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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
"REMINISCENCES
Being Items Culled From Our
Files of Ten, Twenty, Thirty end
Forty, Years Ago.
TEN YEARS AGO-I932

E. s. Mcdonald of the local REQ
& White store, drove to Mecham
Lake Sunday and attended the an
nual Red & White picnic. He was
accredited with the honor of at
tending from the greatest distance
of any representative and Their
guests.
. The Standard Asphalt Paving Co
of Spokane completed its contracts
in Benton county this week, COM
iprising oiling of 10 miles of high
ways. The Lincoln hill south of
Kennewick was oiled after being re-
graded.
A two weeks swimming school will
be conducted at the Pasco beach
again this year, starting on Mon
day. Glasses will be conducted sim
liar to those sponsored last year by
the Kiwanis clubs of the two towns.
Wheat harvesting activities start
ed in the Horse Heaven region south
of here as combines started to move
this week. Wheat raising conditions
have been ideal throughout the sea-
son and one of the heaviest crops in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
RED TAPE

4e4ID 'AV14
Some United Nations disasters car
be laid straight at the door of the
high commands. Too many of tine
Generals seem to think in terms o1
classic warfare" That was a rela-
lively leisurely kind of warfare, and
it was developed and perfected in
the days when tanks and planes and
similar machines were minor wea-
pons.
The Germans and the Japs think
in terms of dynamic warfare. They
are daring. They take long chances.
They use the weapon of surprise to
the limit.
Libya provides a tragic example
of that. AS Newsweek says, British
generals figured it would take Rom
mel week to ten days to thrust past
the Egyptian frontier after the Brit
ish withdraw. 1T took him a matter
of hours" 49,. ..r.
Germany has also been superior in
the science of logistics which sim
ply means the handling of supplies.
They have moved more equipment,
and moved it faster by far, than
have the defenders. In short, the
United Nations still have a lot of
red tape to cut-and they have a lot
to learn. -. ~ -:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
this war, we will he subjected to vir-
tual slavery. Well get precisely the

this war, we will be subjected to Wr-
tual slavery. Well get precisely the
same treatment the people of France,
Belgium, the Netherlands and 9TH
er, beaten nations have been given.
That is the issue which some of the
most active seekers after high office
are busy lodging now.
It can be argued that such things
as this will inevitably happen in a
democratic country-in a country
where anyone has a right to speak
his mind, no matter how empty and
misguided that mind is. It can also
be argued that these democratic
weaknesses" could conceivable lead
to our defeat in war. About the only
cure for this kind of politics is pub
lie opinion. Next November, the
people will elect a Congress which,
in all probability, will run the coun-
try until the war is over. This will be
one of the most fateful elections in
all history.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
Make IT EASY

MAKE 1T EASY -.... -.
There have been many states that
have enacted laws enabling the
soldiers votes in the primary and
general elections this year, by work
ing out sin1plified ways to streamline
this sort of service without all the
procedure of spending more money
than really necessary and yet at
tanning the same end Other states
have their soldiers, sailors and ma
rines following through a long bit Of
red tape with ritual in absentee vot-
er's forms and notarized data with
all kinds Of complicated and long
drawn out systems. Why not make
DIT as easy as possible? The SOL
diers have certainly much at stake
since they are out fighting for some
of the principles for which they
should vote. They are insuring the
future Of this country for which the
man who stays home, votes. Make it
easy for them to cast their ballots.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
WATCH THIS

There are more people tday who
are hiking, as all motorists around
KenneWick can attest. There isn't
a time you are on the road that you
won't probably see mixer thumb
ing his way. We make the usual APP
peal to drivers to be on their guard
in the matter of rendering rides to
complete strangers. Of course there
are many worthy individuals who
are hiking and asking for lifts and
who deserve to be helped on their
way. But it is difficult to dis
tinguish between the strangers
worthy and unworthy. It seems cruel
to refuse to stop and give someone
a ride as they trudge along the
road, yet this warning Of ours is
only in a form of sef-protection.
There is an acknowledged risk in
picking UP anyone and giving him
or her ride. Our newspapers will
now and then give you front page
items that will clarity our reasoning.
It is a matter up to the driver, how
ever, if he cares to accept the risk,
but we thought we would make the
yearly reminder, anyhoW!., .E !.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
-aursday, July q ~,

