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is N. J. LIETUVIU SU-
'VAZIAVIMO
DALYVAVO APIE 500 SVE.
GU. AUKU SUDETA 1868

NEWARK, N. J. - Liepos
Z d., Robert Treat viesbucio sa-
leje, Newarke, ivyko visu New
Jersey Lietuviu vardu suvazia-
vimas, Lietuvos laisvinimo rel
kalais, Lietuviu pabegeliu ir
naslaiciq gelbejimo aptarimui,
taipgi ir Americas politiniais
klausimais pasitarti. Dalyva-
vo apie 500 zmoniu.
Suvaziavima atidare Joku-
bas Stukas, Newarko radio We
dejas, kuris perskaites atitin-
kama rasta, perstate susirinki-
mo vedeju Adv. Paulauska. Sis
paprase Kun. M. Kemezi sukal-
beti invokacija. Lietuviu Poll
tikos Klubo Vyru choras is
Kearny sugiedojo Americas il
Lietuvos himnus ir veliau ke-
leta dainu.
Kalbas pasake: U. S. Kon-
gresmanas Fred A. Hartley il
U. S. Senatorius Albert Haw-
kes, ir Kun. Jonas Balkunas
Puse valandos programo buvc
perduota per radio.
Per radio ejo dainos artistes
Barboros Darlys ir senatoriaus
bel kongresmano kalbos. Sc.
natorius Hawkes. stipriai reis.
ke kad Lietuva turi butt pa,
liuosuota is RusiSkos vergijos
ir kad Lietuvos klausimas pri.
valo butt iskeltas Tautu Taikos
konferencijoje.
Pc kalbu pirmininkas papra'
Sc Stuko l.. r. TautiSku Sokir
grupe parinkti auku. Viso au'
ku surinkta S663.70.
Tautiskus Sokius soko StukC
Lietuviu Radio Tautisku sokir
grupe, vadovaujama L. Stilso
Mates. Panele slekaityte pa
tarnavo prie piano visoms dai
mons. : .
" aukas ir visiems daily
viams programe nuosirdzia
dekoja rengejai - N. J. Lietu
viz Taryba.
Adv. C. F. Paulauskas, pirm
J. V. Baltrukonis, I'D.
A. S. Treciokas, >sekr.
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BAKUNAS Klemensas, SO M,
mire Birz. 26, Plymouth, Pa.
raskiute), 81 M, mire Lie
pos l, Chicagoj. (Marijamp.
ap. Sasnavos p. Parasukiu
k.) Amerikoje isgyveno 43
metus.
JANUsIS Steponas, 81 metu,
mire Liepos Z, Brooklyn,
NJ. Y.
sAPUTIENE Anele (Vistar-
taite), pusamze, mire Liepos
7, Chicagoj. (Kedainiu par.
Klaubu k.) Amerikoj isgy-
veno 32 metus.
NORVILAS Bronius, 80 metu,
mire Liepos 7, Chicago, Ill.
Gimes O'Fallon, Ill.
OKUNIENE Magde (Valterai-
te), pusamze, mire Liepos.
7, Chicagoj. (Vilkaviskio ap.
Starku KY
DEMBINSKAS Kazys, m ir e
Liepos M, Shenandoah, Pa.
zUKAUSKIENE Mare, m i r e
Liepos M, Gilberton, Pa.
GUDAITIS Mykolas, mire Lie
pos M, Frackville, Pa.
KRISONIENE Anele (Valan-
tiejute), mire Birz. 28, Can
ton, Ohio.
BITINAS Jonas, 40 m., mire
Liepos 9, Chicagoj, kur bu-
vo ir gimes.
GRIGAS Jurgis (seminarijos
aukletinis), mire Liepos m.,
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PITTSBURGH
PASkYRE SESIS MLIJONUS
UPEMS TVARYKTI

Pennsylvania potviniu kon-
troliavimui, kas yra dideles
svarbos Pittsburghui, federale
valdzia paskyre sesis milijonus
dolariu. Tuos darbus armijos
inzinieriai inns dirbti 1947 me-
tais.
Monongahela ir Allegheny
upiu darbams ir kitoms upems
kontroliuoti Pittsburgho apie-
linkese, paskirta apie milijo-
mas dolariu. Xiii pinigai isda-
linami po kitas sios valstijos
dalis.
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Zinok Amerikos
KONSTITUCUA

