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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23
Legion Board Has
A Busy Session

Considerable business was dis.
cussed at the meeting of the
executive committee of the Pas.
co American Legion, Lloyd Til.
ton, newly.elected commander Of
the post, reported.
Three things were the main
topics:
I. A discussion Of the School
Boy patrol which necessitates a
greater responsibility on the part
Of the Legion.
2. A resolution to make a
written appeal to Mayor Beck
asking for a proclamation to set
aside Memorial Day as a Pasco
holiday.
3. Consideration of erecting a
flag pole In Memorial park be.
fore the dedication October /.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23
For Rent
.RichIund will
TurnCIocks
Beck Sunday

Richland will join Pasco and
Kennewick in the matter of
time early Sunday when clocks
are officially turned back one
hour.
The official time set for the
change is 2 am. Sunday. How
ever, it will not be considered a
misdemeanor to fudge a few
hours on the clock. setting.
Richland was one of the few
eastern Washington cities that
went on daylight saving time
during the summer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23

FOR SALE: 12-acre farm with
house, 612 miles southeast of
kennewick, u mile west of He'd.
ges Depot, Rt. I. D. H. Mullen.
K-9:30-p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23
Miscellaneous

TIME TO PLANT lawn seed now
for spring lawn. We have all
kinds Of seeds. fertilizers. and
peat moss. Coop Service Station,
Washington & Front ST.. Kenne-
wick. K-9-16-23c
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23

ELECTROLUX Cleaners & Air
Purifiers. the originator and
leader $69.75. Terms if desired.
Why pay more for others worth
less. Phone 1912. E. H. Laird, 1906
West Fourth Ave-, Kennewick.
K.9:23.11:I. p.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23
Petition Heurinu

\ The Kennewick city council
Tuesday night set Oct. Is as a
hearing date on a petition ask.
ing annexation to the city. The
petition, presented by Clyde
Higley, asked annexation of
land south of Tenth avenue and
a smaller tract west of Tenth. .
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23

Sept. %. le49
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23

FOR SALE: Red hens, 10 months
old. Gene Cannady, phone 1882
) miles southeast on Washington
St., turn left and go to red top
house. K-10:7-p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23

Almost 200 employees Of the
Kennewick schools will donate
blood during the special visit of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile on
the afternoon of October IL.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-23
LOANS
MOKLER PLUMBING &
HEATING co.

Pipe, Valves, and Fittings
Iron Fireman Coal StoakerS
Plumbing and Heating Supplies
lis list Ave. Tel. all
tic
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

The heat is on. The hectic pace
which makes many an American
home a madhouse during the weeks
before Christmas has started.
Shopping, wrapping, aid mailing
cards, ribbons, and stickers; clean
ing, cooking and baking; plans, par
ties, and programs-itS the old story
over again.
The world is getting ready for a
birthday, but thousands have no
idea whose birthday it is; and, what
is worse, many of them will be too
busy to find out
Against this increasing tendency
to secularize the birthday of the
Savior, the Christian Church must
continue to cry out Christmas is
the birthday of the SON, OF GOD.
Unto us a Child is born; unto
us a Son is given =. and His name
shall be called Wonderful, Coun-
selor, the MIGHTY GOD, the ever
lasting Father, the Prince of Peace"
Isaiah 9,6.
Unto you is born this day in the
City of David a Savior, which is
Christ the Lord" Luke all.
Those two birth announcements
are the believers source of spiritual
JOY as he prepares to celebrate the
birthday of his Lord :.
Christmas is the birthday of the
worlds Redeemer. Let us keep it
that Let us crowd our Christian
churches with festival throngs Let
us determine now already that
nothing shall keep us from worship
ping at the manger bed.
In that way, and in no other,
will we be able to rescue Christmas
from those influences which would |
make of il a pagan holiday.
Will the Christ Of Christmas find |
you celebrating His birthday with
HIM in your home and in your
heart? Or will He just find you cele-
orating?-ST JOHN LUTHERAN J
(adv.)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

row times and conditions dc
change over a span of years. That
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Enjoy Vacation Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. " A. Sather returned
last week from an extensive vaca-
ton trip. In Aberdeen, Wash, they
visited their daughter and her fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Jones; Ruth
and Paul William; the B. B. Jones
family; and the L. c. Nelson's, for
merly of Troy.
On November 20 they attended
the First Presbyterian Church of
Aberdeen when their grandson.
Paul William Jones, was baptised.
In San Francisco they visited
their son, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sather
and Tommy; Mrs. Sather's mother.
Mrs. Shepherd; and her sister and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

