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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

The strike situation is getting
steadily worse. AS Mr.. Lewis stated
in recent interview, the whole
matter is affecting the general pub
lie and legislative arbitration cam
not settle the matter. It will be, in
the end, left to public opinion
which may or may not be right. At
any rate, the recent strikes have
cost the whole country more than
will ever be regained through the
advantages which one side or the
other in the controversy may gain.
The longshoremen's strike in Seat
tie, for instance, cost the turkey
growers clear over here on this side
Of the mountains, their turkey crop
this year. The previous one cost the
berry growers here their entire crop
and the auto tie-up cost local deal
ers, statesmen, garagemen, newspa-
pers and users losses which they will
never regain. AS usual thing, the
innocent bystander gets socked
when labor troubles result in
strikes. Sooner or later, the by
stander is going to start seeking
back-and then the fun will begin!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
DON'T BURY MONEY

There's lot of money buried in
this country every year through the
planting of worthless farm and gar
den seed. Quite lot of it goes in
to the soil of this community, too.
Local seed dealers exert every eff
fort to prevent this kind Of waste,
and yet they are powerless to do so
so lonk as there are people willing to
take chance on any kind of seed
so long as they are cheap" Dealers
who sell seed here do not expert
ment with unknown qualities, but
handle tested products from seeds
men who long ago established a
reputation for honest goods. That
alone is worth much when it comes
to buying seed. The fact that you
are getting a reputable brand and
tested quality lessons your chances
of wasting not only your money but
the time you spend in cultivation.
Planting time is just around the
corner, so make up your minds now
that this year you will not be
guilty of burying your money thru
planting a doubtful quality Of seed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
Thirty Years Ago

A volunteer fire department was
organized with "A members signing
up. A committee to draft q consti-
tuition and bylaws was appointed
and was composed of j. N. Scott, B.
F. Knapp and I. N. Mueller. A MEM
bership committee was selected.
composed of Alex Bier. s. s. Wash
burn and Lewis Tweedt.
The Richland steamer, the Flyer,
had been repaired and was to re-
sumo its regular run to Kennewick.
Ditch repair work was being made
and would be ready when the water
was to be turned on by April l. The
Benton Water company at Richland
had been building about half-mile
of new ditch where there had been
flume previously.
w. s. Haxton was showing some
grape vines grown from cuttings
which were set out in May of the
wear previous and had roots from
five to eight feet in length. They
were of the Black Hamburg variety.
A crew of long distance phone
company workers was working IN
this part of the state putting In Two
additional long distance wires.
The highest temperature during
the month of February was regis
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

Kennewick residents are being
polled this week in regard to an adj
ditional half cent on the gasoline
tax. Nearly everyone reacts the
same way. II it guarantees that the
North Bank highway will be COM
pleted TO a connection with State
Highway No. 8 near this point. then
OK. But if there is no assurance
that the road will be built. then that
Is another matter. The feeling is
that once the tipping process begins
there is no way to stop it, except by
measures which always prove too
drastic. Many profess to believe
that If the gas tax is hiked up that
there will be another measure pass
ed at the next election which will
fix limitation on the tax similar
to the 40-mill limitation which the
people have repeatedly endorsed be-
cause of the ever mounting tax on
real property. If the gas tax were
cut to 21s or three cents, for in
stance, by a limitation law, this
state would really suffer in its high
way department. " 49,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
COSTLY HUNTING


Sportsmen of the u. S. spent a
total of $1O,OOO,OO0 last year for
hunting licenses and federal migra-
tory bird hunting stamps. So now
the editors of outdoor magazines
are contending that they got very
little for their money since it was
an unusually poor hunting year.
These editors say and many hunt
ers around Kennewick will agree
with them, that with such a huge
revenue pouring in all states should
be devoting more attention to game
propagation laws and protection of
game during the winter months.
Even greater sum is spent by the
fishermen of the country, and yet
the pollution of streams continues
on a larger scale today than ever
before. There is little wonder that
hunters and fishermen of America
are raising their voices in protest
against stronger fish and game
propagation and conservation laws,
and against still more noticeable
failure to enforce the laws we al
ready have.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
THE LATEST FAKE

