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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
UMATILLA DAM

UMATILLA DAM
Despite the discouraging reports
concerning the Umatilla Dam which
this paper printed last week. we are
still of the opinion that the dam
viii be started and substantially
completed before the 1910 elections.
Thursday afternoon, as this paper
was being printed, carrying the
story of the almost impossibility Of
getting the dam under way, the
news was in headquarters for the
Inland Empire Waterways Associa-
ton that 1t was almost q certainty
that the dam would be undertaken
this year. The only reason the
matter was not released was because
it seemed too good to be true. If you
can imagine such q situation!
Arrangements had been made
previously that any good news was
to be relayed here so that proper
publicity could be given. Because
of the importance, it was thought
best, at the time, to WITHHOLD the
news for further confirmation. The
Washington correspondents for the
Portland papers, however, got the
news at the nations capital and it
was published in Portland in Fri
days papers.
There seems no doubt now but
that the work will be undertaken.
It is one of the Presidents pet pro-
jects and undoubtedly will be UNI
dertaken as another step in the
comprehensive plan of river devel-
opment. We really expect to see the
preliminary work undertaken with
in the next sixty days. We are
fully confident that the dam will
be constructed. We wish that we
could feel that we were that close
to the starting of construction Of the
Pillsbury mill
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
Early English Pipes

The first English pipes were made
of silver, wood, or porcelain, some
of the latter being beautifully paint
ed and now very valuable. Instead
of q lighter, the Elizabethan gen.
tleman carried little pair of bronze
or silver tongs for picking q live
coal out of the fire to light his pipe.
The clay pipe, which soon became
the most popular form Of all, was
introduced from Holland, and the
long "church-wardens," were pro-
vided in all the London coffee
houses. In the Eighteenth century,
says London Answers Magazine,
pipe smoking went completely out
of fashion in London society, where
the handles considered snuff-taking
much more elegant than smoking.
The working classes, however, still
emained faithful to their clays.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23

few hours to spend In social CONVEX
sation with neighbors from nearby
farms who come in for q little while
along In the afternoon. No. So far
as the farm woman is concerned
all Of that is out" Pass most rur-
al residence nowadays on a Sunday
and you'll quickly see why. Lolling
about in the yard and playing all
over the barnyard you'll see from a
half dozen to q score or more men,
women and children, and the two or
three often q half-dozen-autos
parked In the driveway, noisy evil
dence as to why "the good old sum-
mer time" isn't so goor for the farm
wife who is the victim Of city
cousins" who have spent big part
Of the week figuring out where they
could drive to on Sunday for q
chicken dinner. Maybe she hasn't
laid eyes on them during the fall
and winter months. But just as
soon as summer approaches she
knows her so-called day Of rest
and often big part Of her Satur-
day in addition, is going to be spent
in red-hot kitchen cooking up q
big dinner for lot Of people whose
friendship always seems to take on
a warmer glow as chicken dinner
days draw on.
While they're moving heaven and
earth at Washington to do some
thing for the one who is too much
employed ought to try te
find some sort of relief for the farm
woman whose woes begin when the
"city cousins start their season OF
chicken dinner chasing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
A FARM woMAN's WOES

The arrival of the warm season,
summer with its sunshine, flowers
and vacations of carefree days, may
mean lot to some people, but to
the average farm wife around Ken
newick it only means lot of add
tional woe that no other season Of
the year brings her.
The farm wife can't reckon her
time in so many straight hours OF
labor, with Saturday afternoons and
Sundays off. Nor can she, and here
is where her greatest woe comes in
even count on Sunday as day Of
rest with her family, a day Of peace
and quietude about the house. with
maybe a few hours to read and 8
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
Reer Il Very Old

Historically, beer is Of great an
tiquity. It was manufactured by
the Egyptians and by the Greeks
Romans and ancient Gauls. The
Romans are supposed to have intro
duced the art Of brewing into Brit
ain, the only intoxicating beverages
used by the Britons previous to the
Roman conquest being mead and
cider. Ale seems to have been the
current name in England for malt
liquor in general before the intro
duction Of the use of hops from Ger
many about 1924. ~ L.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23

the problems now besetting the land
will solve themselves. Most Of them
originate from spirit Of greed,
anyhow. Most of them were un-
known until men began losing their
faith in the Golden Rule and put
ting a price-mark on it. Now why
mot turn back to rules that did
work. Why not try His way?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
PENCILS AND CHECKS

