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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

& YOU
KNOW?
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Only one other state California;
has more national parks than Wash
ington and only one (Wyom1ng)
with Yellowstone and Grand Teton,
has a greater area in national parks,
either in proportion to its size or to
its population. In addition to Its
national parks, comprising more
than 1,14O,O00 acres, Washington
has 1,207,694 acres within the ma
tional forests of the Cascade Noun
tains, dedicated by executive Or
der primarily to recreational uses.
In addition to these areas the
state has recently acquired for its
rapidly growing parks system more
than $4,000 acres. It desires to
build an extensive system or rela-
lively small parks, located in every
part of the state, SO that all the
people may have ready access to
the recreational areas. Thus, al
though Washington is one of the
youngest states, and nineteenth in
area of the states of the union, it is
the best equipped from the stand
point of recreational areas.
Building A State" new history
of Washington, has just been pub
lished by the washington State His
torical Society, in cooperation with
the washington State Progress Com
mission. It is volume of GOT pages,
edited jointly by Charles Miles and
o. B. Sperlin, the latter of the
faculty of the University of Wash
ington. The book now is going into
the hands of students, libraries, both
in the state and throughout the
nation, and to individuals.
Features of the history are that
it gives much attention to the years
of statehood, especially those since
1915, and that much of it is in mar
rative form. It strives for human
interest. The book contains a rec
ord of the states Golden Jubilee
celebration in 1899, and also has a
list of all donation land claims by
counties Fifty authors contributed
to the record of fifty years of state
hood, and in nearly all cases these
men were or are experts in their
fields. The book was conceived and
begun by the late N. B. Coffman of
Cheha1is, until his death recently,
the president of the State Historical
Society.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
BullS-EYe ALWAYS

An atomic gun which never fails
to put every bullet into the target
has been perfected at Cornell uni
versity. The gun fires electrons as
bullets and. believe it or not, if these
bullets miss the first time, they turn
around and come back. This they
keep up, back and forth, until every
last one of them has found its mark.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
How About Night Spots?

Iceland must be 'A1 This and
Heaven, Too" according to reports.
There are no worries there about
unemployment, poverty, police, pris-
on, deficit, army or navy or forti-
fications because no such problems
exist there. Iceland has a popula-
ton of $4,000.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
80 BlinkS a Minute

The rate of blinking of the eye
ranges from 2 to 80 times a minute,
according to the Better Vision in
stitute. Some persons normally
blink their eyes more frequently
than do other persons, and every
body blinks more than usual I'M
der emotional stress. A blink Or
dinarily lasts for one-fifth of a Sec
ond.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Colors in Bible

There are about 20 different words
denoting color in the Old Testament,
but only white, black, blue, purple,
red, yellow and green are distinctly
named. In the New Testament sew
en- colors are named-white, black,
red, purple, green, scarlet and YER
million.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Look for Yourself

A Californian has invented an In
dictator to be hung in motion pic
ture theater lobby to show what
portion of a program is in progress,
how long it will last and how soon
It will be over.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Ancient Bones

Bones of prehistoric animals have
been uncovered in Edmonton, Can
ada, in the city's main gravel pit
on the banks of the North Saskatche-
wan river. The bones, some large
and some small, are believed to be
those of some water-loving animal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Naked Truth

The truth is often called 'naked"
because, according to fable, Truth
went bathing and Falsehood stole
her clothes. Later, Falsehood Of
fered to lend Truth some clothes,
but Truth refused, preferring to 60
around in the altogether.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
WHY Do We?

The United States imported about
100000 bushels of apples from Cam
ada for the year ending June 80,
1910, and during the same period,
exported about 125, 900 bushels of APP
pies to our Canadian neighbor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Cocktails In 1862

Island Of Jamaica, British West
Indies, might be the birthplace OF
the cocktail. In 1892, a clergyman,
witnessing the earthquake that de-
stroyed Jamaica's pirate city Of
Port Royal, began his diary with
81 was drinking a cocktail when it
commenced to happen"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Organic Chemical Production

In this country large-scale organic
chemical production did not assume
any Importance until the first World
war was we'll under way and our
textile and pharmaceutical manu-
facturers could no longer procure
the necessary products which had
come from Europe, according to In
dustrial and Engineering Chemistry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Dog House Included

An inducement for persons to
build homes is the offer of Raleigh,
N. C., building firm to inclu3e de
luxe dog house, complete with hard
wood floors, fireproof shingles and
running water with each standard
lied house.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