S/Sgt. Delbert Schatz spent last
week end visiting his mother, Mrs.
Frances Schatz.
Mrs. Jennie Bags returned re-
Gently from California, where she
has spent the past several months
visiting relatives.
The Ladies' Guild of the Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church met with
Mrs. Lee Kensler last Friday after
noon. Several guests were present
to enjoy the Christmas program.
CONTINUED on Page I'D
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

200-lb. hog brought me S1O-big
money to boy in those days. Today
a 20-lb. turkey costs the consumer
$1,000. Ten times as much hog
brought only five-eighths of what the
2O-lb. turkey costs the consumer to-
day.
But everything else was in like
proportions in those boyhood times.
/ peddled hundreds of quarts of
rich milk at cents a quart Sold 5
to pound Plymouth Rock cockerels
(springers) for IS cents each. Eggs
s to 8 cents a dozen. High-grade
creamery butter zoe a pound. Sugar
cost SC a pound. Potatoes SOC a
busheL Oats and corn 20 to Csc
a bushel, if my memory is correct.
Other prices were similar. Good
pair of mems shoes $3.50 to $3.50
A mans hand-me-doWn wooden suit
$500 to $1,000. Most of the stock
ings, mittens and mufflers of those
days were knitted by mothers. Very
little canned goods were bought, but
family cellars were filled with
hundreds of quarts of home-canned
fruits, vegetables and meats
And wages. Unbelievably low
Common labor $1.00 a day; skilled
labor up to $500 a day, a day of
10 hours, from z a. m. to p. m.
There was no social security ir
those days Social security came
out of ones cellar, as Herbert Hoo
yer recently said. Old age pensions
were unheard Of If old age finally
stole upon one with nothing laid
away, it was lover the hills to the
poor house" for the poor unfortunate
ones. And that was an everlasting
horror and disgrace. There was no
unemployment compensation. If a
man got out of work he hustled
for another job or lived on savings.
A young man reaching maturity
until he found work, fire.
quently hiring out as an appren-
tice. Yes, those were hard and diff
ficult days, but they bred self
reliance and independence No one
in those days expected the govern
ment to take care of one. 1t would
have been resented. A man took
pride in being able to stand on his
own feet. Admission of poverty was
a disgrace, the mark of the ne-er-
do-wells and worthless ones.
Should we go back to those good
old days." By no means. The
standard Of living is much higher
today And yet I sometimes wonder
whether or not we have lost some
thing of priceless value in those
passing years. Today we have con-
stantly increasing pressure groups
that ceaselessly demand bigger and
bigger benefits. handouts from the
Today those groups
are demanding as a right" free
gifts from an easy government. And
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Attend Rainbow Tea

Seven members of the o. E. s
drove to Libby last Saturday after
noon to attend a silver tea given by
the Rainbow Girls at the home OF
Mrs. R. W. LeDuc. Those who made
the trip were Mrs. Lee Kensler, Mrs.
j. B. Farris, Mrs. F. E. Dixon, Mrs.
D. F. Fewkes, Mrs. Pat Savage, Mrs.
A. L. Watt, and Mrs. Thomas Smith.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Enjoying Family Reunion

Three sisters and a daughter and
niece are enjoying a family reunion
at the Henry Weidner home here.
Mrs. Caves, of Saskatchewan, and
her sister Mrs. Weidner, have been
Joined by another sister, Mrs. Mary
Jarvis, of Doris, Calf, and by Mrs.
Caves daughter, Mrs. Marie Scott,
of Beatty, Saskatchewan, Canada.
he ladies plan to remain for some
time yet.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Entertain Choir

