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Ellyn ifimmmitk anurivr- flepnrtpr , 7 Whig; ir’gfiwigisl Bi“ W w: Gold Increases 53%: W D.C.—The gold stock 43‘" up u. a. Treasury thlsuweek rose ~ u 5.000,000.000. lamest gold fl, . ever held by any Ifation, and ""11!!! um: half the known stocks of 355* metal in the world. Great Brit {ss% us only $100,000,000 and 53m ”500000.000. Previous to ; "the World War this country held a. 31m sad 3 half gold out of a 2 null stock of tour billions. Tau Rebates New Deal 13m Antongo, _Tegas—Désplte a presidential blessing two weeks ago, mauve Maury Maverick. ar {dent New Dealer and staunch sup ‘s‘ garter of 0.1.0. policies, lost the 'L' i would: nomination for Repre ?‘*.¢nbtive.' Disaster also overtook . mauve w. D. McFarlane, ‘ "mother warm supporter of the Pres- Wine-Increase , ’ In York City—Eastern rail ...putmto etfectthisweek the *mdafi cents per mile as ,mwMold rate ofzcents. .W'bythelnterstate Com ..commlnion for a trial pe ~udll maths, the Ina-ease ls .“edtohelpthecen'lerstothe ‘mawnoomo. {_ mam-mum ' _> mmlmb—Ansmyphnc “More s crowd of 50,000 «m the 156 m anniversary E damn Baum. mddenly plunged 33‘ the mused spectators. coming fl; owns and 150 injuries, narrow gm President Alfonso Lopes “Prudent-fleet Edmdo San- ”flamma- lei York City—Jittery politicians hr the worst scandal in New rm olreody soiled political his hy. With a Bronx State Senator ‘edeide, a Tammany overiord un k indictm-t, the underworld’s u notorious lawyer in prison and lie hunk accounts of sixty top poli -Hem under subpoena, it is believ- Iltlnt District Attorney Dewey will 5! here an alliance between crime Id politim long suspected but nev- I More exposed. . thooredbywcor .. Cleveland, bio—Lawyers gathered be for the convention of the Am ..lbn Bar Association heard their union soundly drubbed by Paul llhmy, editor of The Cleveland ‘hm Dealer, who told them that their teen were too high, that they but “a month to do a job that could In finished with reasonable dili lllee in a day.” They learned, in W. that New York's No. 1 dis- Imd criminal lawyer, supposed to lain prison in default of $75,000 bail h hen spending his afternoons in “I limit-ions apartment .of his call- In mistress, through the generous Mission of Tammany judges, Illlllledly for the purpose of re am! “medical treatment." now the Money Flies! Wuhlngton, D.C.—President Mt signed the new PWA Act ‘h-m a month ago. Since then We have been made for pro »Wfine $840,941,630, or at the 5..“ $5,532,510 every hour of each We day. For the year 1937, the rum mule showed a per cap “ 01’ 8536, on which the tax ,~ “- In the fiscal year ending M 30th. the Bureau of Internal hum collected 35.653.335.125. 111:“ka , Won Finance Corpora "" unmanned 335 loans, totaling mm- . . . All recent surveys Wine Vince industries indicate a M W in business up to W -- . Stock values con ’M M fidvance in the face of :‘m‘mc ales. giving evidence . Pm! confidence on the part h M . . . National Associa m °‘ Real Estate Boards report mtgent of new dwellings “mu 8 country fall into the War: Foreclosures on non party covered by Fed : Home Loan mortgages were 23 q 13;?ka the first five months h - -- . Steel executives look mud increase in production We. a Wage cut seems inevit- M in'l'he Nickle Plate Rail “sM aces reorganization unless WOOO in notes falling due next are eXtended for 3 years. % WW WEEK PM SCOUT TRIP A three-day hike is being planned by the three troops from the Kennewlch dish-let. TheywlllcototheTolle reg-lon. Smuwilhlngtouhe the minaret-led tomb touchwuhl’qunhleorthelr www.mulltfl moments for “annotation «unmade. Thetflpwillbe mdeAu.4,smdß. C. I. D. _ Prepays , Bonds To 1944 In addition to accumulating a good cash reserve, the Columbia. Irriga tion district has retired 33.000 in bonds during the past half year. according to a report just submitted to the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration by Secretary Frank Mau pin. The payment on the bonds pre pays all installments until 1944. Little change from conditions as reported six months ago has appear ed. the statement continues, and while the farm situation has not improved, it