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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28

Other levees to be constructed
by the army engineers will be
a 00.foot wall in a semi. circle
around the sewage disposal plant
and a 35O0-foot levee to protect
low parts of southwest Richland
from the raised Yakima river.
This levee will connect with the
runway of the C.P.A. airport and
tie in with high ground to the
west.
Parts Of the airport runway
had to be raised as mush as five
feet to bring them up to the level
of the top of the levee. The
runway will continue in use.
} Ray Garnet is resident engin-
eer for the army on the job. The
contract was awarded to Parker
Schramm construction company
Of Portland.
The top Of the levee will be
about five and one half feet
above the level of Haines av.
enue at the south end, Garnet
said. Because HaineS climbs to.
ward the north, the height of
the levee will appear to decrease
at the other end.
Four feet of proposed levee
height along Haines was "lopped
off" the south end to retain the
view for residents. Garnet ex.
planned that if another great
flood comes, sandbags can be
placed along that section to pro.
tect the houses.
McNary dam will back the riv.
er up 16 feet at Richland, Garnet
said. The present level of the
Columbia Is 1924 feet above sea
level. When the dam is complet-
ed, the level will be $40 feet.
A 3,3OO-foot interceptor drain
is being built along the land
side of part of the levee. This
will intercept drainage to q
pump where it will be lifted over
the levee.
Levees will be almost com.
(See Levee, Page p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Plans Completed For
Visit BY Governor

Mrs. Gene Spaulding, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Owens, MIR. and
Mrs. Bill Kirchner. Mr.. Vinson
is chairman of the official board
of the Christian church and Mr..
Spaulding is president Of the
chamber of commerce. a. =
During the banquet, which is
set for z o'clock, Richard Riegel
will act as master of ceremonies
at the request of the Rev. E. c.
Hawkins, pastor of the church.
As official representative of the
City of .Kennewick, Mayor Ur.
ban Keolker will do the honors
in introducing Governor Langlie
10 the dinner guests. i-.,. 9
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28

Plans for the reception for
Governor Arthur BLANCHE have
been formulated for Friday eve.
ming, Nov. 18, Wlen he will be
in Kennewick to speak at the
Kennewick Christian church's
$40 turkey dinner for benefit Of
its building fund.
{ Immediately following the din
ner and program, those who pur.
chase tickets for the event will
go to the church chapel, where
all will get an opportunity to
meet Governor Langlie person.
ally. The reception committee
will include the following: Mr..
and Mrs. Jess Vinson, Mr.. and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
backw'|ater
Will Cut


The McNary dam backwater
will cut the Columbia rivers
current approximately in half at
Richland, Ray Garnet, resident
engineer for the army engineers
said Friday.
The, current at Pasco and Ken
newick will be cut a little more
than half, he explained. The
current will decrease until it
reaches practically zero at the
dam. go s.ss
Water at Richland will rise 16
feet above its present level. The
flood Of the spring of '48 reached
about 345 feet. The level of the
dam backWater will be $40 feet.
The river today at Richland
stands 326 feet. Z;
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Church Go.
Mails Out
Remittance

Church Grape Juice Co., has
announced a price of $45 a ton
this year for Concord grapes.
This is IS more than the 1913
price, but $25 a ton below the
1947 price.
Donald Sherwood of Walla
Walla, vice president of Church,
announced the price, set despite
"the net margin of profit realiz.
ed by the company in the past
year was the lowest experienced
in the past 10 years Of opera
ton. -"
The price is fob. the growers
field. Producers had been ad-
vanced $25 a ton at time of de.
livery to the Kennewick plant.
Many growers had feared this
advance would be the final price
since $40 a ton-the 1913 price
was advanced last year.
CHECKS MAILED FRIDAY
Checks covering the balance
were mailed Friday to producers.
Reduced yields in the eastern
Concord grape belt" may have
effected the Yakima valley price,
observers believed. Growers
there were getting $85 a ton with
promise of additional divi.
dends when professors sold their
product.
Reasons for the price differ
tial between the eastern grape
markets and those Of the Yaki.
ma valley were scrutinized sew
eral weeks ago by a federal
grand jury. Church and several
other Yakima valley professors
were indicted on charges of
price fixing and attempts to dis
courage competition.
80 PERCENT LOWER
Sherwood reported that this
years pack was about 80 percent
below earlier estimates. Heavy
frost damage last winter wax
blamed. However, he said the
1949 tonnage processed still was
the second largest In history. The
(See Church Co., Page %
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Kennewickite
IsIniured In
Car Collision

