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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
FAST TIME ON
AIR MAIL TRIP
Get Extension of Service
to Walla Walla at Noon
Established

Following a conference in Spo-
kane last Saturday between POST
master G. II. Shanafelt and Chief
Clerk George Addleman Of the
Railway Mail Service, concerning
the establishment of mail service
to connect at Pasco with the after
noon star route service to Walla
Walla, word was received from the
Spokane office today indicating
that this service would be started
in the near future. When establish
ed this service will provide on the
return trip for the bringing back
of air-mail letters received each
day on the plane from the east ar
irving in Pasco at 1910 pm. The
benefit to Kennewick patrons was
demonstrated by q trial trip made
Wednesday by Postmaster Shana-
felt. An air mail letter addressed
to q Kennewick firm, postmarked
at Chicago, June 7th, $3.50 pm. was
IN the patron's box in the Kenne-
wick office at Loo pm, June 8.
Ordinarily, this letter would not
have been received at the Kenne-
wick office until Thursday morn
ing and cased about 700 am, .
difference Of some eighteen hours.
This additional service has been
secured as the result Of the re-
quests made by the local Cham
Der of Commerce and from pro-
tests over the curtailed service by
q number Of business men.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
DOZEN SCOUTS TO
TAKE IN CAMP TRIP
Local Boys Preparing for Sum.
mer Outing; Need Supplies
Donated

A dozen or fifteen local boys
are planning to go to the Scout
Camp this year. The first two
weeks period will open June 26,
the second, July 3, and the last
weeks period will open July II.
This year several new features
are in process of being worked
out, according to Executive Rob-
ert Haynes, who was in Kenne-
wick last evening to meet with the
local committee. Horse back rid
ing, under supervision, will be one
of the new features. Saddle horses
are being solicited and if any To-
cal horses canbe donated they will
be gladly accepted for the camp
period.
Plans are also being made to
extend the water system at the
camp and install shower baths.
For these purposes any kind of
second hand pipe is being asked
for as well as ordinary hot water
tanks. Anyone wishing to make
such donation should get in touch
with Larry Oliver, local chairman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
Yedica Motors Join
With Twin City Co.

The Twin City Motors and the
Va. Yedica. Motors Co. have con-
solidxted, Mr.. Yedica accepting
stock in the Twin City company.
for : time. at least, the two plants
MI continue to operate, the used
= ar lot being maintained as under
"a. Yedica's former management.
Mr.. Yedica win act as salesman
,os the Twin City, a position he
.0rmerly occupied. Mrs. Chellis is
. continue as president and Cur
sn Chellis as manager.
The firm now has the sale of
seral standard lines, including
on-Essex, WHY'S, Graham and
smouth- Dodge lines, covering
ne lower bracket in price range.
me Auburn line, formerly handled
az. Yedica, has been discontin-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
JEFF TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR
Entry Into Race Upsets
Both Candidates; Con-
sidered Formidable

Two Republican gubernstorial
camps have been thrown into a
furore of speculation this week
over the frequent visits here of
Frank r. Jeffrey, Seattle attor-
ney, formerly of Kennewick, who
has been frequently mentioned as
q possibility In the race.
Jeffrey has nothing to say rela-
tive to his prospective candidacy,
but indications here are that APP
parently he viii have his hat in
the ring before many more days.
As result Of these reports,
both the camp of Governor Roland
H. Hartley and Lieutenant Gov
ernor John A.. Gellatly are frank
ly worried.
Reports being brought back 20
Olympia by political scouts are to
the effect that Jeffrey will be a
formidable candidate. Anti-Hart-
ley forces are not entirely salts
fled with the Gellatly campaign.
The governor knows this and has
been anxious to keep the GeIlatly
movement alive. Gelattly followers
on the other hand have been un-
able to dope ont what the Hartley
people have In mind.
Now with increasing reports
that Jeffrey will become a candi-
date the Hartley forces and the
Gelattly people are left in a maze
of uncertainty.
The campaign has been warming
|up between the two factions, Hart.
ley and anti-Hartley. 1t looked
for q time that the present COVER.
,, nor and Gellatly would race it off
Both sides were satisfied. How
ever, with Jeffrey in the picture
or lurking in the background, the
entire scene changes.
Jeffrey, if he runs, win be 9
rather smoistr candidate, it is re.
ported. He is gaining strength. as
pressure is being brought to bea,
to force an announcement of cand.
idacy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
Cops Pull Fast One on Newshound1
i + & = - = IS s
Pencil pusher. Pass Out Loaded Cigars