is probably no worse than previously reported. The us ual difficulty or inadequate prices for the produce is the most serious obstacle to farm prosperity. as crops produced so far this season are un usually good both in yield and qual ity. . ' The canal and lateral system has shown little change,- except that a determined effort is being made by the manager to improve all banks of the canals in such a manner that they are more readily accessible for patrolling and doing proper main tenance work. The excellent condi tionoi'thecanaleystemitselfisin- dicated by the fact that no turn-out for weed-fining has been necessary during the portion of the irrigation season included in this period. mammary The little girl of m. and Mrs. Fred Campbell narrowly escaped se rious injury this “term yhen the dashed out into the “min!“ of the car driven by finitene- Spauldlng. Passersby say that Spauldlnc was very alert in apply ing'her brakes and as a remit the little girl was just knocked down and escaped 11131117. Red Cross Swim School To Begin According to Byrd Lott, life saving chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, the learn-to-swim campaign scheduled to begin August lst at Kiwanis Beach will stress the value of having swimmers and non swimmers alike familiar with water safety equipment and rescue meth ods, such as how to extend a hand orlegtoapersonindistress,or how to effect a rescue with a coat, fishing rod, oar, pole or plank. Beginners and advanced swim mers alike will have their portion of the day, as may be seen from consulting the following schedule of daily classes. prepared by the local Red Cross chapter.. 10 a. m.--Beginners swimming; 11 a. m.- Swimming for boys and girls; 1:30 p. m. beginners swim ming; 2 p. m. junior life saving; 3 p. m. women swimming; 4 p. in. senior life saving; 5 p. m. men and women swimming and advanced. This schedule holds good every day except Sunday during the two weeks, from August lst to 13th 11}- clusive, that the swim school will be held in Pasco. At the end of the school, those passing the prescribed tests can se cure suitable buttons or emblems at a. nominal sum from the Red Cross, to show the swimmer’s pro ficiency; buttons and emblems be ing available for beginners, swim mers, junior and senior lifesaving, to name several. ' " 'lhe classes have been attended by swimmers from Connell. Kahlotm. Kennewlck and several other towns in this vicinity in the past: These people are all welcome. ' As mentioned .in last week's is sueormeneralmlgsternohertsis the instructor named by the Red Cross to conduct the classes here this year. and he will be assisted by the lifeguard at the beach. Theo dore “Pete” Peterson, who also has had extensive training in first aid work. Swimmers may register at the of fice of the Pasco Herald, or with the clerk, who will be on; duty after August Ist. at the beach. The Red Cross campaign this year is to “Make every American 8 Better Swimmer,” and even if you know how to swim, it is possible you may learn a new stroke or two that may at some time or other have a per son’s life. Attorneys of Kennewick and Pasco will close their offices on Saturday afternoons during the warm weath er. KENNEWICK, ,f f ”WASHINGTON, THURSDAY. JILL! 28,138., WM”7//'4 (W. W. I. U.) ‘ Liberty. to Run. on 7-Day Basis ‘_ Starting Aug. 3 Local Thea-{E'May Again ‘ be Continued on Full I Week Schedule ‘l‘he Kennewiek‘mberty theatre Wingoonamnoonn-myochedule starting Aug. 3, “n‘o‘oording to on- nounoement today by Don Vaser. Mr. Vince: is mousing the Kenne wick house while Howard notice is on vacation. ‘ Because at remodeling and en larging the Pace house, it win he closed for three weeks, and the Pan co programs for the period will be shown in the Kennewlck theatre. In addition to a complete redecora tion, the Paseo theatre will be en larged by the addition or 156 more seats. ‘ In addition to the Pasco programs the Kennewlck house will charge the Pasco adeon and wlll operate on the Pasco schedule. Matinee: will start at one o’clock on Satur day and Sunday, instead of at three as has been the practice here. Mr. vmger reports that it the at tendance at the Kennewck