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The Washington times., 1932-01-22
POst-HOHdny Sales
And Collections Din

That the expected post-holiday
drop in wholesale collections and
sales throughout the country ma
terialized to some degree, is evi.
denced in the January survey Of
conditions in 103 of the nations
leading trade centers, conducted
by Credit and Financial Manage
ment, official publication of the
National Association of Credit
Men.
In contrast to the previous
months survey, which found q
rising trend, the present reports
reveal that So per cent instead Of
81 per cent of the correspondents
find collections to be fair and
SO per cent instead of SO per
cent note the same condition ap-
pertaining to sales.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Washington Produce

light: market steady. Nearby sec
tions bushcI baskets. 40@50c.
Cauliflower-Supplies light; demand
moderate; market steady. Pony crates,
Arizona, $1.50@1.66; California, $3.50;
poorer, low as 81
Beets-Supplies light; demand light;
market steady. Texas, Western lettuce
crates, punched, $3.50.
Tangerines-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady. Flor
ida, boxes, all sizes, $1.25@1.75; poorer
lower.
Parsnips - Supplies light; demand
light; market steady. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. bushel baskets, 75c c@$1.0O.
BrOccoli-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate: marker STEADY: Texas u
Western lettuce crates, $2.25@2.50.
WatercreEs-Supplies light; demand
light; market steady. Virginia, bushel
baskets, 75c @$1.
Avocados-Supplies moderate: demand
light; market about steady. California,
lugs, $2.76@3.00; few lower.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Barber and Ross
KeLUinatOr Hosts

Marshall H. johnson, manager
of Barber & Ross, Kelvinator dis
tributors in this territory, is host
to the conference Of about 20
Kelvinator Corporation dealers at
the New Willard Hotel today.
E. L. Triffitt, of Brooke, Smith
and French, Kelvinator advertis-
ing counsel.ors; j. c. Burton,
regional manager, and H. W. Bur.
ritt, vice president in charge of
sales, are here to assist the local
distributor in presenting the Kel-
vinator lines of household and
commercial electric refrigeration
to the convention and, at the
same time, unfold the details of
the 1882 sales and advertising
campaigns, the biggest ever set
up in the history of the corpora
ton.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Three Join Board
Of Exchange Bank

The International Exchange
Bank has added to the board
Albert di Battista, Frank j.
O'Connor and Henry Schweinhaut.
Hugh w. Barr, Peter Borras,
Domenico Del Vecchio, Joseph E.
Heffron, DR.. S. S. Jaffe, Frank
j. Kaufman, John w. Lyles,
Jerry Miatico, Elias Weinstein
and Robert Wolfe were reelected.
Frank j. Kaufman was elected
president; Hugh j. Barr, vice
president; Leonard H. Hoyle,
cashier; Walter E. Birch, assistant
cashier, and Henry A. Schwein-
hallt. counsel.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
RANCE MARROW
i AND TRADING
SLUGGISH
BY W. s. COUSINS

ny w. ,. COUSlNS
NEW YORK, Jan. % QN.S0
Firmness in the railroad stocks
and q mild dip and recovery in
the industrials were the fea.
lures Of a dull and quiet mar
ket today.
The rails started the session
at slightly higher prices and re.
Volved within a narrow range Of
their opening.
Bank Credits Static
Some disappointment was eX-
pressed over the fact that the
bank statements showed no in
crease in the volume of outstand-
ing reserve bank credit, in spite
OF the reduction in rates for
buying bankers acceptances.
The steel motor, copper and
oil stocks sagged under the weight
OF moderate selling orders, and
prices were fractionally lower.
General Motors and General Elec-
tric fell off to 2124 in the same
move, and were again the con-
Spicuously weak spots in the
class of high grade industrials.
General Electric is suffering
from the announced "a per cent
drop in incoming orders, and
General Motors from hardness in
home and foreign demand for
cars.
Outside of a dozen or more
of the rail and industrial ia
voriteS the movements Of prices
were as narrow as in the previous
sessions Of the week.
U. S. Steel Skids
United States Steel near the
noon hour showed a drop Of "a
of a point as compared with yes
terday'S close and American Can
was virtually unchanged. Of the
rails, Southern Pacific was in the
best position, about a point above
the previous close.
Bonds and commodities were
inclined to slightly higher prices,
while cotton sagged a few points.
Call money was in good supply
at 212 per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Lake Cargo Rates
On Coal Sustained