PENCILS AND CHECKS
It is difficult to believe that there
isn't one level-headed, responsible
citizen around Kennewick who
would think of handing his pocket
book to stranger and letting him
walk away with it, but that there
are a number of these same respon-
sible citizens who actually trust an
unknown to draw all of their money
out of the bank and think nothing
of it.! It is true that this very thing
occurs several times daily, almost
every day in the year, not only here
but in practically every community
in which banks do business and
checks are written. -.."
Despite the fact that bankers
have for years cautioned their de-
positors not to issue checks written
with q lead pencil the practice still
prevails to a larger extent than the
average citizen would imagine. That
more people are not victimized and
robbed of their hard-earned dol
lars as result of it is probably due
wholly to the good luck and kind
ness of fate. Certainly it is not due
to the good judgment or careful
business methods of those who have
not learned the danger that turks
back of the pencil written check.
Check-raising has long been q
! fine art in this country, so much SC
that science and invention have
been called upon, with the result OF
the production of so-called safety
paper" check-writing and perfor-
ating machines. Even these inven-
tons have failed to discourage the
check-raiser. He continues to claim
his millions in profits every year
! If such modern inventions make the
! check drawn in pen and ink nc
longer proof against the skilled
check worker, think what an easy
mark he will find the man who
writes a check that requires only
a penny pencil and eraser to alter
at will, and with little If any dan
ger of detection until it has passed
through the bank, and then the
damage has been done. Don't trust
your bank account to a stranger
into whose hands your pencil writ
ten check may fall. Write it in per
and ink or let it go unwritten!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
DRESS UP

DRESS UP
It seems to be a universal incli-
nation to wear fantastic clothing.
Kennewick's ten days Of cloud
clothing will be started tomorrow
and while the men profess to abhor
the idea, down deep in them they
are getting q kick out Of wearing
the brilliant plumage. The stunt
will be entered into more whole
|heartedly this year than ever be-
fore, we think, judging by the ad-
vance sale of shirts and things. The
women are planning to dress up
too and are getting colonial cos
TUNES made to wear to advertise
Kennewick's big celebration Of the
year. The more the merrier.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
TRY HIS WAY

1RY HIS WAY
They've called in experts and
rain-trusters from far and near in
their efforts to solve the nations
puzzling, nerve-wrecking problems
of finance, industry, trade and en-
ployment. But seemingly every
time a solution to one problem ap-
pears another of equal Importance
and just as vexing breaks out in q
new spot. They're tried every
body else's plan" writes the editor of
a Georgia weekly paper in SER
ious-minded way, now why don't
they turn to the old-fashioned
methods Of those who up to few
generations ago turned when all
else failed why don't they try Gods
plan Of working out some of their
problems?"
To the average Kennewick citizen
this may not be accepted as work
able solution. But lok at the fate OF
Rome, and scores of other nations
when they junked His plan and went
pretty much as we are running /,
now, on an every fellow for him.
self" basis. Look what happened tc
those nations that turned thei,
backs on the Golden Rule. They
crumbled and persisted. And his
tory still has way Of repeating it.
self.
When men lose sight Of the vel.
fare Of their country in a selfish
grab for political power; when men
lay aside the Golden Rule and adopt
instead the s as a yardstick fol
measuring the way to human bet
terment, then the suggestion of the
Georgia editor becomse not only
worth thinking about but worthy Of
a trial. Get men back to the oil.
time methods of dealing honestly
with their fellowment and many OF
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23
Lea and Ice

Ella is a meadow. The iee-side is
the sheltered side Of the ship, a
ilee-shore is the shore on or facing
the lee-side Of the ship.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-23

Tall Ferns in Hawa;i,n
The Hawaiian islands =.
home Of the worlds tallest J., ne
ferns. They grow to a be,s,. Aosn
to 40 feet there. VI y
Evening star., 1938-11-11

attended by 50 State labor law ad-
ministrators, representatives of
women's organization and officials
Of the Labor Department. ~
During the last year six States and
the District have made cost OF living
studies of women workers to help IN
determining minimum wage rates.
Miss Louise Stitt, director of the
Evening star., 1938-11-11

Of lectures sponsored by the Modern
Forum of Washington.
Informal discussions by the audi
ence will follow each Of the lectures
In the series, which will include talks
on such current problems as hous-
ing, immigration of refugees, amend
ing the Wagner Labor Act, monopo-
lies and economics of the South.
The Modern Forum is sponsored
Evening star., 1938-11-11

Minimum Wage Division Of the
Women's Bureau, reported.
OF ~ jurisdictions with minimum
wage laws, she reported, ~ now have
wage orders covering the laundry
industry; 16, manufacturing; IA. dry
cleaning; 13, retail trade: II, restau-
rant: 10, beauty parlors; 10, hotels;
&. canning, and 3, public utilities.
Among those attending the con-
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Stute Minimum Wude
For Women Urded

State minimum wage rates for
women in manufacturing industries
should be established to augment the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act,
it was decided at the Eighth Mini
mum Wage Conference which closed
here yesterday. The conference was
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Cooperative Medicine
Will Be Discussed

