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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
1
An ordinance proposing three wards with boundaries east and west of Yakima street and the N P tracks was read but not acted on. The council accepted the apportionment for voting strength and decided ward representatives will be elected by residents of each ward rather than by a common city vote.
Pasco baseball squad invited to Kennewick for a Sunday match. A special train will bring Sullivan's tribe, with fans urged to attend the three o'clock groundside showdown.
Dr Blalock of Walla Walla with Mr Wood and Mr Weihe of Pasco visited Kennewick on Friday after returning from Heppner Oregon. They lunched with Dr and Mrs A B Ely and toured Highlands and nearby valleys. Blalock, a Washington pioneer, praised Kennewick's future prospects and its potential as a Northwest city.
The town plans a full day off for a mid summer excursion by the Mountain Gem and Inland Empire to Richland Hanford and White Bluffs. Stores will close and a large, comfortable crowd is expected with tickets advancing well.
Orrion Wilson six years old had a narrow escape when he climbed onto a delivery wagon at Holmes store and grabbed the driver’s lines. The horses bolted, the boy screamed, the delivery boy chased and climbed aboard the back. The child fell headfirst into mud but escaped injury with only a dirty face and smeared clothes.
A small group of six married men whose wives are away gathered at the Hotel Kennewick Sunday night for a rare private dinner. Single men were barred from joining, and organizer Jack Corder faces questions about the secretive event and its purpose.
The Hanchett Bond Co. attorney has rejected the sewer bonds due to technical irregularities in ordinances. The council will pass a new ordinance next week and set the election date around September first. The firm will keep its offer at five and one half percent, with construction likely by October.
Miss Ella Fleenor formerly with Q W A N at their yard offices becomes Mrs H C Merriam after a August 2 wedding in Walla Walla. The couple, long employed in North Yakima area, plan to work with the O W R N airline from Spokane.
A local exhibition in Kennewick showcased a "Pat Pending Automatic Fly Electrocutor" claiming to kill millions of flies and other pests daily. Tests in orchards failed to attract coddling moths, while Efner traps from North Yakima prove popular and affordable at Kennewick Hardware Co.
The council ordered papers prepared to authorize a sixty foot street along the south line of Section 6 to the S P S depot. Expected right of way fights and possible condemnations were noted as a likely hurdle. The road deemed a city disgrace and widening to sixty feet was approved though it may encroach on Sercombe street front yards.
Walter Barham and Miss Leona Brown were married in Dallas Oregon last Sunday. Walt Barham, once a familiar figure in the local social circle, has spent the last three years working with his brothers in a contracting firm in Oregon.
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