Minneapolis Investors Buy Large Columbia River Tract
Prominent Minneapolis investors closed a deal for a several thousand acre tract in the Horse Heaven district about 150 miles west of Spokane on the Columbia River. The purchase, through Commercial Orchard Land Co with H. Sorlein as secretary treasurer, is valued near $1,000,000. The buyers said the land will be fed by the Klickitat Irrigation and Power canal, with no immediate sale plans.
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Minneapolis
Spokane
Columbia River
Horse Heaven
Washington
Commercial Orchard Land Co
H. &. Sorlein
Western Securities
Klickitat Irrigation and Power Company
Teachers and Assignments for the New School Year
The article lists the incoming teaching corps and their assignments for the current school year. It notes resignations over the summer and includes the superintendent NM 8 Lewis at the high school and staff such as Miss Johanna Velikanje, a University of Minnesota graduate with eight years in Minnesota high schools teaching Latin, plus Miss Elizabeth and others.
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Lewis
Johanna Velikanje
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Elizabeth
Grades and teachers listed for Garden Tracts and High School
James history notes Miss Elizabeth Schaibie German and English Mr Horace Groom science and mathematics. Grades named from first to eighth with numerous Misses and a Music Supervisor. The location of grades split between Garden Tracts Building and High School building with fourth graders living up the river or in the Garden Tracts attending Garden Tract building.
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Garden Tracts
Garden Tract
Route of the North Coast Rail Line Moves Ahead
The North Coast line will follow the surveyed route across town crossing the Northern Pacific near Washington Street. Agreements cover yards, patches, and several land options including R. F. Richardson, Mauzy-Haxton land, Hewetson tract, and Bow man place. Uncertain parcels and warehouse options finalize as rails head toward 75 miles of track with unloading points at Kennewick Granger and Astoria.
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N. P
Northern Pacific
Washington Street
St. Paul
Laird
R. F. Richardson
Conway Berry Patch
Mauzey-Haxton
Mr. Mauzy
Injured by Thresher in Horse Heaven Harvest
Joe Dague, brother of Oscar Dague, sustained a serious arm injury while oiling a threshing machine at Carl Williams' setup in Horse Heaven. The incident caused a fractured bone and torn tendons from arm snagging between shafting. He was taken to Jennings Hospital for treatment with expectation of recovery after swelling subsides.
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Horse Heaven
Joe Dague
Dague
Carl Williams
Jennings Hospital
Oscar Dague
Guidance to Kennewick Public School Patrons
Insists on parent cooperation to support this year in Kennewick public schools. Lists nine points: timely attendance, home study guidance by grade, dinner plans, recreation, scheduling social events, outside reading with Dr McMurray quote, health-related absences with physician certificate, and orderly bus conduct with reports to the superintendent. Signed by M S Lewis Superintendent.
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Kennewick
Frank McMurray
M. S. Lewis
Poultry Show Entries Highlight Kennewick Birds
August closing entries for the A Y P Poultry Show list 125 Kennewick representatives. Benton County officials push prize birds as H H Collier praises Kennewick’s poultry scene and reports high prices and early maturing fowls in the Columbia River valley.
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A.-Y.p
Benton County Poultry Association
Richard Mounsey
Kennewick
H. H. Collier
Pacific Poultryman
Benton County
Washington
R. C. Mounsey
Mounsey Brothers
Columbia River
Spokane
Sound
Mr. Collier
Ware & DeSellem
R.L. Leitch
D. J. Reinhart
W. L. Rowan
Mounsey Bros
Poultry World
Poultry Meeting Highlights Demand for Pure Bred Birds
The article notes Rhode Island Reds and prize-winning flocks led by President R. L. Leitch and Captain Hastings as benchmarks. D. J. Reinhart advances Buff Rocks and spangled Hamburgs, while Mounsey Bros. showcase Single Comb Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns with a 95 point third from Judge Nor hup. Collier urges more valley poultrymen to raise pure breds for profit. A night meeting in Leitch's office spurs Seattle Fair bird entries and Kennewick youth eye the August 27 A Y P deadline with Washington entry blanks via R C Mounsey.
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Rhode Island
R. L. Leitch
Hastings
Portland
D. J. Reinhart
Mr. Collier
Mounsey
Long Distance Juice Flows From Yakima Valley Line
The Yakima Valley Power Co line transmitted 250 KW this morning as the new transmission path came online at 10 o clock. Power sourced from the Naches river plant 93 miles away now serves Kennewick Pasco Mabton Sunnyside and Toppenish. Rev C R Delepine and Mrs F O Gibbons are in North Yakima attending the Eastern Washington Baptist Association.
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Yakima
C. R. Delepine
F. O. Gibbons
North Yakima
Eastern Washington Baptist Association
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Heaven
Klickstat
Columbia Steamboat CO
United States
Pasco
Mountain Gem
Wahlake
White Bluffs
Hanford
Lernoon
Priest Rapids
H.R. Wieber
Ewick
Pioneer Paper-Railroad
Walla Walla
Southeastern
Arnold Carnival CO
Thomas H. Brents
R. H. Johnson
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