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,Vol. XXXV NO. 8 BIG WATER IS YET TO COME IN COEEUMBIA RIVER City, Irrigation District Reported Close___TO Deal 1021 b Ge! Diplomas Ihurgday A list of 102 students of Ken newick Senior High school was an nounced yesterday by Principal T. H. Bennett for graduation at Com mencement exercises at the high school auditorium on Thursday night. First graduation event for the senior students will be the bacca laureate service at the auditorium at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The Commencement program‘ will open with the processional,‘ “Pomp and Circumstance,” played i by Karin Kahl and Naomi Payne. ‘ Rev. M. C. Kauth of Bethlehem Lutheran church will give the in vocation, David Dickerson will give the welcome. The salutatory will be delivered by Mary Ellen Block. Her subject wil be “The Fountain of Youth.” The valedic tory will be by Leona Luvaas and her subject will be “Studying the Road Map.” The program will include “Hills of Home,” a vocal solo by Leßoy Spitzer; “Ave Maria,” (Schubert) by Robert Hunsley with accomv paniment by Naomi Payne. The Commencement address‘ entitled “Your Investment in the Future,” will be delivered by Dr. Charles D. Armstrong of Whit man college. Principal Bennett will present the awards and also the class for graduation. Diplomas will be presented by Supt. E. S. Black. The Recessional will be‘ ~. olayed by Miss Kahl and Miss .Payne. ”' ' , - Students listed for graduation‘ Beverly Kay “Anderson, Donna » In-_u_--_.l .. 13...... cu ' (Continued on Page 8) Grapcjuicc BY non-81m CRITICISM ‘ One of the chief indoor and : outdoor . sports in Kennewick ‘ these days is criticism of the city a council. I indulge in the activity I myself from time to time. Gener- ‘ ally, the principle of criticising ' government bodies and griping 1 about what they do or fail to do is a healthy condition and helps to express the peoples’ desires, thereby speeding solution to many problemi_ 80"va There is a but and a however in the cage of the present city council. In January Kennewick instituted a new city council and a mayor. Three councilman and the mayor were brand new mem bers and one councilman had served only a very short time. Perhaps no governing body of any subdivision of our country went into office racing such a terrific volume of work and as many seemingly insurmountable problems as did this council. WORK . It is easy for us sidewalk en gineefs to point to many short comings and failures on the part of our local government. But there is no question that they are all working with vigor and thought toward solution of the toughies that face them. In a a great many instances slow-ups are not of their design but due to shortcomings in other places. In spite of that, tremendous pro grass has been made. If you don’t believe it, just go back and study the dozen or so ordinances that have been passed since the first of the year and visit the; council a few times. You’ll get an‘ eye-opener. 4 CONTINUE Certainly I urge every citizen to continue with criticism and suggestion. That’s what makes democracy work. But before you go into a tantrum give a little consideration to what is being accomplished and remember that councilman don’t draw enough pay to buy gasoline for their cars. I doubt it any eight men .in the community could do much better than the present group. "Kncs ’ ' Probably any question could be answered in relation to city at- (Continued on Page 8) @ll2 Kenmmirk‘ Glnurier- Evpnflrr It Will Be Kids Day at Carnival . .-. Kiddies day will be observed Saturday afternoon. beginning at l p. m at the Kennewick side of the bridge show grounds where the Meeker Shows. the largest traveling carnival in the Northwest. are holding sway. All rides and shows will be 9 cents to children and tree gate admission to children who visit the Meeker Shows. which is sponsored by the Kennewick Memorial Swimming Pool Fund. The Meeker Shaw's will close their engagement after the Saturday nights performance. New Plan Halched lor Developmenl of Power Bunch W2ll Team With Malchow to Fight Disasters ‘ ‘ Frgd Bunch, Sr., member of the city council, will team with Fire Chief Herb Malchow 'in case oi flood or other disaster. - Bunch and Malchow were ap pointed by Mayor Urban Keolker in a special disaster organization meeting Monday night to have charge of fire control and public safety in the omnization which‘ the mayor, city superintendent, and council have been working toi perfect since the new officials took onice several months