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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
1
At a council adjourned meeting the Street and Alley Committee proposes replacing most wooden walks with concrete. Five and six foot walks will extend on business streets and to schools and bridges, with six foot residential walks. Improvement districts will apportion costs, contracts to do the work, cost near 26000 dollars for about 240000 square feet.
David E. Gould vice president of the Northern Pacific Irrigation Co arrived in Kennewick from Boston for a two week stay to confer with local officials and inspect holdings across the valley. He described the trip as annual and noted Kennewick has grown from a fragile embryo town to a thriving center and predicted the valley will become a leading fruit growing region in the West.
The Kennewick Base Ball Association issues a challenge to the Pasco Baseball Club for a five game Sunday series. The first game would be at Pasco on Sunday August 13, with two games in Pasco and two in Kennewick, and the fifth at a site decided by coin toss. Each manager must submit a 12 man roster.
Tuesday September 5 is set for a sewer bond election after previous technical errors halted bonds. The Hanchett Bond Co. handles bids again at 53 percent, with city officials optimistic about a quiet vote. Last ballot: 180 in favor, 48 against. Inspectors F. L. Watson and judges J. N. Crowell, R. E. Roberts to serve.
A Commercial Club excursion aboard the steamers Inland Empire and Mountain Gem carried about 400 passengers from Kennewick to Richland Hanford and White Bluffs. The trip combined sightseeing rides, Band performances, speeches on transportation and dairying, and a large picnic with fried chicken and 57 varieties.
Organizers announce a second trip for Richland Hanford and White Bluffs residents. A chartered Gem will transport visitors to Celilc where the Empire steamer will run down the river then return to Kennewick by rail. Travelers go home the next morning.
Potatoes from Kennewick including Early Rose and Early Ohio were shipped iced in a refrigerator car to Yellowstone National Park by E M Sly of the Fruit and Produce Co. The purchase came from a park hotel buyer. Most spuds came from Section 9 with some from the Highlands and Garden Tracts.
Mrs. H A Howe hosted a Saturday afternoon outing for friends with auto trips to the jungle for fishing and a substantial picnic. Despite a dust storm cutting the trip short, the group enjoyed the day, praising the riverbank spot as a future potential city park near the docks.
Pacific Power & Light plans to develop one million horsepower at Priest Rapids with an $8 to $10 million project. Construction of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line from Beverly to Kennewick will start once rights are secure, with eight years expected for completion. A 75 foot high dam, a power canal for Hanford irrigation, and transmission lines will supply power across eastern Washington. Navigation locks are included in the project.
A. de Regt of the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Association notes about 100 acres of watermelons in the valley and predicts shipments to rise to two cars daily next week, with three to four cars in the third week. Peaches and grapes arrival timelines are given, Alburtas in ten days, and the Amon and Morey threshing outfit began on the Amon ranch with expected yields of over 20 bushels per acre from 350 acres plus 150 acres of volunteer wheat.
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