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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25
Has Scientists Puzzled

So far as mans memory extends,
ireland has been without snakes.
Whether or not st. Patrick is the
reason for the Emerald isles inn
munity, England. Scotland and
Wales, but few miles across the
water, have always had at least a
fair sized population of these rep
tiles. The nearest approach to a
snake In Ireland is legless lizard
called the lag worm, which isn't for
midable even In appearance. Dur
ing recent years there have been
many attempts to introduce harm
less snakes as an aid to farmers,
but the introductions have not been
successful. biologists are unable
to account for the phenomenon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25
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REPORTED
) THAT

Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Johnson have
returned to Kennewick and are the
guests of their son, Warde and
family on Washington street for
the week. They plan to spend the
winter here.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith Brown OF
Portland stopped Monday to see
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il.
Smith in the Garden Tracts while
on her way to Yellowstone park.
The Young Morried Peoples
class of the Methodist church is
planning to have lawn social on
the parsonage lawn Friday eve
ming.
Mrs. T. B. Hauschild entertain
ed for her niece, Miss Louise Phil
lipy of Kahlotus Wednesday aft
ernoon. Ten guests were present.
The afternoon was spent in play
ing games and swimming.
The Rev. j. B. Pennell and their
daughters, Betty Jane and Joan,
returned to their home in Tacoma
F'riS4y, after a weeks visit at the
F. "A. Visger residence here.
Albert Mitchell of Grandview,
arrived here Monday to make his
home at the John Bleichner resi-
dence. Mr.. Mitchell is employed
at Pasco.
| The p. G. club held its regular
meeting Thursday afternoon with
Miss Jayce Mulkey. After the
business meeting refreshments
were served. Miss Berry Jane
Frisbee of Tacoma was a guest of
the club.
Mrs. Robert Lemon and daugh-
ter of Kansas City, Mo-, were the
guests of Mrs. w. G. King Tues
day while driving thru to the
coast. Mrs. Lemon is the wife of
the late Mr.. Kings half brother
and her daughter is music instruc--
tor in the Kansas City schools.
Among those having tonsil oper-
ations at DIR. Capell's this week
were Menard st. Johns of Benton
City; johanna Mathers, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathers of Benton
City, and Elizabeth Kantrill of
Burbank.
Another dance will be given by
the Grange at their hall Saturday
night of this week. Refreshments
will be served by these splendid
hosts and the general public will
be made welcome.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25

M;s. phoebe Sherk Of Seaview
, rr I've, Tuesday to visit her grand
mother, Mrs. G. w. Sherk on First
Avenue. Miss Sherk had spent sew
eral days visiting with her mater
nal grandparents, MIR. and Mrs.
Mexican in walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. MacInturf drove
to johnson last week. On Saturday
Mrs. MacInturf underwent an
operation at the Colfax hospital
Mr.. MacInturf returned Monday
evening, leaving his wife getting
along nicely.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25
Derivation Hard to Trace

The word "dupe" has q curious
history. Originally 1t meant dove
or pigeonone Of the most simple
and guileless of creatures. Web
ster and Littre both claimed that the
word came from the old French
name for the hoopoe, probably on
the ground that Randle Cotgrave
(1611) described dupe as "a hooper ;
q bird that hath on her head q
great crest or tuft Of feathers, but
nestles in ordure." Littre quoted
Berry, DUDE. la huppe," as its
source, but added '.it has been sug-
gested that the Swabian German
duppel, imbecile, is a possible
source" He insists, however, that
dupe is to be traced from huppe.
from the ease with which the bird
can be captured. Literary Digest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25
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Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Noel were
Walla Walla visitors Thursday,
and attended the funeral of Carl
Anderson of Clyde.
Mrs. II. D. Chambers entertain
ed Sunday with q birthday din
ner for the pleasure of her daugh-
ter, Betty's, twelfth birthday. Gov
sers were laid for nine.
The third division of the Meth
pdist Ladies' Aid were hosts to
the public Wednesday noon at the
monthly chicken dinner they serve
during the noon hour. One hundred
and twenty-five were served and a
number turned away, because OF
running out Of food. This is the
largest number ever served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25