Americas konstitucija Angliskoie
kalboje, su visais Amendmentais.
80 puslapiu knygele, prisiusim vi
sai Dovanai items kurie uzsirasys
Lietuviu Naujienas dviem metams
arba gaus du metinius skaitytojus
ir prisius $500 su nurodymu kan
Lietuviu Naujienas siuntineti, mi.
nina knygele prisiusim jums Visai
dovanai uz pasidarbavima.
LIETUVIU NAUJIENOS
1872 N. 9th St. Philadelphia 6, Pa.
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GRYzO is KARO
TARNYBOS

Liepos 10 d. gryzo is karo
tarnybos narinas Cpl. Leo
nardas Michaels, veikeju Mo-
tuzQ zentas.
Leonardas tarnavo apie du
metus laiko, o paskutini tar
nybos gala buvo isveztas j ia
ponija ir artimas salas. Ten
Americas kariai mate salto ir
karsto, ka pergyveno ir Cpl
Michaels. Sugryzdamas Leo,
nardas padare 10000 myliu ke-
iones, dauguma vandenynu.
Leonardas padare dideli sur.
priza savo zmonai, Mirgai, tie.
veliams ir uoSviams, nes ka:
jis paskambino telefonu kac
jau parvaziuoja j famus, jis
buvo tik uz vieno bloko nuo ma.
mu vaistineje, ir j kelias mi
nutas buvo mamie prie save
mylimuju.
.Leonardas ir jo jauna emo
ma, Mirga, pirmiau buvo. Ra
dio Choro nariai ir daininin
kai. Jie abu mego, muzika il
jos mokinosi. Tikimes kad il
dabar jaunieji Michaels pra
des dalyvauti Lietuviu veiki
me, ypac memo srityje.
Welcome home, Leonard!
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n1ire Birzelio "a, Chicagoje.
Ukmerges ap. slizu Ky A
merikoj isgyveno 80 metus.
BUTRIMAS Vincas, pusamzis,
mire Birzelio 25, Chicagoje.
(Ukmerges ap. Vidiskiu p.)
Amerikoj isgyveno 35 m.
NECIUNSKAS Stasys, sc m.,
mire IBirzelio 26, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
STAKENAS julius, SO m., mi
re Birzelio "a, Ozone Park,
N. Y.
MAGILA Tamas, So M, mire
Liepos Is, Cleveland, Ohio.
DIDzIULIENE Ona, Sc metu,
mire Liepos II, Clevelande.
SENKUS Jonas, 70 M, mire
Vasario men,, Angel Camp,
CALI. (Daukslq p. Plyniu k.)
Liko broliai, Andrius Cleve-
lande, ir Motiejus Rochester,
N. Y. (Velionis Amerikoj is
gyveno. 35 metus.)
DAMUsA Kazys, 81 M, mire
Geg. %, Brooklyn, N. Y.
VAICUKENAS Elena pau
gaite), pusamze, mire Birz
20, Chicagoj. (Jooniskio p
Sliepsniu k.)
MACIULYTE Mare, 20 metu
mire Geg. men,, Sac Paulo
Brazilijoje.
.STUPURIENE Ursule (Vens.
lauskiene), pusamze, mire z
Liepos, Chicagoje. (Kedai.
niu zap. Kernavos p.) Anne.
rikoj isgyveno 80 metus.
sATKAUSKAS Petras, 68 m.
mire Liepos 3, Chicagoje
(Panevezio apps. Ramygalos
p. Glebausku KY Amerikoje
isgyveno 40 metus.
GLUTKAUSKAS Juozas, pus.
amzis, mire Liepos 3, She,
boygan, Wis. (Panevezio ap
Ramygalos p. Jotainiu k.)
Amerikoj isgyveno 40 metu
ANDRIJAUSKAS Adomas, pu.
ses amz., mire Liepos 1, Chi.
cagoj. (Raseiniu ap. Krazig
p. Pupenu k.) Amerikoj is.
gyveno 43 metus.
BRILAVICIENE Mare, seno
amz., mire Liepos men. Mi.
nersville, Pa.
sNEIDERIENE Magde (Mu.
Wits Kazys, ga M, mire Bir.
zelio II, Glen Lyon, Pa
(Telsiu ap.)
PAsKAUSKAS Juozas, SO M.
mire Geg. 16, Gary, Ind
(Marijampoles ap. Salemos
Budos ky
LAUKAITIS Stasys, 63 metu,
mire Geg. /, New York, N.
Y. (Suvalku red.)
BIELSKIENE Ona (zemaity-
te), pusamze, mire Liepos A,
Chicagoj. t(Kauno ap. Pakuo-
nio par.)
VARNAGIRIS Adolfas, seno
amz., mire Liepos 7, Chica-
goje. (Telsiu ap. Kantauciu
kaimo.)
FOGELMAN Lillian (Didvaly-
te), 81 M, mire Liepos 9,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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ATOSTOGAUJA

