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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15

Wednesday evening at at the
Legion hall the American Legion
auxiliary will give a card party.
open to the public. In charge of
the evening of contract and auction
games are Mrs. Tom Allen and Mrs.
A. l.. House
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15

Mrs. Rudy Shoulders returned
Sunday from Pomona after a week
with her parents.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
A WALKING MENACE

The popular custom of arresting
the motorist for accidents to pc
destrians hit by cars as they walk
across the roads and streets, is be-
ing modified in some sections. They
are looking to the errors on the
part of the pedestrian who often is
to blame for accidents and auto
mishaps. In order to make your
highways as safe as possible, check
on the inconsiderate, inconsistent
and careless pedestrian is as neces-
sary as checking on faulty brakes,
poorly marked crossings and
drunken drivers.
A case recently noted by this ex-
change was one in which man
was recovering in a hospital when
arrested. He had been fortunate
enough to suffer only minor in
juries, when trying to dodge thru
traffic when the autos had the right
of way. If the motorist had not
been thoughtful and careful the
injury might have been fatal. A po-
liceman who saw the accident plac-
ed the entire blame on the pedeS.
TRAN. This is a worthwhile example
! which each KenneWick person
| should heed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
AM4ZEDS ANTACLAUS
FINDS 80 STOCKINGS
IN MARYLAND HOME!

LEoNARDToWN. MD.-No less
than SO stockings are hung by the
chimney with care each Christmas
eve at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. J. Sterling here.
The couple has IL children, who
with the grandchildren and in-laws
add up to the grand total Of 33.
Santa Claus can hardly see the
fireplace for the stockings when he
slides down the chimney. But he
never fails to fill them all. In the
years since he started visiting the
Sterling home, Santa has found that
another called, the stork, also has
the Sterling address in his book.
Each year there has been a new
addition" to the Sterling household,
or in the homes Of their children.
As Santa's burden has become
greater he has cheerfully risen to
the needs and found plenty OF toys
and other goodies" to 60 around.
But he has to replenish his supply
after each visit to the Sterling
home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
IT IS PRESENT

There is always some one to re-
mark that folks don't think about
religion like they did in the old days.
They usually follow this p by say
ing it is Goddess Age" This is not
true, we feel sure and are aware of
various instances where the inclina-
ton is more for religion than in
other years. The average man Is
as interested in religion as always,
and perhaps he doesn't talk about 1t
but the reverence and respect Is
nevertheless present. There're plays
on the stage of religious subjects
and trends of thought, there are
numerous moving pictures with re-
ligious backgrounds and themes.
There are many current books, fic-
ton and non-fiction, dealing with
the subject of religion. There are
new folks joining churches, many Of
them of this younger generation. We
are not living in a goddess age as
long as man retains his faith in his
fellowman and leads an honest and
upright life.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
this year he made 200 bushels of

this year he made 200 bushels of
sweet potatoes, $50 bushels of corn,
800 gallons of syrup, acres of cot
ton and tobacco crop that was
profitable. He owns 60 head hogs,
Is beef cattle, a good COW, a store
room containing 80 quarts, of string
beans, 80 quarts of tomatoes and a
number of jars of peaches and 9TH
er fruits. This young man asks for
nothing more, is satisfied and pleas
ed with his labor and his earnings.
The worry Of paying the grocery
man is not for him-he grows his
own. But a case. like this is not ex-
ceptional, it is only brought to the
attention of Courier-Reporter read
ers to remind them that it can be
done in Georgia it can be done
here. & .~.ss..
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
WATCH THEM BURN

Keep the home fires burning, but
watch them burn! When the Their
mometer sinks too low and the coal
bin shows lot of floor space, the
home fires are kept busy. It is nee
essary to take precaution during
any heating season for many fires
are caused by over-heated stoves
and furnaces during winter months.
The loss in money due to winter fir
ing to keep the homes warm, runs
into millions of dollars each year.
] The fires on farms alone, in the U.
S., cause an average loss Of $500 q
/, day. The equipment of the local
fire department of Kennewick may
be sufficient to serve the needs OF
the community but there are always
fires that win despite the efforts Of
man and fire apparatus. Most OF
us are aware that fire insurance is
the best guard against complete loss
but all of us haven't fire insurance
Be on your guard and carefully
watch the home fires burn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

