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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Picnic, Program, Games to be
Features Of Celebration Over
Completion Of Refinancing Plan

People from all parts Of the
Kennewick district are invit-
ed to attend the picnic and
program being given Satur-
day of this week in the park
to celebrate the completion Of
the refinancing of the Col
umbia Irrigation District. Per-
sonal invitations have been
mailed to all landowners under
the ditch and a big crowd is
expected for the occasion.
Free coffee and watermelon
will be served by the commit
tee in charge.
The festivities will include
a program of music and
speaking following the picnic
lunch. After the platform pro-
gram has been completed a
series Of races and games for
young and old is being ar
ranged and a good time is
promised all who attend.
A. e. Kamp, a prominent
farmer from Lacrosse, will be
the principal speaker. Mr..
Kamp is associated with the
government extension depart
ment connected with the
state college. He is recon-
mended as an excellent speak
er and will have as his topic
the advancement Of farming
conditions.
The program will include a
resume Of the conditions
which led up to the refinanc-
ing of the district indebted
ness and how the matter was
handled. During the program,
special honors will be accord
ed to and appreciation ex-
pressed to w. p. Stapleton,
head of the land development
department Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, who was
largely responsible for the
closing of the deal which has
saved the landowners of the
district several h u n DIR e d
thousand dollars and secured
the extension Of the repay
ment terms over a longer per-
iod Of years. Mr.. Stapleton
will also be presented with a
gift from the people of the
district.
Directors and others hav-
ing part in the work will also
be accorded recognition in the
program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Cars Collide at Busy
School Intersection

Hulet's delivery truck, driven by
Herman Raglan and q car driven
by Lester Kellar Of the River Riad
collided about 4 o'clock this after
noon. Kellar was driving his car
toward the school building and Ra-
gain was headed east on First Ave-
nue.. Kellar's car was badly dam
aged, having q damned axle and
front wheels. The truck driven by
Raglan turned over a few times be-
fore landing on its side and was
damaged considerably. Raglan re-
ceived bad cut above one eye and
suffered considerably when bottle
of Chlorox broke, covering his head.
Kellar escaped without injuries.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
TO RAISE RATIO

In an effort to increase the
ratio allowed by the state board
of equalization, a party Of four
Benton county men went TO
Olympia Tuesday to present their
brief for Benton county and make
their arguments. Railroad taxes
in the various counties are based
on the ratio determined by the
board. Benton county,s ratio Is
AZ percent and the committee
went over to convince the board
OF equalization that property in
this county is assessed at SO per-
cent Of its value according TO
state law. For each point raised
In the ratio the county receives
approximately $4,000 additional
taxes from the corporations
Those In the party were Ben
Knox, county treasurer-assessor:
George Beardsley, former coun-
ty attorney, T. E. Brockhausen
and Jay Perry, county commits
sioner.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
WARMING!

Stop signs have been posted
at all four corners at First Ave-
nue. and Cascade Street. This
is the crossing nearest the
school house since the young
sters have been transferred to
the new building congestion is
more dangerous there than ever
before. The city has posted the
stop signs and expects to en-
force the ruling. Chief Harry
Cochran says he would rather
not make arrests for violations
here, but If they occur he will
be strict in enforcing the regu-
IatiOns. Slow down at the school
crossing!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03

NEEDED TO
HELP YOUTH
Crime Prevention is Youth
Problem Kiwanians Are
Told; 7-P0int Program Out
lined to Carry on Work