Members of the Methodist Church
choir enjoyed a chow mein dinner
served by Mr.: and Mrs. ]. B. Farris
at their home Thursday evening.
Dec. l. The choir practiced on
Christmas music after the dinner.
Besides the local members of the
choir, Rev and Mrs. VIM. Stearns
Of Libby were present.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

tanned at a dinner party, Thursday
evening, Dec. l. Guests invited
were; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lindsey, Mr..
and Mrs. Ford GRIPPE, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Higgins, and Hank Taylor
Cocktails were served at $50, fol-
lowed by delicious turkey dinner
at TOO. The evening was spent
playing cards.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Girl Scout News

The Girl Scouts met with their
leader, Mrs. Anthony JOY, Thurs
day night, Dec. l, in the scout room
Further plans were made for their
Christmas party for their mothers
to be held on Dec. o. The girls
also plan to sell hot dogs and coffee
and to check coats at the New
Years Eve Dance.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
TROY NEWS ITEMS
Group Meets Sunday

About twenty people attended the
second meeting of the newly formed
Mental Hygiene Society, held at the
Swanson Lodge last Sunday. The
purpose of the meeting was to elect
officers and to further discuss and
clarity the aims and purposes of the
group. Officers elected were: Mrs.
Earl Lovick, Libby, president; Mrs.
]. B. Farris, Troy, vice-president;
Miss Borghild Rolseth, Libby, sec
rotary. Miss Ruby Swanson was
elected to be chairman of the plan
ming committee. No name was
chosen for the group which will be
composed of people from both Troy
and Libby. The time and place of
the next meeting will be announced
at a later date.
Refreshments were served by the
hostesses, Misses Ruby and Myrtle
Swanson, at the close of the meet
ing.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
A Kids First
Business Venture and
A Few Memories
BY Charles b. Rowe


A group of congenial friends
gathered around a richly laden din
ner table on the late Thanksgiving
day. ! was fortunate in being one
of the guests. AS so frequently
happens in these days, conversation
for a time turned to the high cost of
living. AS the host deity sliced
of helpings from the delicious tur-
key, it was remarked that the turkey
was a 20-pounder. Later the dis
cussion brought out the information
that turkey (the frozen product)
was selling for 80 cents a pound.
A little mental arithmetic disclosed
that such a turkey as we were feast
ing on would bring $1,000 on the
retail market.
Now let's travel back over mem
ory's lane" to a small Iowa village.
It's bright, sunshiny Sunday
morning. I'm just a small, bare
footed kid And the start of my first
business venture is about to take
place.
That start materialized in the
shape of a little red pig only a few
weeks old that wandered onto our
place in the edge of that Iowa viii
lage. For no particular reason ex-
cept to being doing something, a
number of my kid pals and took
after that pig with whoops and hol-
lers. After several minutes of
spirited chasing, we cornered that
scared little pig in a tangle of weeds
and caught it. Then the question
arose what was to be done with it
now that we had it? 1t was finally
agreed that it should be placed in
an empty pig pen on our place,
which was done. And thus started
my first business venture, since the
original owner of the pig could
never be located.
The next morning 1 offered to
buy out each kids share in the pig
at S cents each, happening to be Gin
the money at that time to some is
or 20 cents worth. The kids gladly
accepted my offer as they had ex-
pected nothing but fun from the
chase.
Through that hot Iowa summer
I pulled weeds, hauled buttermilk
from the creamery on a little wagon,
fed and cared for that pig and
eagerly watched it grow. In the
early winter we sold it to a butche'
at $500 a hundred, or $1,000 for that
fine 200-lb. hog. With part of that
$40 purchased my first store
bought suit of clothes And was /
a happy kid!
Row times and conditions do
change over a span of years. That
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

naturally the give-me boys are 60
ing to vote for the party that pro-
misses them the most. Where will
it end?
This column has maintained for
many years that the New Deals
greatest sin was not so much in the
fact of its extravaganza as that it
bred in the people of an entire ma
ton the mind of a pauper, state
of mind that constantly asks for
more and more. AS Mr.. Goss, mas
ter of the national Grange, recently
said, such policies breed beggars.
In the days that I sold my 200-lb.
hog for $40, planned economy" was
unheard of. Today we have plan
ned economy and 20-lb turkeys
costing the consumer SIC, a govern
ment that spends billions and added
billions, and taxes taking constantly
more and more of the peoples earn
ings, out of a mans wages
A Woodworking man recently
said to me, Il used to be able to
save something. / can't do it any
more" Is it treason to suggest that
something must have gone wrong
in the planning of the planned
economy?
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08

brother-in-law, Capt. and Mrs.
Young. In Long Beach, Calf, they
visited Mr. Sather's brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs Kenneth
Sather.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Rates Post Office