The convict about this time de-
cides he has had . hard day and
asks to retire and is started back
to the cell block. Upon this the
second cop starts for the Jail prop
er and is warned by Q chorus OF
all the cops to be careful that the
prisoner doesn't make get away,
as he is 9 s'tough hombre." After
much changing Of heavy iron doors
q wild yell is heard from second
and first cops that the prisoner
has made . get away. The re-
naming law enforcers and the
newsies all make = dash for the
rear Of the building and start to
surround the building, but fail to
find the smooth prisoner.
Finally the excitement quiets
down and the searchers find their
way back to = rear doorway, where
all the cops have ear-to-ear grins
and the prisoner is quietly repos-
ing against . door sill. Upon this
discovery the cops and the convict
begin q hearty laugh, and pro-
coed back to the jail office, where
the poor newsies are informed by
all the cops that the supposed con-
vict is also a guard, and that the
real convict had been caught else
xr,horo fhof uonvninn
The newsies then begin to plead
with the officers to keep the joke
quiet, but are informed that it is
too good, and that it shall be
spread throughout the town.
Both newspaper: reporters then
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09

Scene Of Mellerdrammer takes
place in the Kennewick police sta
ton, and the characters include:
Bert Moores, first cop; Chief II. H.
DeHaven, second cop; Sheriff C.
Copeland, third cop; Highway Pa
trolman, Marvin Carnahan; IN es-
capped convict, and q guard from
the state pen at Walla Walla and
two news hounds, Vance Holcomb
and Dick Visger.
The scene opens on 3 Monday
evening on the 9th Of June, about
$3.50, as said news hounds are seen
approaching the city Jail in quest
of news, and the cops all decide
hurriedly to have some fun, and
more or less get even for always
being asked whats new"
On entering the jail office the
newsies are introduced by the Sec
ond cop to gent dressed in ordin-
airy work clothes, and are inform
ed that he is no less than Charles
Guettel, a convict who escaped
from the pen that morning.
The first cop and second cop
give detailed explanation Of how
the convict was captured at the
Kennewick-end of the bridge, and
the fourth cop then introduces a
guard from Walla Walla, who has
come to return the prisoner. Of
all this the newsies make careful
notation and ask a few questions
on their own hook, while there is
more or less cross conversation be-
tween all the cops.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
REPAIR WORK
PROGRESSING
WITH SPEED
Big Break in Canal Bank
Causes Much Damage:
Promise Water in New Sec
ton this Week

The worst break in many years
occurred in the Columbia Irriga-
ton District canal last Friday
when a section IL miles above
town went out. The rushing waters
tore out the bottom Of the canal
for nearly thousand feet and
took about 800 feet of embank-
ment with it. The hole in the bank
was estimated at 20 feet deep and
the amount of earth required to
fill the gap was estimated at be-
tween SO and go thousand cubic
yards. .a.. ~<
Considerable difficulty was ex-
perienced in getting the repair
work under way, and Sunday noon
J. S. Moore, Yakima Valley pro-
ject manager, together with Mr..
Smith, the engineer, Were called
into consultation. After a compre-
hensive survey had been made, a
plan Of operation was decided up
on and the work was put in charge
of Fl. S. WiIbert, reclamation de-
partment engineer, who has been
stationed here in charge of the re-
Mobilization work on the High
lands.
Monday morning the job was
pretty well organized and this
evening the work had made re-
markable progression.
Two drag lines and shovel have
been secured and are rapidly
pouring the soft, loose dirt into
the big gap. A series of dams
is permitting all the filling work
to be pnddled in and two lines Of
hose are also at work sluieing
down the steep banks on the up
per side Of the ditch bank.
In order to still further elimin-
ate chances Of the ditch breaking
in that locality again the ditch
proper will be moved further into
the hill side. Men in charge Of the
work are Of the opinion that the
new stretch will be in and q small
head Of water will be led thru by
Saturday of this week and the
full head followed just as soon as
it is deemed safe enough to permit
it., Then four or five days Of de-
liveries viii be made, after which
the water will again be turned off
to permit giving the new section
a coat of clay and gravel. This
winter it is planned to line that
section with cement.
One of the advantages of the re-
placement work on the Highlands
was shown since the break. With
the installation Of the new system,
there has been water enough re-
tanned in the surnps and big pipes
on the Highlsnds SO that farmers
there could secure water needed
so desperately for the spraying.
Due to the fact that the district
has no reserve fund it will be nee
essary to hold bond election to
authorize an additional bond issue
of sufficient size to cover the ex-
pense involved in the repair work
now under way. The. election has
been called for the second Of July,
full details Of which will be found
in the call published in another
column of this issue. The bonds
win run for a period Of ten years
and will carry interest at the rate
of one percent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
Nsar Fire

