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PAGE SIX RAILROAD FIREMAN SUICIDES AT PASCO Body of George Swarthout, N. P. Em ploye, Found Near Bridge Last Sunday The body of George Swarthout, a Northern Pacific fireman, was found beside the railway traeks near the Pasco end of the N. P. bridge early last Sunday morning with a bullet hole through the head. A revolver with one chamber empty was found beside the body and all circumstan ces indicate suicide. He had been a member of the Odd Fellows at Lexington and the body was taken in charge by the Pasco lodge. He had been firing out of Pasco for about three months and the only cause fof suicide, if such it be, suggested is that of de spondency following a recent ill ness. THROUGH SERVICE FOR HANFORD When passenger service is estab lished on the new line of the Mil waukee running through the Han ford country, through connection can be made at Hanford if plans now on foot are consummated. An effort is being made to have the Hanford Flyer tie up here over night and with the train crew stop ping here will give the down-river travel fine connection with the Mil Look at the copy or the original invoice for one of our recent shipments of the famous— Boston ian Shoes that we will sell you at $4.00 per pair ! Commonwealth Shoe Company Makers o! the Bostonian Shoe Sold to GLUCK & CO., Boston, Mass., Mar. 28, 1913 Kennewick, Wash., Terms—3o days, less 1% No. 27,186 12 pair Vici Biu 7-10 E $3.35 $40.20 No. 27,187 6 pair Vici Blu 7-10 EE 3.35 20.10 No. 27,422 6 pair Tan 7-10 E 3.35 20.10 No. 26,413 6 pair Tan 7-10 F 3.35 20.10 No. 27,453 6 pair Vici button 6-8 F 3.15 18.90 No. 7,746 6 pair Pat ct. button 6-9 E 3.25 19.50 No, 27,495 6 pai. Tan chr. blu. 6-9 E 3.15 18.90 Total $157.80 You can call for any of the numbers in this in voice at $4.00 a pair. The Bostonian shoe sells in the cities at $6 a pair. <J In work shoes we sell the best cheaper than anyone. You can go to the cities or send for cheap shoes—but for good shoes you will have to pay more money than in Kennewick. Lots of Florsheim shoes at Half Price Our work shoes wear and wear. Some have worn for years. I can bring you affidavits from people here in town who have worn our shoes for two years. t % f s** uluck & Co. Thinking of Getting Married? If you are, of course yu'll be needing sme wedding stationery—invitations, announcements, cards and the like. That's where we shine. Our selection of type faces for this work comprises the latest designs decreed by fash ion. All our equipment is new and we have the skill to produce results with it which only an expert could distin guish from copper plate work. Of course, if you want your work engraved, we'll be glad to take your order, too. Come in and look over our samples—after you have set the day. The Courier Press "Kennewick's Printers" waukee country. It is the intention of the com pany to keep the sturdy little pas senger boat in service just as long as the boat will make expenses after the train service is established. — Columbian. SETTLE STORY ESTATE President L. E. Johnson, of the First National Bank of Kennewick was in town this week on business connected with the Story estate for which he is administrator. It is re ported that he will apply for a re ceiver for the White Bluffs Land company in order that he may be able to close up the affairs of the estate. The land company was com posed of C. W. Story, deceased, and R. L. Leitch. Mr. Johnson is per sonally interested in the White Bluffs country, being a stockholder in the First Bank of White Bluffs. —White Bluffs Spokesman. Expected Too Much. "Say, waiter," he growled, "this steak Is not very tender." "Well, did you expect It to kiss you?" replied the tired waiter as he took the plate away. —New Orleans Times-Democrat The Kruits of Love. "That girl is a peach!" "Ah! She is the apple of my eye." "Then I suppose you are going to make a pair."—Baltimore American. Clean hands are better than full onea in the sight of God.