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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
CHURCHES TO
SPONSOR B. B.
Steam League to Play in
Double-Headers at the
New II. S. Gym

A Kennewick basketball league Is
being formed of eight teams under
the supervision Of w. s. .Hulet. This
league as IN previous years Is UNI
der the auspicies Of the different
churches, because of the lack Of
players In the various organizations.
The eight teams participating will
be under the following: Methodist
church, Christian church, Odd
fellows, Highland Grange, Bricks
City, Faculty and Sophomore. The
Odd Fellows team win be composed
mostly OF Horse Heaven players.
Bricks Is well as the City team,
win have young local players.
The first game Of the season viii
be Monday, January 4. There viii
be q game on Monday. Tuesday and
Thursday Of each week with double
headers each night. The league
games viii run for 10 weeks and
will be held In the new Junior
Senior high schol gym. To avoid
using other parts Of the building,
spectators are asked to enter the
building by the side entrance into
the gym, which win be found ct the
west end Of the building next tn
the Lions Den. The admission per
person will be one nickle.
For information of those intend
ing to play in this league, each
team is asked to turn their list Of
eight players in to Mr.. Hulet be-
fore the first game scheduled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
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Search HorseHeaven
Hills for Steamboat

The Horse Heaven hills would
probably be the last place on earth
to look for boat, but that Is ex-
actly what couple of substantial
Kennewick men die lzsss- week. They
spent last Wednesday afternoaZ
rambling over the Horse. Heaven
hills in the south end,o OF 51e ssunty;
looking for the BOAT.
The boat was the new Oil tug
which was on its way from The
Dalles to its new port at Wallula.
The two Kennewick men had heard
that the boat was somewhere on its
way and they thought they could
look down from the river bluffs and
spot the craft before it arrived.
They failed to locate the boat,
however, for the simple reason that
it didn't get above the Umatilla
rapids. But they had a lot of fun
climbing up and down the steep
river bank in their quest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
Y0ungster Hurt in
Christmas Wreck

Mr.. and Mrs. James Miller and
family Of White Bluffs collided with
another car at Richland while on
their way here to visit relatives on
Christmas Day. AS they were tray
cling along the highway car back
ed out Of service station and col
nded with the Miller car. turning II
completely over. Most Of the occu-
pants escaped with only minor cuts
and bruises except for little James
jr., who received bad cash on his
forehead and Mr.. Miller's mother,
Mrs. Martha Miller, who was visit
ing them, was released this morning
from the Pasco hospital.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
EAR }!
Got the First Dollar
Story Beat to Death

You've heard of the old meanie
who still has the first Dollar he ever
earned. Well. we have a better
story than that.
II. ID. Clodfelter, one of the old
timers in the Horse Heaven coun-
try, claims to have the first half
dollar he ever receiyed-and he
didn't even earn it.
According to the family story,
when he was tiny tot, an uncle
showed him his store chest. Grab
bling with tiny hands, his fingers
clutched a shiny coin. 1t turned out
to be fifty-cent piece, minted in
the year Of his birth.
With the help Of his parents, he
managed to keep the coin and he
still has it in his possession-altho
he failed to mention the year in
which it was turned out from the
mint.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
1896 BEST YEAR
AT LOCAL p. @.
Business Shows 20 per ct.
Gain; Many New Pa
irons Served

