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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-03
Golfers Start on
Membership Drive
for New Course
Work to Start as Soon
as Local Finances Are
Arranged

For some time the golf enthud-
asts In this territory have been
working on q scheme to provide q
suitable golf course. Several at
tempts were made on the Pasco side
Of the river to provide such q course
and one attempt was made on the
Kennewick side. The sites were
very unsatisfactory and none Of
them ever had grass greens or fair
ways. About q year ago q group Of
ten decided to get together and em-
ploy q golf architect to come into
this community and look over pos
sible sites and possibilities for de-
veloping q golf course with grass
fairways and green's. These men
supplied the necessary funds for
this examination and after q sur
vey of the possible sites, the archi-
tect. Mr.. James, selected section
of approximately 40 acres lying
north Of the highway to the High
lands and just west Of Kennewick.
This Is q rolling piece Of ground
and will make q very interesting
golf course. Water viii be available
from the Highlands water system.
After going over the ground very
carefully, nine fairways with tees
and grass green's were laid out and
q report given on the construction
of each individual green together
with the necessary sprinkling sys-
tenn for properly keeping the course
green. Estimates Of material re-
quired for fencing the property,
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-03
Arnold Urges
Full Expression
at School Election
Former Director Says
Board Has Done Well
by the District

Since reading last weeks paper,
feel constrained to make a few OBJ
servations relative to our public
schools, writes F. j. Arnold. .-
Having served on the board for
nearly twenty years I have witness
ed great Transformation in physi-
ical and financial set up, and I feel
that the community Is to be con-
graduated ON its fine properties and
its excellent financial position. II
our district was not an up and
coming one, we never could have
qualified for the governmental as
sistance rendered us in the construc-
ton Of our splendid new building.
and the Identification of our school
grounds. II you have not lately
visited the school properties, I sug-
gest that you do so, for there is a
distinct surprise awaiting you.
enthusiastically, our local school
has enjoyed q very enviable repu-
tation, which fact Is attested by the
University Of Washington and the
State College at Pullman, both Of
which institutions report that the
grades Of entering Kennewick
freshmen, are above the state aver
age, :
It Is q well recognized fact that
the American school is a composite
organization, melting pot, II you
please, of all walks Of life, hence
the difficulty Of administration, is
complex and difficult. I know that
the board. as at present constituted,
feels deeply grateful for the splen-
did spirit of cooperation manifested
during the construction of the new
building and subsequent readjust-
ments. But for you patrons Of the
district esuch happy and success
full consummation, could not have
been possible. The board and Sup
erintendent are the servants Of the
people and being human. I believe
you viii agree that they have Ia
bored assiduously and invested
wisely. Insofar as it is possible. they
have striven to avoid controvers.
ial questions and have endeavored
to unite the community in q spirit
Of wholehearted cooperation.
Since such policies as above out
lined. are in question I trust that
every voter, who is sincerely inter-
ested in the continued high stand
ard of our educational institutions
and the wholesome development Of
our youth, viii express themselves
this coming Saturday afternoon
from 100 to 500.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-03

Mrs. Curran Chellis, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Anon and Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Yedica were among the Kenne-
wick spectators attending the bas-
ketban tournament at Yakima FRI
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-03
Old Timer Recalls
County Seat Scrap
in Benton County
Two Contests to Deter
mine Location of the
New Court House