Siomis dienomis gavo meme
81 laiko atostogu Lietuvai Va
duoti Sajungos Centre finansu
sekretorius Juozas Kripas,- ku-
ris gyvena ir dirba Ann Ar
Dor, Mich. Atostogoms isvy-
ko l''rytus, ypac New Yorke ir
jo apielinkeje, kur susispiete
daug Lietuviu veikeju ir kur
jis pats kitados gyveno ir dar-
bavosi. Ia proga Juozas pa
vieses pas savo sesute ir pa
silses po metu nuolatinio dar-
DO. Linkime Juozui Kripui SUI
gryzti sveikam ir linksmam.
Pas DR.. Juoza' Peters ir jo
zmona lankosi ponios Peters
mamyte,, Pranciska Kuckailie-
ne, is Dubois, Pa. Viesnia su
savo dukteria ponia Peters bu-
vo atsilankiusios ir pas Siu 70
dziu rasytoja. Mes graziai pa
sikalbejome. Poni Kuckailie-
ne yra kilus is Maletu ir jau
apie 40 metu kaip gyvena A
merikoje. Poni Kuckailiene y
ra labai maloni moteris. Jai
labai malonu vieseti pas savo
dukteri ir zenta. M. Sims.
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TlRIA VAIkU SVEIKATA

Apple puse milijono mokyklu
vaikQ Pennsylvanijoje Xxi siol
symet jau perejo sveikatos eg-
zaminus. Tam tikslui isleista
virs milijonas dolariu.
; 1r stai kas patirta: Greta
paprasto vaikams dantu suge-
dino if tonsilQ, dar rasta: bio
gas Strides stovis; prastas akiu
regejimas, ausQ sugedimas ir
Siaip kitokios smulkios nege-
rOves.
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/ lPENINSYLVANIJOE
PHiLADELPHIA

ziauraus likimo isguita is
savo tevynes Lietuvos, jauna
Lietuvaite, Vera Kazlauskaite
atsiunte laiska vienam Lietu-
viui Philadelphijoje, kuriame
yra tokiu sakiniu: 'Tuoj DO
Velyku, mamyte parase ponui
Juozui Baciunui isdestydama
musu dabartine padeti ir pra-
Sc pagelbeti NUNS pasiekti A
merika. Tuo metu buvome
galima sakyti apverktinoje pa
detyje, mes Belgu policija ne
bepratese musu pasu. Tokiu
budu buvome atsidurusios klai-
kioje baimeje, o be to nebega-
vom maisto korteliu, be kuriu
cia pragyvenimas tiesiog ne
imanomas.
''Ir stai po dvieju savaiciu,
kai ryte turejom vel isnaujo
prisistatyti j policija, koks
dziaugsmas kai radon laiskl'
dezuteje NUNS stora is Ameri-
kos laiska su "Affidavit of
Support. Visos trys verkem
susikabinusios is dziaugsmo il
laimes, dekodamos Dievui il
prasydamos palaimos musu ge.
riesiems uzjurio broliams.
Isle popieriai sutvarke mu.
su padeti. Tuoj ememes zygil
isvaziavimui. Kadangi BruXe,
Lyle, kur mes gyvenam, n9rs
Americas konsulo tai teko nu
vaziuoti j uosta Antverpen
Ten teko uzpildyti blankas, il
dabar turime laukti eiles, nor:
nieko tikro nezinom kada j
ateis. |.
"Uoste matant didziulius lai-
vus buvo begalo dziugu pasva
joti kad stat ateis diena kada
mes isplauksim j raeauli
Amcrika, ia laisves Sail.
"Mes Lietuviai cia gyvenan
pusetinai. Musu broliai Anne
rikieCiai musu neuzmirsta Pa
remdami mus drabuziais, vie
nu-kitu maisto siuntineliu, az
tai laikrasciais ir laiskais pra-
dziugindami. >Kokia laime tu-
rint tokius gerus uztarejus.
GAS Siadien dar mokinuosi,
esu prize knygu, smarkiai uzim-
ia, nes noriu gerai uzbaigti kad
butu patenkintos mano gerada-
res vienuoles.
90 kaip as trokstu pasitar-
nauti musu mazutei tevynei
Lietuvai ir jos isblaskytiems
vaikams. Tikiuosi mano uzju-
rio broliu padedama galeslu
igyvendinti 81 savo siekima.
"Per atostogas, jei bus ga
limybes, noreciau taip pat mo-
kytis, O ypac Angliska kalba,
kad paskui butu lengVlau A
merikoje su studijomis.'
V
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PITTSBURGHO srityie

