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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-15

building process employ
ing specialized crews for
the various stages Of
building, will be located
to the south Of the grade
school building, and west
of Desgranges road. The
line of construction will
move southwark.
The development, described as
the largest single home project
in the Kennewick area, is die
rect achievement Of the Mayors
committee for thousand new
homes, chairmanned by A. c.
Anon, past mayor and current
candidate for county commissions
er on the Republican ticket.
Land for the addition was pur-
chased early in the year from the
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Services for willis F. Sonderman.
Kennewick Pioneer. Held TODAY

One of Kennewick's earliest
pioneers, Willis Frank Sender
man. 50, died early Tuesday NOR
ming at his home in the west
Highlands. Mr.. Sonderman had
suffered a stroke over a month
ago.
Born in Prescott, Wis. on Dec.
1, 1865, he came to the state OF
Washington in July, 1890.
Coming to Kennewick in 1897,
Mr.. Sonderman had for 40 years
been q leader In irrigation and
reclamation In this area. He came
to the little settlement Of Kenne-
wick as paymaster, accountant
and storekeeper for the original
Kennewick irrigation canal He
had lived In Kennswick continu-
ously since 1892.
For three years, Mr.. Sender
man worked a. transfer foreman
for the Northern Pacific railway
at Pasco.
In 1902 he was made assistant
to John Russell, reconstruction
superintendent, In rehabliitatine
the old Kennewick canal which
had lain dry for six years. In
1909 Mr.. Sonderman was pro-
NOTED to superintendent OF the
entire canal system and the High.
land Irrigation and Domestic
system. From 1919 until 1892 n
served as secretary treasurer and
manager Of the Highlands Wate'
Users, which was decided to tn
Kennewick Irrigation district
A prominent figure In all as
poets Of early Kennewick his
tory, Mr.. Sonderman served IRON
1893 until 1905 as school clerl
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BULLETINS
MILLER CANDIDATE

G. G. ICY" Miller Of the West
Highlands late Wednesday night
told the Ksnnswick Couxier-Rs.-
porter that Il Il his inton4ion %
Hls for ths Office Of state rep
1sesntativs from The 18th dis
4x1et. % far q & known. MILLER
d fks onlY eanididaAs yet m.
nounesd for the Democratic
nomina1ion. TO date the ineum.
benis. Representatives Dent Of
Paseo and Christensen Of Stew.
enson. Republicans. are the only
other contestants for the two Of.
fees. 80 ~.
SMALL HOMES F
David Hoak. spokesman fox
4 small association Of ixxioa.
hon users On Mob HILL protest.
Cd q HE Tuesday evening
meeting Of The city council
against The building Of Z sub
division Of small homes In The
area directly west Of Gum
street. He and his nsiehboes,
Honk SID aEo eeneeened shout
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and director OF school board. It
was this school board which put
the first school bus into opera
ton in this area.
When Benton county separated
from Yakima county, Mr.. Som
derman was member of the
group which selected the first
set Of county officers.
A history Of early Kennewick
and early organization Of the To-
cal schools was written by MIR.
Sonderman and was included
among the papers sealed In the
cornerstone Of the court house In
Prosser and the Kennewick
school building constructed in
1896.
A member Of the Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows since 1855,
Mr.. Sonderman was = charter
member Of the local LOOT.
lodge. He was also . charles menu
Der OF the Highlands Improve
ment club.
Surviving Mr.. Sonderman are
his widow, Ellie, whom be mar
ried s. years ago, and his chill
dren: Wills Kennewick; Clar.
ence, Kennewick; Charles, Bre-
merton; Julia Mrs. Sherman
Whiting, Portland, and Jesse
Mrs. Albert KENT, Kennewick
Also surviving Mr.. Sondezman
are 10 grandchildren. and II
great-grandchildren. ~
Funeral services win be IA, The
Mueller Funeral Hame chapel
today It : pm with tie Hev
Buelah Scott Yakima, officiating
The I.O.O.F. Will conduct TN
graveside. service at Riverview
Heights cemetery. r.-w 50
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under construction by
Modern Homes, Ipc. are
completed and occupied.
No dissenting voice was raised
at the Tuesday evening meeting
of the city council, when resi-
dents of the affected areas APP
peared in behalf Of the annexa-
ton proposal.
Charles Hostkoetter, of III
Edith Avenue, declared that Ken
newick is a growing community
that needs adequate sewer and
domestic water service as soon
as IL can be provided. He and
his neighbors believe, Hoskoetter
said, that the improvements re-
present progress that must come
to the area. -
His statement highlighted one
of the lnottiest problems con-
fronting the city administration
sewer extensions must be brought
to the Vista Homes and Ander-
son addition to the city by Oc-
tober i II residents are enabled
to connect to city sewer lines in
stead of purchasing septic tanks.
N. w. Haner, representing the
Portland Consulting Engineering
firm OF r. H. Corey, told council
men Tuesday night that plans
and specifications for the extern
sions will be ready by next Tues
day.
Five representatives Of health
services attended the meeting,
giving assurances Of cooperation
II the city win proceed with its
present program to augment the
sewer service aFd construct a
primary treatment plant for sew
age disposal.
They were: W. w. Bergerson,
assistant chief engineer and Z.
+. Kldridge, chief consultant, both
OF the State Pollution commission:
Colonel E. d. Hopkins and J. n.
Bright, Of the U. s. Public Health
service; and Dudley Beall, of the
Benton-F Franklin Health district.
Also ahead Of the municipal
officials 10 the matter of selling
revenue bonds to finance the
major sewer extension program.
Until present research Is com
plete. Il win not be possible TO
say whether the entire cost can
be borne out Of revenue bond
sales, or whether the city win
have to issue some general obli-
cation bonds.
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Han resi- Starring
IN Horse Heaven

