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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Torrance was making necessary a
principals examination. Applicants
for positions passed certain written
examinations that were marked cor
rectly. But they were also required
to pass an oral test. That's where
the niger in the Woodpile showed
his ebony face. Some 800 teachers
took the examination Only l55
passed, 122 Of whom had been pupils
of MIR. Johnson in class he con-
Quoted for pay to prepare them for
the examination.
Later one of the examiners made
a statement under oath that before
a candidate entered the room for
the oral test, Johnson would indi-
cate whether he or she was to pass.
The Kelly-Nash machine is close
ly connected with the underworld.
There is a syndicate made up of
the heads of the old Capone mob.
They will sell you anything from
liquor to the services of girl. And
it is said they enjoy most cordial re-
lations with powerful figures in the
Kelly Nash machine This under
world gang also specializes in muir
ders.
Chicago has a profitable method
of dealing with garbage-profitable
for the machine. There is an aban-
doned quarry, several hundred feet
deep. From 1882 to 1888 the city
paid the owners total Of So, $4,000
for the privilege of dumping gar
bage in the hole Soon the hole
will be filled up and the owners
will then have a piece of valuable
real estate The contract to dump
was made with one, the Democratic
Kelly's old sanitary district.
But why continue recitlng this
rotten mess? The Collier article
says Kelly and Nash have a
stronger grip than ever on the state
as well as Chicago Now their eyes
are fixed upon greater and nobler
powers in the national government"
1t was a Kelly-Nash henchman
who was found in the basement Of
the convention hall in Chicago,
shouting into loud speaker system
the stirring message that was blared
into the convention hall, I'VE want
Roosevelt" I'VE want Roosevelt"
He was caught at the pleasant pas
time by reporter and a picture
taken of him at the moment
Boss Hague of Jersey City and
Boss Flynn of the Bronx are men
of similar reputation. Flynn is chair
man and Hague is vice chairman Of
the Democratic national committee
And a recent article in a national
magazine portrays Hague as corrupt
as Kelly. Again we say it is al
together regrettable that President
Roosevelt should have BECOME mixed
UP with such a rotten although pow
crful crew of supporters.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
EftEKHXKFfK4KNx
SPLINTERS
BY Ted Aronson
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ELECTIONS.

Election day is near at hand. AS
usual, many so-called good citizens
will not go to the polls. They are
too busy or too Indifferent, or shall
we say, too lazy to vote. Some of
these shirkers, sitting at home and
reading about graft and corruption,
may throw the newspapers down
in disgust and ask, Why doesn't
someone do something about it,"
Yes, .non-voters are often the loud
est critics.
The persons least fitted to hold
office frequently seem to be the
most willing to be candidates And
we have observed that lack of abil-
ity is no obstacle to being elected.
The result is mal-administration,
waste or even worse The trouble
is that too many citizens fail to real
ize that the franchise is a solemn
duty as well as a right. That duty
cannot be met by merely casting
ballots.
We must vote intelligently. The
qualifications of candidates and the
merits of issues require serious
study To vote for a candidate be-
cause of his social standing, his re-
ligion, his ancestry, his wife, or be-
cause he is a friend, without being
best qualified, displays neither in
telligence nor a concern for the pub
lie good Questions at issue may
affect the well-being of every per
son in the land Choose wisely.
We should also vote unselfishly.
Not to further the interests of our
selves or Of any group or class, but
to subserve the general welfare. If
voters thought only of the greatest
good for the greatest number, po-
litical bosses and machines would
go out of business in certain To-
callties.
Furthermore, it is our duty, in
SO far as we are able, to see to it
that others become responsive TO this
civic responsibility. Only sound
public opinion can make the will
and conscience Of the people eff
fective, and render it impossible to
have government Of. by and for the
politicians anywhere in America.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
1t Is Reqrettoble Thot This Is True

altogether regretabe that President Roosevelt
seeking Third violation Of tradition
the poll
denying
only from the standpoint of good
will Mr. Roosevets
reputation
No support given Kelly
Jersey City of
national chairman of the Democratic
party
Chicago machine2 article
Golfers odd and
every patriotic Kelly machine
article The article reprinted last Sun
Spokesman Boss Rule of Cities Here
area feWh article
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God Bless A>ne4icd
And ptese.ve Her >1ibe.ties