Mrs. Christina Larson ~.
Wednesday evening from \
weeks vacation spent visits. y
children at Fairfield and \.
From Cheney she was accom-
by her son-in-law and dr.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. KirkD,,,s''a
Tacoma and Seattle, where Il
tended the State convention !. l
W.C.T.U. Last week ens \
went to Capamis Beach AM
clans. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25

Duane Lape is on the sick list
this week.
Amelia Warnock and Ray Setv-
ems returned Sunday evening from
their vacation. They were joined
at Spokane by Rose Warnock and
other relatives for q trip to
Thompson Falls.
A Van Holderbeke, who former
ly had a nursery on the Highlands
and who for number of years
has made a speciality of growing
bulbs for Otis Orchards, has
bought property at IPalo Alto, Cal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25

He candidate for eei subject primaries Republican
September I3, year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25

Another dance will be given by
the Grange at their hall Saturday
night Of this week. Refreshments
will be served by these splendid
hosts and the general public will
be made welcome.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25

Probably the best known of all the candidates in
the huge field which have filed in the Republican pr
maries this year is the veteran State Auditor G. w.
Clausen whom the voters have returned almost with
out opposition time after time to the position he
holds. Friends of Mr.. Clausen, who originally
from Ktsap county where he got his first experience
in public office say the secret of his lies in the
thorough manner in which he has conducted the af-
fairs of the state that have under his control
They point out that while in recent years the mat
ter Of balancing appropriations and expenditures thru
the medium of budget has become very popular
thing it was Mr.. Clausen who years ago devised bud
get control and finally succeeded in having it installed
in all the counties and cities of the state This
made possible through the Standardization of the
counting systems and since the installation of the state
system there have been practically monies lost thru
defacaton in the counties cities of this common
wealth.
Washingtons great system of highways are
tribute to Mr. Clausens years of service he served
with four different governors the highway boards
which built up the present roadways.
Possibly of the most outstanding achievements
of Mr. Clausen's State Auditor was the eff
cient and competent in which he distributed
the $13O00000 of the Soldiers COMPENSATION Act en-
trusted entirely to his So perfectly did the
mission function which Mr. Clausen set up that the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-08-25
CIV. Clausen
STATE AUDITOR
Republican Candidate for Reelection
His years Of economical faithful service is your protection
Vote as You Hire - For Trained Experience

entire amount in the hands Of the returned fight
long before other states in the union had even be
gun to make payment
During his present term he obtained Legislation
to retire s50OO,000.00 bond ISSUE putting idle money
to work and saving the state $1750OOOOO in interest,"
AS a member of the State Finance Board he has
assisted in the careful investment of all the states
funds in such way that not single cent has been
lost thru bad investments the closing of financial NJ
situations. The credit of the state is today equal
hat of any in he union and Mr.. Clausen's suppeten
claim this is largely due to his sagacity.
He is also member of the Capitol Comwittee
which has just completed of the finest groups
capitol buildings in America.
In the years that have passed since Mr.. Clausm
first took office many changes have made in s
statutes until today the State Auditor has become q
most entirely the guardian and safety valve OF "
states honesty in expenditures, and in all those ye
no scandal has in any touched the conduct
the Auditors office.
G. w. Causen is no rubber-stamp; he has had many
differences of opinion over matters political and m'
fact that he has not always agreed in every parcun
with those of his political faith, is only furtnu
mark of his honesty and integrity say those who O'
him best.
Thirty percent of his employees are veterans
good standing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
High Praise Coming to
Mothers of Invention