As hard as one may try there are
always opportunities missed, tasks
left undone from one year to the
next. We are determined to avail
ourselves of every situation which
might arise in this new year that
would be for the betterment of our
homes and our community. We
must make a program for city, gov
eminent and home improvement
and we must stick to that program
until completion. There are none
to say this is not a good town, an
ideal community and they are
proud to be a citizen. But there is
no community where improvement
is complete. It is our desire to give
our message of good fellowship and
well wishing to all the citizens of
Kennewick and its surrounding ter
ritory, with the hope that they join
in making the new year shining
one in our local history through
their willingness to cooperate. OPP
portunities to better ourselves and
our town lie ahead and If q man
looks back over dying year and
cannot say to himself, 81 have gain
ed in both spiritual and material
things" that man has himself to
blame. After all, a new year is born
a baby with but 1865 days of life. We
hope to have many years ahead to
fill with accomplishment and
achievement, but time flies!
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
RING IN THE NEW!

We have come a long way since
last tolled the bells to herald the ar
rival Of a new year. We have trav-
elled mnay paths and by-roads to
lead us to the birth of 1899. Many
Of us have prospered with this pass
ing time, others of us can scarcely
say we are sorry to bid it adieu, but
however our personal feelings re-
garding the old the new is before
us and we look upon it as bright.
This community and thousands like
it, have received blessings of civic
advantages and face the new year
with the hope of added improve
ments and bounties for the home
town. ..-1
This closing of the book on 1888 is
sad, we grow older with its passing
and life is far too short for most
of us. This year has been bountiful,
as all years are bountiful in some
way, to all of us. The sadness that
it has held has only seasoned us
for experiences that might await us
in other years ahead. We rejoice in
the pleasant memories it holds for
us and we plan for other glories and
gifts in the coming new one. The
local and national chapter in this
book of years has had items Of i'm
portance for all of us and we profit
ed in experience in civic affairs, ma
tional crisis and international en-
tanglements. We are a much wiser
people. and let us remember this-in
1899. H..
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
leicester Badger Feast

LEICESTER, ENGLAND. - One
Of the strangest surviving Christmas
customs is the Leicester badger
feast, started by poachers in Nor
man times. Soon before the feast
the village lads catch a badger, kill
and dress it. On Christmas eve it
is strung on spit over a huge fire
in the inn. When it is ready the par
ty attacks it with fingers-no cut
lery is allowed. Singing and toast
ing accompany the feast, which at
tracts practically all the villagers
and nearby farmers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

The Womans' club at its regular
meeting completed the study on
Berlin" and was to begin the study
at the next meeting on Rome"
Some of the children taking part
in the Presbyterian church Christ
mas program were: recitations by
Burdette Hoadley, Helen Hunting
ton, Margaret Harrison, Ruth Hunt
ington and a violin solo by Wilmot
Gravenslund.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

The incoming legislature should
submit a resolution to incorporate
the Forty-Mill Limit statute In our
constitution at the election in 1910.
This measure has been passed four
times by the people each time with
overwhelming majorities. The law
has worked, it has reduced the cost
Of government, it has given us a
better tax structure and it has Inn
proved the condition of our schools
and other local governments. The
people should be given chance to
say whether they want this law
made permanent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

q The federal government now owns
ten million bales of cotton, an in
creaSecrease of six million six hun
dred thousand bales since 1882 and
those who grow cotton voted over
whelmingly for the plan which will
continue to allow them to exchange
cotton for government loans. The
taxpayers who have half a billion
dollars tied up in this experiment
should now be allowed to vote on
whether they want any more cotton
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

The four million, ten million,
twenty million, forty million re-
quests for money which are being
showered on the Governor and leg
islators remind one of the old ra-
dio program of Amos and Andy.
However, they are more serious as
each demand is backed by a we'll
organized minority bent on the adj
vancement of some expensive pro-
gram. If the Governor and legisla-
tors yield, taxpayers who consti-
tute the unorganized majority are
going to dig up the money.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
$4,000 Carp Fattened
On Corn for MarL.,.

