Grape Carnival Plans Mature in Columbia Valley
The Second Annual Grape Carnival is planned for September 19 to 21 in Kennewick with a 92000 square foot exhibit space. C F Breithaupt of Richland chairs the rules committee, Kennewick Commercial Club handles financing, a large circus tent will be erected at Third and Yakima, and about 800 official buttons are ordered to offset costs. A valley grape growers meeting is set for Saturday at 2 PM at the Commercial Club rooms to discuss accommodations and preparations. Subscriptions to a guarantee fund will be raised over the next two weeks to ensure a self supporting event.
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Columbia Valley
Comada Club
C. F. Breithaupt
Richland
Attalia
Kennewick
Fire narrowly averted as rubbish blaze strikes Emigh Howe building
A spark from a steam trench digger ignited packing boxes and rubbish behind the Emigh Howe store. G A Hamilton saw the flames, wind fanned ten foot high, employees quickly used extinguishers to stop a major fire in four minutes. Kjosness Mercantile had just bought extinguishers, paying for themselves.
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Emigh- Howe
G. A. Hamilton
Kjosness Mercantile Company
K Josness
Runaway Car Damages Lumber Cars on Main Line
A runaway car with a steam up machine for filling a sewer trench broke loose near a main line, jumped a switch, and smashed into lumber cars down the track before stopping. Curly Kalb was the only passenger aboard. The machine was unloaded yesterday and will start work Monday on the refill. engineer Smith says Second street should be covered in about ten days barring further accidents.
Mounsey Bros Enter Hens in Yakima Egg Contest
The Mounsey brothers enter six pure bred Mottled Anconas in Washington State Fair sixty day egg laying contest at North Yakima. The event runs July 27 to September 26 with thirty yards entering pens of six hens and a male. Six prizes range from 40 dollars to egg food sacks and weekly bulletins will show standings.
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Mounsey Bros
Washington
North Yakima
Winter dairying touted as most successful by Dean
Dean of the Columbia Valley Creamery argues winter dairying yields higher yearly milk output and profit by having cows freshen in fall. He cites higher winter butterfat prices and the system’s potential to become general, noting eastern practices differ due to harsher winters.
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Dean
Columbia Valley Creamery Company
Grape Growers Meeting Set for Saturday in valley
The Carnival committee calls all grape growers to convene Saturday at two o'clock at the Commercial Hall. Key discussions will prepare suitable accommodations for the large event and ensure every grower attends.
Local Guessing Contest Promises Dollar Merchandise Draw
Readers may win a dollar’s worth of merchandise by guessing a profile from local ads. Entries must be mailed or phoned. correct guesses get a number entered into a hat for a 1:30 p m Saturday drawing. Last week’s profile was Mrs J A Corder. winner Mrs Z V Decker.
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J. A. Corder
Z. V. Decker. Ao
Will Explain Cannery Project Mass Meeting Tuesday Evening
A Kennewick meeting will detail a proposed Western Fruit Products Company plan to build an evaporating canning and distilling plant for 2000 car loads of local fruit annually. Rufus R. Wilson will present plans and capital needs at 7:45 PM in the Commercial Club rooms.
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Columbia
Yakima
Ttis
Rufus R. Wilson
Kennewick
Com- Levveecad Club
Commercial Club
Wilson
Western Fruit Products Company
Washington
Wes. F. P. Co
H. A. Hover
Fruit grower directors planned for new Yakima Valley plant
Twenty one directors to steer a new company with fourteen fruit growers from local valleys. Major growers including H M Gilbert Toppenish Alex Miller North Yakima Harry Jones Wapato W C Richards North Yakima W O Palmer Ellensburg and J Harrison Benton City back stock subscriptions. Clarence Z Hubbell to design the plant and report to the Tuesday meeting. Incorporation set for August fifth with construction to begin within sixty days to serve next spring crops. An all valley invitation extends to attend Tuesday evening clubroom meeting to hear the proposal’s future impact.
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Yakima Valley
H. M. Gilbert
Toppenish
Alex Miller
North Yakima
Harry Jones
Wapato
W. C. Richards
W. O. Palmer
Ellensburg
J. Harrison
Benton City
Clarence Z. Hubbell
Kennewick
Sunnyside Canal Extension Planned to Benton City
The Benton Independent reports an extension of the Sunnyside canal to Benton City, about ten miles of ditch to irrigate 6000 acres. Landowners pay the cost, adding to $52 per acre for government water rights, total about $92 per acre. Kiowa Benton Land & Water Co. lands will shift from pumping to gravity irrigation, possibly expanding cultivation. Water expected for irrigation in 1913.
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Sunnyside
Benton City
Benton Independent
Kiowa-Benton Land & Water Co
Toggery Returns to Emigh Howe Block after Fire
J A Bellows moves stock back to the Emigh Howe block now repaired after a month old fire. New fall goods are en route and Bellows expects better service for men. At a Yakima Valley federation meeting in Wapato on the 16th H D Nicewanger becomes vice president and immigration chair.
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J. A. Bellows
Emigh- Howe
Toggery
Mr. Bellows
Yakima
Land contest decision favors four Spokane homesteaders
The Secretary of the Interior reversed the General Land Office ruling and grants E H Mann M N Hud nall Ottilia Reinhart and Chas Robertson the preference right to 40 acres each in the Northwest quarter of Section 4 Township 8 Range 29. Hansen loses land valued around 50000 with water rights after a years long dispute dating to 1905. Hansen may seek a rehearing but faces possible denial without new evidence.
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E. H. Mann
M. N. Hudnall
Ottilia Reinhart
Chas. Robertson
Otto Hansen
Spokane
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
S. M. Lockerby
Clyde H. Ritchie
Hansen
Northern Pacific
Local Land Office
Hanson
St Paul Lumber Co to Move Its Yard in Tacoma
The St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co plans relocating its yard to Tacoma street area, with four new buildings under cover, cost exceeding 5000 dollars, and a 500 foot house track shared with the Northern Pacific and OWR&N. General Manager C W Gamble is in town to start work, aiming for mid September operation, with stock doubled and local staff unchanged under manager Skirving at Kennewick.
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St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co
C. W. Gamble
Northern Pacific
Tacoma Street
Gamble
Skirving
Kennewick Yard
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Prape Carnival
Grape Growers’ Meeting
Will
Cannery
Sunnyside Canal
OLD Stand
Interior
ST. Paul Lumber CO
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