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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
MORE TAXES


mo more taxes!" Everything now
adays is taxed, some things almost
to the revolving point. Taxes for
this and taxes for that. Some of the
taxes we know about, but most of
'em are hidden Taxes are steadily
mounting and every prospect is for
still more taxes.
But, it seems, there is a difference
in taxes. If the tax is imposed for
some purpose other than local it
seems unjust to most Of us. But for
local improvements, an extra cent
or two here and there doesn't seem
quite so bad.
For instance, every citizen in this
community wants to see live and
thriving library. Scarcely family
in the community but receives some
service from this institution. But
such a service costs money.
Presumably the park offers a SER
vice which the community certain
ly would not like to abandon. The
city streets certainly needed i'm
provement and maintenance. No one
would hesitate for q minute to chip
in to a fund If by so doing encour-
agement could be lent to an indus
try such as the Pillsbury mills.
These are all angles which must
be considered when the special mill
age election rolls around. It's not
just matter Of adding to the tax
payments Its to buy something
which we all want, and cannot have
without community sanction.
And from that standpoint we
think Mayor Behrman has taken the
right attitude. He states that all
Of these much desired things have
been considered by the council and
that the city would be more than
glad to go ahead with them, but
it cannot be done without more
money. If the citizens Of the town
really want these things the city
will be glad to supply them, but II
the millage election fails to carry,
why Of course that lets the council
out.
So It's just matter Of whether
the citizens really want these i'm
provements. The council would like
to see them made, but the citizens
hold the purse strings and thus have
the final say In the matter. What's
1t to be? Unless there Is some
real enthusiasm the proposal viii
undoubtedly fail.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

POLITICS TAKES THROTTLE
A strike of $4,000 men in train
service unions Is threatened because
the railroads have refused to in
crease pay 20 percent as demanded.
Northwest wheat growers and
shippers are fighting before the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
obtain reduced freight rates.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission recently abolished emery
ency" freight charges. It is now es-
timated this will deprive the rail-
roads Of about $50, 900, 900 for the
year.
The United States Senate passed
a bill limiting length of freight
trains to 70 cars and the measure is
before the House. II it passes, the
railroads will be forced to waste
$50, 900 annually running UNI
necessarily short trains to make
work."
August 1, the railroads granted
non-train service men, the lower
paid employees, a wage increase Of
five cents an hour, at a cost Of
about 100000, 900 annually.
Now the train service unions, the
highest paid railroad men in the
world, threaten to strike If they
don't get 20 percent increase which
would add another 500, 900 900 an
nual operating cost to the railroads.
The railroads current net income
is not sufficient to meet these pro-
posed higher operating expenses
even If every nickle of it were ap-
piled to them. Where can the lines
get the money to meet such increas-
ed expenditures? From just one
place higher rates to the conslm-
ing public.
The facts speak for themselves
and show the seriousness Of the sit
uation. It has been repeatedly stat
ed that the stage is being deliberate
ly set to force the railroads into
bankruptcy in order that they may
be taken over by the government
under a gigantic public ownership
program. In other words, by reg
ulating and legislating this private
industry out of business. the adj
vocates of socialism in the United
States would establish the great
est industrial Specialization program
outside of Russia.
And will the people pay when pol
itics takes the throttle-remember
the 81 800 ,OOO, 900 deficit for less than
two years of government operation
of the railroads during the war!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
LONGER HOURS. LESS PAY

LONGER HOURS, LESS FAX .~.-
Last year 21,OOO,0OO American
families paid an electric bill averag-
ing $50. Tor nine cents per day.
That is the high priced" electricity
the advocates of Specialization Of our
present electric industry complain
about. ~
That is less than families pay Tor
tobacco, or amusements, or reading
matter. BY comparison with the
amount these families pay for real
necessities food, clothing, rent, fuel.
etc.-the cost of electricity. mans
most dependable and useful ser
want, is microscopic-the least I'M
portant thing for the politicians to
howl about and the least necessary
for them to waste tax funds on.
The taxes collected by the Feder-
al government on liquor and to-
bacco- entirely aside from the cost
of these articles-is one and one
half times as much as all the homes
in the country spend for electricity.
If such facts don't refute the
charge that electricity Is over
priced" nothing can. AS the Okla
homa Gas and Electric Company
points out in an advertisement. the
demand Of our electrical servant is
longer house at less pay per hour"
He runs your refrigerator all day
for two or three cents. He lights
your home each evening for about
two cents. He operates your radio
for one-half cent. And each year.
whether general costs rise or not, ne
does his jobs cheaper.
Compare the modern home to that
of the so-called "gay nineties." They
might have been gay for some-but
tey weren't for the housewife. She
sweltered over an old-fashioned
stove. She rubbed her hands to the
bones on washboards. Her only
light was wasteful, eye-damaging
lamps and candles. Abundant. low
priced electricity has literally freed
the homemaker and done more to
revolutionize domestic life in gen.
Grafton, than was done In hundreds
Of proceeding years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

