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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
T. B. League Holds
Annual Meeting

At the annual meeting Of the
Benton County tuberculosis Lea
que, plans were. made for next
years work.
The league will purchase eleven
copies Of "The Life of DR.. Tru-
deau," placing one in every high
school in the county, one in the
city Of Prosser and of Kennewick
and one in each travelling health
library used out of Kennewick and
Prosser from the office Of the pub
lie health nurse. Twenty-Five dol
lars was sent to the Orthopedic
Hospital in Seattle as the League
has membership there which Is
supported each year from money
raised by the sale of Christmas
seals. In the budget money is al
lowed for literature to be dis
tributed by the county nurse and
for X-rays needed following the
clinics which are sponsored by the
league.
As each county cannot support
. tuberculosis Sanitarium, there
is bill before the legislature,
which, if passed, will give each
district its free proportionate use
of some sanitarium. This bill,
known as Senate Bill 1877, has
passed the senate and is now be-
fore the house. This year there
will be 1000 beds for tuberculosis
patients in Washington, 35 being
in Walla Walla at the new tuber-
culosis hospital there.
On March IL, there will be a
test clinic at Prosser and on Mar.
IL at Benton City.
The annual meeting of the State
Tuberculosis association will be
held in Walla Walla in June. A
large delegation is planning to at
tend from the Benton County lea
que.
Mrs. Ruth Thornton, field Sec
rotary of the Safety Campaign, be-
ing carried on to lessen deaths
from tuberculosis, accidents, APP
pendicitis and suicides. Intensive
education along those four points
Is necessary. Education rather
than force will accomplish results.
contributions to the seal sale
are still Coming in. To date the
i 1894 sale exceeds all sales since
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
SEN. STINSON
is ASTONISHED
AT DETECTIVES
Says Departments at Olympia
Seek Unlimited and I'm
checked Powers Granted to
Them; All Dangerous

Both houses of legislature are
now operating rapidly in high
gear, says this weeks communica-
tim from Sen. C, F. Stinson at
Olympia. Five hundred and fif-
teen House Bills and resolutions
and two hundred and ninety-nine
Senate Bills and resolutions are
before US, only thirteen bills have
been passed in both houses and
these are of minor matters.
When one reflects upon the en-
tire picture he is filled with as
constituent by the power being
sought by every official and de-
parchment. The Department Of Pub
lie Works is the most audacious as
they desire to supersede the judge
ment Of the courts with q power
full supervision over all public util-
tiles, with no interference from
any one within or without the
state.
The Department Of Agriculture
has now proposed laws where they
can set the price on all commodi-
ties sold In the state. It could even
be interpreted to cover what the
farmer can raise and what he can
sell.
Every department has asked for
legal set up Of their own entire
ly Independent OF the attorney gen
eral. This simply means that they
want their own lawyers to ap-
prove their edicts and rulings. The
attorney generals office would
likely be fair and NOR or less neu-
trail, and save the taxpayers con-
siderable expense in long and use
less battles in court. A set-up Of
many legal departments in the
state would add heavy expense to
the taxpayers.
The department of Labor and In
dustries has its own legal depart
ment with the apparent purpose Of
having their own opinions approx
ed just as the department desires.
The Highway Department has
proposed a code which provides
that all roads and all money to be
supervised from the head office at
Olympia. They also desire their
own legal department, and the for
mer system Of county commission
ers is to fade from the picture.
However, through our committee
work this has been modified.
The State Liquor Board was
vested with full power at the last
session to have complete control
over all beer, wine and other spir-
titus liquor handled in the state,
even the courts were not supposed
to interfere with any Of their rul-
ings, and they are now asking for
NOR authority.
The State Insurance Commits
sioner also desires a statute Civ
ing him power to fix rates.
Just how far these powers can
go should be for the people, to de-
eide for it surely could be built so
high that it will topple by its own
weight.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
n LAY CORNERSTONE FOR
NEW tCANNERY SATURDAY
City Willing to Do
All Irrigating Jobs

