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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14
4-H Clubs Well Organized

There will be a 10 percent in
crease in the 4-H club enrolment
for 1881 over that of 1880. Two
hundred sixtyIthree boys and girls
are carrying 80 different projects.
Among the girls there are 16 sew
ing clubs, one canning club, 4 meal
preparation clubs, 1 room improve
ment club. Among the boys there
are !. sheep club, / calf club,
garden club, 1 swine club, and one
horticultural club.
Following is list of the clubs
and their leaders:
Misunderstanding Club, Miss
Resale Whitney, Mrs. R. r. Cow
ing, Mrs. D. NJ. Blair, Mrs. Will
liam Moore, Mrs. E. C. Smith, Mrs.
Frank White, Miss Gertrude
Thomas, Miss Lois Brue. Garden
club, Frank White.
White Bluffs Sewing Club, Mrs.
j. M. Shinn; Cooking club, Mrs.
Hemker; Breakfast club, Miss Gar
nett Coleman.
Benton City Sewing club, Mrs.
w. D. Crawford.
Prosser-Sewing club, Mrs. Ruth
Mcfarland, Mrs. A. E. Starken-
burg; Cooking club, Mrs. A. E.
Starkenburg; Sheep club, S. E..
Fitch; Calf club, S. E. Fitch; Gar
den club, L. L. Claypool.
Grandview-Room Improvement,
Mrs. p. P. Black; Sewing club,
Miss Merle Black; Horticulture, p.
P. Black; Garden club, P. P. Black.
Richland Sewing, Miss Pauline
McClendon, Mrs. B. j. Harvey;
Sewing club, Miss Dorothy Combs.
Hover Cooking club, Mrs. w.
F. Ashby; Swine club, v. I. Tuck
er.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

have definite program based up
on sufficient moth traps kept reg
ularily to show the actual situa-
ton, and then follow it, if a good
crop is to be secured and profits
are to be the reward at the end
of the year. There is plenty of in
formation available through the
various channels to enable every
grower to work out his program.
Get this material wherever you can
get it, but make a program and
follow it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14
Declined Burial Honor

At Florence Nitingale's death
the deans of Westminster offered
a burial place for her remains in
the abbey, but her relatives declin-
ed the offer and she was buried be-
side her father and mother in the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

the mouth. Ordinarily his mouth
shows nothing more than a slob-
bering because he cannot swallow
his saliva, and the jaw muscles
are too paralyzed to beat the sal
iva into foam.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

Typical oat and pea hay con-
tains eight and three-tenths of di-
gestible protein as compared with
seven and six-tenths for clover,
and ten and six-tenths for alfalfa.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

An idea which is not put to
work is like hired man who does
nothing but loaf. .a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14
FACTS FOR FARMERS

Under this heading will be printed articles
Of timely interest to the farmers of this community selected
and prepared by E. c. Durde extension for Benton
County cooperating with the u S. Dept of Agriculture and
the Washington State College.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

Reporter office for the week of
May IA to 81. Co.,. ..-...... With.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

A rabid dog does not froth at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
The Foreign R0pv


Some one should debunk the idea that foreign
debts and securities chiefly responsible for Amer
icas troubles To hear Senator Hiram johnson and
our isolatonists talk, you would think nobody ever
lost anything domestic American Investments
Of course the American public at the moment is
looking for Scapegoat One day it is Hoover The
next day it is the international bankers Then it is
Hoover and the international bankers the theme be-
AS for the bankers, they certainly showed little
judgment and less leadership in falling to halt the
boom market. Nevertheless, the fault went much
deeper. Tt was the whole boom psychology The
public which wanted to get rich quick was basicaly
to blame.
The investing public in the period of 1929 was
extremely bulish and foreign securities were only
small item in the total.
When rub the bumps on our heads from for
etgn losses, might remember also the losses at
home-the vacant office buildings and idle factories
reflected in deprecated real estate bonds and indus
trial stocks.
The point that the isoationists miss is that for
egn depression means American depression, and
American depression means foreign depression 1t
will do no good to curse Europe for faults we share
and conditions for which we are jointly responsible
American prosperity depends in part on foreign
trade and foreign investments. American peace de-
ponds on international cooperation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
NORWAY'S MARINE LOSS
December "a

NN Dec. "a, 1917, the Norwegian
" ship Ingrid II was sunk by
either a German submarine or a
mine. 2fhis sinking set the toll of
Norwegian merchant ships at near
ly one-third of the entire fleet of
the nation. Only four members of
the crew were saved.
Italian forces were being hard
pushed in the Asiago sector in the
region of Buso Valbella, the Teu-
tons having pushed past forward
positions of the Italian army.
In aSsaulting rear positions, how
ever, the enemy was stopped. Italy's
valiant army pushed back the
Austrians from their foothold on
the Piave Vecchio, south of
Gradenigo.
In compliance with the demand
of the Ukrainian government, Boil
shevists released the Ukainian
revolutionary staff which had been
held on suspicion of being in a plot
to give General Kaledine Red
Cross supplies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24

