Milwaukee to Build from Beverly to Kennewick Route
Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound plans a summer construction over its Beverly to Kennewick right of way. White Bluffs crews cross sectioned the line while grading teams set up camps for actual work. Pacific Power & Light expands irrigation ditches and builds a cofferdam at Coyote Rapids with 100 workers, as the high line ditch project nears start.
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Chicago, Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Beverly
Kennewick
White Bluffs
Hanford Country
Milwaukee
Pacific Power & Light Company
Coyote Rapids
Plan for Woman’s Exhibit Car Aims to Inspire Eastward
Pasco delegates led by Mrs. M M Ross of Cooledge with Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton and Mrs. M J Wessels of Spokane seek Commercial Club support to launch a women’s exhibit car. They estimate $1000 to $1500 start costs to aid immigrant families toward five acre homesteads, showcasing women’s roles in Northwest life. The exhibit, ready by September 1, will take six months to assemble with Kennewick displays featured.
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M. M. Ross
Cooledge
May Arkwright Hutton
M. J. Wessels
Spokane
Great
North- West
Washington
Teady
Creamery’s Growing Prosperity Boosts Valley Dairy Trade
The creamery shows rising monthly checks from October to January totaling 276.86, 868.00, 1214, and 1470.91 dollars. With about fifty patrons and weekly production of 1300 pounds of butter, a third goes to out of town trade including Spokane shipments.
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Spokane
Mass meeting for baseball team plans at Commercial Hall
A mass meeting will be held at the Commercial Hall on Sunday February 25 at 2 o clock to discuss forming a baseball team for the coming season and to organize grounds preparation. All interested parties are urged to attend.
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Commercial Hall
State Farmers Institute Sessions Set for February 26 and 27
Farmers and their spouses urged to attend two daily sessions at Commercial Hall on Monday February 26 and Tuesday February 27. Morning talks cover orchard spraying and pruning with demonstrations by Professors Melander Morris. Afternoon programs feature live stock, dairying, poultry management, and an experimental poultry car open to the public at 3 30 p m.
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State Farmers’ Institute
A. L. Melander
O. M. Morris
Melander
Prof. Morris
Institute
W. L. McDonald
Miss Blanchard
McDonald
State Experiment Station
Death of Mrs. Alfred Schaefer in Spokane
Mrs. Alfred Schaefer died February 14 at their home 1717 Wellsley Ave Spokane after an eighteen month illness. The funeral will be in Moravian cemetery Hope Indiana. Mr. Schaefer and daughter Helen accompanied the body east. The family lived in Kennewick valley two years then moved to Spokane last June seeking health benefits.
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Alfred Schaefer
Wellsley Ave
Spokane
Hope
Indiana
Schaefer
Helen
Candy Store Move Planned by Local Candy Man
Jack Corder has leased the former Kolb's grocery building and is remodeling to open a larger candy store. He expects to be ready for use in the first of the week.
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Jack Corder
Kolb’s Grocery
Kennewick Declares Arbor Day for Riverfront Beautification
Arbor Day on Thursday April 11 in Kennewick will be observed as a holiday with the planting of 1500 to 2000 trees along ten miles of riverfront. Local leaders appoint captains to oversee mile sections, plan a public meeting, and close businesses for the event. Seedling cherry trees and contributions of grape vines or berry bushes are encouraged, with a fundraising bake social at the Commercial Hall to cover expenses.
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Kennewick
Commercial Club
H. H. Bowers
D. J. Reinhart
A. I. Smith
R. P. Stowers
Bowers Ranch
R. L. Banta
G. M. Annis
Northern Pacific Bridge
C. V. Delepine
J. N. Ely
N. P
W. A. Carr
C. E. Cox
North Coast Bridge
R. A. Oliver
Marshall
Gordon H. Taylor
Oliver
Taylor
Mercial Hall
Quiet Section 7 wedding unites Frank Dern and Pearl Drummond
In Sec 7 at the Durnal home, Frank W Dern and Pearl M Drummond were married in a 1 30 PM ring ceremony by Rev C D Rarey. The couple plans a Spokane visit before settling near Silver Star Montana. Out of town guests included Ella Dern and Theo Drummond.
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R. M. Durnal
Sec. 7
Frank W. Dern
Miss Pearl M. Drummond
C. D. Rarey
Methodist Church
North Bank
Spokane
Silver Star
Montana
Ella Dern
Theo Drummond
Seattle
Falls City
Durnal
Mr. Dern
Louis Dern
Section 7
Young Ranchman Takes Over Montana Farm Home
A capable young ranchman, well known in the city and community, accepts management of his father's four hundred acre Montana farm which will be his home. Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Dern on their new home, the groom's former residence, with warm welcome for the bride from her husband's friends there.
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Montana
Browns Install New Common Battery Switch Board
Manager Brown announced that by Monday night the new common battery switch board would be in operation at the telephone office after connections are finished and cable splicing is done on Sunday. A. L. Phillips aided in the cut over to improve speed privacy and reduce interruptions, aligning the valley with a state of the art system.
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Brown
A. L. Phillips
Brown Brothers
Browns
Irrigation Improvement District Petition Lobbies Amion Addition
A Tuesday night council hearing heard a request to form an irrigation improvement district in the Amion addition. The petition seeks piping for irrigation water modeled after the Beach addition system. The council favored the proposal and will push for pipe installation before the irrigation season opens.
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Rigation Improvement District
Amion Addition
Beach Addition
City Eyes New Garbage Superintendent for Coming Year
The city remains without an official garbage superintendent. As health committee chair, Mr. Garber is authorized to hire someone for the year. It is thought the offer from Wm Morain, who owns the street sprinkling outfit, will be accepted.
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Garber
Wm. Morain
Band 10 Set for March 1 Concert and Dance
The Commercial Club Band with soloists will perform twelve numbers at Commercial Hall Friday March 1. Proceeds fund new summer music. tickets 25 cents, with post show dancing at 10 cents per dance or scales up to $1 for fifteen dances. Tenor Henry Filer headlines with Tripp brothers performing notable solos.
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Commercial Club
Commercial Hall
Henry Filer
Seattle
Kennewick
Filer
Yakima Valley
the Courier
Problems of frost fighting discussed at Kennewick Farmers Institute
Orchard heating was the main topic at a Kennewick Farmers Institute meeting. E M Sly spoke in D J Reinhart’s absence, praising smudging as essential yet costly to balance fuel and fruit protection. Attendees urged vigilance, multiple thermometers, and ample oil, noting frost prediction remains partly mysterious. The next meeting will study efficient water use.
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Kennewick
Huntly
Commercial Hall
White Bluffs Joins Yakima Association
The Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Association expands with the addition of White Bluffs district. In a recent meeting the up-river fruit men voted to affiliate, electing H. E. Robinson as president E N Loveland as vice president F J Bonn as secretary and treasurer M F O'Brien and Geo W Shaw as trustees.
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Yakima Valley
City water main extensions ordered by council
A letter from Vice President Grenier of Pacific Power and Light states that material for the water main extensions ordered previously has been ordered and work will commence as soon as it arrives.
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Grenier
Pacific Power & Light Company
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Wilwaukee
Plan Woman’s
Pasco
Chas. H. Collins
H. W. Desgranges
Kenne- Wick
Creamery
Pullman
Candy Store
Arbor Day
Yakima Association
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