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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

The doctor was visiting RaStus
wife to deliver her twelfth offspring
While riding along with Rastus he
saw a duck in the road near Ras-
tus' house.
Doctor: Whose duck is that?'
Rastus: dat amt no duck. OATS
stork wild his legs wore Off"
"But who would want to seeal
a Pullman LADDER" expostulated the
conductor.
II sure don't know, boss, but
she's gone" replied the porter.
At this juncture a passenger, &C.
cupying an upper berth for the
first time, overheard the converse
ton, parted the curtain and gen.
erously remarked:
Porter, you may use mine, /
won't be needing it till morning."
Percy: There have been seven
women in my life"
Lena: Call told?"
Percy: mo, only one"
you're not engaged to that Jones
girl any more, are you?"
mo, I'm mott
Lucky guy-how did you get out
of it?" = '@*
II married her.
The professor uses three pairs Of
glasses-one pair for long sight, one
for short, and one to look for the
other two.
81 want to rent horse"
GLOW long?"
The longest one you have. There
are four of us"
Milady was well satisfied with
her new maid. She was too old to
get married and too fat to wear
her mistress things.
An argument none of us like to
listen to is one between half stew
ed wet and half baked dry.
Revised version { .. fathers of
boys in college): The wages Of son
is debt.
III. G. Fyfe, the insurance man, had
just been admitted into the presence
Of the Big Business Man. "You ought
to feel honOred, young man." said
the B. b. M. do you know I have
refused to see seven insurance men
tOday?"
II know" said Hoddy, "I'm them"
Author: "This is the plot of my
story. A midnight scene Two bur-
glars creep steathily towards the
house. They scale wall and force
open window of the house. AS they
enter the room a clock strikes one"
Wife (breathlessly) (Which one?"
In most of the resort towns, the
natives have already started living
on your vacation until next summer.
About the only time some Kenne-
wick women are good losers is when
they are getting rid of husband.
A fool and his money may be soon
parted, but today it is mighty hard
for smart Kennewick men to hold
on to theirs!
With synthetic cleaning fluids at
premium for small dry cleaners,
we may be going around with gravy
on our vest, if we have the. gravy
and vest.
With present day doings in and
around Kennewick, who can say
that truth is stranger than fiction?
The fellow who is generally the
big noise around his office so often
is just a murmur around his home.
And another shortage that has
just been reported and will be felt
this winter, is in the production of
kentucky moonshine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23
We don't blame q

We don't blame our FORE
fathers for fighting against
taxation without representation,
but even with representation it
is no snap to pay the tax bill.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

The minister arose to address his
congregation. There is q certain
man among us today who is flirt-
ing with another mans wife. I'm
less he puts five dollars in the col
lection box, his name will be read
from the pulpit"
When the collection plate came
i'm there were nineteen SIS bills and
a So bill with this note attached:
"The other three pay day."
Definition
ALIMONY: The high cost Of
leaving.
A mans biggest mistake, says
experienced Dad Gummit, is to
suppose that grass widows are
green.
milk comes in pints and quarts"
said Sadie Whiffletree in class.
"And in squirts!" exclaimed Willie
Whiffletree, who had ben out to
CAREERS dairy farm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23
a good buying guide

paper, you can be pretty sure that thai
advertiser is giving you the MOsIF
yoar MONEY.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

Kind Lady: How would you like
a nice chop"
Tramp: dat all depends, lady.
Is it lamb, pork or wood?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23
For: You {!

him and trade at a competitive store.
IF a manufacturer puts out poor
quality produces, people just stop
baying from bin and the business
man goes broke.
Thus, the American Way works
automatically for Jua-the oonsumer-
that's why it's tbs best s0er'
So when you see product or store
consistently advertised in your news
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23
WHAT TO DO

Use advertising as your b9yisg gs'@
because advertising automatically PiO
tecs yoG
And when the point comes up
give plug for the system which man"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

The doctor was visiting Rastus
wife to. deliver her twelfth offspring
While riding along with Rastus he
saw a duck in the road near Ras-
tus' house.
Doctor: Whose duck is that?"
Rastus: dat amt no duck. OATS
a stork wild his legs wore Off"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

uiS POSsAA'
American Com
petitive System
which has given
us Americans the
worlds highest
standards ofiving
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

too high, then an
alert competitor
comes in with a
Iosuer price.
If a retailer
gives poor serv-
ice, people leave
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23