ago. ' ‘ Prior to the meeting, Keolker had appointed other counciimen; ‘.... Tééfitinued on Page 8) i Says Socialized Medicine to Cost “Don’t ever get the idea that the so-called ‘socialized medicine’ is going to be free," Dr. Joseph Greenwell of Pasco told Kenne wick Kiwanians Tuesday at their regular 'luncheon. Dr. Greenwell was guest speak er of the club. He spoke to the point against the socialisttic plans which he said are now being formulated by governmental div isions. Comparing actual with es timated costs of the experiment now under way in England, he said present estimates here now‘ ’were that it would cost all wage‘ iearners at least four per cent ;of their pay, with another four; >per cent coming from employers. Far more costly, greatly les sened efficiency and government al bureaucracy, socialized medi cine, he said, was an experiment that this couhtry should ponder well before adapting. Ballle Over (VA Gels Under Way; More laler The word battle which h—as' been going on between CVA ad vocates and those 'opposed reach ed a high point locally at the regular meeting of the Pasco chamber of commerce Monday noon. - While CVA proponents were advertising nationwide rad i o broadcasts to explain that method of developing .the northwest’s power resources, the first of a series of local events bearing on the CVA had first place on the Pasco chamber program. Ralph Rodgers, Pasco attorney charged that the CVA measure lawman wnsungqron 3y 10277119311! washingion Staff Correspondent Washington, D. C.—ln View of the increasing difficulty of get ting econgress to appropriate enough funds for the Northwest to meet its growing power short age there is growing sentiment among certain of the region’s rep resentatives to raise public works‘ ‘money by selling federal bonds‘ ‘to the investing public. 3 i The receipts from these sales‘ ,would be kept in a national pub ‘lic works pool from which funds yfor specific projects would be alo located according to long range ‘ planning schedules, spokesmen for ‘the idea say. : Ideally Northwestern public works planners would like to have some dependable source of {funds which could “firm up” the iflow of capital into projects and Ethe utilities business, the same groups add, ’furnish a dependable basis upon which to develop very long term construction blue prints. Some engineers claim that. up to 25 per cent of the total cost of‘ construction could be saved (Continued on Page 5) Graye Men Meet With Welch Man Several representative growers‘ from the Pasco. Kennewick areas met Tuesday night at the High-‘ land Community hall at the in? vitation of the Farm Bureau with R. T. Ryan, executive vice presi dent of the Welch Grape Juice company, to learn of plans for building a Welch plant in the valley. They heard that Welch is pre paring to present the details of {a plan soon. Ryan said he ex -Ipects to return to the valley in ‘a few weeks to meet with inter. rested growers. ' would be giving up democracy at home while we are spending bil lions to foster it abroad. Grant-1 ing of powers under the bill to} a three-man commission would exceed any powers ever before granted to anyone in this country, he said. “It involves,” said Rod gers, “the entire economic and political future of our nation." The speaker charged that this was only a step in a planned drive to organize the entire na tion into a series of authorities, 9 or 11 in number, each under a (Continued on Page 8) ’ Minimum is Sel As Price For Syglem. The City council and Kenne wick Irrigation district were re ported cloSe to reaching' an agree ment on the sale of the water sys tem yesterday. ' What figure had ,been set as a minimum price for the system could not be learned, but E. H. Brand, manager of the district, said a minimum price had been set. City officials indicated that the price was one on which a deal could be worked out. But whether the council agrees or not, there are the bond com panies to be satisfied. If the price and all other conditions of the sale are not satisfactory, the bond buyers can halt the deal by announcing that they won’t buy the bonds the city will have to issue. Brand said the district would continue to operate the system until in October regardless of the sale since that is the end of a fiscal period for the district. Brand said water supply was more plentiful from the system and that cooler weather had cut down use. He said curtailment of water use for irrigation would have to remain in etfect. The city and Pacific Power 8; Light company have agreed on a sale of that system to the city and' the intention of the city council is o combine this with the KID system. . ' - Chest X-ray to Be Here 9 Day; The chest X-ray unit, here last year during the county fair, will arrive in Kennewick Friday for a nine-day stand in the city and vicinity. Any person may have his chest X-ray’d free and a report. will be sent to him later covering the results. In Kennewick, the hours will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.