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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
Washington First
Scientific Farmer
Pioneered the Way in Many
Practices NO,U in Use.

CHICAGO.-How George WASH
ington won for himself the right to
be called Americas first scientific
farmer" is told in bulletin issued
here by the research division of the
Middle West Soil Improvement COM
mittee.
Listing modern farming practices
in which the Father of his Country
pioneered the way, in his 40-year
farming career beginning in 1859.
the bulletin says:
washington practiced crop rota-
tion before anyone else in the COL
onies tried it. He was one of the
first to carry on experiments with
clover as a soil-building crop. He
introduced timothy hay to the Unit
ed States and was one of the first
Americans to grow alfalfa.
'Three-quarters of a century be-
fore soil chemistry was discovered
he carried on experiments with
fertilizers to restore exhausted.
fields. These experiments paved
the way for modern soil improve
ment practices. Washington was
Americas first conservationist. His
efforts to put back into the soil plant
foods removed by growing crops
are reminiscent of what intelligent
farmers accomplish today.
Washington pioneered in the use
of farm machinery. In 1897 he built
hand-operated threshing machine
which threshed Is bushels of grain
day. Earlier he invented a device
for distributing seed evenly at plant
ing time. He made extensive ex-
periments in livestock breeding and
Improvement of blood strains. He
imported new varieties of wheat
from Siberia and South Africa to
improve the native species"
Washington made farming pay,
according to the bulletin.
His success with the soil made
him the richest man in the United
States" it concludes. SAT his death
his will disposed of more than $4,000
acres of farm land including his be-
loved Mount Vernon as well as far
flung domains in Ohio and else
where. His land estate was valued
=at $3.50, 900. while he had additional
buildings, livestock and other in
tyestments worth 100000. His
slaves were not included for he
freed them all in his will"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
Revolver Can Dazzle,
But Too Costly to Shoot

! OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.-John
Burnett, special agent for the Rock
Island railroad, has revolver he is
almost afraid to shoot-because the
diamonds might fall out.
: Besides being diamond-studded,
the revolver is gold and silver plat
ed and is engraved with Burnett's
fingerprints and signature; his pic.
ture and a picture of his horse.
! Eight California 81 gold pieces,
dated 1860, also are embedded in
! it, along with lodge and railroad
emblems. To top it off it has ruby
eyed, bullhead pearl handle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
Reverend's Daughter To
Conduct August Services

Church services will be
held during August at Hover. Rev.
J. E. BENEFITS daughter will have
charge of the services during the
absence of her father.
r. s. Mcintyre left Wednesday
for Newport, Ore, to visit with
his daughter Mrs. Legestrand. After
a short visit, his wife will return
with him.
Mrs. j. E. Cochran was a dinner
guest of Minnie Ashby Sunday.
Mrs. B. B. Stewart left Saturday
for Portland to visit her brother,
Frank Miller who is very i'll in
tbs hospital.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
Benton City Faculty
Filled for Coming Year

BENTON CITY-The seven vac
ancies in the Kiona-Benton grade
and high school teaching staff have
been filled. Edward Kastelitz has
been elected to teach the eighth
grade and coach athletics; Brian
Robson, the sixth and seventh and
grade school physical education;
Mrs. Anna M. Reed, the fourth and
fifth grade and art; Miss Anne
Laura GoSsett, the second and third
grades, music in the grades and
violin.
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Shinn and Miss
Perrine Brooks are the new mem
bers of the high school faculty Mrs.
Shinn miss Bernice Green) is a
former Ki-Be high school instructor.
Supt. M. w. Roop and Mrs. Susan
nah Hartman, for several years first
grade instructor will return to their
positions.
Duane Armstron returned to his
home at Ahtanum last week after
a months visit here with his grand
mother, Mrs. Frank Orth.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Johnson were
Toppenish and Yakima visitors on
Friday.
About 100000 Canadians subscrib-
ad r,,oro tho, S6nn nm mn Tn Cam
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

will agree that your present home
has space for a duplicate. The
end of a too-big kitchen, an out
of-date big pantry, disused hall
space, a walled-up rear porch area,
each is ample. &c. of course, is
basement space, a t h Gus h the
ground floor is preferable.
In the laundry room shown here,
the window easily could be a door
to an outside drying area, or open
ing into the kitchen. The counter
is used as sorting table, and for
dozens of other purposes. Under
meath are movable bins for the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

