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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
Project Report
Being Rushed;
Many Questions

Everyone / talked to in Wash
ington was cooperative and in
terested in our irrigation project"
reported Jay Perry on his return
Tuesday from the nations capital.
There are number of questions
that still need to be answered
before the project will be ready
for presentation to Congress but
/ feel sure that everyone con-
cerned is making a sincere effort
to push the work along"
Mr.. Perry went to Washington
as a special representative of the
state as well as the Kennewick
Irrigation committee. He found
a welcome there and talked to a
large number of people who are
involved in reclamation and legis-
lation. egsa
Congressman Hal Holmes, In
terror Secretary Michael Straus,
John Warne, and several econo-
mists and engineers in the depart
ment were sympathetic and help
full.
In a brief interview with Sena-
tor Harry Cain, Perry was promis-
ed that action in the Senate would
be pushed with the cooperation
of Cong. Holmes.
The Kennewick representative,
who flew to Washington, stopped
on his return at the Bureau of
Reclamation regional office in
Boise where he found a group
Of experts working on the project.
r. j. Newell, supervisor of the
district, assured Perry that his Of
flee would complete the final re-
port as rapidly as possible. How
ever, there remains lot to be
done and he warned that il might
require go days.
The preliminary report has been
reviewed by various agencies and
a large number Of changes and
correction have been suggested.
The Boise office is working to in
corporate these changes into a
final report which must be app
proved by several agencies and
departments before it is introduc-
ed into Congress for approval and
subsequent appropriation.
In meeting Tuesday night
Perry presented complete report
of his trip to members Of the
Kennewick Irrigation board and
the committee.
This group felt that all was be-
ing done that is possible to push
the project and several stated sat-
isfaction with the results of the
trip" Those people back in Wash
ington can only see this project
as il appears on a map" said one
member. at was obviously help
full to them to talk it over with
man who is familiar with all
the details and is a farmer on the
project.
Perry expressed satisfaction
with the reception he received in
Washington. 81 found no one
is opposed to the project" he
said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06

Activians Tuesday evening ac-
claimed Lawrence (Scotty) Scott,
Kennewick Man of the Year, con-
fering on him an honorary MEM
bership and presenting to him an
Active Club emblem with guard
inscribed "Man of the Year, 1916"
Bob Matheson, chairman Of the
Joint Active Club-Courier Repor-
ter contest, reported that a
plaque, bearing SCOTS name as
the city's first man of the year,
would soon be displayed in the
clubs meeting place. Names OF
future men of the year will be
added to it as they are chosen.
Present also as guests of honor
were other men of the year candl-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
Concert Group Assures
Top Programs for Season

many active workers from both
Kennewick and Pasco promised
full cooperation for the project.
They We're honored by having
as guests the artist for the final
concert, James Pease, bass-bari-
tone, and his accompanist, pianist
Oscar Eiermann. Those attend
ing enjoyed meeting Mr.. Pease
and Mr.. Eiermann and were
highly entertained with the anec-
dotes with which Mr.. Pease re-
called them at the close of the
dinner.
Immediately following all left
for the concert held in the audi
toriurn of the Kennewick high
school. This was a highly enjoy
able, well-rounded program that
displayed the fine vocal and his
trionic abilities of the singer. Mr..
Pease was lavish with encores
which his enthusiastic audience
demanded.
Mr.. Eiermann proved to be a
sympathetic and artistic accom-
pianist, and his two piano solos
showed that he had excellent
technique as well. Mr.. Pease,
who has only recently been dis
charged from the Army where he
served as a pilot Of Flying Fort
ress, is contributing his services
this Friday for the benefit of
French War Relief at a concert in
Spokane.
All last week members of the
Pasco-Kennewick Community
Concerts committee, spanked by
their officers, Frank Maupm,
Mrs. S. S. McHenry, d. M. Deeter
Booth and Mrs. r. r. Glen Of
all of Kennewick, and Mrs. c. L.
Pasco, worked on the drive, re-
newing old memberships and
gaining many new ones. They
were so successful that on the
final date, March 1, the chairmen
were able to announce that the
coming season would bring four
concerts to the area.
Those holding membership
cards realize that they have the
privilege of attending concerts
wherever the Community Con-
cert Series are held. Many took
advantage of this, last season, to
enjoy the programs presented in
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
Deadline Announced For
Farm Practice Payments

