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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
DRILL AGAIN In
RATTLESNAKE
GAS FIELDS
Northwestern Gas Go. to Put
Down Deep Hole to Locate
Pool; Expect to Extend Pipe
Lines Over State

Active DEVELOPMENT in the states
pioneer natural gas field at Rattle
snake Hills a few miles south OF
here has been resumed. with the
hope that oil may be found
r. b. Newbe:n. president Of the
Northwestern Natural Gas Corpor-
alton. which has developed and
controls the field. announced this
week that his company was pro-
ceeding with plans commenced sew
Feral years ago to eventually pipe the
entire northwest with natural gas
and to develop the oil resources of
the field also.
At the present time the Rattle
snake Hills field has fifteen pro-
ducing wells and deep test well in
the midst of the field is now near
1900 feet. According to an analysis
made by the State Board of Works
the gas is wet. which indicates a
gasoline content. This is taken as
meaning 1t comes from live OIL 1t is
to seek this oil pool. which the COM
pany believes to lie at some depth
below the present gas production
that the deep test well is being
drilled.
The gas is being served through
100-mile pipe line system to seven
towns in the Yakima valley. and
it is expected that extensions in the
line will be made shortly to Yakima
and Walla Walla.
A number of expert petroleum
biologists and engineers have sur
veyed the field and reported excel
lent prospects for oil in addition to
larger amounts of natural gas, Of
ficials of the company state.-White
Bluffs Spokesman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
DEATH TAKES
JUDGE HATCH
Prominent Citizen Dies Sud.
denly This Evening of
Angina PectOris

j. A. Hatch died at his home
on the River Road this evening
about eleven o'clock from an at
tack of angina pectoris. He was
68 years of age and had lived in
Kennewick for about twenty years,
coming to this section to take
charge of the old American Secur-
ity bank from similar position in
Montana.
Mr.. Hatch had been a sufferer
from high blood pressure for sever
al months past. He had just re-
turned from a trip to Spokane where
he had acted as pallbearer for r.
L. Banta, who was buried there to-
day.
For the past year or two MIR.
Hatch has acted as bookkeeper for
the Washington Early Crops. He
was also police Judge in the local
court, in which capacity he had
served for several consecutive
terms. He was well known and re-
spected in the community.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons and two daughters, all but the
youngest son. Joe, living in this
district.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
STORES CLOSE
SAT. $3.50 TO 4:3O
Ceremonies al New School
Attract TownspeOpIe for
Occasion

If you happen to be in town Satur-
day afternoon you might just as
well attend the ceremonies at the
laying of the corner stone on the
new school house, for most of the
stores will be closed between $3.50
and 4:30 for the occasion.
In order that all might witness
the ceremony the following stores
have agreed to close during that
hour.
w. S. Hulet, A. A. Anderson. the
Beasley Variety Store, II. @. Fyfe.
kennewick Printing Co., Lady Lure.
visger Drug, e. c. Smith Motor Co.,
Twin City Motors. j. p. Martin. e.
II. Behrman, Larry Oliver, r. r.
Beste, j. G. Pratt Garage, Conoco
Service Station.
The Evelyn Shoppe, Ideal Clean
ers, E. E. Erickson, The Clothier.
Dept. Store, Neumans, J. c. PEN
ney Co., Farmers Exchange. @. w.
Kirk. Bert Deardoff, Knowles Ser
vice. w. j. Barnes, Gene Spauld-
ing City Market, Cochran-Ryman.
Ragain'S Cafe, Lane K. Larson,
Potlatch Yards, The Town Pump,
washington Hardware.
Columbia Electric, Bricks Ser
vice Station, Safeway stores, Grange
supply, John Dover, Ralph X
Birum' Vibber-Gifford Drug Co.
The stores will all open immed-
lately following the ceremony at
the school house.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
TO HUNT HUNTERS

At the meeting of the Kennewick
Sportsman Club held Monday night
the club decided to sponsor another
predatory contest this year to be-
gin April LIST. There will be plenty
of suitable prizes offered which will
be announced later with the rules
of the contest.
The Washington Hardware COM
pany will be receiving station for
predators taken. Last years con-
test was a grand success with only
Is taking part in the drive. Four
thousand. four hundred and twenty
predators were killed and we hope
that there will be more than double
this number take part this year and
that the number Of predators taken
will be far greater than last year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
OUTSTANDING STUDENT