J. H. Ray of Spokane, post office
inspector, was in Troy, Wed, Nov.
80 where he made his annual in
spection. The final rating of the
local office, according to postmaster
Juanita McNeill, was $40 Mrs. Nc
Neill also received a letter of con-
graduation from the post office de-
oartment upon this good rating.
Kinsers Give Dinner Party
DR.. and Mrs. W. c. Kinser enter
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-08
Troy Local News

Troy Local News
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Higgins
left last Friday for Spokane, where
they spent the week end.
Mr.. and MIS-. Harry Smith spent
Thanksgiving at St Mary's Idaho,
with relatives.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-01
Soap Builders

Soap Builders
Commercial soaps usually consist
of soap combined with other ma
terials known as builders or fill
ers" that are added to improve quail
ity or reduce the cost.
Soap in itself is a good detergent.
1t reduces the high surface tension
of water and thus increases its "wet-
ting power" so that the water can
penetrate the greasy film by which
soil is attached to fiberS and sur
faces.
The temperature of the wash wa
ter also influences the cleansing ac-
ton of soap. Higher temperatures
GAO degrees to 100 degrees F.) inn
prove the Wetting action of the soap,
but reduce its ability to hold the par
ticles in suspension. If laundering is
carried on at a more moderate tenn
perature (about 100 degrees F.) more
of the soil will be removed.
Builders Increase Effectiveness
By the addition of builders to a
its cleansing action becomes more
effective, the Improvement depend
ing upon the conditions of use. Some
of the more common builders are
rosin, sodium ~silicate or water glass,
phosphates, washing soda, borax, and
naptha.
There are several ''inert filters"
that add weight to a soap without
increasing it's cleansing properties.
They include such materials as clay,
chalk, talcum powder, starch, salt
in excess and even sugar. The
amount of water retained in a soap
may also vary considerably and di-
rectly affects it's economic value.
New Detergents
Within recent years, a number Of
new chemical compounds have been
developed which are proving val
liable as detergents or cleansing
agents for industrial and household
purposes. In producing these new
compounds, alkali is not usually
combined with fats and oils as in
oOoP-lll0olAl6y OO lilo IllCoC oCICl 6Cllt0
are generally neutral in reaction.
These new d~etergents may be
classified in several groups accord
ing to the chemical method of their
preparation, but the names of these
classes would have little meaning
for the average person. In general
they are crystalline substances,
readily soluble in water and prac-
tically independent of the hardness
of water.
They form suds in both cool and
warm water, and are not easily af-
fected by the presence of acid, alkali,
or salt. They exert a cleansing ac-
ton somewhat similar TO soap and
, possess an advantage over soap in
that their calcium and magnesium
salts are soluble, thus producing no
scum or curd in hard water.
Best for Wool Silk
Many of these non-soap detergent
. can readily remove soil but seem Il
lack the ability to prevent soil re
deposition. For this reason, some o
] them are better adapted to dish
washing than to laundering.
4 Also, their cleansing properties ap
pear to vary with the kind of fabri
used. Wool and silk fibers, bein
protein in nature, are capable Q
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-01
Soaps and Detergents
By DIR. JESSIE E. RICHARDSON
Formerly Head, Department of Home
Economics Research, Montana
State College, Bozeman