Rev. Chas. e. Sebold, pastor of
the First Congregational Church Of
Pasco, and q member OF the Pasco
Kiwanis Club, addressed Kennewick
Kiwanians at their noon luncheon
on the subject Of Crime Proven
ton" The talk was unusual in
the fact that it was a positive pro-
gram that can be carried on by
communities of every size as COM
munities and by parents and citi-
zens as individuals.
First of all Kiwanian Sebold stat
ed that crime prevention was q
youth problem as the average age Of
criminals in our penal institutions
is 81. Nineteen-year-olds lead all
age groups in the matter OF crime.
His program Of crime prevention
was a seven point one.
First Of all communities can COM
bat crime by increasing rather than
curtailing educational, religious and
social service budgets. Crime cost
the taxpayers Of the United States
some IL billion dollars last year
while the same taxpayers spent only
two and one half billion on educa-
ton. In short we spent five times as
much to fight crime as we spent to
combat ignorance, the cause of all
crime. BY spending as much on ed
ucation as we spend on crime we
could cut crime IS percent, thus
costing the taxpayer no more but
simply reversing the budgets. He
stated that no community saved
money by cutting their appropria-
tons for schools, scouting, churches
and other like agencies for the saw
ing merely went to an increased
crime budget.
The second great cause of crime
is unemployment and we can COM.
bat it by keeping our six million un-
youth busy, either by pro-
viding them employment or by pro-
viding them with further educa-
ton in crafts, hobbies and various
skills. He suggested using our
schools that are idle at night for
the purpose and he also urged the
formation of community orchestras,
bands and glee clubs, quoting a
saying that The boy who learns to
blow a cornet will never blow a
safe"
He also urged more personal work
with youth on the part Of the church
and civic organizations. BY this he
meant work with boys and girls as
individuals as well as groups.
He also urged teaching youth re-
spect for law, stating that law in
stead Of curbinb freedom was pre-
requisite for true liberty.
It was suggested that parents
have more religious discussion in
the home, that is, q discussion OF
God and idealism and what It
means to humanity.
Rev. Sebold doubted the wisdom
of our disbelief in Hell as 1t has
led us to the other extreme OF ig-
noring the fact of punishment. He
that it might be well to
point out to young people that there
is no perfect crime and that there
is such a thing as punishment. OF
80 kidnappings in the United States
during the past three years only one
is unsolved today. All Of those In
volved are either dead, convicted or
waiting trial.
The talk was constructive, to the
point and highly interesting and we
hope that our neighbor Kiwanian
will be able to visit us again.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
GOV. MARTIN
DELEGATES
NEW SCHOOL
Large Crowd Attends Formal
Opening of Building; Small
Boy Presents Big Melon;
Program Interesting

The dedication services of the
new Junior-Senior high school was
well attended by local residents as
well as a good delegation from
PaSco. The auditorium was filled
to capacity and many of the class
rooms were occupied, but the pro-
gram was heard by all in the build
ing by means of the public address
system.
Each of the speakers on the pro-
gram gave very interesting talks.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. Henry Attenborough and an
address of welcome and the intro
duction of the school board was
given by Superintendent Erwin S.
Black. F. j. Arnold gave the finan-
cial facts of the building and Frank
e. Green gave the arrangement Of
the program. Mrs. Jennie Chellis
gave very inspiring presentation
of the building to the community.
M. M. Moulton responded to this by
saying he was representing the COM
munity in handing back the build
ing to the school board, who were
expected to return well-educated
children, with q full idea of citizen
ship, back to the community.
Governor Clarence d. Martin gave
the dedication address, making it
clear to the people of this COM
munity that now we have this won
derful building, we must consider
that the building must be paid for,
but dividends will be well-educated
children.
Following the Governors address,
Johnny Hughes presented the Gov
ernor with q 42-pound watermelon
which was grown by him on his
fathers ranch on the River Road.
Homer Siegfried gave a very ap-
propriate vocal solo, after which a
good representation of the different
civic organizations were introduced
by Superintendent Black. Charles
Powell responded in absence Of
Mayor A. G. Anon. Two other in
tereSting outside speakers were DR..
N. D. Showalter, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, and Con-
gresham Knute Hill. Mr.. Hill spoke
of the three bulwarks of our civili-
cation, the home, church and school,
and advocated the teaching of patrt-
otism and good citizenship by unit
ed effort on the part Of these three.
After the singing in unison of
america" the benediction was given
by Rev. Elmer Beutler and the pub
Lie was invited to inspect the build
Ing, Refreshments were served in
the cafeteria by members Of the
Business and Professional Women's
club,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
DOUBLE HOLIDAY

