
years seven mills have been vot-
ed by special election, tho but
four mills have been used for the
bus routes.
With costs Of school transpor-
tation in few districts mounting
to more than a hundred dollars
per pupil, Mr.. Hodge pointed out
that District No. IL has one Of
the lowest per pupil transporta-
ton costs in the state. The aver
age for the entire state is better
than SGT per pupil, while costs in
the Kennewick district are about
$40 per pupil.
With cut in operation expense
of between IL and 10 percent, the
school levy this year will be cut
ID mills, This includes the elimin-
alton of the 1O-mill bond redemp-
ton levy that was made last year
to clear up the outstanding build
ing bonds. The levy last year also
cleared up a large part Of the
outstanding warrant indebtedness.
AS a matter Of fact, the district
is in splendid financial condition,
according to Mr.. Hodge, who
pointed out that If there had
been no delinquencies in tax pay
! ments during recent years the
district would now have between
$4,000 and $SO,OOO-enough to
pay all operating expenses for
more than a year.
Possibilities for further reduc-
tons are limited to three sources
Mr.. Hodge said. A further cut in
salaries for the teachers, the
elimination of the bus lines and
cutting out the supplies and text
books. Mr.. Hodge said that the
latter item, while it would cut
down materially on the districts
expenses, would cost patrons Of
the district several times as much
as under the present system.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
SCHOOL ELECTION
SATURDAY

2 A school election to vote .
= on a special four-mill levy .
2 will be held Saturday of this .
= week at the city hall. The =
= levy is for the purpose of .
= providing transportation for .
2 the children of the district .
= during the coming year. For .
= the past two years a seven =
= mill levy has been voted, part .
z of this amount going into the .
= general expense fund. This .
= has been included in the reg .
= ular budget this year and .
= the election provides only for .
= the school busses. .
= Residents in the district are .
2 eligible to vote, and the polls .
= will be open from one until =
= seven o'clock. .
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
BOYD JACOBS
is COACH FOR
HIGH SCHOOL
Teachers Selected for Coming
Year; Local Girl to be on
Staff; Three Other New
Instructors
Idpyrisht. ". N. o.,

All arrangements have beer
made for the opening of school or
August 81. Superintendent Hodge
has announced the appointment Of
the following corps Of teachers
for the ensuing year:
Miss Bertha Fricke, Miss Flor.
ence Ring, first grade; Miss Mar
garet Flint, second grade; Miss
Blanche Easton, second and third
grade; Miss Hazel Rolfe, princi.
pal Washington building; Miss
Zimma Buchanan, third grade;
Miss Frances McManamon, Gar.
bula Thompson, fourth grade;
Miss Lena Mains, Miss Glenna
Kinkaid, fifth grade; Miss Maud
Lampson, Mr.. Edgar Gilbert, sixth
grade; Miss Olga Heggem, Mr.
Newlan King, seventh grade; Mr..
Carl Precht, Mr.. Lauritz Smith,
eighth grade.
Miss Carol Goodrich, music; Mr..
Leland Barbee, agricultural and
shop work; Mr.. M. G. Clark,
science; Miss Beatrice Cogswell,
Home Economics; Miss Rena Saw
age, Commercial; Miss Evelyn
Hutton, mathmatics; Miss Esther
Moulton, languages; Mr.. Boyd
Jacobs, Athletics and English;
Miss Mildred fash, history.
Miss Hazel Rolfe will act as
principal of the Washington
building, where for the grades the
same teachers will be employed
as last year.
Other new teachers are Edgar
Gilbert who will have one of the
sixth grades; Newlan King, sew
enth; Lauritz Smith, eighth; Boyd
Jacobs will have charge of athlet-
les and English, while Miss Esth-
er Moulton, a local girl, will teach
languages.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
EASTER QUINTETTE COMING

The quintette of Luther College
at DEBORAH, Iowa, is on a sum-
mer tour and will appear at the
First English Lutheran church,
Kennewick Ave. and lone st. on
Tuesday, August 25 at 8 o'clock.
While the program is primarily
sacred in character, secular num-
bers will also be presented on re-
quest. Both vocal and instrument
al numbers are included. The per-
sonell: Tenors, E. Wilson, S. Ode;
basses, G. Larsgaard, o. Swee, O..
c. Blegstad, accompanist. Mr..
Wilson of a theological seminary
is prepared to give a short adj
dress. A silver offering will be
lifted. We invite the public to
hear this quintette.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
CHICKENS LIVE
HIGH IN TWO
STORY HOUSE
Twin City Farm Erecting a
MODERN ulty Unit to
House Laying Flock; Firm
Has 5000 Birds

