Ladies Cemetery Association Reports Funds And Improvements
The Keenewick Ladies Cemetery Association met at Mrs. W G King's home with strong attendance. They reported $85 on the subscription list toward $6 000 total, approved payments including $37 34 for annual land taxes, and accepted a $50 interest-free loan from Mrs Otto Hanson. The group celebrated with refreshments and highlighted progress: a purchased, cleared, fenced and platted ten ure site at Riverview Heights. Continued civic support and careful legal compliance were emphasized as vital to the cemetery's upkeep and community welfare.
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The
Ladies Cemetery Association
W. G. King
Iadies
Mre
McCain
Otto Hanson
King
Keenewick
Cemetery Association
Kennewick
Nature
Waity
Newick
Tos
Kenne Pe
Riverview Heights
Sible
Power Plant for Tieton Project
A power plant will be built on the Tieton river about 30 miles from North Yakima to supply electricity for the multi tunnel Tieton canal project. Engineers plan tunnels, use electric drills and lights, and rely on plant power to lift and place concrete forms.
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Tieton
Jacobs
Yakima
Wood Cochran Co Sued Over Grain Commissions
Ernest Sohm files suit in Kennewick against Wood Cochran Co to recover several hundred dollars claimed as commissions on grain handling and buying. Case set for the 8th in superior court. Attorneys for plaintiff are W. W. Zent and G. K. McMath. Hearing postponed due to Cochran illness. C O Anderson defends.
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Ernest Sohm
Wood- Cochran Company
Kennewick
W. W. Zent
G. K. McMath
Cannel Register
Finley Residents Move to Form Local Telephone Line
A meeting at Finley School House on January 5 elected Geo. Finley chairman and H L Nichols secretary to form a telephone company. A committee will determine construction costs for a line connecting the lower valley with Kennewick. About a dozen residents agreed to install. A second meeting is set for Tuesday evening January 15.
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Finley School
Geo. Finley
H L. Nichols
Kennewick
Finley
Yakima High School Burns In Fire
A Sunday night blaze destroyed Yakima High School at North Yakima along with the library and teachers books. The structure valued at $21 000 with $10 000 insurance cannot be rebuilt for the same sum. Classes will move to the nearby Methodist church temporarily.
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North Yakima
New Methodist Church
Representative Jones seeks two Columbia River bridges for North Coast Railway
Representative Jones introduces bills to authorize North Coast Railway to construct two bridges across the Columbia River between Benton and Franklin counties and between Benton and Walla Walla. For sale Thorobies white Leghorn cockerels at $1 each. Eggs for hatching $1 per 15, $5 per hundred. Geo Egbert.
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Jones
North Coast Railway Company
Columbia River
Benton
Franklin
Walla Walla
Geo
Egbert
Rates are Regulated by Open River Transportation Co
A 1906 report to Portland business leaders details the Open River Transportation Company's impact on the upper Columbia ports. It notes river rates 39 to 9 cents per ton lower than rail, savings for merchants and farmers, and new towns along the river. It cites specific cases in Arlington and Condon and mentions improved farm and interior shipments due to river transport. FRANK J SMITH.
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Portland, Ore
Open River Transportation Company
Upper
Columbia River
Portage Railway
Interio
Consignees
United
Arlington
Washington
Condon
Arlington-Condon
Avsit
C Tis
Frank J Smith
Dredging at Cascade Locks Delayed by Flood Risk
United States engineers suspend dredging at the upper Cascade Locks entrance until freshet danger passes. Aiming to begin last week, weather hindered work and operation is postponed to spring over water. December carried 7000 tons of freight and 4500 passengers, a winter record. North Bank railroad construction boosts traffic.
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United States
Cascade Locks
New Council Sees Transfer of Authority and Oath
The old City Council transfers authority to the new council in a sine die adjournment. Mayor Sheppard receives a retiring tribute, City Attorney Anderson lauds the old board, and Mayor elect L. E. B. Johnson takes the oath. Hawes and Bier are sworn in as the first regular meeting is set for February 5.
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Sheppard
Anderson
J. G. Moore
L. EB. Johnson
Johnson
Hawes
Bier
Kennewick Post Office Reports 1906 Business Jump
The Kennewick post office 1906 receipts excluding money orders total $341.60 up from $2569.99 in 1905, a gain of $848.68 or over one third. Officials say post office business reflects local growth and progress, noting Spokane’s 18 percent gain and Prosser Flour as Benton County’s product.
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Kennewick
Spokane
Grandview Christmas and New Year Weather and Social Notes
Very blustery Christmas and New Year weather with heavy snow and thaw freeze disrupting travel. Local items include O. D. Graves and wife on the Sound, Mrs. Mary Dodge visiting Enterprise Oregon, and a rabbit hunting trip by E. Walker and A. R. Work in Oregon. Herbert and Orville Quillen plan magic lantern shows once Herbert recovers. Community events feature a New Year’s Eve program at Dist. 18 school, a pie social raising 3.60 for the literary society, and the formation of the Grandview Literary and Debating Society with officers elected. Walter N. Granger appointed to distribute water for the Water Users Association.
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O. D. Graves
Sound
Mary Dodge
Enterprise
Oregon
Dist
Messrs
Amnstrow
Butler
Alexander
Charlie
Lela ‘Todd
Lela Todd
Bertha Matthews
Harry Owens
Bertie Tyrrell
Ben Straub
Thair Bronson
Bessie Tyrrell
Evergreen State
School
Evert Tyrrell
Charlie Todt
Edith Owens
Clara Strub
Ida Quillen
Ben Strub
Grandview Literary and Debating Society
E. Walker
C. B. Quillen
Rodney Alexander
Mr. Staub
Ruel Alexander
Emory Owens
Straub
Clara Straub
Quillen
Rurel Alexander
Pure Food Law Line Affects Chamberlain Cough Remedy
The 1907 National Food and Drug Act does not alter Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Labeled safe for mothers to use with children as it contains no opiates or narcotics. Widely used and trusted for coughs and colds. available at Columbia Pharmacy. For sale Encyclopedia Britannica 9th edition leather bound, half price. contact C. W. Tompkins.
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Chamberlain
Columbia Pharmacy
C. W. Tompkins
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Wood-Cochran Co
Yakima High School
Burns
North Coast
Smith
P. C
Prosser
Benton County
Grandview
A. R. Work
Herbert
Orville Quillen
Santa
Eva Matthews
Jennie Walker
Fannie Alexander
Rodney
Ruel
Ruthland
Kiona
Earl Work
Walter N. Granger
Sunnyside
Washington Irigation Co
Water Users’ Association
PURE
China
Arctics
Buster Brown
Blue Ribbon
the Grown Shoe Co
ST. Louis
Buster Breof
Akl
Mountain City
Tan
North Star Elkskin
Brown Shoe Co's
Asona Shoes
W. G. King & Son
Baraue
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