From importer to s20,000,000 ex-
porter in 20 years is the plot OF
Washington States thriving poultry
industry.
In 1917 it was necessary to import
16O carlot of eggs to meet the
states demand. In 1898, besides
supplying the needs of local con-
sumption, 1,085 car lots, or 1880, LOCO
dozens of eggs were shipped to mar
ketS of other states.
Poultry raising is carried on prof
itably in practically every county OF
the state and is especially important
in Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish,
King, Pierce, Lewis and Yakima
counties. The Yakima valley alone
produced nearly 100000 turkeys in
1889.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

sorted soiled clothes. The whole
room is scarcely any wider than
is shown, the set-tubs and the
washer being just beyond the right
edge of the picture, close to the
Ironer seen in the rear right cor
ner.
Little expense is required for
such a room. Proper equipment,
a good up-to-date washer and
ironer, is the first consideration.
Any handy-man can make the
counter and bins. Fancy touches
can wait.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

There is ST lily increasing
interest in modern home launder-
ing, and architects and homemak-
ers generally are seeing to it that
the right facilities are installed in
new houses. But many hesitate
to equip their present homes as
they should, believing that old
houses are not adapted to the
change, and that the necessary
space cannot be obtained.
But look at this picture, which
shows the model small home laun-
dry used by Good Housekeeping
Magazine. and you undoubtedly
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

If the British, Russians, their
allies and the American people
keep plugging away, one of
these days Wen catch Hitler
with his panzers down, says
Glenn FELTON,.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

loud voice, I'm ag'in him /, =,
IN desperation, the speaEs, tlnalb
upon the farmer, and m" -, ..unet
conversation ensued; iOllOwiR,
speaker: MY friend,
1nat Franklin d. Roosevelt ! sAi =
SEEN" mas eve
Farmer: I'm ag'in him.
behind every man there Is = tAAs
power which controls ana :. supreme
him." ullluence
Farmer: I'm again her. too,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
. YOU.
KNOW?
y ~..hl.sssS state Preer.ss es..lssssa

~ WSsosnOso" SsosS rSSSSSss SSss~S
Washington State, with an esti-
mated total of 162,100 animals of
nine species, ranks twelfth among
the states of the. union in ''big
game" population, according to a
recent inventory by the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior.
The state is first in the country in
mountain goats, with $500.
Other big game in the state in
clude Columbian black-tailed deer,
totaling $4,000; mule deer, $4,000;
elk, 1890; black bear, II, 400; white
tailed deer, 1900; prong-horned
antelope, 40; Rocky Mountain big
horn, 20 and grizzly bears, 9.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

gave his dauhter in marriage at
tests TO its truth as the girl and her
husband moved in!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

How close did it come to ya?"
asked the farmer, driving up to
the tree where his hired man had
taken shelter from the recent thun-
der storm. We'll" Stammered the
hand, still agitated, II don't know,
but my pipe wasn't lit before"
Besides your own baby. what are
the other seven Wonders of the
World?
When Percy and Lena Genster
were little, Percy loved soldiers and
Lena loved painted dolls. Now they
have grown up and the situation is
exactly reversed.
Definition
BEAUTY CLAY: The ground in
which a woman tries to bury her
past.
Telephoner: Long distance? I
want to place a call to DamariscOta,
Maine?"
Margaret Hawkins: "HOw do you
spell that, please?"
TelephOner: "Shucks, lady, IL I
could spell il, I'd write"
A New Deal speaker was talking
to an audience i'm a country school
house and every time he praised
Franklin I'D. Roosevelt, a farmer
s,, sI,a k.ooIr eaak x.,n,,Id cax, &, n
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

With present times putting ne N
the credit side Of the ledger u.
grocer can trust us for an eStra ~ ~
Of beans and sack OF sugar IN
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

More wishes would come IN.
If so many Of them wersrs
made sitting down.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

About 100000 Canadians subscrib-
ed more than $500, 100000 to Can
ada's Victory Loan" -....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
SUMMER PONIE
What I thought
Were flower seeds
Turned out to be
Just thistle weeds.

Dad Gummit AYERS that as soon
as the summer tourist season starts,
the shortest distance between two
points usually is torn up!
Man speeding downhill): 'tHea-
vens, the brakes have failed"
Wife: 'SWell, then, you fool stop
the car"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

THE FIVE MOST oo,
TYPES OF BUGS: lime NSToSSlMoE
TUMBLE, BED AND HUM LADY,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

Women were masa A.,.
mirrors, and they have '1 hsSe
before them since, Oeen
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
Philosophy

Philosophy
Some people, says Dad Gummit,
can stay longer in an hour than
others can in a week.
Many people believe in the old
theory that for every single think
you give away, you will get two in
return. A local father who recently
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

Hubby: Honey, the doctor or...
ed me to eat nothing but sea,oos ss''
Wiley: Fine: I'll bake Won !,
sponge cake right now" wv =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

Those new rubber batb,n,
Percy Whiffletree has notea Sus
quite Snappyl u' an
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

There are three kinds =,
Lena GenSter says: " ma
i. The Handsome.
2. The intellectual.
3. The Majority.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

Besides your own baby. what are
the other seven Wonders of the
World?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31