—Publius Byrua. THE g«NNEWICK COURIER. KENNEWICK. WASHINGTON Secretary Lane's Plan To Reclaim Land From Grip of Flood AS a result of the recent disasters inflicted upon various sections of the country by the hand of the elements a great subject for debate and theory just now is flood pre vention. Most of the plans as talked of in the circle of congressmen and sen ators are of the wild, visionary, infeasi ble sort. But there is one man who probably may put through a great benefit to fu ture generations with reference to safe guarding them from the torrents. He Is Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior. Secretary Lane has plans looking to ward the absolute control by man of all the waterways. When the continu jus rains and the thawing of snow in the early spring contrive to swell all the streams and send immeasurable vol ames of water tumbling into the val leys it is his plan to have the torrents bridled. His theory, roughly, is to have the federal government systematically wid en and deepen the channels of all the waterways likely to receive the swollen waters. The engineering of the project of course, is a function of the war depart ment. but Mr. Lane takes a hand in It because of the phase of land reclama tion that is involved. The several states which have in the past borne the brunt of the flood terrors would be un able to float the great, costly undertak ing alone; therefore it is Mr. Lane's be lief the nation should take the respon sibility. The states involved could con tribute substantially from their re sources. These commonwealths would @ 1913, by American Press Association. FLOOD SCENE AT DAYTON (ABOVE) AND LATE PICTURE OF SECRETARY FRANKLIN ; K. LANE. ,^>- receive quick reimbursement, he be lieves. through the redemption of swamp lands covering thousands of acres. And in this last mentioned idea is presented a reversal of traditions. Reclamation In the past has been al most wholly a matter of bringing wa ter to the arid lands. The process of removing water which had soaked and ; swallowed up land has been attempted but seldom. "The reclamation of overwatered lands," says Secretary Lane, "to be of ; real value must be preceded by sys tematic work on the channels of the streams draining the areas to be im proved. The disaster at Dayton illus trates the point. The trouble was sim ply that the neck of the bottle was too small for the water to run out. The 1 rain fell in torrents, and with no unob structed channel to the sea the water . simply backed up over the river banks. The rainstorm, I know, was phenome nal and even with the system I have suggested would have doubtless result ed in material damage and the loss of some lives. But flood conditions reap pear every spring in some noticeable way, and my plan would obviate most of the resulting damage. "It will not do for Ohio or Indiana or even the two states together to spend their money generously in clear ! ing the beds of the streams within their boundaries. That would merely carry the flood more swiftly to the state lines to the south, and the water would back more angrily than ever Into what would quickly be great : lakes." Mr. Lane illustrated the manner in i which the states and the federal gov | eminent might ro-operate by mention | ing the method f«»"owed In Oregon. In I reclaiming the arid lands of Oregon the state supplies the water, which Is under government ownership, and $450,000 for the work The federal government supplies Its engineers and an equal sum of money. When tne | 30.00(1 aores of land to be reclaimed has been sold the returns are expected , to liquidate the expense undertaken Dy the United Stater. ADVOCATE OF WHIPPING POSI Ardeen Foster Urges Stringent Penalty Against Social Evil. Evidence that the great movement to improve the condition of women who are forced to work and to save the sex from the awful toll of the so cial evil had become international was shown recently by the visit, to this country of Ardeen Foster, a notable Englishman. Mr. Foster is the inter national commissioner for the British Federation For the Emancipation of Sweated Women and Girls. The Eng lish movement is largely identical with that being conducted in the United @ 1913, by American Press Association. ARDEEN FOSTER. States by the Illinois vice commission, at whose head is Barratt O'Hara, lieu tenant governor of Illinois. Mr. Foster gained fame while here j principally through his advocacy of the whipping post for men who mis treat women. He set forth the exam ple of ttie whipping