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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03
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History lost much of its pristine charm
when the mind of the reader, which had once
shared in Imagination the thrill of great dis
coverers and conquerors, by the constant rep
etition of epochal events in these amazing
days was dulled to all but the most momen-
tous.
Great achievements in exploration, nav
igation, invention and science were once so
rare that were news" for generations, even
centuries. Today they are crowded off the
front page and out of public consciousness by
q rapid succession of equally eventful news.
Within the last IL months men have
travelled through the air at speed of 400
miles an hour; have invaded those terres-
trial heights known as the stratosphere;
have circled the globe on wings of their own
making, and, through the radio party, have
brought the ends of the world together as
into one vast assembly of entertainers and
listeners.
The Importance of the discovery of Am
erica was not appreciated at the time nor
was the significance of the first application
of steam and electric power understood. So
also does this generation hold commonplace
achievements which may prove revolution
airy in their effect.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

cit Will Be Glorious 60 Help You
Work Out Your Career"
othy; he couldn't ask her to exist
on the meager pittance he was get
ting from the Pryor company. He
had taken the job simply because
Il gave him 30 much time for writ
ing. caring nothing at the time for
the small salary and the lack Of OPP
portunity that It held.
The unhappiness brought By his
resolve showed plainly In the weary
droop Of Bob's shoulders and the
tired lines on his boyish face. He
found Il hard to Join In the small
talk and fun of the New Years par
II that was going on. II Dorothy
hadn't been 30 insistent upon bis
coming, he would have remained
away, for he was In no mood for
frivolity. And now, IN even deeper
bitterness had crept into his heart.
a he watched the crowd pay trib-
ute to Everett Elstun, the literary
lion Of Raymondville.
He wondered how Dorothy had
got Elstun to her party; he was q
bit Of recluse and seldom mingled
with the crowd. he was surprised
% he saw him walking across the
room. with an eager look upon his
face.
"How are you coming with your
writingr he asked.
Bob gave q mirthless laugh. I've
just decided that a. q writer I'm q
pretty good hod-carrier. The fact
Of the matter Is. Mr.. Elstun. I've
made a New Years resolution to
quit"
"Giving up in a hurryf" Elstun
said, q trifle sharply.
1--WE been trying for almost two
years." Bob answered.
"And you think a few hours every
now and then for two years should
have brought you success7 Listen,
boy. was writing full time for more
than three years before got hint
that I wasn't wasting ink
In q moment Bob was cOnfessing
his real reason for quitting. Elstun
listened quietly then he spoke. Il.
too. had that problem" he s1id.
There was a girl: felt sure she
wouldn't be satisfied with what I
had to offer. Fortunately. ! found
out In time she wanted to share my
struggles. Maybe the girl you love
feels the same way"
Bob found that Elstun was right.
Dorothy was aghast at the thought
Of his giving up the work he loved.
or doubling that she would want
to share his poverty. sit will be
glorious to help you work out your
career" she assured him.
So a new resolution was made
that called for success instead OF
failure. The New Year was going
to bring Bob the acceptance that he
craved.
g. western Newspaper Union.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03
Heavy Movement of
Washington Apples

According to the traffic report
of the Great Northern Railway, the
movement of apples out of the We
natchee and Chelau areas has to-
tailed 10,057 care to date (Novem-
ber 49,. The crop is said to be ap-
proximately half loaded with the
total estimated to run about 1000
to 2200 cars.
These figures show carloadings
about 200 ahead of the CORES
ponding date for 1888 with load
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

good sales and constant inQui1
It is also reported that the fedsn
government is expected to get iuh
the apple field in the STATE d
Washington to purchase 5000 ton
of C grade apples in bulk, IL
equivalent Of $50 cars. The apple
will be used for relief purposa
The announcement came from til
state department Of agricultun
and specified no particular varis5
to be bought nor did It indicate 4
what part Of the state the purch.
ases would be made.
Read Courier Reporter want ed
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03
A MANS INTENTIONS