Benton county residents Is years
ago were just recovering from a
heated election on where the court
house should be located, pioneer
residents recalled today, says a story
printed in last Sundays Yakima
Herald. The site of the county seat
always had been q matter OF contro-
versy and furnished spirited politi-
cal campaigns.
The fight in 1912 was between
Prosser and Kennewick and Prosser
won out by q narrow margin, but
the trouble did not end there, for
two other important controversies
arose, one over the building Of q
courthouse and the other over NOV
ing the county seat to Benton City
In 1922.
County Formed In 1905
In the 1912 campaign, residents of
the two towns put up considerable
money to campaign and Prosser per-
sons recalled that the effort to get
out voters was the most intense OF
any election ever held here. They
were not sure that Kennewick pro-
ponents did not 60 to Pasco to get
voters and they were not certain that
Prosser residents did not 60 as far
as Grandview to strengthen their
forces.
The county was established by the
state legislature in 1905, taking in
parts of Yakima and Klickitat coun-
ties. The legislature established
the county seat In Prosser, the larg-
est community.
Office Quaxters Rented
Quarters were rented for county
offices. Then the question of q
courthouse came up and arrange
ments were made for the construc-
ton of one in 1916. Bonds had been
voted and plans for the building
prepared, but losers in the county
seat fight realized that II build
ing was constructed their chances
Of changing the site would fall. They
fought the new building and won
out when the county auditor refused
to sign the bonds, e. o. Keene, q
veteran of many political battles
recalled.
The courthouse always was an i'm
portant issue In county commission
er elections from then on and in the
office Of W. s. Jenkins, another
Benton county veteran Of politics
were found statements signed by
candidates promising to oppose the
construction of the building. The
courthouse fight ended in 1925 when
the new building was constructed.
Benton City Makes Bid
Another effort to move the coun-
ty seat. this time to Benton City,
in 1922 was defeated easily, resi-
dents here said, but It called for q
large campaign fund and Prosser
gave freely, q subscription list
which Jenkins now has showed
Business firms gave up to $3.50 each
and individuals contributed up to
500.
Benton City asked the county
seat, claiming 1t was the logical
center Of the county, that there
was no reason why the change
should not be made that the hotel,
considered one Of the finest In this
part Of the valley, could be leased
for offices and that the community
club would pay up to $22S Of the
cost of moving the offices.
Benton City was plated In 1910
by s. J. Harrison and a block was
set aside for the courthouse.
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assumed, even by President
Washington, who neverthe-
less had caused 1000 to be
sent to Holland on the long
chance that Nine. Lafay-
ette might not be beheaded.
THEN Nine. Monroe, the
l. former Elizabeth Kort-
right, begged to be allowed
to visit La Force, at least to
learn of the fate Of the Mar
quise. Her husband was dis
turbed. His position was
almost analogous to that of
Ambassador Dodd in Nazi
Germany but a few weeks
ago; unpopular, with deli
cate mission, suspect Of the
fanatical populace, his every
act and utterance turned
against him. Yet could La
fayette be forsaken2 Could
his wife be ignored by the
representative Of the nation
he had saved7
Mr.. Monroe did not hesi-
tate, any more than Ameri-
can diplomats have since
hesitated. It was Ambassa-
dor Dodd who made inquir-
les in the teeth of bitter op-
position, as to the fate of in
carcerated American citizens
in Germany. The American
Ambassador to Russia but
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Virqinio Senator Wins
Daughter Of Tory Captain
Became
Minister
To Paris