Banks, schools, post office,
stores and everything will be
closed for the last double holiday
of the year this weekend. La
Dor Day is a public holiday thru
out the state and virtually every
business will take it's farewell of
,mer frivolity with a vaca-
ton for the day. Following a
Sunday, it gives workers two days
away from the job. Housewives,
however, will have to do double
provision buying Saturday to get
enough grub in the house for the
two-day period.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Camp Fire Girls Enjoy
Challenge Ring

About Is members Of the three
Camp Fire groups enjoyed q party at
the city park Friday evening. The
program was in the form Of q chal-
lenge council ring with the girls
who attended summer camps In
charge. These girls included: Pearl
Dague, Theo Lampson, Norma Berg,
Virginia Smith, Irma Pratt, June
Skinner and Anna Marie Mueller.
Each girl enjoyed taking an active
part in challenging fellow MEM
Der to some stunt, after which the
Guardians served iced watermelon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03

LEGISLATION
ISIMPORTANT
Kennewick's Candidate for
Representative Chosen Be.
cause of Long Familiarity
with Farmers Problems

Because of the importance Of ir-
rigation, highway and tax legisla-
ton, and because Of his familiarity
with general conditions, local tax
payers have prevailed upon L. T..
johnson to file for representative in
the state legislature.
Every session of the legislature
has been confronted with the prob
lem Of legislation affecting irri-
gated sections. Some Of these pro-
posed laws have been favorable to
this section and others have been
highly detrimental. For many years,
1t is stated, there has never been
a session at Olympia when 1t was
not necessary for this district to
send q representative to Olympia
during the session to urge the sup
port or defend pending legislation.
Had our representatives in previous
years been thoroly familiar with
conditions such expense would have
been unnecessary. Mr.. johnson has
declared himself in favor of the fur
Their development of the Mid-Col-
umbia section by the Improvement
Of the Columbia river and other
means and particularly by the COM
pletion Of the North Bank highway.
The completion of this road from
Maryhill to Kennewick will prove
of immense value to this section as
well as to the state in general. In
fact, Mr.. johnson declares that UNI
til this route is made a through
highway the state will never receive
an adequate return on the huge in
vestment already made along this
line.
Mr.. johnson favors a reduction in
the cost of government, thereby re-
ducing taxes. Taxes take an en-
tirely too large a slice of the fam
lily income and can be reduced only
by curtailing governmental costs"
he is quoted.
For more than ten years this end
of Benton county has been without
candidate for a seat in the legis-
lature. Mr.. Johnson's campaign is
reported to be rapidly gaining
strength in the contest to be de-
cided in the primary election next
Tuesday. This gain is largely due
to his stand on and understanding
of the problems affecting local tax
payers. His long residence in the
community and his business exper-
fence have given him an exception
ally broad view of conditions af-
fecting not only irrigation and
wheat farming, but all other In
terests Of the district as well.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Amateurs to Compete for Cash
Prizes in Free Open-Air Enter
tainnent;; Street Dance to Follow

Major Bowes started some
thing. III.
A dozen or more amateur
entertainers in this district
have been secured to give a
program Saturday night on a
special open air platform.
Some unusual talent has been
secured for the performance
which will be absolutely free,
and in addition will be follow
ed by a street dance, which
will also be free. ..z
The event is being arrang-
ed by the .'K'ers," a group of
the younger men employed in
Kennewick who are showing
an increased interest in civic
affairs.
A platform will be erected
on the sidewalk a block north
of the Liberty Theatre on Au-
burn street. Here the enter
tanners will present their
numbers and prizes of eight,
five and three dollars will be
awarded to the numbers re-
ceiving the most applause
from the audience.
Alre a d. several entries
have been made, but the COM
mittee in charge announces
that more will be accepted.
Anyone who has a stunt to
entertain may enter the con-
test and perhaps win one of
the cash prizes. About a dozen
numbers have been listed to
date, the events including
musical numbers, both vocal
and instrumental, dancing
teams and skits.
An orchestra has been en-
gagged for the program and
the dance afterward, which
will be continued as long as
anyone wants to dance.
The whole thing is free and
everyone is invited to come
and help select the prize win
ners in the entertainment con-
test. Saturday night-pro-
Gram starts at $40.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
LINDEN RECIPES MAKE
STATE FOLK CHUBBIER