Whatever mans problem and handi-
caps there is word that describes the one
thing he can and must do. That word is
Forward" The man who lets nothing stop
his steady advance need fear no future OBJ
stacles. His motor is his will and no form
can long chain and impoverish that. Sue
cess comes sometimes when least expected
It is missed sometimes because of lack of
faith in its existence. But he who advances,
whose watchword is forward" is never
surprised at prosperity. He welcomes it when
It comes for he has long expected it and is
prepared to meet it's responsibilities.
Success is wholly matter of mental at
tiude toward success The half-hearted idea
that it may work out never mode success
Of anything. Success come from the deter
mination at the beginning to be successful
and then by being it. It isn't swelled-head-
edness to believe oneself bigger than any
thing which may stand in the way of sue
cess, but to believe that is necessary to sue
cess.
Goeth in his Life and Character" said
Strictly speaking, everything depends upon
q mans intentions"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

ginning.
Last night. In summing up the old
year. he had come to the conclu.
sion that he was an utter failure,
that he might as well discard the
idea Of becoming a writer. Every
story that he had sent out had
come back. II was true that few
editors had encouraged him-0ne Of
the best known In the country had
told him to keep on, that he had a
fine literary style. But none OF
them had kept his offerings.
Bob felt that the wisest thing he
could do was to chuck the whole
thing at the beginning of the New
Year. Yet down In his heart he
knew that writing was part Of
him; that 1t would be an almost Inn
possible task to keep away from the
untidy desk back In his den. But
he would have to do 1t. man
couldn't hold girl to q promise.
with nothing to offer her but fail
ure.
Bob knew that Dorothy Trent
was back Of his resolution to quit
the writing game. He loved Dor
othy and she loved him. They had
been engaged since their senior
year ut Northwestern. It was time
that he should say something about
marriage; It was not fair to hold
her as he was doing. He would
have to get a position that would
enable him to keep girl like Dor
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

And yet, few people would be dissat-
isfied with what they have if everybody else
had less.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

A lot of people get credit for good ma
ture when it is merely good teeth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

A born failure is one who persists in of
fering the customer what he should have
instead Of what he wants.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

Yet there are people who tell the truth,
even when they are under oath.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

A free land is one where little groups
gradually ruin the country to get private
profit
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03
Dinner Cocktail

An oyster cocktail Is nice start
for the holiday dinner. not 30 I'LL
ing as the more usual soup.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

The Hill Billy isn't really more ignorant
than the professor, but just about different
things.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

Still, almost all good citizens favor law
enforcement unless it threatens friend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

An ideal climate is the kind where white
men have imported some other race to do the
work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03
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HAPPY and prosperous
New Year!" All day the
words had been flung at
Bob Cameron /; everywhere
he went they echoed In
his ears. He wanted to
shut them out. to forget
that a New Year was be-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-03

Read cOurier-RepOrtsr want "a,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
CANADA TO FETE
 HOME TOWN BOYS
Province Men Who Made ! Good Aided Develop
 fnent of U. S.

Quebec City, Que (UP)-Quebe, this Spring is preparing to honGI more than score of "home town boys who made good" as the dis lcoverers or founders of territories and cities in nearly half of tho states in the American Union. ! Following year of historical research, tlN Quebec Highway Ministry has announced a prelim- mary list of the native sons of this French Canadian Province who figured largely in the development. of the United States and whose quaint birthplaces here are to tc brought to the attention, to U. s. motorists through erection of com memorative markers.
 | Amazed at Number
 The Honorable J. E. Perrault, minister of roads, said he believes Americans will be amazed at the large number of French Canadians who ''fathered" the discovery and settlement of so much of the United States. He said the Que- tbec government is anxious to ap- propriately recognize common bond between citizens of the two countries.
 Twenty-three Quebec cities and villages, from which came the mayors of two great U. s. cities, bishops, military men and explor- CTS, are to be marked this year. .The work will recall the pioneer days of American communities ranging from Niagara, N. F., to Duluth, Dubuque and Los Angeles, and from St Paul to Memphis and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
STOKOWSKI MAY
 RULE SYMPHONY
Disagreement Between ] Conductor and Orchestra
 Management Settled
By c. B. YoRKE