Gerald Giard of Kennewick was
one of the outstanding students en-
rolled in advanced military train
ing at Washington State College to
be tapped to membership in Scab-
bard and Blade, national military
honorary. The tapping ceremony
was a feature of the annual Mill
tary Ball, one of the outstanding
social functions of the year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
RI. BANTAHAS
FATAL ATTACK
Pioneer of 1910 Stricken
Suddenly Monday Afternoon
While at Orchard Work

Stricken with a heart attack Mon
day afternoon while at work in his
cherry orchard ON the River Road,
r. L. Banta died suddenly. News of
his demise came as a shock to the
community. as he had just arrived
from Spokane to care for the spring
work on his fine tract. He was 60
years old.
The BantaS came to Kennewick
in 1910. They operated the movie
show here for several years. The
Princess, now the Liberty. They
acquired their Garden Tracts home
and later another tract in the same
neighborhood as we'll as some city
property, which they have leased.
In 1928 they moved 20 Spokane to
make their home, though still re-
tanning their Kennewick property.
Each year they came back to care
for their tract and harvest the crop.
Mr.. Banta had been up town in
the morning renewing old acquaint-
ances and in the afternoon had be-
gun the work on the tract. An extra
eXertion brought on the fatal at
tack. He was not known to have
been a previous sufferer with heart
trouble and his death was a shock
to all who knew him.
Robert Lee Banta was born De-
cember 20, 1867 at Three Forks,
Montana. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs Jeanette Banta, one
sister in Montana and a neice in
Seattle. Funeral services were held
today in Spokane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Benton County Demos to
Feast on jefferson Day

benton county Democrats are 90
ing TO charge just one-tenth the
much advertised price for their JEFF
ierSon Day banquet on April 49, and
the meal will be one Of the famous
Turkey repaSts for which the Meth
ooiSt ladies aid Of Richland are not
cd For four-bit piece, turkey and
al the trimmings are promised, ae-
coraing to F. r. White, who saws
.llat lhe program committee is at
tempting to secure an exceptional
" D,, .ine program for the occasion An
outside speaker will be invited 70
attend the meeting. W
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
NEW SCHOOL IS
TOBEM MODERN
IN ALLDETAILS
Construction Is Progressing
Rapidly; Expect Compile
ton Before Opening of Fall
Term; House 900 Pupils

The accompanying illustration
shows the present stage of con-
struction of Kennewick'S new jun
ior-senior high school building, the
walls being up to the second floor
level. Here will take place the lay
ing of the cornerstone amid appro-
pirate ceremonies on Saturday aft
ernoon of this week.
The building is to be of reinforced
concrete construction for the outer
walls and frame construction in
side. It is go feet long and 1873
feet deep, built on three sides of a
hollow square. It faces north and is
placed south and east of the present
high school building. All necessary
cabinets, tables, etc. needed in the
new building are included in the
general construction contract.
The building will comfortably
house 600 pupils, according to Sup
erintendent Black, who expects to
open the fall term with an enroll
ment of approximately 500. Grades
from the seventh to the twelfth
will be housed in the new building,
the present high school building
housing all the lower grades. The
Washington building will no longer
be used for school purposes after
this term.
The contract calls for the con-
struction of central heating plant.
which will handle the temperatures
for both the present building and
the new one. The new building will
have thermostatic temperature con-
troll for each room and the entire
building will be wired for public
address system, although this fea-
ture is not to be completed at this
time.
The new building will include do
nestle science and manual arts
rooms, and laboratories. in addition
to the regular class rooms and study
halls. A library is provided for as
we'll as a nurses room in addition
to offices for superintendent, prin-
cipal and clerk.
On the lower floor. a standard
sized gymnasium, with seats to ac-
comodate a crowd of 700 is to be
built. Under the gymnasium a
lunch room. large enough to seat
225 pupils is being built. Opposite
the gymnasium will be a large aud
itorium, complete with sloping floor
and stage. This room will seat 622
persons.
Underneath the raised seats in
the gymnasium will be the dress
ing rooms for boys and girls and the
showers, lockers, etc.
The Standard Construction Co.,
of Tacoma, which has the general
construction contract, states that
the building will be completed about
the middle of the summer. The
plumbing, heating and electrical
contracts are getting under way, the
big boiler having been set in place
in the engine room this week. The
rough wiring and plumbing is pref
ty we'll In place now and enough
workmen are being employed to
keep the work moving in record
time. Some fifty people are en-
ployed ON the jobs.
The grounds will be Handicapped
and everything will be in readiness
for the opening of school next fall.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
State Joins Oil Rush

