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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Tobacco Markets

The worlds largest tobacco mar
kets are in Lexington, KY, Wilson,
N. ,aCsand Danville, Va. In 1888
Lexington was the worlds largest to-
bacco market. H.. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Laundering Flannel Beret

zSHA16 = 1oxH1ACH DC1CS
Flannel berets, so popular this
season, can be laundered by the usu-
al, warm suds method. Rinse well
in warm water and dry, by fitting
over china plate or cardboard cut
the desired size.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Inexpensiye Pictures

Colored magazine covers mounted
on stiff paper or cardboard make
inexpensive and attractive pictures
for children.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
King Owns Porpoises

If caught in British waters by q
British ship, porpoises become the
property of the crown, because they
are considered royal fish, FL,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Choctaw Meanins

Oklahoma is Choctaw WORD
meaning red people" ..-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
No State Bird

4 Connecticut is the only state in
the Union in which no state bird has
been designated, officially or other.
wise.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Zoology

Geology is the science Of the rels-
tionship of plants and animals to
their environment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Tularaemia

Tularaemia is a disease contract
ed through handling or dressing Of
wild rabbits which have the disease.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Oldest Shin

The oldest ship in the United
States navy is the U. S. S. Constel.
lation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Twin Reds

Twin beds were originated by the
English furniture designer Thomas
Sheaton, in the Eighteenth century.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Smallest Bird

The hunmingbird is the smallest
kind of bird in the world. The os-
trich has the largest body in the
world. # ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Sphinx

The sphinx has lions body and
a woman's head.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Placing Furniture

&, Placing Furniture s-- II
Give considerable thought to the
arrangement of your furniture. 1t
has great deal to do with the liv-
ability and charm of your home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Motto of Mounted Police

The motto of the Royal Canadian
Mounted police is '.Maintiens 1e
droit'' (maintain the right.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
IncuhatorS

The incubator, for the Matching OF
chickens, was known to the ancient
Egyptians.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Handy for Coffee Pots

A slender brush is harfdy to keep
the spouts and grooves of coffee pots
clean.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Contrary Town

Charlotte, N. c., observes the
Mecklenburg declaration Of indie
pendence, instead Of the Fourth of
July. The date was May 20, 1775. >.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Owners of Cars

One-third of the car owners in the
United States have weekly incomes
of $40 or less.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Unforeseen Beauty

Refnishing the wood often brings
out unforeseen beauty in an old
piece of furniture,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Chameleon's Tongue

The darling tongue of the chame-
leon can be extended to a length
greater than that of its body.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Once Premier

Jan Ignace Paderewski was once
premier of Poland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Scr0d Fish

A scrod is young Goldfish split
and prepared for cooking.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
The Four Estates

The press is referred. to as the
Fourth Estate, with the clergy, no
bles and commons composing the
other three estates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Two Died i'm White House

Two Presidents died in the White
House. They were Taylor and Hal
riSon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Upper Part Travels Faster

The upper part of wheel travels
faster than does the lower part.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Recording Earthquakes

The seismograph is used to record
quakes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Commercial Salt

Commercial salt comes mainly
from natural brine and rock salt.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Small Fish, Greatest Waste

Small fish have the greatest per-
centage of waste, due to the weight
of skin and bones in proportion
. to the edible meat. 81 : --.. %l5
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Chamoisette Gloves

CnamOlSette OlORcS
Chamoisette gloves are mace Oh
closely woven cotton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-09-04
Cranial Nerves

Cranial nerves are nerves Of the
body.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Missouri 34th State
To Adopt License Act

When MissouriS license act for
real estate brokers goes into effect
october /, real estate license laws
will be effective in "a States, the
District of Columbia, Hawaii and
four Canadian provinces, the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards said today. First such act
for the protection of the public
against dishonest or incompetent
real estate agents was passed in
California in 1917.
Approximately 70 per cent of the
population of the United States is
now under the protection of this
type of law.
States requiring that the candi-
date for a real estate brokers
license pass an examination as a
proof of competency are Alabama,
California, Florida, Michigan,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Wis
consin and Wyoming, in addition to
which Illinois and Kentucky re-
Quire an examination If the ap-
plicant has not had at least one
year of experience" according to
just-publiShed survey of real estate
brokers license laws prepared for
the National Association of License
Law Officials by Robert w. Seme-
now, secretary-treasurer. The pub
ncation brings up to date a CO.
operative study made five years ago
by the Association of License Law
officials and the National Associa-
ton of Real Estate Boards, which
sponsored the legislation.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Aid Is Offered Owners
|Of Rundown Houses

