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Evening star., 1936-06-09
BOrah-PlatfOrm Builder?

Senator Borah is still the interesting
But not such an impenetrable enigma.
He throws a bit of light into dark
places. He offers few clues to those
who would guess the true character of
his role.
Is he to join forces with others to
"stop Landon?" You are cold, says
Borah "All talk about a combination
for this or that purpose are wholly
aside from any plans of mine
Is he going to take a walk if Landon
Is nominated? Still cold, says Borah.
my first interest is in the platform"
Well. suppose the Senator is permitted
to insert few of his own planks, sawn
and planed to his complete satisfaction,
lending to the platform the attributes
of "a clarion call to the people? Will
the Senator then be happy? Now you
are getting warm, hints Borah.
And If a platform is presented that
means the Republican party will take
up the fight of the people and one
that is plain and specific and under
standable to the average man and
woman" will the Senator be satisfied?
There-you have about guessed it. If
this convention does take position that
will make possible the fulfllment of the
great principles for which we stand, I
shall leave Cleveland satisfied" Give me,
the Senator seems to say, the privilege
of writing your platform and you can
name your own candidate.
Borah, the platform builder. Could
anything be fairer? What, after ALL is
platform between friends? The Sena-
tors statement of yesterday, after all
the dark hints of what the Senator
might say, must have carried to the
Landonites all the sweet hope of a
gentle rain in Kansas. For, after ALL
is there anything in the nature of a
platform plank that could stand as an
inseparable barrier between the Borah
of the golden voice, touring the country
as an active campaigner for Landon
and liberty and the Borah with frown
upon his brow, sitting and sulking in
his tent, with nary a good word for
anybody? 1t is hard to imagine what
that plank might be.
Gold and money? Are not Borah's
views easily reconciled with those of
the Middle West? Resting with the
States the regulatory control over wages
and hours? Well, does a plank along
such lines necessarily have to go into
the detailed business of amending the
Constitution? Monopoly? Can any
body seriously believe that the group
most actively engaged in plotting Lam
dons ship at Cleveland will let it run
aground the Borah shoals over monop-
oily? Foreign affairs? Is anybody going
to debate with Borah the effectiveness
of ringing declaration that the United
States will be kept free from the en-
tanglements of the coming European
war?
The Republicans" says Borah, stand
in a position in Cleveland which amounts
to the organization of new party" And
Editor William Allen White, one of those
at the helm of the Landon craft, speaks
of the groups tucked away in hotel
rooms, probably smoke-filled writing
tentative drafts of the platform which
indicate that "the spiritual rebirth of
the Republican party is under prepara-
ton" When the final draft of that
platform has been written, it is not
unlikely that the voice which proclaims
1t will be the voice of Landon, but the
hands which modelled 1t will be the hands
OF Borah.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

The late Will Rogers was a cheering
comrade to mankind. In lamenting his
death prolonged ceremonial may have
the undesired effect of submerging his
ual grief.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Considerate Clergyman.

From the Charlotte Observer.
The London clergyman who stops his
sermon at intervals in order to give his
congregation q chance to cough will
probably later come around to alloting
also a certain period during his discourse
for the customary sleeping to take place.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Some of the farm women may show
suburban garden clubs just why pretty
flowers and bushes, though planted in
solemn formality, refuse to look like
their portraits or answer to their right
names.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Ford's Promises.

From the Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Ford promises day when motor
cars will be grown on farms. This will
compensate the farms for their loss of
the milk business product, which In an
earlier announcement Mr.. Ford promised
would be made solely IN factories.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

If caricature could be trusted as
reflection of public sentiment, nobody
would trust SO decrepit an elephant or
so ill-natured a donkey.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Appeal to youth is timely and proper.
but the small boy will never be as
much impressed by the scholarly orator
as he is by the dignitary whose duty
1t is to shoot off the fireworks.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

"Oh, Susanna" will serve as a CAM
paign song. A better one might be
supplied If Composer Charles Dawes
could be persuaded to set music to
Helen Maria"
Evening star., 1936-06-09

The Taft family of Cincinnati will
be represented at the Cleveland con-
vention. Ohio politics seldom permits
itself forgotten man, or even a for
gotten family.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

A timely rain has rescued many near
by crops and the l7-year cicada is
pronounced harmless. The Department
of Agriculture sometimes develops good
news simply by letting nature take its
course.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Breath o Spring.

