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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-12

The White Bluffs high school has.
ketball team will lock horns with 1t.
old-tirne rival at Hanford on Sat.
urday evening, January 18th. Thi.
promises to be one of the most In
teresting games Of the season, anG
good turnout from both towns Is
hoped for. Come on and help chez,
your team to victory.
Thursday night the Kennewick F.
F. A. basketball team will play the
White Bluffs FLA. team at Com
munity Hall in White Bluffs. There
are some husky young Future Far
mers in both teams, and it should
be well worth seeing.
K. E. Serier was compelled by
press of business to forego his reg
ular Tuesday trip to White Bluffs,
but will be here Saturday.
Notice has appeared in some of
the county papers that the free
ferry at Hanford will be closed UNI
til January 30th, to make some nee
essary repairs to the ferry and to
adjust the landings SO the ferry can
be operated even in the lowest wa
ter.
Orville Miller of Deary, idaho is
a visitor at the home of his brother,
James Miller, this week, and assist
ing him in the work at the Val
ley grocery.
Mrs. VIM. Griffiths went to Yak
ina Sunday to assist in the care of
her sister, Mrs. VIM. Williamson.
Jack Paxton, representative of the
Walla Walla Union, is transacting
business in White Bluffs and Han
ford this week.
Cecil Borden was called to Han
ford this week to assist in the work
Of overhauling the Hanford Ferry.
Mrs. Paul Schicka was taken to
xennewick Tuesday to consult her
physician.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Stone are IN
Idaho, where they will remain for
a couple months visit.
Joe Kuh and son Dan returned
home Tuesday from q weeks visit
with relatives in Toppenish and
White Swan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Lande were
Tuesday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Preston on the High
lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buster Hedington
and children left Wednesday for
their home in Tula Lake, having
been here the past three weeks Wis
iting rlatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Stillwell and
Claude Walk visited Monday eve
ming at the Ernest Sherry home.
Mrs. G. A. Wheeler and family
visited Sunday at the George Fos-
ter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Nichols and
children Of Walker Pitt, MIR. and
Mrs. Fred Falque and william How
ard and sons visited Sunday at the
Ed Bottles home in Two Rivers.
Mr.McKithen and MIR. Heberlein
of Sunnyside were dinner guests on
Friday of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ben
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Boehmer of
Richland visited Wednesday at the
Howard Ash home.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Shoemaker were
dinner guests at the L. E. Carter
home Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Dahl were dinner
guests at the George Foster home
Wednesday. ...
Miss Winifred Beall was Sum
day dinner guest at the Franks
home in Kennewick. ss
Mrs. Virgil Masters and daugh-
ter Merle and Mrs. j. r. Gowing
visited Monday at the Albert Piert |
home. ..s
Stanley Stillwell, teacher in the
local grade school, was i'll wednes-
day and Thursday. Mrs. Stillwell |
taught school in his absence.
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Students World Fair
Tickets Available Now

The San Francisco Worlds Fair
committee has sent blanks 10 be
filled out for students wishing 10
obtain admission tickets. A special
rate for students only is made.
Corstan Green, Junior high school
principal has the blanks and win be
glad to fill out the applications to
any student wishing to obtain tick.
cts.
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Stockholders to
Hold Election at
Cannery Meeting

There will be an annual meetins
OF the stockholders of the Richlanc
cannery at the Grange hall at 2:3(
Thursday, Jan. IL. The meeting j.
1or the purpose Of electing two
members of the board of director.
and other important business will
be discussed. Mr.. Mayo of Port
land, sales representative, will be
guest speaker for the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Schaller re-
turned Monday from Salem where
they had been visiting for the past
week. While away Mr.. Schaller at
tended three day Gamers con-
vention held in Portland, Each
morning cutting of all varieties of
fruits and vegetables canned in the
Northwest were tested in the Am
erican Can Company's laboratories.
Each afternoon at the hotel the
samples were discussed by the men.
Rev. and Mrs. Daniels gave a
birthday dinner Sunday honoring
Mrs. Shank Of Seattle, Mrs. Dam
iels sister, who is visiting her. Mr..
and Mrs. L. j. Bennett and daugh-
tiers Betty Rae and Jean and their
grandmother, Mrs. Smith, all of
Walla Walla, George futile and
Mrs. Fannie Lewis of Richland were
also guests for the day.
The local library in the Womans
club rooms is being kept open each
Monday afternoon from 2::30 until
4:30. Customers may purchase cards
at the library for SOC a year or 10c
3 month. The pay shelf books are
being kept at the telephone office
this year and may be obtained there
1t any time. Some of the most re-
cent additions to the shelf are Gam
sr1can Years." Danger is MY Bus
ness" and Strange Melody"
The Womans Political study club
viii meet Saturday afternoon, Jan.
a at the home of Mrs. Rex Bell. at
80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Norlinp en-.
ertained Friday evening at their
lone with Five Hundred party.
There were five tables in play dur. |
ng the evening, Sidney Relton won
Ugh prize for the men and Mrs.
'ert Grey won high for the ladies.
Mrs. William Perry has been very
U this week with flu. Mr.. Perry.
tho has been III for the past month
slowly improving.
Miss Lyllian Carlson has been
lected vice president Of the Ellen
richards club home economics hon |,
rary at the Eastern Washington
ollege at Cheney.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Watson re-
lrned Sunday from Spokane where
ley have been visiting Mrs. Wat
ms brother, O. F.. Lillengreen for
le past two months. |.
A. s. Murray was a Walla Walla
sitor Wednesday. II
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State MatrOn Is
Assistant to New
Juvenile Grange

