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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17
HIGHLANDS

Mrs. Henry Liebel entertained
with two tables of pinochle Friday
afternoon. Mrs. Arthur GLASGOW held
high score and Mrs. Gus Pearson
the consolation.
Mrs. o. X. Jones entertained the
Hi-Ken club Thursday afternoon.
Clarence Sopderman is conval-
escing from an attack of the flu.
Henry st. Laurent was out of
school Wednesday with a sore
throat.
The 4-H club met with their
leader Saturday afternoon with
Betty Sonderman in charge.
The last two of the three pumps
to be used at the Highlands
pumping plant have arrived and
are being installed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lodge and
daughter, Hazel, and Mrs. Doro-
thy of Sunnyside, wer ecallers at
the Grin Smith home Sunday.
A number of the Neighbors of
Mrs. A. Appenzellar surprised her
at her home Saturday afternoon,
when they went in to help her
celebrate her birthday. After a
pleasant afternoon they left wish
ing her many happy returns of the
day.
H. F. Gilliland of Yakima is WIS.,
iting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Brandt.
About 20 of the Pasco friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Hubert surprised
them Saturday evening by appear
ing with all the makings for six
o'clock dinner. After the repast
the evening was spent playing pin
ochle.
The members of the Les Amies
each with an invited guest were
entertained Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Leslie Mylk,
following the luncheon the mem.
bers entertained their guests with
toasts and anecdotes. The after.
noon was spent playing pinochle
Mrs. E. S. Peterson won the first
prize and Mrs. Milton Libby the
consolation. The next meeting will
be held in two weeks at the home
of Mrs. Fred Giles with Mrs. A.
St. Laurent as hostess.
Mrs. Percy Combelic entertained
the Entire Nous club Tuesday with
a dessert luncheon. Mrs. o. 4
Jones won the first prize and Mrs
Ralph Reed the consolation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17

lie Mylk, Gertrude Gray, M. C.
Clarke and daughter, Annie, at
tended the all-day meeting of the
Congregational Aid at the A. r.
Ayers ranch Thursday.
Mrs. A. st. Laurent and Mrs. +.
]. Rasmussen attended the card
party given by the Ladies Club Of
Richland Tuesday evening.
The Rummy Club met at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louie
Brown Saturday evening. First
prize was won by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gus Pearson and consolation by
Mrs. ]. Nadig and George Zicha.
j. A. Mclean, with Z. c. Durdle,
drove to Ellensburg Tuesday of
last week to attend the farmer,
banker council held there. In go
ing by the canyon road they were
delayed a couple Of hours while
the steam shovels were at work
opening up the road, INSTRUCTED by
recent slide.
Mrs. E. R. Staley of Pasco spent
last week at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. C. Hubert.
Fred Gard has taken charge of
the w. B. Williams cherry orchard
for the coming year. He states
he will start work Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wenzloff and
Mr.. and Mrs. r. v. Bunts We're
Sunday dinner guests at the home
of Mrs. Bertha Simsen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17

Observation-Disclosures Supply de-
pot opened in new location at 314
South Tower Avenue.
Tacoma-Gust Berg granted a
permit to erect store building at
1921 South X street.
Erection Of apple
warehouse at o. H. Jahns place, to
start soon.
Raymond - Plans progressing
for proposed willapa river bridge
at Fourth street, to cost about
S1S1, 900.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17

