davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Skuse Reports
Sugar Beets in
Fair Condition

A very serious condition In the
sugar beets in some communities of
the county was reported to County
Agents Skuse some time ago, who
made personal inspection Of many
fields and found considerable out
break of curly top, commonly called
blight. To verify his findings Mr..
Skuse sent samples of diseased
plants to the Experiment Station
plant pathologists in Prosser and
Pullman.
Mr.. Skuse states that In most parts
OF the county the beets are in fair
condition. There has been some in
jury, probably due to the method Of
placing fertilizer, also they have
been slowed up somewhat in their
development by hot weather and In
some cases. have been injured to
considerable extent by inadequate
irrigation. Taken as whole, the
yield for the county should be rea-
sonably good.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Aug. u Last Day
For Registration

Saturday, August ~, win be the
last day voters may register for the
primary election. This information
Is announced by county and city Of
ficials.
Every citizen over 81 years Of age
who has not registered before or
anyone who has moved from one
precinct to another, must register
before they will be entitled to vote.
II especially want to notify those
who have moved from one ward in
town to another that they must
change their registration" City
Clerk Campbell stated. Her office
at the city hall is open afternoons
and residents inside the city limits
register there. Residents outside the
city limits register at the printing
office.
Those who have registered since
1882 and have not lost their regis
tration by not voting or by moving
into another precinct do not have
to re-register. As long as they con-
tinue to live in the same precinct
and vote at least at one election
every two years. the one registration
becomes permanent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
More Shooting

Stealing watermelons is getting to
be an exciting as well as hazard
Gus sport in this vicinity. Two
more parties were fired upon last
night, one with charge OF rock
salt, but the other was buck shot.
Both OF these parties were on the
highway, however, outside the melon
patches, according to reports.
In one of the instances reported,
a couple Of lads had been in a
melon patch and were on their way
home with their stolen booty when
they stopped to investigate a soft
tire. The stop was made adjacent
to melon patch and the owner evil
IDENTIFY mistook their intentions, for
he fired at the youths in the road.
One grower has his bed fixed up
in the melon patch and sleeps with
his gun handy and big flood light
ready to turn on.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Scouts Spend Week. End
Camping at Tollgate

Twenty-four local boy scouts &C
companied by scoutmaster Pat Win
kle drove to Tollgate Friday In the
Everett Dague truck. The boys en-
5oyed q weekend Of camping fif-
teen mile above Langdon Lake. They
returned Sunday evening.
Those attending were scouts Rob-
ert Mason, Donald LAriin, Ned Cole,
Buster Faulds, Eldore Kempf, Hal
Keehe, Ed and Elwood Meskiman,
Chester Dague, Dick Foraker, Merle
Babcock, Quentin Miser, Glen Miser,
Harvey Poole. James Anderson, Jim
my Mills Meflyn Giles, George
Reymore, Blu .sR outelle, Arthur
Evett, Kenne&hs Camp6eI and Rob-
ert ElkinS. ',A
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
SCHOOL OPENS AUG. 20

Superintendent E. s. Black was
in Kennewick yesterday for the pur-
pose Of attending a school board
meeting. Members Of the school
board attended the final school
budget hearing at Prosser in the
morning and in the afternoon the
local board met here to take care Of
business duties before the opening Of
the school year.
Mr.. Black announces the opening
of school Monday, August %, as
there has been a number of inquiries
concerning the date.
He states that there is one teach
ing position yet to be filled, but in
the near future the teaching staff
and their positions viii be announc-
ed. ,.sh .-i
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
New Commission
Is Organized In
Benton County

