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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06

tnen swung oack toward Old Nate
and his burro. now some distance
! ahead.
Hey you'll" he called huskily.
"Come back here!"
1t was the fifth time he had de-
manded halt. and now he held a
blue automatic in his hand. and
there was threat in his eyes.
Old Nate turned with a question
ing look on his tanned and wrin-
killed. face.
He took in the tableau behind
him. and came shambling back
"Shucks." he said mildly. THE
little teller looks plumb tuckered."
Were both tuckered. you DANCED
old chiseler!"
Boris thrust the nose Of his auto
matte into Old Mates stomach.
Nov get this: Either you turn
up at this mine Of yours within the
next ten minutes, or else"
Old Nate cackled.
"Or else" He repeated the
words to himself.
He grinned. remembering that
once city chap had explained that
''or else" meant something pretty
bad in gangland. ....
But presently he stopped grin
ming and turned to look at the noun
tains.
They appeared to be as far away
rs they had back on the automobile
road. Ten minutes, he reflected.
Ten minutes wasn't very long, but.
He looked critically at Picato. then
at Sammy. The latter was bab-
bling incoherently. asking for wa
ter.
Nate said, indicating the gun:
YOU'D better put that thing
away. son. It won't do you no good
to shoot me. You can't find the
mine yourself. an without water
you couldn't get back. 50 I reckon
I got you about where want yuh."
Picato snarled in as ugly q man.
ner as he could without causing too
much pain to his face. .-..n.-
Listen. you skriveled up little
desert rat I'd just as soon shoot
you as" -..
But Old Nate was plodding back
toward the burro. .s ,,a. ~
His attitude was disinterested.
confident.
Picato raised the automatic, and
lowered it again. An oath escaped
his lips.
An hour later Old Mates atten-
ton was attracted by shot. s..
He stopped and turned.
Two hundred yards behind. the
chubby-faced man was on his knees
in the desert sand.
AS the old man watched, Picato
half lifted the automatic. swayed,
Strengthened again and then plunged
forward on his face.
He moved once, half dragged him
self to sitting posture, but the
hand which held the automatic was
needed to brace his body.
A minute passed, and then the
gangster slowly sank back, curled
up on the blistering hot sand as one
does who is terribly tired and has
at last found a restful place to sleep.
Far. far behind another speck on
the desert floor indicated the prone.
almost lifeless figure Of Sammy, the
bodyguard.
Old Nate sighed. ...-
Nov wouldn't yuh think" he
,muttered, "thet two smart jiggers
like them woulda known better?
Wouldn't yuh think 50. thought"
He sighed again, picked up peb-
BILE and lifted it at Lop-ears. Cit
along with yuh, yuh good-fer-noth-
in bag o. bones. We gotta reach
them there mountains by shutdown
today. or else He chuckled, plod-
ding contentedly along after the old
burro. z@n
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
Retail sales Pay Taxes

Chicago. nl.-An analysis BY the
National Consumers Tax Commits
sion indicates that hidden taxes
concealed In the retail cost Of goods
and services produce IS percent Of
all local, state and federal levies.
Out Of q national tax bill Of Ga,
ISIS, 728.838 for 1898, the consumer
ultimately shouldered In indirect
taxes total Of nearly 8 billion dol
lars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
GovernorS Conference

Albany, N. Y.-Twenty-six gov
errors, representing all shades of
political opinion, are in annual con-
ference as guests of Governor Le-
man. Man urgent problems in
state financing and relief are
scheduled for discussion during the
three-day session.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
Fatal Midwest Storm

indianapolis, Inc. - Six known
dead and so injured were found in
the trail Of sudden wind storm
of cycl0nic force that swept through
Indiana, Ohio. Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin, causing several hum
dred thousands Of dollars damage
to homesteads, farms and utilities.
Effects Of the storm were felt Is
far South as Kentucky.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
Putting the Brakes On

After dinner speakers have
armed to be brief. There are ways
letting them know.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
Rio de Janeiro Weather

Rio de Janeiro experiences its hot
st weather in December. January
I'd February.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06