NEME. FAUSTER VTTTORIA
Nl NrENGARR1I, an italian sculp-
tor. gave a statement to a news
paper the other day in which she
said that most Of her subjects were
men and explained:
cit is not that I prefer to do men.
But I am commissioned to do a bust
of an important person, and i'm
portant persons always turn out to
be men,"
AS a matter of fact, most of them
start that way.
But I think the sculptor has lost
sight of the fact that competitive
conditions very largely are stacked
against the women in our world.
This holds true of the arts and the
professions as well as business. OIL
hand can think of only two fields
in which women are received on an
equal basis with men.
am referring to the opera and
to the theater. Here the great
names are just as likely to be fem
mime as masculine. Indeed, as lar
as the stage is concerned, I believe
1t would be possible to name five
excellent young actresses for every
male competitor. Specifically, no
current actor of the New York thea
ter stands within hai1ing distance of
Katharine Cornell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24

privng them Of the fundamentals Of education which
are becoming and more nearly indispensable to
occupational progress"
William c. Carr Of the National Education Asso-
citation estimates the number of children of these
100000.
Progress has been made In the last quarter CEN
tury in wping out the national shame OF child labor
Millions of children have been rescued from Jobs
for hire and released to play and learn. Machines
have released many; laws have freed many more.
The children's "glory hole" of the glass industry
is no more. More than $4,000 children under IA have
been freed from the slavery of tweve-hour days
in the lint-laden cotton mills Of the south The hr-
today.
But "the grosser forms of childhood exploitation
still are with us" The depression has not helped.
Never have the ultimate implications of these
drifts been clearly evident than today the
report states. when we see from 100000 to
100000 adults desperately in search of work and
3,326,152 children from to II out of school, many
in direct competition with adults for employment
and many more in idleness-the best breeder of de-
nquency-the situation becomes so obvious that even
the most conservative person begins to look for
remedies"
Remedies of course, are strict laws, strictly en-
forced and backed by a determined public opinion
The United States supreme court having killed the
federal child labor law the next step is ratification
by thirty-six states-Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona
California, Wisconsin and Montana-have done their
duty by the children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
More Politics or Less?

While the chairmen of the two political parties
announce that no effort will be made to take partisan
advantage Of any situation that might rise from
emergency session Of the legislature, the word win
bring little cheer to the public.
Tt is probably true that what prevented action at
the regular session on important questions was a
lack Of politics. rather than a surplus.
After all, what is politics?
True the word has become associated with trick
cry a mean advantage, skillful use Of power for
party gain.
But in the last analysis good politics is appealing
to public opinion and the favor of the majority
That is exactly what Is needed in any session Of
the legislature For it is the interests Of the ma
5ory which are to be safeguarded in this crisis, not
the interests of the few who have been powerful
The majority at present in distress. They
arc the farmers whose lands are overaxed the home
owner who sees his equity going, the worker whose
Job has already gone or is menaced or his wages
reduced
At the regular session it was proposed to give some
relief to these groups by an income tax powerful
minority sent their agents to Indianapolis and the
biggest lobby OF the session killed legislation. That
happened because It seemed good politics to both
parties to cater to the few rather than to take a
firm stand for the many.
If there be no competition between political
parties there is still for politics" in its best
sense. Members who forfeited public confidence
have chance to redeem themselves Those who
tried to serve the public have the chance for further
recognition.
If our troubles are to be solved by political
methods the special session should be called and
given the Job Of meeting emergencies. And no mem
Der should be called upon to give blank check upon
his conscience or his judgment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
The ChiIdren's Burden