The newly created Planning Com.
mission Of Benton County held Il.
first meeting at Benton City or
Tuesday evening. Members present
T. e. Brockhausen, Robert o. Evans
Argus Hughes, Frank Clark, r. s
Reierson, Jay Perry, e. j. Brand
and Charles L. Powell. One VACANCY
to complete the membership OF nine
viii be filled by appointment from
Prosser.
The officers elected were e. J
Brand, chairman, and Charles L
Powell, secretary.
The purpose Of the Commission Is
to act as fact finding body for the
Board Of County Commissioners and
the various municipalities In Ben
ton County. Its work will be In con-
junction with the State Planning
Council. It proposes to study and
compile data and plans on such
things as q long time road program,
river transportation, natural re-
sources and their development, and
the most appropriate use of land
throughout the country. It's plans
are to encourage q ooordinated. de-
velopment Of unbuilt areas, the con-
servation OF natural beauty and
the facilitation Of adequate pro-
vision for transportation, water
sewerage and other public require
ments. Suggestions to the Commits
sion will be welcomed.
To further the development of the
Columbia River the Commission au-
thorized payment Of $500 to the In
land Empire Waterways Association
from the amount budgeted for it by
the Board of County Commission
ers. This will be used to employ con-
sultants and experts and will match
similar payments to the Association
heretofore made by walla Walla
county and Umatilla county.
MIR. r. K. Tiffany, executive Sec
rotary Of the State Planning Coun-
ell, has been invited to address the
next meeting. Any one interested
may attend the meeting, the time
and place Of which will be announc-
ed later.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Turkey Tour to be
At Grandview Fri.


The third annual Yakima Valley
Turkey Tour will be held this year
at Grandview, Friday, August 10.
This event is the only one of its
kind in the State of Washington
and Is proving very popular with
turkey growers from all over the
Northwest. Both County Extension
Services from Yakima and Ben
ton counties are assisting in this
tour. Three leading Grandview
turkey farms will be visited in the
forenoon. At noon everyone will
gather at the city park for a fried
turkey dinner, which will be follow
ed by a speaking and sports pro-
grom. County Agene w. w. Skuse
will have charge Of the afternoon
speaking program.
All turkey growers and those In
terested in turkey raising are cor
daily invited to this tour.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
No Dearth of
Candidates for
County Offices

While the filing period for public
office doesn't close until Saturday
OF this week, some two dozen cancii-
dates have already paid their filing
fees and will make campaigns this
fall. The commissioners Jobs seem
to be the Juciest plums, in both ends
OF the county for this office has at
tracted the largest number of trust
Ing citizens. Six have filed from
this end and four from the Prosser,
district. =
So far the filings for county offi-.
GERS are as follows: II. Z. Chapman.
", auditor; A. NJ. Richter, D., sher-
III; Ethel Van Syckle. D., school
superintendent; Ben F. Knox, D..
assessor; K. e. Serier, d., prosecute
ing attorney. None of the above
has competition SO far in the pri-
maries.
Two democrats filed for the Of
lice OF clerk, G. w. Messy. chief
deputy in the auditors office and
Eta Hillman, who has been EN-
pioyed in the horticulturist's office.
Two democrats also filed for the
oiIice OF treasurer, Ray Gilcrest.
chief deputy at present and Paul
Pugh, formerly deputy sheriff.
Harry Forsythe, former treasurer.
while he has not actually filed I'M
10 This afternoon, has definitely an
nounced that he would be a candle
date for the office OF treasurer ON
the republican ticket.
G. E. Duffy has announced that
ne Will file for the office of assess
or on the republican ticket.
x. E. Serier has filed on the dern-
ocratic ticket for prosecutor and
Prosser rumor has it that former
Prosecutor Geo. o. Beardsley viii
lie again Tor the same job on the
republican ticket.
In the second district Fred Kemn.
Fred Wilson, r.. S. Bush and w p
hansen have filed for commissioner.
all on the democratic ticket.
In the third district. M. N. Hnd-.
naLi, VIM. Boag, M. v. Heberlein
and Harry @. Owens have filed on
the democratic ticket, with L. e.
johnson and H. s. Hughes on the
republican side for the commission
ership. -
In Kennewick G. F. winkenwerderg
has filed for justice of the peace.
with w. G. Sommers and e. o.
keene for the same job in the Pros
ser district. These candidates do
not run on a party ticket.
So. far only two precinct commit
teeinen have filed. Lewis w. Sloan.
%, from Richland and B. E. NC
Gregor, Prosser, republican.
In the sixteenth district, comprfs-
ing the counties of Franklin, Ben
ton, Klickitat and Skamania. two
representatives are to be selected.
Geo. F. Christensen of Stevenson
and M. M. Moulton of KennewiclS
have filed on the republican ticket.
Christian Aalvik of Stevenson and
Mrs. Hurd Of Goldendale, have filed
on the democratic ticket. 1t was re-
ported today that Mr.. Neff and Mr..
hurley, both Of Pasco had filed on
Inc democratic ticket for represent.
alive.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
NEUMAN ACCOMPANIES
ARMY BOMBERS TO COAST