tory from the financially
hard-pressed Napoleon Bona
parte. Monroe quietly aban-
doned his new start at the
law, and went back to Paris.
When he returned, the
rumblings of the War of
1812-the new and final
struggle against the mother
land-had begun. Jefferson
and later NJ a Olson
hugged this master mind to
themselves and would not let
him go. 1t is said that during
that war, when he held the
office of three Cabinet posts,
War, Treasury and State, at
the same time, James Mon
roe did not take his clothes
off for 10 days and nights.
Small wonder that in 1917
he was the peoples choice
for the presidency
Thus it was that in 1920,
James Monroe, the last of the
Cooked hats" stood in diff
dent dignity in the East
Room Of the White House to
watch Maria, his remaining
daughter, wed, Gin the New
York manner" as the first
White House bride, Samuel
L. Gouverneur.
That "New York manner"
business, by the way, started
a social feud as bitter and as
lasting as any our Capital
has had.
But Eliza Kortright Mon
roe stood by her guns with
the same firmness that
brought her through the
gates Of La Force, and won
not only the ''exclusiveness"
Of her daughters wedding
but the battle over who
should make ''first calls" on
whom!
If the diffident James was
annoyed by the clamor, he
seems not to have shown it.
He did his work, he walked
serenely in his small clothes,
powdered wig and cooked
hat in the twilight Of an era
viewed now with reverence.
He went back to his law
practice-and, as Kortright
Continued on Page ~. Col. -
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passed between the women
of rescue, of pardon, Of re-
lease. It is said they merely
exchanged a few simple
social commonplaces and
that Nine. Monroe left with
a vision of Nine. Lafayette
being returned to the cells
Of La Force.
But the populace had seen
the carriage of the minister
before the prison. The fol-
lowers of Danton and Robes
pierre feared to bring out
the wife of that new nations
patriotic supporter for the
spectacle of the guillotine.
Plans for the executions
were abandoned.
American passports were
secured for Nine. Lafayette
and her daughters. And,
with the aid of the very
tribunal which had almost
crushed them to death, they
left Paris. Monroe's long ex-
pected recall soon followed.
He came home an embittered
and politically beaten man.
DACK to his Fredericks.
- burg law practice came
the broken minister. With
his wife, he had come there
after serving his country as
Senator in New York, and
in Philadelphia when the
Federal Government was
moved to the Quaker City.
There his daughters, Eliza
and Maria, were born. From
there they had gone to Paris,
where Eliza was a school
mate Of Hortense Beauhar-
nais, Queen of Naples,
under the brilliant Nine. de
Campan. Now, at least, he
could pick up the threads of
old friendships, more secure
than any political prefer
ments.
But no! President Thomas
jefferson knew the furore
for what it was-mere politi-
cal "jitters" such as have
always Jared the screen of
history, like annoying, tenn
porary flickers in the un-
reeling of a long historical
feature" He needed Mon
roe in Paris to complete,
with Livingston, the pur.
chase Of the Louisiana terri
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He might have saved his
breath, but fathers will
never learn that.
In February of 1856 the
impecunious young re be el
Senator led Elizabeth to the
altar at Trinity Church and
made her Mrs. James Mon
roe.
Lawrence Kortright was
probably present, but he
seems to have had little to
do with the lives Of his
daughter and son-in-law
thereafter The young mans
senatorial status led to
greater heights of political
preferment than Kortright
could foresee. He became
President of the United
States. His legal acumen
was certainly greater than
the old Tory dreamed-for
he enunciated a doctrine of
international relations which
is at this very moment the
philosophical basis of our
. most secure policy-the Mon
roe Doctrine.
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cobblestones for equality,
liberty and fraternity.

cobblestones 1or equaACyS
liberty and fraternity.
In the bilious rage Of sadis-
tic success, the patriots for
got their kinship to such
minds as Lafayette's. They
thrust him, for the accident
of his noble birth, into a sue
cession of vile Austrian
dungeons, first at Wesel on
the Rhine, M a gde burg,
Glatz, Neisse and, finally, at
Olmutz. There in a cell 10
PAGES deep, where the rain
poured In. to rot his clothing
while. his chains chafed his
suffering flesh, the comrade
Washington languished.
In the dread prison of
La Force, in Paris, whence
the Monroes had come, were
Nine. Noailles, grandmother
of Nine. Lafayette; the
Duchess D'Ayen, her mother,
and Viscountess de Noailles,
her sister. Each of these
had been led out, to face the
shouts of the jeering crowd
of Republicans. Each had
assembled the scaffold, and
knelt to receive the kiss Of
death from the shining knife
that severed their heads as
the crowd roared.
Nine. Lafayette and her
two daughters, Anastasie
and Virginie, were incarcer-
ated in La Force. The date
for their execution had been
fixed. And the unpopular
American Minister and his
strong-willed wife knew this.
Nothing could be done, it was
The Washington times., 1938-02-26