Uniform maintenance and con-
troll of the irrigation water in the
city limits is being attempted.
Half a dozen or more Independent
pipe lines, either owned privately
or by groups, and some are install
ed by the city. To coordinate all
under the management of the city
is to be attempted.
The city has worked out an ar
rangement with the irrigation dis
trict to handle all the necessary
work of control and maintenance.
The district will make the levies
and handle the collections and the
city will handle the detail.
Petitions from the land owners
are required before the city or dis
trict may bake official action. Each
local unit is to be asked to pro-
vide such an application so that
action may be taken in time to
handle this years work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
SEES HEAD OF
NAVIGATION
ATKENNEWICK
Business Men Hear Plans of
Company to Put Fleet of
Freight Boats in Operation
on Columbia

Kennewick is the logical ter
minal for the river traffic due to
its location and traffic facilities
and should be in position to profit
to the greatest extent by the de-
velopment of river facilities. This
point was stressed by Charles Day,
president of the Columbia Water
ways Co., of Seattle, at a meeting
last night of Kennewick business
men to whom he outlined his
plans.
Mr.. Days company is planning
to put q fleet Of eight specially
constructed river boats on the Col
umbia, the first two of which are
expected to be in commission by
the last of May. Heavily powered
by twin DIESEL motors, the boats
will be able to navigate the swift
waters of the river at all stages,
with a capacity load. Following
the complete development Of the
river these boats will have suffi-
cient power, Mr.. Day states, to
handle two barges of equal ca
pacity, thus TRIPPING the useful
pay load.
Mr.. Days plans include the
placing of one-fourth of the capt.
tai stock Of the company among
business men and shippers in the
area to be benefited. He eutlin-'
ed his plan before the Pasco cham
Der of commerce this week and a
special committee was named to
cooperate in the movement.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
Fire! Fire!

Kennewick fire department was
called Tuesday morning to put out
a fire on the roof of the Omar w.
Rich office building. The fire was
supposed to have started from
a spark from the chimney and was
discovered by John Eichner. A
few buckets OF water put out the
blaze almost before the fire truck
arrived.
A still morning without the us
ual wind, saved Kennewick from a
bad fire, as the blaze started in
the center of the one block Of old
pioneer buildings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
KENNEWICK SEEN
AS HUB OF GREAT
l N Ian d EMPIRE
Mrs. Charles Day, wife of the
President Of the Columbia Wa
terways Co., who has been in
Kennewick for the past ten
days, has written the following
article for this paper.

Special.-People as rule fail
to grasp or even recognize the OPP
portunities surrounding til e m;
this is not due to lack Of under
standing but to the constant asso-
citation with those ever present op-
portunities and the tendency of
man to view the fields further
away as the greenest. Constant as
ISOLATION leads us to under value
our own possessions. Had we De
Vinci,s great, valuable painting,
the "Mona Lisa" hanging on the
walls Of our home, we would soon
ignore it's beauty and value, and
quickly learn to place higher
value on some tawdy painting in
the home of our neighbor; thus it
is that in many areas of the Col
umbia river valley opportunities
have been neglected and the most
valuable natural resources have re-
manned only partially developed.
Of No area in the length and
breadth of the country presents
greater or more valuable oppor-
tunities than this very rich terri
tory. Here soil, climate, produc-
tivity combine with the greatest
river in the west to reward mans
efforts. The Columbia alone is an
asset the entire country can look
upon with envy. It offers facili-
ties for irrigation, power and
transportation almost unequalled.
It has been suggested that /
draw picture of this great Inland
Empire as / see it, see it from the
viewpoint of an unbiased "strang-
err" would rather, however, dream
Of that Empire as it will appear a
decade hence if the opportunities Of
today are seized by the hand of
firm pilot.
l see the Kennewick of the fu-
ture, a highly active, hustling,
bustling, rich inland city, surround
ed by the greatest wheat and fruit
producing empire in the North
west. A city teeming with pros
porous mercantile establishments;
an important railway center, and
the great shipping point on the
Columbia, sending it's products in
great quantities to the further
most corners of the earth.
see in my dream no longer
semi-developed frontier, b ut an
area of the highest development,
pulsating with activity and pros
perity. The dams have been COM
pleted by the Federal Government,
irrigation Is found on every hand,
while the entire valley is interlac-
ed with power lines carrying the
benefits and Injuries of electricity
to every home and farm. The wa
tiers Of the Columbia are thick with
cargo vessels Transporting the
valleys products to markets far
and wide.
Will this dream materialize or
will it fade into oblivion? That is
question that lies in the hands of
the residents of Kennewick and the
valley to answer. Nature has
blessed the valley with unlimited
resources and opportunities beyond
the avarice of man; it has done it's
best, now will man fail through
the lack of initiative and energy,
or will the citizenry of Kennewick
put forth the effort necessary to
awaken the entire valley from its
lethargy? So let's salute the CEN
4 IS.>>..s,.<
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
REMEMBER WASHINGTON