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission held yesterday that
freight rates from the mining
districts in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia.
Kentucky and Tennessee, to GER
tain Lake Erie ports for trans
shipment by vessel, were not un-
duly prejudicial or unduly prefer
entail.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Jan. % GNSD.-Hogs-
Receipts. $4,000: market 1Oc higher
Top. $4.2O: bulk, 1855 @4.1O; heavy
weight. $3.55 @3.9O; medium weight,
$S.SS@4.20: lightweight, $3sOq41O;
light lights. 1856 a 40: packing sows,
SSi0@3.5O. Holdovers, 5000.
Cattle-Receipts. 1000: market steady.
CSlves-Receipts. 500: market steady,
Beef steers-GOOd and choice, 1900
10 SO: common and medium. $4.5Om7.50:
yearlings. $601O. Butcher cattle
Heifers, $3@6.5O: cows, S2.75@5; bulls
S3,2565: calves. $3.50 qS.5O; feeder
steers S4m5 so: stocker steers So O
6s50: stocker COW and heifers. 1904.
Sheep-Receipts. 10000; market
steady; medium and choice lambs, $525
O6; culls and common. $4m4.75; year
Iinse S465: common and choice ewes,
1@3; feeder lambs, S4.60q6.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
POWer Production
Is LOWer for Week

Production of electricity in the
United States for the week ended
Saturday. January 16 was 1902
$4,000 kilowatt-hours, according
to the National Electric Light AS
ISOLATION.
The Atlantic seaboard shows
a decrease Of 2.6 per cent from
the last year and New England
alone a decrease of 2.8 per cent.
The central industrial region reg
listers a decrease of 9.4 per cent
and the Pacific coast IA per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
SEARS, ROEBUCK PAY CUT

Sears, Roebuck g. Co. will
place in effect January 80 a gen.
eral salary and wage reduction
of from per cent to 10 per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
ATLANTA POST0FFICE

The Great Lakes Construction
Co. of Chicago has been awarded
the contract to build the Atlanta
Ca, post office, for $1,534,351
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

Estimates secured by the state crop bureau from
Nebraska bankers indicate that 1870 less winter
wheat was sown this fall than year ago, and
2O% below what was planted two years ago.
Nebraska is pointed out as the only wheatrgrowing
State that followed the advice of the Federal
Farm Board.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

Assessment of 10 of net worth of prizes won in
drawings of various lotteries conducted in Mexico
to provide funds for maintenance and development
of National Navigation Lines is feature of propo-
Siton submitted Federal Chamber OF Deputies by
management of the lines.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

IA 81 Zonite Prdts 3D.. 7A N u e
taO Optional cash. tD) Partly extra co. Extra
in stock (eD AncuoIns arTe@
O. s.6OthS OF share in stock 90 Pad this ysHE
warrantG (S) Ex-dividend. ~ Ex'TightA
Dividend rate in dollars in parenthesea
Years high prices carried to previous cO'%
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

Washington Gas SIS, $500@101.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
512a, 1O@51A, 1o@51A. 6@51A.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

Building construction in the United States
of more than $500 900, 900, or 1850 over the
$29O9, 100000 building construction in 1884, ac'
cording to the Copper & Brass ReSearch-Asso-
ciation. This is exclusive of public works.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Wages in bar iron mills having contracts with

Wages in bar iron mills having COuWaCIS WIWI
the Amalgamated Association OF Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers will remain unchanged during Jan
uary and February, as a result OF the olmontnly
Examination of sales prices on which wages are
based. Puddlers will receive $1o05 a ton, the
same amount paid during the last two months
of 1881 and Is cents ton less than that palo
during January and February Of 1881.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
PATIENTS ARE
SAVED FROM
HOSPITAL FIRE
Christmas Morning Blaze
Destroys New Institution;
Firemen Battle Flames for
Three Hours

Early Christmas morning MEM
bers of che staff battle6 in smoke
filled rooms to rescue three pa
tients when fire, said to have
been caused by defective wiring,
destroyed the Benton County hos
pital, a private institution recent
ly opened on Columbia Boulevard.
The patients, one of them M. E.
McInturf, seriously i'll of pneu-
monia, were taken to other hospi-
tails where they have shown no
particular i'll effects from their
exciting experience.
Loss was estimated by the own
ers at $4,000, small portion of
which was covered by insurance.
The personal belongings of the
proprietors, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E.
McC lendon, and Miss Gladys Sell
lick, were ruined, as were much of
the hospital equipment and furn-
iture.
Only q few articles were salvag-
ed by the firemen, who battled
three hours to save the structure.
Only the shell of the building re-
manned, the interior being almost
completely destroyed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
STUDY PLANS
FOR STARTING
UP A CANNERY
Business Men Spend Day in
Considering Possibilities;
Crop Outlet and Pay Roll
are Important Factors

