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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
1
Kennewick schools promote an annual contest combining gardening and industrial work with a possible fall exhibit at the Grape Carnival. Participants must be Kennewick pupils, provide a written report, and complete all work personally. About 175 dollars in prizes are funded by faculty, the school board, the Woman's Club, and local business supporters.
The Chas H Collins Co plans to market peaches directly to retailers by shipping straight carloads from Kennewick, eliminating 2 to 6 middlemen and letting growers know net proceeds before loading. Collins cites Yakima apples as proof and expects fifty to seventy five car shipments with grower profits rising as retailers gain from fresher fruit at lower prices.
Connell nosed out Kennewick 8 to 7 in a see-saw baseball clash. Gleichman started for Kennewick, Burmaster relieved to finish, and Gascoygne backed behind the plate as fans saw a wild, error-prone contest with timely hits and late runs deciding the outcome.
A. B. Chapman sold the Star Palace Laundry to Mr. Rhydstrom of South Bend who will take possession next Monday. The new proprietor is an experienced laundry operator from South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman plan to move to Raymond after a year of running the business.
Kennewick faces the S P S team champions of the Portland city league on the local grounds next Sunday at 2 30. Earlier meetings produced one win each and fans expect high class ball when Portland visits. A large crowd is anticipated.
Clarence Duffy of Richland was defeated in two straight falls by Swede Bergerson of Pasco in a match at the opera house last Saturday night. Bergerson won the first fall in under two minutes and the second in under one minute. The event included four boxing and wrestling preliminaries and drew a small crowd due to poor management.
The Columbia rose about 26 feet above extreme low water this week with Wenatchee reports showing a fall. The flood last Friday swept away the hull of the old Mountain Gem after it struck a pier of the O W R N bridge. Missing scows and ferryboats are reported as power crews inspect waterlogged poles along the river road.
After a Tacoma conference the Northern Pacific Railway will provide fast freight ventilated car service and low rates on less than carload fruit shipments from Yakima Valley to Spokane Tacoma and Seattle for the coming season. Kennewick to Spokane costs 50 cents and Kennewick to Tacoma and Seattle 75 cents. W. W. Sawyer of North Yakima for the Washington State Horticultural Association praised the cooperation of railroad officials and state officials in aiding fruit growers marketing opportunities.
Miss May Hollaway and George E. Tweedt were married at the family home with Rev. E. A. Orr officiating. The couple, witnessed by close family, left by 1 PM train for Portland to attend the Rose Festival then Seattle, visiting South Bend on return. Tweedt serves as assistant cashier at the Bank of Kennewick.
Ona Lee Taylor captured the first prize of 100 in gold after a tight finish with Dorothy Mann. Final tallies showed 100 850 for Taylor and 100 500 for Mann, with 285 700 votes cast for five contestants. Taylor plans to study in Seattle after the win.
Commercial Orchards company hauls a large drilling outfit to Horse Heaven to bore for artesian water. They own fifty two wheat sections about twenty five miles away and plan to drill a fourteen inch hole to 1500 feet. If no flowing water is found pumps may be installed. Experienced drillers deem the site promising for a flowing well at a depth under 1500 feet.
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