That rundown house across the
street" is attracting more attention
in several communities today than
1t seems to warrant from appear
ances.
A lot of people would like to
know If the owner doesn't want to
make 1t into living quarters for de-
fense workers. AS it stands, it's
not only an eyesore to the COM
munity but neglected piece of a
national defense area" that might
be converted into the use of families
looking for homes.
Government agencies and pri-
vate industry are prepared to help
turn such properties into defense
homes" said Donald H. McNeal,
deputy general manager in charge
of the Home Owners Loan Corp
reconditioning division. What's
Evening star., 1941-10-18
|ChHdren's Meals
ION Trays Save
| Many Steps

There are many ways you may
save miles of steps and by o'clock
at night be a smart young hostess
rather than tired housewife.
Setting the childrens meals on a
tray is one of these. Three or four
trays, one for each child, may be
set just as the table is set, with
place napkin. silver and the whole
dinner, including dessert. Do this
on the kitchen work counter so that
you work right from the stove to
the tray. At the come and get it"
call the older ones may carry their
own, and you may carry the toddlers'
to the table in the garden or the
porch or the play room, where they
may eat in fun and comfort. Sup
per finished. the trays are brought
back to the kitchen, and the clean
up is matter of moments.
This arrangement saves so much
Evening star., 1941-10-18

needed now is the cooperation Of
their owners"
He explained that homes registra-
ton Offices have been established by
the defense housing co-ordinator in
key defense centers to list vacant
houses and to accept applications
from property owners who are will
ing to convert vacant space in their
properties-or entire houses-into
quarters for defense workers. These
applicants are offered the free coun-
sci of experienced technicians in
planning conversion jobs, estimating
costs and advising as to the posi-
bilities of revenue from rent.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Bird Houses Protected

Kits for making bird-houses now
are as up-to- the minute as laws re-
quiring f1re-resistant roofing for
home builders.
Newest outfits for building wren
houses include asphalt shingles for
the roof-the same attractively COL
orful fire-resistant, low-cost roofing
which protects and beauties thou
sands of real homes all over the
United States.
So far, 10000 kits containing all
the parts needed to make these
bird-houses have reached young
America
Evening star., 1941-10-18

unnecessary effort at time Of day
when children are fretful and moth
er's temper is short. 1t seems to
work out that the children eat as
they should with no coaxing, and
the parent has 20 minutes of re-
Taxation before it is the childrens
bedtime and the dinner hour for
adults.
Evening star., 1941-10-18

Dentistry and matchmaking are
frequently practiced Jointly in
China, often in the same small
room.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
NOW PLAYING AT
LOCAL THEATERS

RONN- Wallace Berry and Marjorie
Main in "Barnacle Bill LOS. 4.3O.
7.55. II 20. also James Ellison and
Maureen O'Hara in They Met In
Argentina ii4o. 3:o5. $50. 1000.
RIALTo-Rudy Valee and Ann Miller
in Time out For Rhythm IL 30.
2.25. 5 40. $40. HIS. plus Virginia
Bruce and Herbert Marshall IN "Ad-
venture in Washington 100. 400.
6.55. 9:55.
MI SIC Bon - Edward G Robinson
and George Raft IN "Manpower."
y SIS. Ais. 7:35. 10 $50: also Cesar
Romero and Mary Beth Hughes in
Ride On Naquero.' HAD, ass,
6:l5. 9:35.
BILE MOUSE - Dennis Morgan and
Wayne Morris in Bad Men OF Mis-
plus John Garfield and Ida Lupino
IN out Of the Fog" 1880, 3:45,
Gas. $50.
RETURN SHOWING
BFVERLN-Jean Arthur and Charles
Coburn in The Devil and Miss
Jones" plus Ellen DreY and Robert
Girl"
CAPIToI-Brenda joyce and George
Murphy in Public Deb No. T. plus
Gene Autry in In Old Monterey"
COMM NITN-Spencer Tracy. Mickey
Rooney and Bobs Watson IN Men
Of Bows Town"
KAY STREET John Wsyne and
Thomas Mitchell IN The Long
Voyage Home" also Anita Louise
and Bruce Bennett in Phantom
Submarine"
LAKEWOOD - Mickey Rooney and
Spencer Tracy in Men of Boys
Town plus Men of the Light
Ship"
PARk-Lew Ayres and LARAMIE Day in
DIR. Kildare's Crisis" also Franchot
Tone and Brodrick Crawford IN
Trail Of the Vigilantes."
PRoCToR-Bob Crosby and Jean
Rogers in Let's Make Music" also
william Boyd and Russell Hayden
in Border Vigilantes."
REALART-Fredric March and Mar
garet SULLIVAN in S Ends Our
Night" plus March on Marines"
REN-Mickey Rooney. Spencer Tracy
and Bobs Watson IN Men OF Boys
Town"
RINIERA-Loretta Young and Robert
Preston in Lady Prom Cheyenne
plus DICK Powell and Joan Blondell
in Model Wife
SHELL - Tim Mccoy in Arizona
Gang Busters also James NewlH
in Sky Bandit
SINSET-George Murphy and Lucille
Ball in "A Girl. a GUY and a Cob.
also Leon Enroll and Helen Parish
in Where Did You Get That GIL
TEMPLE - Humphrey Bogart and
Sylvia Sidney in The Wagons Roll
al Night" also Wallace Berry n
Lionel Barrymore in The Bad
Man"
LIBERTY, Puysllup - Clark Gable
Roxalind Russell and Peter Lore In
They Met IN Bombay"
RIVIERA. Puyaliup Joan Bennett
and Franchot Tone in She Knew
All the Answers" also Richard
Arlen and Jean Parker in Power
Dive"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Data on Proposed Power Project
Given Prospective Bond Buyers