A general discussion of details
concerning the establishment of a
cannery in Kennewick is being held
here today by M. Howard and Mr..
Cook representing the Alaskan
Products Co. Mr.. Howard had
previously interviewed the board Of
directors of the local chamber of
commerce and a special committee
has had the matter up with his or
ganization since.
Mr.. Howard told group Of
about twenty men Of the PROPOSE
ton this morning at the chamber
rooms. Another meeting is being
held this afternoon at which time
it is expected that decision will
be arrived at as to whether the
community will accept Mr.. How
ards deal or attempt to work out
some other plan or drop the whole
thing.
Briefly Mr.. Towards plan is
that as representative of q large
number of retail stores In New
York, he would contract to buy
definite amount Of canned goods at
the market price, the money to be
available, in large part, upon de-
livery to warehouse.
His plan contemplates the elm
ination of the usual string of mid
dlemen, enabling the retailer to
sell a larger package at a price
which will permit competition OUT
side the luxury class, thus in
creasing consumption. His pres
ent suggestion is for an outright
sale of the completed product. This
would require local financing Of
the cannery which when paid for
would become the joint property
Of his company and the local stock
holders.
Realizing the value Of cannery
to the community and also the
worth of a marketing outlet for
the entire stock, nevertheless To-
cal business men have expressed
the opinion that thesame advant-
ages might be secured without
giving bonuses. Further details are
being worked out toward the lat
ter end.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
Local u. p. Agent
Has Served 81 Years

On January 1st, A. F. Brownell
will retire from active service with
the Union Pacific railroad, as
agent at the Kennewick division.
after 81 years of continuous serv-
ice. Beginning as cashier at La
Grande, Oregon in 1902, he went
to Oaksdale and from Oaksdale to
Pennington and from Pennington
to Garfield. From Garfield he went
to Pullman, where he was agent
for the company 8 years. From
Pullman he went to Cheney as
agent for II years, coming from
there to Kennewick six years ago.
His successor is FL. S. Taylor, who
comes from Cheney, Mr.. Brownell
stated. cts a funny thing about
this Taylor; he just follows me
around, as he relieved me at Farm
lngton and at Cheney and now he
comes to Kennewick.n
Mr.. Brownell stated he would con-
tlnue to make his home in Kenne-
wick, but plans a trip starting
about the tenth of January to Cal
ifornia where he will spend most
OF the winter and then on to see
his son F. L. at Lake Charles,
louisiana.
Mr.. Brownell was guest of hon
or at the Chamber Of Commerce
meeting this noon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
Stars Install

At the meeting of the Eastern
Star chapter Tuesday evening at
the Masonic rooms, the annual in
stallation of officers was held,
with Mrs. Jennie Chellis as install-
ing officer and Mrs. Tella Winken-
werder, acting marshal in place
Of Mrs. j. c. Swayze, who was i'll
with the flu. Nina Hulet is the new
Worthy Matron, but was too i'll TO
be present. R. @. Macmahon was
installed as worthy patron; Pearl
Wysong, associate patron; Mae
Shanafelt, secretary; Clara Belle
Stafford, treasurer; Ella Ann Linn,
conductress; Catherine Cochran,
associate conductress; Ed Frauns
sentinel; Mona Thompson, Adas
Viola Carnahan, Ruth; Gladys Kel-
so, Esther; Minnie Bird, Marthas
Pearl Green, electa; leila Winken-
werder, chaplain; Jennie Chellis,
marshal; Grace Desgranges, war
der; Beatrice Sherk, pianist. Mrs.
Jennie Chellie as retiring past
worthy matron was presented with
jewel and gift. All past nations
present were presented with bou-
uuets Of flowers. Mr.. MacmahOn
was presented with the past pa
tron jewel. Following the INSTALL
alton Of officers q social hour war
enjoyed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
LOCAL PLANT
DISTRIBUTES
MUCH MONEY
approximately s125,000 in
New Money Paid Growers
in this Territory; Institu-
tion is Help to Town