Oklahoma City. Okla.-Unsightly
oerrlcks are rising in the swankiest
sections in the new rush for the oil
mat underlies this city. Some of
Them will send their shafts through
the beautifully handicapped grounds
OF the Capitol and Executive Man.
sion. Governor Marland, pioneer
OIL man. promises however. that once
guSher is struck. quiet electric
pumps will pour their rich streams
INTO the States Golfers, that artis-
TIC planting will hide all signs of
machinery, and that perfume will
olSSIpatc the ever-present odor of
OIL. 1t was this, he says. or else the
state would lose s5,OOO,OOO in royal
Ties while adjacent wells drained
the pool under the Capitol
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Farmer Seeks Rich Reward

Farmer Seeks Rich Reward
Washington, DC.-The Supreme
Court is asked to determine an ap-
peal whether the City National
Bank of Clinton, Iowa. will pay Gus
Flood $25 for returning S100,500
stolen by yeggs, or the full s10,500
which Iowa law allows him. Four
years ago. four men leaped from a
car near Floods farm, hurriedly
changed their clothes and sped
away. On the scene later Flood
found guns, discarded DISCUSSES and
a pillow slip containing S100.500
stolen from the Bank. The Bank
says Flood is entitled to $25, but
the Iowa law gives finders 10 per-
cent reward and State courts so
ruled
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Speeding Up Justice

Spetu1HS Up JuStrCc
Oklahoma City, Okla.-Evert Girls
more. City Justice. found he could
cut an hour off the average time
iuries consumed in reaching a ver-
room. Then he removed the chairs
dict by substitutiong hard chairs
for comfortable ones in the jury
entirely and iuries speeded up ver-
diets in from 10 to 80 minutes. Then
he nailed down the windows in the
stuffy room; result: verdict in S to
Is minutes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02

Dan Carter of Kennewick, a sem
ion in the department of agriculture
at Washington State College, has
been. appointed a committeeman in
charge of the Little International,
livestock show which will be held
this month as a feature of the high
school conference. The show is
given under the auspices of the all
Ag club and will include the fitting
and showing of livestock by stud
ents, exhibits arranged by the de-
partments within the college of ag-
riculture. milking contests and q
rodeo.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
w O r l. u
N E w S
of the
w E E K
HITLER Gets the Vote Out

Berlin, Germany-The "Feuhrer
received nearly 90 percent in favor
which to make a mark and blanks
of his policies in the German pleb-
iscite. There was only one circle in
were counted Yes" anyway. Few
had the nerve not to vote and few
or still to vote MOI A bare l.5 per-
cent of the eligible electorate fail
ed to cast vote.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Ethiopian City in Ruins

EInIOpIdn OTty III 1tu'
Adds Ababa Bombed by a
squadron of Italian airplaneS,
Harar second city of Ethiopia, is a
smoking ruins and it's 10000 people
homeless. Because the town was
declared non-military and defense
less. Halle Selassie states he will
lodge protest with League OF Ma
lions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
TIE EN- UP

Tedious days are ahead Tor Rover
Today the Washington state game
department reminded owners that
their bird dogs or any dogs used
to hunt upland game birds must not
be allowed to run at large during
the months of April, May, June and
July.
This section of the state game
code curtailing training of hunting
dogs during the four months per-
iod is meant to protect upland game
birds during the nesting season.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Federal Housing Act Extended

washington, D. G.. - Although
scheduled for abandonment with the
recovery of business, the life of the
Federal Housing Authority is to be
extended until April l. 1887, in Or
DER that this government agency
can undertake the rehabilitation of
MONIES damaged or destroyed by the
widespread floods of the past fort
night.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Gong Aids Teacher

West Seattle, Wash.-"I wish
had a gong. like Major Bowes, to
hammer every time poor diction
was used in this class" Thus Chas.
G. Hannaford addressed his class
IN English. Next day one of his pu-
pills brought him a gong and ham,
mer. For three weeks the gong
sounded Is and 20 times an hour.
Then it grew less. finally subsidized to
4 or 5 times a day. Some days it
isn't rung at all.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Play Reaches 1OOOth Performance

