The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume], February 24, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

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I; LIVE WIRE SPARKS E
The weather is much milder, and
the frost in about out of the ground,
and so we are daily expecting the c. e.
to come down and look after our road.
The Finley poet has passed us by
another week, and we are beginning
to worry.
The tax committee of the Finley
grange has been invited to meet with
the Prosser Tax League next Satur
day. The Grange doeaJiot expect any
direct saving in the taxes to result
from the work of their tax committee,
but they do expect the committee to
keep posted on how and where the
public money is spent, and feel that
sudicient publicity will tend toward
economy and eventually effect a ma
terial saving in taxes. Working on
this theory, the whole grange is back
ing their committee with their help
and their money, confidently expect
ing that lower taxes will result some
day in the future.
There is a movement on foot to have
the granges of the county and other
farmer organizations get together and
select candidates for the various coun
ty offices—candidates who will look
out for the interests of the farmers of
the county. They feel that too many
incapable men are seeking office, and
that the various candidates should be
investigated and that all the agricul
tural interests of the county should
unite and back capable men.
The Pomona Grange will meet at
Finley Saturday, March 11. This is
the meeting postponed on account of ‘
the snow storm. The program will
he announced later. ‘
Glen Smith has purchased five acres
in orchard just below Finley and has
temporarily laid off his work on the
railroad to finish his pruning. If
Glen has as good luck with his fruit
as he has had with his chickens, he
will make a big success of it. He re
ports that his one hundred chickens
have been laying somewhere between
65 and 56 eggs a day all winter.
A few days ago Chris Puderbaugh
opened a can of corn which showed
signs of ptomaine. Having had some
experience with stomache ache, he
wisely decided not to eat it, and fed it
to his chickens. The next morning
he was busy burying some 40 odd
chickens and 5 ducks. This happened
about three weeks ago, and we don’t
claim it is news; probably everyone
has heard about‘it. The only reason
we are printingjt is for fear that no
one has told him that he ought to
have had better sense.
Specnal During February
Duringiihe month of February we will allow you $l .00 i
’ for your old flatiron to apply on the purchase price of a ‘
I . new Eleétric Iron,‘ thu§ giving you A. .
A New Iron for Only $25.0 instead of $3.50
This offer applies to any; kihcl of an old Hadron, whether a;
electric or glove-healed; We are also making very attraét- l
ive special prices on all. other electrical appliances. Call .
' at our office, or phone 68] ‘ for details. ' ' g
. Pacific Power& Light Company if
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Grangers all over the United States
are studying rural credit and national
marketing measures. At the last ses
sion of congress, there were over 80
bills presented on these subjects and
most of them were either designedly
or otherwise detrimental to the farm
ers' interests. The aim of this study is
that the farmers aequaint themselves
with what they want and'what they
need, so that they can make their
Wants known. Finally, a vote is to
be taken of all the granges in the
country, and the measures receiving
the most votes are to be backed by the
whole grange. We believe this meth
od will secure suitable legislation on
the two subjects. The work is not
being confined to the grange alone,
but other farmer organizations are
asked to co-operate. County Grange
Master U. S. Case spent Thursday on
the Highlands, and Friday in Section
7 working in the interests of these
two measures.
E Everyone has been “weathered ii)”
so long, that the whole valley turned
lout to the valentine social last Friday
and enjoyed a neighborhood visit and
gossipfest. So few brought valentines
)that the post ofiice was not opened,
‘hut no one missed it, for with games,
dances and supper there was hardly
time for anything else. -
G. Monroe Ford has managed to get
into the lime light again. This time
it was at the grange valentine social.
He was playing cards and held three
Kings, and, in his excitement, as he
was about to draw, he tilted forward
on his chair just as one of the young
lady dancers passed his way. Was it
accidental? We don’t know, but any
way, her dainy foot touched his chair
and G. Monroe came down on his neck
like a thousand of brick; When he
came to he murmured, “Was it the
King of Clubs?" Frank Lyons re
plied, “No, it was the Queen of
Hearts."
Clay Puderbaugh missed the last
Grange meeting, and investigation
brought out the fact that he had fall
en out of an apple tree and bumped
the back of his head so hard that he
couldn’t see.
At last the grunge car of coal has
come and been distributed. Such is
the perversity of affairs—ordered in
plenty of time to arrive'early in Jan
uary, a series of mishaps and acci
dents intervened and the car arrived
just as winter pulled out. ‘
Everyone was sorry to hear that
Mr. and Mrs. Jarboe were leaving the
valley. Mr. Jarboe has taken a po
sition with the government and Uncle
Sam gave him a very short time to
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}pack up and get down to romanu,
where they will male their home.
‘Both Mr. and Mrs. Jarboe have taken
‘an active part in the aflairs of the
”community. Mr. Jarboe has been
school director and clerk of the board.
Both belonged to, and took an active
part in the Central Valley Club and
Mr. Jarboe was a member of the Fin
ley Live Wires. We all wish them
success in their new work and new
home. ..
The parent teachers’ association will
hold their annual election at the Fin
ley school house next Saturday, Feb.
26, and a big attendance is looked for.