The people of this nation must make one OF the most
portentous decisions in the life of this Republic when they
walk into the election booths next Tuesday Many and
today honestly worried and deeply concerned
with the fear that freedom know is great danger
II the tradition against the Third Term for any president
is discarded sobeminded students of history and what
taking place hepeFld today fear that the bars will be
let down and that this nation will have taken disastrous
step the road to dictatorship and loss OF freedom May
every American citizen the booth Tuesday think
of the priceless of liberty and only to preserve
that great heritage May every patriot vote not for party
but for America.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Edward j. Kelly has been mayor
Of Chicago since 1888 Patrick A.
Nash is county chairman, state
chairman, national committeeman of
the Democratic party. Both are now
men of wealth. Nash and his broth
ers have the largest sewer building
concern in the west.
When Kelly was chief engineer Of
Chicago's sanitary district, the Nash
outfit secured S13,00O,000 sewer con-
tracts in three years 1t is said the
source of Kelly's wealth is not so
clear.
Kelly, as engineer, was paid sal
airy of $4,000 year. The govern
ment got after Kelly for failing to
rercrs an income of S45O,00O In the
three years of l926-27-28. He set
tied by paying Sl05000 in back fed
eral taxes.
The newspapers pressed him to
explain an income of S450,000 in
three years from a $4,000 salary.
This was the startling explanation:
In the ten years-1919 to 1928
he claimed an income of S724, 1868.
In the time that he had had a sal
airy Of $751;, 900, his income had been
S573,000 in excess of his salary Then
he added that this large sum did not
include the S450,000 upon which he
had just paid the Sl05, 900 in back
taxes. Thus admitting that his in
come as city engineer. on yearly
salary of $4,000, had been over
S1,1O0.00O in ten years. Some in
come.
Here is more high finance at the
expense of the city
T. J. Forschner, Kelley's friend
and nelghbor, was given a Calumet
river Job for S4,750,000, said to be
81, OO0,0 in excess of fair cost.
The sanitary district paid S1.08 a
cubic foot for dredging, while the
u. S. government paid "A cents a
cubic foot for the same kind of
work in the same river-S1.08 as
against A cents
The district paid A cents pound
for reinforcing steel when 8 cents
was fair price.
The sanitary district built road,
lighted by 500 lamps which cost
from $1,000 to Sl400 each. The states
attorney said they could have been
bought for 500 each They were
sold by a company controlled by
KelIy's personal attorney.
Pat Nash got contract of 81,
100000 to build sewer, then as
an extra, another S2,000,000 to con-
meet it with another sewer, and then
another S3,000,000 extra to remove
the first extra Rich pickin'sl
Kelly's critics say that before
elections Kelly's machine has filled
vacant buildings and even vacant
lots with registered voters The reg
istration, said one reporter, has
made railroad yards, garbage dumps
and stone quaries teeming centers
OF population.
The Kelly-Nash machine has
wrecked the Chicago school system
and turned it into another job
factory"
w. H. johnson was named city
echool superintendent through ma
chine pressure. Johnson's star per-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
First Lutheran Church.

Bible study and prayer this ev-
ening at GAS
Choir practice this evening.
Confirmation class meets Saturday
morning at 1000.
Sunday school at GAS Sunday
morning.
English services at HOO Sunday
morning.
An organization meeting for
Junior L. D. r. next Tuesday at 400
in the afternoon. Place, at the par
sonage All girls from 7 years old
through Confirmation class invited
NORMAN BENSON.
Student Pastor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Wife: My husband has no bad
habits whatsoever He never drinks
and he spends all his evenings at
home. Why, he doesn't even belong
TO a club
Visitor. Does he smoker"
Wife: Only in moderation. He
likes a good cigar after he has a
good dinner, but don't suppose
he smokes two cigars a month. -
Vesta Vamp.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Here's the difference between a
politician and lady: When a poll
tician says Yes he means May
be. !" When he says Maybe he
means No If he says No he's
no politician
When woman says mo" she
means Maybe When she says
Maybe she means Yes" and if
she SAYS Yes" she's no lady.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
Democratic Platform of 1896

