Plans to Improve Rivers Highlight Kennewick Meeting
At a Kennewick Commercial Club gathering, leaders outlined a statewide river and harbor improvement plan from the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington DC. Dr. N G Blalock and Capt. W D Gray urged rapid, continuous nationwide funding totaling 500 million dollars over ten years, with efforts to mobilize public sentiment across the Western, Middle, and Eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick Commercial Club
Washington, D.C
N.G. Blalock
Blalock
James A. Rose
Congress
Open River Association
Congress of the
United States
Washington
Middle West
Mississippi
East
Kennewick
Gray
Baughman
W. P. Gray
Pasco
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Astoria
Wallula
Dalles
Hamilly
Umatilla
Texas Rapids
Pine Tree Rapids
Five Mile Rapids
Paseo
Celilo
W. D. Lyman
Whitman College
Jos. E. Ransdell
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Theodore Burton
Committee On
U.S
Panama Canal
Army and Navy
Finley Drainage Meeting in Finley Washington
A Finley Washington meeting at the schoolhouse discussed a proposed drainage ditch. Geo E Finley was elected president, W A King secretary, and SH Godfrey to supervise voluntary ditch work starting Tuesday. The group adjourned for two weeks hoping for progress and neighborly unity.
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Finley
Wash
Kennewick
Haney
Geo. E Finley
W. A. King
SH Godfrey
Portland and Seattle Railway Announces Expanded Service
The Portland and Seattle Railway reports that the line from Pasco to Cliffs opened December 15, 1907 and the segment west of Cliffs to Lyle began passenger and freight service January 15. Agents are in Pasco Hover Plymouth Cliffs and Lyle. Interchange with Dalles Portland and Astoria Navigation at Lyle. Rates between Portland or Vancouver and Avery Finley stations clarified. H. M. Adams, General Freight and Passenger Agent.
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Pasco
Washington
Cliffs
Lyle
Hover
Plymouth
Cliffs and Lyle
Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navigation Company
Portland Oregon
Vancouver
Avery
Finley
H. M. Adams
Kennewick Fruit Growers elect five trustees
About thirty five members attended the Kennewick Fruit Growers Association meeting in the Commercial Club rooms on Monday afternoon for the election of a board of trustees. The ballot selected Charles Conway H D Sweet W S Haxton R A Oliver and L A Peters. Secretary J A Rose read the program for the State Horticultural Association at Walla Walla and President H M Bartlett W S Haxton and Jas A Rose urged members to attend the meeting. The full program appears in another column.
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Fruit Growers’ Association
Commercial Club
Charles Conway
H. D. Sweet
W. S. Haxton
R. A. Oliver
L. A. Peters
J. A. Rose
State Horticultural Association
Walla Walla
H. M. Bartlett
Jas A. Rose
The Williams Jubilee Singers at Kennewick Methodist Church
The Jubilee Singers gave a strong program in a large Kennewick church audience Monday evening. The Williams Company, with an added soprano soloist, impressed all as Mr. and Mrs. Williams excelled in comic roles. They plan to tour England next session.
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Jubilee Singers
Williams Jubilee Singers
Kennewick
Methodist Church
Kennewick Ball Tossers Debut In Uniform
Kennewick baseball players held their first season practice last Sunday in bright weather. A lively turnout showed strong material and early practice should yield a good showing. The town aims to place its team in the Yakima Valley league.
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Kennewick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Finley Drainage Meeting
Portland & Seattle Railway
Kennewick Fruit Growers’ Association
White Bluffs
Yakima
Wenatchee
Clarkston
White Bluffs City
New Addition
Puritan Brand
Kingsbury
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