According to Postmaster Lincoln
the sales of stamps and envelopes
for the year 1896 were over $l6,500.
which is about 8 percent more than
that of 1885 and 16 percent over
that of 1894. Incidentally this is the
best year with the largest receipts
that the postal authorities have
known in the history of the local Of
flee. However the total sales re-
ceipts mentioned does not include
the revenue or migratory bird
stamps. In comparing this months
business with that of year ago
there is an increase of about 20 per-
cent shown. The rural carriers
alone handle about 20 percent more
packages and they also report that
the same percentage Of packages
were insured over those Of last year.
These rural carriers are at the pres
ent time taking care Of the patron
age of over 500 families and the
number seems to be increasing right
along with the many new families
moving into the rural community.
Mr.. Lincoln also states that he
was very much pleased by the visit
recently of the. building inspector
Mr.. Wohlfrom Of Spokane, who
states that the present set Of fix
lures in the local office will be re-
placed shortly after the first Of the
year with complete new line OF
up-to-date equipment. The daily
visitors to the local office will be
especially interested in the fact that
this equipment will include new
set Of lock boxes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
CITY TO TAKE
OVER WATER
Irrigation Distribution is
Becoming More of a
CITY Problem

Distribution Of the city irrigation
is fast becoming problem. Pipe
lines are beginning to fall to pieces
and street improvements are i'm
periled. In as much as most of the
pipe lines are community affairs and
changes in ownership of property
since their Installation, makes it al
most impossible to make necessary
improvements. 4
.FR@sssty council is considering q
plan to include 81 property within
the city limits in single improve
ment district, take over and MAIN
tain and operate the distribution OF
the irrigation water.
A special meeting to consider
ways and means Of accomplishing
this purpose will be held shortly
after the first of the year, with the
expectation Of being able to put
the system in operation this sea-
son.
Should the plan work, q special
maintenance man would be put on
by the city. whose entire business
would be to attend to the proper
distribution of the irrigation water.
Many Of the pipe lines would have
to be rebuilt before further street
improvements are undertaken. and
some Of the existing lines would
- A.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
Wegner Home is
Scene of Reunion

The home Of DR.. and Mrs. A. II.
wegner was the scene Of family
reunion Christmas day. Mrs. Veg
ner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
Hutchins, her brothers and families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hutchins and
Jack Hutchins. her sister and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Hugh
son, all Of Albany were visitors
here over the weekend. Mrs. Rus
sci Elliott of East Kennewick was
also present at the reunion Christ
mas day. This is the first time for
the last ten years that the Hutch
ins family have all been together at
one time. All Of the out-of-town
members returned to their homes
Sunday except Mrs. Wegner's mo-
ther. who remained here for an ex-
tended visit.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
HILL MARRIES
CHRISTMASEVE
Congressman from this
District Takes College
Place Bride

The marriage Of Congressman
Knute Hill of Prosser, fourth WASH
ington' district representative and
Miss Virginia Folkenberg. assistant
postmaster at College Place, took
place Christmas Eve In Pendleton,
the bride announced in an Associat-
ed Press dispatch.
Justice Norborne Berkeley per-
formed the ceremony in the pres
ence of the brides mother, Mrs. o.
F. Folkenberg and Ebert Casteel,
Umatilla County clerk.
Hill left that night for Washing
ton, D. G. and Mrs. Hill will join
him early In January.
The bride Is graduate Of Walla
Walla college, in College Place. and
her father is highway supervisor in
Multnomah county, Oregon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
HONOR MAYOR

In recognition Of his success
full six-year term IS mayor Of
the City Of Kennewick, Mayer
Alfred Anon win be presented
with . memento, suitably en-
gr1ved. Mr.. Amon's term Of
office has been marked with IN
unusual hack q strife and tur-
moil and . great many civic inn
provements have been chelked
up TO his credit. He leaves the
city IN excellent financial con-
dition. Citizens generally are
contributing to the remem-
brance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
Local Boy to Represent
Washington State

Dewitt Mcguire arrived here on
Thursday to spend Christmas with
relatives. He left Saturday for
Portland to visit relatives and also
to attend the Phi Delta Kappa con-
ference which is being held there
this week. Dewitt IS representing
the WS.C. chapter of this mems
professional educational fraternity
at the conference. He Is at the
present time doing some practice
teaching work in the Social Science
department of Lewis and Clark
high school in Spokane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
Larsen Family Has
Reunion Christmas