An apartment house for chick
y. Is being built for local flap
.ers A two-story affair, 136x2S
feet modernly equipped thruout
The building is being erected on
,he Twin City Poultry Farm, a
mile south of town, under the di-
,ection of Sam Weiggands.
of course, the chickens are real
ones-not what one might think.
And Mr.. Weiggands figures that
thew will produce a substantial in
come, rather than dissipate it, as
might be supposed.
The two-story chicken house is
a novelty which is just becoming
nopular among commercial poul-
trymen. Many factors favor such
construction, according to Mana
ger Weiggands. Decreased con-
struction cost, better ventilation
and distribution of heat are some
Of the advantages.
The new house will accommo-
date 24OO chicks. The upper floor
will be used as a laying house for
hens, and will provide for half the
total number. The hens in the
laying pens will be kept within the
building during their entire pro-
ductiye lives. The lower floor will
be used for pullets while being
prepared for their laying exper-
fences. The upper floor will be
provided with battery of lights,
self feeding and watering equip
ment and an arrangement where
by the eggs are removed from the
nests as soon as the hen moves.
Primarily the Twin City Farm
goes in for baby chicks. However,
their plan included the sale of
eggs and the new quarters will
provide facilities for this feature
Of their business. Even under
present conditions there is nice
mafgin of profit in eggs, if eco
nomically produced, according to
ar. Weiggands.
1--WE now hav more than 1000
chickens on the place." said he
yesterday. "With our new house
we will be able to get our eggs
and still keep up the quality of
our breeding pens. AS matter of
fact, we still consider the Kenne-
wick valley the finest place for
profitable poultry raising in the
West. We are showing our con-
fidence in the district by the adj
dition we are now making. We
are year ahead of our original
schedule of development and we
consider the outlook bright in our
line"
F. N. Lyons has charge of the
construction work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
NEW
FLOW IN OLD
ASPRODUCER
Further Drilling in No. 2 Well
Brings in Additional Gas;
Other Wells to be Deepen.
ed; Doubles Capacity

The Rattlesnake Hills gas field
scored another victory last week
when Northwestern Natural Gas
Co.'s well No. g, drilled into a
second producing sand at depth
of 1860 feet, according to story
printed in the Washington Oil
World. Drilling in of this well OPP
ems up another producing stratum
for the field and will give it
double the reserve estimated to
date.
No gauge has been made of the
capacity of the lower stratum to
date, pending casing off the up
per flow. This will be done soon.
It is believed by company Of
ficials, however, that the lower
stratum will produce as much as
the upper sand, and that the rock
pressure will be greater.
Drilling continued into the sand
for about ten feet when the drill
encountered igneaus intrusion. An
attempt will be made to get by
this in anticipation Of cavity
below it.
First sand was picked up in this
well at 983 feet. Location of the
well is higher than the rest Of the
producing wells in this district
and is nearest the area of frac-
ture designated by company geol-
ogists in a recent survey.
The company plans to deepen
all of its present wells to the
second sand and will probably
commence with Walla Walla No.
2, drilled into production years
ago. Completion Of the new well
makes the fifteenth producer in
the field.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
GOLFERS PLAY Sc
HOLES TO QUALIFY
Elimination Match to Select Team
to Represent Town in
Intercity Match

Local golfers are looking for
ward to the annual intercity
tournament to be held at the
Country Club in Walla Walla on
the Both. Once each year that
club entertains the ten best golf
ers from the surrounding towns.
kennewick has membership of
more than fifty and all want to
play in Walla Walla. Consequent
~ an elimination tournament to
select the ten best players will be
neid Sunday on the local course,
winch, by the way, has been put
INTO fine shape again.
Play Sunday will be SO holes
and the ten best scores will deter
NINE the team to represent the
Town at Walla Walla. Foursomes
and starting times have been ar
ranged by the tournament COM
mlttee as follows:
starting at TOO, w. L. Marsh,
W. Gravenslund, w. C. Muldrow,
ana DON Thompson will make up
.ne flrst foursome. The second
Duncn will start ten minutes later
ana viii consist of Russell Day,
naiph Matthews, Jim and Frank
Beste.
AT 7:2O Doc. Lundy, Cecil Boy
=, Bill McGahey and H. C. Gall
WIN tee off, to be followed at 7:3O
~ Emil Behrman, C.. S. Knowles,
mes Monroe and j. K. Bockius.
fIoyd Higley, Larry Oliver, C.
:. holcomb and J. II. Siegfried
Continued on Page 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-20
= +++++++++ -
LOCAL BOY MAKES"
EDGREN

+ Wednesdays Seattle Times
+ carried on its sporting page .
: a story about Warde John I.
+ soHs unique baseball record I!
+ made in the Goldendale game.
+ The feature Listen to this /!
+ One" carried an illustration /!
+ of Warde smuggling one over I
= to first supposedly and the !
= following Music" "In g. 1
= inning game between Kenne- 1
+ wick and Goldendale, Yakima
= Valley League, Warde john (!
: son of Kennewick, played the !
+ entire game at first sack /!
+ without an error or a putout /!
+ and with only one assist. He /.
+ handled the ball only once!" !
= A clipping of the feature is !
+ on display in The Courier wins
+ dow. !