Harvest was reported 10 have
gotten underway on scattered
ranches through the Horse Heav-
ems this week. .Eg gr9fg
Wheat began to triclle into the
elevators the first Of the week.
Wareh0nsemm expected the
grain to begin to flood in by the
beginning Of next week.
Prospects looked rosy, al
though ~ expected the protein
content Of the golden crop is
proving low because Of the ex-
cessive moisture this year. But
the yield Is running a good
strong 80 bushels to the acre av-
erage, and q few reports put il
as high as 40 bushels to the
acre.
The price also looks good, with
Projectors agreeing that it will
stay above 81 bushel this year.
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Start buildinq
New Home Area

Preliminary construction activity on the 1885,
home Anderson addition to the city of Kennewick
hit it's stride today as work crews rushed compile
ton on warehouses, saw yards and material yards.
The builders, Nettleton-B aldwin-A Anderson, Inc.
Of Seattle, have outlined group Of IA homes as
the opening phase of home development constructions
First completed homes, product of progressive
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Powell Arguing
Vital Case On
Irrigation Issue

irrigation districts taken over
by the government to build the
Han6ord plant win be affected
by the decision Of . case now be-
ing argued by sCharles Powell
kennewick attorney, before the
United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals In San Francisco.
The case, Priest Rapids Irri-
CATION District VS.. u. s. Govern
ment arose from the condemna.
ton Of that irrigation district
in the spring of 1913. The land
owned by the district was an
praised at its dry-land value by
the government. The district took
the case to the courts to collec,
the value Of a power plant on
the land.
I A District court jury in Yali-
ma handed down a verdict on
Feb. 10, 1947, for. the district and
set the value Of the power plant
at approximately $4,000. The
United States attarneys appealed
the case and 1t went to the Cir
cult Court Of Appeals in San
Francisco.
The Richland Irrigation Dist
riot was taken over by the gov
eminent in the fall of 1913 un-
der the same conditions.
"The date Of trial also was set
for our district" c. F. Fletcher,
secretary and manager Of the
Richland district, said, "but so
many questions Of law arose in
the other case that the Judge
suggested the Richland case be
postponed until the other deci-
sion was rendered"
The Richland district will be-
gin proceedings as soon as the
first case is decided, Fletcher
continued. Improvements on dist
riot land in the Richland case
was to be somewhere near the
same amount as at Priest Rapids,
he said.
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celebration, A. C. Anon,
fair chairman, announced
today. 1
Growers Anon said, may pick
their fruit in its prime and store
in The Jones Storage lockers free
Of charge. !,
Entertainment for the three
day event will be supplied by the
Kennewick Grape Festival As
ISOLATION, under whose auspices
Spike Jones, Jack Teagarden,
Ralph Edwards and his famed
truth or Consequence" show,
and Buddy Rich have been
brought to the city. :
While final decision to UNDER
take responsibility for the 1913
entertainment stu must be made
at special meeting Of the Fesd-
val Board, chairman J. G. Pratt
said that his informal discus
sions with festival officials In
dictate that the proposal win re-
ceive approval.
Rights In the fair activity were
transferred several months ago
from the Grape Festival Associa-
ton to the newly-formed Fair
Association. h
At the Tuesday meeting Of the
city council, chairman Anon pre-
sented the request Of fair offici-
ais that the city allocate funds
for the construction Of q per-
manent fair building on the park
land recently acquired from the
U. S. Government. The site
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CRACK OF TIE WEEK