What appears to be the newest
house to-house fake is reported in
a neighboring paper, and while
there are no reports of the promo
tiers having operated in this Sec
ton it would be well for Kennewick
housewives to be on their guard. As
the scheme is worked, a man makes
a door-to- door canvas, carrying a
cake of fine toilet soap. He explains
that truckload of it was accident
ally overturned near town and
some of the cases damaged, though
the soap was uninjured. Rather
than go on to his destination and
take chances on having the ship
ment refused he will sacrifice it at
a ridiculous price-in case lots. He
takes the order, returns later with
the soap and collects. Later on the
purchaser opens the case to find
cheap product far different than
the sample she was shown. But by
that time the man is miles away,
and probably smiling to think how
truthfully old Barnum was when he
declared that there's sucker born
every minute"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
tered as 60 degrees above on the
Goth and 23rd. @"
RICFILAND
left Out Last Weekly

Mrs. Ellington spent Sunday in
Sunnyside visiting her son, M. M
Ellington.
Mrs. Dickerson and Miss Dicker-
son.. Mrs. Kinney and Dorothy Kin
ney were Walla Walla visitors Tues
day. .--..-
H. E. Compton is home after hav-
ing spent the past three weeks visit
ing his son, Morris, in Olympia.
Stanley Burger of Camas visited
at the home of his brother Harlan
Burger Saturday.
The Cleaner class held party in
the church Tuesday evening.
The Fife family, who have been
living on the Better place for the
past year are moving to Wapato. 1t
is understood Mr.. George Arbuckle
will have charge of the Better place.
Mr.. Better is seriously i'll and is un-
able to farm it himself.
A meeting of the Spanish Amer
lean War veterans was held in
Pasco Friday night; it was fare
well party for F. Shoemaker mad
Ben Hawkins, who are leaving soon
for Oregon.
The Cleaner class will hold a
cooked food sale March 6.
The Wawronofskys and Kludas Of
Sunnyside visited Mrs. Buehler on
Sunday. 49,.
Henry Hartung and Robert Han
son attended a Yakima Dairyman's
meeting in Yakima Saturday.
Mr.. Luelloff, who took a load OF
turkeys to Seattle, returned to his
home Friday.
AL Nelson and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
hill drove to Colfax Tuesday, where
Alverta Rayhill, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rayhill, underwent an append
icitis operation.
The Lutheran aid met this week
at the home of Mrs. Antoine Norling
Mrs. Fanny Lewis and Mr.. H. F.
Yedica were Walla Walla visitors
Sunday. Mrs. Lewis visited her SON
in-law, Claude Winn, who is i'll In
the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. futile have
been in Spokane visiting Mrs. Tut
ties sister. They returned home
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Snively were
called to Yakima Wednesday by the
serious illness of Mr.. Snively's
mother. Mrs. Snively ST. is suffer-
ing from a serious heart attack.
Mrs. May Spencer Of Yakima Is
working at the Snively ranch.
j. E. Mowery visited Mrs. Kroh-
ling in the Pasco hospital Tuesday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
THE AGE OF REASON?