A New England dinner will be served
at noon and the ladies are asked to
bring brown bread, baked beans and
doughnuts. _
It seems to be the general opinion
of the community that the parent
teachers’ association is going. on trial
for its life. During the past year con
siderable opposition to the work of the
association and the work of the of
ficers has developed and the commun
ity has not been at all backward about
taking sides. We have troubles enough
of our own without sticking our noses
into these quarrels, but we want to
say most emphatically that we be
lieve that the parent-teachers’ asso
ciation, properly conducted and pro
perly supported by the community is
an 'enormous factor for good in the
education of the children. ‘
The parent-teachers’ association is
a nation-wide movement, backed by
educators of life-long experience and
national reputation. The general aim
of the association is to bring the par
ents and the teachers together where
they can discuss their different prob
lema, and both work together for the
greatest good of the children. Par
ents who have at heart the welfare of
their children as well as teachers who
take proper interest in their work,
should, and usually do, welcome the
opportunity to get together and dis
cuss their mutual problems, and also
avail themselves of the help afforded
by the national association. In fin
ley, however, it hasn’t worked that
way. If the parents have shown lack
of interest, the teachers have shown
even less, yet all swear to feel that
it is a valuable movement. As we have
said, we are not going to mix in the
quarrels, but we want to urge the
community not to let it die. We want
to urge them to come out and elect
ofllcers that will be satisfactory to all,
and then resolve to go to work fully
determined to get the maximum of
good out of the movement, and the re
sults will not be slow in appearing.
The opinion seems to prevail among
many in the community that the par
ent-teachers’ association has some
measure of jurisdiction in the conduct
of school afl'airs. This is not correct.
They do not in any way usurp any of
the power of the directors, and in fact
have no legal standing whatever. It
is merely a great big nation-wide club
formed to help solve the many prob
lems ‘arising over the education of the
child, and their relation to the actual
conduct of the omcers and teachers of
the school district is merely advisory.
Brothers Lyons, Cole and Cochran,
the committee appointed to find look
ing glasses for the grange haVe been
derelict in their duty. If they don't
get busy pretty quick, they will be dis
charged and a new committee ap
pointed selected from members who
have some hair to part.
Some wag posted the following no
tice at the new ferry landing at the
O-W. bridge: “For Sale—This fine
stretch of road built by the county
commissioners of Benton county, A.
D., 1915, for the purpose of serving a
private ferryman who changed his
mind about wanting it. Anyone wish
ing to own a fine stretch of road which
he can use without fear of molesta
tion—here is your chance! It will be
sold for a small fraction of its cost.
Apply County Commissioners or Kerb
newick Commercial Club.” We~sug
gest that if the commissioners are suc
cessful in selling the road in question,
the proceeds be used to improve the
road between Finley and Hover.
. We were greatly disappointed in
the argument we tried to start be
tween Capt. Hoyt and Arthur Quimby
for, altho we started them on three
tempting subjects, they persisted in
smoking the pipe of peace, for Quimby
is about ,to go away and didn’t feel
like quarreling. They both agreed
thatithadbeenahardwinter,that
hay was unusually high and that Lieut.
Burg had performed a noteworthy ex
ploit in bringing _the Appam into port.
However, their arguments have not
been without effect on the community,
and they have left many disciples of
their forensic school, especially among
the younger generation. The latest
debate to be called to our attention
was one between little Ruth Goss and
Waldo Gerards, both pupils in the first
grade. Waldo insisted that there were
no such things as bear eggs in the
whole, whole world, while Ruth de
clared that there were, that she had
seen them. Closely following the
Hoyt-Quimby method, neither listen
ed to what the other had to say, but
launched into a string of personalities
startlingly descriptive. When they
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plnster spplied. it developed that Wal
do was hiking shout the mythic“
eggshidhybesrs.whilelluthwssn
fer-ring to an egg found in her hen
house the day before without a shell.
The Lsdies' Aid of the Finley church
will give 0. chicken dinner at the Fin
ley hell “-630 next Tuesday. The
city of Finley is famous as a hay
shipping point. as s dairying center
and as being at one end of the 820,-
000.00 oiled road, but it is chiefly fa
mous for the chicken dinners the la
dies set up.
The guise will hold a mum busi
ness session on Saturday, Feb. 26.
Wu Lyle Door at the Valentine so
chl2
He was.
Did he enjoy himself!
He enjoyed the cake.
Did he have any chocolate coke?
5 pieces.
Did he get any of that pink and yel
low layer cake? '
3 pieces.
Did he get any cocoanut cake?
6 pieces.
Did he pass up the jelly cake?
By no means; he ate seven pieces.
He didn’t get any of the lemon cake,
did he?
2 pieces.
And the cream cake?
4‘ pieces.
Did he try the fig cake, too?
One piece. He ate the whole cake
and remarked he was glad Bob Per
kins did not come.
Altho Boy 00: is not a cancer. he
attends their parties reguhrly—plsys
for them all evening, and won’t ac
cept a cent of pay. He may not know
it, but the grangers appreciate it more
than they can express.
- The Finley school district will hold
an election on Saturday, Much 4th,
when two directors will be chosen.
Lyle Door is leaving for Spokane to
take a position in a house handling
chocolate candy exclusively. Small
wonder that all the young ladies in
the community have been vieing with
one another in an efl'ort to be nice to
him. A dozen or more of the Live
Wire bunch descended on him Monday
night with sandwiches, coflee and
cake, and kept the poor follow up al
most all night.
Last fall. when the Kraber Brothers
moved to Medical Lake, they attempt
ed to move 'fin {Lizzie with them. They
got as far as Wellula. where she took
one look at the roads, turned part way
round and looked across the river to
where her loved oiled road lay—end
balked. No amount of urging would
move her, so they left her in charge of
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