Thousands of families in the
state Of Washington are getting
chubbier now on Lynden recipes.
The Courier-Reporter's Mod
ern Home Maker" department.
conducted by Aimee M. Lewis, is
appearing in fifty-one Washing
ton newspapers. The column Is
being sent out by the Washing
ton Press association.
The recipes are all tested and
guaranteed. They've been tried
out for twenty years on the edi-
tor OF. the Lynden Tribune and
we know they'll make you pass
your plate for a second helping.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
STREET MEETINGS

Street meetings will be held each
Saturday evening beginning Sep
TENDER IL, for four weeks, on the
j. O.. Penney store corner, under
auspices of the Kennewick minis
terial association. Services will be-
gin at 7:30 o'clock. New officers of
the association are z. Q. Beutler,
president; and Charles w. Croft,
Nazarene, secretary-treasurer.
A picnic of the families Of the
Pasco-Kennewick association will be
held In Kennewick park on Friday
afternoon, September 4, at three o.
clock. Ministers from Council, Ho-
Yer and Richland are included In
the association.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
THE WEATHER

Not as much rain fell here as
most citizens thought yesterday and
the day before, only hundredth of
an inch being measured by Al Nor
gan, the official score keeper. Highs
and lows for the past week regis
tered as follows; starting last Thurs
day: 86-49; 91-54; 80:50; 87-58; 81
go and yesterday 70-56.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Big Crowd Present at
Townsend Picnic

About seven hundred members
and friends of Townsend clubs Of
the Fourth Congressional District
attended q picnic in Kennewick
park last Sunday.
John Weir, Portland, was the
principle speaker. DIR. John Sum-
mers, Walla Walla, Paul Blackmon,
Seattle, state area manager, Glen
Wilson, Pasco, sub-district organic
er and Frank Huston, Kennewick,
all gave short interesting talks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Pinch-Hits For Dad

Jamestown, N. DIT was early
morning when the Presidents spec
ial train rolled through this town
and Mr.. Roosevelt was asleep. But
n. D., Jr.," appeared on the rear
platform with q honey message for
the waiting crowd: The old man Is
sorry he can't come out now, but
he will be through here again to-
morrow morning and he'll come out
and see you then" At Des MoineS
the President ended his study Of
the drought area with q conference
Of governors, including Alfred M.
Landon Of Kansas, his Republican
opponent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Madrid Bombed by Rebels

Madrid Bombed by Rebels
Madrid, Spain-For the first time
since Napoleon's invasion, this city
Of 1,750,000, was bombed, this time
by rebels and from the air. A large
number Of residents were injured
and many historic buildings dam
aged. Spain has been erased from
the map Of the world for so years"
lAmented Count Aware de Roman
ones, Foreign Minister under King
Alfonso XIII.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Woman Minister Resigns

Port Washington, N.Y.-Six weeks
after her marriage to Capt. Boerge
Rohde. of the Danish Royal Life
Guards, Ruth Bryan Owen, daugh-
ter of william Jennings Bryan, re-
signed her post as Minister to Dem
mark. In her letter to the President
She stressed desire to work for his
reelection as private citizen rath-
er than as member of the Diplo-
mantle service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Pontifrs Health Alarming

81, vatican City, Italy-Harassed by
;.'e spanish revolt and anti-clerical-
1 n IN Frances and Germany, Pope
elus AI is said to be weakening to
= marked degree, and his household
seatS that soon he will have to be
. q to and from his many duties
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
IMPROVEMENT

An attractive white painted fence
is surrounding the new used car lot
Of the e. @. Motor Co. The i'm
provement was made the past week.
The new lot is just north OF the
garage, facing on Benton street. It
is not only an attractive place, but
win relieve the streets from park
ed carr.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Secretary Dern,s Funeral

secretary UcTH TuHcf6I
Salt Lake City, Utah-Although
not a member of the Latter Day
Saints, the late Secretary OF War
George n. Dern was buried with
impressive ceremonies at the Nor
man Tabernacle. A distinguished
group Of army officers, government
officials and political friends, head
ed by President Roosevelt, attended
the services.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03

