Kennewick Fruit Board Bans 1911 Consignments
At the Kennewick Fruit and Produce Company annual meeting stockholders voted 1734 to 260 to not receive fruit on consignment in 1911. The Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Association plans to market fruit from Ellensburg to Kennewick and hopes to capture 25 percent of the district’s crop in year one. Delegates to Oregon and Northwestern horticultural bodies will advance a broader northwestern selling network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick Fruit & Produce Company
Yakima Valley
California Association
Robbins
Yakima Association
Yakima
Prosser
State Horticultural Association
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Portland
Wenatchee
Walla Walla
Fruit & Produce Company
F. F. Dean
Sly
Oius
P. EF. Mors
Highlands
E. O. Keene
Jas. Johnson
Richland
O. Rounds
Finley
F. E. DeSellem
Hover
W. L. Blackman
Depot Question Still Hangs Fire Over Fire Limits Privilege
The North Coast depot proposal sparked council debate on erecting a fireproof building within fire limits versus a temporary stucco structure for years. Attorneys clashed over a ten year versus five year limit as residents urged compliance with fire codes. The council advanced several ordinances and scheduled a special meeting next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Coast
Butler
S. M. Lockerby
Sheppard
Tom McKain
Reed
Gar‘ber
Tompskins
Kennewick Milling Company
Bridge Bill Introduced For Kennewick Pasco Span
Special correspondent reports Representatives Horrigan and Rich introduced house bill 45 to fund a Columbia River bridge between Kennewick and Pasco with a $250000 appropriation. The plan links Seattle and Vancouver trunk roads toward Kennewick, aiming to improve Twin Cities transport and replace a ferry. The measure faces committee review amid broader economy talks in 1911 legislature.
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B. B. Horrigan
Nelson Rich
Columbia River
Kennewick
Pasco
Committee On Appropriations
Horrigan
Rich
State Highway Commission
Seattle
Vancouver
Wash
Walla Walla
Highway Commission
Columbia
Twin Cities
Clarkston
Snake River
Lewiston
Ida
Asotin
Wenatchee Bridge
Suffrage Leader De Voe Snubbed by Legislature
In Western Washington the suffrage leader Mrs Emma Smith De Voe was denied Speaking access by both houses. The House blocked her 46 to 43 then allowed a post adjournment meeting. In the Senate Senator Piper was thwarted as colleagues refused to permit her address, appointing him to report back. The scene closed with a pun on Georges name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Will T. Laube
Emma Smith de Voe
Washington
DeVoe
George A. Piper
Piper
Harry Rosenhaupt
Spokane
George
Seattle
Finley to Lose Power for Irrigation This Summer
Pacific Power & Light abandons plan to supply irrigation power to Finley Valley this summer due to insufficient contracts. Only about one third of required horsepower secured. local residents show interest but few sign contracts. Company hopes for a future arrangement to install a power line from Finley to Hover before summer ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley
Pacific Power& Light Company
R. J. Andrus
Munday and Anderson Wed in Secret Prosser Ceremony
Miss Angie Anderson and Mr. H. E. Munday wed Wednesday afternoon in Prosser with Judge O. R. Holcomb officiating at the courthouse. Mrs. Munday is the elder Anderson daughter and the couple recently established a home on South Washington street after Munday joined Roesch & Dorothy as painter and sign writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie Anderson
H. E. Munday
Prosser
O. R. Holcomb
Court House
Kennewick
Munday
Roesch & Dorothy
South Washington Street
Banquet and gift honor Master Mechanic Saxton by railroad crew
Attendees of the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Co banquet at Hotel Kennewick praised Master Mechanic W. M. Saxton. G. M. Agnew presented a diamond ring as a token of loyalty, with Saxton expressing gratitude for a devoted, cooperative staff. The event included toasts, songs by Mrs. Ernest Auerswald, a moving picture show, and post dinner dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation ,Co
Kennewick
North Coast
W. M. Saxton
Claussen
W. H. Fowler
F. M. Crosby
G. M.agnew
Saxton
Improve Our Equipment on New Four Page Press
The Courier adopts a larger format after installing a heavy four page Babcock press from the Spokane Amer ican Type Founders Co. December business nearly doubles six months prior, prompting the upgrade. The machine is described humorously as weighing a ton per part with about 325,000 parts, but now it’s up and running, promising a bigger, better paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Babcock
Spokane
American Type Founders Co
Power Line Break Strands Valley Amid Peak Demand
A line feeding Walla Walla Pasco Kennewick and Benton City suffered a break above Benton City around noon Thursday. The local steam plant resumed full load shortly after to restore supply to the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
Pasco
Kennewick
Benton City
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Fruit & Produce Co
Northern Pacific
Kennewick-Pasco Span
Committee On
Olympia
Yakima River
Benton County
Howard D. Taylor
Gested
Rich Rose
House Committee On Fisheries
McMillan
Whatcom County
M. E. Hay
House
Oregon- Washington
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