, R. E. REED, Editor and Publishe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
Grading Project
Started al Fort

Nearly so wPA workers are
beng employed a. Fer Lewis IN
improving roads and grounds In
the new building area. = project
which got under way this week.
Approximately ak acres Of
grounds viii Be- cleared and
Erubbed: $4,000 CT Of earth viii
be exeavated and SIS. 900 sY VIII
be fine graded. The laying Of
5000 IF Of storm drains viii re-
quire 900 CT OF ditch excavation.
For the construction OF trucking
platforms more than $4,000 board
feet OF lumber viii be used.
Three thousand four hundred CY
OF gravel viii be used TO surface
service drives and walks and 900
CY Of gravel will be used to sur
face the road from California ave.
TO the over-crossing being con-
strueted 10 relieve traffic conges-
ton at the entrance of Fort Lewis.
Construction Of the over-crossing
is almost completed. Crews work
ing on this project Will drive $50
If Of piling 20 II. TO IS IT. In
length. Lumber for cribs and truss
bearings. stringers and deck will
require $40. 900 board feet of lum-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Rain Follows Heat
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

high of so.3 degrees for any June
IL In Seattle weather history.
Tacoma's all-time June record
was IS degrees on June rs. 1925.
Thunder and Lightning
Tacoma's s4.4 degrees Wednes-
day afternoon occurred at $50
o'clock; but that 81 hung on until
after $50, and was slow coming
down.
Then between II o'clock and
midnight. clouds began boiling up
out of the southwest and the sky
was ripped by flashes of sheet
lightning and peals Of thunder.
Down came big fat globnles of
rain and at ground elevations, a
cooling breeze.
Thermometers stood at around
20 when the mild thunderstorm
hit. The rain knocked the mercury
down TO an official minimum
overnight temperature of 81 de-
grees.
Eugene. Ore, Vancouver. B. C,
Fairbanks. Alaska, and n number
of midwest cities also reported
thunderstorms and here and there
shower or SO. Corpus Christi,
Tex, took the brass ring for the
best rain-1-s inches.
Here IN the northwest tempera-
lures ranged generally high Wed
nesday afternoon. Portland mad a
maximum Of IS. Yakima. %; Spo-
kane. SIS; Boise. SIS: Eugene. %;
Pendleton. %. Vancouver. B. c.
was mild al IS degrees and along
the Washington coast IT WAS com
paratively cool with tops Of 81 at
Tatoosh and SO at North Head
A local heat wave struck
Point Barrow. Alaska. where
peak Of 81 degrees Was attained.
Nomes maximum was s.. Very
summary for that country. but
nothing compared TO Yuma. Ariz..
where the maximum WIS los de-
grees.
The forecast for Thursday
night and Friday here Is for fair
weather. but not quite 80 much
heat as Wednesday produced
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
TREATED Ar HOSPITAL

TREATED At HOsPIIAL
Frank Hendrix. 81. Of South
Prairie. suffered a heart attack
while waiting for = bus to Seat
tie wednesday afternoon 1T the
bus terminal at 14th 81. and Pa
cific ave. After treatment at the
county hospital. he Was able 10
return 10 thu station In time TO
catch his bus.
During the absence OF DIR. L. Z.
c. Joers. DR.. J. l. Hansen viii
occupy 7o1 Medical Arts building.
ladv.1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
Bedding plants. Hinz Florist.
u. G. II. MEETING

The United Commercial Travel
ers. No. Ia. will meet Friday eve
ming in Odd Fellows hall. with
Milton Benson presiding. Dele
gates who attended the grand
council session will report. accord
ing 10 Chairman Vern b. johnson.
After the meeting refreshments
viii be served. The auxiliary will
spend the evening at cards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