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= The place you go where =
= they're not slow to give serv- :
z ice for your dough is Phils 3
= Market-Hulet's Gro. where :
= they always know to make :
z their tasty viands show to best :
= advantage so you have a sail Z
= vary flow. For luscious meat, Z
= both chops and roast, or bread &
z to make the incest toast, or :
= breakfast cereal made by Post. :
Z your auto to this store will =
= coast.
*%%++$+$$+$$+$$$
"Order, Gentlemen, Order!"
shouted the professor to an I'M
ruly class.
'Beer!" yelled the entire class.
> = = ..
One of the briefer musical crit
icisms appeared in the local paper:
IAN amateur string quartet played
Brahms here last evening. Brahms
lost."-Detroit News.
= : =
A man has q legal right to beat
his wife, q Canadian court has ruled
But -.
= = =
Prof. Grim: $50 you missed my
class, eh?"
Student: Not too much, sir"
= = =
She: 81 showed father the verse.
you sent me yesterday with my
birthday present. He was pleased
with them"
He: Indeed. What did he say?'
She: HE said he was delighted te
find that I wasn't going to marry g
poet"
It was small, but Mrs. whiffletree
called 1t q floor lamp anyway. %
used 1t to floor my husband with,
she explained.
What has become of the old
fashioned woman who wouldn't
strike until the iron was hot?
= = -
Then there was the lady who
couldn't get along with her hus-
band, and took her troubles TO
Rev. Croft
TRY heaping Goals Of fire On
his head" the minister suggest
ed.
I'm Try e." she said. I've used
boiling water, and Il didn't do
any good"
Say, viii you loan me a nickle?
I want to call q friend"
"Sure, here's fifteen cents. Call
all your friends"
= ! =
Prosecuting Attorneys wife: Eyes.
she married q farmer. and q good
prosperous fellow, too"
= Prosecuting Attorney: That's
bigamy. I'll have her arrested"
= = -
A man prepares for old age
by laying up money and Great
ing an estate. Women merely
diet and take more beauty
treatments.
= = =
A certain banker was being called
upon by . delegation from . chaxit-
able institution. He instructed his
secretary 70 make mp some excuse
for not seeing them.
I'm soETy," she informed the
delegation, but Mr.. Smith can't
zee you. He has . sprained back"
"Well" said one Of the delega-
ton, go back to tell Mr.. Smith that
We didn't come here to wrestle with
him, but to speak with him."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

into a source that would benefit the
general public, and maybe ease oil
their taxes for a brief period, he
would earn the praise of all his fell
lowmen. Then, too, maybe some
body else could step in to complete
the job by inventing way whereby
a fellow couldn't lose sight OF the
fact that he had, say, trifling lit
tie sum like $4,000 left in the bank.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

We Americans claim to be the
wisest people in the world. Maybe
that Is the reason we dig gold out
OF the earth, declare it unconstitu-
tional and then bury it again.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

NJ. G. Clark says half the UNI
happiness in the world is caused by
failure Of plans which were unreas-
enable in the first place.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
PROOF ENOUGH

They are married"
what makes you think SOP"
81 just heard him ask her II she
was going to learn to put on her
own skates"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

Why hate the slicker? He Is only
trying to get something for nothing
and that's what you do when you 60
up against him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

A Wisconsin man, dead at 100,
never uttered a profane word In his
life. Probably another one who new
er heard Of taxes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
Thursday, septembe, :,