t SAsht-A AC5o ctAEh
 Philadelphia (UP) = Leopold NtStokowski, beneath whose blonde bushy locks are combined the rare talents of master musician aud canny publicist, will begin his 24t.l year as conductor of the Philadei- phia Orchestra on october 4.
 When Stokowski mounts the po- dium that evening much of the bit. terness engenedered late last year by his dispute with the directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra As- sociation will have been forgotten. For once mere maestro. wtao first conducted the orchestra in 1912 at the age of 29, has won his point.
 < What the point is has never been made clear, not even by Stokow- ski, to thousands of music lovers il. is enough to know that he will conduct 12 of the first 15 weeks of the 1935-36 season.
 Neither Stokowski nor any of the former board of directors have explained what prompted him to announce last autumn that he would not renew his contract as musical director of the associa- ton.
 Nevertheless, directors and mu- sic lovers alike split immediately into two groups-one favoring the retention of Stokowski, the other willing to let him go.
 When his contract expired De- cember 18th, he stepped from the podium and retired to Santa Mon lea, Calif.
 Meanwhile, Stokowski followers never gave up hope that he could be persuaded to return if certai, changes were made in the board of directors and managing person- nel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
Famous Naturalist's
 Anniversary Nears
Audubon's Date Long Mystery Bird Life Hobby
 Developed Into Life Work and Enduring Laures

New York = John James Audu- bon. the famous naturalist, was born 15O years ago an April, but 1t was only comparatively recently that this was established. He him. self did not know his birthday; his granddaughter, in biography pub llished as recently as 1900. had to admit uncertainty. At last, in 1917, Professor Francis Hobart Herrick of Western Reserve Uni- versity published the result of re- searches fixing the date. Includ- ed in his documents was the bill of the physician who attended at the birth.
 This put an end to surmise and legends, one of which went so far as to say that the name which has become a synonym for bird study was a fictitious one, concealing the identity of a son of the French Danphin. Audubon was the son of a French naval captain, Jean Audu- bon, and a French woman resident in what is now the Republic of Haiti, then 8 French colony. He was baptized Jean Jacques, but in the nUited States came to call him. self John James.
 '. When he was four years old his father took him to France, and when he was IS sent him to Amer ica. Captain Audubon had been a fighting man all his life, twice a prisoner of the British. He hoped that his son would settle down to a business career in the states, in- stead of going to the wars being waged in Europe then.
 Young Audubon did not, how ever, do as his father planned. He was a thorough failure as a busi- ness man, but made a success such as his father could not have dared hope in another field. From his youngest days, he had been inter- ested in birds, and had shown aptitude as an artist. Combining this interest and talent gave him a hobby to which he devoted so much time that he grossly neglected his attempts at trade. This hobby developed into a life work out of which grew his enduring fame. Audubon's Birds of America" is a classic to naturalists and a treas- ure to book collectors, and when George Bird Grinnell wanted name for the organization he had formed, in 1886, to protect birds, he called it the Audubon Society. Out of Grinnell's group grew the Audubon societies now established in almost every state. linked by the National Association of Audu- bon Societies, with its many educa- tional and conservation activities. which cover the nation and even extend internationally.
 Although Audubon had devoted so much attention to painting pic- lures of birds that he was anything but a commercial success in 1910, he apparently had not thought of publishing. He was living then in Louisville, ky, and Alexander Wilson came to see him.
 Wilson was an itinerant natural ist, who peddled tinware to sup port himself, and painted bird pic- lures. He had begun publication of these, and needed subscriptions to finance the completion of the set. Hearing of Audubon as an- other bird painter. he sought to en- list his aid. Instead, he stirred up a rival greater than he. Wilson's pictures were inferior to those of Audubon which is no strong dis praise of them; Audubon showed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01

