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The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

Last year this office installed an
automatic printing press in which
we have taken much pride. While
1t was only small press, suitable
for commercial printing, neverthe-
less 1t uncanny accuracy, high
speed and almost human actions
have made it a great asset to our
equipment. Last week, we added
another press. This time it wasn't
q new piece on the contrary, it was
old-very old. It was the original
newspaper press upon which Ken
newick's first paper was printed-a
Washington Hand Press, now fit
only for museums. The Courier was
printed on 1t until 1906 when the
first cylinder press was installed.
Later 1t was sold to print the new
White Bluffs paper on, but there
too, 1t became obsolete and super
seeded by a cylinder press. For the
past decade or more the old press
has been stored, gathering dust.
Now it has been brought back
"home" again and has been set up
as q curiosity in the front office,
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
HORSE SENSE

1Okt6E SENSE
It Is almost rarity to see horse
on the city streets as used to them
as are folks around Kennewick. The
horse still seems to rule the farm,
but there is no much left for him
In the city except for hauling re-
quired numerous stops. and even
then the auto seems to be more pop
ular. With the introduction Of the
auto, the freight truck and the
tractor. 4 1t seemed the horse was
doomed to oblivion. It was said the
horse had lost its usefulness and its
hold on our sentiment. Many years
nave passed snce we first heard
such talk, but the horse we still
have with us. The greatest change
that has taken place concerns the
breeding Of the horse. The popu-
larity Of horseback riding increas-
ing regularly, as well as the ever
popular horse races throughout the
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

Kennewick has always had q good
representation from the upriver dis
trict on celebration days. and now
when the people there stage q COM
munity event. we certainly should
reciprocate. Sunday, August IA, the
White Bluffs people will hold their
annual boat races. In the big eddy
adjacent to the town, the slack wa
ter makes an ideal place for the
outboat racing and the event this
year promise to be bigger and bet
ter than ever. Kennewick people
should take the day off and go up
and see the events. They will prove
interesting and perhaps exciting,
and anyway it will do you and
them good as well as the benefit
the determination does for the two
communities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
Popular Mechanic.
a and This Newspaper
Offered at Bargain

good reading has been MAJ s.n b
able to present and n,.' e .asan.
scribers Of this newspap.r ~ cub.
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In this issue enevheN
Popular Mechanics, vi,t,.r-
month-by-month record Of nv
progress, needs no introductaaassa ,a
most readers. but some Of u. !. !. .
about its contents may BE- ,',,s s !acs
even to those who read 4 rs
For instance, It prints ear
more than 5000 interestinr !, 49,. ss's
graphs and other Illustrator. ' ,.''
OF them In beautiful co,o- un
more than 5000 articles ,r.s un
about $50 big, full-lenrth ue
stories dealing with the ,.s
achievements in science, msch.,.'l'
industry and a wide variety - a.S
er subjects ~ 0'0'
There are hundreds Of mo,..
making and labor saving my
farm aids and household No. ,s
For the home craftsman thew y.
tips about the care Of tools -. ~
scores of stories telling how Il h' nrs
furniture, boats, radios, toys snS
models In addition, the ho,n. ~ ...a
chanic will find practical s,,u. .s'
ions for taking care Of his ca 'e1 y.
radio, his boat and his houssha ~
and farm equipment.
Last, but not least, you1l find !,
this fascinating magazine pho.a'
graphs and explanations Of hun-
dreds Of inventions, devices 81 No..
you have never seen them or apy.
thing like them, but so p.ct,..,
that you will be using many Of then
In the near future.
And every article. whether Il du.
cribes an invention, q great scisutI.
&c achievement or explains the on.
struction Of some simple Pisa q
furniture is written 70 you can M.
derstand It."
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
Find Many Farmers Earn
Income by Outside Labor