New York City-Although lam
b asted by critics and denounced as
indecent in Detroit, Chicago, Al
bany, st. Paul and Reward. "To-
bacco Road" had reached it's 1OOOth
performance. Only two other plays
had this distinction, "Abie's Irish
Rose" also ridiculed by critics, with
an all-time record of 1882 perform
ances and "Lightnin'," which scored
1921.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02

Death Sentence for Oman Killing
indianapolis, Ind.-First to be
condemned under the new Federal
law permitting the government to
execute slayers of G-Men, George
Barrett was hanged for his partici-
patton in killing of Operative Mel
son B. Klein last August. In Mime
apolis, another gangster, Tommy
"The Terrible" Touhy, drew a o.
year sentence to Leavenworth from
Federal Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye
for his part in $4,000 mail robbery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-02
Fourth Jury Fails to Convict

San Jose, Cal.-After spending
$4,000 trying to convict David A.
Lamson, Stanford University Press
sales manager, for the murder of his
wife in 1888, a fourth jury failed to
agree. Prosecutors weighed the
possible chances of success with a
fifth jury trial at an estimated cost
of $25, 1000.
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true hiStrionic ability in clarity OF
tone and range that surely pleased
the large audience.
Especially pleasing was the gifted ar
fist in the rendition of the "Vagabond
King" in which she was accompanied
by the orchestra. Mrs. Gladys Berge OF
Virginia played the accompaniment
for the other numbers by Miss Powell
When the last number on the program
had been given, the audience was 10th
to leave and applauded rapturouSly. Miss
Powell responded with an encore in
which she bid farewell to the Ely audi
ence in the hopes to meet again, soon
Powells groups also forced encores most
graciously given.
The program opened with the "Ethio-
plan Rhapsody" by the orchestra fol-
lowed BY Songs Of the Irish Colleen
by Miss Powell. Five numbers were in
this group which were given in Irish
costume. The songs were entitled
open the Door Softly" 1.-THE Kerry
Cow" 81 Know Where I'm Going" "At
the Cry of the First Bird" and 1.-THE
Little Irish Girl"
The orchestra played a Spanish suite
with three movements and numbers
closing the suite with 1.-THE Music Box"
"Alice in Wonderland" was given by
Miss Powell in which she sang my
Menagerie," Contrary Mary" 1.-THE
Green-eyed Dragon and Nursery
Rhymes" In the latter rendition she
used the light-haired doll with pleasing
effect.
Russian Rural Scene" by the orches-
ira was followed by group in Russian
costume by Miss Powell which included
Little Mother, Do Not Scold Me" ITO
Stay at Home is Best ''The Clock, y
''Vanka n Tanka," and 1.-THE Sleigh"
1.-The Vagabond King" by the orchestra
and Miss Powell closed a most pleasant
evening.
The personnel of the Ely Symphonic
orchestra this year is made up of high
school players augmented with older
heads with Mr.. DiNino directing. The
Instrumentation and players are as fol-
lows:
Josephine Shepel, Nancy
King, Eudora Anderson, Mary Sarkipato,
Gertrude Fflson, Ella Siren, Verna jam
sa, Helen Martin and George Jamsa.
Cellos-Mary Elizabeth Berg and
Frank Shepel
String Bass-Dorothy Markovich and
George Hill.
Fqute-Edward Shepel
Oboe-Edward Lake
BaSSoon-Wilho Maenpaa.
Clarinets-Fred Kotchevar and Leon
ard Maxi.
Saxophones- Henry Korent, Walter
Enquist and William Jones.
Trumpets- George Hendrickson, Les
lie Ormandy and Robert Carlson
Horns-Vincent DiNino and Edward
PirSch.
Trombones-Lemuel Anderson, Robert
Hokkanen and Keith Brownell.
Percussion-Mona Kent and Earl
Edwards.
Piano Accordion-Arthur Buraglio.
Pianos-Irene Thomas and Leah
DiNino.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-17