lately penetrated even the
dread steel doors of the
Soviets' most forbidding
prison on a like mission, as
over a century ago Monroe
bowed to his wife's bravery.
The Minister'S coach, with
American eagles on its doors,
was called. Nine. Monroe
rode, stiff and determined,
through the Paris streets as
did Marie Antoinette in the
shameful tumbril Of her
doom. The startled sentries
at La Force noted the insig-
MIA of the infant republic
across the seas. They opened
the huge doors and Nine.
Monroe stalked in. The flus-
tered warders conferred.
Word flashed in that mystic
rious prison fashion through
the cells of the condemned,
"Mme. Lafayette has visit
ors''
EXPECTING to be told Of
~ the already accom-
plished deaths of the Mar
quise and her daughters,
Nine. Monroe was almost
unnerved when they brought
before her the emaclated
form of the suffering and
h ated "aristocrat" whose
crime was that she had
welded the man who risked
his life for the common
people Of America.
It is said that no word
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Moreover, he and Eliza
beth were destined to be
thrust into circumstances of
such romantic character that
they have served for more
than a thousand novels, in
cluding, for the benefit of
our movie trained" mem
ories, "The Scarlet Pimper.
mel" "The Tale of Two
Cities'' and those other
stories of life and death in
the shadow of the guillotine.
DONGANCE'
~ What of the dramatic
imprisonment, per S ecutlon
and assassination of the fam
lily of the great Marquis de
Lafayette9 By 1874 Presi-
dent Washington had sent
James Monroe to Paris as
minister-sent him into the
seething midst of the Terror,
with Danton, Robespierre
and the bloody crew of icon
oclasts paving the streets of
Paris with severed heads, as
The Washington times., 1938-02-26

james and Elisabeth Monroe 1Uere destined TO
be thrust into circumstances of such romantic
character that they serUed as material for many
a nouel including "The Scarlet Pinpernel," "The
death in the shddOD of the guillOtine.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
WHITE HOUSE ROMANCES =
HO w MOnrOeS SAUed
LAtAyetteS From
The GuiIIOtine
Bv KENNETH M. ELLIS

0NE snowy New York evening in 1855, with the
" wind whistlng the free spaces way cup
town''-somewhere just beyond Trinity Church
a stern Tory captain ruined by the Revolution told
his trembling daughter, Elizabeth Korright that she
need entertain no further the silly hopes of the gang
ling young Senator from the rebel State of Virginia
The parent stuffing his pipe full Of good Virginia
tobacco turned his chilling back to the warmth of his
fresde and no doubt flashing resentfu fire from his
eve pointed out that the rebellion only temporarily
successful that Senator of the United States was
most precariousy placed official, and that the young
mans prospects of succeeding in learned profession
like the law were, to say the least, not good
Evening star., 1938-10-25
MRS. WOODRUFF RITES
ARE TO BE HELD TODAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Harriette
Hotchkiss Harrison Woodruff, who died
Saturday In Atlantic City. N. j., were
scheduled to be held at 3 pm. today 1T
the home Of her sister, Mrs. Truman
Nicholson. ITO @ street. The body
will be cremated and the ashes buried
In the grave Of her husband in .
ehurchyard at sayres Common, sus-
sex, England.
Mrs. Woodruff was born in New Ha-
ven. Conn. but had lived the greater
part Of her life in England. During
the last eight years she had spent most
Of the time In New York City and had
visited here several times.
Besides her sister here she leaves
another sister, Mrs. Jane H. Abbott,
widow Of Prof. Frank Frost Abbott, who
formerly taught Latin at Princeton
University.
Evening star., 1938-10-25
THREE FINED SIS
ON FIGHT CHARGES
Virginian Changes Story After
Saying He Was Held Up and
Helper Murdered,