Tuesday eevning, September 9th
at the Finley church. Everybody in
vited to come. Bring sandwiches or
cake. There will be some important
business.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Criminal Youth at Sing Sing

=. ossinging, N. Y.-Prison authori-
as are concerned over the fact that
go q prisoners under sentence of
~ 9atn at Sing Sing, nine are under
70 years OF age. Two are II, four are
a 40, one Hn IS 10 and the remaining two
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Ex-C Champion Has DAUGHTER

OHdIHPIOn las Uaughter
view York City-A second daugh-
M arrived at the home of Jack
hsmpsey, restauranteur and former
nneesvyweight boxing champion. Mrs.
TMpsey is the former Hannah Will
aalS, musical-comedy actress.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
snanish Factions Warned

Spanish Factions Warned
washington, D. C.-Advised that
ON unidentified plane had unsuc-
cessfully bombed the U. S. Destroy
~ kane SO miles off the Spanish
coast the State Department has
warned both Government and Rebel
factions in Spain against further at
tacks on American craft. The Kane
returned the fire, but without Ell
feet.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Duce Boasts of Strength

Rome, Italy-In a speech broad
cast from all Italian stations, Mus
solini reminded a huge crowd at
army manoeuvers that the Empire
vas created not by diplomacy but by
wars. and that 1--WE always, in the
course of a few hours and after a
simple order, can mobilize 100000
men" .
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Circuit Rider an AIR

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. - After riding
circuit" for years in the backwoods
W tennessee, with an interlude as
an Army Chaplain In the World
war, the Rev. William Bennett
hsoeg settled down to preach in a
SsV-pew pan-sectarian local church.
Crowds drove him into a 3,5O0-seat
Tent and q San Francisco radio sta
.lon put him on the air. Soon his
@s! brought him 5000 letters
49, Now, as Joseph Hopkins,
xssson OF Goose Creek" the erst-
wmie cidcuit rider will talk to
nnons via radio, on a sponsored
pulam said to insure him $7S, 900
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
Landon Busy Campaigning

Wichita, Kan.-In eight days,
Governor Landon travelled 1880
miles, visited eight states, delivered
three formal campaign addresses
and sixty brief talks from the rear
platform Of his private car. At
Chautauqua, N. Y, he bitterly at
tackled the theory Of teachers oaths
Of allegiance to the nation, q favor
lite measure Of William Randolph
Hearst, one Of his warmest hackers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-03
New Form Of Eye Glasses

1U110 O1 OH1s@SSCS
Chicago, m-Members Of the
American College of Optometry
learned Of perfected method Of
making contact lenses" which may
revolutionize the wearing of eye
glasses. These paper-thfn lenses
are shaped from wax molds and fit
directly over the eye-ball under the
eye-dd, without nose-bridge or ear
pieces. Favored by movie stars and
actors who require sight correction,
tney cost from $50 to 500 per pair.
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w O r l. D
N E w >
w E E K

Condition of the Treasury
IFor Last Fiscal Week)
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-01-23

the whole. BY popular practice this
seems to bear the stamp of au-
thority.
The matter of what kind of syrup
to be used is another point of var
lance. Cake-eaters of the older
generation remember when a thin,
sickly kind Of syrup made from
white sugar and water was used.
This tasted rather fiat. There was
no body and substance to the pale
liquid, but again, 1t served the pur-
pose Of wetting down the stack, and
it was cheap. Maple syrup and sor-
ghum or corn syrup seem to have
the preference of the public now.
Yet, here again, we find vigorous
dissenters Some authority has said
that people north of Columbus alb
hor corn syrup, while those south
think sorghum to be the nectar of
the gods, and maple syrup to have a
peculiar taste.
So the arguments go, but the fact
remains that griddle cakes are one
American dish of wide acclaim, and
the fact that such differences of
opinion on the subject do exist is
only proof of the value and popu-
larity of the food, no matter what
the trimmings may be.-Columbus
Dispatch.