A. J. Thompson, Chairman, Ben
ton County AGA. announces that
March Is is the last date for ap-
plying nitrogen to asparagus mulch
for payment. The fertilizer must
be applied and the receipt in the
office On or before that date if
any payment is allowed. This is
a special practice for Benton
County and it is hoped that the
farmers will comply. The pay
ment is 6 cents per pound of
available nitrogen but not to ex-
coed $1.50 per acre.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
fetched
Those Daily Dis

J. B. Coan, the man who lives
in the Methodist parsonage on
Dayton st. is credited with having
the gift Of a Screen Thumb. His
flowers are marvels Of beauty.
Visitors this week were astonished
to see his bed Of daffodils on the
front lawn and they admitted that
Kennewick's season certainly was
early. The really marvellous thing
was that the daffodils sprang into
full bloom overnight in the mar
cissus bed. Well, ask him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
Committees Meet
AT Noon Ioday

The Kennewick Chamber Of
Commerce meeting was dissolved
into committee groups today to
consider their individual assign
ments and further their projects.
Committees meeting today were
Roads and Tourist, Financial, In
ter-Community Relations, Health
and Education, Irrigation and
Land Settlement, Advertising,
Transportation and Industries,
Agriculture, Membership and
House.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
|P.T.A TO Hear
Rhythm Band

Kennewick P.T.A. will hear the
kindergarten rhythm band and
musical numbers by the first and
third grades when they meet,
Wednesday, March IL at 200 p. m.
in the Grade School Cafeteria.
Following the business meeting
and program, refreshments will
be served by mothers Of first
grade students.
The time and place have been
changed to afternoon, and the
place to the Grade School cafe
terra.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
Meisiersingers
Here on March IL

Teachers of the Kennewick
Grade school today called on all
music lovers of the community to
buy their tickets for the Meister-
singers concert within the next
few days.
The program will be presented
in the Kennewick High school
auditorium less than two weeks
after the stellar Richland chorus
attracted more than four thou
sand listeners to their concert in
Seattle's Civic Auditorium. Only
by buying tickets now, the teach
ers say, can purchasers assure
that they will have seats for this
outstanding musical event.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
ONLY 2 Fires So Far
In March, Says MalchOw

March has been comparatively
quiet to date from the standpoint
of the Kennewick Fire Depart
ment, Fire Chief Malchow said
today. Only two fires have been
reported.
A call at 7:30 on the evening of
March l summoned the company
to small roof fire at 523 KcDne-
wick Avenue. Fire fighters were
called out at $50 on the follow
ing morning to bring under Coli
troll fire in a small mouse in the
back of Bremmer's Cabin Camp.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
I0asfnnasiers Vie
With Funny Talks

Kennewick Toastmasters devot-
ed their Wednesday evening meet
ing to humorous stories and
speeches, with Wesley p. Brown
acting as POSTMASTER.
Five minute speakers were DIR.
F. E. Koshe, Linn Tinsman, D. X.
Randall, and Carl Witt. Table
topic master Del Flint introduced
two minute talks by Ken Serier,
and Hal Clark. Urban Keokler
was in charge of parliamentary
drill, and C.. B. Farley acted as
general critic for the meeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
The Sidewalk
REP0R TER
soUAwK CLUB
KENNEwicK COURIER !

"It's dogs again!" barked the
assistant secretary Of the Amalga-
mated when asked the subject of
this weeks session. "Dogs?"
..Yeah, dogs" he repeated. "Any
particular dogs?" we asked. mo,
that's just it-they amt particu-
lar. They don't care whose plants
they did up or who they. wake up
at night with their Internal bark
ing" he snarled. "But don't you
like dogs-men's best friends?"
"Sure we like dogs. But we like
'em quiet and trained and in their
own yard" he yapped. "But dogs
never read Emily Post and Dale
Carnegie" we observed. "Gr-r-r''
he snapped and we dashed off to
the nearest medico clutching a
tooth-scarred wrist where we
were promptly given a hydro
phobia shot.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
NAZARENE WsMs