PITTSBURGHO srityje pa.
sirenge streikuoti valstijos deg,
tines parduotuviQ tarnautojai
Streikas varomas ivykdyti su
pradzia Spaliu menesio.
CIO suorganizavo degtines
parduotuviu tarnautojus j sa-
vo globa, ir dabar kursto juos
streikuoti reikalaujant algQ
pak@limo. Taciau, sake, tik
40 is 400 tarnautoju pritaria
streikavimui.
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SELPIMO KASTAI.
SlIvia-

nytos Valstijos per pirmus iris
menesius symet suteike selpi-
mo reikalams kitoms salims
S536, 100000. Europai is tos
sumos teko daugiau negu trys
ketvirtdaliai.
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Is RUSIJOS zydai krausto-
81 j vakaru Europa kick gall,
kurie tik gall irodyti kad jie
paejo is Lenkijos, ar cekijos
ar kitur. Nenori pasilikti So
vietu rojuje, kur bego, ir leng-
val pasidave kuomet bolsevikai
atejo tas Sails okupuoti.
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PAJIESKOMI Albinas ir Jo-
mas Kijauskai, seniau gyveno
Pennsylvanijoje. Paeina is Ga
llorlskes k, Vilkaviskio' par.
TiNn's yra svarbiu ziniu is gi-
miniu. Atsisaukit tuoj. (3D.
Pijus DebuleviCius
34O6 w. SO St. Cleveland, 0.
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"Dirvai" issirasyti nereikia
laukti pradzios metp-.,:"ehi
j laiska 81 dahar ir "i::r,s'
lankyS jus istisa pusmest.
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sDEIMANTAI gall butt be-
spalviai, melyni, balti, rausvi,
raudoni, gelto, zali, rudi arba
juodi.
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MIRIM Al

MlE2Et ISEIVIAI AN1ERIKOS LIETUVIAI
znos apie msius Letuvus same skyrue tapnama dykai
Evening star., 1946-03-31

nets. Unlike some self-taught inventors, how
ever, Seth believes education helps. He's
quietly given more scholarships to lads
who've shown talent than many a fancy
professional endowment.
Because he feels many of his inventions are
the result of joint efforts, employees share
in the profits Seth has helped number of
them to start businesses of their own, some
in direct competition, some subcontracting.
Doesn't hurt if they 60 after his customers,
he feels; it may make his own efforts better.
Helped Produce More Poultry
DESPITE limelight duckmg, which is almost
an obsession, Seth's interest in doing practical
things for people has got him calls from places
which have never heard of Ottumwa. When
the War Production Board wanted a man
who could help the country produce more
poultry, they called Seth. They knew that
among other things he'd invented special
feeding battery that has enabled hundreds
of thousands of suburbanites to raise their
own chickens right in the cellar one of the
reasons poultry was never rationed during
the war.
And although all kinds of famed names
we're suggested when Governor B. B. Hicken-
looper wanted to create an Iowa Develop
ment Commission which would bring his
states postwar industrial and agricultural
plans down to earth, Seth was given the all
work-an and-no-pay assignment
Nobody will let him down. the Governor
LoB, 1o<<1 Cofk
gets too much out of life for that The End
Evening star., 1946-03-31