- and from 3 p.m.to? p.m. Indistrlcts outside the city, hours will vary Here is the schedule: Friday, May 20, Ray’s Grocery, Mrs. Carl Nyborg in_ charge. Saturday, May 21, AA Grocery (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Mrs. E. S. Pahl in charge. _ 7 Tuesday, May 24, AA Grocery in ’ Modern Homes, Mrs. Harold Bauer in charge. - _ > Wednesday, May 25, Parkvlew housing project, Mrs. J. C. Pratt. Thursday May 26, Plymouth (3 p.m. to 8 p.m.) Mrs. E. N. Lockwood. Friday, May 279 Alongside Pen ney’s store, Mrs. R. K. Satford. Saturday, May 28, at Penney’s Mrs. Harry Owens. Wednaday, June 1, Neuman’s Goodie Good Bakery, Columbia Avenue, Mrs. James Dickinson. Thursday, June 2, Bakery, Mrs. M. Simmelink. Real Estate Tax Delinquent lst C. W. Nessly, county treasurer, said this week that the first-half of real estate taxes, drainage and irrigation assessments become de linquent on June 1. The full amount of the 1949 personal tax becomes delinquent June 1, un -les§ one half is paid. Personal pro| rty taxes of less than $lO muffbe paid in full on June 1. ilntérest at the rate of 10 per cent ;is charged on all delinquent taxes. Attention of Wheat - 1 Meg Culley! t 9 Poi_nt _ I All who wish to apply for ai wheat acreage allotment in 1950,‘ but who have grown no wheat for harvest in 1947, 48, or 49, must make application for the ancfinent they desire in writing pril to June 1, 1949, Benton County Agricultural Cori's'érva tion announced Tuesday. The deadline date of May 1 for ACP practice payment sign up has been extended to June 1, 1949, A. J. Thompson, chairman, said. THURSDAY. MAY 19. 1949 Hospital Men Smile Confidently . . . Those smiles the men above are wearing came just after all present pledged their best efforts towards the raising of that 6300.000 fund to build a district hospital in Kennewick. They are commissioners of the hospital district. Left to right. .I. R. Ayers. Chairman Glen Felton. and Francis Ludlow. with Page Carter. appointed by the commissioners as director of the hospital project. standing. Balengan Bldg. Io Be Hospital Hgadquarlers Hospital authorities announced last night that arrangements had been made for the establishment of a headquarters office for the Kennewick District Hospital Fund drive in the new Bateman building on Kennewick Avenue. The-office will serve as the cen tral working point for the activia ties that will go into making the $300,000 drive for a modern hos pital for the community a sum, said A. C. Amon, who is in charge of the campaign. Plans for the erection of the hospital will be completed at this office. Organization plans to conduct the drive to raise the necessary $300,000 are now underway. Amon said that the full force of the drive (Continued on Page 8) Confirm Woehler For Postmaster Postmaster Walter Woehler yes terday received word from Senator Warren G. Magnuson in Washing ton, D. C., that he had been con firmed as permanent postmaster. Magnuson wrote Woehler: It is a distinct honor and very gratifying to me to be able to ad vise you that upon my motion in the United States Senate today, 3you were unanimously confirmed }as permanent postmaster of Ken newick. Please accept my congrat lulations and best wishes for the future.” Woehler had been serving asl acting postmaster; having been} appointed to fill the position ‘01" lowing the resignation of Roger-1 Records. Woehler’s name had been sent to the senate for continuation by President Truman. Woehler is the first permanent post master Kennewick has had since Frank H. Lincoln resigned on January 15, 1946. Records, who succeeded Lincoln, also held the office only as acting post master. Where' Are Sloplighls! Answer Coming loday “Where are the traffic lights?” That question opened the resu lar weekly meeting of the Ken newick chamber of commerce at the Christian church dining hall last Thursday noon. The question was directed to City Superintendent R. C. Rector by the Chamber’s President Gene! Spaulding, who followed up with the announcement that this was “I. Q. Day” for Rector who would stry to answer all questions di rected at him. Traffic