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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
Published Every Thursday Morning
In the Interest of Coulee City and
the Neixhboring Vicinity.
GHOST TOWNS,

"GHOST TOWNS
Ghost Towns" Is a term applied
to spots on the landscape which
were once thriving small commun-
Aies offering great promise for the
future. Throughout the length and
breadth of the land there are thou.
sands of such places which we learn
about only by digging into musty
old records or listening to the rem
iniscences of old timers.
"This community was once quite a
town when l was very small boy"
they explain. "There was gristmill
along the river, sawmill and q small
chair factory in operation. But the
mill went broke, the chair factory
couldn't got supplies and then the
RAILROAD went through, and by.passed
the place and everything moved over
to blank twelve miles north. Now al
you can find is the old mill boiler set
ting overgrown with weeds and
brush, and few houses, only few
of which are occupied"
Back Of every story like this. VIC
believe is a lesson for the citizens OF
Coulee. We're the residents of those
"ghost towns" Of fifty or hundred
years ago really ON their toesi Were
they community minded Did they
possess the vision to analyze chang
ing conditional
We don't mean to imply that there
is the slightest danger that Coulee
can or will become "ghost town.
Our citizens in general are alert and
wide awake to changing conditions,
and they are above all community
minded. But there is lesson for Us
all in the history of these communit-
les which once thrived and then dis
appeared.
A coxbhunity made up Of progress
i've citizens with vision and under
standing-a community in which CO.
operation is not merely a fine word
but a rule of civic conduct never be-
comes tghost town"
Industries may crash, good fortune
may apparently pass them by, but
where the citizens are of the right
spirit triumph will follow every re-
verse and steadily the town will ad-
vance and become each year a more
pleasant place in which to live and a
more prosperous center in which to
transact business.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08

against prevailing rents. They as
sumed unto themselves the right to
tell property owners what they could
charge for the use of their premises.
They threatened to remain In their
homes but refuse to pay rents until
their terms were met.
Carry such policy out to its ulti-
mate and logical conclusion and see
where you arrive. How long after that
would it be before these union lead
ers would attempt to tell grocers how
much to charge for food stuffs; gar
age owners what they would pay for
new cars and service; filling station
operators what margins Of profit they
could receive: drygoods stores what
markups TO set.
We have always believed in Amer
lea that competition would regulate
inequitles which might arise. Prof
iteering, we have always believed,
can be only short lived, and then not
the successful way of business. Fof
high profits invite competition; high
, rents invite new home construction;
, excessive service fees open the door
of opportunity to the operator wn'
is satisfied with a leg :tlmate marglu
/, Of profit.
1t so happens i'll this country tfat
! industrial labor is q minority. The
farmer is not going to welcome any
policy of setting the price level Of his
produce at a point which suits those
who desire only cheap living. Other
classes are going to feel about the
same way on the subject, and all these
groups once combined might be diff
ficult opponent for the organizers OF
any group or class.
i 1t may be pointed out that any
class or group, even agriculture, forms
only minority of the total population
Of the nation. II would be wise, there
fore, for no group to antagonize other
groups and unite them in opposition.
Time will prove that such an attl-
tude and such tactics do not pay.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
COULEE CITY DISPATCH
I. w. (BoB) HILs0N, Editor

Telephone 163
Entered at the postoffice at Coulev
City. WASH, as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Birthday for Bright

Cyrus r. Bright, auditor, Blu
reau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, celebrated his siXtieth
birthday yesterday and is round
ing out 40 years of continuous
service with the Federal Govern
ment in Washington ). A native
Of Washington, Mr.. Bright was
educated in the primary and high
schools Of the city He origin
ally entered the service Of the
Government by appointment to a
position in the Geological Survey,
Interior, on August %, 1898, and
by transfer and promotion he
successfully served with Federal
Board of Vocation, Veterans Bu-
reau, and entered Foreign and
Domestic Commerce on December
/, 1881 Mr.. Bright estimates
that vouchers audited by him for
payment by the Government dur
ing his years of service as auditor
aggregate approximately $751;
600, 900 =. He is president of the
Department of Commerce Credit
Union: president, Mems Club of
st. Paul's Episcopal Church; vice
president, Chillum Heights Cit
izenS' Association, and is active in
civic affairs.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Blinded Cop
Gets Hope

