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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
1
Kennewick hosts a large Independence Day celebration with a top parade featuring Richland Band, the mayor, and floats from Sunday schools and local businesses. Citizens enjoy races, ball games, horse events, a flag contest, and a lively evening parade despite a crowded turnout.
The photos show the trenching machine hired by Northwest Municipal Construction Co led by president A Burns. Ground conditions slow work. the best day recorded is 181 lineal feet of 14 foot trench with four foot wide banks due to boulders and cave-ins. The machine uses a chain blade and conveyor to move dirt to one side. Normal capacity is about 300 feet daily under favorable conditions.
A petition filed with Benton county commissioners starts a contest to move the county seat from its current location to Kennewick. It gathers 692 signatures mostly from Kennewick and Kennewick Valley, with some from Finley Richland and Hover precincts.
A conference in Kennewick discussed using the Open River Transportation Co. steamer Relief to run Kennewick to White Bluffs, replacing the sunken W. R. Todd. The plan calls for a six month charter at $1000, with costs shared by Kennewick Pasco Richland Hanford and White Bluffs, three weekly trips proposed pending demand.
Readers can win a dollar’s worth of merchandise by guessing a profile from this week’s ads. Send in guesses by mail or phone for a chance to have a number drawn from a hat at 1 30 Monday afternoon. Last week’s winner was Mrs H J Claussen, with Mrs Carl Haydon the profile.
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