The Chinese tell time with con-
siderable accuracy by looking at a
cats eye. The pupil of the cats
eye becomes narrower as noon ap-
proaches, and wider as the after
noon wanes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Soybean Meals

The best soybean meals contain
nearly as much vitamin B as wheat
germ does and nearly as much vita
min C as lean meat or milk when
the comparison is made on a dry
basis, the American Chemical So
ciety reports. I
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Teachers in School

Approximately 1000 students were
enrolled in the thirty-sixth annual
summer school of the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA, about half OF whom
were high school teachers seeking
further degrees or brushing up In
special subjects.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Floor YarniSh

The fundamental requirements for
a floor varnish are that it must be
dry, hard and tough without being
brittle. It should be resistant to
both water and ordinary soap solu-
tons. It should be rapid drying.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Sizes In Gold

Gold has been mined in greater
variety of sizes than any other met
al, reports Golfers. Some nuggets
have weighed more than a hundred
pounds, while some particles have
not weighed as much as one ten
killionth of an ounce.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Famous Famine

The famine in India in 1790-92 was
the most famous famine of all 1t
was called the skull famine" be-
cause people died so fast they could
not be buried.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Three Official Languages

Switzerland recognizes three Of
fetal languages for it's population.
It has French cantons adjoining
France. German cantons adjoining
Germany, and Italian cantons ad-
Joining Italy, their inhabitants
speaking the language of their
neighbor power.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
An Acre of Dirt

The average housewife washes an
acre Of dirty dishes, one mile of
glass and scrubs five miles of floor
in a year, according to one statis-
tician
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Improved Valve Seat Rings

Greatly improved fits for valve
seat rings on airplane engines, with
less risk of engine failure, are re-
ported to result from chilling the
parts with a solution Of dry ice"
and an alcoholic type solvent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
HE Who Fights

Quintus Tertullian, who lived from
$50 to $50, is credited with being
the originator of the saying, He
that fights and runs away may turn
and fight another day."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Bats Are Ingenious

Bats catch mosquitoes and other
insects by means of an ingenious
trap formed by a web Of skin be-
tween hind legs and tail, according
to Natural History magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Hues i'm a Rainbow

There are $50 hues in the rainbow,
or in a spectrum made by passing
sunlight through a prism. reports
the Better Vision institute.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Five Lynchings in II. s,

Five Lynchings in u. s.
But five lynchings took place in
the United States in 1889. Three of
the victims were Negroes. There
were 10 kidnapings as compared
with 81 in 1888.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Newsnapers' Poll

The Gallup poll is financed by
newspapers of the nation, knows no
politics, and has never chalked up
an error Of more than per cent
since its founding.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Last Lucknow Survivor

Last LUCKNOW survivor
Charles George Palmer, SO, a vet
eran Of the British imperial army
and the last survivor of the Indian
mutiny and the siege of Lucknow
in 1857, died recently in Duncan,
B. C..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

Ford the halfway its 14consecuvehou
in victory smiles
Class "B"
champion averaged 2305 actual miles gallon for the grueng
f The Driver W. r. Knopp, right,
his championship award from w. o. Heade of the Gil
miles
gallon only enabled easily defeat all rivals in its price
surpa of half the "a
with overdrivc.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Wooden Trenchers

The pioneer trencher or dish was
often just square or round block
of wood, 10 to IL inches across and
three or four inches deep.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Milk hy Plane

Milk and ice cream are delivered
by airplane to the mining camps
in northern Canada. In some To-
calities the miners pay a dollar
for a quart Of milk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Red Invisible

Red is an invisible color to some
insects, and ultraviolet rays, which
are invisible to the human eye, can
be seen by certain insects.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Different Titles

Books published in America un-
der one title are sometimes pub
lished in Britain under a different
title.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Hispaniola

The Republic Of Haiti and the Do
minican Republic are the two re-
publics on the island officially
known as Hispaniola.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
River Converted Into Pine

The Small Pigeon river in North
Carolina has been diverted into a
pipe and carried eight miles through
the mountains to fall 861 feet to
power turbines.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Birds Have Keen Vision

Birds can see a tiny insect at q
hundred yards. The human eye can
hardly see il at one yard.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Women POStmaSterS

During the last seven years, 81
per cent of all postmasters in the
United States have been women.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Responsible for Diseases

Fungi, in its various forms, is re-
sponsible for many Of the diseases
and decay Of animals and plants.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Voice of Worm

A worm makes slight smacking
noise which reminds one of the drip
ping of water from a leaky spigot.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Earthenware Dishes Crack Easier