About q third of the farmers Of
the United States have outside in
dustrial and business income, 1t is
indicated in a survey just released
by the census bureau.
As q result of q study Of 5000
farms in selected counties in 20
states, according to William L. Aus
tin, director of the census, many
new and surprising facts" along
this line have been discovered.
Among those which have hither-
to not been called to the attention
Of the public" he said. "are the
high proportion Of farmers who
have outside income, the relatively
high average return for such farm
operators equal to about three
fourths of the average income from
the farms themselves, and the diff
ference between the incomes Of
those making farming their prin-
cipal occupation and those whose
principal occupation is banking,
keeping store, professional service
and the like"
For the CTS farmers out Of the
5000 in the sample survey who re-
ported non-farm income, Mr.. Aus
tin continued, q total of such in
come of $458,522 was reported, or
an average of $573 per farm. About
one-fourth of such farmers were
found to receive less than 500 a
year of such non-farm income.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

=
The opinion is going the rounds
that the democracies' best defense
against the fascist totalitarian
states, Is the later,s astounding fin
ancial weakness.
The democracies, Of course, such
as France, England and the u. s.,
have gone to great lengths in
monetary tinkering, taxing and
spending. But they aren't In the
same class as the fascists. Germany
for example absorbs over one-third
of its national income n taxes, and
still can't make both ends meet.
Italy, faced with poor crops and an
increasingly unfavorable ban
balance, Is in bad shape.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

Last week the dailies took anoth-
er wallop at the Kennewick district
with the report that the entire beet
crop in Benton county had been
lost by blight. There is some loss
to be sure, but the dailies make the
matter show up in the worst possible
light every time something unfav-
orable happens in this particular
section Of the valley. The wheat
crop failure story, then the stuff
about the temperatures and now the
total loss on the other crops. But
then, we can take tive have been
for q long time now.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

Indianapolis, Ind.-crime csb
the nation $4,000, 600, 900 every y.sr
Just a little less than hall the total
national debt. This the Law En-.
forcement Committee Of the Amer.
lean Bar Association will report 10
the Cleveland convention Of that
body. Largely committed by thox
Of alien extraction. the Committee
stresses the fact that this country
has the largest criminal element In
relation to population Of any nation
In the world. A committee Is en-.
powered to ask this CONVENTION d
the lawyers Of the country what
they plan to do about the allen
criminal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

During the next two months all
governmental tax-levying depart
ments will be making out their bud
gets for the coming year. If citi-
zens are really in earnest about the
way their tax money is spent--by
local units-the time to investigate
is while the budgets are being made
up. Most local governmental units
really want to do what the taxpay-
ers want done, and the way to let
them know is to attend the budget
sessions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
Obscene Magazines Denounced

Atlantic City, N. Representing
100000 members, the semi-annual
meeting of the national board of di-
rectors Of the Catholic Daughters of
America pledged Their organization
to nationwide campaign to force
vulgar and obscene magazines off
the c0untry's newsstands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
President on Return Trip

Balboa, Canal Zone-After three
weeks of fishing off Galapagos Is
lands, President Roosevelt aboard
the cruiser Houston, will reach the
Gulf of Mexico early next week in
the course of his return voyage to
one of the Southern ports. probably
Charleston.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
SAFE AT HOME?

