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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

The war in Spain is intensely bit
ter. Spaniards are fighting Span
iards. Some of the atrocities are
more cruel than those recorded in
those instances in which two diff
ferent nations are engaged in COM
bat. The fights between members
Of the same family are always the
most bitter and uncompromising.
The same is evidently true in the
case of nations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

About the time we reach the con-
clusion that the machines have
crowded many persons out of en-
ployment q new invention comes
along that puts more workers to
work than ever before. One of the
new ideas that will give employ
ment to many thousands Of workers
is air conditioning equipment. Last
year $85. 900, 900 was spent in this
country for equipment Of this kind.
The day is not far distant when
every business house and many res
licences will be air conditioned. Here
is new employment for many thous-
andS Of workers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

People in this end Of Benton
county are hardly aware Of the fact
that they will be permitted to vote
for two commissioners. Both the
Benton City district and the Prosser
district have selected their candi-
dates in the primaries. The demo-
cratic incumbents are being oppos-
ed by republican candidates. In
the first district, the center district,
Commissioner Clark of Hanford is
being opposed by George Thompson
Of Benton City. In the Prosser dis
trict, Commissioner Evans is being
opposed by E. j. Miller, Prosser
businessman.
In the opinion Of many Benton
county citizens who have occasion
to do business with the county,
these two commissioners have not
been particularly successful in their
jobs. Their backgrounds and train
ing have not fitted them to occupy
such important positions business
executives for the biggest business
in the county, in reality ten mil
lion dollar corporation.
On the other hand, their repub-
Ican opponents, Mr.. Thompson Of
Benton City and Mr.. Miller of Pros
ser, both have made outstanding
successes of their own affairs and
have broader and better compre-
hension OF the duties Of the office.
From a cold-blooded bushes angle,
any voter would choose the later
two men to handle their business af-
fairs, if the matter were solely in
their hands-which it is. Because a
man might need job is the poor
est reason in the world to elect him
to office. Only those who have been
successful in their own affairs
should be entrusted with the pub
lies business. Both Thompson and
Miller can qualify.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29
THE INVISIBLE GUEST

To-day there is an invisible guest
who sits at the table Of every fam
lily in the country" said Lewis H.
Brown, President of Johns-Man
vile, recently He is the invisible
tax-eater, who collects the hidden
taxes. When the housewife pur-
chases three pork chops, the but
cher weighs them out, but only
wraps up two. The third he gives to
this invisible guest"
Every family in America is sup
porting this invisible guest" Some
thing like twenty percent of all the
money we earn goes to his support,
directly or indirectly. And he will
take still more in the future, when
the days of reckoning come and we
must pay our staggering govern
mental debts-federal, state and To-
cal.
Taxation is great issue but it
should not be regarded as parti-
san political issue. Men high in
both major parties have paid lip
service to tax reduction, and then,
through their acts, brought about
higher taxes. Politics, left to its
own devices, expands its operations
and grows constantly more iexpen-
sive.
Whether you are Republican, a
Democrat or q Socialist, taxation
is one Of the largest items in your
budget. Irrespective Of the political
party in power, only the strong
force Of concentrated public opinion
can bring about tax reduction and
remove q menace to industrial de-
velopment, savings, employment
and economic prosperity.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

Enemies of Knute Hill cannot ac-
cuse him of covering his real views.
He is q socialist and he doesn't
claim to be anything else. He has
the endorsement Of the Common
wealth Federation = the Seattle
communistic group-and he has en-
dorsed their program. He is against
the supreme court and doesn't hest
tate to say so. Anyone who is look
ing for an out and out radical could
60 farther and get less.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

A banker is by nature, inclina-
ton and training, a conservative.
Else he wouldn't long be banker.
There have been times in the past,
we confess, during the years that l..
E. johnson was conducting the First
National Bank of Kennewick when
we considered him just too conserv-
alive to be permitted to exercise the
functions of a banker. These times,
Of course, were when we had dreams
Of expansion which would require
the expenditure of sums which we
had hoped the bank would provide.
The conservative actions Of the
banker prevented us from following
out the program of spending which
we can see by the light Of later ex-
perience, would have been very UNI
wise. His conservatism preserved
us from later losses. II there ever
was q time when the state of Wash
ington needed a conservative man.
aging its affairs, right now is that
time. Therefore, we consider that
L. e. johnson, Benton county cand-
idate for representative in the leg
tslature, is an ideal man for the po-
sition. Radical blocs, proposing rad
ical changes in our state laws
threaten the safety Of the COM
monwea1th. Conservative thought
and action are more necessary now
than ever before in state affairs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