EaTthenWdre DISHES OFack LdSISE
Earthenware dishes are apt to
crack and to craze more readily
than china or porcelain because the
body and glaze of the earthenware
does not expand and contract at the
same rate with heat.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

and too much for something - Y
want. Y
X = X
This is the time of wear N, !,
ways have a beautiful garden = - =
summer. any
i = X
One thorn of exper;sr.
says Dad Gummit, is worth
whole wilderness Of warning
=; 8 X
To realize how lucky Won a.
roam through a gift shop and ~.
how many therrible things S"'
friends might have sent Won !.
Christmas.
x 8 X
MIR. and Mrs HasSenpfeffer nan.
don't have mOderniStic fumltUn
Uncle Jake gave their son 4 ~
chest for Christmas.
= 4: X
Definition
SCULPTOR: One who talp,
block Of marble and a chisel an
knocks off the marble he dopv.
want.
x 9 X
Customer (pointing TO Chlum
characters on laundry ticket) \
that my name?"
Laundryman: mo, desclptr
Means lii OF man, cross-ewd n
tet'."
Customer: "Er-thank you"
* 8 X
It may be all right for n.
Chinese to have that rule
about paying up all debts On
New Years Day. But they don't
have a Christmas just a week
before.
* 8 X
Tip to Motorists
How to land on Page /: TT /
pass a truck in an early norm
fog.
* 8 x
A sixteen-year-OId boy was b
vOlved i'm an auto accident h
northwestern city. He had no y
cense, the car carried no pllis
brakes, lights, tenders, body or OIhE
items generally regarded as eSa
tial. The boy explained 10 The y
lice that he had paid So cash ID
it and traded i'm his old car, Wu'
ried cops set out TO find the tradst
Definition
TEST OF LoVE-Phone W.
husband that you've been b
| wreck and note carefully whehE
he says Are you hurtP" or, rs y
car damaged?"
sE%%
Little Lucy: "Auntie, why dow
put powder on your face?'
Aunt: ITO make me pretty
Lucy: "Then why doesn't IT.
%%%
Wouldn't it be nice II car man
facturers could only improve
drivers as well as the carsl
sE%%
HE WHO YIELDS THE RIG
OF WAY WILL LIVE TO DIV
ANOTHER DAY.
Which is the hardest, aa
Dad Gummit, entertaining :
pest who says nothing, or
tening TO a bore who coS >
the talking?
@%%
And the most cheerful 10Y
the winner.
M%M
Definition
DAY DREAMING: HaSI
good time thinking what y
time you could have u you
having 1t.
sE$%
If you suffer from tn ne. '
fusion that you would IKE
be young again, listen iOl v
minutes to a 17-year-ola ~
ing to the boy friend oW
telephone, and you WIZ
cured.
M$%
When in doubt as to wnss ~
TODAY, ask yourself what yOs
wish you had done when 'OD
comes.
sE%% N
/ WHICH yum "AS N y
rs the prettiest woman ~
room?" don't waste . lo' y
looking around.
s%&% ,,ts
THE FELLOW WITH a go
ED HEAD ALWAYS BLAND
HAT.
sE%% 20
William Penn, the gres nj
sIyvania Quaker, one ~ =. ~
friend of his, very much - saps
for liquor. After Penn ns .s ~
ished him, the friend $3.50 $50
can you tell me how % ~ - by
yes" answered Penn, ..rd.S
as easy as opening your n and II
Convince me OF tnas Al srt
promise on my honor "
thing you tell me-" - VOC
sIgon my friend, when go
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

The Bible has outsold ''Mein
Kampf' by 100000 copies, in Ger
many.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

Book Titles Not Copyrighted
The title Of book cannot be copy
righted.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

champion of leading
Gilmore third
ord attained last week when 1941
model impressive victory price
years Gilmore Grand Economy classic
Ford starts the drop Of the AA officials flag eft Wind
Nevada
the capable Ford which averaged $50 miles for
the entire 595mle Center rights
line,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
lust Another Name

unbleached muslin is merely an
other name for unbleached sheeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Bible In Braille

Printing the Bible in Braille costs
$135. 1t takes up "a volumes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Definition