Bernie Neuman and Frank Muel-
Ter left today for Spokane to visit
with friends Of the 9Th Bombard-
ment Squadron who are in Spokane
on tatical maneuvers with 16
giant bombers from Hamilton Field,
California. Bernie is a former menu
Der Of this squadron while with the
Army Air Corps and viii accompany
them on several bombing missions
off Cape Flattery ON the coast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11

e YOU
KNOW!

" washington Sfofs eroersss ccmmtssios
The q. s. town OF Point Roberts
Washington is more Canadian II
its habits than American.
Situated on tiny six-square-milt
point northwest Of Bellingham, It 4.
reached by auto only by driving
through Canadian territory. One
must pass thru two Canadian and
one American customs houses to
enter it.
This strange condition Is explain
ed by the fact that when the u. S.
Canadian boundary was establish
ed at the 49th parallel, 1t cut off this
little point Of land, the rest Of which
belongs to Canada.
The 1854 Pa. Roberts residents,
about equally divided between fish
ermen and farmers, are SO closely
associated with Canadian citizens
they observe such Canadian cele-
brations as the King of England's
birthday, May "a, and Canada,s Do
minion Day, July 1.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Wet Area Forecast

washington, d. C.-Unprecedent-
cora rams In many sections of the
hes y are said by scientists, who
s,. se their forecasts on a study of
wa-spots, to indicate a cycle of cool,
fivs weather that many continue for
At e,s years. Fixing a sun-spot cycle
Son esen years, DR.. Harlan T. Stet-
NJ ~ " the Massachusetts Institute
sno. Technology states that the sun
vso. maximum was reached about q
ioJs ego. Preceding this were per-
asta.o VI extreme drought, which dev-
ths ,s the Middle West and caused
tle S OF billions in crops and cat
cn,,- the cycle follows it's usual
per;oss tne last half of the 11-year-
encies. -'' p'e'Ao"S 'en"
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Redelberta Peach Meet

Jay Perry will explain all about
his Redelberta peaches to anyone in
terested at a meeting which will be
held Friday, August IL. This meet
ing will be called at 8 o'clock in his
orchard located one mile directly
south of the senior high school
building. Mr.. Perry has chosen this
orchard because of the fact that the
trees in this particular place are
of the third generation.
Mr.. Perry has a box Of these ex-
elusive peaches on display in The
Courier-Reporter office window.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Move to Save Circus

Chicago, Since the big Ring
Inn Brothers Barnum q Bailey
Circus closed its season In June and
fetreated to Florida winter quarters,
I'VE smaller circus organizations
have folded their tents for the sea-
son, Ill attributing their losses to
hbor troubles, incessent rains and
business depression. TO save the
circus Is an institution, the Circus
Pms Association OF America was
organized In Madison, Wis, for the
purpose Of presenting q memorial
containing the signatures Of SOC, 900
school children asking President
Roosevelt to arbitrate the labor diff
fgences that are driving the big
tents off the road. ..s s
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Convention Here

The Benton Franklin County w.
C.T.U. county convention will be
held at the M. E. church Tuesday,
August 16. The sessions will begin
at 10 O'Clock and a luncheon will be
served by the first division of the
M. E. aid to those attending. Lily
Grace Matheson, national field
worker, will be the main speaker of
the day. Her address will begin at
2.30 pm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Relieve Il o. Not!

