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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
7
Benton County to EDH Squire and Jane Do Squire. County Engineer reports lands to benefit from drainage improvements and damages per parcel. Hearing set Monday March 2 1908 at 10 a.m. at Prosser Court House to review route, damages, and plans for the ditch terminating at the Columbia River. district includes 66 acres east of Columbia Ave. Richland. W S Jenkins, county auditor.
The Ben ton County Commissioners set Monday March 2 for a hearing on the Rich Drainage District N to T Morrow and Jane Morrow land and road improvements. The notice details the drainage ditch route from the town of Richland to the Columbia River and lists land parcels including a 2.5 acre strip along Columbia Ave. owned by W S Jenkins County Auditor.
Harding and wife Jane Doe face a public hearing Monday in the courthouse at Prosser Washington to review a detailed road survey plan. The report outlines a long, intersecting set of boundary bearings and distances starting near the Section corner between sections 11 and 15 in Township 9 North Range 28 East W M, including multiple compass bearings and feet measurements.
The document outlines precise land traverses and coordinates for the drainage district near Richland, listing many compass bearings and distances to define parcel boundaries. It names W S Jenkins as reputed owner and notes the drainage trench alignment toward the Columbia River with a three foot minimum depth.
In Benton County Washington the hearing is set for March A 1908 at 10 o clock AM at the Crosser Court House. The report details a drainage strip 12 feet wide along a long described line and ditch alignment on land in section 11 9 28. Owner or reputed owner named is W. Jenkins County Auditor.
Tow Humfrey S Engineer files report and return plat for fixed hearing date Monday in Prosser Court House at 10 oclock A M. March 1908. Survey details list multiple bearings and distances near sections 14 15 10 11 T 9 N R 28 E W M and nearby Columbia River with coordinates and corner references for public record.
A county auditor outlines a land description for a drainage district project. The document details tract corners, bearings, distances, and a required 12 foot wide strip along the center line for construction use.
Notice to owner VS Jenkins for District No 3 in Jenton County to attend a March hearing at the court house. It details the drainage canal route and land use needs including a 12 foot strip and 14.58 acre area along the Columbia River and sections 14 9 28.
County engineer has filed report and schedule for drainage ditch improvements and damages. Board of County Commissioners sets March 2, 1808 at 10 am in Prosser Court House for hearing. District includes part of NE1/4 of NE1/4 section 15-28 east of Bow Canal, totaling 1356 acres. W S Jenkins, county auditor.
Legal notice outlines the Rielland Drainage District No 3 in Benton County Washington with land parcels and measurement bearings for a drainage ditch. It specifies location along the Columbia River near section 14 9 28 and the required strip of land 12 feet each side of the center line, naming W. Jenkins county auditor.
Legal notice describes parcels in Drainage District No 3 Benton County Washington. It outlines line bearings and distances for sections 10 11 Township 9 North Range 28 East to the Columbia River. The described lands include 11.55 acres east of the county boundary with Jenkins as county auditor.
Drainage District No 2 with Tom Bierman and Jane Bierman to meet on March 2 at 10 AM in Prosser Washington court house for a report. Survey begins at 22 feet east and 104.4 feet north then proceeds north and east across sections 10 and 11 in township 9 north range 28 east W. M. and includes a 2546.6 foot line to a point 32 feet east with subsequent line bearings and distances.
Surveyed land description detailing multiple line bearings and distances ending at the Columbia River. The district lists 6.54 acres within the SE of NW and NW quarters west of a canal, with W S Jenking as county auditor and owner or reputed owner moving to define parcels.
A medical note from the Medical Record describes how long term pipe smoking shapes facial features. Pressure from the lips strengthens the lip area around the stem, creating circular wrinkles and finer lines. In older smokers, one side of the face shows altered wrinkle patterns radiating from the mouth, and lips may protrude.
Leigh Lynch, husband of Anna Teresa Berger and father of many, loved bringing joy home after work. As treasurer of Union Square theater, he bragged of a week’s high gross receipts, and his young daughter Marie asked for the prized “grocery seats” at a matinee.
A Baltimore Sun item recounts a plague origin in Odessa tied to an Austrian flag carried home by two sailors after a burial. They drank with the flag present, later fell ill, and the plague spread through houses visited. The piece asserts the flag bore plague bacilli in its folds.
An old Scottish tale recounts a clan chief beheaded amid strife. The grandmother says the head was a great thing yet a sad loss to him, reflecting clan honor and sorrow.
The excerpt features a mermaid aboard a sunken ship searching for a hand mirror, noting vanity extends beyond dry land. A city clerk asks about shaving directions, and a barber jokes that he shaves down when sharing the clerk, adding a playful dialogue about appearances.
A London Opinion remark claims a millionaire's wife seeks amusement in stealing while noting gendered industry trends. Tucker Mau adds that quiet endurance can mark courage as strongly as bold prowess.
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