been elected to the legislature at the
last election. w. A. Mcfarland, board
member of Hibbing, was elected unani-
mously to fill the vacancy caused by
the withdrawal of MIR. Kelly.
Without a doubt the meeting was
productive of much good. The matter
of wage scale for teachers and a con-
tinuance of their contracts with a min
imum and maximum wage scale and a
compulsory teachers retirement brought
out many fine points in the discussions
in which superintendent board mem
bers, auditors and clerks of districts
participated.
The eighteen subjects for discussion
were as follows:
l. Legislation authorizing insurance
for high school athletes against injuries
2. Legalizing expenditures for trans
porting athletes
3. Assessed valuations of school dis
trictS.
4. Dental work for school children.
5. Bus insurance.
6. Cadet teachers.
Z. Wage scales for teachers, Maxi
mum and Minimum
8. Compulsory teachers retirement.
9. Cooperation in assisting unem-
ployed teachers
10 Authorization of expenditures for
board members in attending confer
ences, legislative sessions, etc.
II. Obtaining legislative service such
as report of all bills introduced in the
legislature for school districts.
II. Statisticians for computing school
statistics available to all districts.
Is. Age limits for state income tax
apportionment to schools based on the
number of students between and Is
years. Kindergarten and nursery
children not included.)
a. Wage scale for officials afficiating
in high school athletics.
15 Should high school coaches be
barred from acting as officials in ath-
letic games in our high schools?
l6. Agricultural land tax rate law.
II. School attorneys, compensation
and how retained.
18. Continuing contracts for teachers.
On invitation of the Hibbing board
the spring meeting will be held in that
CITY,
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cided by the group, meeting at Hibbing,
to raise the fishing license fee from
so cents in order that the additional
money acquired be used for scientific
study of problems in conservation work
A part of the money from the increased
fee, to be not greater than 81, was sug-
geSted for use in the establishment of
a bureau at the state university.
l.. H. Chapman of Cook was reelected
president of the district organization,
with Sig Olson of this city, first vice
president; Burrell Ernst, Coleraine, sec
ond vice president; Arthur Helming,
Chisholm, third vice president; Frances
johnson, secretary and treasurer.
Byron Carlson of this city was elected
one of the board of directors of which
there were twenty scattered in all parts
of the district embracing the entire
Arrowhead district.
j. r. Foley, Wabasha, and Richard R..
Bailey, Virginia, members of the state
conservation commission, and Charles
Mcfarland, st. Paul, assistant to the
conservation commissioner, attended the
meeting and were interested spectators.
o. L. Kaupanger, state Walton League
secretary, told the meeting that con-
siderable inefficiency existed in the
work of game wardens throughout the
state.
Mr.. Kaupanger, however, failed to
make specific charges against certain
game wardens but made his accusations
in general against the wardens. He
recommended payment of salaries ac-
cording to tenure as a way of over
coming this.
Oscar Widstrand, editor of the st.
Louis County Independent, recently
elected member of the legislature from
the Goth district, promised his every
help in supporting legislation of bene-
fit to conservation work. He laid par
ticular stress on the need of remedying
pollution of Minnesota waters in order
that fish may thrive.
ELY MINER ADVERTISING PAYS
Ask the Clients Who've Tried EN-
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gram of eight events. Marie Sarkipato,
Ely, was the high scorer of the meet,
winning both the 40-yard and 100-yard
breast stroke events, while Helen Lopp,
Gilbert, won firSts in the 4O-yard and
100-yard back stroke races.
The meet was very closely contested
with only inches separating the winners
from the runners-up in the individual
events. The summary of the meet was
as follows:
80-yard relay-Ely (Sarkipato, Slogan,
BONNER and HilD first.
10O-yard breast stroke Sarkipato,
Ely, first; Pollock, Gilbert, second;
Pinter, Gilbert, third.
100-yard back stroke-Lopp, Gilbert,
first; Strucel, Ely, second; Potocnik,
Gilbert, third.
10O-yard free style-Luzovich, Gilbert,
first; BONNER, Ely, second; Slogan, Ely,
third.
Diving Martinetti, Ely, first; Lampi,
Ely, second; Alto, Gilbert, Third.
40-yard breast stroke Sarkipato,
Ely, first; Pollock, Gilbert, second;
HILL Ely, third.
40-yard back stroke-Lopp, Gilbert,
first; Strucel, Ely, second; Ule, Ely,
third.
40-yard free style-Hill, Ely, first;
Luzovich, Gilbert, second; BONNER, Ely,
third.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-17

evening. This was a candlelight affair
and after most delectable dinner,
bridge was played at nine tables.
Honors were won by Mrs. Joseph Gerzin,
Jr, and Mrs. Nick Popovich for the
ladies and Ernest Bailey and Ray Reigel
for the men. Dancing brought the
evening to close.