theatre will warrant, following the reop ening of the Pasoo theatre. lttoowlll be continued on the seven-day schedule. . During the coming month. the following outstanding shows are booked for the local house: “Jo sette,” “300100,” “The Amazing Mr. Chitterhouse." “Three Blnd Mice," and “Tropic Holiday." Suicide st White Bluffs Fred Rinehart was faund dead in the cornfield adjoining his ranch at White Bluffs Wednesday morn ing. County officials believed the case to be suicide. Rinehart was shot through the head with a shot gun. Financial difficulties were said to have been a cause for the des pondency. He was born March 12, 1885 at Hardin, 111., and for the past. 30 years had made his home at Han tord. He is survived by his wife Genevieve, a. son Fred. an aged mother who lives on the coast and a sister, Mrs. S. N. Hensley of White Bluffs. - Funeraliservices will be conduct ed by. the Masonic lodge at their hall at Hanford at 10 o’clock Bat urday morning. Burial will be made in the White Bluffs cemetery. m WEATHER While it was plenty hot during the past week. the official figures donotcorryoutthellbdegreestuft which the daily papers have been mdltlnsuswithnlghandlowre cordsforthepastweek, compared with those of the corresponding weekayear 880.3113: July 21, 1937 90-62 1938—109-82 July 22, 1937 91-59 1a55—107452 July 23, 1937 99-57 1939 99-65 July 24, 1937—19049 1939 95.59 July 25. 1937—191-95 1939 92-99 July 26, 1937 99-72 1938—100-60 July 27, 1937 96-68 1939 99-79 The wsses Leone Skeen and Lil lan Crowley are leaving Sunday for a week's vacation at Wallowa Lake. Mrs. G. Hume has returned from a week’s visit with her daughter. Mrs. C. H. Packard in Tacoma. Future Air Service De Luxe! WM Theloccl'rownacndnhbkhold- In; 3 picnic mam m Sunday, July 31.“ 12:30. “Mae and lceten willbeturniahetiutenchmc-ber is asked to-hfln; own hmch'nnd dishes. Modal-catchm noon will be given ct two o'clock byDr.Hnlc.lm¢.nntlmnlrcpx-e --mauveotthemd- mlctlon. , ThemeetinglsQen'tothepnwc cm! s specie] lnflhflm is being given by the clubgmclnbers to the businessman. ;‘ Cyclists mam ~ ' From" 1096‘ Mile IS-Day Journey } The two Kennewick cyclists. Her ‘ vey Keene and Kenneth Staley. ar rived home at one o'clock Monday morning. The boys state that they Journeyed 1096 miles. averaging 122 miles per day. They were gone 18 days with nine days of actual tra veling. With the exception of seven miles of hiking the boys pedailed the distance. The longest stretch was from “laconic. to Couer d’Alene. a distance of 19¢va”, which the‘ boys covered in 18 ham-s. with only; two hours’ stop. 1 The boys visited the University of Montana -at mun, Glacier National Park and mnny friends and relatives along the way. Some of the former Kennewlck residents they visted include Webb Staleys at Walla Walla; John Keene at. Clarkstaon; Mrs. Charles Emmons and daughter. Miss Sylvia Phillips at Kalispel; Mn Jeanette Banta at Spokane; A. T. Staley at Libby and Arthur Rogers at Med ical lake. , l The only mishap of the whole ‘ trip was when Kenneth accidentally ‘slid off an embankment on the re turn trip, but he escaped injury. The boys complained of the bad roads of Montana which was the greatest difficulty encountered on the whole trip. They also boast oi! still having Kennewick air in their tires and did not receive a punc ture. However. the boys state tint they did not realize that the odor of sagebrush could he so renewing aswhentheywerenearinghome.‘ Scale: Cue Mr. and Mrs. P. w. Hempton have returned to their Highland home after spending 12 days at the home of Mr. Hampton's daughter and son-in-lnw, Mr. and Mrs. w. W. Melee:- at Jerome. Idaho. Whilethere,thenemptom vult edmnnyplacesoflnterest. Includ lng Sun Valley, the ice cove at Bho shone, Shoshone Polls. Twm Falls and the wonderful sinking anyon atßuthherethetermotnnrley Robertson is gmdmlly falling into a canyon some 250 feet deep. Mr. Hampton alsohad the pleasure of seeing his great grandson, who In three months old. The Hampton: reported hot weetherinthe Idaho valley. - Bride is Honored at Show A miscellaneous bridal shower was given in honor of Mrs. Norman Kirkham, daughter‘ol' Mr. and