The best one we've seen for some
time is the one in which the party
leader asked the voter what he thot
of the two candidates for governor.
WELL" the voter hesitatingly re-
piled, II am sure glad only one OF
them can be elected"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

One of the things that has q tend
ency to make time pass so quickly
these times, a reader Of this paper
believes, Is the time payment sys-
tenn In general vogue in merchan-
disinz. Nothing, according to this
reader, will make the first Of the
month come quicker than to obn-
gate for a string Of monthly time
payments.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29
IF THE PEOPLE WIN,
WHO CAN LOSE?

Nothing Will ruin TINS country II
the people themselves will under
take it's safety; and nothing can
save it if they leave that safety In
any hands but their own" Daniel
Webster.
AS this is written, citizens thru
out the nation are preparing to ex-
ercise that individual responsibility
for the safety of their country which
election day entails.
It is an immense responsibility.
In national affairs alone, it involves
the selection not only of Chief
Executive, but of Senators from
many states and Representatives
from all.
How will America meet it? Pre-
election forecasts promise the heav-
lest vote in our history. That is
encouraging, because the decisions
then recorded affect not only the
safety and security of our Republic,
but our personal lives as well.
It means something to every
whatever his years, his
job, or his daily activities. It ex-
tends to every citizen of voting age
the opportunity to express what he
or she may think.
Does youth, for example, desire
the free opportunity for productive
toll and its rewards that elder gen.
erations enjoyed?
Do the farmer, the wage-earner
and the business man desire per-
sonal independence and the right to
manage their own affairs and enjoy
the fruits Of their labor?
Do the housewives Of America
want government, whether Federal,
state or local, to hold down living
costs by the exercise of reason
able economy?
Do Americans, as a nation, want
to strengthen and safeguard their
constitutional form of government,
with its effective guarantees Of a
voice in government and freedom
of religion and speech and action?
The ballot gives them all oppor-
tunity to say so.
For voting in Americas con-
trasted to elections in many nations
abroad-is not merely an express
sion of loyalty to individual men. It
is, instead, an effective method Of
recording public opinion. It is the
greatest opportunity ever offered for
registering the collective Judgment
of the people.
And SO long as the people exercise
that judgment with sincerity, indie
pendence and intelligence. America
is safe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

D.. s. SteePs Southern Expansson
birmingham, Ala-Declaring that
he believed the depression over, Ny
ron c. Taylor. Chairman Of the
Board of the q. s. Steel Corpora
ton. announced that his company
would spend 5000. 900 in expand
ing its Southern subsidiary, the
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Company. The new mills will add
$500 workers to the 1900 already
employed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode had the
misfortune to break q leg while en-
gagged In campaigning for the DEM
ocratic ticket. The accident put an
end to her speaking. The incident
upsets the theory that has long pre-
vailed, that the only way to stop
a woman talking was to break her
jaw.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29
socIAL1sT1C! coMMUN1sT1c!