LO6T!The old-fashioned idea that
people don't read the advertise
ments. Two-thirds Of the purchases
made today are made direct from
the columns OF the newspapers. In
many businesses the yearly appro-
priation for advertising Is larger
than the capital stock Of the con-
Germ doing the business.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
Gehrig's Case stirs Study

h Chicago, >In.-Leading physicians
predict greater laboratory activity
IN studying the possible causes Of
hardening Of the spinal cord which
caused the retirement Of Lou Gel1-
rig, one Of the greatest baseball
players Of all times. While It Is
stated that the disease Is definitely
not infantile paralysis, 1t has long
baffled the medical profession and
little is known either as to its cause
or cure.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06

WANTED 10 KNOw-Large bus
mess firms use whole pages In
magazines, just to advertise trade
mark. Do they do 1t because they
wish to donate their money! Hardly
They do it because they have
found that money invested in ad-
vertising pays.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06

FOR SAIE-words In the Classified
Ad column for the sum Of &c,
each insertion, minimum Csc, win
sell for you anything you have to
sell or rent: which will find for you
Ii lost-anything but good health
and the love Of another mans dog.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06

FOR RENT-Spaoe In the Classi-
fled Ad column where an adver-
tisement viii reach many people
who will be interested In what you
have to sell or rent-and will bring
results that win surprise YOU.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06
Twenty JAMS Poisoned

Shanghai, China-Reports from
Marking state that twenty high
officials Of the invading japanese
Army were mysteriously poisoned
by wine which had been doctored by
unknown persons at the outset Of an
important banquet rendered visit
ing dignitaries from Tokyo. Prompt
medical attention prevented any
deaths.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-06

New York City, Continuing the
tradition Of the old Mauretania, for
~ years one Of the most popular
express liners in the trans-Atlan-
tic service, q brand new 5000 ton
Cunard White Star Mauretania
completed her maiden trip to this
port in days. 10 hours from dock
to dock. She cost nearly 10000
600 and has Accommodations for 100
passengers.
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"OR ELSE"
g
By VIC YARDMAN
Q Associated Newspapers.
WNU Service.

RECKON" said old Nate
Hurst. that you two are a
couple Of these gangster
A~yyz-. Ls~ L1o~svnp %
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wANTD-Reople to know that
The Courier Reporter Classified Ad
column is read every week. Every
word Is q money saver.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09

passing other passenger cars rang-
es from 3.8 feet on 18-foot-w;.ia
highways, to 40 feet on 22-f
surfaces.
Speed has decided effee.
the cars position on the pavement
AS the speed increases. drive,
tend to travel farther away Fl
the right edge Of the road. s
passing another car going ii ts4
same direction requires more f9a
width than one passing from tse
opposite direction. for ii mus,
travel substantially faster than tae
car in front. On pavements 5ry
18 feet wide, the left wheels 9f gra
passing vehicle are often driven On
the shoulder.
In general, it was foun tss,
roads IS feet wide are too narrow
either for passenger cars alone 81
for mixed passenger car and truck
traffic; that pavements 20 feet
wide are inadequate for dense
traffic involving trucks. but are
reasonably satisfactory for the
more lightly Travelled roads with
few trucks; and that a road width
of % feet is entirely adequate for
the two-lane movement of modem
mixed traffic"
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
WAR AGAINST
AUTO SPILLS
A A A Gives Information BY
Means of the Candid
Camera
DELAWARE MOTOR CLUB

The candid camera, whose prin-
cipal use has been to picture not
ables in imposed postures, has
been enlisted in the war against
traffic accidents, according to L. R.
Lewis, president of the Delaware
Motor Club AAA
The U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads" Mr.. Lewis said. used such
a camera. mounted on a bracket
just outside the drivers window,
to study widths of highway in re-
lation to the safety and convent
ence of modern traffic Pictures
We're taken of vehicles passing in
the same and opposite directions.
speeds were recorded and road
measurements were taken.
''The cameramen found that, de-
spite the 'jitters' Of backseat 3riv-
ers, motorists usually allow ample
clearance when passing other We
hicles. The average clearance of
passenger cars overtaking and
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
OFFER SCHOOL
BUS MEASURE
Presented in House of Legis-
lature Friday With Safe
Provisions
ALL AUTOS MUST STOP