In considering the reasons given
by proponents of reorganization
plans for the United States SUI
preme Court, one comes to some
"blank WALL conclusions.
If seventy years should be the
retirement age for Supreme Court
Justices, why not for U. s. Senators
and Representatives? If man past
seventy is no longer capable OF con-
sidering governmental, legal and
economic problems on the bench. is
he any more capable of considering
them in Congress?
Surprising younger judges had re-
jected the same acts Of Congress as
unconstitutional, as did the pres
ent court? Would there be agita-
ton for their removal?
Many laws proposed by Senators
and Representatives under seventy
years of age do not lead one to have
confidence in their intelligence.
The egotism of a younger genera
ton is often astounding, but in the
present case it passes understand
ing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
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Ten Years Ago
1927
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= The p. P. & L. company had filed
with the public works and had low
cred the expense Of the power used
by irrigation purposes.
The Kennewick and Richland Big
Y growers had received a refund
aggregating more than $1,000 which
represented the surplus in the oper-
ating fund for the year 1925.
The golf season was. to open the
next Sunday with a blind tourna-
ment.
The commercial club luncheon
was under the auspices of the local
p. p. & L. men who arranged the
menu and program. The table was
decorated with a wired miniature
power house and even the presi-
dents chair was wired to give him
some shocks.
Carl Elliott, who had been at
tending the Northwestern business
college in Spokane was visiting his
parents.
Miss Alma Pecar, tennis coach for
the high school had two girls on the
team, Elsa Brogunier and Margaret
Hoyt and several boys, Charles War
mock, Richard Tullar, Joe Siegfried
and Walt Knowles, all Of whom
were Juniors.
The p. p. & L. company enjoyed
a party in the office rooms at which
time J. H. Siegfried was presented
with 15-year button, having been
with the company that number of
years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
WARMING FIGURES

1t should interest everyone around
Kennewick to know that never be-
fore were there as many accidental
deaths in a single year as in 1856
and it should at the same time
serve as a warning. Accident fig
ures have just been totalled and
the result is amazing.
According to carefully kept rec
ords there we're 111,000 fatal acct
dents last year, or 1000 more than
for 1895. In addition there were
100000 people permanently disabled
and 100000 temporarily hurt. But
don't get the idea that most OF the
fatalities resulted from the opera
ton of autos. Surprising as it may
seem, more people met death in the
homes of this nation in 1886 than
on the streets and highways. Fatal
tiles in homes totalled $4,000, slight
" more than the number killed by
automobiles.
Here is something to think about,
you who have been supposing that
home is the safest place one can be-.
Falls and burns and the intense
heat waves of the summer months
accounted for the greatest number
of deaths in homes, and most OF the
falls and burns are attributed di-
rectly to carelessness. That is not
very pleasant charge to face, nor
is the fact that of the $4,000 deaths
through the auto more than one
half could have been avoided II
proper care had been used. 1t is
something to command serious thot
and out of it should come such a
shocking warning that no one will
forget. Read those figures again.
Then you surely must realize that
wherever you are-in the HON or in
tn auto you must practice the
A B G of safety, which is always
Be Careful"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

Last week when Rev. Croft told
us about the Nazarene ministerial
retreat to be held here this week, we
inquired as to the meaning of the
word. He said he really didn't know
but that he would find out. This
week, he reports that the word
means asylum. He added that he
wasn't just positive as to whether
or not the commoner meaning of
that word was the proper one to use
in this case. r@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

Kennewick manages to get into
the reflected limelight every now
and again. This week we have a
suspect in Jail who might prove to
be the Mattson kidnaper. Probably
not, but it does create a little local
excitement and speculation. It's not
at all unlikely that the culprit will
be caught in some small town-lf
he ever is apprehended. Might just
as well be in Kennewick as any
where else. ~.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
Twenty Years Ago


The Benton-Franklin county de-
batting team contested at Prosser
and won. The team was composed
OF Burdette Hoadley. Stanley Ran
dolph and Norman Lynch.
Various roads around the COM
munity were being repaired and
built. One of these was the High
land cemetery and also the Ken
newick-Richland road. G. c. VIII
iams, president of the good roads
association and Vic Heberlein, fore
man together with commissioner
Pratt were inspecting hill roads in
preparation for locating trunk
highway in Horse Heaven.
The fourth motor school bus was
to be started by H. N. Anderson of
East Kennewick to replace the horse
BUSES which he had been using be-
fore.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. White had
just arrived from Virginia to make
their home on their ranch on the
Highlands.
o. T. Staley had just completed
the new residence on the Lookout
Ranch"
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Shanafelt had
moved into the residence Of Mrs. E.
Shanafelt on east 5th avenue.
Benton county extension workers
were preparing to select q club lead
er.. A fund of $500 was available to
carry on the work for period Of
six months.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