Breath O. Spring.
The winds are laden with perfume
OF blossoms, white and pink,
Drenched with the scent of lilacs,
Nectar to drink.
They steal deep into the senses
From all the countryside,
The e-inspiring odors
OF the Springtide.
And hand-in-hand. like two children.
Pulses athrill, we stray,
Breathing the winds Of Eden
At end Of day.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

There have been so many brilliant
essays about the Summer conventions
that at least one extra edition of the
Pulitzer Prize would seem justifiable.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

course of strict routine may de-
velop for nominating that will enable
statesmen to remain at home and work
on some sort of mail order system.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

The trial and error system of social
economy after certain number of trials
is likely to end in hope of reprieve and
an application for a pardon.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
All Other States and Cana da.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news diSpa tches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
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All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

In some of the demonstrations in
the Nations Capital there is an unmis-
taxable element Of pathos; largely
psychopathos.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Monopoly.

From the Wilmington (Del) News.
Monopoly Is the issue, according to
Senator Borah, and other candidates
seem to be willing to let him have Q
monopoly of it.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Single-Tracker.

Single -Tracker.
"Our habitual antagonist" said the
sympathetic friend, 'has what I should
call a single track mind"
Worse than that" commented Sem
ator Sorghum. He can never keep it on
the track long enough to get anywhere"
Jud Tunkins says anybody is willing
to tell you what's wrong, but nobody
seems able to tell you what to do
about it.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

@. Has a census been taken in Ethio-
pia?-H. M.
A. One has never been taken Esti-
mates Of the population vary from s.
100000 to 10000 900. A census il planned
for the near future.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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question OF fact By Urittng The Wash
tngton Euentno Star Information Blu.
redu, Frederic J. Hdskin Director,
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for reply
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Much to Be Said.

Much to Be Said.
Debates will be extended
Till many days are done.
You may think a speech is ended
When it's only just begun.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Dimdence.

"Have you ever thought of making
campaign speeches?"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne. II
haven't had enough luck charming men
one at time to think Of trying to make
a hit with a crowd"
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Sure Loss.

Sure Loss.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Why should any American want Can
ada and the United States to unite?
We'd lose aood neishbor.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

so many of u.s." said Uncle Eben,
els so busy preparin' for rainy day
dat we never takes time enough OF to
enjoy de sunshine." 4
Evening star., 1936-06-09
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Evening star., 1936-06-09

@. When was synthetic jeweEy first
produced?-E. H.
A. Synthetic jewels we're first pro-
duced a century ago when the French
chemist Gaudin fused alumina. vari-
ously colored, in an oxyhydrogen flame.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Riches In Reserve.

Riches In Reserve.
There is no inexhaustible supply
OF cotton, corn or rye.
There is limit to the worth untold
OF silver and of gold.
Our progress must depend on thought
intense
And splendid eloQuence.
We have a wealth which cannot leave
us broke
OF speeches still unspoke.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

@. Is 10 still the age at which most
arrests are made?-E. r.
A. In the records of l06594 arrests
reported to the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation the first quarter of 1896 the
age Of % appeared most frequently. For
four consecutive years 10 had led.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

"If you have no friend who can over
look a blunder," said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, prepare for sadness, for
YOU have no friends at ALL"
Evening star., 1936-06-09
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Evening star., 1936-06-09

@. How many days after conception
is a baby born?-A. j.
A. Ordinarily birth occurs 269 days
after conception.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

@. What is the meaning of Yangtze,
the river in China?-J. H.
A. The name means son of the sea.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
Import Labor While
Texas Pays Relief