another year will witns,.
increase Of settlement tSos. . lalu
Mr.. Bach's thermomets.
tered 100 degrees SUNDAY fess.
the north side Of the bo,., and O
Frank Emigh was in sDe, 100
business last week and sso Oaane o
agency for the SaudebsSs ed II
There are no typhoid -. wagon
the city water. Such was ~ se'n b
OF the reports from the Cha. -. inpOs
the state college, who wo,a At
by the city officials to poss ,e sste
alySiS OF the water. IN a,
The Antler'S Hotel, one =, =.
est buildings in the cIty. = WA aie 3D.
pletely destroyed by fire a ~ con-
O'Clock Wednesday morn,nS w
loss will be about 5000, cos,. tn
$500 insurance. NO'efed b.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23

] It is rlmored that President
Roosevelt will he a candidate for a
fourth term. Whether he will ac-
tually make the race depends upon
a number Of things, any one of
which might happen before election
time rolls around. It is said that he
desires to be in a position to help
determine the policy Of the world
after the war is over. If the war is
brought to a successful conclusion
Within the next year and a half,
many believe, his health permitting,
President Roosevelt will again be a
candidate. .-s.. e.. t.s=.. 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
THIRTY YEARS AGO-IsI2

Beginning to thaw again, sem.
,perature went to lob Tuesday.
Quite an improvement has beer
made this week on the road east
of the s. p. & S. depot. Three car.
loads of rock have been hauled
to help fill the grade up the long
stretch that has made such a lone
hard pull for the farmers in that
part of the valley.
Miss Eleanor Stacer is the new
pianist at the Princess theatre.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
MAYBE NOT ENOUGH

Most of us in KenneWick coOperat-
ed with the government in its sal
wage of rubber, by starting in the
basement and working up stairs thru
the attic, covering barns and garages
in our attempt to do our part in the
|collection. There has been disap-
lpointment expressed in the amount
of the rubber collected. Much of the
nations rubber that is unused and
Iunwanted is still lying around the
country. Evidently everyone didn't
feel as we did about the forgotten
rubber and metal that reposes in
boxes and barrels and trunks, hang
ing here or showed away there.
What a pity that we must sell folks
on an idea and for a principle that
means the loss of use of their auto
mobile perhaps, their medium of
travel and consequently in many
cases their pursuit Of happiness.
Fortunately there will. always be
people to answer a call when they
know that the appeal is a necessary
and wise one. y. :,
The, gasoline rationing is an at
tempt to cnserve rubber and in this
line folks who own cars and ride to
their work have made arrangements
to take extra passengers with them
to fill up the car and save by doub-
ling up. There are many cities and
outlying districts where they have
pooled cars and in driving to de-
Tense plants have reduced street
traffic and conserved almost so per-
cent in some of the large cities in
auto transportation. They tell us
that even more must he done in this
line, more riders for more drivers,
if we hope to continue with our
rubber supply and continue
to get back and forth to defense
jobs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23

tinuously since that time the cleo
trically driven drill has been OPP
Grating day and night.
Cherry growers are urged to pre-
pare to smudge next year. The halt
million dollar loss to our fruit crop
could in a large part have been
avoided If proper precautions had
been taken. Every wise business
man insures his property. To be pre-
pared to smudge is only another
method of insurance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23

Postmasters at a number of points
in the country where defense plants
are located are complaining that
single persons are cashing in their
war bonds purchased on bond drives
and issued by the plants as bonuses.
In the Wichita, Kansas, area ac-
cording to the Wichita postmaster
200 bonds are cashed in single day.
Practically all Of these the postmas-
ter states, are being cashed by young
people who have no urgent need for
the money. All Of these persons
are being employed at the highest
wages they have ever before earned.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23

The sales tax will not be included
in the present revenue bill for po-
litical reasons. Congress knows that
sufficient money cannot be raised
without a sales tax, but is afraid to
support it on the eve of election. Re
gardless Of the attitude now we may
confidently expect the sales tax aft
er election for the obvious reason
that the needed money cannot be
raised without it, and without a
sales tax a great many are escaping
any part of the burden Of paying for
the war even though they are earn
ing more than they have earned in
many years. - =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
wears Is being experienced.

