Kennewick Exhibitors Dominate Seattle Poultry Show Awards
Kennewick exhibitors led prize tallies at the Seattle Poultry Show last week. D J Beinhart won 17 prizes with Buff Plymouth Rock birds while Ware and DeSellem swept the Rhode Island Red class with 12 prizes and the club cup. Reinhart earned multiple top placings across cockerels hens pullets and pens. The Kennewick delegation also hosted a dinner at the Drexel Cafe. The Seattle Show drew about a thousand daily visitors and was noted as the largest northwest event of its kind with broad prize dispersion.
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Seattle
Kennewick
D. J. Beinhart
Plymouth Rock
Ware & DeSellem
Rhode Island
Red Club
Reinhart
Courier
Buff
Plymouth Rock Club
Drexel Cafe
W. C. Denny
N. Anderson
D. J. Bienhart
Maj. Hunt
C. W. Ware
C. J. Mitten
Fred Howard
G. S. Demming
James J. McNay
J. L. Craib
Will Purdy
Rhode Island Reds
Northwest
Frost prevention by burning oil pots in berry fields
Kennewick Valley fruit growers plan to use crude oil fire pots to raise orchard and strawberry field temperatures after sunrise, aiming to avert frost damage. Forty to eighty pots per acre, 5 degree rise, with electric alarm thermometers and a monitored oil supply via Tacoma shipment. R Tenerassy notes a California testimonial of rapid deployment saving forty acres.
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Kennewick
Charles Conway
Tacoma
W.S. Harvey
Jack Frost
California
R. Tenerassy
Leap Year Party at Mrs Bier House
Mrs H A Bier entertained about twenty young people at a Leap Year Party on Friday night January 24. Women escorted partners for progression whist and prizes were awarded for best and consolation. Clarence King earned the first prize as guests left the hall after a pleasant evening.
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H. A. Bier
TY Hunen Weiter
Ener
Bier
Clarence King
Kennewick Hot House Plans Year Round Fresh Produce
E M Stockman expands growing season with a 25 by 80 foot glass hot house west of town. A hot water heating system, storage tank, and river pump powered by a gasoline engine support three bed rows for radishes lettuce onions and mushrooms. Relishes and produce will feed local markets and ship to Spokane Idaho and Montana while rail dining cars may buy in large quantities.
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E. M. Stockman
Spokane
Idaho
Montana
Kennewick
Kennewick Heights Water Co Forms to Irrigate Valley Land
The Kennewick Heights Water Co a new corporation promoted by C E Lum plans irrigation of lands on the second bench south of town. Water supply will come from twelve wells with a pumping plant located above the ditch in Section 18. A duplicate steam plant will be installed, each part independent and complete. The first parcels to be watered lie south of the Lum ranch and are among the valley’s finest land to be set to fruit.
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Kennewick Heights Water Co
C. E. Lum
Fire Apparatus Arrives for Kennewick Fire Department
The Seagraves Company supplied a new hook and ladder truck for the Kennewick Fire Department. Delivered last Saturday, the complete equipment including the chemical unit and two hose carts was displayed in a photograph with the company and equipment for the Commercial Club booklet. The showing impressed as fitting for a city larger than Kennewick.
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Seagraves Company
Kennewick
New Commercial Club
Second Band Concert at Methodist Church Friday
The Kennewick Military Band offers its second concert at the Methodist Church on Friday evening February 7. The program includes male quartet, Mandolin Club, and vocal and instrumental solos. General admission 25 cents. reserved seats 35 cents at Sheppard's. The band was recently strengthened by new players and aims for its best showing yet.
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Kennewick
Sheppard's
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Wakke & Desellem
Ruppe Island Reds
White Bluffs
Columbia
Yakima
Wenatchee
Clarkston
White Bluffs City
New Addition
Story
Leitch
Portland Seed Co
Clover Seed
H. A. Howe
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