Whitney, Howe, Morse, Mccormick,
Bell, Edison-run down the list. There
is not woman inventor from the cot
ton gin to the talking movie, If we are
to believe the school histories. That
such a one-sided version could be the
whole story we have always doubted,
but now a display of women's inven-
tons in New York supports our con.
tention. Not only do feminine inven-
tons 60 back to 1913, when Nancy
johnson devised the first Ice cream
freezer, and before, but. according to
government records, no less than $4,000
patents have been issued to women.
At the recent exhibition, Beulah
Louise Henry, known as Lady Edi-
son" and credited with AZ inventions,
showed her latest, typewriting ribbon
which makes five copies without use
Of carbon paper. Her other benefits
to mankind include a collapsible um-
brella and an electric fan shield. That
not all inventions of women are Of the
detachable collar kind was pointed out
by the exhibition chairman, who at
tributed the Coston pyrotechnic sig
nal light to a member of her sex.
Adopted by the United States coast
guard more than half-century ago,
its variously colored flares are now
used by mariners all over the world.
1t is pleasure to correct the record.
A belated hats-off to these mothers of
invention.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
Old Legend Concerning
World-Famous Painting

Raphael's Madonna of the Chair"
says a noted Paris art lecturer, was
the realization Of a hermit's wish.
"There have been many stories told
regarding the painting Of Raphael's
Madonna Of the Chair" the artist
said, ''but the one that seems most
fitting is as follows:
"An old hermit, widely known and
loved for his charity and Christian
service, lived in hut in the valley.
Near his humble home stood a giant
oak tree, which he called his silent
friend, because it gave him shade and
sheltered him from the storm. Close
by lived a vine dresser's daughter,
known to everybody for her kindness
to the old hermit, who called her his
friend that talked.
Zone day a terrible storm arose,
which was followed by disastrous
flood. The hermit sought shelter In
the branches of the tree and was res
cued by the vine dresser's daughter,
who took him to her home. The her.
nit was very happy and prayed that
his two good friends might be glori-
fled together. Long afterward the her
init. Bernardo, died, and the oak tree
was cut down and made into wine
casks. By this time the beautiful girl
had married and was the mother Of
two fine sons.
Zone day the young mother sat at
the door Of her cottage with her two
sons at her side. Raphael passed by
and noticing the beautiful picture
made by the mother and her sons
quickly took his crayon and skeiched
it on the head Of a wine cask. From
this sketch the artist is said to have
painted the popular picture Of the
Madonna Of the Chair and the wish
Of the old hermit was realized"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16

Tom had died without knowing.
Tom had died believing her to he as
uncomplex and happy in their mar
rage as he had been.
Marion was grateful for that 1t
made everything subsequent come
easier.
What actually happened, as her
friends put 1t, was the return Of the
fish to its water. Two months after
Toms death, Marion matriculated in
the university from which she had
married as a sophomore and took her
first degree two years later, cum
laude.
They were to her the happiest
years Of her life. 1t was as If her
mind, dehydrated by the long period
of inactivity and intellectual sunless
ness, had suddenly found capacity Of
expansion again. Sometimes 1t actual
" seemed to her that under the con-
geniality Of the old environment that
she could actually feel her mentality
reviving, lifting itself, warming itself
in stimulating contacts.
1t was considered remarkable that
at the conclusion of her college course
she had gone beyond that point, and
was halfway qualified for a second
degree.
The return Of the native, said Luella,
smiling upon her with large in
diligence.
The indulgence Of Luella meant
more to Marion than she would ad-
init, even to herself. 1t was not that
she craved a position similar to that
Of Luella's, but-well-it had to be
faced at last, more than anything she
could think of, Marion wanted to
prove to herself, and to the world,
that her mind, If not better, was at
least as good as her erudite sisters.
The eye of Marion was fixed reso-
lutely upon difficult goal, similar to
sisters.
Marion wanted to be invited to hold
the position of dean of women in one
of the country's large universities.
The opportunity came sooner than
she dreamed.
Within a month after her second
degree had been conferred upon her,
Marion was called to accept the posi-
ton of dean of women in the place
vacated by Miss Luella Studdiford,
who had eloped suddenly with chauf-
feur in neighboring town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
Fret White Woman in
West Arrived in 1906