A. t. BLAIR probably saved the
Kennewiek theatre from destruc-
tion bg fire Wednesday evening
when he discovered flames had just
stared in a cold air shaft at the
resT of the building.
yBelair managed to stop the fire
5efore any damage was done by
pouring buckets of water down the
shaft. 1t is probable that it orig
mated by boys dropping matches
down the shaft, which ignited an
accumulation of waste paper. 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
YOUNG MAN
rs KILLED IN
AUTO SMASH
Harold Garrett Loses Life
and Four Others Are In
jured When Cars Collide
on Finley Hover Road

One person killed and five 9TH
ers more or less injured is the
toll taken by an automobile wreck
on the Finley-Hove highway last
Sunday afternoon, when cars
driven by Harold Garrett, %, and
Edgar Gilbert collided on the Bry-
son Brown corner.
Mr.. Garrett, driver of a coupe
in which Miss Margaret Schaffner
was passenger, was returning to-
ward town when they approached
the corner. AS the highway makes
q turn there, he expected the Gil
bert car to make the turn, and
swung wide to allow sufficient
room. Both cars, instead of re-
naming on the highway, were at
tempting to go straight ahead, the
Gilbert car going due east. In the
Gilbert car was Mrs. Gilbert and
Mr.. Gilbert's mother, and q small
daughter.
The collision caused both cars
to crash into = telephone pole and
all Of the passengers received
cuts and bruises. Mr.. CARROTS in
juries were so serious that he
passed away at the hospital a few
hours later. Miss Schaffner, who
was riding with Mr.. Garrett, re-
ceived q bad cut on the arm and
was severely bruised, but was able
to leave the hospital Tuesday.
Mr.. Gilbert received head in
juries and was considerably bruis-
ed about the body, but was able
to leave the hospital shortly. Mrs.
Gilbert sustained broken arm and
. cracked pelvic bone in addition
to other cuts, and bruises and will
be confined to the hospital for
some weeks. Mrs. Gilbert, ST., was
more or less bruised and cut, as
was the small daughter of the
Gilberts.
Harold Garrett was born in We
snatchee, August Is, 1903 and came
to Kennewick with his family Ii
years ago. he was educated in the
Kennewick schools and played on
the town basket ball team. For
several years he and his brother,
Fred, managed the Rest-A-Bit
cherry ranch on the Garden
Tracts. He is survived by his mo-
Their, Mrs. Alice Garrett, one of
owners of the Ladies Shoppe, a
brother, Fred, of Kennewick, a
sister, Mrs. Bert johnson of Spo-
kane, q sister in the east and q
brother in California.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
Make Words

A school superintendent, a
preacher and an editor will, decide
the winners in a word building
contest being conducted by Glenn
Utz, local dealer for the Emma
.Jettick footwear. Superintendent
Warren c. Hodge, Rev. Long. and
4. P. Reed will scan the papers to
select the person to receive the
chest of silver, the silver platter
and the pair of shoes offered as
prizes in the contest, full details
of which can be secured at the.
Clothier store.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
.P. w. c. ATTEND KIWANIs

The Misses Margaret Hawkins,
Esther Hatch, Marie Spiegelberg,
Leone Skeene, Helen Lum, Evelyn
King and Helen Rude. Mesdames
L. II. Raymond, Elsa Mitchell, M.
E. Davis, Nell 0'larey and Yelma
Nevlow attended the joint meet
ing of the Pasco Kiwanis and B.
P.W. clubs to hear the aSinging
Patrolmann West and Marvin Car
nahan and Miss Emily Knenhuhl,
National Secretary OF B.FW.C.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09

make dash for a nearby restau-
rent to purchase cigars, hoping
that they might have power to
stop the story from going further
but, alas, it was no use.
However, the joke is on the
cops too, as thru some streak of
luck the reporters managed to
procure ..'loaded smokes" and up
on presenting them, made q hur-
ried retreat before matches were
scratched.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
Playfield

rams are nearly completed for
q snort course of the playfield for
,als summer. A supervisor can be
: for a two months period
a lne kiwanis club, which has
20 TINS activity as one of its OBJ
s ~, during the past few years,
u again underwrite this work.
tner announcement of the OPP
Jung dates will be made soon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
STATE AGREES
BONDS
FOR RICHLAND
Rand Holders Willing to Ac-
eepts 261s Cents on Dollar;
Makes Big Saving to- the
District