F1NLEY-The Finley Grange met
Thursday night with "a members
present and six visitors. During the
business meeting two new applica-
tons were accepted and two rein-
stated. George Foster was elected
gatekeeper to fill the place Of WAL
do Gerard, who resigned.
State Matron, Carrie Carter was
present to help with the newly or
gained juvenile grange. The All
club girl assisted by their leader,
Mrs. n. Ash, put on the program.
Lunch was served at the close.
The River Sewing club will meet
Friday with Mrs. e. Sherry for an
all day meeting. The day will be
spent quilting. Potluck dinner viii
be served at noon.
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Hanford Community Presbyterian
r. M. Broadbooks, Minister.

Church school at $50 am, Mrs.
Whitwer experimenting. There will
be no church service this coming
Sunday. The Communion service
will be observed a week from Sum
day, January % at the morning
hour Of worship, 11:1O o'clock.
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White Bluffs Presbyterian

Church school at 10 am, Mrs
Wheeler experimenting. The les
hon studies will be in the life of
the Apostle Peter. On Sunday, Jan
uary ~, one week from this follow
Ing Sunday, the Communion serv-
ice will be observed.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Brown and Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Ramsey drove Sun
day to the ranch recently purchased
by the Fred Halls, near Rattlesnake
Springs, and from there to the gas
wells. They report the roads so icy
that it was necessary to use chains
going up the hill to the compressor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hall Of Entiat,
who, last summer, purchased the
place near Rattlesnake Springs,
known as the Benson ranch, were In
the valley this week, making i'm
provements and installing q water
system IN the larger of the two
dwellings. Mr.. Halls nephew, Chas.
]. Hall, will be in charge of the place
until the return of the owners next
summer.
The White Bluffs Rod & Gun
club Is putting on membership
drive, and will bring 1t to finish
with a flourish, when they will be
hosts at an oyster feed on the eve
ming OF January 18th. Cards have
gone out to prospective members,
inviting them to the feed.
Rev. L. G. Krug left Sunday for
Yakima for a short visit with his
son, Louis j.. Krug, from which
place he will go to Seattle to spend |
q short time with his daughters, the |
Misses Esther, Ruth and Rose Krug |
and thence to Tacoma to see bro
ther, who is i'll, and from there to
Portland for short stay. He was
taken as far as Yakima by his son,
Arno.
F. A. English and D. s. Wilkinson
were Yakima visitors Tuesday of
this week.
Mrs. Bert Chanahan, who has
been living in Seattle for the past
few mouths, came to White Bluffs
last week to care for her daughter,
Mrs. Archie Borden, who has been
quite Ill with rheumatic fever. We
are glad to report Mrs. Borden,s
condition IS much improved.
The annual senior ball will be
given in the White Bluffs Commune
lty Hall Saturday, February IL.
Elaborate plans are being made to
make this affair one that will be
mg remembered and a good time is
promised. Remember and save the
late.
The condition of T. j. Clarke, who
vas taken to the st. Elizabeth,s hos
'ital in Yakima about ten days ago
Fas so much improved that he was
expected home this week. However
blood clot has developed in his
eg, necessitating longer stay at !.
he hospital.
@. I. Wright left for Yakima Sum
lay to spend few days with his
laughter, Mrs. William Williamson,
vho Is seriously Ill. Mrs. Wright
eturned from Yakima, where she
lad been caring for her daughter
or the past two weeks.
The condition of Judge G. T.
who is in the Lady of The
,ourdes hospital at Pasco Is con- :
tdered as still quite grave, although
here seems to be some improve
nent. q
Mrs. Louis j. Krug of Yakima, q
rho was seriously injured in an au- :
o accident on january first, was
AIKEN to her home Saturday. Mrs.
Lrug is still In a cast and will
ave to remain 50 for some time, UNI
u the fractured ribs are again knit
ed.
j. n. Johnson returned last week :.
rom Marysvflle where he has been
visitor at the home Of his sister.
drs. H.. c.. Scovel
Mrs. George McCotter Of Prosser |
nd Mrs. Glenn Searlesl Of Thorp, |
re guests this week at the home
{ their sister, Mrs. Emil Wagner til
lizard.
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Allard to Renew
His Duties at
Pumping Plant