DETROIT, Dec. 2 Q.N.S).
Blinded when a tear gas gun ex-
ploded in his hands while he was
on strike duty here eight months
ago, John v. Hogan, a policeman,
today saw prospects of regaining
his eyesight after common coun-
Gil appropriated $1,000 for deli
cate operation in New York.
The operation, Hogan said, will
be performed sometime in January
by DR.. Ramon Castroveijo, of Med
ical Center, New York. 1t will
comprise grating of the cornea
from the eyes of a person who re-
Gently died on the scared cornea
Of Hogan's right eye.
Hogan lost his left eye in the
explosion, and was left with only
three per cent vision in his right
eye.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
TOY COLLECTION
STARTS TODAY

Sponsored by the Washington
Herald and Times, and Loew's
Inc, the 1887 collection of Christ
mas toys for poor children begins
today.
Playthings collected from the
District fire stations will be de-
livered to the D. c. Playground
Departments Santa Claus Toy
Shop at 1887 Massachusetts Ave.
N. W., for rehabilitation.
There, under direction of Miss
Sybil Baker, playground supervi-
sor, a special staff Of workers will
lift doHy's battered face and add
bit of paint to the fire engines,
boats and other toys until they
can't be told from new ones.
The toys are being collected by
drivers of the Premier Taxicab As
Sociation. A call to Metropolitan
4l41 will bring a driver to your
home. The National Metropolitan
Bank is loaning the property at
1887 Massachusetts, Avenue.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
NeWs Tips!

The symbol (PALJ beside
your name or "pen name" in
Uites you to call at this desk
for tho passes to Locus Pal.
ace TheGter, noD ShotCtng
Jeanette Macdonald in "The
Firetly." Those tGbbed
(CAPJ are entitled to tho
free ducGtS for the Capitol,
shouting Tyrone Pot1er and
Loretta Young in Second
Honeymoon and those tDith
(COLJ may call for tho Co
lumbiG tickets for GretG
Carlo and Charles Boyer in
conquest"
Tickets are GtDGrded for
best "netDS tips" about GoU-
ernment conditions, Which
mag be mailed or phoned
and should carry a nom de
plume" or "pen name" it OF
the, "touchy" uGriety, irritGt-
ing to officials or StoogeS.
General netOS about "tolkS in
the office" may also min,
and often the tickets are
GlDGrded Just as a good-tDiH
gesture from The Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

parts of the world i. National
Park Service says it hired more
emergency folk during the last
few years than ever before, but
restricted budget permitted no ex-
pansion of regular personnel.
No Crack, But Fact
This is not a crack at General
Accounting, for conditions are not
believed to be the cause, but
nevertheless the agency is high in
the number of workers who go
insane Five in one division
were recorded this year 49,. Library
of Congress, it is said, has an even
higher percentage.
This department will NOT
divulge names Of infOrmants.
Hot Runaor
Hot rumor was circulating yes
NNAN0J OAA1V AAO44C1 OUCWd1O 10
planning a referendum of mem
bership on NFFE opinion of af-
filiating with CIO 1t was en-
phatically denied by Secretary
Treasurer Gertrude McNally, and
the secretary of United Associa-
ton of Post Office Clerks (John
Barrett, their prexy, head of Ma
tional Legislative Council of Fed
eral EmployeS) almost exploded
with indignation at the question
UFWA folk, however, say
they'd welcome such a move, v. p.
Arthur TEX" GoldSchmidt saying
1T would be the statesmanlike
thing for Mr.. Steward to do" -.
GoldSchmidt also thinks Steward
should be invited to any confer.
ence between UFWA and AFGE
on unity, if the AFLCTO negotia.
tionS ever get that far What
Steward. who wasn't available yes
terday, thinks probably wouldn't
be printable.
News Tip Prize Today: "A
Guard" (PAL).
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