FOND Du LAC, wis.,
conservation commission put S So
600 carp on a diet of soaked co., OS'
to fatten them up for the eastern
market When the last shipment
arrived in New York. deaien'
complained that the FISH were TOO
thin. The carp, ranging fro Uo
4 to IS pounds in weight. wera .
seined from Lake winnebagO n
protect game fish and kon, =, ~
land-locked ponds and marsho.
They are fed LOO pounds Of corn
daily. u
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

Owing to misunderstanding re-
garding debate and personal I'M
friendliness growing out of bas-
ketball game the Pasco and Ken
newick schools had no exchange Of
courtesies for some time. The two
superintendent met and decided to
bury the Ratchet. The matter SEEM
ed to be mostly between individuals
rather than between the two high
schools.
The total number of Red Cross
membership was BIS and the aim
was to increase the number to 1000.
The Richland enrolment was light
due to the FLU" epidemic. Miss
Evalyn Yedica, secretary of the
Richland circle, had taken i'll and
left them without a leader. H. R.
Vibber was treasurer of the local
campaign.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO-l9ls

.
Two youths entered the Kenne-
wick Hardware company while the
proprietor, c. F. Winkenwerder, was
at dinner. John Eichner, who was
on duty followed the boys, who had
stolen two revolvers and cartridges
and had them arrested. Deputy E.
L. Baxter took them to Prosser. The
boys broke Jail the following night,
but were recaptured at Granger.
Miss Dorothy Arnold, who was at
tending the state college, was home
for the holidays.
Mrs. v. w. Bird entertained the
school teachers with q Christmas
party.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
K. c. Clifford the day before Christ
mas.
Will Schuster, Harold Oliver and
Willard Campbell had returned
home from Fort Worden.
Harry Linn had written that his
regiment had been transferred from
Virginia to Camp Travis. Texas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
THIRTY YEARS AGO 1908

The Kennewick Bakery had
caught fire when a blaze worked its
way back of the oven between the
walls. The two hose carts arrived
within a very short time and the
fire was soon extinguished.
A delegation of thirty members OF
the Kennewick I. o. o. F. went to
Prosser to take part in the cere-
monies there. w. F. Sonderman
was captain of the Kennewick drill
team which put on the work.
w. j. Kinkaid was making prep.
arations to open up a bank in White
Bluffs.
Mrs. Charles Conway was i'll with
an attack of bronchial trouble.
Otto Hunt, blacksmith and ma.
chinist of Walla Walla was plan.
ming to enter business in Kennewick
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
NO EXCHANGES

There is young boy Of Is years
in Georgia who says he would not
swap his job for any office position
that might be offered him. He has
a 55-acre farm which he owns and
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
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S1O82O83OS
TEN YEARS AGO-192s
'0AX2NaHo0NH,Na}

Fifteen families, nine of which
were given substantial boxes of gro
ceries, received gifts of different
kinds donated by local organizations
and individuals for Christmas.
Miss Lydia Byrd became the bride
Of DR.. M. O. Barnes ten years ago
at the home Of the brides parents
here. They were to make their
home in Lewiston.
Miss jeanette Huntington and
Robert Farnsworth were united in
marriage at the Huntington home
They were to reside at Auburn
where the groom was employed as
athletic director in the high school
Nine and one-half acres had re-
Gently been added to the school
campus, which extended the bound
aries $50 feet south and TOO feet
north, which gave room for grade
and high school play fields.
The class of ~ of K. H. s. held
reunion at the commercial club
rooms and made plans for ban
quet which was to be held New
Years night.
Mrs. Eudora Johnson of Finley
was spending the holidays visiting
with her son in Pullman.
o. F. Allen of White Bluffs was
IN arrive tho y,eyf MOndav tO begin
work as assistant manager of the
Neuman's department store.
Mrs. George Clark of Hanford was
reported as recuperating from he,
recent operation in a Yakima hos
pital. na.. r.
Mrs. Larry Oliver, chairman OF
the T. B. seal sales reported the to-
tai amount taken in to be $138.34.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