Cooperative medicine, with par
ticular emphasis on the local medi-
cal controversy, will be discussed by
DR.. Kingsley Roberts, director Of the
Bureau of Cooperative Medicine, at
8 pm. November 20 in the Wash
ington Hotel, in the first of series
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Erin Stores Cos Masks

More than 100000 gas masks ar
rived in Dublin in two consignments
from factories in England recently.
They have been purchased by the
department of defense and placed
in the Islandhridge Army storage
department, where they will be kept
IN air-tight containers.
Evening star., 1938-11-11

by q group Of Government officials
and, civic leaders in Washington.
The lecture and discussion series will
continue through April 2.
Evening star., 1938-11-11

ference from Warrington were Miss
Eunice Broyles, Miss Gwen Geach
and Mrs. William Kittle.
State administrators planning to
establish rates for low-wage indus
tries should confer with each other
to establish similar rates and regula-
tions, the group was told. =
Evening star., 1938-11-11
japanese Push Sports

A program to make sports more
strictly Japanese has been inaug-
urated by the Toxic government.
Evening star., 1938-11-11

Ireland is warring on foxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
News Behind the News
= When Nobody Believes
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. - Although Secretary IekeS
in his blast against Fascism, broadcast to the
British Empire that he spoke private eiti-
zen and didn't represent the views of Roosevelt
or the government. it is hardly likely that the
most naive Hindu, Boer, or Anzac will be de-
eeVed
Unauthorized speeches of such a character
are not made by high public officials in any
country, even in the democraces.
Officials of this administration will continue
10 holler against FaSciSm not only for con-
sumption in South America, where its penetra-
ton is feared, but also with the nope of stiffen-
ing the resistance of England, France and other
nations to Fascist demands.
Although the quarantine" stuff is definitely
out, Roosevelt and Secretary Hull agree 100 per
cent with IckeS' reference to 'fanatical foes
which have the will to conquer at all costs and
TO FaSciSm as the greatest threat in the world
to-day"
Events in Europe which find England unable
or unwilling to stand up to the collective securi-
ty theory in the face of German and italian
aggression have only intensified their fears As
long as Fascism threatens to dominate the
world, it is felt, Americas voice should be raised
in protest.
The Presidents point of view-and his re-
cent hopeS-are indicated by story being told
about his remarks to visiting delegation in
which he criticized the strong isolationist senti-
ment in this country.
Once" he is reported to have said "Ameri-
hat. Look at them today How can I scare the
pants off the dictators?"
The Eden resignation and ascendaney of the
Chamberlain policy, with its seemingly final
quietus on Roosevets Chicago suggestion for
concerted action, has relieved officials in the
administration who feared this government would
let itself be used to yank British chestnuts and
in the end be left in the lurch by the wileS of
British diplomacy.
Tory England. according to strong school
of thought, could always be depended on to try
to play both ends against the middle and to
cross up or abandon any nation at any time such
"perfidy" appeared to be to her advantage
Although she had been the mainstay of the
League of Nations collective security set-up,
this group contended she had ignored covenant
obligations by successfully throwing Manchuria
Ethiopia, Spain, China, and Austria to the wolves
BY no means, said critics of Britain, was she
desirable ally.
Ambassador to Spain Claude Bowers once
remarked privately that his job consisted of
sitting at St Jean de Luz and watching the
British hold Spains arms behind her back
while Italy and Germany beat her up.
Senator Gerald P Nye of North Dakota who
once conducted sensational munitions inves-
tigation. insists on making the embarrassing
reminder that democratic Britain and the United
States helped rearm Germany.
although the treaty of Versailles forbade
it, Nye says. when Germany did start TO rearm,
the armament interests in Britain and the Unit
ed States caused their governments to wink at
the violations and permit the armament kings
to reap their rewards.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
Other Editors Say
JAIL FOR DIR. TOWNSEND?
(Orange News

It would be American tragedy to permit
DR.. Townsend to serve a prison sentence for
contempt of a congressional committee. 1t would
be affront to personal liberty and national
honor. Dr. Townsend is a political prisoner.
Under existing statute, it may be possible
that Dr. Townsend is as the courts have declared,
guilty OF contempt. If SO, we are operating under
shameful statute that has no place in a free
commonwealth.
Consider what Dr. Townsend did. He was
the head of a movement that had large political
possibilities. In fact. the movement is about
to become a political party of which DR.. Town
send will be the head An effort being made
by 4 congressional committee to destroy the
strength of political movement. The invest-
cation was head and tail, political investiga-
ton
DR.. Townsend was accused before a political
body His accusers were both his political oppo-
nents and his judges He damned before
he ever entered the committee room.
This statement is not susceptible to proof
but every intelligent man knows it to be true.
What would any self-respecting man do under
the circumstances?
DR.. Townsend did what ninety nine out of
hundred Americans would have done. He
walked out
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
POLO A new INTEREST
FOR VALLEY SPORTSMEN