Mrs. C.A.Watts,onthelawnoers. Wm. Loose Monday evenlng. A large number attended and thebrlde received my lovely gifts. Rae. freshments were served at the close. Freezing Process To be Featured At Exp. Station Annual Field Day Set for Tuesday; Farmers Invited Them-Intionnnnchnxpeflment Btotion will holdjitt 18th innit-.1 Field my on m. Am a. “Comeeorly,hringymlrlnnch.ond phntomynndnyf'isthecordhl invitation extendodhySuperlnten— dent H. P. Singleton. to :1! thooe whomintereetedinoeamnsmst hand information on o. urge num ber ofproblemsineidenttouflga tion farming. The Station in lo cated five miles nottheutoiproe aer. Heldtripswillshrtntmmn. m. and will continue throughout the day. Representatives from the respec tive departments of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the State Col lege of Washington and the fol lowing cooperating agencies of the United States Department of Ag riculture will assist the station staff in explaining the investigational program: Division of Western Ir rigation Agriculture, Wireworm Field Labarotory. Walla Walla, Fro zen Pack laboratory. Seattle and Fruit .3: Vegetable Products labora tory. Pullman. : Visbotswulhaveanoppommlty toseeorobtunlnrormationonthe following: Varieties of truck crops Varieties of small truits ' Varieties ogu'ee fruits Fertilizers for truck crops Fertilizers for apples and pears Irrigation of apple trees ' Orchard cover crops Crop rotation Reclamation of alkali soils ‘ Wireworm control Sugar beet varieties Spacing for sugar beets Fertilizers for sugar beets Alfalfa varieties4wlnter hardi ness Alfalfadiseases .Sweet elovervanetes Oomvu'letlesandhybflds Cereal varieties and hybrids Win-m; mm for non-lemme rou tion ' ; mummfoncem 'Manytypesotirflnunnstrue ture: - mum mmbandeweteedlnc mmmmm ' madman-mm “law of truth and vege- Cumnpofmdm mmmmm toryprovodtobeotmin “Myantohoththemen‘nd mmdmucbmdnusnd mteflalwnbetvuhblethlsyeu. Themeninchnneotthehm torythrmtthednytodhwnn- umpmmemmdwob- lens. . meant!!! flndthe m groundsunmphcetoplcmcat noommdthemcunmadu club'mtumishn'eecotfeeandm E. Amnermhona'ed with a. plcniconhisbirthdaymyeve ningatsacajaweapark. Histam flymdafewmendsmadeuptbe thew-ty.:mmberlngthlrteeninan. DO YOU KNOW! ”WMMQMCOIM WhenGnMOmleednmuoums pletedttwlubenohrcemm MthesbeottheQueenm coulddockuonmdeiu cam-toot crest. m mane desalted It In “so his murmur building- the use of the nnuonu! capitol at Wuh lnzton D. 0.. could be imme wings. dome and 311—111 itl con crete bastion.” Itwillbeuhlth . nan-Ito? It will cost appmxtmately $25,000.- 000 move than the Panama canal. Itwfllproduoemonpowetthln allsevendsnum'rVAoomm Itwmmmte 1.200.000.1330! now-Ind. but tame. had in the Columbunutn. ' Teams Tie In ' Swim Relays cumaxedbythewlnnlngofthe mixedrehynoebythexenne'lck teammdthusmaunsathotthll event to he run off next Benn-day. thethlmdduottheawlmmlngnou animuhenchuwmnnym recordsmdehnostumlnyupeets. Agoodshedauwdofspecm watched the youthful mm eontestforthedxdlmefihond sow-enumoffmdby the Kiwanis club and Ppco mer chants. Thus point m M tummtwmdmdml’u third. . - Inthbmopennouém Rodkeylsln' phpetmthrdl mwpmthcclusAdlM'm 3.qu otmpolnmm manunuybyunewum mmrmumotms. It'll Jme’snntncethumwn..m theclmAboysdlvlsioanckth. whommmnlchudwm 218.husponluwhneuuonhu 7. enrolmemluladsthechun glrlswlth'lpolnuuthmhshem beaten this week by Catherine Coouey. who has at: points toward thecup. Somestm'competttton lsexpectedlntheuetwodlvldom mtheflnllm. . . WNW!!! In the regulnr relay race the “Fighting Irish” beat the fevored “Water Dogs” in 1' 31.9" with the “Bee Horses" third The_winnins team members were Glen Baker. Catharine Cooney. Carolyn Miles and Bill Helm. However. the “Wes tex- Dou'flwin hold high points to-t wards the prim no the result of winning the-first two noes or the series. ‘ lastweekPue'oheetKennewick in the added reley race between picked teemstmm the twptowns mdaseremltotxennewiekwin in; Saturday‘s.” another race will be held between these two teams on July 30th. This will he thelastdayotthemeeeintheeer lee and immediately following the events the prizes winners will be One of the coming meet's tea tureswmbethehenotmsbycon- tesmntstoawardtotheéirlorboy who has