Mr.. Sprague's sister at Pas. :
The Fourth Friday club ~,
Friday, September oath with = ;.
John Marsh.
MIR. and Mrs. Russet b,,.
turned after several weeks's N
Yakima. w
Mrs. j. S. Kennett went =.
rington Tuesday TO visit he, : !. q
ter, Mrs. Sam Schultz. ~s
Miss Helen Marsh has goD. !.
attic for several weeks star "
Mrs. Lee Lampson and IT,.
o. T. Holton attended POM.
Whitstran Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. sways :
weekend visitors at palous. V
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16

DR.. spaulding points out that
many q woman In this neighborhood
suffers continuously from her hus-
bands indigestion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
A LOGICAL CnNcIre,.

A LOGICAL CoNCLus,m
Guide-This castle has stool !. .
years. Not a stone has been NV
ed, nothing altered, nothing r..'
ed. w
visitor-Um, they must ha,, .
the same landlord as we haw
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
EASY MONEY

EASY MONEY
Secretary-How did you fID,.
d. this morning, doctor2
Doctor-1t looks to me as y :.
In for a serious illness, but ! y
want to be too sanguine. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-16
Definition

DEAD GAME SPORT: One whit
stops at the butcher shop on tn,
way home from a hunting trip.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Kirk Miller Saws:

(COnt. from First Sports Page)
three Of their plants q quite nat
ural and normal one, insofar as
the man in the stands is con-
cerned, and the ladies as well!
Doesn't everyone know the New
York Yankees, because they are in
an advantageous position to do so,
pay the best salaries in baseball,
and that from purely business
standpoint probably have offered
all three of these gents what they
are likely to be able to earn?
Gehrig's salary Of over 0,00O
Is public knowledge. An admitted
star, he's paid accordingly, even
II he didn't get a little raise this
year, which he probably did.
Selkirk, a colorleSS player at
best, who is practically lost in
those big shoes Babe Ruth wore,
is only a $3.50 ball player in con-
trast.
Jake Powell has shown a lot of
early class, but is a bit young to
be considered an established star.
AL three did pretty well in the
World Series, it is true.
They collected for it, didn't
they?
Do they wish to collect twice2
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
COLUMBIA TAKES LOOP LEAD
Roosevelt Gains
In High Series;
EasternLedds

Eastern Highs basketball team
today stands on top in the inter
high series, although the Lincoln
ParkerS were idle yesterday while
in-and-out Tech was topping Cen
tral, 29-25, and Roosevelt was
crowding into the picture by
scoring an upset 26-19 victory
over Western.
In other contests Of yesterday,
LAndon took st. Adams into camp,
4O-22, and Woodrow Wilson
High, cellar outfit of the inter
high series, scored over Blair
High, Of Montgomery county, Md,
26-17.
Although Western twice was out
in front, the Georgetowners were
unable to stand up against the
rushes of Roosevelt. The Rough
Riders gave some intimation Of
their mental attitude when they
moved into q 6-3 lead in the
first quarter. At the start of the
second quarter, Western went out
in front for the first time when
De Witt scored twice. Westerns
lead, however, was Short-lived, for
Wicklein and Friedrich came
through with scores to place
Roosevelt on top at the half,
lilo.
Western Takes Lead
Western took the lead for a sec
ond time in the third quarter,
with Lomax showing the way with
four points. Then Friedrich,
former Ohio Schoolboy star, sent
Roosevelt to the fore. After that.
the Rough Riders were never
headed. AS a matter of fact,
after Friedrich scored, the game
took on q decided Roosevelt hue,
ana Conner, Wicklein and Frid-
rich scored again for the Rough
Riders, while only Burns and
Lomax could ring up points for
Western.
Bailey registered the last points
Of the game after taking a pass
from Conner and dropping the
ball in following a neat pivot.
The Tech-Central game was a
tumultous affair from beginning
to end. With the score at 25-all
and only two minutes left to play,
Jimmy Vermillion scored a timely
and sensational goal to give Tech
the points necessary to win.
Tech Looks Good
In winning over Central, Tech
flashed its best offensive form of
the season to date.
Dick See and Johnny William
son shared honors with Vermillion
in bringing victory to Tech.
Two Of Central'S mainStays,
Billy Vermillion and Charley
Clark, entered the game not en-
tirely recovered from attacks of
the flu. Billy played less than
three-quarterS of the game and
Clark less than one-half. Vermil-
lion, however, sick or not, played
q bang-up game for his team, and
accounted for eight of Central's
points. 1t was Billy's free toss
goal which knotted the count at
25-all with less than three minutes
remaining to play.
After Jimmy Vermillion had
sent Tech into a 27-25 lead with
his goal, Stretch" Mills, lanky
Tech center, put the game on ice
with a set toss from the corner.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