MIS-. n. Il. duuCeT or UTdQQVleW
visited last Saturday with the
Frank Hunter family at Kenne-
wick. Mrs. Hunter said that bust
ness conditions appeared to be
much better here than in the up
per sections of the valley.
Ray Nickolaus spent the week
end visiting at the home of his
folks, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Nicko-
laus. Ray is prominent orchestra
leader in this section of the coun-i
try and has gained much popular
ity through photograph record
ing.
Henry Rich of Portland visited
in Kennewick Friday evening and
Saturday with his father, Omar
Rich. Henry Rich is perhaps we'll
known to the Kennewickians as
Richly Davis, when he made name
for himself in boxing circles in the
Northwest.
-. 5
Vesper Palm services will be
held at the Congregational church
at four o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The Pasco church will conduct the
special services. A robed choir and
strings will be present. The pub
lie is cordially invited. Mr..
Sprague will deliver a brief adj
dress.
w. j. Hunt, assistant agricultur-
list employed by the N. p. railroad,
was in the Kennewick district on
Tuesday looking for material for
the monthly magazine the company
publishes for land seekers. He and
Mr.. Peters went over the valley
lands as well as the Highlands. His
department will assist in the dis
tribution of the Chambers new
booklet.
Among the out-of-town guests
who were registered at the Hotel
Kennewick over the weekend
were: B. Robertson of Los Ange-
les; j. B. GUIDES, Spokane; w. D.
Ross, Continental Oil Company
representative; F. C. Binlie, Wal
la Walla; Mrs. r. Bernard, Yaki-
ma; d. v. Holmer, Seattle; w. G..
Gascoigne, Spokane; c. F. Mar
tin, Yakima, and T. P. Kerry of
Walla Walla.
Mis- Ruth Redmond arrived Sun
day evening from Walla Walla,
where she has spent several weeks
in the interest Of her work with
the Tuberculosis League. She will
spend a week or ten days in Ben
ton county visiting rural schools.
Miss Redmond's work is largely
along lines Of nutrition, although
she helps in survey work and the
clinics. Mis- Redmond plans to Wis
it the Hanford and White Bluffs
schools this week.
w. M. Cable Of Spokane, secre-
tary Of the Benton County Column
bia Co., was in Kennewick last
weekend going over the affairs Of
the irrigation district. The COM
pany Mr.. Cable is representing is
the group of security holders who
are handling the local bond issue.
Mr.. Cable was well pleased, he
stated, with the records in the To-
cal office and was favorably inn
pressed with the farming possi-
bilities in the valley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Robertson
were Pasco visitors Tuesday eve
ming.
HI. w. Desgranges of the Big Y
was bushes visitor in Yakima on
Tuesday.
Sixteen members of the Wet.
u. held a regular meeting Tues
day at the Ayers ranch at Hover.
An all-day quilting party spon-
sored by the ladies of the Metho-
dist church aid was held at the
church Wednesday. A delightful
luncheon was served.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
gave "cootie" party in the base
ment of the church this afternoon.
Seven tables were in place with
prizes going to Mrs. A. M. Nc
Camish agnd Mrs. Al Heniken.
/ Past masters occupied all the
chairs at the Masonic lodge We'd
nesday evening, when fine bunch
of out-of-town Masons attended,
the special occasion being a talk
given by j. T. Howorth of Mabton.
On Monday evening Donald
Peter and Miss Lampson were
dinner guests of Mrs. T. w. Payne
at her home on Kennewick Ave,
and following the dinner the MEM
bers of her Sunday school class
came in and surprised the dinner
| guests with miscellaneous show
err.
! The basketball team of the M.
E. church and their Cir friends
gave a diner and surprise shower
| Tuesday evening at the F. L. Bar
bee home for the pleasure of Don
aid Peter and Miss Lura Lampson,
whose wedding was solemnized on
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Vane
Wilder was assistant hostess. The
honor guests received many use
full and beautiful gifts for their
new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Muldrow
moved from their home on Kenne-
wick Ave. Wednesday to their new
home near Benton City, which is
furnished by the Sunnyside Irri-
cation company. Mr.. Muldrow is
manager of the district and as
sumed his new duties the first of
the month. He was manager of the
Columbia Irrigation project for
more than eight years. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Schmidt are moving
into the Muldrow home on Kenne-
wick avenue.
! Among the arrivals in Kenne-
wick this week are Mr.. and Mrs.
Burcraft of Yakima, who moved
into one Of the Hitler bungalows
in the Garden Tracts. Mr.. Bur-
craft is the mechanic at Burns
Chevrolet garage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Merton Carpenter of Wenatchee
have rented the Walter Cantrill
tract in the Garden Tracts and will
farm it this year. Mr.. Carpenter
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Carpenter of the Garden Tracts
and they have spent several weeks
visiting his parents. The F. G.
Viles family, who have been living
in Horse Heaven, moved down to
Avenue E. this week and will make
their home with their son, A. A.
Viles and family.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17