E. r. Mcbride, Route 1, Kenne.
wick, was taken to Our Lady of
Eourdes hospital In Pasco for
observation after two cars collid.
ed on Washington street north
Of Frazier road Monday morn.
ing. --.
Sheriff's Deputy Bill Foraker
who conducted the investigation
of the accident reported that Nc.
Brides car was hit by one driv.
en- by Andrew F. Stops, South
Washington street.
According to Foraker, Stops
pulled out onto Washington
street and was hit almost head.
on by Mcbride. Foraker added
that the damage to McBride's car
was extensive, as it rolled over.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Philip Moves
To RichIund

r. F. (Bob) Philip, president
of the Scott Publishing Co., Inc,
which publishes The Tri-City
Herald, the Kennewick Courier
Reporter and the Pasco Herald,
has moved into his new house at
424 Delafield street, Richland.
Philip will devote his full time
and energies to the affairs Of The
Tri. City Herald in behalf of the
city of Richland, He stated that
the Herald fully intends to grow
with Richland, its businessmen
and residents.
1.-THE Atomic City is entitled to
the best possible daily newspa-
per service and The Herald will
render that service" Philip said.
The Herald's new office build
ing, located on the Greenway be-
tween Mickey's Shoe Repair and
the Elite Shop, will be complet-
ed in about 80 days and Philip
will make his headquarters
there.
|. Philip is married and has two
sons. His wife and family will
arrive in Richland in a few days.
T Philip, a native of Tacoma, is
a graduate of the University of
Washington and has been prom
inent in alumni affairs. In World
War II he commanded a destroy
er in the Pacific theater. He was
separated from the navy late in
1915.
Immediately after the war
Philip and Glenn c. Lee, pub
Usher of The Herald, formed the
Philip and Lee export-import
firm in Seattle and have been
prominent in shipping and ex.
port circles on the west coast.
Lee also is a former naval off.
Ger.
Philip stated that the ever
growing Importance of The Her
aid and its growth in the Tri-
City area has led to his decision
to devote his full time to the
paper and to live here in the Tri-
Cities. s.s.--.-s
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
|Kiwonis Club
At kennewick
Reflects Jones

DR.. Robert E. Jones was re-
elected president of the Kenne.
wick Kiwanis club at the Tues.
day luncheon meeting. The 9TH
er incumbent officers, Frenzy p.
Meverden, first vice-president,
and Carl Witt, second vice pres
ident, were picked for a second
term.
Two men, Herb Malchow and
George Jones, were retained on
the board of directors. New
members of the board are Chuck
Noyes, Tom ellis, Fred Shoe
maker, Fred Splitter and Ted
Wagner.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
kennewick Male
Quartet Formed

The male quartet for the Ken.
newick senior high has been Sc.
lected for this year. Members
are Harold Myers, first tenor,
Ronald Bracken, second tenor,
Arvon Curtis, baritone, and Pet
er Luvaas, bass.
This group will again furnish
entertainment throughout the
Tri-City areas as in the past. So
many fine voices tried out for
quartet this year, the selection
was very difficult to make.
Miss Arlene Williams will &C.
company the group. -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Kennewick We
Post Planning
New Quarters

Kennewick members of ii
Veterans of Foreign Wars has
taken the first step towards Sc
curing their post home.
The post, Thomas Hembrec
post 1927, has taken a lease on
private residence at 325 Ave
nue. d and plans to remodel the
home into a club house with
meeting rooms. . rs,.fs.
Tom Posey. public relations
officer for the post, said the
members would do all the work
they were able to do by them
selves. He added that the post
hoped to be in the new home by
the first of next year.
Under w. ]. Dreith, command
er, the group has been meeting
in the Recreation hall at Park
view homes. o, .. 49, b
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Grape Growers
Rap Prices :.