SOCIALISTIC! COMMUNISTIC!
Beware of initiative No. 119-th
production for use initiative that
will be on your November 3rd ballot.
Initiative No. 119 proposes to en-
bark this state on an experiment in
pure socialism and communism.
Under initiative No. 119 the state
would be divided into four produc-
ton for use districts, each ruled
over by board of three commits
sioners empowered to issue bonds
without a vote of the people, to levy
millions of dollars in additional
taxes, and to contract debts rum
ming into hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Initiative No. 119 empowers pro-
duction for use commissioners to
operate factories, stores, farms,
warehouses, railroads, steamship
lines in fact to engage in nearly
every form Of private business. it
empowers them to buy and sell
everything.
Initiative No. 119 gives the COM
missioners the power Of eminent
domain" which is the right to take
anyone's store, factory, farm or 9TH
er property by the process Of con-
demnation.
Initiative No. 119 is backed largely
by the socialists signed to help the
unemployed but the law itself says
it is to aid "the unemployed and
others" The word Others" is the
little joker in the bill for by
Others is meant anyone and every
one.
The cost of initiative No. 119 were
it to become law is almost beyond
comprehension.
Initiative No. 119 itself says,
There is hereby appropriated the
sum of $10,000,00O." This $4,000
600 is to be used in getting the pro-
duction for use started. In addi-
ton this initiative empowers the
production for use commissioners to
Immediately issue 100000 in
bonds. Furthermore the commits
sioners may incur debts not to ex-
coed" five percent of the assessed
value of all property in the state.
This means the production for use"
commissioners may contract debts
of more than $100.O00,O00.
Initiative No. 119 also gives the
production for use commissioners
the right to levy taxes on all per-
sonal property not to exceed eight
mills in any one year" Such tax
would raise 100000 annually in
Grays Harbor county alone and mil
lions in the state each year.
IT you don't believe in socialism
vote against initiative No. 119. #
you don't want to see your state
and your property saddled with
added public debts vote mo" on
this initiative.
-Hoquiam Washingtonian.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

The rate of tax on the original
purchase price, with wheat at $l.OO
per bushel Is 1890.
The rate Of tax on the ftnaI cost
Of bread Is 3.ATo.
Remember bread Is exempt In the
present sales tax law. This Is an
additional tax.
Will you pay this tax or VIZ u
lust disappear because some Office
seeking politician tells you that
great good is being accomplishment
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

CINE will rate still higher in q, !.
these important respects. au o.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

The next sppf
YOU should Acquire ioi
your laundry ].
electric ironer. whien.
takes the bseksehs o -
Of ironing. All you 40
Il sit and feed your your
pieces through; -. ~.
ironer eserts AL !, ". ~.
Inss ALI fu&
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29
MEASURE ADDS
TAX UPON TAX

The Tax Scheme proposed In In
itiative No. lis pyramids taxes and
results in double and triple taxa
ton. Does the consumer pay? Fol-
low the tax proposed in this scheme
when it is applied to bread.
One thousand bushels Of wheat
will produce two hundred barrels
of flour. Transportation from Wal
Ia Walla to Seattle costs Sill; two
hundred barrels Of flour sells lat
wholesale) for $1,000 and viii pro-
duce 10000 loaves of bread to be
sold to retailers at Sc per loaf and
to the consumer at 10c. Now follow
the tax which ignores all real and
personal taxes, all licenses, all cor
poration taxes and every tax except
those imposed by the occupational
tax as it would be under Initiative
No. lis.
Tax on Transportation COM
hauling wheat, go on $111-$ AZ
Tax on the manufacturer
who sells 200 bbls. Of flour
at g to the wholesaler
$1,000 at 1H1o --- 1000
Tax on the wholesaler who
sells 200 bbls. Of flour at
500 to the baker-1X 20 2250
Tax on the baker who sells
10000 loaves Of bread ct &c
direct to the retailer
1nM .-.-- 1000
Tax on retailer who sells 49,
600 loaves Of bread to his
customers at 10c per loaf
Total tax on the $1,000 worth
Of wheat when 1t reaches the
consumer -----$13694
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

Total tax on the $1,000 worth
Of wheat when it reaches the
consumer -----------------------
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

lifting and pushing-not you'll Ano yos, from.
ing time 10 cut In half. Prices on eieeu's,
ers are very reasonable terms eonv'"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29
ALL-ELECTRIC HOME LAUNDRY!
Buy equipment now at
low 1896 prices!
ELECTRIC WASHER

The FIRST appliances you need
in your sil-eleetrie home
laundry 10 . modern cleo
trio washer. The new wash
ers are kind 20 even the
most delicate fabrics. yet
90 efficient that every trace
Of dirt 10 quickly flushed
away. Sturdy construction
insures years Of service.
Low prices make 1890
models real bargains.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

Tax on retailer who sells 49,
600 loaves Of bread to his
customers at 10c per loaf
IL Oh ----------------- 5
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

