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CYClOPEAN GLASS EYE

THE giant "eye" for the Cy-
clopean telescope to be in
stalled on Palonlar mountain in
California, came from its oven in
perfect condition. 1t is the largest
ever made, twice as big as the
100-inch instrument now on Mt.
Wilson. Scientists will use it to
search for further proof that the
universe is steadily expanding
like a soap bubble. Canals on
Mars are expected to stand out
more clearly. The question of
whether there is life on other
planets will come nearer to solu-
ton. Astrophysicists will see mil
lions of miles further into space,
undoubtedly discover new con-
stellations, new worlds and
evolve new theories about the
beyond of beyond" which will
still be unknown.
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came to port, have seen no fur
ther word of the brave little
Kinkajou.
OCCASIONALLY,
however, there is some one thing
that seems to take the popular
fancy with deathless grip. San
Francisco's paper, once again last
February, gave over columns to
the annual recounting of the
wreck of the Rio de Janeiro. Just
how many years ago that hap
pened, don't recall, but it's well
along toward-or over-a third of
a century. I should like to lay a
wager, even odds, that 25 years
hence will still see each Febru-
ary bring out the tale of the Rio.
ALL OF WHICH
seems far fetched from wheels"
But is it? Down aboard ship the
other day a skipper projected
himself into a dissertation of
nautical Technology.
Don't call this thing a boat"
he fumed. ITS ship. A boat is
something you row. And every
ship has two wheels, if she's en-
gine driven. One has spokes and
is located in the pilot house; the
other is at the end of the drive
shaft-you call it propeller :. C. ;"
So even at sea, it seems, the
wheels of travel roll on, carrying
the victim of wanderlust to
strange ports, strange sounds. =.
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A FRAUD

THERE is an insect called the
Praying Mantis. Did you ever
see a picture of one? It is a
strange looking fellow with pink
ish wings and a longish body.
The Mantis looks as though he
were praying because his fore
legs are raised into the air. This
insect is wrongfully named be-
cause he is NOT praying. Those
legs are dangerous and the Man.
tbs is cruel to every other insect.
He likes only live things for his
meals.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-29
ALLAT SEA

1 AVE you ever thought about
II the birds that fly out across
the seas? Have you wondered if
they ever get tired? And if they
do, where they rest?
Here is what happens to some
of them. If these long distance
flyers happen to come across a
certain boat in the Holland
American line, Captain Stamper-
ius has real haven of rest for
them.
Many and many a bird has
landed tired and hungry on this
ships decks. Alert seamen carry
the little flyer to the skipper on
the bridge. Then the bird is
taken to the sea-going aviary,
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FEATHERS rs ''&zz|ss,s +
r. ~ fins AND ruIu. !
- aasNNz4@4TY TYM

which has long ben awaiting
just such a traveler The birds
are fed and cared fof properly
The diet for these birds is
mostly worms and they, too, are
a part of the ships supply mot a
part of the pantry shelves, no
indeed), they are raised on the
ship. In a long box covered with
screen, there are many beetles
and, as Captain stamperius says,
before they are beetles, they are
worms" AS you can see many of
these worms never grow up to be
beetles they are food for
weary little winged travellers.
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PIGEON REPORTERS

A T the time of the great Rose
n Bowl game, held every New
Years Day in Pasadena, Calf,
the traffic in Los Angeles is, as
you would imagine, pretty heavy.
If you are in a hurry, you are
surely out of luck. This is the
problem that confronts many
newspaper photographers. But
those alert fellows devised a sys-
tenn to beat the traffic and de-
liver their photograph films to
Los Angeles in a hurry.
Carrier-pigeons are released at
the Rose Bowl and away they go,
with the films rolled up in a
package strapped to their backs.
The birds zoom into Los Angeles
and land in their own loft, which
is located near the newspaper
they serve.
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MAYAN COUNTRY
TOURISTS MECCA
- UATEMALA. land of the

- UATEMALA, land of the
" Conquistadores, is rapidly
becoming a better-known part of
old America to winter vacation
lists. The trip is inexpensive, con-
venient as to sailing schedules,
and takes you directly back to a
16th-century setting.
1t is the most important state
of Central America, just south of
Mexico i land of abundance,
happy people, called "Paraiso" by
the natives. A Guatemalan tour
passes through richly foliaged
banana plantations, to Guatemala
City, high in the mountains, with
a climate like that of San Fran
cisco. Modern customs have not
touched the country. It's primitive
charm is unchanged. The native
pounds his maize, molds pottery,
tends his fields, as he has since
the Spanish conquest. He holds
fiestas, makes pre-colonial handi-
craft, costumes of the Mayan
tribes. His pagan practices have
nodded into Christianity, with
Mayan mythology applied to the
alteration of the saints. 1t was a
strange land when the Spaniards
came; it is strange, partly-un-
discovered country today.
A personal tour of inspection
was recently made by B. A. Lech-
ner, Pacific Coast manager of the
American Express Company, by
way of the Grace Line service to
San Jose. Guatemala" he re-
ports, "is one of the few countries
which is off the beaten tourist
route which still affords every
travel convenience"
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WET FEET