Home sweet home. There's no
place like home" would lead us to
believe in the safety of them as well
as the sanctity Of them. Our home
is our refuge and our shelter. We
seek It as the surest and safest
place in our existence Of disorder
and confusion and little stop to think
that $500 persons persisted In acci-
dents in the home during the year
Of 1896. while traffic, the more pub
ncized evil. took $1,000 lives. Would
we be safer to stay in the street
instead Of in the house? Our Sum
day afternoon drive causes US to
remember the Monday morning pa
pers with their list Of auto fatali-
ties+but what about those accidents
that happened to the fellow who re-
manned at home? Statistics COM
piled by Federal relief workers, un-
der the supervision of the National
Safety Council, have made the most
complete research into home acci-
dents occurring in Chicago, where
1902 cases were investigated from
records of the Cook County hospi-
tai.
There are many traps Of danger
to be found in Kennewick homes, the
kitchen leading as the worst with its
poor stove connections, careless us
age Of kerosene and gasoline;
grease, water and bits Of food on the
floor resulting In serious falls;
steam from covered kettles causing
fatal burns, and so on we could
enumerate the various hazards.
There are many accidents caused by
stairways too steep and with steps
holding odds and ends Of things,
Cellar steps are usually too dark for
safety. Skidding on scattered rugs
and on polished floors, and slipping
in bathtubs always enter into the
picture. Accidents occur In bed
rooms where little children fall out
of bed or are smothered by too many
covers or pillows. Falling on and
over furniture in the dark IS apt to
happen to old people. There are
many other kinds who have not
mentioned that have probably taken
place in your own home. The SAT-
est way out of such situation is
to eliminate the causes by getting
together with your family and put
ting on safety campaign in your
own house.
We hope that nothing unfor-
seen will pop up to prevent the
street improvement work being done
in the near future. Delays in the
preliminaries will prove costly, for
this is one type Of work which is
very dependent upon the weather.
II the federal grant is approved
promptly the work can still be done
while the weather is hot. But
whether the government money is
forthcoming or not, the work should
be gotten under way, even though
the amount of work be shortened.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

still capable, however Of doing as
good work as it ever did. should oc-
casion require. We're proud OF 1t as
we would be over a new press
most, and will be glad to show 1t to
anyone interested.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
Sewing Machine Order

To keep sewing machine drawers
neat and convenient either fit card
board partitions across or small
boxes to form separate compart-
ments for darning supplies, tapes
and spools. Covered cold cream Jars
are nice for buttons and snaps. A
piece of flannel for your needles will
keep them together.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
A Tip to Bathers

Always rinse out your bathing
suit in fresh water after you have
been to the beach. It helps to pre-
vent the salt water from rotting the
material. Turn 1t wrong-sde-out
when hanging It up to dry as the
sun will fade the color. A wringer
attached to an outside wall or post
and close to your dressing room is
handy for removing q lot Of water
from the suit.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
ECONOMIC H1GHL1GHrs

ECONOMIC H1GHL1GHTS
VIII business get better or worse?
VIII change take place rapidly OF
slowly? Which lines Of industry
seem to face the most favorable
prospects, and which the most un-
favorable? In an attempt to answer
such oft-asked questions as these
the Associated Press recently quer-
fed more than q score Of leading
economists" The resulting sympos-
ium casts an interesting and fairly
optimistic light on the current sit
uation.
Asked II there will be general re-
covery during the balance Of the
year, II economists said definitely
yes" Nine said probably yes" Only
one took the negative view, and two
had no opinion to offer.
Asked as to the duration of the
recovery cycle, eight economists said
It would last until Christmas at
least; four expected 1t to go through
next spring. Seven believed it would
continue beyond spring and three
had no opinion.
Sixteen of the men replying re-
Barded government spending as an
aid to recovery, from the standpoint
of the short view. Two believed it
hindered recovery. two more thought
It Of little importance, and three
were undecided.
The leading factors favoring re-
sc0very include: better retail trade;
higher commodity prices; reduction
Of inventories, and the improved
trend in the stock market.
Principal factors unfavorable to
recovery mentioned by the econo-
.mists include taxation, government
Interference with business, the low
condition Of heavy industries and
price rigidity. Curiosly enough, both
wage cutting and resistance to wage
cutting were also mentioned as un-
favorable factors by various Of the
experts.
AS TO the pace Of the recovery, the
hulk If the economists took the view
that 1t would be slow and steady.
Only one said that he anticipated q
sboom. And practically all Of them
!, predicted the briskest pickup In
the consumer goods industries, and
expressed doubts as to the exper-
Hence Of the capital goods industries.
SO much for the future. Events
uf the present seem to justify the
economists careful predictions. The
general Improvement In business
sentiment continues to be reflected
In the stock market. The week end
ing July q saw q number of lead
ing issues reach their highest points
In 10 months or longer. And turn
over was at fairly good level.
A few lines are showing unusual
strength steel, for instance, recent
" jumped operations from 20 to 80
percent Of capacity. Residential
building contracts continue to slow
u improve. Buying In consumers
goods fields rises.
On the debit side Is q poor OUT
look for profits In many industries
and continued slackness In the ex-
kemely important automobile In
t1ustry. It Is expected that car pro-
duction viii rise soon, but not to
anywhere near last years levels.
Business Week estimates that this
years farm income will be good
$500. 600 900, which Is 10 percent
under 1887. and 3 percent under
1886.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
Hosiery Hints