years Is Delng experienced.
Kennewick is 10 have a whooping
big holiday some time next month,
celebrating the completion of the
Highlands rehabilitation project, ac-
cording to plans started this noon
at the meeting of the chamber of
commerce.
DR.. and Mrs. p. O. Stone arrived
home this week from a two weeks
vacation at Fort Lewis, where DR..
Stone has commission in the Den
tai Reserve Corps.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23

We predict that before the war is
a year older that much of the
transportation of men, food and sup
plies by this nation will be made by
large transport planes. Distances are
too great and the submarine is too
effective to depend in these fast
moving times on slow ocean travel.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23
FORTY YEARS aGo-1sO2

The Courier was four months old
last week.
New hay is being received at this
place and selling at $l1.00.
Water is being found in large
at a reasonable depth in
many sections of Horse Heaven, and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-23

Any man who can meet his payroll
and taxes and make out the multi
tude Of reports required these days.
may without egotism, consider him
self a successful business man
whether or not he has anything left
for himself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Times Shoot Helps
Hunters Improve

Sportsman and Dog Owners As
ISOLATION will have an unusual
exhibition of coon dog hounds, and
the Detroit Sportsmen's Congress.
largest organization of its kind in
the country will acquaint hunters
with the problems of conservation
and what must be done if Michi-
gan is to be kept as the leading
outdoor state of the nation.
There are many other displays,
and exhibitions, that the gun lover
and the outdoorsman will be glad
to see.
The admission price 10 the
grounds is 35 cents, and every
nickel will be turned over TO the
Army and Navy Emergency Relief
No free tickets will be given out
Every one. including the men who
work at the shoot, the trap boys
and others who pass through the
gate must pay. Only ones to be
exempt are enlisted men in uni.
form.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Big Bad Wolf
Has 5 Babies

Harry jackson. a craftsman
from Lansing, vacationing in
Lake Superior state forest, near
Newberry. reports a sight that
few lifetime residents of this re-
gion have observed: a family OF
seven wolves, the parent animals
and FIVE well-grown whelps.
jackson saw the wolves Tined
up like a dog team along an old
logging road from which he had
TO saw out five fallen trees be-
fore it was passable, between the
Sucker and Two Heart rivers
near the Luce-Alger County line.
Their coats were ragged and they
were all so poor their ribs showed.
When the car was less than rs
yards from the family and Jack
son was trying to take pictures,
the big wolves herded the five
young ones into the brush on the
run
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Dates for
Sportsmen

September I3-MiChiGan Fly
and Bait Casting Tournament at
Muskegon.
September Is - Registered
Pistol Shoot al Flint Gun Club.
September IS--Michigan sub
small skeet championships at
Kenmore Skeet Club. Kenmore
avenue, near Harper and Smile
road.
September I3-Ninth Annual
TuScola County Conservation
Club Trap and Skeet Shoot at
Caro- All proceeds 10 u. S. O.,
dog show in connection with
shoot.
September l3-SiXth Annual
Ali Club camp winners at Hig-
gins Lake Conservation Depart
ment Training School.
September 14-Outdoor Writ
ers Association OF America and
Brotherhood Of the Jungle Cock
annual meeting at Castalia and
Rockwell Trout Clubs, San
dusky, O.
September 1920 - Detroit
Times-M gomery Ward
hunters Special Trap and Skect
Shoot at L. A. Young Gun Club.
Nine-Mile road, between South
fold and Greenfield
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Late Fall
Fishing Is
Always Best
With War Restrictions
Anglers Should Lay In
Supply Of Tackle

