The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
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BY Hal Clark


This is one of those land it &C.
tually happened" yarns that prob
ably is much funnier to the peo-
pie directly concerned than it is
to others. Being one of them, I
got a great lift out of it.
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We leave the Kennewick Cour-
ier-Reporter with number OF
business firms for sale by the
copy. And last week at one of the
stores a newcomer came in and
bought one.
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On the following day, he was
back to buy. another kennewfck
Courier-Reporter; and he returned
to buy a third copy on the sue
ceeding day.
On the fourth day, he approach
ed the proprietor. "Say," he quiz
zed, Gust how often is this paper
published"
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The proprietor assured him. it
was published on every Thursday.
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"You know" said the man. 81
was beginning to think there was
something funny. But l just
thought thew were writing up the
same news every day."
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I have often been accused by
readers of serving up the same olo
hash every week. But I have new
er been in such a favorable posi-
ton as this to defend myself.
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From the time Gutenberg began
to experiment with an old Chinese
hobby and thus advanced the de-
velopment of printing, the incl
dence of publication has affected
the newspaper business. The man
who gets only one crack a week
at it often holds his head and
means.
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But I base the opinion on this
report that we made our weekly
news coverage stand up for three
days in a row, even if we did be-
gin to slip little on the fourth.
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We thank you, Mr.. Anonymous
ST., for smile in the days work,
and most effective spirit lifting.
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Another lift to my spirits, my
purse and my bank account came
this week with passage of the in
come tax reduction. With hungry
mouths agape, both the purse and
the bank account have endured
the ravages of this current none
tary malnutrition for months.
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Millions of Americans, who may
have been sharing this experience
with me. will find that while the
source Of these economic calories
has not been augmented, the APP
petizing stuff to flow through the
pipe line to the tummy with less
,stoppage enroute.
It is probably quite true, as the
savants tell us, that permitting
more of that lovely green green
medium of exchange to swell the
purchasing volume will give the
old inf1ationary spiral another
nudge. In consequence, we'll have
more of it and buy less with it.
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But for that happy May day mo-
ment, l shall be thankful.
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AS eminent naturalists and an
thopologists have often reminded
us, living creatures can accuStom
themselves to almost any environ
mental. factor. Witness the in
stance of the mosquitoes and the
DOT. Bug men tell us that fast
breeding generations have devel-
oped mosquitoes with a much
higher resistance to the lethal
dose. In fact some of them seem
almost to live and thrive upon it.
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KenneWick housewives, boiling
water upon the ADVICE of health
authorities, may therefore take
comfort in the assurance that if we
keep drinking it long enough uur
posterity may develop immunity.
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1t is most unlikely that our wa
ter, tho it is conceded to be con-
taminated, would ever be as rough
with us as the DOT was to the
bugs. But the crouching danger
of epidemic is ever present so long
as we fail to provide a plentiful
and protected supply of water.
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l confess that it is an exagger-
ated comparison, but exaggeratlons