Avery useful New Years resolution,
keep You'll find buying tips and hints hand Watch
you'll be able buy things at better prices
pretty complete buying guide in the advertising
columns newspaper Here find new
is proved what accepted right tips on where
buy buy You read about the growing
cess of merchant Of his stays
nnents year year-then his goods must be good)
Look advertisements the latest news-about
things make life pleasant You'll get
what you much you expect from
your purchase You'll learn how to live saving
Evening star., 1938-09-09

AN ATHLETE who learned his
prowess In q book and used .
skeleton as q teacher was Hiram
Conibear. When he first came to
the Washington Huskies in the fall
Of 1906 as a football coach. he was
asked to handle the crew in the fol-
lowing spring.
Conibear actually went 80 far as
to rig up skeleton, borrowed from
the laboratory, in a rowing seat, to
learn the positions the body as
sumed in rowing. Out of this intense
study he developed a short layback
stroke which Washington has used
successfully since his death in 1917.
Shootin' Sheriff.
Modern law enforcement officers
today are trained to draw and shoot
with incredible speed. In a recent
competition at Los Angeles, Deputy
Sheriff Charles e. Grimm scored three
kill shots in one and one-fifth Sec
onds.
Walking away from the target-a
dummy human body-at distance
somewhere between 10 and 80 feet,
Grimm, at signal, whirled, drew his
pistol and planted three shots in the
dummy's heart in less than It would
take sprinter to run 13 yards.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Winning Contract
By THE FOUR ACES.

by IhE FOUR ACES.
WE ARE in receipt of another in
teresting letter from A. Cyril
Daddy of st. Louis:
Much has been written about the
failure of declarers to recognize the
type of hand in which a trick can be
gained by rrumping dummy's losers
in the closed hand until dummy be-
comes the long trump hand" writes
Mr.. Daddy. Il am wondering whether
it Is not even more difficult, but some
times equally important, for defenders
to recognize these situations at an
early stage in the play, and to refrain
from forcing the declarer's trumps for
fear of compensating him for a pos
sible deficiency of entries to the
dummy. If my analysis Of the fol-
lowing hand is correct, it seems to
illustrate this point"
East, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
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QJ82 WE ANA
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The bidding:
East South West North
fass "A Pass 2NT
Pass 80 Pass "A
Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1938-09-09


opening diamond lead with dumn,v's
ace noted that II the ace of hearts
was wrong, there appeared to be four
losing tricks, unless the queen of clubs
could be guessed correctly. 1 also saw
that If the opponents trumps would
break 80, an extra trick could be
made by trumping dummys three los
ing diamonds IN my own hand. Un.
fortunately, however, dummy was one
short OF sure entries to execute this
play and still return to the board to
draw the last round Of spades.
Not knowing quite what to do. I
trumped a diamond and tried the club
f1nesse, losing to the queen. OBVIOUSLY
I could not have hnessed the other way
for fear Of an immediate heart lead
II East had now returned a spade or a
club, I do not see how the contract
could have been made, but fortunately
he led another diamond and the rest
was easy. trumped, played a club to
the ace and trumped dummy's last
diamond with the queen Of spades.
The ace of spades was followed by a
small spade to the king. and a heart
discarded on the jack of spades. Two
more club tricks then completed the
contract"
An old bridge saying is: when
both sides lead trumps, some one is
wrong" Likewise when declarer (as
Mr.. Daddy did) deliberately shortens
his own trumps, his oponents should
refuse to force him If dummy Is well
supplied with trumps,
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09

farm and FemodeIfd part OF the
house and barn. Pictured above
n Top, Nat Williamson with one
of his cows Center left, Mrs. Will
hanson; Center right, Gwendolyn
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09
Attend Central Zeta Phi Beta Regional Conf

Reading left to right:Row l.
Sorc1s Goldie Guy Martin, nation
al tamiouches; Ruth Crittenden,
deputy for central region Mary
Lou Ash, Martha M. Parks, Aud
fey Anthony, central regional dir
ector; Nellie Z. Rogers, grand
basileus; Lon swarz, national ep-
sstoleus; Atty. Barbara Goodall,
FlorD Bates, Gladys ,Byers, Rosa
lie Barnell.
Row 2-Sorors Ella Walker,
Marjorie Stewart Coyner. Verla
Bedenbaugh, Carolyn Williams,
Hattie Guy, Ina Black, Hattie
Gillian, Carolyn Cain.
Row 3-Sorors DIR. Leona A,
johnson. Thelma Jackson, Beatr-
see Cooper, Ora Higgins, Leyiet-
rieul Glanton, Matte James,
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09