. Members Of the Larson family en-
joyed a reunion this weekend which
began with a Christmas dinner held
ut the Louis Larson home with Mrs.
Larson and Mrs. Arthur Campbell
being hostesses. Out-of-town guests
included Reuben Larson and family
OF Tacoma; the Alvin Larson fam
lily Of Waverly; Albert Larson and
family of Touchet and the James
Miller family Of White Bluffs. Mr..
and Mrs. Q. q. Campbell were also
guests. There were about 35 pres
ent, with all Of the members OF the
Larson family being present except
Mrs. kirkpatrick, who is now nv-
ing In Nome, Alaska.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
GO TO BIG GAME

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Siegfried &C
companied by Rudy Richter and
Prank Oliver left yesterday morn
ing for California. where they plan
to attend the Rose Bowl football
game. Barney Lawrence, who Il
spending the holidays With rela-
tives At Stockton. plans to join the
party there and 60 on to the game
with them. The Siegfred's plan Ia
visit relatives while On their vaca-
ton trip.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
MAYOR-ELECT HOBBIES

Mayor-elect E. II. Behrman Il
hobbling around this week Is q re-
suit of q sprained ankle. He twisted
his foot the day before Christmas
and was ON his feet for thirteen
hours after the accident. He used
clutches for . couple Of days. but
has discarded them now.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31

Mrs. j. E. Overlie left Wednesday
noon on the s. p. & 8. for Bingen,
where she win visit with friends In
that vicinity for few days before
returning to her home In Water
man, California. Mrs. Overlie has
spent the past month with her
daughter, Mrs. L. N. Hallberg.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
CLUB HAS GUESTS

The Kankakee club met at the
home Of Mrs. Art Thrasher Tuesday
afternoon. Bridge honors were won
by Mrs. Howard Beste and Mrs.
Bentley Galligan. The Misses Mary
Womack and Alice Brakel were
guests of the club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31

Tom Brown is leaving tomorrow
for his work at Randolph Field.
Texas after spending Christmas va
cation at the home Of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Brown he &C
companied some young men from
Texas to Portland, driving the dis
lance in So hours.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

At an informal Christmas Eve
party, Mr.. and Mrs. j. vinson an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Euarda, to James Halvor-
sen OF Pullman, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
n. A. Halvorsen Of Pasco. The
marriage is to take place In the
late spring.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Miller a ma
Claire Miller Of Yakima, John
Nicholaus and daughter, Miss Eva
and George Beamer Of Spokane.
were all Christmas Day dinner
guests at the e. A. Miller home.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26
Pattern 50O6

Hoot, mon-here's a wee Scottie
that every laddie or lassie would
Year, to cuddle! How the young
sters will love and admire him for
his gay plaid coat, yarn whiskers
and soft figure. He's easily and
quickly made, too-and stitched in
bright, inexpensive cotton fabric,
he's a real "scotch" treat! Why
not send for the simple pattern
today, and make Scottie for jol-
ly, appropriate gift? In pattern
5CO6 you will find pattern for the
dog; complete directions for max
ing it, and material requirements.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept, 259 w. 18th
Street, New York, N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
your name and address.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26
SUNDAY

l remembered hearing the clock
strike four before l fell asleep that
night. But once asleep l lay like
a log for perhaps an hour After
ward l remembered that early in
the morning, just after dawn, l
awoke with a soaring thirst. Grad
ually, I pulled myself up out of
bed and staggered to the bathroom.
On my way back to bed l paused
to look out the window. A gray
ish fog covered the landscape.
Trees blurred shadowy through it
like foliage in a faded photo
graphic film. Yet motion caught
my dead eyes. Down below, emerg-
ing from the Spinney, 1 saw But
l must not anticipate here; for
what l saw made but a feeting
impression on my sleep-clogged
consciousness.
Still bemused, l fell into bed and
into another deep slumber. 1 for
got entirely what l saw. 1t was
Sylvia's little voice which next
awakened me.
Come, get in bed with me, my
pet!" l invited. She snuggled down
close beside me, putting Dorinda
Belle between us on the pillow.
Did you have a nice time with
Aunt MATTER" asked.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26
SYNOPSIS