III Z e Z ] II g In
honor of Direc-
tor Win fre d
OV e rholser
Senator Allie n
j. Ell e n d e r,
Representatives
Jennings r a n
dolph, GIL en- n
GriSwold an d
Robert r a m S.
p e ck expected
on hand. Also
AFGE Prex Y
Charlie Stengle
and others of
national office
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Tests, and HypnOtisra

Public Health Service Lodge,
AFGE, reports 800 members g.
Rozella G. -Robey CPAL) is prexy
-. Today'S the finale to try for
Diesel engineman, aircraft instru-
ment mechanic and heat treater
tests at Civil Service Firm sell
ing mail order course in hypnotism
has had its wings clipped by Fed
eral Trade Commission, agreeing
t. quit saying in ads its absent
treatment" will reach folk in all
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

lowing perform
ers: Walter Ter
ren and GAO
group, in "The
Constant Low
err" Ric h a r d
Strin g f clio W
and Fl orr e n e
Creel of GAO in
"The Ga IL n t
Low err S.
Green, of GAO,
limitations; An
ita H ern d o n,
GAO, song s;
Ruth C0her1V
A r.n.i nnl&na
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

Barbara OFlahsFty songs; Heller
Ensign, Veterans Administration,
accordion solo; Leon and Janet
Lieberman, dancing; and Barbara
and Dan OFlaherty, songs &.
Barbara OFlaherty's father is
with Bureau Of Public Roads g.
Harold Stepler Of GAO is master
of ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

] I o III ELup4Oy"
naent Service recently and then
the same section took on some
new help A conference be-
tween UFWA committee and
supervisors, however, brought him
back on the job in few days, it
icing agreed turnover" isn't the
thing desired Senate Post Of
flee Committee got a hot blast
from H. Eliot Kaplan, National
Civil Service Reform League. pro-
testing approval Of the McKellar
bill fostering a patronage raid on
postmasterships. sKaplan a 6 ain
backs the Ramspeck merit bill on
the subject. .'- -... ..
e. - ~
News Tin Prize: bud" (PAL).
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Wall From Exile

A few on the Hill are wonder
ing just what it takes to satisfy
some people-particularly some
whom they were lucky enough to
place with the razzle-dazzle Coal
Commission :. Several weeks ago
the aforesaid fortunate constitu-
ents were bowling for jobs, but
with the heat turned on by Civil
Service these aSsigned-to-field but
ed-to-WaShington employees
had to get out in a hurry-Pitts-
burgh, Fairmont and Chicago be-
ing the principal havens sought =.
Now the Hill is being begged to do
something about the situation &.
From Fairmont, w. Va, one hard
working employe writes: "Six Of
us are sitting around twiddling
our thumbs in this hell-hole; moth
ing but SCOT, dirt, snow, sleet,
rain-ready to fly at each others
throats to break the monotony-
poor hotels, two small, antiquated
movies and nary a fair face &.
Why C. e. Smith wants to be gov
ernor Of this dump is more than
we can See."
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

the II q l e / 8 n,
under auspices
Of Ages In
terror A m e r j.
an In di a n
Lodge. is Mrs.
Naomi S m / t h
She's from
Sioux Falls, S.
D., is a grad
uate Of H a s.
k ii, and a
member Of the
Sioux Nation
=. Labor De-
partnent fired
a young m q n
= Efa~lNvY
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Indian Service

Indian Service
IGkes' complaint revolves
around the Indian Service, where
he has been forced in the past to
remove several office holders who
have proven unsatisfactory &.
He declared that Civil Service
tests make no provisions for bar
ring persons with ''prejudices"
against Indians and that exams
"do not differentiate between sue
cessful and merely acceptable per-
formance."
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Federal Night

Federal Employees Night" spon-
sored this evening by NFFE Local
2 at the Rialto, includes the fol
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

with arrangements committee has
been Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, dark
eyed busy bee. Others: Harry
RAIDER, Mary r. Copsey, Frank
Maxey, Mrs. Van Word, Mrs. Ma
bel Barrett, Felix Copsey, Judson
Anderson, Mark Bowsher, Lloyd
White, Mrs. Margaret Kelly
(COD, Mrs. Carrie Brooks,
Samuel j. Parrish, Roscoe OFla-
herty, Alex Grimes, Sidney Fow-
Ter, Benson Taylor, jr., David
Landman and Arthur Reynolds.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Big Time, Anacostia