The first white woman in the West
Of whom there is any record, came
out from the Orkney islands in 1906
in Hudson's Bay company's ship,
disguised as young man. She came
out to join her sweetheart. In the
journal Of Alexander Henry, it is re-
corded without mention of her name,
that on December 90, 1907, she gave
birth to child at his trading post
at the mouth of the Pembina river.
OF the life of the child born that day,
the first child born in the West of
white parents, nothing is known but
that his mother took him with her
when she returned to Scotland the
summer after his birth. Marie Lagi-
modiere, who became the grandmoth-
er Of Louis Riel, was the second white
woman to come to the West Of whom
there is any record. She arrived in
1907. It was 1912 before there were
any other white women in the West.
In that year, the second party Of Sell
kirk settlers arrived at York Factory.
They included IS women.-Montrea
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16

The science of medicine had its orr
gin in the very depths of ignorance
and superstition, and even today it has
not entirely shaken off all the heredi-
tary beliefs and symbols which have
adhered to 1t down through the ages.
For example, the capital r with the
line across its foot, to be found on
every prescription, is thought by most
physicians to be an abbreviation of
the Latin word Recipe" but DR..
Howard W. Haggard, associate pro-
fessor of applied physiology at Yale
university, has traced 1t back to an
invocation to the god Jupiter,
prayer for his aid to make the treat
ment effective. In many old medical
manuscripts all of the RS occurring
in the text are crossed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
Find Ancient Grave

Students of the seminary Of the
University Of Marburg have excavated
in Hunfield, in the Rhon, a grave dat
ing from the Fifth century B. c. Il
contained the remains Of % men, wom-
en- and children. On one woman's
skeleton were found four dozen amber
beads, ring, bronze ornaments and
bronze bracelet.
The grave held also the skeleton Of a
woman who had been buried 1000
years before the others. Two earrings,
a necklace. large bracelets. a broad
metal girdle and an anklet were found
on it. all excellently preserved. The
finds have been placed in the provincial
museum in Kassel.-German Travel
Bureau.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
First American Astronomer

David Rittenhouse was an expert
clockmaker in Philadelphia and be-
came a maker Of astronomical instru-
ments and because of his work and
observations, he was famed in the New
world and the Old. In 1910 he built
a brick octagonal observatory which
was the first and for long time the
only observatory in this country.
Rittenhouse is probably most famous
for his construction of several plan
etariums or orreries, which were so
made that they could determine the
time, duration and path Of eclipses,
extending over a period of 5000 years
before and after 1867. Even the great
Zeiss planetarium does not attempt to
do this.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16

Harold, aged four. was lonely only
child. and begged his father to buy
him a dog. But father put him off,
and asked If little brother or sister
wouldn't be nicer playmate.
Harold agreed to wait. A few days
later his father took him upstairs to
see the new brother who had just ar
rived. Long and earnestly the child
gazed at the red. wrinkled, flannel
wrapped mite. Then he lifted sorrow
full eyes to his father and said, Dad
dy, buy me the dog"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
Mammals That Lay Eggs

The echidna, pronounced e-kid-na,
accented on the second syllable, is
found in Australia, Tasmania and New
Guinea, is sometimes called a porcu-
pine anteater. It resembles the hedge
hog, through it is somewhat larger.
The hair of the skin is mingled with
spines on the upper part Of the body.
It's egg is about three-fourths Of an
inch in diameter, with leathery shell,
and is placed, as soon as laid, in the
mammary pouch Of the mother.
The echidna and the duck-billed
platypus of Australia are the only
warm-blooded animals that lay eggs
and also suckle their young.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
Explaining Gulf Stream

The Gulf stream owes its origin to
the northeast trade winds, which blow
constantly toward the American shore
from the direction Of the Canary and
Cape Verde islands. The wind sets
in motion a broad, shallow film Of wa
ter upon the surface Of the ocean and
this, when 1t encounters the sloping
northeast coast Of South America,
trends northward, passes by the Lesser
Antilles into the Caribbean sea. Being
constantly driven on from the east
and gaining in depth as its area be-
comes restricted, it is driven through
the Yucatan channel to the gulf Of
Mexico. ...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16

On his appointment the new man
ager Of certain bank was given much
publicity. and photographs of him were
reproduced in newspapers. All were
not printed attractively.
A depositor wandered in, walked up
to the manager, produced one Of his
Photographic reproductions, and asked.
"Ls this your picture?"
The manager assured him that It
was.
Sand are you the manager Of this
bank?"
The other admitted that he was.
"Well, give me my money!" ordered
the depositor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-16
DEAN OF
WOMEN
a
Ttvo Sides to Every
Question
By FANNIE HURST

"a by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.l
(WNU Servicel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-29
COLDS ARE NOW
REACHING OUTFOR
VICTIMS!
Be Wise-Be Careful-Adopt This
Simple Precautionary Measure!