the decision over McGeever, de.
spite the complaints Of a goodly
portion Of the 1900 people who
sat in on the bout. Charley Dunn,
the other judge, voted for draw
Although McGeever did little in
six of the 10 rounds to make the
main go real battle, he did flash
out enough in the sixth, seventh,
eighth and tenth rounds to earn
a draw, in the opinion Of nunaer.
Gus ringSiderS.
McGeever, we'll aware of SCOTS
dynamite in the right hand, boxed
cautiously in the first five rounds,
keeping away from Scott as much
as possible. So effective was Ed.
dies Snaky right that in each Of
four rounds he seemed to have
Scott in danger. AS for Scott. he
found McGeever'S style hard to
solve.
The bout was a good one to
watch, thanks to the fact that
Scott took all the chances and
forced the going from beginning
to end. This aggreSsiveneSS by
Scott undoubtedly brought him
the decision.
In the six.round preliminary,
Young Palmer was awarded the
decision over Young RaSpi on a
foul. Hobo Williams knocked out
Billy Davis, who Subbed for Va
lenti Brown, of Baltimore, after
one minute and 80 seconds Of the
first round. Johnny Lucas out.
pointed Johnny BellouS, of New
York, in the semifinal, which was
closely fought. Willie Mcbride
colored fighter making his pro
fesSional debut, stacked up well
as he defeated K. o. Clark in four
| rounds.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

Besides being head coach OF foot
ball and director of athletics at
the University of Miami, Ira Irl is
the owner of q number Of patents
including those on the valves Of
both footballs and basketballS, the
lacelesS basketball, and the foot
ball pants with the elastic band
running up the back of the leg.
Shuns Publicity
Incidentally, although you'd
never know it (since Ira ShunS
publicity, Tubbs is regarded by
football men all over the nation
as one of the games greatest and
most efficacious mentors.
Some day, say football coaches
Of the deep South, Ira Irl TubbS is
going to have really superior foot
ball material and, when and If he
does, he's going to create and de-
velop one Of the great grid ma
chimes Of all time.
Odd, isn't it, how a truly great
grid coach, such as Ira Irl TubbS
admittedly is, can be hidden from
view year in and year out? But
there's an answer to that.
You see, Tubbs loves Southeast
ern Florida. Who wouldn't?
President B. F. Ashe, of Miami
University, lives in constant dread
that some "big-time" university
will take TubbS away from Miami
one of these days. President AShe,
a former Pittsburgh football player
and who knows a real football
coach when he sees one, signed
TubbS for Miami two years ago.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

"HEIIo- -BREAKFAsTI"
Records from the Adj
rondack Research show
that Mr.. E. E. Hale ate
his regular r hearty
breakfast each morn
ing after moderate
drinking of Crown
Whiskey the preceding
evening. Mr.. Hale, 80,
is q graduate of the
American Academy of
Dramatic Arts.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
SIeuths Win
From WPA
T0SSers
BY SID KATZNELL