1T may never have occurred to
you that many dogs especially
the smaller breeds) are likely to
get chill if their feet are not
dried after a run in the wet grass
or road.
If you are patient and willing
to try, you might train your little
canine friend to wipe his feet,
very much as you do, after a
walk in the rain. Keeping your
dogs feet dry will not only save
the dog a chill, but will keep wet
paw prints off the rugs and fur
niture.
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If you are interested in having
a wild animal for a pet; why not
try a woodchuck Woodchucks
make very interesting pets and
they are easy to care for.
See that they have a roomy
cage with a little den at one end
where they can hibernate. Put
something in the cage, so the
woodchuck can build nest in
the den. Almost any kind of
green food is very tasty to them.
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Did you know that grass is
often called the dogs medicine
chest? Dogs seem to know that
if they are not we'll, a little grass
diet will be a very good thing
for them.
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If you have guinea pigs for
your special pets, you may be in
terested to know something about
their history.
The Spaniards found guinea
pigs living in the homes of the
South American Indians when
they came to the Andean region.
The Indians kept them like we
keep chickens. When they wanted
a real treat for their Sunday din
ner they did just what we do
with our chickens they ate
them.
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Here is an easy lesson in train
ing your puppy to lie down.
Press the puppy's hind quarters
firmly down and then gently slide
his front legs forward. Each time
you repeat this simple lesson say
Lie down." It will not be long
before the puppy gets the idea
that when you say, Lie down, !"
he must do just the thing you
have been teaching him. He will
associate the action with the
words.
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mind was struggling with That
last sentence-four years!
Il signed up with the army,
and sure had big plans. / had
mighty tough examination to
pass, too-nothing like ranch life
to make boy strong and healthy
-(he couldn't resist that.
"They sent me to San Antonio,
Texas, and then to Kelly Field for
the advance work. Do you know,
there were 200 fellows in my
class, and the work was too much
for most of them. Why, only 80
finished at the end of the year.
Its hard study and long hours
of it that helps to make a flyer
out of a man. There are more
angles and branches to be studied,
and I mean studied, than you'd
ever believe.
They only take college men.
That is, two-year college men at
least, and they don't get assign
mcnts as quickly as four-year
men,"
-HEN he turned and looked at
his audience. The boy was
staring out of the window. His
voice came from far in his throat.
"Then you have to go to high
school and college both to be-to
be a fiyer-I thought only doctors
and people like that-gee! How
old do I have to be to sign up p
There, it was out at last.
1.-The army takes men to train
for the air corps between 20 and
27. You be a wise guy and get
that education. You've got plenty
of time -.
Then the man rose, and as he
walked out of the building and
toward the road he let his arm
drop across the young shoulders.
Bob felt little wave of home
sickness.
When they reached the iron
gates, the flyer turned around
and said, "Tll give you the bus
fare and l think you'd better go
home. You'll have to start work.
ing on that education if you still
want to be a flyer
The boy slipped from his arm.
mo, thank you, sir. You've been
swell, and I'm not hungry lis
there any wonder?) I'll get home,
honestly. Don't worry and thanks
;" He was off in a fast walk
down the gravel road. He HAD
to be alone tears of disap-
pointment were Threatening. He
felt enough like sissy as it was
After he recovered his bundle,
he looked back. The man looked
back, too, and waved his hand
Bob waved in return.
Gee, he was a keen guy
gee, he went to college for four
years, and he don't look very
old =.
1t was afternoon, now, and the
young runaway turned from the
fields to a railroad right-of-way
and started walking down the
tracks.
Go home? OF course, he had to
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@NE two . three 3.
~ four five piles of data
on my desk Where to begin? =? Per-
haps the custom of the western
editor might be followed. ANY
wires ?" no? whoosh.
And into the waste basket the ac-
emulation went. why wade
through all that" he demanded.
IF there's anything important,
they'll write again; if they don't,
it isn't important" So let's
"whoosh" it and start fresh again.
There'n be another story along to-
morrow.
LIKE THE ADMIRAL
Sir Reginald Hall, who slipped
into the Pacific Coast a short
time back with pertinent COM
ments about the prospects of diff
ficulty in the Far East. Because
things were so peaceful, his story
was "whooshed," too, until 48
hours later when sharp censorship
clamped down the yarn on the
Japanese assa5sinations. But even
there not much was lost, for a
few more hours and the efficiency
of the press associations had
pricked through the censoring
lines.
THE BEST YARN
of all, however, was one recently
brought back by E. R. Johanson,
Pacific skipper, who languidly
mentioned: "Oh, yes, Sadie
Thompson's home was wrecked"
Now Sadie Thompson, for those
theatrically minded, was the cheer
full young lady who served as in
spiration for the stage play
Rain" and that she actually
lived was evidenced by the pres
ence of her home in Pago Pago
Harbor, Samoa. So the Shippers
idle comment that it had been
damaged was of vital interest,
But how, or why-you'll have to
guess. There seems to have been
a wind; that's all one could learn;
a wind, and the roof ripped off =.
FlEETING FAME!
What a little breath it sometimes
takes to disrupt the building of
years. But Sadie's house was
lucky; it lasted longer than the
Rinkajou. That graceful little
schooner should have a name in
history. She helped gain new lands
for America. Working out of the
nations port of Honolulu, she
serviced the colonists of the far
Line" islands. Then sold, she
started for California. En- route
she made newsprint in a sudden
call for help. What happened ?
Ten days more was too much for
fame. To date, though know she
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-29