When you have an sutonust'e
electric water heater. you not
only have abundant hot water
for. laundering, but also for
every household use day.
night, winter, summer. Its 40
II you have an ever-howing hot
spring In your home. Plan 70
install your automatic electric
water heater soon. Low heater
costs and our low water heat
ing rate make automatic cleo
trio hot water services q con-
vsnience you can easily shord.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20
ST. PAUL CLASSIFIED
HOME & INVESTMENT

Central Near Lexington:
Double bungalow built 1927, 4
rooms & bath each. Double ga
rage, $4,000. Small down pay
ment, balance like rent. Now
rents for $50 per month.
Rondo Near Milton:
Bungalow, 4 rooms & bath. Ga
rage, full basement with built
ms, $4,000. Small down pay
ment, balance like rent. Built
1927.
st. Anthony Near Chatsworth:
Semi-bungalow, 3 bedrooms,
modern. $2,25O.00. Small down
payment, balance like rent.
]. L. JAMES
900 Carroll Avenue
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20
Berlin). Zatella Turner (oxfOrd
Univ.


Well, well, if I didn't see new
romance budding under the elm
tree the other evening at one of
our public libraries. The girl so
in love was II. L., and who was
the boy? Met MYRT WORM
LEY on the streetcar the other
day and she had some of her lovely
art works with her. Sal was ask
ing poor Myrt so many questions
about how do you make thisa and
thata, that Myrt nearly forgot to
transfer to a different streetcar.
Win that young man that writes
those nice letters to me every week
and just signs his initials please
spell his name out next time? ]
am consumed with curiosity.
One young man who attends
RACHEL JAMES history class,
was so engrossed in Teacher
Rachel, that when class was dis
missed there sat the young man
with his mouth open, just gazing.
The lad had to be tapped on the
head before he woke up to the fact
that everyone was leaving. 81. 4.
What was the name of that sweet
book that LOUISE BOHANON
was searching for in the P. w.
library the other evening? d.
That's q secret. :. Why don't you
ask Louise? To B. NJ: I don't
think that HORACE BELL is seri-
ously attached to AMY. So take
courage, for the coast is clear.
Here's good luck to you. THE
MILADY CLUB gave a st. Pat
rick's Dance Wednesday night at
the Phyllis Wheatley House. e.
One of the girls was very disap-
pointed because she didn't get to
dance with JACK HARPOLE. q.
Among the attractive girls that
were at the dance were BOBBIE
COLEMAN, HILDA MOSES, and
MARIAN WRIGHT. And who
was JOHN DOUGLAS gazing at
all evening? -. He seems to have
it bad. Spring is indeed here.
It seems to have affected AN
NETTE HATTON, who has been
seen three times strolling down a
certain avenue with C. H, of Min
neapolis. JOHNNY McHIE
and ROSAMOND COLLIER also
seemed to be visibly affected by
the springlike atmosphere last
Sunday night at Williams Tavern.
So cheer up, friends, for spring
is Just around the corner (and you
know what that means-"In the
spring a young mans fancy" etc.,.
Yours,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20
By Helen NJ. Scott
Greetings dear Friends:

Greetings dear Friends:
This week have chosen one of
the most popular and weh-hked
married women in the Twin Cities,
MRS. ALICE oNQUE. Mrs. OnQue
was the first person of our group
to graduate from the Physical
Education Dept. of the University
of Kansas and is very prominent
member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority. She has done some very
creditable recreational work in
Washington, D. c., has taught
school, and at the present time is
the Head Girls Worker at the
Phyllis Wheatley House. Mrs.
Onque is the mother of one of the
most adorable little boys I have
ever seen, Earl Onque, Jr. If you
don't know her, you'd better look
her up and meet this charming
woman.
/. What school did you attend ?
Ans. University of Kansas, B. s.
Degree, University of Minnesota,
Graduate School.
2. In your opinion, who are more
tickle, men or women? Ans. One
is as bad as the other. It's the
individual, not the sex, that deter
mines this, ! think.
8. What is the most pleasant in
cident that stands out in your
memory? Ans. Three months Of
continual travel through the East,
Midwest and South.
4. What interests you most in
life? Ans. Earl, Junior.
5. Do you think a wife should
open her husbands mail? Ans.
No, decidedly not.
6. Does opportunity really knock
at everyone's door? Ans. I really
don't think everybody gets a
chance in life. I've recently
formed this opinion, a result Of
social work.
z. How did you meet your hus-
band? Ans. Classmates, eighth
grade.
8. What is your fayOrite recrea'
ton? Ans. Horseback riding.
9. Do you believe events can be
foretold by astrology? Ans. No.
10. VIII Ethiopia win the war!
Ans. / doubt it very much.
IL. What is your favOrite radio
program? Ans. Lily Pons.
IL. What Negro has the mos
promising future? Ans. Marian
Anderson.
Is. Who are the outstanding A
K. AS? Ans. Eta Motion, Marian
Anderson, Hazel Browne UNIV. o.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20
CLASSIFIED ADS