Cormiek dock = now located. Jack
described rs narrow escape:
she sure vent up quick. When
I kicked myself ever the top q
the dock my oYerhAng was xFnok-
ing
Nhen the twin screw steam
er Susie blew mp in lsss At the
Pacific shinEIe mill dock. near
tie smelter. Capt. shroil was
member of the crew. skipper
Pat Doyle died from injuries
he received. Engineer Mallory.
temporarily On the craft. dis
appeared. Describing this
event Capt. Shroli told the
younger generation:
This man Mallory had been
taken home BY the Lord, 10 hear
him tell IL. He was always bazoo-
Ing to Us about the end OF the
world going shipmates with Us.
When he should have been looking
after things he WAS reading a pa
per that told about what was going
to happen to Us sinners that didn't
have a decent course laid out. He
lets too much steam wet on the
old kettle and up she goes.
Mallory went over a box car.
The Lord gave him legs to run on
when he was born. He used them
this time. He was running when
the steam wasn't too thick and I
could make him out. As far as I
know he Is running yet. He never
came back"
The story was told Of the
time Capt. Shroll had the
wheel on one of the Olympia
passenger boats and attempted
a landing at the johnson wood
yard on Anderson island. The
tide was running hard. The
skipper yelled TO those on the
dock:
Look out, youl I'm coming in"
The steamer came in-struck the
dock with a hard bump swung
out into the stream and again
headed for the dock. With many
an oath the skipper called again:
Look out for your butter and
eggs. I am coming back"
The steamer struck the dock;
upset passengers and wood piles,
and taking a section Of the dock
on her bow, proceeded on her way.
This old skipper thoroughly dis
liked the steamer City Of Aber-
deem. When Capt. Tom May, skip
per of the Multnomah. died many
years ago. his body was brought TO
Olympia on the Aberdeen. Capt.
Shroll, mate, said:
THAT outfit handling this
Job should have sent old Tom
home on the Multi He had no
more use for that Aberdeen
than I got. And they never
put n flag up at half-stick for
one of the best steamboat men
On Puget Sound"
Many stories regarding this old
steamboatman were brought 10 the
surface following this final gather
ing Wednesday and more will be
told during the days to come by
those who knew Hell Roarin'
jack during the heyday of Puget
Sound steamboats,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
Councilmen Spend Hot Afternoon
In Examining Parking Meters
City Fathers Learn How 10 Manipulate
Vurious Devices q agents Demonstrate

handle which the motorist must
turn after he puts in his nickel.
Defends Handle
Ability % the Tacoma motoring
public - understand the handle
was defended earnestly BY y. F.
Duncan. president Of the Duncan
Meter Co. which makes the ma
chimes n Chicago; Sherman Chris
Hanson, sales manager. also from
Chicago. and George L. McLaren,
Northwest salesman. from Seattle.
That type Of machine winds itself
each time IT Is used by the turn
Of the handle.
Only snag = that II the motorist
doesn't remember 10 turn the han
tie after putting in Ms nickel. he
appears on the dial a. = parking
violator.
The Dual meter. demonstrated
BY It's Washington and Oregon
representative. George l. Adams
Of Seattle, and his mechanic. Wal
ter Bomengen. was another auto
matte one.
Angove 10 Rescue
Most interesting performance
was BY War Cedarwail. who dem
onstrated his Rhodes meter alone
but entertainingly. After prelimi-
nary difficulty. in which neither
he, Mayor Harry P. Cain nor East
wood could get It apart, Purchas-
ing Agent Arthur Angove came to
the rescue with a strong pair Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

fingers and removed the works.
The salesman then showed the
councilmen the durability OF his
meters works BY tossing II across
the floor and then dunking II in n
bucket Of water. He said he's
been dunking it regularly for
weeks without damage to II. 30
recommended il a. rain proof.
He also discounted letters of
recommendation of meters from
other cities, pointing out that city
administrations. not caring to con-
fess poor judgment. always rec
ommend their choices. wether man.
ual or automatic. The Rhodes me-
ter requires a turn of . crank
after putting in a nickel.
Know How TO Read
Another, made by the Michaels
Art-Rronze Co. was demonstrated
by J. II. spridgeon of Seattle. who
also defended the public's ability
to understand the handle-operated
parking meters.
Anyone who can't read has no
right to a drivers license" was
his opinion.
Price may have a good deal to
do with the choice OF the COM
missioners. The first one, the Kar-
park. offered two types at $500
a machine and S64.2o. The Miller
bid was S64: Dual. s52.40; Rhodes,
$3.50; Michaels. s4s, and Jen-
nings, demonstrated at a previous
session by Grover Nolte Of Ia
coma, s65.
O'Neil IA Busiest
All the city commissioners at
tended the demonstration. Busiest
Of the group all afternoon was
Utilities Commissioner r. D.
O'Neil. who wasn't in the market
for meters himself. but used to
make repairs on timing devices.
While the statesmen talked, dropped
and dunked parts. o'Neil studious-
~ examined the working mechan-
isms with a practiced eye for his
own amusement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