When bog from a California
cattle ranch runs aaody to find an
airport l0here he can learn to be
a dil-pilot, he is bound to hdUe
difficulties. Bob Thompson had
them aplenty. After q truck ride
TO the San Francisco flying field,
he aoas sent on his 1oay. That
night, Bob slept on q ferry-boat
o1ld the neat morning, tired and
hungry, he found his 1oay to the
Oakland airport. There he boldly
introduced himself to q nail-pilot
and, luckily for Bob, the good
natured flyer inUited the bog to
haze htnch toitb him.
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G!y['a;!IlI2'15
EBv
DON ROBERTS

THE top O. the morning to you,
fellows. How's the ceiling and
visibility? Unlimited, eh that's
swell Park yourselves around the
hangar and We'll turn on the chat
ter.
Notice the wind sock is just
barely billowed out? Looks as
though the breeze was about eight
or ten miles an hour, we'd guess.
These days you don't pay any at
tention to such mild currents, but
there was a time when no sane
pilot would take off if his hand
kerchief fluttered when he held it
up!
Those were the days before the
boys figured out the problems of
stability. And that line about sta
bility Is as good a reminder as
any of the REAL pioneers of
flight, the men who built the first
gliders.
ITO LILIENTHAL and his
~ brother Gustave were really
the men who figured out what it
takes to get off the ground.
First they built a pair of wings
and tried to flap their way up.
That failing, they decided the
wings needed feathers. Yes, that
Topped as an idea, also. A third
wing f1apper, made out of Stats,
had three wings on each side
and got nowhere.
Presently Gustave went to Aus
tria and Otto carried on by HIM
self. He studied for 80 years and
published in 1889 a book on bird
flight as a basis for man flight.
In 1891, after all those unsuccess-
full years, he built and flew a
glider made out of peeled willow
rods, curved and spread out fam
wise on the order of a bird wing.
The wings were covered with
Waxed calico cloth.
Now, as Lilienthal had no idea
of how to attain stability at that
time, he had to use his legs as a
pendulum. 1t was a difficult feat,
for the natural thing to do was
to swing his legs to the low side
when wing went down. Natural
ly, that was the wrong thing to
do.
One thing Lilienthal proved be-
yond argument. A cambered wing
gave more lift than fiat surface.
Presently, Lilienthal built his
gliders with dihe1r raj for lateral
stability, and later added a tail
carrying a fixed vertical fin and
a fixed horizontal stabilizer.
A biplane glider was built in
1895 and was so successful that
Lilienthal believed he could fly it
with a 21a horsepower carbon
dioxide gas motor weighing 80
pounds. Before trying it, however,
he added the first movable ele-
vator to his biplane. Because his
hands and arms were busy sup
porting him, he controlled the ele-
vator with his head-tilting the
ship down by bending his head
back and ascending when he
pulled his head forward.
Well, that elevator caused his
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PLENTY DOGS

IT is believed that there are
100000 dogs in the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-29
BUFFALO HERDS

THERE are more buffalo in one
herd in Wainwright, Alberta,
Canada, than any where else in
the world.
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Chapter II.

