Fruit Growers Annual Meeting Seeks Valley Attendance
The Fruit & Produce Company urges all valley ranchers to attend two sessions at the Commercial Club rooms next Monday January 16. Morning at 10 15 covers aims of a new Yakima Valley Fruit Growers association and marketing issues. afternoon at 1 30 votes on phasing out fruit handling and focusing on merchandise.
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Fruit & Produce Company
Robbins
Ed North
Yakina Valley
Sly
Plase
Commercial Club Poms
Ashbaugh’s
Scond
Tacoma
Mayor Names Committees for Ensuing Year
Mayor Richards appoints council standing committees for the year. Finance committee includes Reed Tompkins Annis. Ordinance committee has Rudkin Garber Annis. Streets and Alleys panel lists Annis Reed Anderson. Light and Water includes Garber Rudkin Morain. Public Improvements features Tompkins Anderson Rudkin. Fire and Fire Limits group comprises Moain Garber Reed. Printing committee holds Anderson Morain Annis.
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Richards
Reed
Tompkins
Anerson
Rudkin
Garber
Annis
Anderson
Morain
Tomkins Anderson
Moain
Anhis
Work to be rushed on Yakima Valley power line
Yakima Valley Power company accelerates the building of a new transmission line. McKain crews construct cook wagons and link carts to support a large workforce. Mobile buildings follow the stringing operation as poles and wires are laid across miles each day, providing shelter and meals en route.
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Yakima Valley
Public showing of Hanford sewer plans Monday night
Engineer H Day Hanford will present Seattle sewer plans at the Commercial Club rooms Monday night. A public explanation and discussion will follow, inviting every citizen and taxpayer to participate. The meeting aims to gauge public attitude before a forthcoming council vote on sewer bonds.
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H. Day Hanford
Seattle
Commercial Club
Fancy Chickens Crowd Show Room at County Exhibit
The Beach Block showroom hosts the Columbia River Valley Poultry Breeders first exhibition, crowded with prize birds. Entries come from Yakima and Hanford as Judge Leitch prepares awards this afternoon. The Mounsey brothers display an incubator hatching chicks, and a poultry talk by H E Blanchard of Puyallup is set for tonight at the Commercial Club.
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Columbia River Valley
North Yakima
Hanford
R L. Leitch
Mounsey Bros
H. E. Blanchard
Puyallup
Howe Elected Bank President and Directors Named
At the Bank of Kennewick board meeting last Tuesday H A Howe was elected president and C B Alexander was named cashier. Directors for the coming term include H A Howe C B Alexander H J Tweedt S M Bockerby and Ingwal Smith.
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Bank of Kennewick
H.A. Howe
C. B. Alexander
H. A. Howe
H. J. Tweedt
S. M. Bockerby
Ingwal Smith
Traction outfit arrives for Yakima project train
The Caterpillar traction engine unloaded at Kennewick this morning with four eight ton trailers for the Lower Yakima Irrigation Company. A car carried distillate and two cars carried lumber on the trial run to Richland this afternoon.
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Lower Yakima Irrigation Company
Kennewick
Richland
First Shipment Over North Coast From Kennewick
The North Pacific Irv Co. sent a carload of cement and building material to the canal headgates marking the first major freight over the North Coast route from Kennewick. A Sunnyside farmer previously sent his hay crop on the new road as the second freight shipment.
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Kennewick
N. P. Irv. Co
New Road
Sunnyside
Washington Legislature Opens 12th Session With Coast‑Lean
The Washington legislature opens its 12th session as Howard D. Taylor and W. H. Paulhamus secure speaker and senate president posts with strong Seattle and Tacoma influence. Governor Hay proposes liquor restrictions, employers liability law, and road reforms, while Senate debates clerical staffing and cautious economy. A clash erupts when Senator Hutchinson accuses President Paulhamus of railroad lobbying.
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Olympia
Washington
West Side
Howard D. Taylor
Eagle
King County
W. H. Paulhamus
Sumner
Pierce County
House
Senate
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
East Side
Taylor
Nelson Rich
Benton County
B. B. Horrigan
Franklin
H. D. Taylor
Rich
Horrigan
M. E. Hay
Anti-Saloon League
Public Service Commission
Public Revenue Commission
Naval Militia
Supreme Court
William T. Laube
Laube
Laubie
R. A. Hutchinson
Paulhamus
Hutchinson
John D. Basset
Adams
Walla Walla
Education
Frank J. Allen
Benton
Yakima
Debate Over Women as Senate and House Employees
Public Morals and Arid Lands debates spill into both houses on patronage for women. House bars resist gender roles while Senate talks about hiring women stenographers. Supporters cite female competence, and Senator Jesse Huxtable of Hillyard proposed appointing all employees as women at a caucus, shaking the chamber.
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Senate
House
Jesse Huxtable
Hillyard
Depot Faces Knotty Problem Over Temporary Depot Plans
The Oregon-Washington depot issue pits a temporary stucco structure against a brick building. Council debates six versus ten year terms, with a preliminary vote four to three against acceptance, while the Commercial Club favors six years. The railroad seeks immediate construction.
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Oregon-Washington
Commercial Club
Sixty in One Grade At Public School For Next Week
The overcrowded public schools will take in a mid year class of first primary pupils next Monday morning. About sixty children will be placed in the second grade under Miss Montague with an additional cadet teacher. The move allows continuous recitations as non reciting pupils work at desks. It highlights the need for a new school building soon.
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Montague
Kennewick Valley
Commercial Club
H. W. Desgranges
Rev. Fraser
Santa Clara Valley
California
W. E. Zuppan
Zuppan
Harriman
Kennewick
Trailroads
Yakima Valley
North Coast
Lewis
Hoppel
Express Company
N. P
S.P
Poultry Lecture Tonight At Commercial Club Rooms
H E Blanchard from Western State College Farm Puyallup will give an instructive talk on poultry. He is regarded as a top poultry expert in the state. The audience is urged to attend at 8 o clock this evening to learn how to improve their flocks.
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H. E. Blanchard
Western State College
Puyallup
Blanchard
Kennewick publicity drive eyed as monthly club program
Kennewick valley publicity tops the Commercial club luncheon agenda with plans for four monthly events. Prizes of 10 5 and 2 50 will reward best letters from Kennewick published back east.
Richland and Kennewick open basketball season at Pavilion
The first game of the season features Richland against Kennewick at the Pavilion. Tipoff is 7 30 p m Friday January 18 with admission set at 25 cents.
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Richland
Kennewick
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Apiec
Howe
BANK
N. C
Soio
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