With the bass and bluegill sea-
son open in Michigan until De-
cember 81, and with some of the
best fishing still in store, now is a
good time to start preparing for
fall fishing.
1t might be well TO lay in an
additional stock OF underwater
plugs just TO be sure you can get
them. War restrictions are lay
ing a heavy hand on the supplies
of fishing equipment, and after
they're gone there's no use crying.
An extra reel or two should be
tucked away in the old kit bag,
and at least a couple of silk cast
ing lines. OF course fishing rods
are subject to breakage. Rust
gets into the hollow steel and
moisture gets into the fibers of
bamboo. Keep a good rod or two
in stock for emergencies and keep
a bottle of rod varnish handy to
cover up the breaks in the old rod
finish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Ducks Dying in
Monroe Marshes

Since laboratory examination OF
three dead ducks established def
nitely that the botulism organism
is at work again in the Monroe
marshes, careful watch is being
kept for recurrence of the cpl
demic that last year, on its first
visit to Michigan, killed thousands
of waterfowl.
According to II. ]. Miller, water
fowl investigator for the conser-
walton departments game division,
September is a critical month, as
there is now considerable decay of
vegetation robbing the water of
its oxygen and so making condi-
tons favorable for the growth OF
the disease organisms.
Seven sick domestic mallards
taken from the same section in
which Conservation Officer How
ard Johnson picked up the three
dead wild ducks, recovered follow.
ing treatment and transfer to
fresh water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Where to Enter
Times Shoot

Shooters and spectators
tickets to The Detroit Times
Montgomery Ward Hunters
Special Trap and Skeet Shoot
at the L. A. Young Gun Club,
Saturday and Sunday, Sep
TENDER 19 and 20, may be
purchased at the following
places:
Lobby, Detroit Times.
Don Gillies, Outdoor Edi-
tor, Detroit Times.
Montgomery Ward, Grand
River and Greenfield.
Montgomery Ward. 14455
Gratiot.
Montgomery Ward, 1851
Michigan.
Montgomery Ward, 400
South Washington, Royal
Oak.
Detroit Sportsmen's Con-
gress, thirteenth floor, Majes-
tic Building.
L. A. Young Gun Club,
Nine-Mile road, ween
Southfield and Greenfield.
Shooters tickets are $1.40.
They include one box of shot
gun shells and 25 clay tar
gets. Spectator tickets are 35
cents. Mail orders may be
sent TO The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13

Next Saturday and Sunday men
of Uncle Sans armed forces and
hunters of Michigan will meet on
the firing line at the L. A. Young
Gun Club for the second annual
Detroit Times-Montgomery Ward
Hunters Special Trap and Skeet
Shoot.
Although shooters will compete
for more than 500 prizes, aggregat-
ing $1,000 in war stamps, defense
bonds and shotguns for which the
gunner pays no entry fee, the most
important part of this years tour
nament is the excellent entertain
ment that awaits him at the gun
club.
internationally famous trick
shooters, jeeps, bombers, tanks,
guns, famous trap and skeet teams
from Selfridge Field, Wayne
County Airport, United Stat e S
Coast Guard, Naval Armory,
Crosse lie Naval Base and Fort
Wayne will be in action both days.
Movie stars, who make skeet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13

shooting their number one sport
will be in Detroit for the tourna-
ment and s low spectators how
they break the swiftly flying clay
targets back in Hollywood.
Leila Hall, the m o d ern Annie
Oakley of the shotgun shooting
world; Grant nSeng, considered by
arms and ammunition experts to
be the greatest sll=syound shotgun
shooting wizard in the world; Kurt
Heide. the Utica (Mich.) taxi
Idernist and his sensational trick
shooting act wi h rifle, shotgun
and pistol, hitting pennies tossed
in the air with a % while blind
folded; Russell Smith, the worlds
professional fly and bait casting
champion; Harold Will, only man
ever to break targets consistently
shooting upside down, and coon
dog chase, with a real live coon.
Sportsmen's clubs and conserva-
ton groups who are contributing
TO make this tournament a success
will have on display many unusual
things of interest to hunters. For
example, Fred Jackson, considered
in the dog world as one of the
greatest breeders of English
Spring Spaniels, will have Frejax
Whirlaway, in the Michigan En-
lish Springer Spaniel Club display.
DR.. A. L. Tow, famous veteri-
marian, will show how dogs are
tattooed to curb theft of prize
hunting dogs; The American
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
War Effort Hindered
By Polluted Streams
By DON GILES