contribuwd most to the success of theswlmmmgmeetsm themyofgoodsportsmxmshlp,m- dividual effort and inspiration to other swimmers. As an added in cattivetothechudrentoukepart inthefmalmcestheUbex-ty'rhea mhasofl'eredttcketstoauotthe swimmerswhotukepartmtheraoes onthreeotthetourdaysotmum. ”moles W.O.Palmermunnedhomeon Mondnyhomspohmhnvmsbeen celled there by the dentin at his wife, July 21 tonowng a two-month ummmthemhosptnl. Mm.Pa.lmermmrrledtnl9ol at UM librtheputtwo mdtemdherhm have WWWMM maroon-mm Mr. Pumerphnltoconflmemm theme. mummVedbytourchndren mdflnmdchfldm. Interment mmmmewvmm “small” 28. mamma- Albert 0. Math. mm ofPubllchnsthilweekwoemod mum-mm: Tom-haddncflnnlfitwp. omWammm cumty,nledbyDonmonlon.ot Kennewick. nmmmmmnm. 7norm,tnedhyc.l:.mooaon. Tore-lantheNEqqum-d aecflonlmtownshlp'lnormm hyEdwtnlaytnn. Joe Brown R manning this Mather-mic. Three Crews To- ' Start Action On Umatilla Da m Latest Reports Revwe In. terest In River Develogment M II! Recent authentic Mm“.- mdved buy to the effect that than survey cam connected with the am office can , at mom have been and on or other [lnsects dew to up out. mun can: it. (or (Infill; project. The were telegram m mound this snoring from Charles m. president of the Inland Empire w.- wrwnys Auocutton. by Geo. DL Peters. secretary or the Kennewfl chamber of commerce. The telegram. in addition to 3. new: story published in this man ins'e paper from Secretary H 0. West unin revives interest loan! in the proposed construction of the Urn-tine dun. Thisprojecthubeenukethelr uh section head's hand our: “on Iflln. on m. cone mln. HD nqenlfi One week It look! as though the constructing: In the Immedhh filmmwueeunmu'rhenext weekulhopeeeeem blunted. Th following week. w. bright nub. Mite-Aloft. nut-mum A telecrem received by Mr. Welt tram Gen. J. L. Schley. chief at engineers was the eeuee for re. mm hope that the project new; Mauveeppmvelthuyeer. Thememtekenuenln mutton thet recent report- can- Wepmudentnlvetodldnet embtotheeeeeonhentAdh-y enteotthertverplenhevedetn mlnedthetttwlnnotbepreefleehle ”Metooeeenfiteentlreup- Durham but etpruent Wit! I: being centu'ed on the “inventing. ‘ The new: report elven outbyllr. Wamlnconjunctonwlththem mum concerning the endow mmmmdlcetethetthem maverymuchauveatthell-e mtmoment 4-H Club Leaders To Meet Here The Benton County 4-8 moor? CouncilistobehosttotheG-Hm ‘dete of the Sixth District Wednes -Idoy. August 8. nt the Kennewick Pork. ‘ [leaders from Aeotin. Gor i'ield. Columbia. Well: Wong and Franklin counties are panning lb attend. til- Guest speakers will include Kn ryn numbed: oi’ mienlburg. who willspeak on her trip to the Nn-.. tional 4-H Club Camp in wall-’- inston. D. C.. and Henry Weller. State 4-H Club Lender. who will tolk on State Fair work. Each visit ing county is planning to introduce ond develop one topic 0! .W interest to all club leaders. .- Benton county is to discuss dem onstration technique. Two local clubs will present I demonstration each for this lecture. The Benton County Council is also responsible for the revision ond adoption of n District Constitution. The following committees have been appointed: Hostess Committee: Mrs. M. 81m mennk, chairman. Locust Grove: Mrs. A. E. Speck. Bum Vista; Mn. Howard Ash. Finley; Mrs. Ray 81m ons. Mainland; Mrs. John Smith. Kenncwick; Mrs. Rodney Travis. Hone Heaven. Foods Committee: Mrs. 83m For eker. Kennewtck. general churman; Table Arrangements: Mrs. W. L. Painter. nub chairman; Mrs. H. D. mum. Kennewlek; lithe: Oombu.; lamb. Combs. Richhnd; Mr. A.. J Thompeon. Kennewlck; MllOls ' Hence. not-3e Heaven; an; Ive‘P Downs. Mam-£l, Cold Dunks: Viol; Mattin lends. tub my in. Kennewtek: Mrs. Mary .. Groves Kennewlck; Mn. 8.. . Womb. W Benton Oumtyhumhdm Wumawnmm from local man. may the following committee has been mummmfl om: m.ua.fiu¢hu.mbchur nun: Mn. 3. I". Bathe. Runne wlck; Mrs. M. Simmeflnk. locust Grove: unJohn Smith; “n. A. Lump-m. “Mum Ametmmleenm .mwwwue'smmd Mavens. Manning's: mmmmmoy. mssucnlclunchmmmt nndmrtboudrldu. Tho-aw ent included Mr. nnd Mrs. John Bmm.mdnn.cm¢mn m;fltuVemamclnclson,myd Hummuthemneswnmnuly mdDothlckey.BemleNoumnn mmnuener. __l‘_{O. l 7"