Yakima Area to Price Power Plants Value Hearings
City attorneys and engineers from 22 municipalities in Yakima Benton Franklin and Walla Walla counties will meet in North Yakima to prepare for hearings before the state public service commission to fix the valuation of Pacific Power and Light Company electric properties. The total valuation is expected between 10 million and 15 million dollars and will serve as the basis for rates on current. Represented cities include Kennewick North Yakima Walla Walla Waitsburg Dayton Pasco Richland Hanford White Bluffs Prosser Kiona Benton Grandview Mabton Sunnyside Granger Toppenish Zillah and Yakima City. The hearings were ordered last winter after rate complaints from White Bluffs Pasey North Yakima and others. State engineers have been compiling data in Portland for the commission’s finding on aggregate value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Benton
Franklin
Walla Walla
State Public Service Commission
Pacific Power & Light Company
Public Service Commission
Kennewick
North Yakima
Waitsburg
Dayton
Pasco
Richland
Hanford
White Bluffs
Prosser
Kiona
Grandview
Mabton
Sunnyside
Granger
Toppenish
Zillah
Yakima City
Pasey
State Commission
P. P. & L. Company
Portland
Old Printer Killed by Motor On O W R and N Track
A C Cummins about 55 and blind in one eye was killed near Donald on the O W R N line Sunday morning when struck by a gascar leaving North Yakima at 7 30. The engineer blew the whistle and brake too late. Cummins worked at Dunn ranch and had a family at Ellensburg and a brother at Touchet. Coroner Shaw did not deem an inquest necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Cummins
Donald
North Yakima
Cummins
Dunn Ranch
Ellensburg
Touchet
Flint- Shaw Co
Shaw
Yakima Republic
Oregon
Garrison to View Posts on Army Concentration Plan
War Secretary will tour 207 military stations to study reducing and relocating posts. He cites friction with congress over post abolition and troop cuts but denies threatening resignation. He expects congress to push for local benefits influencing decisions on concentration.
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Washington
Garrison
Secretary Garrison
Congress
Nephew Will Wed Aunt Entanglements In Family Will
Los Angeles notes record Emil Oriva, 23, to Pauline Oriva, 23, from Portland. Clerk sparks a family-tree maze as he considers the unlikely marriages and in-laws that would follow. Quotes from Goethe and Rousseau frame the wry reflection.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Emil Oriva
Pauline A. Oriva
Portland
Ore
R. S. Sparks
Oriva
Mr. Oriva
Miss Oriva
Miss Oriva. Miss Oriva
Barr resigns from Burns ranch to work in Portland
John Barr who managed the Burns ranch owned by Kennewick Orchard company has resigned and will leave the valley today. He will join the Oregon Electric Railway company, while his son takes a store position in a nearby town.
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John Barr
Portland
Kennewick Orchard Company
Barr
Oregon Electric Railway Company
Church Services and notices in local churches
A church notices page lists worship and activities for Beth lehem Lutheran Zion Lutheran Christian Science and Baptist churches with service times Bible school classes Epworth League and union meetings plus a travel note about Mrs C B Haydon leaving for Oregon points for a month visiting Baker City LaGrande and other places
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Epworth League
Baptist Church
Young Peoples Meeting
F. J. Arnold
Brooklyn
The
C. B. Haydon
Oregon Points
Baker City
LaGrand
Assault case over Hettinger Watson ends in dismissal
The quarrel between Wash Hettinger and J. Watson led to a trial in Judge C. Staser's court after delays due to illness. Witnesses suggested Hettinger sparked the conflict at the Hettinger wheat ranch barn, resulting in a facial cut and a warrant against Watson. The case was dismissed with costs charged to the county.
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Wash Hettinger
J. Watson
C. Staser
Hettinger
Watson
Advertised Letters and Postcards Listing
Advertising list shows letters for Headlee T, Spaulding Arthur, Wharton Johanna marked as advertised. Includes assorted postcards awaiting pickup and postal processing status.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kennewick’s Big Department
Sherk & Company
Portland, Ore
Shere & Company
T. C. Cobb & CO
Bay Team
Kennewick Drag Line
Kennewick Harness Co
Jersey
John Eichner
Kennewick Hardware
Hotel
L. Wiesenbach
F. W. LeMasurier
Eagles Ranch
A. W. Glick
G. Henke
Fifth
Yakima Streets
Hover Investment Co
Hover Investment Company
G. W. Sherk
Seattle
G. B. Stoddard
D. M. Grinnell
Kennewick Hotel
American Press ‘Association
Goethe
Rousseau
Spokane
Department of Eugenics
Inland Empire
Eugenics and
Woman’s Home Companion of
New York
Woman’s Club of
William L. Hall
Old National Bank
Lutheran Bethlehem Church
A. Waker
Missouri Synod
Fifth and Yakima
M. E. Church
Zion Lutheran S. Probst
Christian Science
Presbyterian
E. A. Orr
Washington and
Third
Couny
Hills
Hettinger Wheat
Barmea
Amelia Duncan
Jennie Masm
Harry
Chas. H. Collins Co
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