Three men. who had Virginia police
working on q report of robbery and
possible murder last night. were fined
Z total Of $3.50 each on disorderly con-
duct charges today In Arlington County
Police Court.
The men are J. e. Nichols, 81, Of
Manassas, Va; Walter Elkins, 23, and
Mayne Manus, as, both Of Woodbury.,
Tenn. .
According to testimony, Nichols was
picked up at Seventh and q streets
s.W. by the other two men and rode
with them to Alexandria. Nichols told
the court he became frightened at the
excessive speed Of the truck and threw
the ignition keys outside In order to
stop the vehicle.
He was walking back to Washington,
Nichols testified, when Ekins and
Manus overlook him and 4 fight en-
sued. Nichols was injured and taken
to Emergency Hospital, where police
said he first told them he had been
robbed and his colored helper mur-
dered by his two companions. Alex
andria police picked up Elkins and
Manus shortly after police broadcast a
lookout. All three were held in the
Arlington County Jail overnight.
Evening star., 1938-10-25
HIT Mrnnrta,1t.

BECKER, HENRY OTTO. In SAD but
ssr HNK Of oo se.E srK rs4sstnd 1Ra sbd
sss'fs g. isss sT'' two years ''o today October
GONE is; the face We loved so dear.
Silent the voice We loved to hear:
The best are always hrst to die.
He had smile for every one.
heart as pure as gold:
To those who knew and loved him
HIS pE%oGD Re%f15 VIII vi HfxsT HSb s5aT cS1SsEn 81
BERkELEY. WILLIAM A.. A tribute Of
m%sWory mem to my son. WILLIAM a. BERKE-
HIS MOTHER, MRS. NErT1E SKINNER. =
HAsLAM. JAMES and JENNIE. In
HENRY HAsEAM Of xSo SS5 d.d fseer
mother .H JENNIE HAsiAM .seG Who ahe died two HVp
years aso today, October rs. 1885.
DAUGHTERS Il" r92Es 22f,s 'izf:: Kfrvrs. ELSIE
beloved f1i.nd f IskoY yaeRsoN %sRses OF rRs ~
Ss5.r esps5.sd this oHt te four years aso today
Tim. rolls on lssrHs ss! HRsm911ss HHoMss: lsst
JONES. MATILDA BIAS. In sad but
this lif. two years sEo today. October
26. 1888
The month of October once more is here
To me the saddest Of the year,
Because two wears $40 TODAY.
nv loving -rother oassed ewav.
Desr in nv heart Is = picture
OF a 1oved one laid 70 rest:
In memorys frame ]. shall. keep II.
m 81 S9f Il thi MSsE sfs JONES
MINOR: WILLIAM An, 4 tribute 3, lev.
and WILLIAM 2 MINOR, II. who de-
parted .ssts M this Us October e; 1882 and oc-
SHORTER. ALICE v. sacred to the
AHcE q nI S 5fe Gvaf sHo sef svssS %se
today. October IS. 1887. WIG
The fairest lilies are the first to fall
The sweetest flrst to fade:
The fondest. dearest best Of all
At peaceful rest is laid
When bliehted BY the frost.
She faded from before my eyes
And oil too soon was lost.
But IN Gods Eardsn; free from pain.
f9S. TSls isirsst snis fSs b1oom meet q mns ah:n
In = re .ss book Of nnl.s liis there q: %smsris:
Ard recorded in love is the blessing
OF wonderful sister-my own.
You've rone. but the treasure you left me
A life filled with deeds Of kindness
xoASs Aas sHRFihoaSs.H sia1sE q as.st R dsa ssan Many
Evening star., 1938-10-25
SINGERS TO REHEARSE
FOR BRAHMS sREQulEM'

Members of the Washington Choral
Society will rehearse at 8 o'clock to-
night at the Central Community Gen.
ter in preparation for their annual
rendition Of Brahms Requiem" at
Washington Cathedral at $50 pm.
November 2.
The Requiem" was sung by the
group In 1887 on the anniversary of
the death Of King George v. This
year it will be offered as q memorial
on All Souls Day. The chorus, under
the direction Of Louis A. Potter, num-
bers $50 trained local singers.
An orchestra Of 80 musicians, COM
posed largely Of players from the
National Symphony Orchestra. will as
sist in the program next week.
Evening star., 1938-10-25
MACHINES oUIsTRIP
MANP0WER, IS view
Sunday School Association I,
Told Attention Is Needed
to Timer Thinps."