Brooksville, Fla.--For the 37th
time, Ambrose billiard Douglas. a
s2-year-old negro, announced that
he was about to become a father,
He is a WPA worker at $19 a month
and his first wife, who died in 1916,
bore him Is children; his second
wife has presented him with her
twelfth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Compton OF
Olympia were visitors in Richland
over the weekend.
Thad Grosscup of Seattle spent
the weekend at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Jones
were Sunday night dinner guests al
the c. H. Yedica home in Kenne-
wick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
Farm Loans Availal,-

Washington, ID. c.-Th,s
fund Of s5O,0O0,OOO become, wei
able through the Farm creS,, a'O
citation for loans "actuallv .. Aas
to grow crops or maintain Na ~'e0s
until pasturage Of forage croo.
available" The maximum loas y
be $500 at 4 percent. W
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

In running the government" says
Dixie Taylor cts not the overhead
that counts as much as it is the UNI
derhand."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

As E. c. Smith has it figured out,
every man is entitled to life, hber-
ty and an automobile in which to
pursue happiness.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

L. e. Johnson says children are
losing their faith in fairy stories, but
their parents still believe in CAM
paign promises.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

In this world the good looking wo-
men get talked about, and usually
its the ugly ones who do the talk
ing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

According to Craig Human, the
modern girl is always one of three
things-hungry, or thirsty, or both.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04

Its easy to get rich quick" as
serts Tony Schultz, eff you can find
people willing to get poor quick"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-04
THE COST OF WHISPERS

THE COST OF WHISPERS
Despite the fact that you now
seldom see man with long flow
ing beard, many of the older gener-
alton in Kennewick can recall when
it was one Of the most popular forms
of facial adornment. In fact there
was a time when q fellow wasn't
considered man unless he could
display q full-grown beard. Shaving
was long and tedious task in those
days. It was so difficult to NOW
off the fuzz that most men gave 1t
up altogether and boards, some-
times reaching almost to the wais-
lire were as common as they are
today unusual.
Then came newer generation,
and with it the safety razor, and
whiskers quickly went out of style.
Today the razor business is one OF
the country's largest industries. And
why not when someone has figured
that toshave a man must cover an
area of 48 square inches; that the
average number of whiskers on this
area is $4,000 with an average
growth Of one-hundredth of an inch
to each whisker every "a hours. That
means the average face produces
$50 inches of whiskers daily and
this, multiplied by 45,000.O 900 grown
men who shave means a daily crop
Of 10000 miles of whiskers, pro-
duced over an area of AIS acres Of
faces.
When you figure on the amount
Of time consumed by Americans in
shaving, and the value Of that time
In actual money, you probably will
conclude that the country would be
far better off financially if men
stuck to the old style and let their
whiskers grow. But you couldn't
get the average man to agree to it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
MAcNATE's DESK PRESERVED

Toledo (UP) - A $3000 fnahog- any table across which the late John N. Willys transacted business deals when he headed the Willys- Overland automobile plant here, is now in the library of the new mu. scum at Toledo Zoo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01

The education section of the Con- necticut State Nurses Association will hold It's tenth annual nursing i1stitue, November 3 and 4, at the nurses residence of St. Vincent's hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mrs. Ethel P. Clarke, president of the Connecticut State Nurses Asso- citation, will preside at the Wednes- day, November 3, sessions which will begin at 10 a. m. Sister Anna, sup- erintendent of St. vincent's hospital Bridgeport, will give the address of welcome. The topic for the day will be Maternity Nursing" The first speaker, Miss Hattie Hemscheyer' assistant director, Maternity Center Association, New York city, will dis- cuss '~The Nurses Part in the De- velopment of & Maternity Program"
 The afternoon session will convene at 3 D. f,1., and Miss Verda Hickcox, head of obstetrical and Gynecologi- cal nursing service and of instruc- ton, School of Nursing, New York hospital, New York city, will speak on Maternity Nursing and HOW we Teach It."
 Informal discussion from the floor will follow the presentation of each of the above subjects.
 Miss Helen skinner, of the Green. wich Maternal Health Center, will give Q demonstration on 'Preserva. ton of Breast MILK by Freezing Process" and Miss Helen Wintish of St. Vincent's hospital. Bridgeport e demonstration of materials used in the care of maternity patients.
 Students of the School of Nursing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
ACRES BURNED IN
 NORTH END BLAZE
Multiplicity of Weekend Fires Keep Local De.
 partment Very Busy