Chicago.-The necessity OF I'M
porting Mexicans to pick bumper
Texas cotton crop while 138, 404 per-
sons are on work relief in the Lone
Star state 10 too much for one for
mer Democrat. He Is e. F. Bax-
ter, Of Chiffon, Texas, who wrote to
the Republican National Committee
headquarters here announcing his
conversion and enclosing newspaper
clippings which described queer 60
ings on in his home state.
''The article striking me most
forcibly is that where right here in
Texas with thousands on relief the
people In the lower valley section
are asking for permission to ship
in Mexicans to pick . bountiful
CROP" Mr.. Baxter wrote. $50 much
for the Roosevelt relief"
The story to which he referred.
an Associated Press dispatch In the
Dallas News. said the Mercedes
chamber Of commerce had asked
Congressman Milton II. West to
seek suspension Of the immigration
rulings to meet the labor shortage.
Growers feared damage to the crop
II IL were not picked at once. but
no local labor could be obtained
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
Unfounded Rail Fears

Washington, D.C-When the In
terstate Commerce Commission or
dered Eastern railroads to reduce
fares to 2 cents q mile on June LIST,
the carriers protested they would
suffer irreparable damages" Most
of the big systems filed suits to an
null the ICC order. July traffic re-
ports show the Baltimore & Ohio,
which accepted the cut, with in
:reased passenger revenue up % per-
cent. The New York Central and
the New Haven. both of which pro-
tested lower rates, increased 20 and
Is percent respectively. In the West,
where rates were slashed two years
ago. the Union Pacific gained 48
percent in July. Facetiously, the
Chesapeake & Ohio sent an engrav-
ed announcement to stockholders
reading, 1.-THE Eastern railroads +.
regret that, for money, they have
permitted q horde of total strang-
ers to invade their privacy"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
There is a fear that the practic

There is q fear that the practice
of giving government aid that has
been pursued in this country the
past four years, is creating a class
Of people whose initiative and self
reliance and desire to do for them
selves is destroyed with ever so lit
tie help, but this class has never
represented the real Americans.
There has been a considerable
of people who are worth lit
tie to themselves and their COM
murdties or to the country. They
have always lived on the border line
regardless of good times or bad
times. Nothing will ever happen to
change them. They lack energy,
initiative, ambition and intelligence.
What to do with them will always
be problem. It is pertinent ques-
ton to ask If society has any obh-
CATION and responsibility for them
and of what does it consist? Are
they to be continuously supported
on q dole and made work, or is there
another way? To our way of think
ing there are types Of simple road
work that might be turned over for
these to do and release more intel
ligent workers for more intelligent
tasks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
Moral Courage Il
Key to Character

Chicago, m-The cali to moral
courage In rebuilding the Ameri-
can dream Is the one note to be
found IN al Gov. All n. Landon's
addresses and acts. Philip Kinsley
writes IN the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Kinsley takes ~ Characters
dc q Governor Landon his utter
aneo before . convocation Of min
isters 1t Topeka in January. 1883:
TN the recent past we worshiped
false gods and neglected too much
the true and living God. whose
precepts have guided mankind
through the centuries"
Mr.. KinSley also quotes from IN
address BY the governor n 1885:
':Tor some time-several years IN
fact-I have been Of the opinion
that Ne win not have . real. solid.
genuine recovery IN this country
smtn ~ have . moral recovery.
And BY moral recovery I mean
character. integrity. upright hon
esty and square dealing. There -
IN old-fashioned phrase that ! ~
msmber my father and mothsf
usine, % . boy. It Il somewhat out
of date these days. but describes
what I mean. II u: He = . man
a principle"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
Twenty Years Ago
1916