IN low YOU told me about
~ yourself, Bob, I'll tell you
about me and how 1 got to be an
aviator 1t isn't as easy as you
may think g. . Che waited full
minute before he dropped the
bomb) c. First I had four years
in college before I signed up to
learn to be flyer"
The boy was sitting very still;
the man was still staring out of
the window; people came and
went around the lunch counter
Bob did not see or hear them. His
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CLASSIFIED
MANUSCRIPTS WANTED

WANTED: ORIGINAL POEMS. SONGS. MMM
Publishers, Dept AR, Studio Bldg, Portland, Ore.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-02-27

Members of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club were enter
tanned Monday evening at the home
Of Mrs. II. E. Huntington. The
hostesses for the evening were the
Misses Florence Ring, Opal Jenkin
and Esther Hatch. After a delicious
dessert hearts and contract bridge
were played. High honors were re-
ceived by the Misses Bea Sherk and
Mabel Hughes and low by Margaret
Hawkins and Olive Brue. Plans are
being made for the observance Of
National Business Women's Week in
March.
The Rebekahs entertained the
Pasco Rebekahs and Oddfellows on
Tuesday evening at the hall. The
program included play entitled,
Hiring the new School Ma'am,"
with Lynette Heberlein, Tom Utz,
and Gilbert Edwards taking part;
also two tap dances by Betty and
Geraldine Shaughnessy and two
readings by Margaret Brindell.
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Mrs. Myrtle st. Clair, Mrs. Bessie
Tyrrell, Mrs. Bertha Bronson, Miss
Edith Tyrrell and Mrs. Amy Dut-
ton were entertained at the home
of Mrs. Ina Bennett Monday aft
ernoon, the afternoon being spent
in sewing, and refreshments were
served.
c. S. Knowles returned yesterday
from Portland, where he has been
with Mrs. Knowles, who underwent
an operation last week. She is max
ing as good recovery as can be ex-
pected, although she will remain in
Portland for some little time yet,
receiving treatments.
The pinochle club met at the
George Stradford home Wednesday
evening for the last session in the
second series being played during
the winter. The five losing couples
will be required to provide the feed
for the winners at the next special
meeting which will be held at the
Stradford home on the evening of
the ninth of March.
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Gene Whittemore is i'll this week.
w. j. Skinner is i'll this week.