The production Of machine power
has outstripped progress in the perfec-
tion OF manpower. DR.. Ralph W.
sockman. pastor Of Christ Methodist
Episcopal Church. New York City, de-
clared last night at the Hamline M. Z.
Church at the 45th annual convention
OF the District of Columbia Sunday
School Association.
We must get the manpower Of
America to match adequately the
titanic machine power We have pro-
duced," the clergyman said.
1t Is dangerous thing, he warned,
when people believe human behavior
Is the result Of factors outside the
spirit.
I would not place less emphasis
on the economic, biological and
sociological reasons for behavior" he
condeded, but give comparable At
tention to the importance Of the inner
things OF life, the things that are
eternal"
A resolution urging that all inter-
national disputes be settled by peaceful
means was adopted at the business
session preceding DR.. sockmans ad-
dress. The resolution also asked that
Sunday. November 8. be set aside and
observed as Peace Sunday" in local
Sunday schools.
DR.. Charles e. Resser Of the Smith
sonian Institution, who presided at the
meeting. was reelected president
Other ofhcers include: DR.. J. 8. Noff-
singer. A. H.. Schroeder, Page Nick.
Etchison. John A. Patterson, IT.:
William s. Jones and Mrs. H. E. Eney.
vice presidents; P. l.. Rogers, secretary;
Mrs. A. L. Wheeler, assistant secretary,
and w. w. Everett. jr, treasurer.
Members of the Executive Committee
elected at the meeting include John L.
Bateman. DR.. c. P. Clark, Austin M.
Cooper, John E. Dawson, E. H. De
Groot, jr.; M. H. Hess. Walter M.
Hiley, Robert T. Hollinger, Irving l..
Koch, c. vinton Koons. DR.. A. B.
Potorf. Mrs. Z. r. Rosenburg, w. r.
Schmucker, L. r. Torpy and Bert H.
Wise.
Evening star., 1938-10-25
WILSON FOUNDATION
GETS 5000 CHECK

Virginia Turns Over Sum to Help
Purchase Birthplace at
staunton for Shrine.
A check for 5000. representing vir-
g1nia's share toward purchasing the
birthplace Of President Wilson In
staunton, was presented today to Jesse
Jones. chairman Of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. and treasurer Of
the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foun-
dation.
The purchase price is $25, 900. The
foundation has raised $4,000 by pub
lie subscription. Virginia agreed to
pay the remaining $4,000 and today's
check Is the first portion. The re-
mainder will be appropriated at the
next session Of the Legislature. Wilbur
G. Hall, chairman Of the Virginia Con-
servation Commission, presented Mr..
Jones with the check.
The birthplace will be made q ma
tional shrine under the administra-
ton Of the foundation, Of which Judge
D. Lawrence Groner Is president.
Evening star., 1938-10-25
DR.. LOZIER DIES.

DR.. Kate e. Lozier, "a, retired clerk
Of the Patent Once, died yesterday at
her home in the Olympia Apartments
after an illness Of several weeks.
DR.. Lozier had worked ut the Pat
ent Once about IS years when re-
tired. nearly is years ago. A native
OF Danville, N. Y. she was graduate
physician. She was q member Of the
Evening star., 1938-10-25
0arn uf Uhankd.

MAGRUDER. MZEKIAH 4. Tbs fam,
tly OF the late HEZEKIAH r. MA0RUDER
wishes to express its appreeiatiqn to the
Fire Department. for the kindness and sym
pathy extended during their recent be.
reavement THE FAMILY.