Big time tonight at st. Eliza
oeths. Hitchcock Hall: Lodge %,
AFGE, will hold its Booster
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
-
S0eaki'7S OF
GOVERNMENT
WORKERS j

By J. EARLE MosER

Presumably Interior Secretary Ickes who prevailed
Civil Service Commission to would henceforh allow
test candidates to point out special achievements during their
past employment experience for he touches that point with
considerable ygor in his annual report for 1897
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
More Thought Needed

"In situations where the success
or failure of an employe hinges so
much on his or her ability to han
die tactfully and judiciouSly all
kinds of practical situations, de-
pending almost exclusively on a
gift in the field of human rela-
tions, it is essential that these i'm
portant factors be given consider
able weight" Ickes wrote. =. He
concluded that although the Com
mission has recognized the Indian
Servi e's specialized problems,
more thought and effort is needed
before tests will secure persons
with the desired training and ex-
perience.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Naomi to Greet

One Of the pretty hoStesseS OBJ
tanned for the dance Friday at
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

News Tip Prize: bud" tPAL).
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

News Tip Prize Today: "A
Guard" (PAL).
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Sorry! No Mail, Phone or GOD. Orders

Pretty prints and plain colors; novelty
collars; some with touches of hand
embroidery; deep hens; puffed sleeves;
sizes 8 to 8
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

Plain white and fancy broadcloth shirts:
collar attached style; full cut; sizes
IA to II.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

Plain and figured marquisette with con-
trasting ruffles: assorted colors; also
cream and ecru; all IA yds. long.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
Mrs. LampsOn
Enjoys Visit
of Old Friends

Kennewick Valley - Mrs. Lee
Lampson had as guests Tuesday old
time friends, Mrs. Victor Mason OF
Lacrosse and Mrs. j. A. McEmery
and son, Glen, Of McAdam, New
Brunswick, Canada. MIR. and Mrs.
Glen Linden Of Prosser drove down
in the evening and the ladies re-
turned to Prosser with them.
Neil Lampson was Yakima bust
ness visitor Monday.
Regular meeting Of Valley grange
Friday, September IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marsh were
walla Walla visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Elliott left
Monday for Elberton, where they
were called by the death Of Mrs.
Elliott's father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sprague OF
Portland arrived Sunday to visit at
the home of his mother, Mrs. F. s.
Mcclure. They spent Sunday with
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
AN ILL WIND

More proof that it's an i'll wind
that blows nobody good comes in a
recent news dispatch from Den
yer. It is to the effect that men
who make business of furnishing
bait to fishermen in northern and
eastern states during the vacation
season have been paying as high as
$500 a ton for Colorado grasshop-
pers. Most Kennewick fishermen
who know the merit of the grass
hopper as lure for game fish will
say that's cheap. Most farmers who
are plagued with the hoppers will
say it is worth that much to get
rid Of them. At any rate, it seems
that a promising new industry is
about to be opened up, with. can
ned 'grasshoppers selling in all parts
Of the country where game fish
abide. All of which goes to show
that money is still to be found in
strange places, and that there are
plenty of new things under the sun
if one has the eye to see them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
ONE WAY TO SAVE

=
With more leaves turning yellow
with each passing day, citizens
around Kennewick are reminded not
only Of the rapid flight Of time. but
reminded not only Of the rapid
flight of time. but that winter will
also be here before many Of them
are ready for it. September and
October are generally recognized as
ideal months for making needed inn
provements about the premises, the
bulk of the harvest season being
over and with more time at hand
In which to do this type Of work.
Not only that, but this year there
is an added reason for making such
improvements, and that is the fast
mounting cost Of hardware and
building materials. The same inn
provements made now that could
have been made last spring will cost
more than II they had been done
then, and II postponed until next
year the cost will be still greater.
From an economical standpoint,
therefore, the man who postpones
necessary building, or needed inn
provements, is actually robbing him.
self. This is offered merely as a
timely suggestion-do the work now
and when spring comes figure up
the saving.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
TO GIVE CHORD DETECTOR