Mary Avery, a widow who lives in the
harbor town OF Satuit, Mass, with two
negro maids, Sarah Darbe and Bessie VIII
1iams, writes a manuscript describing the
famous Second Head murder, which oc-
Cured on her estate. Next to Mary live
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Stow who every year
give a summer masquerade party. One OF
the guests of this function is murdered.
Nearby live DR.. and Mrs. Geary and their
married daughter Edith and her husband
Alfred Bray; Doctor Myron Marden and
his step granddaughter, Caro- Prentiss,
beautiful young girl who was born in
France. Next live Paul and Lora Eames
and their daughter Molly Molly was
gagged to the murdered man, Ace Blaikie.
She had previously been engaged to Walter
Treadwell. who had been Blaikie's secre-
tary, but the engagement suddenly
broken and he had left town. Other neigh
bors are the Fairweather sisters, Flora,
hopeless invalid, and Margaret. All but the
latter two attend the masquerade. Mary's
eight year r-old niece, Sylvia Sard, is visiting
her for the summer The wooded part of
Mary's estate is called the Spinney. In it
is a tiny log cabin, called the Little House.
On the day of the masquerade excitement
is high. Mary decided to take Sylvia, who
is an unusually observant child. Caro- Prem
afternoon. Molly seems pre- occupied. Soon
a car arrives and Blaikie, Doctor Marden
and Bruce Hexson, friend of Aces, alight.
Molly is impatient to leave and they all ex-
cuse themselves. AT the party Sylvia iden-
tihes each of the masked guests as they
arrive. Ace comes garbed as Julius Caesar.
Molly Eames appears Snow Queen, ac-
Companied by man in armor whom Sylvia
identifies as Walter Treadway. They dance
together continuously. Caro- Prentss and
Marden arrive dressed in Revolutionary
costumes. the doctor wearing jeweled shoe
buckles. When the guests unmask, Ace,
Walter and Molly have disappeared. Sarah
Darbe confides to Mary that someone ap-
parently had spent the night in the Little
House. Sylvia finds shoe buckle in the
Spinney and Mary drops it into jewel box
and forgets it. Sarah walks down to the
Little House and returns screaming. She
has found Ace Blaikie stabbed to death in
the Spinney. Mary summons Patrick
O'Brien. chief of police, who had been
schoolmate of hers and Aces.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26

once, on Aces part, a desire &C
conquer her; and to conquer her
was, at once, to begin to tire OF
her. Rumors of his cOnquests, both
at home and abroad, choked our
tea-talk. For the last few years,
other rumors had spread-reports
of financial embarrassment. 1,
was sale that Ace had run through
all his patrimony and his various
inheritances; that each year in
creasingly, he spent more than he
earned.
And then occurred the strange
complication to which l have al.
ready twice referred. Molly Eames
came back from a year in Europe
the most beautiful girl that Satuit
had ever produced. In three
months she was engaged to Wal
ter TreadWay, Aces secretary. II
seemed to everybody that they
were passionately in love and yet
after six months Molly broke her
engagement to Walter. Six months
later, she became engaged to Ace.
No one of us who had known
Ace, no one of us who loved Molly,
felt happy over this turn of events.
But one thing Ace brought to us
from the war which meant more to
Satuit as a whole than all his dec
orations-and that was his friend,
Bruce Hexson.
Bruce Hexson was lawyer. He
was in Paris when the war broke
and volunteered Immediately to
drive an ambulance for the French
army. He met Ace in the hospital.
When we entered the war he vol
unteered for aviation. The two
men served in the same squadron.
Long before the Armistice, they
had become inseparable pals.
Bruce, too, was a man of private
fortune. He lived in Pennsylvania.
He came regularly every summer
to Satuit and visited Ace for two
months at time.
And then suddenly an unexpected
thing happened to him.
To use the old pat phrase-Bruce
"got" religion, but not somehow
in the usual sense. Ace always
avoided talking about his friend S
spiritual seizure, but he told me
once that he attributed Bruce's
frenzy to the long strain of the war.
IF he had been wounded once" !"
he said to me, ''it would have been
better for him. Aviators often went
haywire. The officers watched US
like doctors. The instant any one
of us showed the first sign of psy-
Geological strain, they gave him
a long leave in Paris. If a man
were slightly wounded, the change
to the hospital helped. Bruce nev-
er got pip; he never showed any
signs of nerve breakage. That's
my explanation.
Whatever the reason, the result
was definite and permanent. Bruce
Hexson's whole life changed. He
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26