Sam Allard, who has been, up un-
til two years ago, operator at the
Coyote pumping plant or the Priest
Rapids electric plant, since their
building, about thirty years ago, has
again taken over the job of head OPP
orator at the pumping plant for the
coming irrigation season. A small
house is being prepared for occu-
pancy of Mr.. and Mrs. Allard, and
the Allard ranch, about a helf mile
from town has been leased to w. H.
Kirby for the coming year.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Chambers Battle
S.P. Time Changes
Continued from Page l


resentatives in the state legislature
to oppose the present state budget
and press for a slash in expenses.
Chief speaker Of the evening was
DR. Frederic p. Woellner of the
University of California at Los An
geles. who spoke on Cooperation.
He set forth the necessary essen
tials for community cooperation
and declared:
The first essential of successful
cooperation is energy. We need en-
ergv above all else. You can't have
a contest when both teams are
dead"
Following dinner, which was serv-
ed in the Methodist church here,
l.. E. Jessen interviewed Paul Eg-
gler. president of the Swiss club,
on the swiss Swing" which will be
featured Sunday at the Swiss club
celebration.
Charles Nice reported on the
-Four States highway, Walter Mac
Donald on a recent dairy meeting
and Henry Harris on publicity
work. Announcement that Mrs. Ar
tie Mason Carter had been made
honorable vice president of the
CaleXico chamber of commerce was
made by Mrs. Earl Cavanah.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
We Hope, We Hope
Mutter Marsflals
Seeking We Hope

LOS ANGELES, April !. UP)-
Deputy U. S. marshals were kept
running around in circles today,
trying to serve grand jury subpenas
on citizens known to them only as
Il love YOU. two horSemen', and
we hope. we hope, We hope.
The subpenas were issued against
80 southern Californians who held
lucky tickets in the recent Irish
sweepstakes, calling for their ap-
pearance before the federal grand
Jury next Wednesday to identity
promoters who sold them the tick
cts. But unfortunately for the mar
shal's staff, most of the ticket
holders had used nom de plumes.
Twenty persons, who used their
real names, promptly surrendered,
but the others were admitting moth
ing. Almost without exception they
shrugged their shoulders and swore
they did not know Honey Chile"
Scotch and Soda, or "Oh Lucky
Day when a deputy raped on the
front door and exhibited newspaper
clippings showing that someone at
that address had owned a lucky
ticket.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02

memorable trip with George Chat
fey. On that journey over the wa
terless. uninhabited desert the four
indomitable empire builders failed
to persuade Chaffey to help them
bring in Colorado river water ana
reclaim the desert.
The party left the train at FLOW
ing Wells and rented a blackboard
and four mules to travel around
the desert and study its possibilities.
They carried four barrels of water,
two roped on each side of the buck
board.
There wasn't a human being,
not a settlement in the section we
travelled over on the trip Mat
thews recalled. 1t was desert With
out a touch of civilization. Just
vast. lifeless waste stretching away
to the mountains or disappearing
into the distant skyline.
The change between that day
in 1899 and today is almost unoe-
lievable"
He kept his desert claim for
year and a half and then leased II
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Waiter Questioned
In Frone Murder

Ell PASO, Tex, April l. up
Police in JuareZ continued today
to question a waiter arrested Thurs
day night, in an attempt to find
cut what became of the baggage
and personal effects Of Mrs. Weston
G. Frome and her daughter, Nancy.
who were brutally murdered near
Van Horn March so, 1888.
Acting Juarez Police Chief Ed
mundo Herrera said he also was
seeking four other persons who re-
portedly might throw light ON the
mysterious Staying of the two
Berkeley, Calf, women.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Whole Ghost Town
Goes TO Market