Railroad strikes threatened 10
tie-up shipment Of soft fruits, but
this district didn't worry, as they
were planning to rush some extra
boats into service and handle the
situation.
Local residents were making plans
for a big celebration on Labor Day,
with a carnival and auto parade
among the interesting features.
Mayor L. e. johnson gave the ad-
dress of welcome.
State land commissioner was view
ing Horse Heaven wheat lands 20
years ago in company with Sheriff
G. e. Duffy, in the interest Of re-
appraising the lands.
One hundred and twenty-five
high school students enrolled the
first day Of school 20 years ago,
and the number reached l5o during
the first week. The weather was
extremely warm, with Thermometers
registering So and 81 in the school
rooms.
Local citizens had helped the
school district Chat spring In I'M
proving the school grounds by seed
ing a lawn and setting out shade
trees, and this Improvement was
greatly appreciated by the school
children.
Mrs. A. F. Brown and sons had re-
turned from q vacation spent WIN
relatives 20 years ago.
The finest display Of the North.
ern Lights ever seen in this distrlo
was visible 20 years ago this week.
Mrs. Guy Story and small son
were visiting at her old home W
Canada 20 years ago.
More than 100 registered as v% !,
ers In the Highlands precinc y
years ago.
Miss Marilla Heikle had ar've'
20 years ago from Castle ROCK 70 y
sumo charge Of the grammar
partment Of the Finley school,
The up-river bus was trsnsu y.
ing 4s pupils 20 years ago 10 ~
new auto bus, the first one pu' "
the Kennewick school system
Several local boys were VIA
from the Mexican border ~ s
ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
Or. Townsend Attacks
Haphazard' New Deal

880V11Ok01 ~ 4VOW DO0A
Cleveland. Ohio.-''Either pro-
found ignorance or . deliberate at
tempt to wreck the American prin-
ciple Of government Il evinced By
all the haphazard, in-conceived leg
islation by this administrators" Dr..
Francis e. Townsend declared be-
fore his organization there.
.sThirty-six billions Of national
debt Is the record Of these blumder-
ins, bungling mistakes" said Doc
tor Townsend. Every act OF gov
eminent has been predicated upon
the needless advice Of the Presi-
dent when he said, Try something;
II It works, try it some more; Il It
does not work, try something else.
'Tf this is not the advice OF q
total incompetent or a reckless IA
talist who is incapable Of thoughtful
planning on a national scale what
e 1T" Doctor Townsend asked.
ST believe that the advice to his
Official family was deliberate reck-
lessness intended to augment the
disaster that has befallen u.s."
Doctor Townsend defended the
American form Of government par
ticularly with respect to the SUI
preme court: I'VE are all deter
mined that the insidious and poison
Gus propaganda against our estab-
lished form of government must
end" he said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
Thirty Years 40
1895

Thirty years ago the school Dss
awarded the contract for naun's
the children Of the up-r1vel - 49,.
to the local schools TO X. A.
penter. .,,sst
About l25o,oOo bushels Of VIZ VIZ
was hauled to Kennewick 'lv -,
years ago. Teams were useo !" .be
transporting Of the grain from ~
hills. she
Mrs. Ida CULLEN was arno@ 70
local people who drove 70 n'0
get fruit for canning. INN.
Thirty years ago the locs' nh.
Der yard reported their yarc ,. ,r
ing second in quanty OF me
sold for the past month ,, Luz sru
company yards on the line sn,r
Yakima to Ritzville ana :" vaS
months of the year the '0
had ranked second. ..,rs his
c. B. CULLEN finished cu', ,',rs %
wheat and moved his con''
the County Wells. -, cleo
Thirty years ago speo's sose o.
ton was called for the pul ~ the
obtaining $4,000 equipment ~ scbod
new washington Stree'
building.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27

S.4l4.3l7 POUNDS. This 10 fine for
the foreign hograiser. but IL hard
on domestic producers and consum
ers alike.
The American corn and hog pro-
ducing states have been penalized
by fantastic New Deal theories
which have turned the home market
over to foreigners.
Corn, hogs and wheat represent
only part OF the loss to the Ameri-
can farmer. Hay, butter, beef and
other farm products are pouring in.
The American farmer is demand
ing that this food be stopped.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27

The latest figures from the De-
partment Of Commerce at Washing
ton show what has happened to the
American food market in two years
Of New Deal mismanagement.
While New Deal bureaucrats were
slaughtering hogs. ploughing under
crops and yanking farm lands out
Of production. the rest of the world
was busy shipping in food that the
American consumer is buying.
In 1888 we imported only 6,740
pounds Of overweight hogs. IN 1885,
SLAUGHTER, WE IMPORTED
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
ss|:iii oSssdoaSnsSooIE
Ten Years Arc
1923
aSGS}GlG)elS lSNSNCNsn