that occur to it. In fact, as men,
toned before, practically two of ev-
cry three persons have some irrita-
ton or Inflammation of liver and
gall bladder and yet perhaps only
one in hundred has real trouble.
Recent Investigations would seem
to show that the liver has regular
routine or system Of performing two
of it's important jobs, that is the
storing away of glycogen (sugar)
for future use, and the manufacture
of bile to assist digestion and stimu-
late bowel action.
Glycogen and Bile.
''It appears that in man there is
probably in the liver the greatest
amount of bile being manufactured
when the least amount of glycogen
is being stored, and the greatest
amount of glycogen is being stored
when least bile is being manufac-
tured. According to research work.
ers the least glycogen is being man
ufactured at noon and the most
after midnight While taking food
may affect this routine to some ex-
tent, nevertheless this general rule
is maintained.
These facts are of interest to
physicians treating diabetic pa
tients
This fact of the daily routine of
the liver in storing its largest
amount of glycogen at night-about
eight hours after the evening meal
is thought to be the cause of Sleep
lessness or wakefulness about two
o'clock in the morning in certain
individuals. Eating their large meal
of starchy and fat foods-potatoes,
bread, sugar, sweets, puddings.
cream-at the noon hour instead of
at six o'clock might be of some
help, but would certainly not tend
to keep them alert for mental work
in the afternoons.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26
Europe's Gold Mines PIundered

During the period of the barbarian
invasions, Europe's treasures of
gold, everywhere plundered, were
scattered and disappeared. The an
cient mines became exhausted and
for centuries the continent was poor
in precious metals. By the end of the
Middle Ages, it is estimated, not
more than 100000 to 10000, 900
pounds sterling of gold remained in
all Europe. Gas Logic.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26

came to Satuit every year, but now
for the whole summer. He did not,
as formerly, live with Ace. Ace
owned a little camp on the Indian
river. Like everything Ace touched
it was. charming and convenient
Bruce rented the camp from Ace
lived there with his two colored
servants, Adah Silvarston and Ber-
ry Vale.
Bruce HeXson had become a So
cial fixture in summer Satuit
Nowadays he never came to our
parties, but always, broodingly ten
der, we felt him there.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26
The Cure for Mental
and Physical Affections
If you are poor-Work.

If you are poor-Work.
If you are rich-continue to
work.
If you are burdened with SEEM
ingly unfair responsibilities
work.
If you are happy-keep right on
working. Idleness gives room for
doubts and fear.
If sorrow overwhelms you and
loved ones seem not true-Work.
When faith falters and reason
fails-just work.
If disappointment comes-work.
When dreams are shattered and
hope seems dead-work. Work
as if your life were in peril. It
really is.
Whatever happens or matters
work.
Work faithfully - work with
faith.
Work is the greatest material
remedy available. - Mississippi
Vocational News.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-26

her whole life must
have been an open
book. l gather she
never had a secret
that was not shared
with at least three
doctors.
2. A gentleman
connected with t h e
movies talking mov-
les. In an eighteen
hour shift.
3. Another gentle
man talking self.