We declare it to be the unWritten
law of this Republic, established by
custom and usage of one hundred
years, and sanctioned by the great
est and Wisest of those who founded
and have maintained our govern
ment, that no man should be eligible
for third term of the Presidential
Office.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
Andrew Jackson

1t would seem advisable to limit
the service of the Chief Magistrate
to single term of either four or
six years.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
Thomas Jefferson

Should President consent to
be a candidate for third election,
| trust he would be rejected on this
demonstration of ambitious views. .
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

A family man, who has made good
in his home town and has contrib
'uted materially to the welfare of
his county and state.-P. v. Klinke.
Pol adv
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
Woodrow Wilson

1t is intolerable that any Presi-
dent should determine who should
succeed him-himself or another.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
NO!
George Washington

Decline a third term and thereby
set the precedent of two term limit
for President
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
Boss Edward J. Kelly,
Mayor of Chicago

Il suppose | was one of the very
first to go on record for third
term"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Use Newspapers-the Basic Adj
vertilng Medium. If
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31
A Third Term
YES!
Earl Browder, Communist
Candidate for President
of the u. S

THE tradition against a third
term in the presidency must be set
aside"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Absolutely 1907 for third
term for MIR. Roosevelt"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Harold l.. Ickes, Secretary of
the Interior
But, after all, what's is a sacred
tradition among friends2"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-10-31

Boss Frank Hague, Mayor of Jersey
City, N. j., and Vice Chairman,
Democratic National Committee
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Bells Return After
Taking Guest Home

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Bell and child
rem took their house guest, MRS.
Marie Grangwere to her home In
Idaho, leaving Thursday and re-
turning Sunday afternoon. They
reported a fine trip.
Merle May Morgan was a house
guest of Miss June Davidson IN
Prosser over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Travis visit
ed their niece, Mrs. Vedna Smith,
who was a guest of the Jim Hodge
family in Prosser last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Maurice McBee and
children and Mrs. E. H. McBee left
for Bellingham Thursday, where
they visited relatives for few days.
The annual picnic of the 3-H
club was held Sunday at Sacajawea
park, The attendance was small,
but those attending enjoyed the
grand eats, with swimming and
lusSU cav 11VSA OA2S N0oJ
harvest season. Present were MIR.
and Mrs. w. C. Travis, MIR. and
Mrs. j. Tomaske and children, MIR.
and Mrs. Chester Henson and
daughter, Mrs. Guy Travis and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney
Travis and son, and Vern Borden.
The H. S. Bell family dropped in
after lunch on teir way home
from their trip.
z. Perrault is offering his herd
of cattle for sale, most of which are
the Aberdeen Angus breed.
Clinton McBee surprised his
friends with the news of his mar
rage last week to Miss Bernice
Moore of Prosser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Moore and
family of Buena Vista visited on
Wednesday, afternoon at the Guy
Travis home. Clinton Moore is
helping haul wheat this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Richland Crop Yields
Excellent Peppermint