A remarkably welI-preseryed document 1O1 years old was being shown to his friends to-day By Commissioner Harry Minor. The document, 4aThe Legislative Roll and Lodgings list for May, 1884, shows not single trace of yellow ing, and though carefully folded, is not cracked or torn. 1t was discOv- cred by Commissioner Minor at his home last night while going over some old papers and now will be framed.
 The listing shows that in 1884, Commissioners Minors great-grand- father, Archibald Minor, represent cd the town of Wolcott in the gen. eral assembly at Hartford. Water bury's two representatives were Willard Spencer and William T. Hine. The Watertown member of the general assembly was Joel Hungerford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01

that he realized the inferiority, and the two men never. were on good
 terms. Audubon. however, had received from wilson the idea of a book. He went to work on it. Efforts at storekeeping were aban- doned. He tutored young folk. taught dancing and swimming, painted portraits and signs, all merely to support himself, while he devoted his real attention to im- proving and adding to his collec- ton of bird pictures. He sought a publisher in America, and found none. His position was much the same as Wilson's had been. Now his wife, Miss Lucy Bakewell of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01

Philadelphia before their marriage In 1903, came to his aid, as che was always ready to do throughout his life. Money she had earned teaching the children of a Louis- lana planter, added to what he had, financed a trip to Great Britain, in 1926.
 Audubon, a handsome figure of a man, was a god deal of a show man, also. He dressed in the buckskln of an American woods man." he let his hair grow long, he cultivated drawl. He and his pictures created such an impression that the necessary subscriptions were forthcoming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
ALL POLITICAL PARTIES

Mena, ! Arl--(UP)-PractIcally every political party is representer at Commonwealth college, labor school near here. except tho dem ocrats. a. democratic legislative committee Investigating alleged un.American teachinen at the in
 stltution. discovered. There are republicans. independents. farm
 laborltcs. progrosaiyet, socialist. communlsts. hnSin md fncIstt Lucien Koch, 27.yenr-oId head of the school. has never cast a ballet
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
CHECK { EROSION, :
STosAIyl!'E MONEY n
Preservation Of Soil Means
Lower Taxes.

A taxpaying farmer saves twice
when he controls erosion. He saves
his basic capital, the soil. And he
and his neighbors also-save as tax
payers, says H. S. Riesbol, United
States Department of Agriculture en-
gineer.
When rain falls on a farm the wa
ter is an Individual farm problem as
long as it stays on that farm. The
farmer may contrive to save it for
his crops or he may let it rob him
of his soil by sheet erosion or cut
his farm land to pieces by outlying.
But when the water leaves the
farm 1t begins to boost taxes for pub
lie works. When farmer controls
erosion, whether by terracing, by
planting cover crops. or. by strip
cropping, he reduces both the guam
tity of water and the sediment that
enters the streams. Also the water
that escapes does so at less rapid
rate. Small streams do not flood so
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
WASHINGTON NEWS
n ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brlet Resume Of Happenings,
OF the Week Collected for
Our Readers