WALSEN CAMP, Colo, April L.
(UP)-For rent cheap-one ghost
town. Completely equipped with
homes. schools, railroad electric
lights and memories.
This booming coal town,
where 10 years ago more than 5000
people lived, was on the open mar
ket today. James z. Tres5ler, sec
retary of the Huerfano county
chamber of commerce. said the en-
tire toWn-homes, schools, stores
ard all-would be leased at bargain
rates to a manufacturer "if the
right one can be found"
Walsen Camp. which adjoins the
city Of Walsenburg en- the west, has
been a mere heap of dust-covered
buildings since 1929 when the Rich
Walsen coal mine was shut down
because there was no market Tor
coal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Countrywide Drive
For Health Urqed
(Continued From Page u

Continued From Page u
'poppycock bills One provides for
washington birthday services and
another for painting school buses
red, white and blue and another
recurring all teachers to file COM
plete personal financial state
ments.
"Among the bills that require.
serious opposition, however, is on
requiring property qualifieatio(
for bond voters. This would affeA
school bonds.
In Washington, d. c., is a bill
now in the senate providing can
collation. of claims against state en-
ployes for back federal income
taxes. This should be supported. 1t
appears just that state employees
should pay federal taxes, but not
that they should have to pay for
the years when the government did
not require the payment
Corey also advocated an Assem-
lily bill designed to circumvent ef-
forts to obtain tax refunds through
technicalitieS.
Paul Cock, president Of the coun-
ty teachers association. spoke brief
ly at the sessions opening and was
followed by County Superintendent
of Schools f. L. Hiteman. New a
sociatiCn officers were then electl
New president is j. E. Warne o.
Brawley, president is Al zech
Of Ell Centro, secretary, Ruth La
veaga of Brawley and treasurer,
Cecil G. Huff of Seeley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Libby Holman on
Second Honeymoon

GREENWICH, Conn. April
UP) - Servants al the estate OF
Libby Holman. the torch singer
said today that she was in seclu
sion here with her new husband
23-year-cld Ralph Holmes, whom
she married secretly Monday at
Washington.
Holmes is 10 years younger than
his bride and seven years Younger
than his brother, Phillips Holmes,
actor and producer, with whom Miss
Holman had been keeping company
until q few months ago.
Miss Holman inherited $750.00c
from the estate OF her fist hus-
band, Smith Reynolds, heir to q
tobacco fortune, who was shot to
death at home eight months after
he married Miss Holman.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Page Sees Peace
IN Muir Park Row

WASHINGTON, April !. up
John C. Page, bureau Of reclama-
ton commissioner, today tod the
house public lands committee, con-
Quoting hearings on a bill for es-
tablishment of the John Muir-Kings
Canyon national park in Cali'cr-
MIA, that there is no doubt that
demands Of those fighting the bill
can be met satisfactorily.
He said his bureau soon would
make a report which would prove
TO all concerned that the park
could be established without en-
croaching on irrigation and power
demands of the san Joaquin VAL
ley.
Page said there was no need 70
send a congressional subcommittee
to California to conduct hearings on
the park project.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
By MARGUERITE BROOKS

Forty years ago we set our
course by compass and travelled
Salton Sinks uninhabited, road
less desert in a blackboard drawn
by four mules"
j. L. Matthews, veteran newspa-
per publisher and now chairman
of the California Unemployment
Reserves commission, settled back
in comfortable limousine parked
on an El Centre street Friday and
recalled the first time he visited
Imperial Valley as an adventurous
young newspaper publisher in
search of a story about the great
irrigation dream then ridiculed in
every financial center in the ma
ton.
In 1899 Matthews filed on a claim
near the present c and NJ ranch in
the Calexico district, the twenty
fifth claim to be filed on the des-
ert.
He arrived first with DR.. w. T.
Hefferman, c. r. lockwood, L. NJ.
Holt. and S. w. Ferguson on their
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02

officials said Saturday.
The number of children reached
such numbers that they were not
taken into custody because there
is not room at the Juvenile Deten-
tion home to accommodate them.
Deputy District Attorney D. r.
Wolford and county probation Of
ficers prepared Saturday TO call a
meeting of Brawley school boards
and officials TO acquaint them with
the facts SO they may protect other
school children and stop increase
of perversion in the schools.
Mrs. Sanchez has four children,
sons aged nine and seven years
old and daughters aged six and
two. She is held in the county jail
on a complaint charging her with
two counts of perversion and five
counts of lewd and lascivious con-
duct. The complaint was signed
by E. A. Nance, county probation
officer.
Investigation will continue, VOL
ford said, and asked probation Of
ficers and deputy sheriffs to in
crease their efforts TO question all
of the children believed TO have
come in contact with Mrs. Sanchez
and her children
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Britain Warned
kazis viii Fight
If Aims Opposed
fContinued from Page y