Negotiations for the refinanc-
~ 81 the Richland Irrigation dis
3r;ct have now reached point
q here the state is willing to
landle the bonds, according to a
.datement made to The Courier
gsporter yesterday by G. j. Barth-
int, state supervisor of hy-
]haulics.
The state department of Con-
rvation and Development, ac-
|urding to Mr.. Bartholet, who was
4 Kennewick this week, has been
leeotiating with the district and
lis kept in touch with it for sew
;asl years, but until recently there
u been no definite understand
IN as to what the outstanding
'jouds could be. purchased for, in
!rder that a refunding issue might
IL put thru.
Nv. r. Stapleton, Western Agri-
uitural Development agent for
Sc N. p, has been conducting me-
ntiations with the bond holders
T; ummittee which represents at
h6st IS percent of the bonds. The
ummittee has agreed to accept
I I-2 cents on the dollar for the
t,nds it holds and it was the con-
snsus Of opinion that the other
bndholders would fall in line.
Tie outstanding. Issue of the dis
TIT 1t this time is $538, 900. With
81 suggested reduction, q refund
ssue for the. purpose Of retiring
fhe old issue would amount to
t14z570. :
Last year the state legislature
appropriated $500, 900 for the pur-
pose Of refunding this issue, but
The bill was vetoed by Governor
Hartley. Further negotiations have
in securing the reduced
figures IS quoted above, thus saw
ing the district the difference be-
tween the 10000 and the now
agreed upon $142,570 or $157 ,430,
plus the accruing interest.
The Richland Irrigation District,
quoting Mr.. Bartholet, who is ia
miliar with the project, with such
. refund issue will undoubtedly
be in first-class financial condi-
tion and with it's adequate water
supply and fertile soil, should be
y prosperous as any district III
the Yakima Valley.
The amount Of land actually ir-
rigated in the Richland district
amounts to 4,777.72 acres, but
there are over ten thousand acres
N the district, some of which
have been allowed to revert to an
uncultivated state because of the
high assessment levies, but win be
put in crops again under q better
financial condition of the district.
The agreement reached BY the
state department with the bond
holders committee and the dis
trict, is, Of course, contingent up
N the appropriation by the leg
islature Of the amount agreed up
%, but inasmuch as that body al
ready passed an appropriation for
more than double that amount,
those interested feel that it will
undoubtedly.
The conference was attended by
msmhera Of the district board, II.
4, Vandine, C. F. Fletcher and ID.
4 Allen, w. p. Stapleton, c. j.
Dam, Mr.. Bartholet and Mr.. Earl
Barnes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
Showers Member

Members Of the Althea Rebelah
lodge surprised Mrs. j. Huburt
with handkerchief shower at her
home in the valley Friday day. The
Huburts left the first Of the week
for q visit in California.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-06-09
COOLING MOTH

Following is the record Of codling
moth catch in IL traps from May
25th to June 7th, inclusive: 80, 81,
Is, 80, 0, IL, IL, 1876, 80, 119, So,
81, 80, 108.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-18
Meeting of Montana
Farmers Holds Mayor
Of Detroit Guilty
Raymond, Mont.
March IL, 1882,

Raymond, Mont.
March IL, 1882.
To the Mayor
of Detroit, Mich.
We, at a mass meeting OF farm
ers, workers and students ASSEMBLE
ed at a north Raymond school dis
cussed the assault of your police
and Ford's on the unarmed demon
stration of the unemployed work
ers.
Whereas, the marchers were un-
armed and defenseless and were
only seeking employment and re-
lief peacefully,
Therefore be it resolved that
this meeting protests the methods
and terror of the Ford police and
Detroit police on the marchers and
we hold you and the city councillors
guilty of the unwarranted murder
and wounding of those taking par
in the demonstration at Detroit.
Carla Nelson
Henry Umback
iris Grantham
Committee,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-18
LAND BANKS ARE
WALL ST. AGENCY
TESTIMONY SHOWS
BANKS BUYING OWN BONDS
FROM MONEY RECEIVED
THRU FORECLOSURES