Grace Strickler, piano teacher
announces as special feature t.
introduce the Miracle Series Of Mod
ern Music q Miracle Chord and
Scale Detector will be given free te
each person calling at the studio
The Miracle Chord and Scale De-
tector. Mrs. Stricken explained, Is
an important discovery in the pre-
sentation Of popular music. By
means Of the Detector it is possible
for any one to play at once, any
Major chord. and Seventh chord
and any Major scale. There is also
q colored section that will enable
one to harmonic songs. A free DEM
onstration lesson will be given by
Grace Stricken by appointment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

Advice to Brides
# you give your husband too
much rope, don't blame him If
he skips.
A gentleman who Is afraid Of hia
wife confides that she II the type
Of woman who Is always looking
for . clue"
You can Judge character by the
clothes person wears, somebody
said; but surely girls have more
character than thatl
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ANYWAY, LOVE AT FIRST
SIGHT IS A GREAT TIMESAvER
- - =
Definition
MORAL COURAGE: The feeling
of security you have when you
haven't done anything that any
body could tell on you.
- - =
The greatest need of this coun-
try. says Dad Gummit, is more
people who won't get hot under the
collar without first working up a
good sweat.
els he rich Say, he doesn't know
his son is in college!"
= = =
A lawyer hunted up Mike atop
a partly finished construction job.
what do you want?" yelled Mike
from the roof.
Come on down. Your uncle has
died and left you $25,0OO."
A long silence above was broken
by wild commotion.
Whats keeping you?" yelled the
lawyer, staring up. Tho he could
see nothing, he heard plenty.
"Give me. one more minute to
finish this foreman" came Mikes
reply.
Mother may go to the Meth.
odist church, but Father usually
is Seventh Day Adventist.
= = =
Remember you are a married
man." Mrs. Whiffletree wired
her husband at the convention.
your telegram arrived too late, /"
Percy wired back.
= = =
Definition
DEAD GAME SPORT: One who
stops at the butcher shop on the
way home from hunting trip.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
FORGETFULNEsS

It is difficult for the average cit
izen to believe, as hard as money
has been to get during the past few
years, that anyone who had $4,000
in a bank would forget he had it
there. Yet the Federal Reserve
Bank reports that the vast sum Of
s189 ,039 900 in unclaimed money re-
poses in the banks of this country.
Sixty-five of these accounts are for
$4,000 or more, while 1911 of them
are for sums ranging from $4,000
to $4,000. The death of depositors,
with no known relatives or friends,
accounts for some Of this money be-
ing unclaimed, but forgetfulness Is
said to be responsible for much of
it being uncalled for. Now If some
smart chap could devise way
whereby this money can be diverted
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
MORE THAN A FAD

Just few years ago when the
first auto trailers began to appear
in this section there were Kenne-
wick citizens who looked them over
and pronounced them just a pass
ing fad.
The vacation season just reaching
its close has proved how far off
they were, with every highway in
the land literally cluttered with
them. Like the moving picture and
the radio, both of which were pro-
nounced fads when they first ap-
peared, the trailer is not only here
to stay, but seemingly destined to
become great industry. In fact, 1t
has already reached gigantic pro-
portions, with more than so plants
engaged in manufacturing them.
and some of these plants working
as high as 1000 employees. States
that cater to tourists are spending
large sums in building parks, or
camp sites, in which these trailers
can be accommodated; at least two
national magazines are being pub
nshed In the interest of trailer own
ers and already a national organiza-
ton has been formed Of the owners
of auto trailers with membership
that even now runs well into the
thousands.
It merely goes to prove that when
the American people find something
they want, they are willing to spend
their money for it, and soon make
it national institution. The trail
er offers the family Of small means
q chance to visit far places, see
strange sights and enjoy a period Of
rest and recreation at minimum
Of expense. It hits the high-priced
summer resort and tourist cabin
owners a hard rap, but there's still
enough trade left for them. The
main thing is that 1t makes q real
vacation possible for the working
people Of this country-men and
women VINO really make the coun-
try what 1t Is and who are, there
fore, entitled to travel about and
see little of It.