OF Sf3Ieo342 issued snos n.
first IN 1909 Oldest ths city .
paying of are the 1929 Cushmsn
construction bonds.
A FUN exposition Of the power
rate structure is included and with
K a cnart showing how steadily
dropping power rates have pro
duced steadily increasing revenues.
Increase shown
While average residential rates
dropped from 81 SIS To Si32 from
1888 to 1910. oNeils report show
ed. the city's sale Of power in that
category increased from - 10 .
million kilowatt hours and revs-
ME from |x714.1a7 TO Se6s. a53.
While industrial power rates
dropped TO 50 cents per XIV hour
TO ~ cents. revenue there jumped
from half a million 10 81. 20e. Gal
in 1910.
Anticipated power needs which
should run beyond the present
capacity next winter support IN.
city's desire for increasing the
power system.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
syt. 7. SHORT
Tacoma Times Staff Writer

There was great rejoicing among the settlers when Ezra
Meeker received the telegram from A. S. Farquharson saying
that he would locate his barrel factory in the valley. Far
ouharson arrived three weeks later. Machinery for the
factory came up on the same boat from San Francisco and
was the first freight carried on the Northern Pacific line.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Army Orders

WASHINGTON The War depart
nent has issued the following orders:
Coils. william b. Graham. inf.
Camp San Luis obispo. 70 Fort Mac
Shelby. 70 Camp Murray; Edgar 4.
Hume. me, Carlisle barracks. 20 VAN
couver barracks.
Lieut.. Coils. james Taylor. CSC.
Washington, to Fort Knox. Theron
Q. Methven. inf. Camp Murray. 20
Camp San Luis obispo: Robb s.
Mackie. inf. Hawaiian dept, TO Camp
Croft: Ralph c. Sweeney, Sc. Fort
HAYES. 10 Fort Sam Houston: Ralph
William Huferd. cws., Bradford, Pa.
70 duty Washington: Livingston Gil
con Irving. &C. res. Oakland. Calf.
70 duty. Everett. wash; Sydney YER
non Kirby. ms res. Pasadena. Calf.
10 duty. Fort BENJAMIN Harrison.
Mas. william w. O'Connor. inf i.
Fort Leonard Wood. TO Fort Ord:
David l. Painter. sc.. Fort Georee
Wright. 10 Mcclellan Field. Francis
r. Stevens. inf. Hawaiian dept, to
Washington. Kenneth X. Ellis, omc-
Stewart. inf. res. McKecsport. Pa.
70 duty. Charleston. s C.. Hugo
Alden Kenyon. spec. res. Philadelphia.
70 duty Washington. Myles Kenneth
stoitx. inf. res. Camp Stanfield. TO
duty. Pendleton, Ore; Robert Rich
ara Prcenel. sc. res. HOLLYWOOD, Cailfs
70 duty. Fort Monmouth.
Capts. Harold Z. Thornell. me-.
Fort Riley. TO Tusksee. Ala: George
N. Donaldson. ono. Omaha. TO
Marche. Ark: Leo c. wilson. ac., Fort
Knox. to Paterson Field: Wilson
Thomas. cws.. Fort Brady. 70 Edge
wood arsenal: Maurice c. Harlan, dc.
Panama Canal dept. 20 Fort Ben-
Jamin Harrison: William L. Bell Jr.
Cd. Lake City. Mo-. to Des Moines;
William p. Barnes Jr, dc. Scott Field.
70 Indiantown Gap Military Reserva-
ton: Guy A. Roos. ume.. Omaha. 10
jacksonville. Ark: Denton J. Rees.
dc. San Francisco. to Philippine
dept: Harry J. Hubbard. IA. Fort Sill.
10 Aberdeen Proving Ground: Thomas
Frederick Bonsall. sc. res. Glenolden.
Pa. TO duty. Montgomery. Ala. Lewis
Harry Lehman. ono. res. Chicago. 10
Omaha; Robert Darnell Hummer. inf.
res.. Chicago. to duty. Omaha. Chas.
Arthur Miller. &C. res. College sta
ton. Tex. to duty, Victoria. Tex.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Let Air Paris Contract