Bremen experienced their busiest weekend of the current fall season this past Saturday and Sunday, tn extinguishing a multiplicity of brush fires, and other minor confiagra- tions. Of all the alarms only one was of serious nature, and that was brush fire in the North End sec. tion, Saturday afternoon. Several acres were burned, including land between Wolcott road, Warner ave. nue, Sherman street, Lakewood road and Long Hill road. Three compan- les battled the blaHe almost all as. ternoon.
 Other blaEes Saturday afternoon included:
 Property of Helen Chase, A6S Chase avenue, e:6i 6. rn.: property of Waterbury Savings Bank, l26 Waterville street, 9:58 a. m; Moran estate of Morgan street, 12:l0 p. m.: property of City of Waterbury. Chase boulevard, l2:i2 p. m; prop. erty of Louis Fiske, 62 Belleview street, 2:l0 p. fn.; property of H.. Oahu, Scott and Plank roads, brush and dump fire, 2:46 and $40 p. rn.: land of Hollis D. Segur, 65 Plaza avenue, 3:62 p. In.; rear of 50 Luke street, AHA p. in., and Drexel es. tate, off Birch street, 4:48 p. m.
 An incinerator fire in the rear of 30 Union street, owned by the Wa terbury Trust. Other brush fires, Pritchard estate, Highland avenue and Lawlor street; St. Joseph's cemetery, Pearl Lake road and Hamilton avenue; Hart estate, of Wolcott road; Chase Company prop erty, Cooke and Wheeler streets.
 Several alarms for similar blazes were recorded on Sunday alone:
 They included Property of Mrs. James scully, 54 Luke street; prop erty of John Harvey, 30 Fern Circle; property of Lucy Moore, Elliott ave- nue; property of A. George, i56 Wa terville street; property of Warren Hitchcock, Meriden road: property of 0. II. Cables, of l9l Lincoln street; city property, at 468 Willow street.
 An alarm was also registered for e rubbish fire on property of Dam iel T. Harrington, at go West Clay street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
MOTHER KILLED
 FIVE CHILDREN
Then Takes Her Own Life in Sad Tragedy-TwO
 Sons Escape

Norwalk, 1a., Nov. 1.-(UP) Mrs. Elna McAninch, 36, and the five children she killed will be buried as she requested, without an inquest, Coroner 0. H. Mitchell said today.
 "There is no doubt that the five children were murdered and the mother committed suicide" Mitchell explained.
 Ray McAninch. IS, and Gail, Il, were spared the fate of their broth CTS and sisters because, as their mother wrote, there were mo more shells" They promised investigators that i've will make men of our- selves" The husband, 0urnis R. McAninch, fl, who was in jail at the time was too dazed to speak of the future. Without comment. he read the phrase in his wife's note, T sure want him to go straight"
 Victims of Tragedy
 Mrs. McAninch killed her young est children and herself with shot- gun while Gail and Ray were at Halloween party. The dead: Mrs. MCAHIlCH1 OOTd 0GAGS ATS GCAutAAAV 8; Morris, 2; Max, 4: Richard 2.
 Only reason Mrs. McAninch gave was: T have stood all I can take and best to take the kids along" Poe lice said McAninch was a good provider. He had been jailed for questioning about burglary.
 Mrs. McAninch put her children to bed. Then, as investigators recon- structed the scene, she sat at table and read her Bible. She read from the Book of Exodus, which deals with the birth of Moses and the slay- ing of male children at the Pharoahs orders.
 stops at 33rd Chapter
 She stopped reading at the S3rd chapter where the Lord tells Moses He will drive out the enemies that thou mayest enter into the land that floweth with milk and honey"
 She wrote Q note counseling the boys to live with an aunt until dad gets out" and eventually to move in with grandma"
 "All that saves you boys is no more shells" she wrote, before shooting the children. Her body was beside the youngest child.