Hemphill to Portland Bank in Northwestern National move
Chas M Hemphill, long time cashier of the Bank of Kennewick, will join the New Northwestern National Bank of Portland as it reorganizes with the Portland Trust and capitalized above a million dollars. The Northwestern National buys the Marquam Building for 750000 dollars and plans 100000 dollars in improvements on Morrison street, with both institutions occupying the Sixth and Morrison corner. Hemphill expects to supervise Bank of Kennewick loosely and maintain contact with the city as the new bank and trust company expand.
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Chas. M. Hemphill
Bank of Kennewick
Northwestern National Bank of Portland
Portland Trust Company
Northwestern National
Marquam
Morrison Street
Portland
Portland Trust
New
National Bank
Morrison Corner
Trust Company
Northwest
Hemphill
Quiet wedding unites Miss Charlotte Poston and Mr George Baldwin
At St Phauls Episcopal church in the city, Miss Charlotte Ella Poston and George Baldwin of Kelowna B C were married by Rev H M Bartlett. The bride wore a blue serge suit and left for Seattle with plans to settle in Kelowna by early August.
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St. Phaul’s Episcopal Church
Charlotte Ella Poston
A. H. Poston
Carley
St. George Baldwin
Kelowna
B.C
H. M. Bartlett
Chas. A. Poston
Adele Poston
Agustus Baldwin
Toronto
Canada
Seattle
Plere
Spray For Coddling Moth Warns Fruit Growers
A horticultural official urges fruit growers to spray for the second brood of codling moth within the next five days. F. E. Desellem, Hort Inspector, issues the notice outlining timing for effective control.
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F. E. Desellem
Hort
Coats and Marks Basket Factory Busy Valley Plant
The Coats and Marks basket factory in the valley operates two shifts with about thirty workers since April. In 1912 the output includes over a million six-pound tin-top fruit baskets, several hundred thousand eight-pound grape baskets, and ten thousand strawberry crates. A car of tin-tops was sent to Milton growers, with orders for fifty thousand grape baskets underway. L. H. Marks manages the firm with Charley Prehn as night crew captain and E. M. Sly handling sales. veneer cases come from Raymond mills.
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Coats & Marks Basket Factory
Milton
L. H. Marks
Charley’’ Prehn
E. M. Sly
Raymond
Fire scorches side of Jump-off Joe hill south of town
A Saturday afternoon grass fire on Jump-off Joe hill scorched the north slope, racing through bunch grass toward wheat fields. Header and combine crews rushed from the wheat fields as a north wind fanned the flames. A changing wind around the crest halted the fire, saving vast wheat fields and thousands of dollars in crops. The blaze, visible from town, burned like a Dakota prairie fire before being checked.
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Joe
Warehouse Work Progresses for Arnold Spur
A franchise was granted to the O W R N this week for a spur track to the Arnold community warehouse. Mr Arnold reports that excavation for the warehouse is completed and actual construction will begin immediately.
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Arnold
O W R N appeals district 3 assessment
The Oregon Washington Railway and Navigation Company appeals a $1076.64 local improvement district No 3 assessment. The firm argues the charge is unjust as its property is a narrow right of way and would benefit little, if at all, from the improvements.
Mrs Christensen Bail Fixed At Twenty Thousand Dollars
The bond of Mrs Anna F Christensen charged with the murder of her husband Pasco banker H E Christensen was set at 70000 at a Pasco hearing Tuesday. She is guarded at a private Pasco home until bondsmen are secured. A R Garey, jailed on the same charge, is free on 5000 bond.
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Anna F. Christensen
H. E. Christensen
Pasco
A.R. Garey
No Typhoid Germs Found in City Water
City officials released analysis by state college chemists confirming no typhoid germs or injurious matter in the municipal water. The report calls the river water quality exceptionally good.
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State College
Four Prisoners Escape from Pasco Jail in Early Morning Breakout
Four inmates used knives fashioned with teeth to cut through iron bars at Pasco County Jail and flee at an early hour Saturday. They remain at large and are accused of burglary and issuing bad checks. Suspects include Charles Baker Bert White John Shand O B Olsen and Charley Baker described as dangerous. They had been plotting an escape for days cutting bars nightly. Four other prisoners chose not to escape.
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Charles Baker
Bert White
John Shand
O. B. Olsen
Charley Baker
Antlers Hotel Corner in Ashes
The Antlers Hotel, an early city landmark built in 1904, was destroyed by a fire about five o'clock Wednesday morning. Lodgers escaped with only belongings. owner T. W. Moore and lessee lost furnishings amid limited water pressure hampering firefighting. The adjacent Kennewick Dray office, owned by Nathan Thayer, was nearly ruined. Insurance covered most losses, with the hotel valued around five thousand dollars.
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Antlers
Royal Company
T. W. Moore
William Keefer
Tragic Unidentified Man Dragged From Train Near Mesa
A dead man, about 20, found along the tracks near Mesa after a Spokane to Pasco freight. His body was mutilated with a missing arm and clothing unaccounted for. Brakeman Burke and Conductor Peterson removed the corpse and section crews search the area for identification clues or the missing limb.
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Burke
Spokane
Pasco
Mesa
C. Peterson
Connell
McDonnell Malone Wedding at Pasco Church
Martin A. McDonnell of Richland wed Miss Mary Malone of Chicago in a Pasco Catholic church ceremony on July 15 at 8 in the morning. Rev Father Jones officiated with Miss Corrigan of White Bluffs as bridesmaid and William Shaughnessy of Kennewick as best man. A wedding breakfast followed at Mrs Shaughnessy’s home before the couple departed for a ranch near Richland.
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Pasco
Martin A. McDonnell
Richland
Mary Malone
Chicago
Father Jones
Corrigan
White Bluffs
William Shaughnessy
Kennewick
Shaughenessy
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Portland Bank
New Institution
Oregon
Baldwin-Poston
Merri
O-W. R
N. Appeals
UESS
Courier
Emily Woods
Octavia Perusse
Ashes
Front Street
M’donnell-Malone
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