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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
5
A long list of local moves travels and events including residents headed to Hot Lake Oregon for rheumatism treatment, Idaho and Washington trips, vacations, and family updates. Business, sales, and local infrastructure items include legal matters, real estate exchanges, a water flume project, and a push for electric depot lights.
The newspaper publishes the full primary law in a convenient indexed supplement for the Sept. 8 general primary. It urges every voter to read carefully, keep the copy, and refer to it between now and election day. The piece stresses the primary system depends on voter intelligence and familiarity.
Saturday night, an attempt was made to break into the safe at the St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co yard. The outer doors were not locked, the inner doors pried but the staple broke. no money was in the safe. Officers deem it likely kid work.
Walla Walla reports Mrs. Hawes, hospitalized at St Marys, underwent a two hour operation to remove a cancer. Surgeons Dr Nelms Dr Keeler and Dr Van Patten called it a difficult yet successful procedure with strong vitality. She is nearly out of danger, taking nourishment, and building strength.
Beginning July 25 trains of the Spokane Portland Seattle Railway will begin carrying mail for Uncle Sam. The Star mail route to Finley and Hover will be discontinued on that date with several new offices opening along the line including Mottinger station where G H Mottinger becomes postmaster.
Dr A M King of Los Angeles has set up office in the Hotel Kennewick in Kennewick. A Kirksville graduate and a 1908 postgraduate of the Los Angeles College of Osteopathy and Surgery he offers treatment explanations and invites inquiries from those curious about the profession and its prospects. Two carloads of lumber were delivered to Johnson Ross yards at Hanford and White Bluffs. A I Fisher installed a 3 horsepower gasoline motor in his carpenter shop to speed work. The first wheat load for the season arrived at Watson Bros Warehouse from the A H Richards ranch and will be sold locally with no market price yet posted.
Railroad Commission issues final orders mandating new stations at Irby Lamona Krupp Waukon Winchester Rossburg Malaga and Ritzville with caretakers or agents and daily train stops. Also outlines 50 000 Eagles event in Seattle with bands prizes and parades.
A faction in the First Christian Church opposes mixed Sunday school classes with Japanese children and accuses the pastor Rev. E. H. Brooks of overemphasizing Christianizing Japanese, causing a deep congregation rift.
Maude Mallot age 15 daughter of C T Mallot of Portland was crushed to death when a log rolled from a sand bank onto her while playing on a Long Beach dune Sunday afternoon.
A heavy automobile stage from Lynden crashed Sunday night in Bellingham injuring all fifteen passengers. A tire fragment penetrated the steering gear triggering a dash across the street and a somersault down a 12 foot embankment.
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