make one Win 81 acres OF
wonderful water. Meanwhile,
he'd lend them a land strip to
enable them to get down to
the river while the camp was
being developed.
In Ottumwa recently there
was hardly a man, woman or
child l spoke to who didn't
have some such story to tell,
and each story was unknown
to most of the others.
Learned, too, how although
he's never had scientific train
ing, Seth's patents fill cabi-
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little coaching Seth asked only one favor in
return - that nobody be told he had any
thing to do with it.
Often seeing his little good turns give
people pleasure leads him to bigger ones. The
"Y' needed guards for lights on the volley
ball courts They couldn't be bought Seth
had them made at one of his plants, gave them
to the ''Y" with the usual pledge of anonym-
ity. Then they invited him to see them in
operation. Seth didn't stop there. He asked to
look over the rest of the place.
AT the end of long evening group of
films of various ''Y" camps was shown.
Where's the Ottumwa camp" Seth asked.
They admitted they didn't have one.
Gave ~Y'' Ideal Camp Spot
Nor long afterwards Barker drove around
to the "Y." Like to take you for little
automobile ride" he told the Secretary and
some of the boys Six miles below Ottumwa
they got out of the car clambered up steep
deposit of jagged rock where Seth pointed
out a magnificent vista of the Des Moines
River valley.
This, Seth related, was once Chief Wapello's
territory Such site would be an ideal camp
spot, and it was the 'Y's" for the taking with
only one string attached: Would they mind
if Seth built a lake there? BY putting a dam
just little over to the east he'd be able to
Evening star., 1946-03-31