Organization of grape grow.
erS association for Benton
Franklin counties was discussed
Friday evening at a meeting OF
the Kennewick Valley Grange. 2
H. de Schepper, Pasco grower,
discussed prospects of such an
organization and a grange
spokesman said the IS members
present endorsed the idea.
At the same time the grange
members came out as opposed to
the low price which :. is being
paid in the Tri-City area for
grapes :,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Rev. johnson
Club Speaker

DR.. Rector Johnson of Yakima
was speaker at a dinner meet.
ing of the newly organized Me.
thodist Brotherhood of the Metho.
dist church held Wednesday
evening in the church dining
room. A ham dinner was served
to sixty.five men by the Joy
Circle, the young married wo.
mems group. The Triple Trio
from Junior high entertained
with a group of songs and Ro-
bert Hunsley Of the high school
faculty gave several piano num-.
bers. An election of officers nam.
ed Fred Splitter as president. Don
Doyle, vice president and Duane
Campbell, secretary.treasurer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
kennewick PIuns
For Christmas

Plans were completed Tuesday
for the "most elaborate" Christ
mas street decorations in Kenne-
wick's history at a meeting OF
the Kennewick Retail Merchants
bureau.
A contract was awarded for
the decorations, which are to be
in place for Kennewidk's formal
Christmas opening Nov. 1919.
Details or the opening are to
announced later.
The bureau also voted that
KenneWick stores viii be closed
Armistice Day, Nov. IL.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Strike Wafer In I'd
Clover Island Well!

Clover Island drillers, seeking
pure and adequate water for
Kennewick'S new municipal wa
ter system, have struck water
in the second well at a depth of
SIS feet.
Meanwhile, tests on the No. 1
we'll which came in on October
13. show a Zero" rating for pol.
luton. The hardness of the water
will be tested at a later date.
Flow from the No. we'll has
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Formers Market
beinq Studied

Organization Of a farmers
market in Kennewick was dis.
cussed at recent meeting Of the
Kennewick Valley Grange.
Chef Durdle said a Kennewick
Chamber of Commerce agricul.
tural committee had found q
good location for such a market,
where farmers could offer their
produce for sale. He estimated q
capital investment of about
$2O, 900 was needed to organize
such a venture.
He discussed advantages and
disadvantages of a market.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Front sneet Opened

Front street, from Dayton to
Fruitland avenue, is being op-
ened by the Kennewick city
street department, City Superin.
tendent Dick Rector announced
Monday.
So far, the street has been
widened. Street Superintendent
Joe Standings crew will grade
the street and gravel it at a
later date, Rector said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Kennewick Police
Leave For School

Kennewick's police were well
represented at the special police
school at Walla Walla Monday.
Three officers and one police
clerk left Kennewick at 1 p. m.
for the regular Monday session.
Attending are Officers Gordon
Richardson, Arthur Elsner, Louis
BoScola and Clerk Dale Houston.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Students Bill
Minstrel Show

"Mammy's little baby loves
shortenin' bread. Polly Wolly
Doodle. Garry Me Back to Ole
Virginny."
That's what Kennewick's sixth
grade students are singing these
days in preparation for their Min.
strel show which will be given
Nov. 8 in the high school audi.
torium. -. ''.~.- ~.
Therell be jokes, dancing, sing
ing and fun for everyone. :.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Poir To Attend
SuIt Luke Meeting

E. J. Brand, managers OF the
KennewickY Irrigation District,
and Ross Frank, secretary of the
Kennewick Chamber of Com.
merce, will leave for Salt Lake
City the first of next week to at
tend the annual meeting of the
National Reclamation Associa-
ton on Nov. 2, 3 and 4.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Songfest Is
Slated Fridoy