Mrs. Avery Vincent of Sunny
side, sister of C. E. Miller, was
a guest Wednesday of the Hitler
home and accompanied Mrs. Hill
lier to Pasco, where they visited
friends.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17
(Omitted Last Week)

The boys garden club met with
their leader Frank White at the
club house Monday evening a n d
elected their officers for the COM
ing year. Don Combelic was elect
ed president. Lester Liebel, vice
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-17
Palm Sunday
Service

ll0o A. M. at Methodist Church
music and sermon in keeping with
the season.
at $50 pm. an Easter cantata-
BRIGHT EASTER MORN"
by E. K. Heyser.
me combined choirs of the Kenne-
WICK and Pasco Methodist churches
WIN render this remarkably pleas
ing music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17

has done everything. even pay state offieials salaries. The gasoline tax was originally instituted for one purpose and that was 10 have motorists pay their proportionate share of the construction and maintenance of highways. If gas taxes are to be diverted for other purposes then we can readily see an uprising of motorists to demand reduc- tions in registration fees and operators' license costs So in the long run the reve- nue from those who drive cars will not in- crease. but perhaps drop. Certainly states where there have been experiments with the gasoline tax have found this out to their dsmay. The states with the largest taxa ton on gasoline find themselves face to face with new problems. namely. to collect the taxes and to banish the gasoline bootlegger from their midst The latter is the most perplexing evil that has arisen in the country. save perhaps rum-running.
 Connecticut is singularly free of gasoline warfare due to its low tax. If we start to monkey with the idea of an increase we are apt to run into difficulties Even the ur- gent need of completing the Merritt High way as rapidly as possible doesn't warrant one-cent gas tax increase in our estimation. Better by far would it be to open the express route as toll highway. thus insuring the cost of its construction and maintenance will be paid by those motorists who use it. If we weren't seeptieal of the effect this might have on road construction all over the eoun- try. we'd suggest more toll roads by the state. It's one sure way of making them pay for themselves, although distinct throw-baek to stage-eoach days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17
The State of Chicago

Professor Charles E. Merrman of Chicago University appearing before the Illinois leg. islature in advocacy of "eity-state." hasn't a Chinamans chance of success. Illinois. its legislature dominated by the rural vote" is certainly not going to let the fattest tax paying part of the state go its own way. collecting and spending its own revenues, Besides the rest of Illinois is proud of its metropolis, and for that reason alone would not want to see it eliminated.
 It is the same situation which prevails in New York state with regard to New York city, and in Pennsylvania with regard to Philadelphia and in every other state con taining wealthy and populous city. In such situation the rural influence. by weight of population or gerrymandering, and by capitalizing the fear of metropolitan rule usually always manages to control the state as whole, and ignores many of the eity's most pressing problems It would be interesting, just the same, for the country in general to have an example of the Ger man or the old Italian "city-state" in oper. ation. with free hand. to see what it could do in the way of improving municipal government and life
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17
Cornstalk Houses

Iowa State College is exhibiting furniture made from "cornstak wood" which is said to be as hard as teak and nearly as strong as iron. The corn belt. no doubt. could grow furniture for the world. It is obviously but a step from chairs and tables to houses. If cotnstalk fiber makes SO fine a substitute for wood, then eornsbocks. transformed in chemical laboratory silos may provide boards for walls. floors, partitions and roofs.
 Gods gift to Kansas and Iowa is greater than anyone has imagined. The stalk may have more uses than the grain. Families may live on corn. in corn homes. A eorn-fed architect may create house that will be corn poem--or a corn pone, if you prefer. All this will not look so good to lumber men, worried already about threatened com petition of steel as house material. But there may be compensating factor. Haven't Ger man chemists been credited with making wood edible?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17

and so following; but [ will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.--What news on the Rialto?"
 We must remember that tho Christians of those days were not Protestants adorned or afflicted with the superiority complex. They were Catholics and their superior ity complex was quite as marked and quite as offensive as that of our own bIue-bloodcd bigots. The saving part of that dark rec ord is, that Pope after Pope stands forth as the friend and the pro- tector of the downtrodden minor ity. Pope offer Pope called to or- der his erring ubjects--princea and kings-and failed not 10 rec mind the prosecutors that the commandment of universal charity is laid upon us by God Himself.
 To-day the Jews are coming into their own right here in America. The last election in New York proved that, just as the national election of 1928 proved that Cath olics are still fellow sufferers with their Hebrew brethren. Rabbi Fcldman has chosen q propitious time to strive for q moro healthy community spirit. fife deserves sin cerd cOmmendation and honest and unfaltering cooperation. We are sure that all readers of The Transcript will do their part and thus reduce to practice the recom- mendation and desire of their spiritual leader at whose sugges- ton these words are written.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17