Chehalis-A 146-foot flagpole, tall
est of any in CCC camps-is the boast
of tree troopers at the Lewis and
Clark state park, near here.
Pullman-The Pullman city coun-
Gil has voted to call for bids for con-
struction of 0,000-gallon concrete
reservoir on Sunnyside hill. Bids will
be opened June 4.
Spokane-The Spokane-S e v e n
Dairy Herd Improvement association
had 457 cows on test in AprA. They
produced an average of $50 pounds
of milk and 80 pounds of butterfat.
Deer Park-Refusing demands by
sawmill workers for wage increase
of Is cents an hour, the Deer Park
Lumber company has shut down it's
mill, throwing more than 100 en-
ployes out of work. Logging camps,
estimated to employ something more
than 100 men, also closed.
Olympia-The state tax commits
sion's metal tax tokens are being dis
tributed at the rate of 100000 day
according to T. NJ Jenner, member
of the commission. Approximately
100000 tokens are in circulation.
The commission intends to put about
100000 in circulation within 10
days.
Yakima-James Russell, railroad
car repairer, got up in the night to
throw his shoe at a yowling cat. He
stubbed his toe. That was two months
ago. Russell forgot about the Incl
dent. But recently the toe began
swelling. A joint infection set in.
This week it became worse. Now Rus
sell is in the Northern Pacific hos
forced to amputate the other.
-Stevenson's "eye-drop
per baby is now something more
than five months old and weighs 6A
pounds. The spark of life was feeble
when Jacqueline Dean Jackson was
born November "a, 1884, but DR.. ].
L. Harris and Mrs. F. B. Weller,
nurse, famed it to flame. The mite
was kept warm in nest warmed by
hot water bottles and fed for sever
al weeks with an eye-dropper She
weighed but Is ounces when born.
Yakima-Bitter roots, or rock
roses, for which Japanese from Spo-
kane offered Yakima Indians 81 a
pound decently and were refused,
are in full bloom in the foothills near
Fort Simcoe and many Indians are
in the field gathering them. The In
dams use the roots in their feasts,
and for sentimental reasons turned
down the Japanese buyers, who want
ed them for medicinal purposes. The
government recently set aside $4,000
acres from grazing on the reserva-
lions to permit growth of roots of
all kinds used by the tribesmen.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
Chain Dimes Paw Taxes

Spokane-There's a miror hung
outside the cashiers cage in the coun-
ty treasurer's office Beneath it is
a typewriter note, "Test your smile
here" The only person who really
made good test today was the man
who brought in glass jar filled
with "chain letter Dimes" with which
he wanted to pay $25 tax bill. At
the request of the cashier the man
took his dimes away to have them
wrapped.
Palouse Business men here
agreed today to collect, in all cases,
the nickel cashing charge collected
by banks on out-of-town checks. In
the past, the business men have abb
sorbed the charge.
Walla Walla-Shortly after he had
driven his last passenger home Tues
lay, Oman Victor LangdCn, 81, school
bus driver at Eureka, about 40 miles
I. ON Walla Walla, died at the wheel.
The vehicle left the road and ran in
to plowed field.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24

quickly or ,riseso high If the water
;shedis protected from erosion. Gull
5verts and bridges, then, says Riesbol,
needanot be SO large and expensive.
iIfyerosfon is controlled, the streams
are not so muddy and there is less
expense in making water fit for mu-
nicipal water supply or for irrigation.
Reservoirs, often expensive struc-
lures, do not fill with silt so quickly.
Erosion control, Mr.. Riesbol says,
is still too new to have had much eff
feet in making possible many notable
economies in public works. Individ-
ual farmers have protected their
fields, but it is only in the year or
two that there have been organized
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
Old Chinese Books Found

Whitman College, Walla, Walla-
Antiquarians have come to life on the
Whitman campus following the dis
covery in old library stacks of four
old Chinese books. They were includ-
ed in collection Of oriental vol
umes but no one knows how old they
are, nor how long they have been
here. The collection has been put
on display, with contemporary works
on China.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
Boost Pay At Tacoma

Tacoma-One-third of the salary
reduction given school teachers and
other school employees last spring
has been ordered restored by the
school board. The pay increase will
total $141,500 a year, while the to-
tai annual salary reduction made eff
fective a year ago was $402,661.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
Irrigation Water Ample

Okanogan-There are 800 acre
feet of water already in the CONGO
nully reservoir, which furnishes irri-
cation water for the Okanogan dis
trict, Dale Thorp, district manager,
said yesterday, and it is running in
from the two forks of Salmon cerek
at the rate of IT'S feet day. Plenty
of snow remaining in the hills as
sures good water supply this year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-24
Tucannon sheen sheared

Dayton-Sheep shearing is COM
pleted in the Tucannon country.
Shearing outfits are moving across
the Snake river into Whitman coun-
ty. Grass is plentiful in the Tucan-
non region, stockmen report, and
sheep y44l lot be llJ,ou for about
month.