1926
The courier-Reporter va, 49,.
ing an invitation 70 al, - eA'end.
readers to come to Kenneus.,. 'net
take advantage Of the Ken ss aad
Bargain Day which was ~ s ~
ed by Kennewick mercbar - O'iet'
years ago today. Ven
A big dance was to no s,o,
the next Tuesday night hona.on
the five remaining contestants y
Queen of the Fair. Miss Vera w lof
was In the lead with Miss r ps,snt
serier, who was backed by the 'sl
Business Girls, close seconS s ,va
Gladys Speegle was in third r sis
Miss Elsie schaffner, fourth p' az
Miss Garnet Meredith fifth INC
The Northwest apple grower. h,
decided to give advertising . ma. s'ac
In an effort to promote q der VIM
Tor their product by asking o,..a
organizations to loan them . ',se
volving fund. The countv,s a,,s ~
toward this fund was $500. The Love low,
commercial club agreed To ,oss
500 which would be paid bacs y
them as soon as the apple retrr1s
were made. H
The DINING room Of the Yer0.
WICK hotel was to be opened the nav,
Saturday by Mrs. Hattie Smith ANA
Mrs. Minnie Callahan. "S
Miss Ruth Toothaker then ,
nurse in the Seattle General Eos,a
tai, was spending her vacation Win
her sister, Mrs. Geo. Stevenson '''''
Mrs. E. G. Smith gave a dinner
party celebrating Mr. Smiths birth.
day and also their wedding ami.
versary.
w. Desgranges was TO start M,
crew to work on the Jonathans n
the Simonson orchard at Finley the
following week.
A new mothers Self Culture club
which is a branch of a national
institution was organized here with
fifteen ladies signing up as charter
members. The officers elected were.
Mrs. L. E. johnson, president; Mrs
Byrd, first vice president; Mrs. VIM.
Stricken, secretary; Mrs. M. M.
Moulton, treasurer and Mrs. R. Z.
Reed, reporter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27

II note" q reader of this paper
said the other day, that several wo-
men who have killed their husbands
in this country recently, have given
as the reason that they love them.
AS far as I am concerned, could
get along with less affection. I don't
mind having my ears knocked down
from time to time, but when demon
strativeness reaches a point where it
requires loaded gun to express it.,
I'd just as soon see little less
ardor."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27
CAN RECOMMEND THIS
CANDIDATE

There are undoubtedly many good
candidates on both tickets for most
of the state offices in the Septem-
Der primaries. There is on candi-
date this newspaper can whole
heartedly recommend for its read
ers. Fred Wolf, Of Newport who
seeks the republican nomination for
lieutenant governor. Fred Wolf is
a country newspaper publisher and
for over Is years has been publisher
of The Newport Miner, a weekly
newspaper up in Pend Oreille coun-
ty. During most of his quarter OF a
century residence In this state, he
has been active in many types OF
service both to community and the
state. He has served several terms
in state legislature and has an ex-
cellent record. He has been presi-
dent and chairman Of the executive
committee of the Washington Press
Association. He has been president
Of the Washington Good Roads as
ISOLATION and he has been good
citizen and a loyal worker for de-
velopment Of this great state.
There are many candidates for
various offices, known rather per-
sonally by the publisher OF this
newspaper. This one candidate Is
known very well and this newspa-
per does not hesitate to recommend
him for serious consideration by
the voters of the state. Fred Wolf
is not the old type Of standpatter.
He is progressive republican and
his think is sound and honest. II
there should be vacancy In the
office of governor during the next
term, Fred Wolf would fit into the
position and bring credit, not ridi-
Guile to the state, as some might
do.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-27

81 note" reader Of this paper
said in the office yesterday, that
in China it is considered q good
table manner for a diner to smack
his lips while eating, In fact the
more noise he makes the higher ap-
probation he Is showing the cooks
efforts" ST know q man." our read
er said, "who is bust wasting his
time in this country. If he was in
China he would have all the cooks
in the town crazy about him."