Safety of children who have to
use school buses is the purpose of
a bill introduced Friday afternoon
by Representative Norman A.
Draper of Bridgeville It provides
that drivers Of all automobiles and
trucks must halt at least 10 feet
from a school bus stopped along
the highways to discharge or re
ceive children and it further pro
vides that no machine shall pass
bus while it IS stopped for this pur-
pose. After children nave boarded
or left the bus the bus driver shall
allow all vehicles which have been
stopped behind him to pass before
be again puts the bus in motion.
Representative Henry NJ Candy
introduced a bill fixing a $500 an
nual license for out-of-state man
ufacturers of beer shipping their
product into Delaware for sale.
New Jersey imposes an annual tax
of $3.50 on Delaware brewers who
ship their product into that state
for sale and other states have a
similar tax. Another bill offered
by Mr. Candy would make it un-
lawful to bottle beer or to put it
in cans in any place except where
it has been manufactured. This
measure is intended to prevent the
product of breweries which have
been closed from being bottled or
canned in some other place and
then shipped into this state for
sale. BY unanimous vote the
House passed Speaker Frank r.
zebley's bill to make valid the rec
ord of legal instruments which
have not been acknowledged prop
erly. This is one of the acts
which the Legislature passes every
two years. At a brief Senate ses-
sion the House bill to amend the
racing law was reported favorably
by committee This act would
authorize an increase Of 1 1-2 per
cent in the take" of the Delaware
Steeplechase and Race Association
on the money bet at Delaware
Park, Stanton The increase is to
be used to liquidate the associa-
tion's Indebtedness and increase
purses at race meets. Senator
Paul r. Rinard for the committee
on judiciary reported favorably
with a substitute for Senator Pur-
nell's bill defining the crime of be
ing an habitual offender and pro-
viding the penalty. The substitute
makes the six-month sentence
specified in the original act discre-
tionary with the judge instead Of
mandatory.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
EGGS GO BEGGING AT
12c DOZEN

There is a glut of eggs in New
York and commission merchants
are at their wits ends to devise
means to dispose Of the enormous
and constantly increasing stock.
The mild weather that mas prevail
ed over all the country since Janu-
ary has persuaded the hens to lay
their eggs in abundance. The hens
in the south generally begin lay
ing in January, but this year they
are laying in larger quantities
than usual at this time, and the
hens in the West have begun pro
duction already. The average daily
receipt during January were 160,-
900 dozen eggs, and the prices Of
fresh eggs have tumbled down to
Is IL and IS 3-4 cents per dozen,
while lined eggs 60 begging at II
and 13 cents per dozen with hard
iy any buyers.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
Funeral of William G. Smith

The funeral of William G. Smith,
"a, real estate agent and former
justice of the peace, was held from
the Marydel M. E. Church last
week. He served as supervisor Of
assessments in Caroline county for
a number of years. He is surviv-
ed by a daughter, Margaret L.
Smith, with whom he made his
home; three sons, Harry II. Smith
and G. Wesley Smith, both Of
Marydel, and Guild c. Smith, Of
Espinwall, Pa; four brothers,
John Smith, New Castle; Frank
Smith, Marcus Hook, Pa; Isaac
Smith, Dover, and Norman Smith,
Cheswold, and two sisters, Mrs.
Laura Glass, Dover, and Mrs. An
ME Poore, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
SMYRNA ODD FELLOWS
VISIT WILMINGTON

While we were running off our
edition last week the members of
Morning Star Lodge /. o. o. F., to
the number of between forty and
fifty marched up Commerce street
to the depot to take the train for
a visit to Fairfax Lodge of VIII
mington. They all had on high
hats and most of them carried
canes in gloved hands and while
they were laughed at for their
novel position, they were univer-
sally complimented for the fine
appearance they made. A special
car was at their disposal, they
were feasted by their hosts and
treated to rich music; speeches
were made by members of Fairfax
Lodge and responded to by half
dozen Of Morning Star, and they
returned on the midnight train
feeling good with themselves and
the universal order Of the brother
hood.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
LETTER TO j. e. LOVEGROVE
From ClaremOnt, New Hampshire
Near the Canadian Line