Rooms $3.50 and $500 per week
with steam heat. Keystone Hotel.
Call Dale 9213.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20

FOR RENT-Six room semi-bun-
galow, modern. Call at 900 Car
roll. (2-21-S6)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-30

will represent 1t at the laymen'S as
ISOLATION meeting In the Seymour
Congregational church Wednesday
afternoon.
Thursday night the Ladies' Aid So
CT ,ty will meet a the home Of Mrs.
Joseph Mckinney Of Wolfe avenue
at 8 O'Clock and final reports on the
church supper and bazaar will be
made.
Saturday, Rev. Craig Whitsitt, pas
tor, will take n class Of young people
to Hartford to attend a church meet
ing at which DR.. e. Stanley Jones
Of India will talk.
Fined Here
David Lane o1 Franklin street, An
sonia, was fined $40 and costs Of
$11.75 in local court Saturday after
noon on a charge Of reckless driving.
He was involved In three-car acct
dent here thursday afternoon In
which Mr., and Mrs. Michael Anton
chuck Of % Ward street, Naugatuck,
were hurt.
Starts Duties Tomorrow
Francis Woods Of Highland avenue
will start his new duties as assistant
clerk at the local post office ton1or-
row. He received his appointment
following civil service examinations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-30
Sentence Given Waterbuian Liquor Count

at Center school several weeks ago
in which II persons participated.
He will succeed J. william Cook
who has served for 80 years. Mr..
Cook was postmaster up TO last April
when John Lee was appointed. He
has been assistant clerk since that
time.
To Elect Officers
Officers Of the Beacon Falls Re-
view, Women's Benefit association,
will be elected at a meeting next
Monday night, at the home Of Mrs.
Helen Donlan. Plans for Christ
mas social will be made.
Injured Man Better
improvement Is reported in the
condition of Leo STORAGE Of Main
street, a patient at the Waterbury
hospital, following an accident We'd
nesday night when he vas walking
on the main road near Bronson's
corner. A car hit him. No arrest
has yet been made, He suffered q
fractured arm and other injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-30
PARKING CHANGES
in BOROUGH LOOM
Board to Hear Recom=
mendatiOns for Action
Tomorrow Night
Especial to The Democracy

NaugatucS, Nov. 30.-A number
of parking changes will be recon-
mended for adoption ON the east
side Of the town by the investi-
eating committee. to the borough
board at its meeting tomorrow
night, 1t was rumored here today.
Reports have 1t that the follow
ing recommendation will be made !:
Parking on South Main street from
the Maple street intersection south
to Hotchkiss street, one hour be-
tween the hours Of a. M, and 6
p. m. On the Memorial bridge
parking will be restricted from
a. M, to 6 p. m, and allowed on
both sides thereafter for the bene-
At Of movie goers and bowlers.
From the south side Of Maple
street at the corner Of Maple and
Main as far north as the Odd Fell
lows building, there will be 80 min
utes parking for "a hours each day
and from there up to Carroll street
one hour parking will be allowed
for one month with the opposite
side being barred. The next month
the hourly parking will be allowed
on the north side with the south
side being banned for parkers.
On Oak street from the corner Of
Oak and Maple up to Hillside ceme-
terry, only one-hour parking will be
allowed from to 6 p. m. These
recommendations 1t is reported. will
be made by a committee consist
ing Of Warden Sheridan and Bur-
gesses Tangredi and Brophy and
are suggested after consultation
with business men who complain
about autoists parking all day in
front Of near their stores. 1t Is the
intention Of the committee to try to
be fair to all.