ira duty-acting as adoorbell-ringing solicitor,
Whenever the Extension Service specialists
over at Iowa State College at Ames want to
try something new and unprecedented, they
call on Seth Recently they were experiment.
ing with pecans. ordinarily grown only in
warm climates. They were ooh-poohed when
it was suggested that Iowa, where tempera-
lures range from 20 below zero to 100 or more
above, might grow them.
More good ideas die because people are
afraid to be laughed at for trying them than
for lack of merit" Seth remarked. He pro-
vided a site offering every condition the ex-
perimenters wanted, rang up friends who had
the needed supplies and put the effort in busi-
ness. 1t may work or it may not; Seth won't
make money either way. But if it does, no
one in Iowa will be prouder or less willing to
take share of the credit.
Unostentatious, shoes unshined, tremen-
dous reader, Seth hates making speeches or
any sign of show But his warmth and kindli-
ness show themselves in hundred ways.
Sometimes it's big things and often little
things like the pole for the kids on North
Elm Street A couple of them had looked
everywhere for 13-foot wooden post so they
could form basketball teams. War shortages
had made them as scarce as hens teeth. So
they dropped around to see Seth and asked
him to keep them in mind if one came in.
Two days later truck drove up, crew of
Seths men on board. They had a pole, not
wood. but metal welded in Seths plant The
crew not only set it up but measured the court
and stayed around to give the youngsters
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less cost and give people more time for enjoy
ment. It's not big business as American
businesses go. but Seth wants it that way.
He says IF tell the boys to knock off
for the afternoon, don't have to worry what
the stockholders might say"
For one of his most impOrtan devices
"a beltline system of processing poul-
try Seth credits some farm boys who
share his passion for tinkering. Remem
bering how the hated chicken-preparing job
had taken half his playtime in chore days, he
hired a group of mechanically minded young
assistants Just to fool around and see what
they could work out"
The result was a conveyor The chicken
comes in one end, is killed, bled, plucked clean
(they dip it in hot paraffin. then break the
hardened wax and feathers Off and every
thing is automatic.
1t was this invention which interested
Australia, Uruguay. several other govern
ments and which helped Seth build up his
industry in cornfeld" to one of the most
f1ourishing small businesses in the u. S.
They'd heard how, thanks to the professor
and other Barker equipment, the price OF
chicken had gone down and down. And how
in many areas of the u S. large scale poultry
raising had been developed by thousands of
small farmers Without charge Seth sent
trained men abroad to help them get started
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continued from last week..
silver helped in a big way TO
,,oom all the towns through the
D p mountain region-Spokane,
nH;sso,,la Butte, Helena, Great
Taiis In Montana many OF the
r : a rich settled in Helena,
Where they built palatial homes
snd INDUCED in all the ornate Gls-
n Of the typical parvenu. inns
ppar;od is Given the following &C
count in the Montana State Guide
Book:
,,,,,,,d continue indefinitely, they
Waited Matted lots several miles out in
The valley, and even built street
car line to serve these Outskirts:
While waiting for the city to catch
nm with it's transportation system,
thew lived in pretentious mansions
IN the west side and in the suburbs
of Kenwood and Lennox, and rode
ahout town, first in coaches driven
hv top-hatted and swallow tailed
coachmen and later in electric
COMES that moved at a dog-trot
IN the level and stalled on the
lille a small army of maids, but
1ers and other servants waited on
them and served them foods and
Wines as different as possible from
the sour-doughs, beans and raw
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people went home and went to
bed, only to be startled by fresh
alarms. This time the entire busi-
ness district was destroyed. Seat
ties fire started in a downtown
cabinet shop about 2::30 in the aft
ernoon, and by midnight the en-
tire business section so blocks lay
in ashes. The loss was estimated at
Is million dollars.
Spokane's fire started about six
o'clock one Sunday evening in the
roof of a lodging house and was
soon famed by strong winds
which made the entire down town
section a raging inferno. The Spo-
kane Falls Review in reporting it
said:
Occasionally the two opposite
currents of wind would meet,
creating roaring whirwind of
fire that seemed to penetrate the
clouds as a ponder0us screw, while
lesser whirlwinds danced about its
bast, performing all sorts of fam
tastic gyrations. In this manner the
appalling monster held high carni-
val until about 10 o'clock when a
mighty crash the Howard street
bridge over the Spokane river
went down. A boom of logs took
fire and shimmered for hours on
the crystal surface of the river,
and many times flying pillars of
fire crossed the river, igniting the
mammoth lumber and Touring
mills that line its banks; but by
heroic efforts its career was check
ed on the south side of the stream.
But looking back the beholder
witnessed scene of deSolation
that was fearful to contemplate.
Fragmentary portions of the naked
walls of what were four hours be-
fore magnificent structures of
brick and granite stood like grim
sentinels above the surface Of a
burning sea, and all was deSola-
ton and ruin"
Modern Cities
Although the fires of 1889
struck staggering blows, the sew
eral towns so devastated recover
ed with amazing rapidity. And,
in place of the old frontier vii
lagos with their flimsy wood
structures the new building pro-
gram laid the foundations for
modern cities. Coming in the
midst of boom times there was
little hesitation in the matter Of
financing substantial structures,
while the lesson of the fires made
it easy to enact strong building
codes.
This was particularly true OF
Spokane, where glittering profits
were pouring in from the Couer
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-02-28
Historical Backgrounds
BY Margaret Thompson

firewater of their prospecting
days. The houses they built were
ornate affairs in a variety Of de-
signs, with exteriors featuring tur-
rets, cupolas and portecocheres;
interiors decorated with hand
carved mahogany, oak and maple,
with a fireplace in nearly every
room; spacious grounds within
stone. walls or iron fences, with
iron deer on the lawns and stone
lions or other figures at the en-
frances. Some lawns were fur
Their adorned with fountains, lead
statuary, granite mounting blocks,
and carved stone hitching posts.
The fall in the price Of silver in
1893 ended this horid period Of
architecture"
Considering how intimately "sil-
yer prosperity" touched the lives
of almost everyone in the Pacific
northwest at that time it is not
surprising that men Of all political
parties lines up together on the sill
yer question in politics.
Major Town Fires
The night of June % fire was
started in a saloon in Vancouver
and put out, but later in the same
evening a blaze flashed up from
an abandoned church building. AT.
ter it had burned to the ground