Good progress is being made in the war on pests in Connecticut. according to Dr William E. Brtton. state entomologist. He declares that the Oriental fruit moth did less damage in l932 than the previous year. "The Japanese moth" he maintains, has not yet caused severe injury to Connecticut fruit crops. However it is increasing and we may fairly expect that during the next few years it may become sufficiently abund- ant to injure some peach. plum. cherry. and apple treee, grapes and other fruits: :" Let's hope not But where we'd suggest some time and effort would be towards killing of the corn borer and bean beetle. They've raised havoc of recent years. sspe- eially in back yard gardens. We suggest a campaign of education for the small gardner so that he can successfully combat these pests which otherwise would ruin an entire crop in very short time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17
Our Daily Washington Letter
DIRT FARMER SAW
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

we haven't got the power" Later. farmers who sat in the house gal- lery were recalling the chaplain's prayer to unfold to us the power" 6corcs of farmers went boiling of America h esaid yes. he hoped them outside the Capitol and asked their business. They gath cred in little groups and resented the Insult" excitediy.
 They weren't used to cops. The cops thought they were bonus marchcrs. Considering the hard boiled treatment tho relatively meek hunger marchers had re- cciyed. the farmers had little to squhwk about. But one tall farm. CT said to his congressman:
 You're our hired men and you've got bunch of hired men Ike those cops. If you fellows had done what you should have done here you wouldn't need to have them to meet bonus men and hun ger marchers and farmers"
 v told some of them police fei- lers." said another, "thaf 1t makes us from out in tho open middle west feel mighty funny to be met right" ' 7 Another was describing cxpcrl- enees during tho march, here: V slept on a cement floor. We just Kept warm by shiyering. | stood up in soup line to see what It was like. Before I'd stand up Tn another soup line, I'd die" Ana many were those who swore to die before they would be evicted from their farms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17

According to the Pathfinder heres the way the federal Census Bureau informs an interested person how to apportion seats in the House of Representatives among the 4S states. "The first step is 10 assign one representative to each state. making 48 in all. The next step is to divide the popu- lation by the following quantities. in sue- eession: l-2. 2.1-2. } l-2. etc. The quotients thereby obtained are then arranged in order of size, beginning with the largest and continuing to process until the total number of quotients plus 48 is one greater than the number of representatives (435) to be apponioned. The next step is 10 di- vide the population of the several states by , number midway between the last two quotisnts in the list. The last step is to assign to each state a number of representa- lives equal to the whole number in the quo- tient which was obtained fer that state by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17
Farm Debt Plan

The farmers big trouble. perhaps. is not so much prices as debt. A farm leader named Gray Silver of Martinsburg. w. Va. has a plan to ease off the debt. The mortgage debt of American farmers. which is about $10.- 000000,000. could be wiped out, he thinks. in one generation. He proposes to accom- plish it by recognizing and refinancing the federal farm loan system. as follows:
 Farmers are now paying on an average, more than seven per cent interest on their mortgages. His program would reduce the interest to four per cent, saving them imne- diateiy $300.000,000 a year. and averaging over period of years saving of twice that much He believes bonds based on farm properties could be made as safe and attrac- tice 10 investors as government securities. He thinks. with proper management and gov- ernment backing, bonds of the federal farm loan system could be sold on basis of two per cent interest.
 In addition to this two per cent. the farmer would pay one per cent amortization charge to retire the mortgage principal. and another one per cent for insurance upon the farmer as protection for the loan. The de- tails may need modifying, but something along this line might be worked out. |! such a plan were tried, however. we should soon have city real estate owners demanding similar privileges for their mortgages. There is probably as much distress of this sort in the city as in the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17