Gene Whittemore is i'll this week.
w. j. Skinner is i'll this week.
Miss Maude Lampson was a week.
end visitor in Mabton with rela-
tiveS. --..
Minnie and Delbert Thackara are
i'll at their home this week.
The Valley grange will take the
travelling gavel to White Bluffs on
Thursday evening, March S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Beasley were
called to Hermiston Thursday by
the death of his brother, whose fun
eral was held Sunday.
Guy Story and NJ. M. Moulton
were Portland business visitors on
Monday and Tuesday. Mr.. Moulton
went on to Olympia, where he at
tended the Supreme Court.
grandmother, Mrs. G. Tillery, while
he is under the doctors care.
E. S. Black, w. s. Green, M. M.
Moulton and r. @. Macmahon went
to Sunnyside Tuesday evening to at
tend the upper valley Masonic study
club. M. M. Moulton was the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening.
j. A. Mclaughlin of Walla Walla,
field secretary for the Inland En-
pire Waterways association, is in
town today comforting with the 10
cal division officials in regard to
the forthcoming hearing on the
Umatilla Dam.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Propst of
Pomeroy left Tuesday after spend
ing the weekend here visiting Mr..
and Mrs. M. M. Beasley. Mrs.
Propst is Mrs. Beasley's sister.
DR.. H. j. Capell was called to
Yellepit during the bad weather to
see a patient. The doctor enjoyed
the ride on speeder, which was
the only means of transportation at
that time.
The Tuesday Bridge club met this
week with Mrs. Earl Jones at Rich
land, with Mrs. Wilmot Gravenslund
winning high honors and Mrs. Sid
ney Relton low Plans were made
for a dinner in honor of their hus-
bands, which will be given March 8,
at the home of Mrs. Harlan Muncey
at Richland. The next regular
meeting will be with Mrs. Harry
Linn.
Curran Chellis, until recently a
member Of the Twin City Motors,
Inc, has accepted q position as
truck salesman for the Lampert I'm
plement Co., Yakima. He will start
on his new job Monday OF next
week and plans to move his family
there as soon as he can find a house
in which to live. He reports an
acute housing shortage in the val
ley metropolis.
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Mrs. v. r. Wilder is i'll this week
with laryngitis.
Don visger was a Walla Walla
business visitor Tuesday.
Miss Minnie and Karl Reese were
Walla Walla visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Florine are
pneumonia patients at the Pasco
hospital this week. 1-.... =
Orville Terril underwent an
emergency operation at the Pasco
hospital Wednesday morning.
DR.. and Mrs. H. j. Capen were
guests of DR.. and Mrs. Edwin New
ton in Walla Walla Saturday eve
ming. ... $3.50. ..--aa
p. E. O. chapter met with Mrs. G.
l.. Powell Tuesday evening with Miss
Esther Moulton in charge Of the
program. r.. H. ~ ~.
The Congregational division of
the M. E. aid is holding their all
day meeting at the home of Mrs. j.
r. Ayers. r.. .-.. '.-~-~. Is. ~
w. S. Wilkinson, manager of the
White Bluffs Telephone Company,
was a guest at the Kiwanis lunch
con Tuesday. -, = @a<s =. FtS.C
The fourth division of the M. E.
Aid will meet Wednesday, March 4
at the church. All members are
;,,,y;%ol fo oftaynI
Mrs. G. H. Utz was brought back
from the Pasco hospital Monday
and will probably be able to be up
within weeks time. ..-...
The Kankakee club met Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Howard
Beste. Honors were received by Mrs.
Beste and Mrs. Art Thrasher.
The Misses Helen and Esther
Pasche and Verdella Mueller were
Sunday evening guests at the home
of Miss Minnie Reese.
Alma Circle met Monday at the
home Of Mrs. Leo Gorris with Mrs.
Gladys Kelso assisting. Mrs. H. S.
Taylor received honors for the aft
ernoon.
Mrs. John Ferguson and Miss
Alice Lindskog are attending a
Beauty Show in Spokane this week,
which is being held at the Daven-
port Hotel.
Lane K. Larson received word Of
the death of his mother on Sum
day, February q at her home In
Minneapolis, MINI. She had reach
ed the age of "a.
G. H. Tlibury returned Saturday
evening from an extended business
trip to the Middle Western and
Southern states in the interests of
the Church Mfg. Co.
Mrs. Guy Liston left Monday for
Seattle, where she will visit her hus-
band, who is patient at the Swed-
ish hospital there.
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Mrs. F. M. Ludlow has been i'll at
her home. A-
Mrs. E. G. Lape is recovering from
a severe cold.
Glenn Silliman has touch of
pneumonia this week.
June visger is recovering from a
light attack of pneumonia.
Miss Lena Mains visited her par
ents in Mabton last weekend.
w. j. Preston took delivery yes
terday of a new Chevrolet pickup.
Mrs. j. p Miller is i'll with the
flu at the home of Mrs. Harry Linn.
C.. L. Powell went to Olympia on
Tuesday, where he will appear in
supreme court. .-,.s ~ - ~.
H. w. Desgranges and Harry
Hampton were Monday business
visitors in Yakima. = a..
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dickinson of
Reardon are visiting a few days this
week with relatives here.
Mrs. c. B. Quillan has returned
after spending several months in
visiting relatives at Lewiston. (
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Dick
inson on Friday, February 81, a son,
who has been named Lee Arthur.
Carl Doermeier left Tuesday for
Portland to be with Mrs. Doermeier
who underwent a major operation
Wednesday.
. Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Bronson and
daughter, Mrs. st. Clair and Mrs.
E. Tyrrell drove to Grandview on
Tuesday to visit relatives. 4 ~
O. B. Robertson of Prosser was in
Kenewick today, making arrange
ments for his field work in pest con-
troll at this end of the county.
Mrs. Sidney Nelson and daugh-
ter left Tuesday night for Salem,
Oregon, where they will visit at the
home of her brother, Leonard Kin
kaid.
Don't forget to ask for the travel
trip coupons when you make pur-
chases. They will help your favorite
win that free trip to the sunny
south early next month.
Any lady who wishes to display
her flower garden quilt at the Sill
yer Tea Friday, March 6, is asked
to get in touch with Mrs. H. r. Vib-
Der, who will be glad to come after
it, if necessary.
Little Bobby Tyrrell has been ill
for the past week and he and his
mother, Mrs. B. w. Tyrrell have
been staying at the home of his
Arthur Tracy Of Boise, Idaho
made surprise visit at the w. T.
Tracy home Wednesday morning.
He was enroute to his home after
attending a business meeting at
Lewiston of the Saw Tooth Machin-
cry Co., with whom he is associated.