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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
5
Local notes cover sales For Sale milk pounds teashops and goods at Kennewick Club and general listings. Mentions D H Hastings Spokane trip Dr E W Myers osteopathic practice and a Thanksgiving school dinner in Grandview with a 75-person turnout.
Churches list Forsythe Smith pastor Sunday School at 10 A M Junior C E 3 P M Senior C E 6 45 P M preaching 7 30 P M Things that Lead to Failure and A Successful Man all welcome Baptist at new school house Rev Chandler old school house Rev Brockman Congregational J H Singleton pastor Sunday School 10 A M preaching 11 AM What shall we say of Divine Healing Mrs Calhoun leads Endeavor 7 PM Mr Calhoun preaches 7 30 PM
Mr. Wm Betz of Cheney visits John Lasher in Richland while Miss Libbie Vaughn calls on Mrs Wm Lasher. The Hellingers and a group from Kennewick spend Thanksgiving in Richland. J E Burmaster travels to Nez Perce Idaho. hunts produce rabbits, no coyotes. Visitors include J Faust Carl arriving from Garfield and Pastor Singleton from Kennewick bringing his wife for a ten day stay. many local residents attend socials and Thanksgiving gatherings.
Mrs H E Gilstrap of Eugene is visiting her brother A E Fisher. H B Haney will bale for H D Sweet in Sec 7 this week. A school basketball social Friday December 13 features a program and baskets for a library fund. Frank Larkin builds a house on his 40 acre tract in Sec 17 and plans to sew alfalfa next spring. Mr Hutchinson southwest of town is sick with typhoid fever. E Vansickle visited from Spokane at the start of the week.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton University defines the true sportsman as one who seeks recreation in a fair challenging effort to obtain something made for human use. He emphasizes hardship risk skill patience and outdoor life as core elements of sportsmanlike conduct.
The Hotel Kennewick was sold early in the week to M. O. Klitterr for 340.04 dollars. H. A. Hover acquires a 17 acre tract at Las Crescenta near Pasadena with a residence and outbuildings and plans to make it his home. Klitten couple will move to Kennewick. Sanford O. C. Stark retains a lease for years with no hotel management changes.
The Firemen host a benefit Ball Friday the 13th at Hotel Kennewick with luncheon 10 to 12 and music by a special orchestra. Townspeople urged to attend to support the fire department, noted for its top rated equipment and council backing. Also: cemetery association meeting, mince meat sale, house addition news, Packard Organ for sale, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised.
The Garber-Howe Co offers a program of banjo and violin solos, saxophone solos, vocal pieces, banjo duets, and novelty instrument imitations at the M. E. Church on Tuesday December 10. The twenty minute magic segment is included in the entertainment lineup.
Prosser Water and Light Co has laid hundreds of feet of new mains and completed the circulating system. L. D. Lape, the county fruit inspector, visited from Prosser twice late in the week on official business and has just returned from a trip to the east.
The Congregational ladies host an annual Before Christmas sale at the Idle Hour building on Saturday December 7. Displayed will be varied gift articles with many price points and a selection of edible items. Doughnuts and coffee will be served during the event.
Real estate transfer list includes N P Irrigation Co to Hover Inv Co water deed for multiple Nob Hill tracts. N P Irr Co to J W Hughes deed for NE portion of Sec. 16 8 30. White Bluffs Land & Irr Co to the Public plat of NW and WI of SWY in Sec. 29 14 27. J E Chapman et al to White Bluff’s L& Irr Co WDSW NWY and WE SW in Sec. 29 14 27. other transfers include Maynard to C D Crawford two 8-27 for several lots and amounts. N P Irr Co to Directors of School Dist No. 22 of Benton Co WD. Hover Co to N P Irr Co deed for part Wy NEY Sec. 35-8-30. Hover Inc Co to F E Gilbert containment of Tract 18 Nob Hill Add.
The notice urges couples to start saving now to fund their family's future. It promotes saving as a good habit and invites readers to begin by opening a bank account with The Exchange Bank in Kennewick, highlighting a $75,000 responsibility.
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