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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
2
A meeting will be held at City Hall in Kennewick on Saturday January 18 at 2:00 PM to organize the Kennewick Valley Swine Breeders Association. All interested in swine raising and breeding in the Kennewick Valley and nearby ranches are invited.
The church schedules Bible School at 10 a. m. with preaching at 11 a. m. on Power for Christian Workers. Epworth League meets at 6:30 p. m. with 7:30 p. m. preaching on A Great Indictment. Sunday events include Sunday School at 10 a. m. 11 a. m. preaching and 6:30 p. m. Young Peoples Meeting followed by 7:30 p. m. preaching on The Universal Need and The Blessings from Conquering.
On Friday January 10 Kennewick debated North Yakima on continuing state road construction with rising appropriations. Kennewick lost to Yakima three to one. Team members Cecil Poston and Martin Garter delivered creditable performances under judges Superintendent Robinson Toppenish Miss Groupp Ellensburg Normal and Attorney H Chopper Sunnyside.
Kennewick residents await the Hallowell Concert Company of Chicago at the Kennewick Opera House next Tuesday evening the 21st under the Knights of Pythias. J Lester Haberkorn leads a nine piece orchestra with praised soloists in a program including Oberon and the Pilgrims Chorus. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
Snow blankets the valley with 10.5 inches since last Thursday while temperatures hover near 20 degrees and dip to 9 on Wednesday night. Farmers praise the moisture for crops and soil, railroads struggle to keep lines open, and a regional irrigation pledge urges protecting water resources for Klickitat county and Washington state.
The Oregon Washington Association of Nurserymen met in this city at the Commercial Club rooms on January 13 and 14. Bad weather and rail disruption cut attendance to about a third. delegates left Tuesday for North Yakima to join the State Horticultural Association. C F Breithaupt of Richland was re elected president and C A Tonneson of Tacoma secretary. Next session set for Portland in June.
A mass meeting in Prosser with speakers Car roll B Graves and L M Rice condemned a nonresident controlled power company's attempt to divert Klickitat and White Salmon river waters for outside-state power transmission. The resolution asserts irrigation use takes priority and cites over 400,000 acres of land at stake.
A Kennewick Packing Company annual report shows only 150 of 650 beeves, 194 of 810 hogs and 677 of 927 sheep were raised locally. The 1912 totals reveal $61,180 spent on meat from outside sources, sparking a call for more home stock to boost earnings, land enrichment, and community prosperity.
Tonight at the Kennewick Opera House a four act comedy drama This or Beyond the Rockies will be presented by a Richland home talent company. The show was staged last month in Richland and drew good crowds, prompting a repeat here. Admission is 35 cents and 25 cents.
Mrs. Charlotte May Hudnall wife of M N Hudnall of the Highlands died last Friday after a week long illness. She had suffered poor health for years and spent months in a Seattle hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday with Rev E A Orr and interment in the local cemetery. Born September 15 1876 in Trumbull county Ohio she and her husband married in Moorhead Minnesota in 1897 and moved to Kennewick in 1908 later settling on the Highlands 40 acre homestead. Surviving are seven children the eldest aged seventeen a sister dying in Tacoma and a brother in Canada. A card of thanks from M N Hepwaut and family follows.
A large crowd watched Kennewick split results with Richland on Friday in the high school gym. The girls opened with Richland winning 23 to 8 as Anna Fallon starred for Richland while Grace Colley and Grace Pryor led Kennewick scorers. In the boys game Kennewick dominated, using strong defense from Johnson and Burmaster and solid play by Carna han, overcoming Richland as the locals hoped to repeat on the Richland floor.
Kennewick defeated Richland 24 to 15 with four baskets and ten fouls by a key player. Return games set for Jan 24 in Richland. Library board elected Moulton as president and Osgood as vice president with Gardner treasurer. committees named and plans for new books and magazines announced.
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