The Washington school has not
forgotten the man after whom it
was named. The children praised
iaifn generously Thursday after
noon.
A program was planned by the
children to celebrate the birthday
of George Washington. Many of
his pictures had been carefully
clipped out and fastened up and
many of the children had carried
on little discussions before them.
A program of songs and sketches
was put on by the pupils.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21
Merchants Provide Second
AII-Expense-Paid Trip to
California; Year and Season
Passes to Liberty Given

Two Kennewick girls are to
make the trip to California as
guests Of Kennewick merch-
ants thru the Better Times
contest, sponsored by The
Courier-Reporterl -
In addition two other prizes
have been arranged for. Both
are passes to the Liberty, one
for every show for a year, the
other for nine months Of en-
tertainment. a.. .a ..
Thus the top two young
ladies get to make the ALEX
pense paid trip to California
and Old Mexico, the third and
fourth get passes to the Lib
erty Theatre. -e- Is.
These prizes are made possible
thru the purchase by the merch-
ants participating in the campaign
of the little credit coupons. The
money thus secured Is used for the
purchase Of the prizes. They cost
no one but the merchants who give
them with cash purchases.
The merchants who are putting
on the contest and furnishing the
trips and from whom the coupons
may be secured are:
Kennewick Valley Telephone Co.
Red & White Store
Clifford Drug.
Washington Hdwe. & Furn. Co.
Farmers Exchange
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
Bricks Service Station
E. C. Smith Motor Co.
The Clothier
Except for boosting up the count
the relative standings OF the con-
testants this week remains practi-
cally unchanged. Miss Edna Nc
Camish is again at the top of the
list with, Miss Verdella Mueller q,
close second. The standings We'd
nesday evening are rs follows:
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21

E. c. Smith went to Seattle Mon
day to attend Ford dealers meet
ing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-21

Bobbie Ludlow is recovering
from the measles.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Corrects Errors as
To CzechOslovakia