Learn its efficacy and keep a pack
age handy all winter long as your
safety first" measure.
If you have already caught cold
there is nothing better you can take
than Groves Laxative Bromo Oui-
nine. 1t doesn't merely suppress
the cold-it drives it completely out
of the system. At the same time, it
tones the entire system and fortihes
against further attack.
For more than forty years, Groves
Laxative Bromo Quinine has been
the standard cold and grippe tab
let of the world, the formula keep
ing pace with Modern Medicine.
Now in two sizes-30c and Soc Ask
for it by the full name and look for
the initials L B @ stamped on every
tablet. Reliable dealers will not
try to sell you substitute.-Adver-
tiSement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-29
Mark Snakes
Be- Science Service

Be- Science Service
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.,
Dec. 29.-How would you mark
a snake so that when you met
it again you could recognize it?
Many persons probably would
answer that they would not
want to meet snake, even
once, let alone a second time;
but DR.. Frank N. Blanchard
of the University of Michigan,
and Ethel Finister of the Ashe-
vile Normal school are inter
ested in snakes, not afraid of
them.
At the meeting of the Eco
logical Society of America here
today they described their
method of marking snakes by
clipping off portions of scales
on the underside Of their tails,
and recording these marks by a
numbering system.
The clipped scales grow again,
but for several years an identi-
flying scar can be made out.
Thus it becomes easy to iden-
tify a snake that has been
captured and released after be-
ing measured.
The biologists reported that
snakes grow more slowly as
they grow older, and that snake
growth goes on much faster
during June and July than in
other months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-29
lars Earth's Origin View

Suggestion was made Wednesday
night by Dr. Harlow Shapley of
Harvard that the earth and the
moon were born out of the parent
spiral nebula that fathered not only
the sun but all the others stars of
the Milky Way.
This scrapDing of the most widely
accepted theories of the origin OF
the earth and other planets of the
suns family is sure to create great
interest and fresh thought among
astronomers.
The Shapley theory, outlined to
the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science, makes the
moon, planets and sun all the same
age, the progeny of a secondary
whirl or eddy of the parental spiral
nebula out CT which the local gal
axy, or Milky Way, may be sup
posed to have generated"
The conventional theory is that
the earth and planets we're borr
when passing star pulled matter
like gaseous taffy out of the sun
and some have theorized that the
moon was cleaved off the earth al
an even later time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-29
China Leads
Discoveries Credited
to Modern Science
Old in Orient.
R1f Tojtod Press

By United Press
A TLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec.
L A 29.-Modern science suffered
a rude shock at the midwinter
session of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Science today, when two Chinese
scholars blandly reported that the
comparatively recent doctrine of
evolution was known in China
more than $500 years ago.
In addition, DR.. Amos Benkov
Kuan-C Chin Penn Of Johns Hop
kins university, and DR.. Pei Sung
Tang of Harvard university, as
serted:
That Chinese biologist dis
covered blood circulation 1000
years before Hervey.
That Chinese surgeons used an
esthesia in the third century be-
fore Christ, whereas, it was not
until BAT that occidentals admin
istered chloroform.
That the catheter developed in
1850 was described as the thou
sand golden remedies" in the
seventh century A. d.
That in the Chow dynasty, 1922
B. c., an anatomist named Chin
Yen Jen wrote a theatise on in
ternal organs-many hundreds Of
years before modern medical in
veStigators resorted to dissection.
The Chinese authorities said
Tson Use, philosopher of the
sixth century before Christ, knew
of evolution and believed that the
horse was mans immediate anceS-
tor in the evolutionary scheme.