lights remained the dominating subject throughout the meeting, and before it was over, the chamber had voted to invite A. C. ”01' Heads Hospital Drive Cool Days Ease Water Situation Cool days for Kennewick early this week meant not only more comfort but a let-up in the water shortage which struck the city: during the hot spell. ‘ City Superintenth Bectoq said the restrictions on using RR 8; L. water for sprinkling ‘lawns had been removed tempor an'Lv but he said the ban may \have to be restored it there is ‘another prolonged hot weather 1 period. He said persons connect -led with the Kennewick Irriga }tion District water system should continue to use water sparingly ‘and not for irrigation purposes! Rector said city officials appre lciated the “tine cooperation” of the people of Kennewick during the hot weather. He said when an earnest plea was made through the press to cut down on use of water, practically everybody co operated. . engineer Doyle of the state high.] way department to- come to Xena newick, attend today‘s meeting at the church, and explain what can be done about stoplight: at several corners where the state highways intersect the city streets. Street intersections pointed out! by members as needing stoplights‘ were 10th and South Washington. Columbia and Benton, and Fruit land and Kennewick avenue. Rec tor said the city owns a stoplight intended for the BentomKenne wick intersection and had offered (Continued on Page 8) 5c 0 ”Going—743.oo a Year June Slh is Emliegl m Seven Yrs. Officials and others who have watched the waters of the Columbia river through many years, during which there have been frequent high peaks and feW’ devastating floods, were anything except optimistic this week over the prospects of averting disaster they??? a- _ _ - But that there '5 a chance of escaping damaging high water was still held to. That much still depends on the weather the next ‘two weeks was the phrase that ‘left doubt in some minds but hope in others. } One thing the records proved was that the his water hasn’t come yet. At the Port of Pasco. where the meords of high water marks are kept, June 5 was shown as the earliest date of a crest be ing reached here in the Columbia. All other years the dates were later. Last year and the year be fore it was June 12. Scott Raff, manager of the port, gave out these figures on crests in the past seven years: In 1942, on June 17; .1943, on June 21; 1944, June 18; in 1945, June 8; 1946, June 5; 1947, June 12; 1948, June 12. Last year’s high was 345.20 feet above sea level. Yesterday it was 335.3. This was higher than it had been all week. Starting Sun day with 334.5. the river rose steadily but slowly~ every day. On 32‘ A, - Y WWW am”... lin thepasttorthe river togo ‘down some at it time. - The highest yawn-day was still only a little me than nine feet belowthectutotlastJune 12. Farther down the Columbia, flood conditions were just about reached because of more streams flowing into the section farther west. Between Kennewick and Portland. these include the Snake. theWillamettqtheJohn Dayand others. Itwasre'portedleas waterwas being let in at Grand Coulee damthanwaaheingletout. The amount of water flowing through the dam yesterday was far helm the maximum amount last year on June mum said. Polieeandflooddisasterotgan‘ yizations atPortlandwere alerted. In Kennewick and Pasco. Step! ‘weretakmtobereadyifthewa iter starts overflowing the Colum ‘hia hanks. Host observers said itherewasnodamioraweekor maybe more. Market Avenne' ls Turned ”DWI! The Avenue C group of busi ness men who vat the name of that street changed to “Market Avenue," went down to defeat again at a city council meeting Tuesday night. After presentinc a new peti tion, which, said Fred Bunch. Sr» only pro member of the council, included names of 80 percent at the property owners along the streetavotewutaken one mo tion to make the name “Market Avenue,” but it lost for the want of a second. “Well, 1 guess we’ll have to take it to the courts.” said coun cilman Bunch, who contended that since the new name was desired by a great majority of the ipeople down there, it was not de mocratic to dkregard the peti tion. The city planning commis sion had voted to change the or dinance from Cohnnbia avenue back to the name Avenue C. But the delegation said they had been instructed to stick for “Market Avenue.” Speaking for the change I (Continued on Page 8) 7h 40m May 11 97 44 0 May 12 ’7 53 0 May 13 89 60 0 May 14 87 60 .01 May 15 80 62 0 May 16 81 53 ‘0 May 17 67 45 0 M. H. Kershaw, Observer.