Monford Fyfe tells q fish story
that turned out to be true this time.
While swimming at the Pasco beach
the other day Monty went in with
his glasses on. He did not miss
them until after the swim was over.
A few hours later Monty and his
father went back to hunt for the
glasses and found them unbroken in
the rocky river bed at water depth
of five feet and about ten feet from
shore.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Free Birds

Two hundred male Chinese pleas
ants were released in this section
yesterday. according to q report
made by Dennis Huntley, state game
protector. The birds are eight
weeks old and came from the Walla
Walla game farm.
Part Of the birds were released
along the river road above town and
the remainder were set free above
Richland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Coop. Power Line
Seeks to Extend
Service 100 Miles

The Rural Identification Admin
1stration has given preliminary con-
Slderation to an application of the
Benton Rural Electric Assn, Ben
ton City, Washington for an addi-
tlonal loan to extend its rural lines
IN Benton County, and has outlined
the steps which must be completed
before an allotment Of funds can be
made.
The original application covered
43 miles to serve $50 customers. REA
has already allotted $49, 900 for this
project. The proposed extensions
wound total 100 miles Of line to serve
300 new customers.
It Will be necessary for the pro-
1ect sponsors to obtain and submit
signed applications for membership
IN the cooperative as well as applica-
lions for electrical service from It:
also obtain signed easements for the
rlght-of-way for the power lines.
and prepare and send to REA q de.
tailed map Of the proposed extern
sion.
The same rNteil rate which has
~>SS>>J oVCAA Co9U&Dk4C0 Aux kkl0
first section OF the project VII prob
ably apply on this new section.
Under this rate, residential custo-
merS pay g minimum bill Of $3.50 =
month, for which they may receive
rs XVIII, enough electricity to light
the average size home adequately
and operate such appliances as 9
washing machine or iron, and $588
pays for 100 XVIII, enough for these
uses, a radio, q water pump and OBJ
Grating one major appliance, such
as a refrigerator.
Speed in further development of
this project depends in large mea-
sure upon continuance of the COM
munity cooperation which Is prin-
cipally responsible for the success
Of the project so far. II the infor.
nation about this proposed addition
is satisfactory, REA expects to be
able to allOt money to meet the en-
tire construction costs. No money
will be lent to pay for rights-of-
way.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
DeMolay Boys Camp

Eight DeMolay boys of the local
chapter enjoyed q weekend camp
ing trip at Rimrock with Lawrence
Scott accompanying them as their
advisor. The DeMolay boys max
ing the trip included Lew and Wal
ter Keene, Lindley Llewellyn. Jack
Oliver, Monford Fyfe, Bob Des-
oranges. Verne Osborne and Duane
Campbell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11

Miss Inga Otheim, sister Of Olav
I. Otheim of the Western Auto Sup
ply, spent the weekend here en-
route from Everett to Crosby, N. d.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Sands return
ed Saturday after a two weeks va
cation on the coast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
rreak lightning Kills Three

New York City-The theory that
aliphtning never strikes twice in the
same place" had setback at a near
bv bathing beach when q bolt killed
three and wounded Is exactly to the
day and hour and almost exactly at
the spot where one year ago a sim
Tar flash killed and wounded the
same number Of batherS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Unions Forsake Alien Leader

Los Angeles, CAL isavowing
the alleged Communist leanings Of
Harry Bridges CIO unit on the Pa
cific Coast, four Of the biggest un-
Ions In the territory have quit the
Australians Industrial Union Coun-
eli. They are the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union,
the United Automobile Workers Of
America, the United Rubber Work
ers Of America and the United Shoe
Workers Of America. They repre-
sent 10000 workers In the Los An
geles area.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Russians Drive Japs Out

MOSCOW, q. s. 8. R.-Officials adj
wees Indicate that heavy artillery
ire. supporting by bombing planes,
mas driven japanese troops from the
positions they occupied along the
SDer1an- ManchuKuoan border. And
Russia has declined all peace over
lures until Japan has evacuated all
territory claimed by the Soviets.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
New Deal Wins Kentucky
Ros1n GiiaoY