CITY oouncilmen peeled of their
coeA md stiIl rpEeItered IN the
sunny council chamber nearly al
Wednesday afternoon 70 watch \
hzlf-dezen different kinds q park
ing meters taken apart. tossed On
the floor and even dipped IN water
"a general demonstration On
which they can hsse their purchase
of ZOO Of the devices some time
IN the near future.
The machines were picked to
pieces thoroughly and literally. one
81 them - completely that little
brazs bolts dropped al over the
floor. enc Into cuspidor.
Gieassn Demonstrates
First demonstration was County
Commissioner Robert D. tBob)
Gleason. who = local representa-
tive for the Ksrpark meter. He
took apart MS machine, an auto
matte one which IL wound every
week lire . clock. and was assisted
by Charles Smith. Seattle attorney
and one-time Seattle mayor. who
= the company's state represen-
tative.
A demonstration Of the Miller
meter, the one recommended TO
the hoard Of contracts and awards
by Safety Commissioner Holmes
Eastvood. brought up the argu-
ment over automatic parking me-
ten and the manual kind, with a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

OF one unique In steamboat history
Of the upper Puget Sound.
Let those not acquainted with
Jack be reminded that he WAS 81
years old. On his s1st birthday.
he remarked that be and another
friend were grave yard deserters"
and the old pump" meaning the
heart. was 'bucking and sucking
air." He might slip his lines at
any time.
He further commented he never
expected to live TO see the day
when a tugboat engine would run
on hot air and good steam boilers
would be used for fuel tanks.
Bits gathered here and there
about the Sound indicate Capt.
Shroll was not above his old
shipmates as steamboat
master or mate, but he was
outstanding In the fact that he
never wore socks; cursed more
than the ordinary steamboat
man: WAS n hard worker and
always willing To pass out
piece of money 10 down and
out mate.
As a descriptive steamboat man
Capt. Shroll was outstanding. He
spoke in the vernaeular of his life
on the water and on the range.
Describing \ foggy day he said:
she is as thick this morning as
seven cases Of pianos marked fish"
Calm weather brought this COM
ment: she is al cam as platter
full of milk"
Capt. Shroll came to the Sound
from over the hill in Idaho. His
first steamboat work was back in
the late sos. He drifted into re-
pair work on a steamer and then
was mate and deck hand on the
scow freighter Mollie Blocker. car
rying brick from near Burton to
Tacoma and Seattle. During his
last years on the water he was
with the Merchants Transportation
company.
Capt. Shroll was bachelor.
Asked by Capt. Yolney Young
of Olympia why he never mar
ried. he replied:
The woman wanted
couldn't git and the women 1
could git, the devil wouldn't
have
As before noted, this skipper
never wore socks. This was a
source Of argument, but Jack in
sisted that sockless feet were the
warm feet.
Capt. Biz" Burnham, of Gig
Harbor. recalls the time a group
was gathered in one OF the local
dock waiting rooms. The weather
" sc VIM - munster ~ a. Al u
loud In his complaints. Capt.
shnoll came In. caught the text
and blurted out:
by the blankety blank. Mister.
II you took them socks off you
wouldn't be stepping around here
like blank spindle shanked
rooster walking on ice"
The skipper always wore the
old fashioned Congress shoes
with the elastic sides. His
reasons were:
"Steamboating. you got to move
fast sometimes. A raft busts up
or something goes wrong: = man
amt got no time 10 make shoe
strings fast
He Was on the old steamer Mes
senger when il burned about a half
century ago near where the Nc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

woUNDEx Emergency doctor
for campers always ready. tadv.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