One of Kennewick's leading in
dustries distributed approximately
$125, 100000 of new money in Ken
newick territory during the year
just coming to close. This means
that approximately $2400 a week
was paid out in Kennewick for
supplies, labor and other pur-
chases, according to information
received this week.
The firm which transacted this
business was the produce plant of
Swift & Company, located at 213-
215 Front street in Kennewick. A.
L. Ruth, manager of the plant, is
extremely proud of this record in
a year in which business, to say
the least, has not been of the best.
Approximately 600 persons have
benefited by the fact that Swift
& Company operates its Kenne-
wick plant. Many of these persons
are farmers who have butterfat,
eggs and poultry to sell. Others
are are Kennewick people who live
here, pay their taxes here, and
many of them are employed by
Swift & Company.
The fact that the company also
operates the produce plant in Ken
newick is a distinct trade advan-
tage to Kennewick merchants, in
asmuch as farmers with butter
fat, eggs and poultry to sell bring
it to the city after disposing of it
through the local produce plant,
spend their money here with local
merchants for various necessary
articles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
Frozen Asparagus
Holds Texture Well

At the Kenewick Market Satur-
day fresh Kennewick grown aspar-
agus was offered for sale for the
Christmas trade, notwithstanding
the sub-zero weather of the early
part of December and the snow of
the past week. The asparagus was
grown by J. w. Atterberry in East
Kennewick and kept in storage at
Church's Grape Juice company
since the asparagus season.
Mr.. Atterbury stated he placed
five boxes Of grass in storage last
spring as a new experiment fea-
ture and he had given several
pounds each to number of Ken
newick housewives to try out. They
stated they were unable to disting-
uish any difference in the frozen
asparagus from fresh grass pick
ed from the garden.
The asparagus is fresh, green
in appearance, with plump firm
stocks. Mr.. Atterbury stated this
is a new venture, but since most
business houses and many homes
now have electric refrigeration,
he didn't see why the freezing plan
couldn't be worked out to advant-
age.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
MAYOR WANTS
CITIZENS TO
CUT LIGHTS
Reduction in Residential Light
May Save $1,000 a Year to
City; Hydrant Rate is by a
5O-Year Contract

Reduction Of the Pacific Power
& Light company's monthly bill to
the city is almost impossible un-
der the present conditions, accord
ing to an investigation made this
week by Mayor Alfred Anon.
Comment was made and sugges-
tions offered at the last meeting
Of the council as to the possible
ties and the mayors investigation
followed.
while our new street lighting
rate is the lowest in the state for
a similar purpose, we cannot OBJ
tain continuation unless we COM
ply with the contract" Mr.. Anon
stated in an interview. "The fire
hydrant rate, in the light of pres
ent times seems excessive, yet the
city has contracted to pay that
amount for al years MORE" he
continued.
About the only cuts we can
make are in the residential lights.
These cost the city $18 per year
and by cutting out about half of
them the city could save in the
neighborhood of thousand dol
lars a year. Tie trouble is that cit
liens generally balk at the idea of
losing their neighborhood lights,
even tho there is now much less
necessity for lights than ever, since
the auto has come into general
use. If sufficient number of our
citizens are really interested in
this reduction and will tell the
council so, we shall be glad to do
our part" he said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
HAVE SPECIAL
PROGRAM FOR
FERTILIZING
Eastern Washington Soils to
Have Specialized Recon-
mendati0ns; Information is
Soon to be Available

The second annual meeting of
the fertilizer council and its tech
nical committee met at the Cham
Der of Commerce rooms in Yaki-
ma Thursday and Friday of last
week for the purpose of summar-
izing the results of fertilizer tests
for the entire state and the making
of recommendations for the var
ious crops on the different soils
of the state. The council and tech
nical committee were both well at
tended. The personnel of the coun-
Gil was made up of representatives
of the fertilizer industry, expert
ment station workers, extension
workers and men from the State
Chamber interested in the develop
ment of soils program for the
state.
The recommendations covered
western Washington crops, gener-
al crops in eastern Washington
and the tree fruit industry for
eastern Washington as a separate
section. Results Of experiments
actually carried during the year
in addition Ito results Of general
practices were finally worked into
the final program which seemed
to be agreeable to both the fertil-
izer industries and the men of the
experiment stations who have done
considerable careful research on
many problems.
Those attending from the county
were H. p. Singleton, superintend-
ent of the irrigation branch sta
ton at Prosser and E. C. Durdle,
county extension agent for the
county.
We have promised and had hop
ed to receive by this time a copy
of the definite recommendations
for the various crops for this Sec
ton. This information will be made
available to growers shortly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
COUNTY NOW
HAS 3 FEWER
PRECINCTS
Two Richland Voting Dis
tricts and Horse Heaven
Are Combined; Boundary
Changed on Two