j. E. Lovegrove, who sometime
ago visited Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
M. Clement at Claremont, New
Hampshire, had letter last
month from them which shows the
comparison of winters up there
than in Delaware. Mr.. Lovegrove
remembers his visit up thru the
New England State and of the
hospitality of the Clements. The
letter from Claremont is as fol-
lows:
Dear New:
l received your nice letter and
surely was glad to hear from you
and to know you are ok. We are
all pretty good here. We have
had a fine winter SO far. Last
weekend we had winter carnival
in town There were lot of peo-
pie there. AS far as know
there was only one accident. A
young fellow from Massachusetts
got hurt skieing. He fell and
struck on a pole that was driven
into the ground to mark the place
to go. He was lucky that only
rib was broken. However that
was bad enough. There were
about 20 dog teams there. Some
Of them were so pretty. We nearly
froze our feet watching them
skate. People, not dogs, ha-ha. 1
am still working in Claremont in
the shop. Work seems to get
harder and harder l do not do
very much at home during the
week as we are dead tired when
we get home. Leonard is still
working in Newport. He does not
have to work as many hours as
we do. | have the car, so he don't
get home so far ahead of US. He
usually gets a ride with someone.
A week ago yesterday we had a
surprise When the bus came from
Boston, in came Harry and Hat
tie. They are both well. Harry
weighs around 200 and is as full of
pep as ever. Hattie is about the
same. We have not had a very
cold winter So far. Eight below
zero is the coolest we have had.
Believe me we have had plenty of
icy travelling. How is the rat sea-
son coming along? Is it too cold
for them? Are you trapping any
this year? And where is Edwin
and family? Do they still live in
Smyrna?
Mr.. and Mrs Leonard M. Clement,
Claremont, New Hampshire,
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services FO;
Next Sunday


First Churcn of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. M, Sunday School IL a. N,
evening service 500 p. M, Wed
nesday evening service at 8 p. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meeting at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. M, also meets on first
Wednesday evening of each
month at p. m. Subject for Sun
day, February II: Soul" Golden
Text: Isaiah 25:9. Lo, this is our
God; we have waited for him, and
he will save us: this is the Lord.
A Bible Citation from the Lesson
Sermon: Isaiah 81: 10. 1 will
greatly rejoice in the Lord, my
soul shall be poyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, he hath
covered me with the robe of right
eousness, as bridegroom decketh
himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her
jewels. Correlative from the Text
book, Science and Health with
Key. to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy: Soul has infinite re-
sources with which to bless man
kind, and happiness would be more
readily attained and would be
more secure in our keeping, if
sought in Soul"
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
Beavers Dam Causes
Right-of-Way Flood

SUDBURY. ONT. - Beavers
were threatening to halt traffic
on the Canadian National railway
lire near here.
The beavers built so many
dams along the right-of-way that
they blocked culverts and
damned small streams until they
spread out into lakes, flooding the
tracks and weakening small,
bridges
Game Warden Lawrence Hemp
nil dynamited the dams buiIt Il
the beavers along the tracks.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09

cry. This may be loss to them,
but the mild weather HIS had its
compensating features in reduced
doctors bills, and what they save
in this particular will help them to
pay for Yankee ice or ice machine
if they must have the frozen
cubes.
DR.. Q. o. Swinney, Grand Temp
lar, and Herman Roe went to Do
yer on Monday evening and visited
Olive Lodge of God Templars of
that town. This is a lodge of re-
cent organization and is very earn
est and active in its work. The
exercises of the evening included
an initiation of new member, in
stallation of officers, speeches by
the visiting officers and closed
with bountiful spread of ice
cream and cake. There are now
two lodges Of the Good TempIars
in Dover.
A visitor to Milford, walking
through its streets at night will
agree with its citizens that it is
perhaps the best lighted town in
the State William T. and r. M.
Johnson, formerly of this town
who own the plant are justly
proud of their success in giving
the town a good electric light and
pleasing the people. It's numerous
handsome merchantile establish
ments with its tasty arrangement
of goods on a single line and bril-
liantly lighted up, look lige stores
and not like junk as is the case in
the conglomerated stores in other
places that could be named. The
town has now over 1900 electric
burners and constantly being add
ed to, which is claimed to be more
than any other town in the county
of the same population.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
MIDDLETOWN'S NEW
FIRE COMPANY

At the special meeting held by
the Citizen Hose Company last
Thursday evening it was decided
toa ccept the invitation of the Vol
unteer Hose Company, of Middle
town, to be present at the dedica-
ton at their new hose house next
Tuesday, 18th inst. Not less than
thirty members will go equipped
either with fatigue caps or helmets
and belts. No apparatus will be
taken along, and each member will
pay his expenses for the trip. a
special meeting will be held again
tonight at 7.3O o'clock at the
company's rooms to perfect final
arrangements
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
DEATH TRAP ON MARKET ST.