CLEVELAND = Work vas
speeded a. the vast Aluminium
Company q America plant Thurs
day a. company production *
perts attempted q make % THE
defense material shortages caused
BY a thres-day strike which end
ed Wednesday night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

Der. six hundred fifty CT g
gravel ballast wf1 - used and
1000 CT q earth vii BE exeasafed
and used IN grading. Asphalt SUP
facing q ths ovsr-pass and ap-
proaehes wiIl total 3.seo sY.
WPA "a providing siii So for
labor and equipment for the IN
provement Of grounds and con-
struction OF the over-erossing and
the army VII contribute So. 060
Tor additional equipment. material
and supplies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

Capt. John :. shroll. Hell
Roarin' JACK" 10 the marine fra
fernity o. another day. vas buried
Wednesday ~ Olympia. Old ship
mates. The few surviving. attended
the service marking the final rites
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
Inglewood Plane
Output al Peak

RGLEHooD. Calf. - North
American Aviation company's var
plane production. paralyzed a week
arc By 4 strike. was soaring back
10 its peak Thursday. after four
DAYS Of absolute military control.
The last Vsstigs Of the United
Automobile Workers fcTo) re-
sistanee crumbled Wednesday. and
Lieut.. Col. Charles T. Branshaw.
in charge Of operations. announced
that al Of the plants 1900 EN-
ployss had returned uncondltion-
ally to their Jobs.
Seven planes were completed
Wednesday. and Colonel Branshaw
expected capacity production-10
medium bombers. pursuit ships and
trainers = day-to be reached by
Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
Core Of the News
WAS NOT ARRESTED

Agnes Smith, who resides at
1113 Faweett Ave, requested The
Times Thursday TO report she was
not the Agnes Smith arrested in
a downtown hotel last Friday by
police.
Always better butter at Cow
Butter store. Adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13

BY treating fruit sugar with a
secret process, German scientists
developed an edible alcohol IN solid
form.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-13
ASTROLOGICAL MEETING

A Meeting of the Astrological
Discussion group will be held
Thursday at 8 p. m. IN sol Wash
ington building. Mrs. Viva EN-
mons guest speaker announces her
subject viii be 'our True Magni-
ficence."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-12
New Norris Novel. Family
Life in Good Old Days
BY IRENE VI. HAWKINS
Women's Editor, The Detroit Times

has seemed to you to hint al the
slightest approach to familiarity
if any word OF mine has brought
a flush 10 the most exquisite
and maidenly cheek Our Al
mighty Father ever permitted
TO bloom on this dark earth, let
me then end my miserable eX-
istence in eXpiation of this
wrong.
After that he had spoken 10
Ma, and Ma had said with great
sense and feeling that She be-
lieved in letting her girls follow
the dictates of their own hearts.
She could see him now,
squared about the table 10 face
her, telling her that of all the
unworthy men who ever had
breathed he was the least
worthy but that her purity and
goodness had raised him like a
beam Of light from heaven, and
that he humbly hoped, with the
help Of the Almighty, 10 prove
by a lifetime of devotion that
he knew the value Of the pearl
Heaven had vouchsa ( G d
him :"
Yes. those were the days when
KISS was treat and
when II had better be. backed
up with a wedding certificate.
beck -fff11IIed nth many
such delightful passages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-12
Seen on the Avenue

YOUR Wtamins today. you would If you carried them
with you little plastic pill boxes which show you
glance how many you have quota .and in all
the desirable shades
Wis what all hoping for and in OF the hanky
departments sayes little pure linen bits with red and blue
borders huge vii rcd the white square.
THE MILITARY mouf everywhere these days. il has
popped up sport sock the form of washproof
paintedon eagle red and brown sizes OIL
THE CANNING is here but the latest fruits and
vegetables lapel realistic red peppers radshes
peas pneappes lurous enamel with leaves
tipped in tiny hnestones..a delicious addition to tailored
LOYALTY cunning little felt
tied your school color Faunt your school
coorS the games this