Wash new hose before wearing as
they will last longer Rinse hose
out after each wearing in mild suds
and lukewarm water. Do not wiring
squeeze them. Don't rub soap on
hose. Shake out stockings, straight
en- seams and do not dry in extreme
cold or hot temperatures. Be Ger
tain to fasten the garter above the
run stop.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

Life Is burden imposed upon you
by God. What you make OF it, that
will be up to you. Either q mill
stone around your neck or q diadem
On your brow. Take It up bravely,
bear it on joyfully, lay It down trt-
umphantly.lGail Hamilton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
The
|C.-R. WEEKLY
SCR AP BOOK


Hot Weather Salad - Combine
Kidney beans. chopped sweet pickles
and walnut meats. Pile on lettuce
and arrange egg slices around base.
Serve with mayonnaise or highly
seasoned French dressing. Another
combination is composed Of shrimp,
celery. green peas. hard-boiled eggs,
garnished with tiny wedges Of to-
mato and slices Of cucumber.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04
Shrubbery Care

When evergreen trees Of any var
iety begin to show brown or red
spots. one can usually find the red
spider. who is very busy this sea-
son. Dust the plants with q mix
ture Of dry sulphur and dry tobac-
CO in equal parts. Get the sulphur
sold at seed stores and not the kind
at drug stores. A daily strong spray
from your garden hose will also
help.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-04

z. g. Smith Motor &C.
Kennewick, Wash.
Gentlemen:
I'm awfully afraid I've got this
sleeping sickness you hear so
much about these days.
The old man has q terrible
time waking me up every morn
ing. Every time I stop. In fact,
I am dead to the world.
Sometimes the starter viii
grind for Is minutes off and on
before I wake up. Even then I
just cough q few times and go
back to sleep. I have to run for
two or three miles before get
wide awake, and then I haven't
any pep.
It may be that need an alarm
clock. What would you suggest?
Horace Whifflepiston.
Dear Mr.. Whifflepiston:
Call it sleeping sickness If you
like but we still thing it's lazi-
ness. Everything about you
from spark plugs to carbureter
could probably stand q good
cleaning That's why you're slug
gish. If you come in, we'll clean
up up. Then in the future we'd
advise you to be more careful OF
your gasoline diet, to change oil
oftener and acquire other habits
of healthy living.
Sincerely yours.
E. C. Smith Motor Co.
Evening star., 1938-11-18

Ever since Gene Sarazen wrote
that mag piece saying golf pros
lose money around the circuit,
the folks in the game are WON
dering what Ralph Guldahl, Dem
ny Shute and Johnny Revolta
used to build those new Florida
homes.
Schoolboy stuff from here and
there: Bob Ding) Barry, Bur-
lington (Wis) halfback, scored
only 1870 points in six games =.
Had 20 touchdowns and 10 extra
points =. And twice knocked off
six touchdowns in a game, most
of 'em for SO yards or better
Pitt and Temple may have to
fight each other to land Marty
Vardaro from Meadville CPaD
High . who broke the North
west Penn scoring record with
ITO points . Meadville, y'know,
is where Pitt got Bill Daddio i. .
Fordham Jimmy Crowley came
back from his seasonal ivory
hunting trip in Pennsylvania
with three good looking high
school backs Especially Joe
Cunningham from Wilkes Barre.
who can pass, kick Or run 80.
Evening star., 1938-11-18
Fnsch Plays 20 Years After Bad Heart Diagnosis
Golf

