Valley grape exhibit plans for carnival Sept dates
About a dozen fruit growers met with the Grape Carnival committee to arrange space and timing for displays at the Kennewick event September 19 20 and 21. The floor will be 22000 square feet with enhanced facilities and seating for lectures.
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Carnival Committee
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Portland
Kennewick
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
White Bluffs
Con Richland
Pasco
Hover
al- F ‘A
Burbank
Two Rivers
Wallula
Inley
Benton City
Kiona
Ken- Newick
Jun
Columbia River Valley Grape Carnival Rules
Exhibits must originate from the entered district and be grown by the exhibitor on owned or rented land. No duplicate exhibits, no blemished fruit, and judges may withhold prizes if quality fails. An exhibit may win second or third place or none if not meriting awards. scale or worm damage bars entry. The annual event is titled the Columbia River Valley Grape Carnival.
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Columbia River Valley
Prof Kimball to Leave Kennewick for Middle West Directors Needed
The Commercial Club plans to replace Prof C O Kimball as band director after he declines renewal. The committee is contacting musicians in Spokane and Seattle while seeking to keep band work alive as a municipal project with budget funding potential. Kimball cites pursuing a larger field for musical growth and a retail music venture, but discontinuiting the band is not considered.
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Flast
Spokane
Seattle
C. O. _Kimball
Kimball
Middle West
Kennewick
Power rates cut at White Bluffs hearing
The public service commission heard residents argue that Pacific Power & Light overcharged. A temporary 15 to 30 percent reduction will apply immediately to fit individual cases while a full rate revision is studied over months. Proponents included Judge Chris Forsythe. company reps were Lang, Davidson, Arrowsmith, Longmuir, and Walthew. A farewell party for Miss Maude Deats was held at the Lott home as she leaves for Seattle.
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White Bluffs
Harry E. Wilson
Public Service Commission
Pacific Power & Light Company
Chris. E. Forsythe
People ‘N
Power Company
Lang
Davidson
Portland
Geo. Arrowsmith
North Yakima
Geo. D. Longmuir
Pasco
H. M. Walthew
Fast Fruit Special Schedule Arranged by Northern Pacific
Arrangements are made for a Northern Pacific fruit train service starting Monday August 5. 25 car plus special trains will run to Fargo and east with pickups west to Ellensburg and drops at Pasco. Trains depart Pasco at 6 am and reach St Paul by 11 am on day four, about 99 hours total. Icing for cars is planned to cover Yakima valley fruit, with only about 65 percent shipped refrigerated.
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Northern Pacific
Fargo
Points
Ellensburg
Pasco
St. Paul
Yakima Valley
Local Trader Sully to Move Store in Oregon Sale Opens
Sully will close his city bazar after a year and a half and relocate to St. Johns Oregon where he bought a store. A big reduction sale starts tomorrow at 9 o'clock to clear current stock before the move.
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KE. R. Sully
St. Johns
Ore
Trench Cave-In Leaves Laborer Lamed on Second Street
Mik Mia, a Northwest Construction worker, was first buried to his feet and then to his waist when the sewer trench collapsed on Second Street. He refused to reenter the cut, was later dug out, and has since been laid up with a lame knee. The incident occurred during trenching work in an unshored section.
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Mik Mia
Northwest Construction Company
Mik
Second Street
Baptist Society Plans New Church Building
Architect A Grant Fay of Seattle submits reinforced concrete Gothic style plans for a 40 by 70 foot Kennewick church to seat 300, with basement Sunday School rooms and parsonage remodeling. The project follows past planning and aims to begin soon.
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Baptist Society of
Kennewick
A. Grant Fay
Seattle
Baptists
Fay
Bach
First Baptist
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Fruit growers weigh terms for proposed processing plant
A large gathering at Commercial Hall heard Rufus R. Wilson present details of a proposed fruit products plant. New contract clauses require a plant capable of preserving two thousand carloads annually and set minimum prices to cover picking and hauling costs. The meeting backed the proposal and signups increased, with further town meetings planned in the Yakima valley.
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Rufus R. Wilson
Sly
Wilson
Seattle
Courier
Chas. Conway
Yakima Valley
Former Boat Rates Stay as Commissioner Denies Tariff Hike
Hearing before Commissioner Harry E. Wilson at Hanford Wednesday ended with an order forbidding the proposed rise in the steam boat fruit tariff. The current rate remains twenty cents per hundred, and prior requests by the Columbia Steam Boat Co. and Open River interests to raise to 25 cents were rejected after reviewing local conditions. The old rate of four cents per box will continue in effect.
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Harry E. Wilson
Hanford
Columbia Steamboat Co
Todd
Coupons Good at Bellows Toggery
In this week’s Courier, Bellows states that his past coupons from purchases at the Toggery remain valid despite the fire and reopening. A new batch of premiums is being added and more coupons are printed, so customers should save their current coupons.
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Mr. Bellows
Toggery
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John Wroe
Combine Harvester
Prof. Kimball
Sully
Oregon
UESS
Mamie Thornton
S. R. Harper
Baptist Society
Cannery Company
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