A community sing will be one
of the features of the program
being arranged for Friday night
for the Halloween festivities be.
ing staged by downtown Kenne.
wick merchants.
Owen Lyle, chairman in
charge of promotion, Of Hallew.
cen festivities for the Kennewick
Retail Merchants bureau, said
that details for other program
features were being worked out
Wednesday and that the com.
plete agenda would be announc.
ed Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28

been $50 gallons a minute, such
flow being described by city of.
ficials as 'fine". They explained
that one we'll, by itself, was
never considered as providing a
sufficient supply.
Strasser and Sons, the Port.
land firm which has the con.
tract for the drilling on Clover
Island, will drill the third we'll
called for by the contract as soon
as the No. 2 well is developed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
Kennewick City
Hall Open Aqoin

Kennewick's city hall is open
for business again after being
closed the latter part of last
week for heating repairs. install
lation of a new stoker and boiler
was started Wednesday and
completed late Friday evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28

Well take off with this today:
Although only land lubber and
having served only in the army
branch of the service, we are
against lowering the fighting
strength of our navy.
Here Is the line of reasoning:
During the war, lying in a fox
hole, 'swarms of German fighter
planes tried to rout out dough.
boy but to no avail. Only way to
get a man out of a foxhole is
to advance on him with some
thing on the ground, such as a
tank or better man or two men.
Only way to get U. S. tanks and
men into fighting areas is by sea
since we are thousands of miles
away from the areas which
would become battlefields. Only
way to surround a country bor-
dered largely by water is by us.
Ing a navy. So. from land Tub.
Der, it's Long Live the Navy
Long Live the Airforce," and
Long Live the Army" united
under one general command but
with all three branches as proud
and effective as they ever were.
We pause to thank jack
Phillips Of the Pasco Herdld.
for including the Kennewick
Highlands Irrigation project
az one Of his papers aims.
What II needed on both sides
Of the river is more irrigated
acreage. More such acreage
will help both communities
whether II IL on the south or
north side.
The baseball situation is look
Ing much better in the Tri. Cities
Les Babcock, Mayor Urban Keel.
ker, the Owenses, Gene Spauld.
ing, r. w. Carriger of Richland,
and Howard Moffat and others
took the bull by the horns when
the league officials issued an
ultimatum that something con.
crete had to be done if the trans
fer was to be okehed. Those of
the Tri.C Cities who haven't driven
out into the Highlands to view
the new ball park, should do
30. That It will be major league
park In all respects seems Ger.
tain now. Not only will we have
q real board fence and seating
capacity Of 5000 or more, but al.
% business office, clubhouse
and dressing room with showers
and al that.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-28
WEEKEND
VIEWPOINTS
BY ] w. HANSON !.
Editor. The Courier. Reporter

Well take off with this today:
Although only a land lubber and
having served only in the army
branch of the service, we are
against lowering the fighting
strength of our navy.
Evening star., 1949-09-16

If there ever wos an opportunity to sove-this is
it! This is our second onnuo| Spectacular" sale
last year this event was the talk of the city-we
repeat it again with even greater sovings greater
selections, greater opportunity to enjoy the new,
thrilling teIevsion shows that are setting new
JUST A FEW OF THE MANY
Evening star., 1949-09-16

Radio .. phonograph
television! Here's all
three, plus the famed
Philharmonic name :.
plus q new low price!
Chalk up the points for
quality plus. in this
sensational buy!
, 1949-03-14

ton of strength. Oh, no.
Whenever there is something
to oppose, it should be attack
ed, and strongly. But we
must always keep in mind
that in the past we have de-
|teated our own cause by con-
slant pickering, by opposing
simply for the sake of oppos-
ing, or because there was per-
sonal disagreement with some
public official.
WE hope that the lesson
has gone home to all-that CO.
operation will reap greater
and more beneficial results
than anything else. If Senator
Butler, seeing that we opposed
as one man his bill, can with
draw, there is no reason to be-
lieve that Congress will not
likewise take into account our
sentiments and needs when
presented in a strong, unified
manner, backed blythe fullest
public support and coopera-
ton.
, 1949-03-14

Today life is hurried. There
is much excitement and COM
petition and the mind is sell
dom free from problems.
These factors often dulls ones
desire for food. The food to-
day is highly refined with
much minerals and vitamins
removed. Although this food
is made appetizing by cooking
and flavoring the appetite can
not be trusted too far. One
must not only know what to
eat, but must exercise wisdom
and cooperate with nature in
maintaining health.
The most common and ex-
pensive ailment of modern
times is constipation. Sensible
people keep their health by
, 1949-03-14
HEALTH AND BODILY COMFORT
TRANDAILER JONES. NUTRITIoNIsT
Department of Health. ST. Thomas, ". /.