RICFLAND The peppermint
harvest has begun in the district
and the community smells like a
big carton OF peppermint candy.
Most of the farmers have been re-
porting excellent yields from their
fields. Simon Carlson received 102
pounds to the acre. L. G.. Muncey's
acreage yielded 70 pounds and FL
mer Kemp received IS pounds an
acre from his field. There are many
fields which have not yet been cut.
Some fields were cut early and the
hay had not taken on the oil so the
yield was disappointing. Buyers are
offering $500 per pound.
MIR. and Mrs. Vic Nelson and Mr..
and Mrs. Don Rider picnicked in the
Walla Walla park Sunday.
See MayOs
DR.. and Mrs. Lemon accompan-
led by DR.. Lemons daughter, Mrs.
Smith, are in Rochester, Mimi,
where DR.. Lemons daughter will go
thru the Mayo clinic.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Ellington re-
turned home Monday after having
spent the weekend in Sunnyside
and Yakima.
William Nelson of Touchet spent
Sunday visiting at the home Of his
mother, Mrs. Tut Robinson.
Mrs. CULLEN of Ellensburg is Wis
iting at the home of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Forrest.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Wynams of
Walla Walla visited Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Wynam's sister, Mrs.
c. Kinney.
Bridal Shower
Mrs. Elgie Vandine will be honor
ed this afternoon at her home with
bridal shower. Mrs. G. A. Kinney,
Mrs. Addie Dickerson and Alma
Brooks will be the hostesSes.
Betty Kinney and Bud Kirk will
spend the holiday visiting at the
Bob Kinney home in Elgin, Oregon.
Ethel Blakeway of Walla Walla
who is sister of Mrs. Sherman
Muncey and MIR. and Mrs. Maurice
Compton and small daughter of
Seattle were house guests over the
weekend at the Sherman Muncey
home.
Shirley Peterson, daughter of
Mrs. Lille Peterson will leave Fri
day for Spokane, where she will en-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Hershey Co Prepares
For Lima Bean Harvest

BENTON CITY-Jay Carroll and
Don Hanson, who have been en-
ployed a month at Hershey's Frost
ed Foods, Inc. plant at White
Bluffs, returned Thursday and are
setting up viners here for Hersheys
preparatory to the lima bean har-
vest.
c.. C. Hedger came Thursday to
visit his mother, Mrs. F.. S. Hedger
and his aunt, Mrs. Anna Prowell
Mrs. c. c. Hedger, who spent two
weeks here accompanied her nus
band Saturday to their home in
Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Hunt OF
Oakland, California. were Friday
guests of Miss Margaret Hartman
Margaret went with them to Pros
Ser to visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lois Wilson ano
sons, Lee and Terry, returned Fri
day from Bremerton, where Mrs
Wilson and sons spent two weeks al
the home of her sister. Mrs. Bill
Marlin. A son was born August
Il to Mr.. and Mrs. Marlin. Mr.. VII
son drove to Bremerton to bring his
family home.
MIR. and Mrs. Russell Braendleln
left Sunday for Weihel, where
Braendlein is employed at the
Yakima Fruit Growers Association
warehouse. Robert Hanson is drlv-
ing the Spokesman Review paper
route while he is away.
MIR. and Mrs. Dean Hartman OF
Elma came Friday for a weekend
visit with Hartman's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. I. M. Hartman and with
Mrs. Hartman's mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Bolman in Yakima. Glen
Hartman, employed this summer at
Montesano, returned to Benton
City with them. Glen will teach
next term at Outlook. Miss Esther
Hartman accompanied the Hart
mans to their home Monday for
few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w E. Fillmore
daughter, Wilma, Miss Connie Car
penter and Mrs. Harry Kendall
were Walla Walla visitors Friday
and Mrs. Kendall visited her mo-
Their, Mrs. Margaret Knudson.
Cowles and Miss Ruth Doremus
is here for two weeks, helping care
for Mrs. w. G.. Moores. >rs.-...
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ter the st. Lukes hospital for
training.
Mrs. Dmitruck is in Yakima
working in the hop fields.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Schunemann
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schunemann
of Pasco were visitors Tuesday at
the home of their sister, Mrs. Julia
Clements.
Mrs. Guy Conwell left this week
to visit at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, MIR. and Mrs.
Floyd Conwell at Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Finch spent
the weekend at the home of Lii
liam Carlson. Before her marriage
Mrs. Finch was a college ROOM
mate Of Miss Carlson's. Mr.. Finch
will be the music instructor in the
Granger schools.
Mrs. Robert Marsh and her sis
ter, Media Fletcher, left Saturday
for Longview. Miss Fletcher will
go from thereto Vancouver, where
she will teach school this year.
Visitors Return Home
Wilbur Huff and son Terry and
Mrs. Sam Beggs of Seattle were
weekend guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. r. r. Mcintosh. On their
return Sunday night they were &C
companied by Mrs. Hough, who has
been a guest at the Mcintosh home
for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Fred Markham was visit
or in Irrigon Sunday.
Pete Gruner was a weekend
guest at the w. L. Muncey home.
MIR. Gruner is a former Richland
resident and now resides in Bell
ingham.
Vivian Rayhill is staying at the
Wysong home in Kennewick and
attending high school there.
Robert and Media Fletcher drove
to Cheney Friday. Robert will en-
ter Cheney this fall.
Georgia Mcmahon entertained her
Pasco bridge club Wednesday aft
ernoon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29