Our Lady Of Lourdes hospital
in Pasco reported two more births
to Kennewick people over the
weekend. They were to Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Redifer on July
,1O, girl, and to Mr.. and Mrs.
= omas connell on July IL, a
Cd.
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City to ANNEX
Addition

The Hover Fountain Park and Vista Homes
communities beyond the western corporate limits of
the city will be formally annexed to Kennewick to-
night at special meeting of the city council, Mayor
J. G. Pratt said today.
The action will add an estimated $50 families
to the population of the city. when the homes now
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Set Fair Dates
For Sept. 1912

Dates for the Benton fair were set this week
as September TO- II and IL, and directors of the as
ISOLATION approved $500 premium list to attract
top quality livestock and produce exhibits to the fall
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The Sidewalk
REP0 RTER
souAwK CLUB
by The
KEfnEWICK COURIER

The wide divergence Of feeling
in the national Democratic con-
vention may have had something
to do with. the arguments that
ragged in this weeks session of
the Amalgamated Groaners asso-
cation. Attendance reached a new
high as many neophyte members
attempted to get in a word about
the condition of Kennewick ave-
nues and streets. However, those
with a political bent, due to Sc
we're training courses, were able
to hold the rostrum and keep the
session on a political level. Chief
complaint was that, at the time of
the meeting, no candidate for the
office Of state legislature or state
senate had filed from the heaviest
populated center Of the 10th dis
trict. 'Kennewick," said one lus-
ty throated orator, els the center
Of population for the distric. It's
high time we had representation"
AGREE
The KCR heartily agrees with
the sentiments expressed by the
previous speaker. We have long
complained Of the error of FORM
ing q district Of such widely var
led interests and covering such a
tremendous area. But If IL has to
be that way it Is time that Kenne-
wick produced q representative OF
senator for the area. We have
talked to a number Of prospective
mdidates. To date none have
filed. And time is running out.
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EXPLANATION

AT present the 10th district,
comprising Franklin, Benton, Ska
mania and Klickitat counties, is
represented in the senate by STAN
ton Gamblers Of Bickleton, and in
the house by Dent Of Franklin
county and Christianson Of Ska
mania county. All incumbents
have filed for reelection. In addi-
ton Wendell Brown and George
Rogers of Pasco have filed for the
senate, both Republicans. There
is little doubt that somewhere in
the district others will file before
closing time on July 20.
WHO.
But the question is, who will
file? Will it be some individual
who has earned the respect and
confidence of Kennewick people,
or will it be some obscure person
who wants to be less obscure?
The question is important and the
answers must be positive. It is not
reasonable to expect that COM
rnunity of the size of Kennewick
cannot produce a single individual
Of either party affiliation who will
be willing to serve his constitu-
ents.
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TOUGH!

- ITS not an easy job serving in
lie state legislature. It takes time
and the pay is practically nil.
But someone must do it. It's a diff
ficult and thankless job. In recent
years two Kennewick men. have
served. They were Mark Moulton
and Les Babcock. Surely someone
will come forward to again serve
this growing and important area.
BOUQUET ia
Summer flowers in profusion
are in order this week for Mrs.
Catherine Sexsmith and the crew
of loyal Red Cross workers. These
people are quietly going about
the task of helping many fami-
lies who suffered severe flood
losses in this area to find their
way back to normal living.
CRACK OF THE WEEK
"Now that they have renamed
Potholes dam in honor Of an IL
lustrious citizen, maybe Kenne-
wick should honor some Of her
leaders by remaining the pot holes
that mark our many streets"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-08-26