WSMS of the Nazarene church
held an all-day meeting on
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
John Phillips in Richland.
Miss Daphne Taylor daughter
of Mrs. w. S. Hulet is i'll in the
Multanomah hospital in Portland.
Mrs. Hulet was in Portland Friday
to Monday to visit her daughter
and reports that her condition is
improving but she will be con-
fined to the hospital for two more
weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06

The Fisk Jubilee Singers are
additionally known for their in
terpretations of the Negro Spirit
ual. And this is as it should be
for the original band of singers
who went forth in 1871 was the
first Of many groups to follow in
their footsteps from Fisk Univer-
sity and other institutions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06

After an energetic and success
full membership drive, the Pasco-
Kennewick area is again assured
an excellent series of Community
Concerts for 1947-48 season. AT
a dinner held at The Manor for
the Kickoff" of the campaign
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
BUILDING
AND MORE

u,,r ~ start construction soon is a
and el n at Kennewick avenue
nau u "A. Alder for Carlberg's and a
Land sure at Avenue D and Fruit
waaL Carlberg's are moving this
t Heex & TO a temporary location in
wsra Ment building with emergency
merry. Vic @ Z Call
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
PROJECT

The same old headline still
seems to fit the irrigation project
story Looks promising, every
Dody IN favor, etc. However at
the present time it appears that
mere IS some real meaning be-
nlnd the headlines. TIL project
report is certainly farther adj
vanced than ever before and has
no opposition.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
WHAT TO Dor

The above is undoubtedly the
most often repeated of all COM
plants. But what is to be done
about it? That's the 81 buck
question. Offhand about all that
seems apparent is some stringent
control by licensing and impound-
ing of the malefactors. Pet own
ers certainly should have more
consideration for neighbors.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
CONGRESS

CONGRESS
The real test will come when
9ne report reaches Congress for
discussion. It is an accepted fact
tnat this congress is economy
minded: However, Jay Perry re-
ports that there is definitely a
friendly approach to reclamation
!ouowing the Teton pay-off. It
: obviously the best economy to
speno money where it pays the
oest returns. Teton proped that.
BUILDING
-. commercial buildings are still
gong up in Kennewick. The
ss;usWalk architects are enjoying a
az day watching the progress of
tne Larson building. At the same
~ the new Strickler garage is
hSm ,,;Ig INTO an exceptionally fine
building: On Avenue G the new
;n ne Radiator shop build
lug IS near completion. And
narts ). are springing up in all
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06
BOUQUET

comina newlck Active club is be-
With monotonously imbued
w;nntne scent of flowers. Ton
again IN this department, they
comn,; take the posies for ac-
raisinas a difficult task in
benefit funds for the "blue baby"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-06

is NJ MIC lorestall a lot of questions it
peeI;n s. Booth of Pasco who is
cert over the heads in the con-
othersp picture on this page. The
are 90 are not identified but all
sct;, - We'll known for Community
rdiff;o':yt mat few readers will have
eulty In naming most of them.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
North Fork Ranchers
Schedule Meeting
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

Ranchers of the F1atheao ).
North Fork will hold their August
meeting Monday at 8 p. m.
Their North Fork Improvement
association will gather at the QUAR-
ter Circle NC dude ranch of DOC
Mcfarland near Polebridge to near
DR. J. w. Sevrey, Montana tlsh
and came commission chairman
and see motion pictures on wilo
life shown by Robert F. Cooney'
director of the wildlife restoration
division.
Another big part of the progra"
will be an oldtime dance with oresS'
"slacks and lewis"
Supt. and Mrs. j. w. hliiiiiel
and other Glacier national parh
residents and their wives have oeen
invited.
Reports of the following COM.
mittees will be heard: fur, flsh aio
game. Chairman Walter Hammer
roads. trails and bridges, Chalr'
man Ben Rover; fire prevenetsi
and control, Harry Holcomn'
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01

uere is the dlI-sades vieao from
me ton of MT. Broa0m IN Glacier
.ot;oual park. Te's-nadle-Iong Lake
TcDonald is nearly surrounded by
.,eroreems that reach up to the
nile after mile of mountain peaks.
rhis is national park service
,;cture, the rest are by the editor.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
Fire Ranks as Biggest
Threat to Glacier Park