If somebody gets the idea from TWO
polo games at the county fair this year
for polo organization in Imperial Val
ley, it will be all to the good. Imperial
Valley could stand little polo.
This so-called rich mans game Is III
reality not a superlative expensive sport.
1t is easily within the reach OF the man
of moderate means-and could be made
even closer TO his grasp by the forma-
ton of a servceable organization.
Possibly no other sport within the
reach of the valley would react so much
to the valleys benefit. The time is at
hand when this section will attract many
winter visitors, and to amuse them II
must have something more than the
usual rather drab run of sporting events.
Polo would provide that something.
In the list of benefits polo would bring
YOU will find, too, the reams of publicity
a good team would win for the valley
In Yuma, smaller community than
this. a hard riding team has brought
attention in newspapers from New York
to Seattle. Imperial Valley could do
the same.
There are enough good horses and
horsemen in the valley to make up
strong polo team There is site at
the county fair grounds for an excel
lent polo field. There are plenty OF men
here who can play. The only remaining
thing is organization
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
WHY POWER INDUSTRY
is A PUBLIC UTILITY

Imperial Valley knows now why the
power business is public utility"
Ihe difference between a public utility
and strictly private enterprise was
brought home with the thud of A trip
hammer Wednesday and Thursday
when power was suddenly denied to
most of the valley
1t was nobody's fault that the power
lines serving the valley were snapped
off, but it was everybody's misfortune
1t you depended upon an electric
range 10 cook your breakfast Thursday
morning, you went without breakfast
If you shaved with an electric razor. you
went without shaving. If you depended
upon the electric lights to dress-no, you
didn't go without dressing. but you very
probably fumbed around considerably
before you got the right shoe on the
right foot
One typical valleyite Thursday morn
ing arose and dressed in the dark, miss
ed his shave because his razor is of the
electric variety, found he could not brew
his usual morning cup of coffee, went
down town to his faVorite restaurant
and found that it was all but out of
commission because of the power shut
off, and went Oh like that until the pow
er finally came on again.
Numerous business firms were penal
lied because their lights, their machin
cry, their heating plants and other neces-
sary items to their operation were out
of order
A power shutdown affects everybody.
1t is hard on tempers, hard on pocket
books and hard on business.
There are only one or two other indus
tries in this country as basically public
in nature as the power industry.
1t is no wonder this is public utili-
ty," and it is no wonder the people are in
tensely interested III its operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u M nj o N S


No. 1852
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
f. A. WILLINGHAM, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
E. A. WILLINGHAM and BER-
NICE WILLINGHAM, Husband and
Wife, NATIONAL TITLE INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY, a Corporation.
Trustee, TOM q. KING. JOHN
DOE. RICHARD ROE. JANE DOE,
JOHN DOE COMPANY. Corpora
ton. RICHARD ROE COMPANY,
Co partnership, and JOHN DOE,
Administrator of the Estate OF
Richard Roe, Deceased, Defendants.
You Arc Hereby Directed TO Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
of California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
ii served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plaint, as arising upon contract. or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial State of Cali
fornia, this 9Th day of December,
1897.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
(SEAL) County Clerk.
By G.. O. KENYON.
Deputy Clerk.
81 23. j. Il 10 25. M IL 10 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
Bruce Carton Says
= Speaking of Illusions About the Next War

the Red army was ready TO use
poison gas:
Because Fascist countries vio-
lated the 1925 convention on the
use of gas in warfare, we were
forced to train chemical troops
IF the enemy spreads gas be-
hind our frontiers, we will pour
bucketsful of poison gas on The
heads of those gentlemen.
The commissar didn't raise his
voice. He might have been talking
about pouring paris green on po-
tato bugs.
And that is the way war will be.
Army flyers with fine accuracy
will bomb munition stations and
shipyards. Recruited army flyers
with less accuracy will bomb muni-
tion stations and shipyards-but
will hit apartments and hospitals
and schools three blocks away, for
three blocks is a short distance
when you're bombing from 10000
feet.
There will be cries of "atrocity"
and then there will be retaliation.
And then there will be gas by the
bucketful
War isn't a simple contest be
tween the strength of men and
armies any more: its a complex,
jumbled puzzle where propaganda
is as important as bullets and the
front is anywhere that life exists.
Have no. doubt that gas will be
used in the next widespread War,
for gas weapon, one OF the
deadliest and gas is demoralizing,
and that is reason enough.
Gas will be used with cause, for
cause can be found. 1t will be as
simple as false propaganda, as
simple as touching lever in an
airplane 10000 feet up, as simple
as the wind which carries rolling
clouds OF death through city
streets and country lanes. Gas Will
be used.