post's results in England as proof of Its efficacy. He declared that his country had virtual ly broken the organized traffic in the social evil through the use of the lash on the backs of those found guilty. i His society mainly gives its atten tion to the aiding of women employed in sweatshops and at all manner of ill paid labor. Mr. Foster expressed strong advocacy for a minimum wage and a child labor law preventing the exploitation of children in the factories. Mr. Foster's mission to this country had been to raise funds for his society, but he found soon after arriving that this was a hard task. Whereas his so- 1 ciety needed $500,000, according to his claim, another rival society sent com munications from London saying theirs was the only worthy organization, and they counseled against Americans giv ing support to Mr. Foster. The latter declares he was even dog ged about this country by a spy from abroad Meantime the United States bas a movement of its own toward bettering the condition of women, prob ably greater than those on foot in Eng land. THE U. S. ARMY FLYING BOAT. Unique Craft Is Tested at Aviation Grounds at San Diego, Cat. In view of the startling plans now j being made to cross the Atlantic with a hydroaeroplane great interest at taches to the different of air craf* designed to alight and rise from water. The United States army prob ably~has as efficient a craft of this sort as is at present in existence. The army aeroplane is called a flying boat It differs from other hydroaero- ! - & ' Photo by American Press Association. VIEW OF FLYING BOAT. planes* In that it is not burdened with great pontoons at center and outer points, but is designed to rest on a single one in the center The equilibri um of the craft is maintained by a gyroscope operating above the aviator. Two very small canvas water buffers are placed at the ends of the wings to protect them from occasional dips into the waves, but not to support the ma chine. The machine was recently test ed at the North island aviation grounds, San Diego. Cat. There are several aviators planning to make an early attempt at flying across the Atlantic this summer. Im petus is given to the projects by the offer of a $f>o.ooo prize for such a flight, made by an English publication. SkillmanVanCott— -OPT^OAN Mention The Courier to advertisers—it will help us~botlh We Buy & Sell Everything hay, feed, seed (In v )\Y| AND POULTRY SUPPLIES The Hamilton Supply Co. The Protection of Paint saves thousands of dollars every year. We offer a complete line of everything pertaining to the painting trade. Each item the best in its respective line. "Quality is Economy" E. S. McDonald Paint Co. •I Everything in Insurance and Money to Loan. Stanton's Insurance Office Kennewick - - - Ph one 281 To get the best of P. A., Velvet, Golden Sceptre, or any other tobacco, you must have a Jimmy J PIPE and for a "jimmy pipe" you'll fondle one that comes from here. We have a complete gross of all kinds—and each one of them is destined to be come some man's "jimmy." The finest meer chaums to the little one for "two-bits." They are ALL right. MILK SHAKES * * * * THE KENNEWICKCLUB GOOD RESTAURANT IN THE REAR Long Third Annual I • Blossom Festival I 1 ~\f Q North Yakima, Wash. . - MAY FIRST AND SECOND THURSDAY FORENOON: a 9:30 —Trolley rides among ■ Ig-g AA I the Blossoms. Uvv 11 • afternoon : 2:00 —Band concert and All her loyal subjects are Coronation of Festival bidden to the coronation, 3;30 !i League and the two days of fes- baseball, Baker vs. •' North \akima. tivity in her honor at the evening: 8:30 —Festival dance, bail ie I O I I room, Masonic temple. V ■ J 111 Ivl FRIDAY FORENOON kJU \J A a 9; gQ—Trolley rides among _ _ the Blossoms. CCCTII/Al AFTBffIOON: ■ I IIW f\ I 2:00 —Blossom Parade. ■ II if 3:3o—Baseball, Baker vs. North Yakima. Sunshine —- " evening , t,, 7:3o—Band Concert. fragrant Flowers— B:oo—Run of five-auto fire * , , „ . .. . . department. A touch of old time chiv- B; 3o_Grotesque Parade, airy. 9:oo—Confetti Carnival. 9:00 —Festival dance at the A bit of modern revelry. Eigies' Hall. 9:oo—Smoker at Com mer- This is your carnival of cial Club rooms. Spring. Masonic Temple. The Railroad Man Sells Cheap Rides On His Caravan-Ask Him. April 25, 1913