Fighting forest fires in Glacier
national park is a smooth func-
tioning organization under DICK
Nelson assistant chief ranger IN
charge of fire central.
With him as dispatchers are
District Ranger Stan Spurgeon
and Ranger Paul Webb. Their work
is coordinated with the activities
of district rangers throughout the
mark In addition to 10 mountain
TOP lookouts, there are IA fire
guards (men with initiative, train
ed to take charge of any fire SIT
nation in the forests, Al trailmen
and 4 packers. Most Of them are
World War II veterans and coll
eye students.
To help protect tne million acre
size of the state of Rhode IS
land-timbered park from fire are
six fire trucks, 16 shortwave ra-
dias 10 boats (there are 200 lakes
in the park, As horses and Il alb
le-to-be-worked mules for the
LOO miles of trails.
So far this year there have been
two lightning and two man-caused
fires in Glacier. Last year less than
one acre was burned by the SIX
lightning and two man-causeo
Zone cigarette and one by camp
err fires.-In 1886 there were III
man-caused and 38 lightning-start-
ed fires. Cooperation of the public
has helped reduce the loss from
fire, park officials declare.
The man-caused Half Moon fire
of 1929 burned into Glacier and
wiped out $4,000 acres of park
forest.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
To Dedicate Park Peace
Cairns at Line Saturday
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

High point in Glacier national
marks weekend schedule is the de-
dication of the two peace cairns
on Chief Mountain highway at the
international boundary.
Dignitaries from Canada and the
limited States will participate IN
ceremonies which will start at z
u. M. Saturday, and then continue
later in the afternoon at the Prince
of Wales hotel, Waterton.
Representing secretary OF IN
terror ]. A. Krug, will be DR.. LaWS
renee c. Merriam, regional direct
or national park service. Also at
tending will be Supt. j. w. Emmert'
Chief Ranger E. N. Fladmark' DIS,
trict Rangers Don Barnum ana
Flovd Henderson, Park NaturailS'
Don Robinson, and Rangers HOT
ace Chadbourne and Ed Oifl-
stead ,
SPONSORS of the cairns are MOI
tana and Alberta Rotary CLUBS. IL
charge of the event is canon D
H. Middleton, Cardston.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
Fund Lack Blocks
Rebuilding No. 2

Funds will not be available this
year to rebuild highway No. z
east of the present So miles now
under construction between Bolton
and Nyack.
It has been learned that con-
gress didn't Appropriate enough mo-
ney to the states for forest high
ways under which arrangement
this road would have been built.
The total appropriation was about
S5,3OO,OOO with Montana expec-
ted to receive $35O,00O.
The plan had been to rebuild
seven additional miles this year,
with the eventual result that cen
trail and northwestern Montana
would be connected by streamllned
modern highway. This seven miles
in addition to the 5.8 miles now un-
der construction would eliminate
the worst sections of the present
road over the mountains.
Union Construction company
has the So mile stretch up the Mid
die Fork canyon on a $739,94l.T|
contract. It would require an add
itional estimated 100000 to build
the other seven miles. Present con-
struction will be completed by
winter, except possibly for oiling.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
Goats Watch Park
'Lookouts at Work