SAAASSf
eating a balanced diet, guided
by the Basic u, and do not
need medicine for elimination.
Millions Of dollars are spent
yearly for laxatives and cath
artics q few examples are sal
hepatica, EPSON salt, milk of
magnesia, mineral oil, castor
Oil, exlax, feen-a-mint, black
draught and fruit salt. Laxa-
tlyes are to be discouraged and
are never to take preference
over a good diet. They often
prove harmful by becoming
'habit-f n IN 6, they are
not to be relied upon for cura-
tive purposes as they only re-
heve the condition Laxatives
are often needless since faulty
elimination is usually .qpacklr
relieved when vegetables
which leave a bulky residue
IN the intestinal tract and acid
fruits are eaten.
Unquestionally constipation
leads to certain well recogniz-
ed symptoms, chief of which
are an indefinite feeling of
bodily uneasineSs or discom-
fort, headaches, coated tongue,
foul breath and not infrequent
~ a complexion which is not
an asset to ones personal APP
pearance, The achievement Of
vitality and health is never
an end in itself. Health per-
mits forgetfulness of ones
physical self, an awareness
that such organs as the heart,
lungs, the digestive tract and
nerves exist, because they
function SO normally they do
not call attention to them
selves.
, 1949-03-14
THE RESULT OF EFFECTIVE COOPERATION

II RESULT OF EFFECTIVE COOPERATION
THE of the bill by Senator Hugh But
Ter OF Nebraska, that a resident commissions. for Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands he one and the same person is good
news indeed, though it was expected all along. What is i'm
portant and significant is not so much the withdrawal of the
bill, but the circumstances leading up to the withdrawal. For
one OF the few times in the history of the Virgin Islands all
voices rose as one. Every newspaper, every public officer, adj
minis1ative and Legislative, spoke. Members of the legisla-
ture cabled their objections. The Governor took definite steps
to let both the Senator and Congress know that such a bill
would defeat the purposes of resident commissioner instead
of helping the Islands. In New York, Ashley Totten of the
American Virgin Islands Civic Association, and other leaders
voiced their objections. ALI in all, there was nothing but strong
opposition to the bill, and everyone concerned with the Is
lands made it known that there was objection.
NO ONE CAN escape the lesson demonstrated by this
type of cooperation. Exactly the contrary results would have
come it one faction, seeking to spite another had spoken out
Tor the bill Washington, as it has often done in the past
would simply have thrown the matter out, convinced that we
know little OF what we want, and less Of how to get it. We
have preached the sermon of cooperation so long that by now
it has become associated with us. This is mentioned and will
continue to be mentioned because we firmly believe that if we
are to get the greatest possible benefits from our work and
efforts, and if we are to make ourselves heard in Washington
and elsewhere, we must learn this lesson, for in unity there
is strength.
u SOMEONE will no doubt advance the point that
such cooperation admits of defeat Of our rights to oppose.
This is definitely not SO. Whenever there is something to op-
pose, even if it means differing with others, we shall insist
upon doing so. But it is a totally different matter to harp upon
matters simply because there is the ability and freedom of
speech and the press. Nor is it always wholesome to strike out
in attacks at officials merely because that carries a connota-
, 1949-03-14
ToDAY's THOUGHT

However dull a woman may
be. she will understand all
there is in love: however intel
ligent a man may be. he will
never know half Of II.
Madame Fee
Evening star., 1949-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Cunning
ham are back in Washington after
having been in Tokyo for the past
26 months, where the former
served as industrial specialist with
the Occupation Forces.