This corner still maintains those
Pennsylvania coal regions pro-
duce the best football material in
the country.
Lefty Grove and Mel Harder
are the only American League
fingers who didn't lose a season
series to any club in '38 :. Lefty
was tied by the Indians and Mel
bv the Yanks, White Sox and
Athletics, but won all the rest
Yanks didn't have pitcher
over 500 against all corners
Red Ruffing wound up behind the
8-ball against the Red Sox, and
Lefty Gomez against the Browns
Keep an eye on 15-year-old
Grover Poole, jr, from Raleigh,
N. c., in the coming amateur golf
wars All the kid did was put
together two rounds of 66 at Ra-
leigh c. c. Not long ago :.
Latest fantastic story to reach
these parts says Bernie Bierman
is headed for a coast college -.
And Clark Shaughnessy will
move from Chicago to succeed
him at Minnesota Whatu
they think Of next7
Evening star., 1938-11-18

department hears the Boston
Red Sox have had an eye or two
on him.
Is it known generally that
frankie Frisch once was turned
down for the Army because of a
weak heart? And all he's
done since then is play 20 years
of major league ball South
western Louisiana Institute,
where Johnny Cain, the old
'Bama boy, has a real small
college ball club, is booming Glyn
Abel, a halfback from Missis-
sippi. and Bill Stevenson, a
guard, as the best-looking foot
ballers they've seen since Chris
eagle was taking things apart
down thataway before moving up
to Army.
They're tossing between 100
and 200 G's into improvements
for Tropical Park before the
Havana winter racing season
opens Pitt goes for inter-
collegiate baseball after a lapse of
several years next spring =.
And Edgar Jones. a football half
back from Scranton. is rated as
major league pitching material
-. Nu6 said.
Evening star., 1938-11-18
bu(kne|I Gives
Line on 6. W.
And Hoyas
Bisons Yet to Lose
To CoIonioIs-C.U U.,
A. U. Also Awoy ~,

George Washington's battered
football team, without benefit Of
scrimmage following its bruising
victory over Kansas, today was en-
camped at Williamsport, Pa, poised
from a game with Bucknell tomor-
row at Lewisburg, while Catholic
University gridders were en- route to
New Orleans for their Sunday scrap
with Loyola. American University
also will play away tomorrow, meet
ing Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
The Bucknell game is expected to
provide medium of comparison be-
tween Georgetown and George
Washington outfits. although the
Bisons will be fortified by the pres
ence of six regulars who missed or
saw only brief action in the 1870
defeat by Georgetown.
Colonials Yet to Win.
Colliding for the first time since
1926. the Bisons and Colonials are
rated on par, but several items
lean toward Bucknell The Bisons
were idle last week, thus regaining
several injured players for the G. w.
game, and in addition never have
lost a game to the Colonials in five
meetings.
Undefeated in homecoming games
since 1929. Bucknell is eager to spill
G. w. Bill Lane, crack quarterback
who was injured in the opening
minutes Of the Georgetown game.
now is in good shape. as is Lou
Tomasetti backfield ace.
G. w. Backfield Revamped.
The revised George Washington
backheld will have Frank Merka at
quarterback Billy Richardson and
Murphy Booth at halfbacks and
Fred Sartone at fullback Bob No
waskey, who performed at fullback
against Kansas, has been shifted to
end.
Catholic U. was to stop of at At
lanta today for brief workout. The
squad. refreshed following successive
victories over DePaul and Miami, is
in charge of Fod Cotton. but Head
Coach Dutch Bergman, who recently
lost his father, will join the team at
New Orleans.
American University will find q
unique set-up at Johns Hopkins, the
only college which doesn't charge
admission to its games.