ECONOMY: That myste,,,.
something shat compels us 4 y
too little for something we ~ .
and too much for sometbinn
want.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23

william Penn, the gre" N
sIyvania Quaker, one oE q. -
friend of his, very much ~ .ar,
for liquor. After Penn nsu s W
ished him, the friend as 80
can You tell me how TO SOP y, Is
"Yes," answered Penn, ,.~d.S
as easy as opening your n snS II
Convince me of thar y. = srt
promise on my honor :"
thing you tell me-" - yOu .
"Wen, my friend, wneS u iisu6
any vessel Of intOxicaslns ,h,l 4
your hand, open the ham, Iae,s, +
tains It before is 1, ~
mouth. and you win ne'''
again" ,,,sysi
The friend was 50 !, ~
this plain advice thai
followed it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
THE BRIDES PRIMER.
BY PRUDENCE PENNY

is for unexpected guests oil brides them
Here tips to help smile vou greet
FIRST OF ALL have an emergency shelf. Don't stock
hit and miss but have the basis complete
meal
Once stocked keep it repenshed words
grocery order.
FOR EMERGENCY MENUS:
Have beside another the shelf 7ounce
h can of evaporaed milk box of prepared biscuit
peaches, and can of prepared fig pudding
Have OF corned
rings asparagus and box of cup cake
You might prefer canned half whole ham.
string potatoes pineapple Slices bees and
milk.
REMEMBER!
A Of carrots added the fresh two
will give sufficient vegetable o =
Sliced mushrooms from tiny will
the scrambled you'd planned for supper.
slice of pineapple tucked under the fruit gelatin
stretch the sufficient for to plenty
DON'T FORGET
To set of creamed chicken make Wash
rice and drop into brsky boiled sailed
When tender firmly into buttered ring mold
hed with creamed mixture Garnh with parsley olives
Biscuits piping hot from the split and buttered also
well under creamed mixtures.
Prepared buildings and renne csards be fixed in fifty
and chilled for serving
Meat, potatoes and vegetable be quickly
changed into for four by adding vegetable
with pastry and bake in hot 5o dgree 10 to IS minutes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
Solid Colors

The popularity OF monotones
also lengthens the time II takes
a girl 10 dress because solid
colors want jewelry and jeweled
accents are involved this year.
Rosalind Russell tells me that
she now regiments her jewels as
she does her colors. After all,
smartly dressed woman. says
RoSalind, won't appear wearing
hair clips, necklace. earrings.
neckline clips and bracelets all
AZ once. not to mention lapel
pins and those she might con-
slider for her pockets
She must measure her iewelry
for their incest effects and scale
them 10 her type OF costume.
This can't be done In two sec
ondS.
Rosalind .clinches her argu-
ment by relating that she donned
and DOTTED the pieces she had
selected for a recent formal
party over a half dozen times
before she was content with the
final and best effect.
Cop right, isti, international News ssrv1c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
Applying Makeup in Public
Drives Romance AWAY
BY MRS. c. BEECKMAN
Authority on Good Manners

YOU'LL NEVER see a really
clever girl OVERRIDING this bust
ness of making up when she is
with a man. She may give one
quick peek at herself in her
vanity mirror. one quick and in
conspicuous use OF her powder
puff. But no smart girl contin-
ually looks at herself in her
vanity mirror, turning her head
this way and that 10 see that
everything is TO her liking.
Good Form
You won't see a really bright
girl doing this. She knows it's
not good form and she knows
that mannerliness is an impor-
tant asset TO her.
But perhaps more important
10 her Sense2of romance, she
realizes that fussing detractS
from her charm.
It's a sure way OF diSlllusion-
ing her beau. If he has any sense
or sensitiveness at all, he'll begin
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17

TO wonder why all this makeup
and constant reconstruction are
necessary. What, he will begin
TO wonder. does this girl look
like without her makeup?
DisiIlusioning
He'd like TO talk with this girl
he's invited 10 dine with him.
But the minute he starts a con-
versation, out comes the vanity
case and she's at it again.
All those pleasant qualities he
hoped she'd have-charm and
clevernesS, courtesy, a warm
hearted awareness of another
persons reactions. all these
graces she abandons while she's
busily prinking.
Yes, disilluSioning is probably
the word that's beating at his
consciousness. His pride is hurt.
his interest has cooled. And
romance. which was waiting just
around the corner, sinks de-
jectedly away.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
Permanent Lore

WHEN GETTING a perma-
nent wave seek the services Of
an operator about whose ability
you are informed. There is no
need Of yellow streaks after the
hard boiled fritz.
Sometimes a bleaching agent
x used while the curlS are
steaming hot, still on the rods
Whether or not you have your
locks blued is a matter for you
10 decide. We are against that
lbeauty fad because we believe
that the silver sheen is more at
tractive than the dead look that
often comes when blueing is
used in excess. However, IL is a
personal matter. One likes il
or one doesn't.