Washington. - Several hundred dirt farmers have had look at their nations capital and their na- tion's capital has had Q look at them.
 officials and legislators who saw them and listened to them indicate feeling of relief now that they're gone, but 1t is greatly to be feared that the farmers themselves were not fayorably impressed.
 They certainly seemed m alien clement in this little city of hypo- crites---a gust of fresh, whole- some air let into q room where the air was rather stale. They looked so relatively genuine and honest goodness, these several hundred delegates to the Farm CTS National Relief Conference, as compared with the lobbyists and farmer. politicians who had always represented them in the past.
 Earnest. right-liying. usually Gcd-fearing men, they were. Sub stantiai citizens, actual property with righteous indignation at the NtELUkg WVEAAHHh " AH pHVWVWltb system which threatens to enguIf them. And nobody's fools. They were picked men. chosen by their own kind and obviously leaders iE, their own farm communities.
 They talked right out fin meet ing wherever they went. They demanded to gee the president, and vice president. the speaker and all their senators and repre- sentativce. Every door was opened to them and every man they wanted to sec listened re- spectfuily.
 Philip Smith, a soft-spoken but determined Quaker dairy farmer from Bucks county, Pa, led the delegation 10 the White House. He answered the presidents greeting with simple dignity but In true Quaker fashion.
 How does thee do, Herbert" l"
 Later on. Philip smith was re- porting on the interview with Hoover to the conference: T told him we hoped we could get q mar ket for our crops. He said he was doing everything he could to find agricultural markets abroad q. When I pointed out to him that the market we were chiefly inter- estcd in was the hungry people of America he said yes, he hoped everybody in America would find Q job"
 One of the delegates to the White House was negro share- cropper from somewhere down south, one r. Oliver. They asked him afterward whether the presi- dent had shaken hands with him. "Yaas indeed" oliver grlnned, The was jus as sweet as sugah!" 
 Vice President Curtis and Garner and all the others visited were cor dial. The farmers,. with pointed questions, made it rather warm for some of those who tried to soft- soap them. The usual answer was:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-17
Let's Have Some Action

Although Connecticut legislators may not feel that the repeal of the 18th Amendment is any of their business, we firmly believe that the lo33 General Assembly should take such action after it eonvenes in January to protect the state in the case of just such congressional action as the above Of course. if the amendment was repealed. doubtless ratification of such an action might well consume two years or more Another Leg isiature might have even convened in this state before the necessary thirty-six states had ratified the repeal amendment. Even so. there must be no passing the buck by outlined on November 8.
 By an overwhelming majority the state voted to memorialize Congress to repeal the l8th Amendment. We can't very well go back on this action by refusing to take the necessary steps to make possible such course. Every state in the Union in the coming year should prepare itself for return to state control of liquor. Those states which prefer to remain dry must prepare the proper legislation to do 50. Those seek ing some form of legalized sales of beers. Wlutb, aud b1uDis Dibot be PiSPetSN " ''tNA their citizens some system of control agree able to all. The state of Washington is trying to find out just what form of liquor control its citizens want. Why shouldn't we do the same'
 In connection with this we must com mend the work of the Women's Committee for the Repeal of the 18th Amendment It has just addressed letters to all the governors of the states urging them to confer with tf.eir Legislatures on the subject of state conventions to repeal or uphold the 9th Amendment. There are twenty or more state assemblies meeting this January. If all would adopt some measure with regard to these self-same conventions. it would not be left to Congress to decide just how and when they will be called. The Connecti- egt Legislature must be prepared to act upon the repeal of the 18th amendment. if it IS forthcoming next spring.
 This in itself is no simple matter as most amendments seeking it's repeal say that state conventions and not the several Legislatures shall act upon this momentous question. This involves the necessary elec- ton machinery by which delegates to these conventions shall be chosen. None exists as never have such conventions been callei to ratify amendments to the Constitution. But unless we prepare ouselyes for this eventually we won't be able to deal with it at the proper time. Governor Cross and the democratic party of Connecticut might well take the lead in making Connecticut one of the states acquainted with the proper facts and possessing the necessary machinery to pass upon the proposal submitted to them by the federal government.