WASHINGTON-The army Sat
Hrday awarded q contract to Boo
ing Aircraft Co. Seattle. for $212,-
Oeo worth Of airplane parts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

Establishing the plant was not
all smooth sailing. Farquharson
a into trouble when he bought
ak acres from Meeker for a fac
tory site far enough from the
main line so that q sidetrack
would be necessary TO serve the
plant
Meeker had taken the contract
70 clear the railroad nght-of-way
through the valley. Because Of his
headstrong nature he was in a
fight with every railroad official
from Gen. Sprague down before
the job was finished. Settlers in
the valley also had been having
trouble with Meeker and they
urged Fsrquharson to locate the
plant on the north side Of the
settlement away from Meeker's
place. Blackwell and Kelly offered
him a free site and all the timber
o n 320 acres II he would locate
there.
Gen. Sprague sent word that
he would build n sidctrack 10
Ia the BLACKWELL and Kelly
property hut wouldn't build IN
the Meeker site. Feeling In
the community ran high and
each side attempted To infiu-
ence the location Of the plant.
When Farquhsrson announced
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Farquharson Backs Meeker in
Northern Pacific Fight
Roilrood Meets His Terms and Good
Times Come TO Valley

Editors >ate-Ths T. The 18th in q series 81 articles q n the de-
yelepment " the Pnsal1up valley and the dramatic IN useful career n
kra Mcekrr whose eno viii he honored In n historical spectacle
Era Meek bays" nj Pusanup August 4 ia = The narrative viii
Include eference 70 other. particularly Claus sprecksfs. the -saEsr
lsrfe industry In ne VALLEY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

Miss Jones, or rother Jeon
Arthur, is teamed with Charles
Coburn OF the Beverly theoter
in The Devil and Miss Jones'"
O film fontosy of lobor trou-
bles in O Ioree department
store. Also oppeorine GRE Rob-
ert Cummings and Spring By
ineton. A spine tineler, The
Monster ond the Girl" other
show, hos Ellen Drew ond Rob-
ert Poioe in the lead roles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Saiher Funeral
Sunday Afternoon

GIG HARBOR-John Sather. ~.
Of Gig Harbor died at a Tacoma
sanitarium on Thursday. Funeral
services will be held Sunday at 2
p. m. at the Crescent Valley
church with the Rev. A. J. Knut-
zen officiating. Burial will be in
Gig Harbor cemetery under direc-
ton Of Perkins Funeral Home. Mr..
Sather mas been a resident of Gig
Harbor for 35 years and he is sur
vived by a brother. Bert, Of Taco
ma, two n%ieces. Mrs. P. Simmons
and Mrs. P. Gardiner Of Los An
geles. and n nephew, Martin
Sather of Tacoma.
Mrs. Rex Clark gave a party at
her home on Thursday afternoon
celebrating the first birthday Of
her daughter, Nina Lee. Guests
included Mrs. Roy Clark and chill
dren, Miss Joan Walratb. Mrs.
Jerry Clark. Mrs. John Jensen and
children, Mrs. Dexter Mcdaniel
and daughter, Mrs. Foster Pea
cock and daughter. Mrs. Howard
Austin and children, Mrs. Eric
Erickson, Mrs. Maurice Hunt and
Mrs. Lee Thrash.
A seven-pOund son VAS born to
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Plymire of Sc
attic at a Seattle hospital on FRI
day morning. Mrs. Plymire is the
daughter of Mrs. Soren Jensen Of
Rosedale. The paternal grand
parents are Hr. and Mrs. Plymirs
Of California.
Mosquitoes fast for several days
after each full meal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