Benton county will have three
fewer precincts at the next cleo
ton, due to action taken at the
meeting of the board Of county
commissioners. Two east end pre-
cincts have had their boundaries
changed, in addition.
Richland and Lower Yakima
precincts have been consolidated
and will be known as Richland
precinct. Horn Rapids and Vale
precincts have also been combined
and will be hereafter known as
Horn Rapids. And down here the
Horse Heaven precinct has been
consolidated with Highlands and
will be known under the latter's
name in future.
At Benton City that part of the
precinct lying south of the rail-
road shall be annexed to and be-
come part of Kiona precinct
The little jog in the precinct
lines where the city limits join
Valley and South precincts has
been Strengthened out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
FRUIT GROWER
MUST PREPARE
FOR NEXT YEAR
proner Thinning and Care of
Orchard to Do Much to
Lessen Problem of Pest Con-
troll and Crop

nna of the important things
,-h;ch came out at the State Hortl-
..itnre convention at Wenatchee
Ills wear was the feeling at least
IN the part of many that the past
40 with it's very peculiar wea-
sher which was very favorable to
: heavy second brood should not
Ia considered as indicative of what
i liable to happen another year.
Many growers at least feel that
srother season will undoubtedly
hring much more favorable wealth
or conditions for moth control.
This does not, however, lessen the
need for a careful program for the
nest for another year. There is
not a question but what there is
q very heavy carry-over OF moths
and anything that can be econom-
ically carried out.
Probably one of the first steps
that should be taken is the proper
pruning of the trees so as to en-
able the. operator to do a good job
Of spraying another year. Trees
should be opened up and thinned
out until spray can be gotten to
all parts of the tree and still leave
enough fruiting wood so that good
Yields can be obtained.
Because of the very heavy carry
over there are undoubtedly many
orchards where scraping would be
advantageous. Wherever scraping
is done the loose bark should be
collected and burned. Disking of
the ground close to the trunks
during the winter should do much
to destroy many worms that may
have gone into the ground to CO.
coon.
AS Mr.. Vincent pointed out dur
ing the pruning demonstration
meetings the fruit grower is going
to get by and possibly make a lit
tle-is the one who is going to car
ry his labor program just as far
as possible with home labor and
yet to take care of the preliminary
things for the production of next
years crop.
Proper pruning, scraping and
disposal of bark, and soil cultiva-
ton during the winter should do
much to lessen the problem next
summer, providing it is made a
community program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
Finley Road Work
Helps Unemployment

The favorable weather conditions
of the past couple of weeks has
permitted the work of improving
the S. P. & S. railroad crossing at
Finley to be started. The work is
being done by the county and will
involve the moving of about 1000
yards of dirt.
The crossing is the one Just east
of the Bowles corner where sever
al accidents have occurred in the
past and is considered as one of
the most dangerous crossings in
the county. The work will consist
principally of raising the ap-
proaches and will require about a
dozen teams. The work will be ro-
tated, so that ranchers in the vi
cinity will all be given an oppor-
tunity to secure some of the time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29

Miss Ruth Long entertained on
Tuesday evening with dinner
party at the parsonage with COW
ers laid for the Misses Ruth and
verdella Mueller, Ola Mae Elliott,
Glee Miller, Ruth Long, Boyd and
Warde Rupp, Warde Meyer, Floyd
Hutchins, Robert Campbell and
Rev. and Mrs. f. j. Long at q clev-
erly decorated table with q center
piece of Christmas holly and red
candles. The place cards cleverly
showed the guests names reflected
by lighted tapers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29
PascO Club Members
Hold Joint Meeting

On account of the holiday, quite
a few of the Pasco Kiwanians at
tended the local clubs meeting on
Tuesday. The feature Of the day
was the celebration of the birth
days of three of the local mem
bers, j. X. Bockius, M. M. Moul-
ton and Herman Schmidt. A birth
day cake was feature of the table
decorations. Announcement was
made of the joint installation Of Of
ficers at Pasco next Tuesday eve
ming at which time the ladies will
be present.