LIZA II MAJ O4N hATkfAEl = IL i.
What We're at first privately ex-
pressed opinions, have developed
into outspoken protests against
that death trap recently set in the
pavement in front of a property on
Market street. The entrance to
the cellar to this property Is
through a set of double folding
doors, reaching nearly two-thirds
of the distance from house to curb.
If either set Of these doors is al
lowed to remain Enclosed, especial
ly after dar las has been the case
on more than one occasion) an
opening large enough remains
through which a pedestrian might
plunge, with probably fatal result.
The frequenters of Market street
claim that this encroachment on
the sidewalk is unwarranted.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
Survey Finds Horse and
Buggy Makes New Gains

WASHINGTON. The census 81.
reau reported that the horse and
buggy days are coming back.
According to a survey made bv
the bureau, manufacturers Of car-
riages, wagons, sleighs and wheel.
barrows employed more men in 1887
than they did in 1885. The vaIae Il
their products also increased in
1857
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
LATE sAFEI71
COUNCIL NM
Attention Called to i
Of Jay waikiki. ,'' a''
and Dangers
Y ArcH TRAFFIC lrc.,

jaywaLk ii bsst.
+s.n..ts II. :. v suicide 81 a5.s s'5.7 !.
.ra srny In i the word evss sIss a1....
a2-om0 than the Javr,.'.. w
san SEE them eve5r s-ss, !.
out from IL ...a sa'
neither to the right d, !, =,
@2etaer the light be "a :.
AM 15noer !. Do they get sTar 5,%' ~
N2 :, The Delaware Satt,r W y
Il .ays that in most Ill.
e'laas 81 e, make two thirds i d,
:. ..1 1o-I % these cars-ss /.
Trans save tine: IL II
PEDESTRIAN has IA m.
light to change is i .s.,5' : W
gam these Is second. '5,.,s t,r.s1
Iisk weeks in the aosDi,s a1',s Il
ieath But if YOU ars i.
person at the scene of he IL
Eou have to think fast. R.ss ....
temptation to rush the tnr.i
y the hospital The Conac
ports that many times + i
r. administer first aid ina.s,
t. apply artificial resplr.s-
stop severe bleeding Or d
a sppIint There are lime,
tae injured should MOI !.
until a doctor comes. e,ps.s
cases Of spine injuries. fr n
making the injury v:rs
above all. remember that 4
ier On the injured 10 have
aCd smooth ride 10 the N
taan to have a wild. serb
Eerve-wracking tup Th
ware Safety Council also M
that It IS wise to be prepare
emergencies by leaning d, !
clpies Of first aid. II nav Y
meals Of saving a life.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
Asks More Funds for Agriculture

V. ]. Carmine, secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, said
last week the Board is asking the
Legislature $373,000 for the next
two years. Gov. Richard C. Nc
Mullen recommended 1924, 900.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
DUCK CREEK CHANGED TO
SMYRNA RIVER

DR.. Richardson gave notice in
the Legislature last week of an act
to change the name of Duck
Creek. 1t is the intention to
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO.
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF FEB. 9TH, 1889

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09

During 1884. 252 prisoners were
received in Texas state prison on
murder convictions.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
MARRIAGES

Ransom Chase - At Smyrna
Landing, January Both, by Rev. E.
E. White, Harry G. Ransom, Of
this town, and Miss Laura H.
Chase Of Smyrna Landing.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09
P. 7. A. Holds Bridge Prt

Townsend Parent Teach, \
citation held a bridge party d
school on Tuesday evening il
week in the school auditol-
Smyrna times., 1939-02-09

Mrs. Kate Douglas has given
her house on lower Main street a
handsome coat of paint.