Soap and water have long been
important aids to homemaking. A
solution of soap in warm soft water
agitated to produce Give" suds, is
regarded as an established means of
removing soil from clothing and
household fabrics, from dishes and
other surfaces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

ary Senators right all of the time However, the action in the House yesterday speaks for itself
 MT. Egan is taking no chance, he says, that the Income Tax might be declared illegal, that the ex- pected revenue might therefore not find it's way into the Territorial treasury. Of course, he isn't ques- tionng the Attorney Generals opinion He just isn't taking any chances.
 Senator Collins who predicted lawsuits over Extra primary Session bills apparently knew whereof he spoke as to the legality of the session. With the renroduction of Income Tax Bill it looks as Ii little was accomplished by the special session except pre- limnary hearing on the Income Tax and General Property Tax bills.
 Frankly, think that preliminary hearing the discussion and study that went into the bills during the special session, may have been worth it. However, think Senators Collins Jones and Munz right, that if time necessary for passage of the tax measures, a special session required, it should have been after the regular session not before.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
FRENCH CONNIE CLEANUP

The attempted Communist house. cleaning of the French armed for ces is much more significant than meets the eye. IL also goes to the heart of the question now under debate by the U. s. Congress as to whether European armies are worth anything under the North Atlantic Pact as a defense bulwark for the USA.
 What most people have forgotten is that Maurice Thorez. French Communist leader. was once Vice Premier of France. At that time, Communists also held the vitally important posts Of Minister of Air and Minister of National Defense.
 This was the equivalent of hav- ing Communists in the jobs now held by James V. Forrestal and Stuart Symington in the USA
 At that time-from about l945 through l946-the French Commun- ist Ministers of Air and Defense loaded up their establishments with Communists in such key spots as ground crews. arsenals, and com
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

munications To clean them all out now by force or loyalty tests would be almost impossible.
 However, the cleansing has been made somewhat easier by the fact that many Fre-chmen who once hopped on the Communist band wagon have now voluntarily hopped off. There has been a considerable change of sentiment in France - away from Russia and toward the USA.
 The recent French Gratitude Train, which represented a gigantic job of organization and to which 60O0,000 Frenchmen contributed, is a graphic illustration of how the French people are trying to show their true sentiment-even though President Truman didn't have the courtesy to welcome the F'renchmen or travel three block to see them present their Merci boxcar to the District of Columbia.
 For when you have the railroad workers of France and the back bone of the French people sending a train all the way to the Ameri- can people, it's a let more signifi-' cant than internal purges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
20 YEARS AGO fHE {yfT EMPIRE
MARCH 4, 1929

MARCH 4
 Biennial Session the Alaska convened organization immediately A. of Juneau elected Cole and L B. Ads his Joseph Murray, of Speaker pro-tem until the afternoon Both called to order by Karl Theie Secretary of Alaska.
 section Fosythe matching Douglas $20 $25 plea made Juneau Douglas citizens to buy cabin at Eagle completed $20o
 Clerk Clerk facilitate registration during who m Hospital
 w. Mills prominent Stka businessman Goddard while the steamer port
 In Douglas Mrs J. O. Krkham honored birthday with surprise the Galwas Prizes Davis w. Snyder R. R. 
 Weather High low.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

Recently Eaton's demands that the public interest come first in new financing caused the SEC to order the Oklahoma Gas and Elec- trice issue and the Ohio Public Service issues to be sold competi- lively.
 The investment banking frater- nity which hates Eaton because of his longtime advocacy of com petitive bidding and of regional fi- nance, now wants to fight back but only under cover through some one with university name.
 Note-A. F. Whitney, sagacious old president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, has also come out strongly in favor of com petitive bidding. "A federal law requiring competitive bidding" says Whitney, would go far in solving America's serious monopoly prob lem"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
REAL ESTATE AND
 POLITICS

The Congressmen concerned prob ably don't want it published, but some revealing conversation took place inside the House Banking Committee when they debated rent control this week
 T hope you fellows write tough bill,' remarked COP Con- gressman Albert Cole of Kansas, during the rather heated debate on rent control. Go ahead and make it tough on the landlords-the tougher the better" Democratic colleagues couldn't be- lieve their ears.
 Does that mean you are going to vote for the bin?" inquired Democrat Frank Buchanan of Pennsylvania.
 Certainly not" answered Cole, but the tougher you fellows make this bill. the more votes you are going to make for Us Republicans in the next election"