BEAUTY CLAY: The ground in
which a woman tries to bury hel
past.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16

tive enough to suit the big business
interests which want\ nothing but the
most conservative doctrine taught in
the schools.
1t would have been too raw for the
public taste to have fired him openly
for that. So the board began boring
from within" in regular fifth column
style. First they fired Rockwells
friend Carstater, on the silliest of
trumped up charges. Then they fired
Miss Muller, an A No. educator, who
was also close to Rockwell. They
also fired dozen or so stenographers
and other employees whom Rockwell
had appointed.
In each case Rockwell protested
vigorously against the high-handed re-
movals, and that gave the board an
excuse to- fire him for Opposition" to
the appointment of the people put in
the places of those removed.
OF course Rockwell opposed such
things. Any head of any department
would oppose kicking out employees
he had picked and trained and de-
pended upon. That is no crime. But
it was excuse enough for the board tc
remove him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
9. Favor repeal of the homestead

9. Favor repeal of the homestead
lien law.
10. Oppose the loan shark law legal
izing SO per cent interest in Mime
sofa and recommend that the present
loan shark law be amended so as to
fix a maximum rate of one per cent
per month.
No County Contributions.
IL. That the present system of
county contributions to old age as
sistance be abolished and the entire
amount (one-half) be paid by the
state.
IL. That direct relief be paid out
of taxes raised by the state and
federal government.
Is. Favor registration of lobbyists.
IA. Favor cooperating with all Pro-
gressive and Liberal movements but
are against losing our identity as the
Farmer-Labor Party. We are opposed
to a merger with the Democratic
party or any other political party.
Is. Whereas division in the ranks
of organized labor is detrimental to
labor, industry and the general pub
lie; and this division carries the seeds
of destruction of the labor movement,
it is earnestly urged that the leader
ship of both organizations find COM
mon ground for unity in the labor
movement
Is. Opposed to giving the state and
national banks a lower tax rate than
that paid by other real and personal
property.
II. Demand that civil liberties be
maintained at all times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
BETTER FARMERS WANTED
Editor Askov American:


In the embryo of the old fashioned
cooperation lay. the aim for the elimi-
nation of the middlemen; to have pro
ducts go more by direct way from
producer to consumer.
BY this way it would benefit both
ends. the producer and consumer.
Regardless of the elimination of
some of the middlemen by the ac-
tion of the cooperatives, there came
BY the way of the back door of the
same cooperation. more parasites into
the system between producers and con-
sumers than there ever went out of
the front door.
Thanks to our pseudo cooperation of
today and her clever managers. but
ter will now go down into the con-
sumers stomach in company with
poetry smeared on tasty bread with
gospel songs and hallelujas and break
fast served from grapenuts and cake
flour followed with the song of God
Bless America.
Is it any wonder that the cream
checks, the loaves of bread and our
breakfasts are getting smaller and
smaller, for there has to be fed too
many entertainers (parasites) out of
the milk pail?'~
If these high salaried entertainers
are evermore increasing we need big
ger milk pals and more and better
farmers, to raise more and better cows.
JOHN NIEBOER
Sandstone, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
AN ACCOUNTING MIDDLE
(St. Paul Dispatch)

One of the arguments for the pass
age of the Minnesota reorganization
act two years ago was the fact that
it was impossible to get a complete,
accurate and understandable state
ment of the states financial condition.
Reports were made but they were
seldom timely and what is worse they
had little meaning. Most efficient gov
ernments, state and local, are able
to issue statement at any time Civ
ing a complete picture of their fl
nances. In each fund such detail can
be found as expenditures for various
purposes, encumberances, the amount
of the appropriation, revenues avail
able to finance the appropriation and
anticipated revenues. The reorganiza-
tion act placed this accounting job
in the hands of the state auditor al
though when the law was being con-
sidered many persons believed that
it should have been under the COM
missioner of administration. Among
other things the act provided for
quarterly financial statements. Some
of these have been issued but none of
them has been made when due or for
some time afterward.
This may be excused to some ex-
tent because of the confusion caused
by the installation of new accounting
system but this excuse cannot serve
indefinitely and almost two years
have gone by since the law was passed.
The Legislature should find out
what is wrong. If the auditors office
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
DISCOURAGED
(Thief River Falls Times


A friend of ours was upset this
week by thing we thought should
have made him very happy. A fellow
had paid him couple of dollars that
he had borrowed from him several
years ago. We couldn't understand
why that should put him in the
dumps but he reasoned it out this way
He had been an easy mark for. the fell
lows who always needed a lift until
pay day. 1t had always been difficult
for him to say no but gradually, as
one prOmiser after another had failed
to perform, he had hardened, and was
just getting to the point where he
was beginning to enjoy turning thumbs
down to all requests for assistance
And just when he was dead certain
there wasn't an honest man in the
world, this fellow had to come along
and pay back an old loan that he had
been certain he never would collect,
restoring his faith in mankind and
making him an easy prey once more
for his friends who are always short
of cash. He figured that getting back
that two dollars would cost him many
times that amount in the new loans
his rejuvenated sense of social re-
spOnsibility would compel him to
make. He was very discouraged.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
THE HARDER SEX
(The Minneapolis Tribune)