Christmas time is children's time. SO, while the
merry laughter of millions of youngsters makes
musical this best of seasons, must not forget the
others to whom childhood means daily toll.
Child labor deprives children of their heritage,
and depriyes adults Of the Jobs so much needed
especially in times of depression
According to the annual report of the national
child labor committee, just made public, S,S26,152
American children between and II years Of age
habitually are out Of school.
OF these, at least 100000 are "at work under
conditions which. II not actually injuriouss6ars de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TN 1880 the Association Of Southern Women for the
> Prevention Of Lynching was organized 1t has
functoned to good purpose, and in November repre-
sentative members from twelve of the thirteen south
ern states met in Atlanta to discuss their work.
Since the majority of the crimes that incite to
mob violence are against southern women it is par
tcuarly fitting that these feminine protests should
come from this quarter Of the country.
After complete study of the cases and compila-
ton of Statistics the leaders have this public
statement:
"Lynching is not committed actually in the pro-
lection Of white women, but that is an excuse to
condone crime against law and government, and it
is menace to the southern home and the children
this crime Is done in their name"
THERE are many mistaken ideas this subject.
4 To the average person, lynching means the
killing of Negro. When hear of one we in
stanty jump to the conclusion that some black
has made improper advances to white woman
The truth is, however, that is exempt from
this violence. OF the 3703 persons 1ynched in the
United States from 1889 to 1929, q per cent were
white. Medcans are often victims of this outrage
also.
And as it is indeed high time to take drastic
measures to stamp out this barbarous custom, the
women who undertaking educational cam
paign to do this to be commended especially
thrives on ignorance. And it is an uncomfortable
thought that good many victims of mob rage later
have been proved innocent.
Lynching is the last resort of towards who in the
name OF righteous vengeance, permit themselves to
revel in bestial emotions. It is traiorous blow at
the very foundation of our government the const-
tuition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
It Is the WAY to Bet

WTHILE it is perfectly true that
w the women of the world were
far from 100 per cent pacifstic in
the great conflict, it was from their
ranks that most of the peace pro-
tests came. And in the future that
will be the way to bet.
In spite of various kinds of serv-
ice behind the lines, the severest
burdens of war still are borne by
men. This gives an added authen-
ITCHY to the voice of the woman. A
man who opposes conflict can not
wholly escape from the age-old fall
lacy that the one who does not care
to fight is inspired, at least in part,
by a personal tirnidity.
1t is quite true, to be sure, that
DebS was much more courageous in
going to Atlanta than in standing
on a street corner to sell Liberty
bonds.
But prejudice and fallacious
thinking are difficult foes. It is not
unreasonable to make use Of the
potentially dispassionate impulses Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
TIT STEMS tn MT ~ HAYWOOD
i i ,OAA1V1O L ~ 1H11 d BROUN

feminine votes and publicists. Even
now no American politician would
care to say in private that the
woman vote in America is unim-
portant.
BY now it is probably no secret
that I am not a prohibitionist. But
that movement was conceived in all
good faith, and it was led and ami
mated to a very large extent by
female voters.
If it had worked as planned, this
change would have been second only
to the abolition of slavery as an
American social triumph achieved
through propaganda and the ballot.
It is much too soon to be dogma
tic about what place woman is to
take in the world in the days to
come. You may argue, If you
please, that genius is generally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
Hour for HoroiSn0

THE civilized world rapidly is
Il approaching an economic, if
not a political crisis. Many of our
ablest students admit as much, but
that is all.
Obviously, something must be
done-something heroic, something
which will seem very radical to
those who travel the smooth roads
of tradition.
The old remedies not only have
failed, but made things a little
worse. The more we tinker with
PREPARATIONS and war debts, the
deeper we get in the mire. The
more we play with tariffs, the worse
international trade becomes.
Great governments are struggling
desperately to keep their budgets
balanced, while taxes grow more
burdensome day by day.
Men cry for presidents because
that is the way they have been
taught to think, but the emergency
they face is without precedent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
HEALTH
Care Needed to Avert Pneumonia

facts of human beings that trans
mission Of respiratory diseases is
exceedingly likely.
Apparently the disease develops
two or three days after the germs
get into the lungs Thorough inhala-
ton, provided the human body is
not possessed Of enough resistance
to throw off the infection.
The disease is more common at
certain seasons of the year, largely
because those are the seasons when
resistance is lowered due to con-
slant exposure to unfavorable
weather conditions, to bad ventila-
ton, and similar factors.
Attempts have been made to con-
troll the Incidence of pneumonia by
isolating. cases of the disease and
preventing contact with other hui
man beings. This is unfortunately
SO difficult that the exact value of
the measure is not certainly estab-
lished.
However, enough Is known def
nitely to warrant the advice that
the patient with pneumonia should,
if possible, be attended by nurse
who understands the proper SANTA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-This pertains TO
your editorial in The Times of Dec.
II entitled THE Easy Way" with
particular reference to the sugges-
ton therein contained that the
postoff1c department expand its par
eel post business.
Are you in favor of the govern
ment expanding its activities in the
realm of private enterprise? If not,
then why should the government
be in the parcel post business at
all?
The parcel post service is largely
responsible for the huge postal
deficit. The change in parcel post
regulations, effective Aug. l, 1881,
permits the handling Of freight up
to seventy pounds.
Why not leave the freight for
private carriers to handle? 1t is
not "maip many sense of the word.
The railway express agency, the
Southeastern Express Company and
their predecessors have been ham
ding the package business of the
nation for more than ninety years,
and in some parts of the country
handled the United States mail be-
fore the government did.
Keep the government out OF bust
ness!
The shipper who saves 5 cents by
using the parcel post service is fool
ing himself. He pays and pays well
in taxes to make up the huge pos
tai deficit.
There is no more excuse for the
government to operate a business
involving the carriage Of freight
than there is for it to operate the
newspapers and let the taxpayer
foot the bills.
The express companies and other
common carriers, by virtue Of being
among the nations largest taxpay-
ers, must pay the government for
taking their business away from
them.
Let the postoflce department
handle the mail-that is public
governmental duty-but drop the
parcel post or limit it to parcels Of
weight not exceeding eleven pounds.
L. w. HORNING.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
Potatoes and Books

