City approves 30000 sewer bond sale to Chicago firm
City council special meeting closes a 30000 sewer bond deal with Hanchett Bond Co of Chicago. Lucius A. Trowbridge secured the sale by private bid with a 500 dollar deposit. Funds expected by September 1 set to back trunk sewer projects from Washington Street to the river while bids for construction will follow this fall. W A McReynolds out sick with fever. E L Hopper away on business in Seattle and Portland.
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Hanchett Bond Co
Chicago
Lucius A. Trowbridge
Pasco
Kennewick
Ofin & Crawford
Trowbridge
Mayoral Change Sees Bier Elected Leader of City Council
A. H. Richards resigned after seven months as mayor to move to Seattle. Council elected Mr. Bier over Garber and Sly by five votes to one, with Bier praised for prior service as treasurer and longtime council member.
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A. H. Richards
Richards
Garber
Bier
Sly
Mr. Bier
Commercial Club Annual Picnic Excursion to Hanford and White Bluffs
With under two weeks left, the Commercial Club plans a August 10 picnic excursion from Kennewick to Hanford and White Bluffs. Tickets go on sale locally and in the suburbs. Inland Empire and Mountain Gem will be chartered. Music will be provided by the Kennewick and Richland bands. The schedule runs Kennewick 7:30 to Richland 8:30, return 11:00 pm. Fare is 1.50, children five to twelve half price.
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Hanford
White Bluffs
Finley and
Hover
H. M. Bartlett
W.R. Weisel
Inland Empire
Mountain Gem
Kennewick
Richland
Interstate rate ruling sparks Inland Empire debate
The ICC grants Spokane terminal freight rates after twenty years, wiping out backhaul charges. Kennewick and others may receive the same rates. opinions differ. Railroads will publish new tariffs in a month, with some predicting universal adoption and others cautious. Freight from Missouri River points could drop 15 to 25 percent, saving valley consumers thousands yearly. Local businessmen expect a larger response when state commission rulings surface in about three weeks.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Spokane
Kennewick
Inland Empire
Commerce Commissioners
Prosser
Kennewick Merchant Hosts A Potlatch Sale
Kennewick dry goods leader C. B. Stewart stages a Seattle style potlatch in his store. Every Saturday an alarm rings at random times and customers receive a full refund plus the item free if awaiting change. All Ashbaugh stock marked down to introduce new owners to the valley.
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Seattle
C. B. Stewart
Kennewick
Jvill
Highlands Siding Boosts Vista Area Rail Service
The Northern Pacific Railway builds a siding at the east end of the passing track near Vista, one mile from the station. Residents gain by easier unloading of timber and building materials and reduced hauling. Melons and potatoes will ship via the line this year, with Mr. Thayer benefiting from orchard development.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Vista
Thayer
Twin City Bottling Works Eyes Major Expansion After Record Month
Manager Church of the Twin City Ice and Cold Storage Co says this month will exceed all prior months in company history. Plans call for a larger bottling plant and expanded cold storage next summer. Bottling and shipping of soft drinks dominate, with about thirty temperance beverage varieties shipped from North Yakima to Lind and from White Bluffs to The Dalles. F C Borchardt is now on the road as salesman, driving dealer trials to gain repeat business.
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Church
Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Co
North Yakima
Lind
White Bluffs
Dalles
F. C. Borchardt
Twin City
Neighbors Settle After Assault Case in Highlands
Thos. W. Phillips acted as complainant against T. C. Brown in an assault case before Judge Staser. Brown was fined one dollar and costs for a peace violation. The two neighbors, over stock trespass, were advised to shake hands and arbitrate future grievances.
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Thos. W. Phillips
T. C. Brown
Staser
Brown
Phillips
Highlands
Creamery Co Officers Chosen and Plant Plans
At a Columbia Valley Creamery Co stockholders meeting officers were elected led by President M. H. Church and Vice President W. F. Blaidsdell. The firm accepted Twin City Ice and Cold Storage Co as a site neighbor and outlined a rapid build phase with machinery orders to follow ground breaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Valley Creamery Co
M. H. Church
W. F. Blaidsdell
L. E. Johnson
Fay F. Dean
Treas
Gen. Mgr
Twin City Ice and Cold Storage Co
Church
Mr. Church
Northern Pacific
R.R. Miller
Commercial Club
Drowns While Bathing in Columbia River
John East about 30, a painter from Hurt Virginia who had recently arrived in the west, drowned while bathing in the Columbia River two miles below the city. He swam, emerged, reentered, and was carried away by a cramp and strong current as companions failed to reach him. body not recovered.
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John East
Columbia River
Mr. East
Guy Connerly
Chicago Tracts
Mr. Connerly
East
Hurt
Virginia
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W. McReynolds
E.L. Hopper
Portland
H. A. Bier
Conkey
Honeshoers
Kennewick Fruit & Produce Comp’y
E. M. Sly
Kennewick Merchant
The
BAZAR
E. R. Sully
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