mat al the Meeker lAnd Was
cleared he had determined to build
there because IL was necessary TO
complete the plant as soon as pos
sible. Gen. sprague sent "Skoo-
KUN" Smith to tell him that he
couldn't have the Northern Pacific
service II he built on the Meeker
property. Farquharson replied
that II was the Meeker property
or nothing and disclosed that he
had been offered a bonus to build
the plant In the Skagit valley.
That brought q conference
Of Northern Pacific officials
To Puyallup. They talked with
representatives of both groups
and had a long session with
Farquharson. who pointed u
the advantages of the Meeker
site. One of these was the
water gravity supply which
could be obtained from South
hill springs owned by Meeker.
The railroad men finally gave
In and Meeker invited the
whole crowd 10 his home for
dinner.
After that things moved along
smoothly. Louis Sohus. who had
initiated Fsrauharson in the hoop
business at Tenino. joined him in
the Puyallup enterprise. While
one m was putting up the plant
another was cutting the timber
and getting in a supply of bolts.
On the morning OF Sept. l, 1877,
when the machinery started, there
occurred the debate between Far
quharson and Meeker, related In
the first of this series. that re-
suited in the new town being
named Puyallup.
The industry brought new
inspiration to the residents of
the community and attracted
new population. Part Of the
stewart claim vas cut up Into
town lots and many new
homes were built.
The social season in 1877 was
a gay one. There were dancing
and literary and music clubs. The
community became noted for its
good times. There were surprise
parties and socials and a spirit
of friendliness pervaded the place.
One of the social affairs which
was remembered for a long time
was the Calico Ball" given by
one Of the dancing clubs in Nee
ker's hop warehouse the first Of
May. Gentlemen wore dress suits
of calico and the ladies wore eve
ming gowns of the same material.
An orchestra was brought from
Seattle to provide the music.
All this was in the period when
the hop business was booming.
The definition for gentleman
farmer" was a hop grower, Money
came easy and was spent as freely.
ITO be continuedl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Sound Trucks License
Fee Advanced 10 $50

KINGSTON, n. Y.-rhe King
ston common council had its own
way Of celebrating noise sbate-
ment week. The council approved
an ordinance regulating sound
trucks and other vehicles equipped
with loud speakers. Annual
licenses will cost $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

A. more and more inquiries have
been reaching the city hall daily
from large bond houses interested
in Tacomas prospective $4,000. 900
Nisqually power development
issue City Controller Thomas A
Swavze mailed out Saturday =
complete history and analysis Of
the city's present SOS. 3ss e22 sys-
TEN TO approximately 200 pros
peetive bidders.
Bids on the Series A issue 81
81 900 900. first OF a total Of Sii.-
600. 900 planned for the second Ms
qually project. viii be opened al
two p m. Aug. Is by the city sink
ing Fund board.
While the interest rate on the
bond issue. biggest in the eitys
history. IS prohibited by the ordi-
nance from being bid in at more
than four per cent. the recent sale
Of A half million dollar issue Of
water department bonds at less
than two per cent has given the
city officials anticipation of a
low rate.
Complete Data
The 4O-page collection Of infor-
nation sent out TO prospective
bidders includes the full account
Of the new project from minutes
Of the first city council discussions
Of il 10 the ordinance authorizing
the sale. the official call for bids
and financing plan for bond re-
demption.
From Utilities Commissioner r
D. ONeil came a report showing
many revealing facts on the grow
ing Tacoma power organization.
Bond men Will learn, for instance,
that the department now has only
S3.O16,0O0 outstanding of a total
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

Your Postmaster can tell you
how 10 invest in ". S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Pioneers Picnic
Sunday at Elbe

Annual picnic of the Tacoma
Eastern Pioneer association will
be held Sunday. August 3, at Elbe,
with Ed Davis. state director Of
conservation. as principal speaker.
There will be a business meet
ing at IL a. m. which will be pre-
sided over by Capt. George II. Nell
son. association president.
In the afternoon there viii be
races, games and a fiddlers' con
test.
Those attending are asked 10
take picnic lunches.