Publication of the 1862 weekly
newspapers in the United States
represents one of the modern re-
suits of the invention of printing
with movable types 500 years ago by
Johann Gutenberg. Celebration of
the quincentennial of Gutenberg's
invention throughout the year 1910
is being promoted by the Interna-
tional Association of Printing House
Craftsmen and other graphic arts
grOllDs
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Lapes Enjoy Vacation
Spent i'm Montana

HIGHLANDS-Mr E. G.. Lape
and sons, Duane and George, re-
turned Monday from five-day va
cation trip to Western Montana.
They visited Mrs. Lape's sister at
Missoula and while there witnessed
a 35O0-acre forest fire. She reports
that the weather was much warm
er than here, both night and day,
part of which was probably due to
the forest fires in that vicinity.
Mrs. William Knight and her
brother, Audie Perkins, returned on
Sunday from a trip to Pineville,
Oregon, where they visited their
sister, Mrs. Everett Lundquist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Torrance Taylor of
Yakima are visitors at the w. S.
Green home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Morgan had as
their guests last Thursday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Greenhouse and Miss Norma
of Prosser and Mrs Chester Hazel
of West Salem, Illinois.
Mrs. j. l.. McBain, who underwent
an appendectomy last Wednesday
at the Pasco hospital is reported as
much improved.
Tom Handy of Richland is max
ing his home with his aunt and
uncle, MIR. and Mrs. T. 3. Dorton
for the school term.
Vacation on Coast
Mrs. N. E. Robbins and son, Nor
man, left LAST Wednesday on a trip
to the coast. They visited at Taco
ma, Enumclaw and Fox Island, re-
turning here Sunday night.
MIR. and Mrs. wallace Preston
were Sunday dinner guests at the
w. j. Preston home. Following
dinner they all drove to Umapine
to spend the afternoon.
Mrs. Wallace Preston and Mrs.
w. j. Preston visited with Mrs.
Marian Warner of Benton City on
Tuesday afternoon.
GrandSonS Return Home
MIR. and Mrs. w. F. Sonderman's
grandsons, Bill Whiting and Gene
Waycott of Portland, left for their
homes after spending the past week
visiting here.
Mrs. d. Taylor and daughter,
Shirley, Miss Betty Sonderman and
Clark Taylor spent the weekend
: in Yakima visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Torrance Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Sitton visited
Sunday afternoon at the v. o. Hum
phrey home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Campbell were
Sunday dinner guests at the Ted
Watkins home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Kippes of
Walla Walla were weekend visitors
at the M. L. Kippes home. q:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Green and
son, Billy, were Saturday evening
visitors at the E. j. Brand home.
w. s. Green accompanied E. S.
Black to Prosser Monday evening.
Dean and Glen Nagley spent the
Weekend visiting here. They are
both employed at Endicott.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. H. Meyer at
tended an aluminium dinner at the
v. o. Humphrey home Tuesday eve
ming. ---.-~-r- ~. Il. .-.~~rs - ~
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The first printing press was re-
ceiVed in Australia in 1887 after be-
ing sent there by the English gov
eminent. No one could be found to
operate it, so the equipment remain
ed idle for eight years until Gov
ernor Hunter in 1795 discovered a
printer, George Hughes, among new
arrivals. -
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Home is where you can eat corn
on the cob without having to make
apologies.