Adjourned City Council Honors Fire Limits and Ordinances
The adjourned council met Tuesday at 7:30 with Bier Crowell Kruse and Richards present. Mayor Johnson absent, Bier acted as Mayor. Ordinances 80 81 and 82 passed. fire limits extended with detailed boundary description. Speed limit set to ten mph in streets six mph at creeks. Local improvements ordinance read and approved with bids possible for districts over 100. Yakima Valley Power Co. authorized to supply Richardson water. Dining room to operate on European plan with Mrs Koontz in charge or leasing if standards kept.
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Crowell
Kruse
Richards
Johnson
H. A. Bier
N. P
Front
Washington Streets
Aid
N. P. Railway Company
Adams Street
Beach
Hcme
Maple Street
Washington Street
Washington St
Kennewick
Tacoma St
Yakima Valley Power Co
R. F. Richardson
E. Menhinick
New Hotel Koontz Opens in Brown Building
The new Hotel Koontz near Brown Building is set to open early in the year. It will be run by Mrs. N. E. Koontz who brings years of hotel experience and aims to be among the best in the region. The Davis-Kaser Company of Walla Walla supplied several carloads of furnishings, and a rapid installation is underway by their team.
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Brown Building
Hotel Koontz
N. E. Koontz
Davis-Kaser Company
Walla
New Quarters for Commercial Club
The Commercial Club proposes the city buy a site and construct a two story brick building costing about 15000 dollars. The city would gain municipal headquarters jail and fireman quarters for twenty years. The club would occupy the upper floor with rentals covering interest on bonds at about five percent, about 750 dollars annually.
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Commercial Club
The
Laborer Killed by Falling Timber on North Coast Bridge
Bert Dibble a 25 year old laborer was killed when a large timber fell during lowering in the cofferdam of the North Coast bridge pier three miles below Kennewick. The blow fractured his skull and his body was recovered from the Columbia River as coroner inquiries began in Pasco.
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Bert Dibble
North Coast
Columbia
Kennewick
Dibble
Pasco
Prosser
City Hall Site Bought After Council Vote
At Friday's council meeting the mayor was authorized to close a deal for the city hall site at Yakima and Third streets including a temporary building. The $2500 purchase fronts 40 feet on Yakima and 100 feet on Third, a desirable location. If possible the town may return the Pallister jal site surrounding Pallister property, worth about 350.
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Pallister
Yakima
Third
Christmas Wishes From Rev J Forsythe Smith
A Christmas greeting from Rev J Forsythe Smith and the Courter family wishes prosperity in poor friendships and joy in work possessions more precious than the peculiar treasure of kings as expressed by Edwin Markham.
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J. Forsythe Smith
Edwin Markham
Collins Smudge Pot Trials Stir Local Fruit Growers
A committee tested several smudge pot designs on the Fruit Growers Association lot with no decision yet. Derwood Collins of C. H. Collins Co presented a pot combining heat smoke and steam to warm air and protect blossoms from frost.
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Fruit Growers Association
Derwood Collins
C. H. Collins Co
Kennewick
Kennewick Emerges as Key Bend in Columbia River Expansion
In Lyman's view of the Columbia River the Kennewick area stands at a pivotal junction where irrigated land, railroads, and growing towns converge. He foresees a vast future of steamboats, canals, and a major Northwest city at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers, near Pasco and Kennewick. The piece praises Kennewick’s rise from wild prairie to a promising urban and agricultural hub.
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Northern Pacific
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Snake River
Inland Empire
Celilo
Puget Sound
Wenatchee
Yakima
Snake
Columbia
Kennewick
Revelstoke
Fire damages Beach Addition home but is contained
Neighbors alerted by a yell as a box under a hanging laundry lamp caught fire. The upper floor roof was burned through before neighbors and a bucket brigade kept the blaze to an estimated $125 loss, insured.
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Hudnall
Commercial Club Directors Meet in Kennewick
The Kennewick Commercial Club directors met at the Northern Pacific Irrigation Co office. A membership committee was formed with Rich E.M. Sly and R.J. Andrus. G. M. Annis became temporary secretary. Committees on building were named, and salaried secretary plans were discussed pending more funds.
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Kennewick ‘Commercial Club
N. P. Irrigation Co
Rich E.M. Sly
R.J. Andrus
G. M. Annis
Scott Henderson
H.A. Howe
Pearching
H. A. Howe
T. E. Johnson
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Columbia River
Lyman
Bitter Root Mountains
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