There was probably more truth
than poetry in Kipling's remark that
1.-The female of the species is more
deadly than the male" At any rate,
census figures show that the male
death rate is higher, the life-span for
women has been gradually extended,
and the United States will soon join
other nations of the world in having
its female population outnumber the
male. Wars possible effects have moth
ing to do with the prophecy. The peak
Of male excess population over female
in the United States was reached in
1910, when the one sex fell 100000
behind the other. Ever since, the shift
has been in the other direction. The
excess of males over females was less
than 100000 in 1880; it has been
dropping about 100000 a year since
and by 1945 the females should have
preponderance.
Europe has for some time had ex-
cesseS of females over male pOpula-
ton. In 1887 in Germany there were
100000 more women than men: in
France, 100000, and in England
nearly 100000.
Most of the common diseases take a
heavier toll Of males than of females,
the records show. The vague CLASH
fication of strokes" plays no favor
ties, however, for cerebral hemor-
rhage, embolism and thrombosis an
nually take about 10000, with only
900 more females than males. Heart
disease, automobile accidents, influ-
enza and pneumonia, tuberculosis and
even suicides all take heavier male
than female tolls, considerably out of
proportion to the excess of male over
female population which has obtained
up to the present. Since immigrants
ceased to be an important population
factor in this country, the shift to-
ward a preponderance of females has
been steady.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
NEED ROAD OUTLETS
Editor Askov American:

EultOT ASkOV American.
In the last weeks issue of the
Askov American appeared an article
heading the Kerrick advertisement
column addressed to our new board of
county commissioners, and the people
of Pine county.
This was a welcome article and
should have the support of all the
taxpayers large and small.
Economy in county affairs is es-
sential, and should be practised by
the county board at all times.
But, where the article is referred to
the people of Pine county, urging
them not to go in groups to the coun-
ty board to ask for roads or improve
ments cannot be taken in the same
spirit; especially so, when it comes
from a community where delegates
went singly and in groups on nu-
merous occasions year after year 20
the State Capitol, and the State High
way department in the effort to Sc
cure the building, and black-top-
ping of Trunk Highway No. % through
Kerrick
1t was much needed improve
ment to Kerrick and other commune
ties in getting this road built, but
why now ask others to be contented
with sitting in the mud, when we
all know any community or farm is
worthless if it has no road outlet
Why in tarnation are we paying
gasoline taxes if it is not to be used
for road construction and road i'm
prOvements?
ANDREW ENGEBO
Sandstone, Mimi, Jan. IA, 1941.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16

fCOntlNueO from rage IL
committeeman will be able to furnish
same.
May Earn Part.
The amount of mari or paper mill
sludge that can be given credit for
under the program is figured the same
way as last year; in other words, a
man can earn all of his soil building
allowance by applying mari or sludge,
or he can earn part of it by seeding
legumes and grasses, or other ap-
proved practices, and the rest of it
by applying mari or sludge. If a
farmer wants to apply lining ma
terial for greater amount than his
soil building allowance, he can get
approval to purchase up to SO per
cent of his approximate total pay
ment, but, of course, through the
grant of aid program, he would only
receive credit for the amount covered
by his soil building allowance.
For example, a farmer may re-
ceive for staying within his allotment
$40 and by carrying out the soil
building practices $12, making a to-
tai possible payment of S32. If he
puts on SIG worth of lining material,
he would then receive in the fall a
check for SIG. The other SIG would
have been paid to the man who
furnished his lining material. How
ever, only SIP of this would have
been earned on his soil building pay
ment, and the other 81 would have
come out of his general payment.
Must be Used This Year.
For the application of each yard of
mari or sludge, the farmer will be
paid 81 up to his soil building allow
ance, but the material must be spread
on fields between October 1, 1910 and
September 80, 1941. If a farmer
wants to spread more than four yards
per acre, he must have soil tests show
ing that larger amount is needed.
1t is the hope of the county COM
mittee that the farmers will make
use of this opportunity, not only to
increase the fertility of their farms,
but also to make full use of the soil
building allowance available. Last
year, the soil building allowance for
the county was 100000, of which only
$4,000, was made use of leaving an
amount of $4,000, of which, a large
part could have been earned by the
application of lining materials or
other soil building practices. It should
be noted that any farmer who re-
ceives material under the grant of
aid program and does not earn suf-
ficient payment to cover the cost of
materials received will be expected
to pay the difference back to the
Federal government