: louisville, Ex-senator Alben w.
barley, administration spokesman
IN the upper house, defeated Gov
ernor "Happy" Chandler for the
remocratic senatorial designation.
The Presidents first speech on his
recent trip was in behalf of Senator
parkley's denomination.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
Spanish Rebels Advance

Hendaye, ance-Reports from
we Spanish front indicate that from
n0OO to $4,000 Loyalist troops are
trapped along the Ebro River front.
Many government troops are COM
ing into General frances lines and
@lrendering under flags of truce.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
THE WEATHER

Nice, pleasant, Kennewick sum-
mer weather has been dished out
during the past week and nobody
has any kick coming. Temperatures
since last Thursday and for the
corresponding week q year ago are:
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11
New Transatlantic Record

New York City-The Queen Mary,
dsnt Cunard- White Star liner, re-
gained the blue ribbon Of the Allan
tic BY crossing in 3 days, % hours
and 4 minutes. She bettered the
French liner Normandie's record by
s. minutes. her best days run log
ding 100 miles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Records spent
the weekend in the Blue Mountains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
NEW FIRE ALARM
 BOXES INSTALLED

Fourteen additional fire alarm boxes were installed during the past week by Captain Robert G. Schlos- ser of the Fire Department Signal Corps. Six are in Town Plot, six in the East End and two in Bucks Hill.
 The numbers and their loca tions are as follows: 345, Chambers and Pritchard streets; 346, Sunnyside avenue and Alder street; 347, AL der and Edwards streets; 348, Highland avenue and Lawlor street; 349, Chipman and Harriet streets; 39, West Main and Rob- bins streets; IA, Wolcott road snd Bouley avenue; 147, Atwood ave- nue and Mill Plain street; 184, Meriden and Frost roads; 1855, Capitol and Courtland avenues; 196;, Frost road and Circular ave- nue; 197, Middlefield and Melrose avenues; 295, Bucks Hill road and Kimball avenue; 297, Bucks Till and Montoe roads.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
3 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Gideon: Following Gods Plan
Text: Judges 7:4-7. 15-23

by themselves discarding those who had taken time to get down on their knees and drink. Clearly it came to Gideon that the 300 men he had chosen were sufficient to deliver Israel from the Midianites.
 But Gideon had strategy as well as courage, as he had faith in the strength of a small army of deter mned men. He realized that, on the part of those who trusted in num- bers, fear might be created by the impression of numbers. Accordingly, he hit upon the device of arming his 300 men with trumpets and lamps and pitchers.
 The pitchers served to conceal the lamps, or torches, and at the given moment, Gideon commanded his men to blow the trumpets, to bring the lamps from the pitchers and to break the pitchers, so that the Midianites had the impression that an enormous host had come against them.
 The strategy worked exactly as Gideon had anticipated, and the Midianites broke. in confusion. Gi- deon was not content simply with victory, however. He put the host completely to rout and effected his triumph.
 It is most inspiring story. The watchword. ''The sword of the Lord and of Gideon" has found its counterpart in the watchword of modern prophet, God and one make a majority"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
ZION OUTBREAKS
 TO HOLD OUTING
Waterbury and Thomaston Members 10 Spend Day
 in Middlebury

Howard c. Anderson, chairman of the outing committee of the Luther League of Zion Evangelical Luther an church, announces that the place of the outing has been changed to Lake Quassapaug, but that the picnic will be held as plan ned next Saturday, leaving from the church on Cherry street at 1:30 p. m.
 A special feature of the outing will be the fact that the Luther League of Bethlehem Lutheran church of Thomaston plans to hold an outing at the same time and it is anticipated that ball games and other contests will be held between the two leagues. Other members of the outing committee of Zion League are George Clausen, Edith Grahn, Viola Johnson, Arnold Swanson, Helen Ross, Julius John- son and Mrs. Roland Palmer This outing will take the place of the regular August meeting.