Before the Washington Times
Community Center Basketball
League started its season, no one
figured Columbia Beverage would
be battling for the pennant, but
strange as it may seem, the youth
full quint today holds first place
with three victories and no de-
feats. Bureau Of Investigation
and Senate Beer are deadlocked
for second position with two tri-
umphS and no losses.
The Beverage clan took COM
mand Of the top ladder when it
came from behind to down a
fighting Flying Eagle team, 35 to
%, in the lone league contest last
night at Tech School.
With both teams resorting to
defensive playing, 1t was fully
two minutes before any scoring
was recorded.
Boys Find Range
However, this defensive brand
Of basketball was short lived as
the boys found their range and
shot several beautiful baskets.
The lead see-sawed back and
forth as Holleran and Hunter
staged q shooting contest. With
only one minute before intermiS-
sion, Terneak broke a 13-all tie
with q neat field goal and Etter
made good a foul shot to put the
Eagles in front by three points.
Evidently the Columbia coach
injected some fighting spirit into
his players veins during intermiS-
Sion-for they played q great
game the remainder Of the way.
Thompson Brothers Star
Robbie" Schaefer'S three baSk-
cts in succession in the last period
cinched the game for Columbia,
but the scoring honorS Of the eve
ming went to Pep" Hunter, Co
lumbia'S slender forward, VINO
found the rims for II points. Hol-
leran's seven markers led the
losers offensive.
In O special added attraction,
Bureau Of Investigation conquered
the District WPA sharpShooters,
40 to SO.
With the Thompson brothers
shooting baskets from all angles,
the G-men took q 26-19 lead at
half time, and held a command
ing advantage throughout the
proceedings. The TIL ompS
brothers walked off with the scor-
Ing honors, Herb registering Is
points and Jimmy 13.
However, Ollie Upton, former
Wilson Teachers and Business
High player, and now a valuable
member Of the WPA team, stole
the show by scoring 10 points.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Terp TraCknnen
Due at Garden

University Of Maryland'S mile
relay team will race Princeton and
Pennsylvania in the New York A.
C. meet in Madison Square Gar
den, New York, on February 20.
Coleman Headley. Terp middle
distance star, also is slated to run
in the Halpin half-mile in the
same meet.
Maryland previously will have
its relay quartet in the Millrose
Games in Madison Square Garden
on February 6, but its rivals have
not yet been named. Coleman
Headley will also compete in the
1,000-yard invitation.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

With only fair material TubbS has
made record which only can be
rated as sensational. No less than
four big-time coaches, known per
sonally to this observer, insist that
Tubhs can develop a line in foot
ball where other coaches would
prove dismal failures.
Knows Football Well
Reticent, quiet-Spoken (when he
speaks at all, and retiring, Ira Irl
Tubbs knows football from begin
ming to end. He has had a re-
markable career in athletics. Like
the stars OF professional football,
Ira Irl started his career in an
out-of-the-way college in Missouri
William JeWell-where he played
end and quarterback. For two
years after graduating, he coached
high school teams in Missouri and
proved up as a fine coach.
After taking a post-grad course
at University of Chicago, in chem
istry, TubbS took over the task of
coaching the Superior (WisO High
School. He developed such stars
as Ernie Nevers, Len Walsh, Pat
Boland (Minnesota). Paul and
Lewis Nelson (Wisconsin) and
John Hancock Uowa), all Of them
players who in high school were
so grounded in fundamentals that
they made good Immediately after
arriving in college.
So phenomenal was TubbS'
success at Superior High School
that he was invited to become
head grid coach at Wisconsin
State Teachers College. There
he turned out teams which were
considered the best coached
elevens in the whole Middle West.
His fame spread, and he received
offer after offer to become as
sistant to any number of big
name coaches. all of which he
turned down.
When Tubbs fell in love with
the climate in Southeastern Flor
ida, and moved to Miami, PreSi-
dent Ashe grabbed him.
Praises Southern Climate
TubbS says that a football
player Of $50 pounds in South
eastern Florida is the equal Of a
190-pound player in the North.
Says Ira 1rl:
Mature seems to give the
average gOOd-Sized boy Of the
North a layer of fat cOmpris.
ing about 10 pounds which
the boy of Southeastern Florida
does not have. / suppose this
Is to give the Northern boy
protection from the elements,
When 4 Northern boy comes
to Southeastern Florida he
loses that extra 10 pounds and
with the reduced weight is q
better player than he was at
the higher scaling"
The heat Of sub-tropical Flor
ida does not slow UP player,
TubbS insists, and he should
know.
Heat helps an athlete in
football. He gets into condi.
ton faster and easier, and he
is not so open to injury as the
player Of harsher climates"
It's too bad that such a great
coach as Tubbs cannot have a
big-time team. Then would Ira
Irl Tubbs' name be heralded on
the sports pages of the country.
He's a great guy, too-is Ira Irl
Tubbs, and he never loses his sense
Of proportion.
Some day. some great univer-
Sity is going to offer TubbS enough
money to entice him away from
Southeastern Florida. Watch him
then!