IN succeeding chapters, Russell
4 deals with the characteristics of
the scientific method and with their
limitations.
That such limitations exist is
fact better known to the scientist
than to the layman. For one of the
great dangers facing the world to-
day is that people will put too
much trust in science.
AS Russell points out in the chap
ter on Scientific Metaphysics, !"
science is going through period of
doubt today.
The scientist today, though he
knows much more about the uni
verse than did the scientist of the
nineteenth century, is not half so
certain that he understands the
universe.
In fact, whereas the nineteenth
century scientist was certain that
he had complete system worked
out, the present-day scientist is
certain that he has nothing of the
kind.
Russell writes, ''It is a curious
fact that, just when the man in
the street has begun to believe
thoroughly in science, the man in
the laboratory has begun to lose his
faith"
Russell's ability to express himself
picturesquely and sharply will be
found in many places in the book.
AS for example, when he writes,
Aristotle has been one of the
greatest misfortunes of the human
race.
Potato blight caused the Irish
famine and thus caused England to
adopt free trade and Boston to ban
modern literature.
Strange to say, so long as the
view persisted that man was a ra-
tional animal, psychology made no
progress.
Educational progress came from
attempts to teach the feeble-mind-
ed, and psychological progress from
attempts to understand lunatics.
The second law of thermodyna-
mics states that things left to them
selves tend to get into a muddle
and do not tidy themselves up
again."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24

ton and hygiene of the Sickroom in
contagious cases, and who will see
to it that the dishes, the bedding
and other materials in contact with
the patient are properly sterilized
or disinfected before being permit
ted into possible contact with other
people.
Pneumonia, above all Of the other
diseases that attack mankind, de-
mands good medical attention and
the best of nursing care.
The disease tends to run a linn
tied course. During the time when
the lungs are congested it is neces-
sary to support the action of the
heart by proper measures.
Oxygen, administered properly,
tends to relieve the strain on the
incapacitated tissues Of the lungs.
The competent nurse sees to it that
the patient is not given undue ex-
ertion for even his ordinary body
functions.
The complications Of pneumonia
may be serious, and in the proven
ton Of such complications the ply
sician has one of his most important
functions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24

The CiUilized World Rapidly
Is Approaching u Crisis.
Something Heroic Must Be
Done. The Old Remedies
Haze Failed.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-"And
l there were in the same country
shepherds abiding In the field,
keeping watch over their flocks by
night. And, 10, the angel Of the
Lord came upon them, and the glory
Of the Lord shone round about
them; and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great JOY, which shall be
to all people"
Believe as you like, but this SIM
pie story typifies human progress il
its larger and more fundamental as
poets. When the time comes for a
new gospel to make its appearance
and new order to be established,
the humber folk are usually first to
hear. Or. as the late President
Wilson put it, revolution usually be-
gins in the cellar"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-24
FeminiSm Being Tested

GIVE Russia another half CEN
NJ fury to work along its present
lines and we shall know far more
about the potentialities of women
in all phases of human activity.
The old barriers have gone down
very rapidly over there.
1t is quite true that none of the
supreme posts under the Soviet
regime is held by o woman. But
throughout official and industrial
Russia women are in posts of lead
ership.
Most important of all is the fact
that the traditional educational
system has been revised. Profess
sions here do admit women to mem
bership. But there are still great
handicaps in the way of the girl
who wants to be a lawyer or a
doctor.
And if she chose mechanical or
civil engineering as her job she
would find all paths closed against
her. The technical schools of Rus
STA have turned completely co-edu-
CdGlOI1dl.
Even fifty years is a pretty short
period for such a revolutionary
change. Let's be more generous and
make it a hundred.
Church and state have combined
to put woman in her place. She
just barely has come out of the
kitchen. make no pretense at
prophecy.
Women may fail to come up to
their highest dreams when fair
share of leadership has come into
their hands. But the change is
worth trying.
We have not done so well that we
can afford to stand and say that
things should remain just as they
are now.
Copyright. 1881 by The Times.