The policy of the Federal Land
Banks is that the farmers who
have been forced to borrow from
them are the ones who should suf-
fer all the burdens of the crisis
so that the bankers investments
can be spared. This was admitted
by Paul Bestor, Commissioner of
the Federal Loan Bureau, at a
hearing of the House Committee
on Banking and Currency on Mar,
8.
The hearings were being held
on a bill which provided that debt:
of the Federal Farm Banks coulc
be repaid with the bonds that these
banks had issued. Even if thi:
law were passed, it would be prac
tically meanginless for the mass
of the small and middle farmers
who are in debt TO the Fedora
Land Banks. They cannot pa!
their debts with Farm Loan bond
leither at their face value or a
their present deprecated values.
This was, however, not the rea
son that the bill was opposed b,
Bestor, the Hoover-Wali Stree
agent, in the Land Banks system
"The banks and the investors
are the ones affected by such
legislation. eft will do no good,
planned. "It will do no good,
can do no good, for the borrow
| ers who need help. 1t will en-
: able those able 10 pay to make
unfair profits, but those who are
delinquent in payments on their
loans will be unable to make any
= use of it.
; The interests of the Land Banl
i (Wall Street, and of the investor
are the ones that Bestor is int
ested in protecting. He is wo
ried by the fact that farmer wi
could by any chance take advan
age Of the present depreciat'
prices of the Land Bank bond
would be making unfair profits
During the course Of the hea
ing Bestor was forced to adm
that the Land Banks themselv
> had been engaged in making gu
fair profits" in this very mann
m buying up their own bonds
le Continued on I-age Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-18
mers' Destitution Prevents Use OF Tractors

areas lie idle. But all this idle
land is not covered with oil wells,
nor is it swamp land. Much of this
idle land belongs to farms whose
former owners have been sold out
by the sheriff. Some of these
former owners took refuse in vol
untary bankruptcy hoping to save
$4,000 which the law allows.
Many farmers who were prosper
Gus enough in 1924 to believe that
the correct course to follow was
to keep cool with Coolidge" are
in the latter class.
Implanted shacks with some
windows boarded up are common
sight. Many farm buildings once
good are now on the road 30 ruin.
Here is a section Of country
highly suited 10 the most modern
methods Of mechanical agricul-
ture, yet while farmers were pFow.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-18
FARMERS REJECT
COUNTY AGENT in.
MINI. ELECTIONS
COUNTY AGENT OFFICE IS
WORKING BASE FOR ALL
ENEMIES OF FARMERS.

In the annual spring town meet
ings in Yellow Medicine County,
Minnesota, which took place March
8, the farmers of the county voted
decisively against keeping the
county agent office. They also
voted down the continuation OF
the welfare worker racket. Despite
the blizzard and the cold weather
that made travel uncomfortable
and dangerous, the farmers turned
out in good numbers to voice their
disapproval of both racRets-the
county agent and the welfare
worker.
The county commissioners, as a
result of the mass pressure OF the
farmers of the county, made no
appropriation for either of these
offices at their January meeting.
The work of the welfare worker is
being handled at the present time
by the county commissioners. The
Question of retaining the county
agent and the welfare worker were
put to a vote so that the sentiment
of the farmers against these rae
Ikets would be made plain to the
commissioners.
The results of the elections in
that part of the county around
Candy were as follows:
Norman: % voted for the welfare
worker and Sc against; 9 voted fol
the County agent and GO against.
Hammer. On the county agen
question, 6 were for the office ant
, So against it; 10 were for the wei
, fare worker and 81 against.
! Oshkosh; The votes for the of
flee Of Welfare worker went A
! for and IS against; 38 voted fO
the County agent office and 6
against.
Wergeland: There were Is vote
cast for the Welfare workers an
10 against; s for the County ager
: and "a against.
Florida: Ten voted for the Cour
ty agent and 20 against; 10 vote
" for the Welfare worker and /
against.
:, Fortier: The town voted 2 fl
d the County agent and % against;
for the Welfare worker and
y against.
e The farmers of the entire cou1
/ ty will vote down the county agel
and the welfare worker at the re,
st ular spring elections which wi
come in couple of weeks.