To the Editor of Ths Star:
In recent issue Of The Sunday
Star Mr.. Randolph Leigh opens his
dispatch from Prague with this state
ment: LAS a relief measure in the
crisis of 1860, German (Austrian)
ruler put the starving of Prague to
work on the famous hunger wall"
That is true. except that the ruler
who sought to relieve unemployment
in that way was neither German nor
Austrian. He was Charles, king Of
Bohemia. The two independent
states of Bohemia and Austria were
not united under a common ruler
until 1926. The gem of Mr.. Leigh's
article, however, is his statement
about the alleged state church OF
Czechoslovakia. He says: In rel-
gious matters, the government has
reversed the general tendency OF
modern times by attempting to estab-
lish a state church. As a result Of
this policy approximately 1000, 0,00o
have changed their religious affilia-
tions." That statement is, of course
utter nonsense. A citizen of Czecho-
slovakia is guaranteed religious free
dom; he is at liberty to join any
church he wishes or no church at all
The CZechoslovak church mentioned
by Mr.. Leigh is an independent body
organized by private citizens; it has
no connection with the state.
J. J. KRAL.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Learning to Think
And Learning to Do
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
The trouble about being inarticulate
is that all your thinking is handed
you pre-digested and done up in
pound packages, which is not always
sure-flre solution or good for either
the doctor or the patient. If atoms
could only talk lot of "bombarding'
would be found not only unnecessary
but positively harmful.
At the Town Hall lately, DR.. Ans
packer essayed to place a finger on
the real American tragedy as
summed up in the maladjustment OF
ambition and capacity applied to edu-
cation, but when so liberal a paper as
The Star brings home that lesson for
the millions whose chances in the
land Of opportunity are no better for
civil conductors" than for civil en-
gineers, it may not be thought i'm
pertinent to suggest that there is, or
ought to be. in education something
more than seeking a position" and
that the man who has learned to
think and think straight, even though
his place" is the hewing Of wood and
drawing OF water, Will put into his
vocation quality sadly needed today
in national standards and indeed in
world standards, no less.
Theodore Roosevelt's slogan, "All
Men Up" in contrast with some hun
dred-percenters' Some Men Down.
was abundantly justified when our
preparedness tests went up against
Germsn efficiency" in 1917 1t might
not be bad idea for those educators
who are disturbed by the rush OF
second-class minds for f1rst-class
thoughts to try such a slogan on
their scheme of education. for Bacon's
charge Of immortality" fits as neatly
to learning to swim as learning to
think. In both you learn to do by
doing. ANNA I. COOPER.
Evening star., 1935-03-29

| the President, for Congress, and for
every citizen, the opportunity is re-
newed to adjourn factionalism and
politics.
1t is charged by the San Francisco
Chronicle that "the President won by
consenting to a modification to save
the faces of deserters from the Nc
Carran amendment" and that paper
concludes: "The bill as adopted pro-
videS for the paying of $50 a month
wages so long as that does not affect
adversely the going private scale. The
one exception made is that on all per-
manent public building projects. The
President is to be the Judge whether
the relief wage affects private scales,
as House amendment had provided.
Public building work is let by con-
tract, SO the reservation there is one
OF form rather than substance"
"A substantial administration vic
tory after seven-week fight" is con-
ceded by the Los Angeles Times, but
that paper offers the criticism:
Though the administration was un-
questionably right in its opposition to
the McCarran amendment, it is as
certainly wrong in embarking on what
amounts to blind program with no
plans of its own for efficient and eco
nomical work-relief. Schemes for
spending the money, or at least prof.
ects on which 1T could be lavished.
have been offered in abundance and to
total which would require many
times the proposed expenditure. But
If these are to be sifted until only
worthy projects remain, the sitting
process will take so much time that
the unemployed will starve to death
waiting for jobs, and If they are ham
died by either the grabbag or the po-
litical preference method. the waste
and scandal will be tremendous, and
the social effects no better-probably
worse-than those of the dole"
Evening star., 1935-03-29

hotheads threaten to do so on their
own account.
Lithuania remains in state Of
alarm and excitement as powerful
German radio stations adjacent to its
borders broadcast warnings Of the dire
vengeance that awaits the little coun-
try for venturing to assert the mastery
Of its own house. The government
is resorting to emergency defensive
measures.
Meantime, Lithuania Is arranging
to protest to the League Of Nations
against German interference in her
domestic affairs. The protest will con-
cern not only the subversive activities
of Nazi agitators within the country,
but the provocative anti-Lithuanian
campaign in progress in Germany.
The Nazis will not be much i'm
pressed by Lithuanian appeals to the
League, but the Memel incident chal-
lenges attention at the moment when
Great Britain and Soviet Russia are
conferring in Moscow over ways and
means of checking Nazi aspirations.
It Is undoubtedly in Eastern Europe
that German aggression is most to
be feared. Memel is we'll designed to
promote the idea of an Eastern Lo-
carno." inclusive of the Germans. If
they care to join it, but without them
If it be necessary for the rest of Eu-
rope through ring Of steel to keep
marauding Reich within bounds.
Great Britain has not been especially
interested in the fate of Eastern Eu-
rope, but Germany's anti-Lithuanian
frenzy lends timely support to Lit
vinoff's efforts to convince Capt. An
thony Eden that the peril of war in
that region is a real one and that
British corporation is urgently re-
quired If the Germans are to be
checked in the Baltic area which they
have just staked out as their particu-
lar preserve.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Play Streets Urged
For Children's Use
To the Editor of The Star:

May I, through your columns, bring
to the attention Of our District recrea-
ton authorities the possibility of set
ting aside certain of our streets as
play streets" for our children? These
are highly essential, especially in some
sections Of our city that are woefully
lacking In facilities and opportunities
for play. I have no doubt but that
such a wise provision would help to
reduce somewhat the slaughter Of our
innocents by automobiles.
New York City has many such play
streets, where the inalienable rights
of children TO wholesome recreation
have been restored to them. The City
OF Washington sets aside for coasting
certain streets in the WintertiIne on
those rare occasions when they are
covered with snow and ice. Why not
afford our children such opportunities
to disport themselves the year around
without danger TO life and limb?
I am sure no all-wise creator gave
mechanical transportation the right
Of way over children In the use Of
Evening star., 1935-03-29
The Honest Public Servant.

One of the negative aspects of
democratic government is that of the
difficulties which beset the honest
public servant. 1t happens that men
come to high office by political
processes, and that fact, more or less
inevitably, handicaps them in the
performance of their duty therein.
They are members of a party-which
means that they must be mindful of
their obligation to the organization
which has supported their ambition
for power. their responsibility to the
leaders who have granted them pref
erence and their debt to the rank
and file of people who have voted
right" Also, they perforce must re-
member that politics Is q synonym
for expediency-they must make COM
promises, hedge and trim, do favors,
pretend to enthusiasms and indignA-
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Reason for Failure
OF the Leviathan
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
note that our Government is going
to retire the Leviathan and proceed
forthwith to build another huge ship
to take its place. If the Shipping
Board or its agents have not been able
to operate the Leviathan at a profit,
after having squandered many mil
lions of the taxpayers money in the
effort, what reason have they for sup
posing that they could do any better
with another ship?
am informed that sister ship OF
the Leviathan, operated under the
British flag. is being operated very
profltably. Why? Can it be that the
travelling public prefers British ships
because of the better discipline? Can
it be that our coddling of labor agita-
tors, which created the lax discipline
on the Moro Castle, has disguised
the travelling public?
We can build ships and stud them
with gold and diamonds, but We will
not have them patronized until we
cease the folly of coddling the per-
sonnel to the destruction of that disci-
pline which alone can insure safety
at sea. FIG. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Four Ways to Improve
City's Traction Service
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The readers column in the paper
gives a pretty good indication of the
popular feelings and sentiment in
any community, and so also In Wash
ington. I have been particularly
struck by the many attacks on the
local street car system. must say
! agree with most Of the complaints
the system is bad--very bad indeed.
Peculiarly enough, the company does
not answer these attacks and from
its point Of view perhaps it is the best
policy. 1t has succeeded in establish
ing a 10-cent fare, has a practical
monopoly Of transportation-bu and
car service-so why worry about Gen.
Johnson's $4,000, 900 rats?
have q great faith in the power
Of the press in bringing about needed
reforms and in votelesS Washington
your paper plays a doubly important
role. Won't you seriously try to do
something about the following mat
ters?
(a) Make the company comply
with the city ordinances limiting the
number of passengers on each car
and supplying an adequate number
Of street cars to take care of the
traffic. At all hours the street cars
in the downtown areas are crowded.
tb) Make the company modernize
its antiquated and poorly kept rolling
stock.
(c) Induce the street car operators
to be more civil and considerate.
(d) Investigate the possibilities of
public ownership and operation. 1t
cannot possibly be worse than present
conditions.
I am making these recommended =
tions based on many years of expert
ence as a traffic expert and ride the
street cars.
MELVILLE DE B. BRAND.