When poliaterS insist on making
sewers out of Michigan's clear blue
waters in peacetime, what car
you expect of N @ m during an
emergency when pollution equip
ment is not so readily obtainable
That's the question confronting
I he Michigan Stream Control
Commission and its fighting chair
man, Milton =. Adams. who al
present is exhausting every effort
at his command TO curb the evil.
The problem is far from new
one. 1t goes back TO World War
No. /. when pollution all but
wrecked the great progress made
in the years preceding it.
In war. Adams points out, water
is Just as important as guns and
ammunition and the lack of il, OF
the destruction of it, is one OF
the worst evils that can be thrust
upon any state. The captured peo-
pie of Hongkong could tell an in
teresting story where the fall OF
that city was speeded by the lack
of pure water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
No Meat Shortage
For Ohio Hunters

Ohio hunters will aid in lessen
ing the expected meat shortage
by taking more than 100000
pounds of game meat during the
hunting season this fall, experts
of the Ohio Conservation Depart
ment said.
Last year more than 100000
pheasants weighing from two sd
three-quarters to three pzsnds
dressed; 100000 rabbits, averag-
ing two pounds each dressed, and
100000 squirrels dressing more
than a pound each were bagged
by hunters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Wrath Felt

WTdtn Ell
Greedy corporations who use
the states once sparkling clear
waters for a sewer, that tn e y
might increase their profits. al
ready are beginning to feel the
wrath of Adams and the Michigan
Stream Control Commission.
Now the evil of pollution is be-
ginning TO back up and nip the
war effort, Last week, Adams re-
ported that the Sharpels Solvents
Company had presented plan 10
divert its caustic wastes from
Monquagon Creek below Wyan-
dotte, so that no further damage
would be done to bottoms of boats
being built for the navy, near the
company's plant.
In another drastic action taken,
the commission moved to prevent
pollution OF Shiawassee, Genesee
and Macomb County streams by
waste from viner stations next
year as a result of reports that
the waste this year was reaching
streams causing the death Of fish
and illness of cattle.
The commission called for pea
Gamers to provide lists in adj
vance of setting up the stations
so that provision can be made for
burying waste.
Alpena, Bedding, East Jordan
and Croswell were directed 10
bring their stream pollution con-
troll plans up to date. They were
asked to prepare plans for stream
improvements at the commission S
last meeting but they replied they
already had engineering plans.
Adams decided the plans were out
of date. The revised proposals
must be submitted to the health
department engineers for approval
within a year. IT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
WildIife Funds Cut

A cut of more than so per cent
for the restoration of wild life has
been announced by the federal
fish and wildlife service over last
year. Apportionment of 81. 128, 900
among the AZ states for the fiscal
year of 1943 as compared with
81, $50, 900 was made necessary by
final action of Congress.
Michigan heads the apportion-
ment list, receiving $62, $50.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
An Old Argument

Slowly but surely Michigan
streams are increasing in pollu-
ton. The old familiar argument
that war priorities prohibit the
construction of pollution machin-
cry" is not a new one 10 Adams.
Any ordinary man would give up
in despair, but not Adams.
Last week. with the backing of
the commission members, he asked
the attorney generals office to
find out why the city of Adrian
failed TO install certain chlorina-
ton equipment recommended by
that body.
They also ordered the city of
Standish TO draw up a plan for
improved sewage disposal within
yea-. Adams announced that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Hunting Tougher

According 10 Ruhl. the Thumb
survey also indicated that hunters
will find going hard in the I'M
usually heavy cover this season,
while the heavy weed tangle will
offer the birds excellent shelter.
Written permission Is not
necessary 10 hunt on a farmers
land" Wilfred reminded sports
men, provided OF course, that
oral permission II granted from
the farmer, but be sure that you
get permission from the owner.
The hired man may or may not
have authority 10 grant you per-
mission TO hunt. His wife. II
she IL a joint owner OF the land
\. would have the right 10 allow
you 10 hunt" Ruhl said in eX-
planning the new Horton tres
pass law.
Duck hunters were also warned
that coast guard Identification
cards are absolutely necessary 10
hunt on the Great Lakes and its
connecting waters. and for lO
miles back.