NCOIlklIlueN II OAAA otsN -
their utmost. Our friends are with
us. They will march with us under
all conditions at any time for all
future time
In the peace pledge" taken by
Hitler and Chamberlain at Munich
last September. the two powers de-
clared that the four power pact
which dismembsred CzechoSlovakla
and the BritiSh-German naval ag-
reement were symbolic of the de-
sires CT our two peoples never to
go to war with one another again.
The naval agreement, signed
June IS. 1885, had been regarded by
Britain as "a contribution of the
greatest Importance TO the cause OF
future naval limitations
The treaty gave Germany the
right to have a fleet of 35 per cent
of Great Britam'S. BY special pro-
vision. ii automatically gave Ger
many AS per cent OF the British
submarine tonnage. and under GER
tain circumstances she could have
parity with Great Britain in that
category.
Hitler went back to the time be-
fore the World war to draw a par
allel.
1T is good sometimes to recall
the mast" he said When this
city bloomed. it was in conjunction
with the unification OF the Reich
It was a time of peace. We knew
only one gOal-to work III peace
and raise the standard of living OF
the inhabitants"
This Germany of peace time
worked with infinite patience and
industry and attempted to secure
its place in the sun.
After Germany devoted herself to
peaceful pursuits, other statesmen
prosecuted her with Jealousy ans
hatred and plunged her into war
I'VE know how England planned
and worked for this goal; how they
wanted to crush Germany so that
the British citizen would be aSsur-
ed of his existence.
"Germany's mistake was not tt
have seen and worked against thi;
policy of encirclement. Germany
let the encirclement grow unit
catastrophe broke out. We fough
this war like heroes. although WI
were not the most highly armed
We know the power that knlet
Germany at that time. 1t was tht
mower and poison of lies and propa
ganda. When peace came, it wa
to be according to Wilson'S doc
trine of equity and friendship, witt
equal justice for all and Will
neither vanouished nor victors.
There were supposed to be M
colonial demands. The league O
nations was supposed to be estab
lished as a guardian over justice
There was to be general disarma
ment.
1T was TO mark the end OF sec
ret diplomacy. with all question
freely discussed, above all the righ
of self determination of peoples.
Germany believed those assuran
ces and trustingly laid down he
arms. Then began a breach O
word such as had never been Seel
before in the world. The time
enslavement and oppression begar
There was no justice. There wa
robbery and blackmail. No demo
crat worried about the life OF tn
German people"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Campus Notes
From Central
High Schoc!
By JACK KINNE

El Centro high school will be rep
resented in the tennis tournament
held at Santa Monica April G, 7, 8.
Ell Centre members attending are
Jack Hens, Bill Mccullough. Jack
Kinne. Doris Chestnut, Chariot
Case, and Hulda Free.
The GAG. club will hold a for
nal dance Saturday evening at 9
in the El Centro high school gym.
All El Centre high school alumni
are expected TO attend.
There will be no Easter holidays
this year at FL Centro high school,
according to Don Ketchen, Ell Cen
tro high school vice principal.
Due TO the many rain holidays
this year it is necessary to. have
school all next week
Senior ditch-day at El Centre
high school will be held the first
weekend in May, according to Jim
Rapson, president Of the senior
class.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
Lighted Arrows
Shot Into Cabin

LOS Gates, Cal, April l. tOPl
State Ranger Walter D. Winters
today said he had picked up IT.
year-old boy who admitted shoot
ing oil-soaked arrows at the root
Of a cabin occupied by Theodore
etrollo. recluse woodcarver. IN Los
Gatos Greek canyon.
ctrollo complained to authorize
that he heard the arrows thud
against the root and went outside
to recover four of them. They were
split from redwood shakes, bound
with cardboard and cloth and tip
ped with shingle nails. Fire Chief
Jack Sullivan said he could not de-
termine whether the arrows had
been lit before they were shot.