County Board Recommends Tax for Traveling School Library
The Benton County Board of Education met in Prosser and unanimously urged the County Commissioners to levy one tenth of one half cent for establishing and maintaining a traveling circulating library in county schools. New textbooks in reading geography history literature and misc were adopted after review of publisher samples. Eighth grade exam prep was discussed but no specific recommendations issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Prosser
J. W. Giley
Olaf Strandwold
JL. W. Soth
Taylor
Nelson
Gilkey
Strandwold
Anna Goff
Board of County Commissioners
Benton County
Washington
Intending Settlers Inquire About Kennewick Schools
Letters to the Kennewick Commercial Club ask if local schools meet up to date methods, whether a kindergarten is planned, class sizes, and teacher credentials. The club replies Kennewick ranks highly in Washington for school matters, with modern buildings and good teacher salaries. A reader from Rock Island asks about politics, salaries, and kindergarten, and notes families may move west to join Kennewick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerscal Club
Kennewick
Kenne
Washington
Rock Island
Ill
Kennewick Commercial Club
Wash
Keane
Wick
Southern California
Henry BR. Walters
The Turn of the Tide on Prosperity and Railroads
The Independent argues that eight years of prosperity will turn with a future of shrinking business and falling prices. It blames public railroad control, notes potential crop shortfalls, and predicts increased business failures and unemployment while urging public rail regulation to reduce future disaster.
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United States
Roosevelt
Hill
Harriman
The
Independent
Land Office Reports on the Busi ness Done
Land Office in Walla Walla reports quarterly public land sales totals with detailed entries for acres and fees, including commuted homesteads, excess homesteads, desert land entries, and lien selections. The quarter’s total fees amount to 27728.50 dollars. A note advertises a reward for a missing grey gelding and promotes Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Benton County Commissioners Meet at Prosser July 1 1907
Benton County Commissioners gathered at the Prosser courthouse at 2 PM for the first regular jury session. They approved June minutes and, after referral, took no action on J R McKeand's vacation petition. set August 6 hearing for the Hedger road petition. approved the Paterson plat. ordered jail yard lease with J E Steffins. adjourned to July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Benton County
Court House
Prosser
Washington
J. R McKeand
M. R. Haynes
F.S. Hedger
F. S. Hedger
Board of Tee Commissioners
Paterson
Paterson Land Company
County of
Benton
Washingtontown
North Range
the & S. Ry
S. O
N. O
Patterson Land Company
K. ¢. Bowers
Town of
J. E.steffins
J. E. Steffins
Division into Precincts Established in Benton County
The Board of County Commissioners applies chapter 130 of the 1907 Washington laws to divide Benton County into precincts with one voting place per precinct and no more than 250 electors per precinct. Expansion precinct defined from the Columbia River boundary, tracing lines through townships and counties to include multiple named precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Benson
Prosser Bridge
Sixth Street
Prpsser
PRTC
E. L. Benson
Prosser Falls Light & Power Company
Board of County Commissioners
State of
Washington
Columbia River
Benton County
N. R
E. W
Tinley
Glade, Hover
Kiowa
Patterson
Rattlesnake
Richland
Wellington
White Bluffs
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Board
Chamberlain
Alexander Y Lolette
Vinlean, Mich
Olumbia Pharmacy
Land Office
D. H. Kine
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Columbia Pharmacy
Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners of
Whit
Bluffs
Story
Leitch
Whitehouse
Mae Tocourn Shoe
ST Louis
USA
King & Son
Mbythe Gia Shoe CO
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