There's no privacy on noun
tain top for Mr.. and Mrs. Doyle
Kincaid, forest fire lookouts IN
Glacier national park.
Almost every morning, mountain
goats climb steps to the Mt. Brown
~ by 14-foot one-room lookout
station. and find 10 windows
through which to peek. The KIM
caids have counted "a different
goats and six kids on Mt. Brown
this summer. Inquisitive, the AMI
mails are much interested as Doyle
chops wood or repairs the lookout
station.
Carol often has nanny or TWO
watching intently as she washes
clothes. Goats think people are
odd.
One of seven couples on Glacier
national park mountain tops, the
Kincaids were married last March.
Their home is FIT. Collins, Col. An
army airforce veteran, he's a Pur-
due university engineering student
during the rest of the year, ana
Carol studies art.
Their job as lookouts effects the
lives of countless vacationers, ana
the beauty and recreational worth
of great scenic area. When thun-
derstorms tangle with park peaks
and lightning strikes into the TIM
Der, Doyle and Carol, along with
the other IL lookout stations, anx-
iously scan the forest for fire. Each
strike must be noted, and for days
becomes a spot to be looked at
again and again.
Each flareup is reported to park
headquarters by telephone, and a
fire itself brings rangers and crews
to the scene. Fire is the parks
worst enemy.
Then there is the careless camp
err or smoker. Lightning coming
with a thunderstorm gives some
warning. No one knows where the
careless camper or thoughtless
smoker will start a blaze.
Somewhere near a mile below
the Kincaids and Mt. Browns look
out station is 10-mile-long Lake
Mcdonald, the fishermen camp
ers and other vacationers. Skirtlng
the foot of Mt. Brown and follow
ing up the Mcdonald valley is Co
ing-to-the-S highway with us
1900 cars a day.
With dry July increasing the
fire menace during August, me
Kincaids and the other park look
outs will be even more on the al
ert. Please help prevent fires.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
Vote Lack Defeats
Proposed Schools !.

Contrary to information prev
slent Wednesday and Thursday,
the bond issues for new schools at
coram, Bolton and Martin City,
and the high school addition in c.
hmbia Falls did not pass.
At Tuesdays special election, the
necessary 40 per cent of 3S5 reg
istered electors in District 6 did
not vote; 122 cast ballots; 154
we're necessary. For the high
school addition with Badrock and
Valentine included, 125 out of 497
registered voters went to the polls;
1879 were required.
There was considerable up-the-
line support for authorizing up
to S36,424 in bond sales each for
schools at Coram, Seton and Mar
tin City, and for a home econom-
les, manual training and vocation
al agricultural high school addition
to cost up to $91,5oo.
Coram's school received 81 votes
! in favor; % against; Martin City
! rs to Al; Bolton II to At, and the
high school addition, 88 to 30.
Of the 76 registered voters in
Valentine, only one voted, and of
the SO in Bedrock, just two. Only
IS Columbia Falls residents went
to the polls.
The bond issues were defeated
by staying away from the polls,
rather than by negative votes.
Up until late Thursday evening
latter the editorial page of the
Hungry Horse News had been
printed, it was thought that the
number of qualified voters in Dis
trict 6 totaled 252, though the fl
cure seemed low.
On different days in the same
week, the Hungry Horse News
and School District Clerk F. P.
Fleming inquired and were infor-
med separately by the Flathead
county clerks office that the num-
Der of qualified voters in the dis
trict totaled 252. This was recent
information.
If the total number of qualified
voters had been 252 instead of
1856 in District 6, the grade school
bond issues would nave carried;
there was never any question but
that the high school addition bond
issue had failed.
The school board will meet to-
night to canvass the ballots. Just
what provisions will be made for
increased school enrollments has
not reached a decision" stage.
School starts in a month.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
July Job Contacts Pass
1000 Mark for District

More than 1000 contacts with
men seeking job information were
made during July by the new Hun
gry Horse office of the state en-
ployment service, Room IL, Bank
building, Columbia Falls.
Office Manager Farnk klrkpa-
trick added that no new MAJOR
large-scale hiring is expected our
ing the coming week.
R and S construction and Union
Construction company had the lar
gest hiring during the past week.
Job openings are for laborers'
experienced rodmen and female
cooks. A surplus continues OF
truck drivers, equipment opera
tors and carpenters. There are
some opportunities for fallers ana
loggers.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-01
Columbia Falls Streets
Scheduled for Oil Coat

Oiling of Columbia Falls main
street and around the town square
is scheduled for today or tomor-
row. 1t will be a temporary coat
with a permanent oil job scheduled
for this fall. The last hard-surfac-
ing was done in 1910.
Mayor John O'Connell SAID lhdc
it NAV be necessary to block OH
traffic from a part of the street
for few hours.
Doing the oiling will be the IN
ion Construction company. >. H.
DOC" Kessler, foreman of the La
Sale cutoff job and Webb cup
in charge of oiling, are heaoquaf
tering here.