be pulverized with axes and mallets
All the fences were gone and
roads were made across all the
fields in every direction"
This lady recalled the settling of
the soldiers upon the farm, saying:
'The Locusts which settled down
upon the land of Egypt could not
have made things disappear before
them as these soldiers did. Before
the camp was organized the meat
house was broken open and every
pound of bacon was taken except a
few hams which had been concealed
in the garnet. Every ear of corn
from the crib, and every pound of
hay from the barn was taken by the
soldiers. The horses had already
been taken and now the hogs and
poultry went"
She tells how, after nearly every
thing had gone, guards were granted
to protect growing crop of potatoes
and the orchards. And one lone hen
had evaded the invaders, and perch
ed in a tree. One of the soldiers
shot at the hen and was punished by
being hung up by his thumbs. "The
cruel punishment inflicted upon the
soldiers, sometimes for offenses
;oI, coo,,ooJ fri1,io1 1,yar Jicfroce
ing to US. Sometimes a man would
be marching back and forth in the
burning hot sun for hours with
knapsack full of stones on his back"
There were always soldiers to be
fed. AS the armies shuttled back
and forth, the house would change
hands, from the Union to the Con-
federates. On one day it changed
hands five times. More than once
soldiers came in one side of the
house as their rivals left by the
other side.
One evening group of soldiers
came in, starved in appearance, car
rying bag of flour, and requested
that bread be made. The family set
about making both bread and short
cakes In the middle of these oper-
ations, someone shouted the warning,
''The Yankees are coming" and the
hungry soldiers seized what short
bread was finished and fled our the
back door Half an hour later Union
soldiers were eating the freshly bak-
ed bread.
Williams does not give the name
of this family, nor the name of the
lady who related the happenings to
him. She had married and was liv-
ing in Baltimore at the turn of the
century. It would be very interest
ing to know who these people were,
and where they lived.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Calumet Holding Up
Entry in Preakness
By the A.soeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Feb, 3.-Seventy-
eight 3-year-olds have been nomi-
mated for the 1943 running of the
Preakness at Pimlico-but nowhere
on the list is there the name of 2
thoroughbred from the fabulous
Calumet Farm.
Calumet-top money winner In
1947-says it has so many good g.
year-olds on its string, it is going to
wait until just before the 59th run
ming of the Preakness on May Is
before deciding just which one OF
ones it will enter.
Each supplementary entry will
cost Warren Wright's Calumet Farm
So, 900, compared to the normal $115
Among the better >thoroughbreds
nominated for the Preakness were
Alfred Vanderbilt's Newsweekly and
Loser Weeper, Circle M Farms
Relic and King Ranch's Better Self
w. L. Brann's Gallita is the lone
filly on the list.
Forty-three stables in all are
represented,
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Hoyas Hope for Upset
Against Holy Cross

Georgetown has played only one
game in the past three weeks, but
the Hoyas have spent much of that
time pointing for tonight's game
with Holy Cross in the Boston Gar
den, according to Coach Elmer
Ripley.
Holy Cross, defending NCAA It'll
lists, has lost to Columbia and st
Louis, both games away from home
The Crusaders have most of last
years team back and, Joe Mullaney
and Bob McMullan will be in tor
shape tonight after being sidelineo
with injuries.
Both teams have been busy with
exams. The Hoyas play another
national contender, N. c. State or
Saturday, but Holy Cross is the one
they'd like to win if they had their
choice. In the other game on the
twin bill tonight, Harvard meets
Princeton.
George Washington received little
encouragement for tomorrow nights
game with Seton Hall, when the lat
ter handed Texas Wesleyan its
worst defeat of the season, SEAL
last night at South Orange. In the
only other game listed tomorrow
American University returns to &C.
ton for the first time in almost
three weeks against Randolph-Ma.
con at A. U. The Yellow Jackets
meet Washington College tonight
and if they win will tie the Eagles
for third in the Mason-Dixon Con-
ference.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Hockey Scoring Mark
lin Liscombe's Reach
By the Associated Press

Averaging point and a hall
game, Carl Liscombe of the Provl-
dence Reds is within striking dis
tance of establishing an American
Hockey League individual scoring
record.
The veteran left winger OF the
Reds picked up eight points during
the past week to increase his 'front.'
running total to 80.
Should the high-scoring forward
maintain his current pace in the
Reds 16 remaining games, he will
wind up the season with more than
100 points and thus break the pre-
vious high or SO garnered by Wally
Kilrsa in 1942-43.
All-star Goalie Baz Bastien OF the
Pittsburgh Hornets maintained his
lead for net-minding honors. Bas-
tien has a 259 goals-agalnst aver
age and is tied for the lead in shut
outs at two apiece with Spring.
fields Floyd PerraS.' -~
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Lead al Stake Tonight
lin ). T.. Court Battle
BY the Associated Press

RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 3.-The two
top teams in the Southern Confer
ence-North Carolina's Tar Heels
and North Carolina States Wolf
pack-tackle each other here tonight
in Memorial Auditorium.
The victor undoubtedly will be
labeled the favorite to win the
Southern Conference championship,
matter that will be decided in
March in the leagues annual tour
nament at Durham, N. c.
In tonight's struggle, Coach Ever
ett Case of North Carolina State
has indicated he plans to start his
usual team of Richard Dickey and
Jack McComas at the forwards;
Freshman Paul Horvath at center
and Eddie Bartels and Leo Katka-
week at the guards.
North Carolina,s Coach Tom Scott
probably will open the game with
Bob Paxton at one forward: either
Fred Swartzberg, Roger Scholbe or
Jack Nymicz at the other; Sherman
Nearman at center, and Norman
Kohler and Mervin Cole at the
guard slots.
The Tar Heels will enter the game
leading the Southern Conference
standings with seven victories with
out a defeat, while States loop rec
ord is five wins and no losses
Against all foes, States record is
1872, and Cardinals is 1872.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Baseball 10 Help Drive
Against Delinquency,
Chandler Promises

Sports writer's, radiomen and
leaders in professional baseball and
football today presented a united
front against the common foe, ju-
|-venile delinquency. after five
hour meeting yesterday when plans
were outlined for an all-out fight
to take youngsters off street cor
ners, out of back alleys and away
from the foreboding threat of crime.
The next move apparently will be
to map a campaign for funds to
purchase sports equipment for the
youngsters use. Commissioner A. B.
Chandler declared he was in COM
plete sympathy with the movement.
and committee composed of Bill
Keefe of the New Orleans Times
Picayune, William E. Fox of the
Indianapolis News, Bob Considine
of International News Service, Arch
Mcdonald. WTOP, and Les Aries,
Dumont Television, was appointed
to figure out Embarrassing scheme.
1t was agreed almost unanimously
that baseball will be called on for
GIle IlOSb Sc1lC1OuS COlI61 1buIAOAl-
days gate receipts from every team
in organized baseball. Pro foot
ball, through Publicity Director Joe
Labrum of the National League and
Commissioner Jonas Ingram of the
All-America Conference, also prom
ised to help. 1t was pointed out
that the Redskins and other pro
teams have earned fat sums for
boys club work through preseason
games.
The Redskins last year raised
more than $4,000 for the Los
Angeles Times Boys Club which Is
erecting a new clubhouse for teen
ayers in that city and each year
play their game at Baltimore for
the Police Boys Club of Baltimore
and Washington.
Approximately so sportswriters
and radio men from all over the
country attended yesterdays ses-
sion at the Department of Justice.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Lone U. S. Winter Olympic Win
Honos on 18-Yeur-OId Button

Lussi. That's as high as Sonia
Henie ever had"
There are nine Judges in the
games. Each contestant had to
do five figures, making As times that
Dick received markings. Six is per-
feet on the judges cards, five whop-
ping good.
This is the first time in my
knowledge that any one has evel
received all f1ves, except one, ir
Olympic competition" says Lussi.
If Dick wins the Olympic and
world crowns it would seem he
would be at the very top.
NO" he says, you never gel
to the top. When you think you're
there then you are on the way
down"
Figure-skating crowns have beer
the exclusive property of Europeans
Now Dick may bring the first to
the United States, just as Barbara
Ann Scott is expected to take the
Olympic women's title to Canada.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Citation S Triumph
booms Derby Stock
By the Associoted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Fep. 3.-Watch Ci-
tation in the Kentucky Derby.
That was the word today after
Calumet Farms champion juvenile
of 1e47 romped to victory yesterday
in the $1,000 Ground Hog event at
Hialeah Park to make his 1948
debut a winner.
Closing at to 5 in the wagering
where he was coupled with the
mighty Armed, the 3-year-old colt
covered the 6-furlong dash in
1:1025 to win by parts of a
length over Gustave Rings Kitch-
en- Police. Citation paid $40 for
50. Kitchen Police returned $3.50
and $2.10, while AL Sabath's Say
Blue was third, paying $2.10.
Citation thus has won 9 Of 10
starts and added $3.50 to make
it's earnings for Owner Warren
Wright hefty $158,930.
Armed, slow at the start, never
displayed his old speed and wound
up disappointing sixth in the
seyen-horSe field,