Louise Harris, Blanche Thomp-
son, frankie Griffin.
Row 4-sorors Louise Brown,
Daisy Lenoh, 0zella Hall, Mary
[. Wilson, Ethel Crawford, Flor
ence E. Burford, Willie Mae John
son, Lois Stith, Elsie Gearin,
Sadye Durham.
Row 5-Louise Harris. Hazel
Woodbridge, Hazel Lane, Dorothea
Frazier, Edna Graves, Furniss C.
Hall. Genevieve Rayford, Virgie
Dunville.
The Co-General Chalrmen for
the Conference were: Sorors Ina
II. Block, Omega Chapter and Sor-
or arolyn j. Cain, Iota Zeta Chap
ter. (ANP1.
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09
RUBY ELY GETS COAST ROLF

Los Angeles, July 7 (C)-Ruby
Ely, roted soprano, was given
p leading role in run Little Chill
UNI, being produced by Hall
Johnson for the Federal Theatre
project.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-08
BUIL. DING FOR
 JUNEAU GIVEN
 COM.ApPROvAL
War Dept. Construction Bill Reported Favorably
 to House
By J. !. ECKLES to Delegate Dimond

WASHINGTON, May 28-(Spec- ial CorTespondence)- The War De- pertinent construction bill, recently introduced in the House, contain ing items proposed for Alaska to- taling nearly a half-million dollars, was reported favorably to the House on May 26 by the House Committee on Military Affairs
 Construction and rehabilitation of Army facilities recommended in the bill for the Territory are as follows:
 Anchorage: NOncommis-
 stoned officers quart
 CTS ...............-..................S 21, ,250
 Chilkoot Barracks: Hos
 pital, noncommissioned
 officers quarters maga-
 zine warehouse, and the
 atre --............................. 349,05O
 Juneau: Noncommissioned
 officers quarters and
 radio station .................. 34,550
 Total expenditure propos-
 ed ......................,. ,........ .S404 85C
 The War Departments recom- mendation on the bill made by Hon. Louis Johnson, Acting Secre- tary of War, point out that the need for this construction is UT gent" and that it is doubtful if any other Federal program of a public works nature contains prof ects for which plans, designs and specifications have been so well perfected" The department recom- mendation continues-"A great bulk of the work can be advertised and launched within 30 days and the majority of the projects fully com pleted within 12 months after the date that funds become available. # The War Department has the organization now to set the funds to work
 This bill now occupies the same status before the House as the Navy Department shore construc- ton bill, which contains an item of five million dollars for estab- lishment and construction of a Naval air station at Kodiak, re- ported to the House on May II by the House Committee on Naval Affairs.
 Delegate Dimond is actively sup porting both measures as providing the ground work for defense facili- ties urgently needed in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-08

U. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE, Bureau of Public Roads, June 2, 1888. Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, Federal & Terri torial Building, Juneau, Alaska, un- til g o'clock A. M. July ', 1888, fer reconstructing and improving the Glacier Highway, Gold Creek Bridge Section, Alaska Forest Road Project 2-C5, located adjacent to the Ton gass National Forest, First Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska, in- volving 1,250 GU. yds. unclassified excavation, 150 GU. yds. structure excavation, If GU. yds. class A con- crete, 63 GU. yds. class B concrete, 85G lbs. reinforcing steel 94,OOO IDS. structural steel, 25.0 M Ft. BM. treated timber. Where plans and specifications are requested a de- posit of 5000 will be required to insure their return within 30 days after opening of bids. Checks shall be payable to the Treasurer Of the United States. Plans and specified tions may be xamined at the Bureau of Public Roads, Federal e Territorial Bldg, Juneau, Alaska, and Associated General Contractors of America, Arctic Club Bldg, Se- attle, Washington. Bid blanks may be obtained at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, Juneau, Alaska. M. D. Williams, District Engineer.