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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
1
Berry shipments dominate Kennewick valley life this week with three fourths of residents involved in picking shipping and caring for the crop. Railroad crews faced delays of 35 to 45 minutes as trains loaded berries and platforms crowded with fruit. Kennewick berries now lead markets with favorable prices for growers.
Senate and House irrigation committees touring the west plan a daylight trip from North Yakima through the district to Spokane with short stops at Prosser and Pasco to view irrigation work underway at those sites.
Si Hung Chang, a noted Chinese statesman, predicts that American wheat could fuel future Asia trade. He notes Central Washington's arid lands and Snake River waters as key to boosting U S food exports to China and India, strengthening competitiveness globally.
Businessmen aboard the Gerome on her first weekly trip to press Kennewick as a trading center. Representatives from local firms seek weekly orders and modern facilities to expand over river trade and boost Kennewick's market reach.
J Sercombe of Lewiston bought 18 acres just outside Kennewick for 50 dollars per acre. Water costs 20 dollars per acre, signaling strong faith in local growth as he plans a large house and later strawberry fields once water arrives. Vinelander Sercombe aims to boost Kennewick prosperity. The Kennewick Courier has changed hands to an experienced eastern editor.
Whitman College at Walla Walla plans a series of festival concerts. Outside soloists assisted by a sixty voice choral union with orchestral support will perform Hiawatha's Wedding Feast and other similarly ranked works.
A copy of the Kennewick Courier from Kennewick Washington credits Lauren W Soth as editor and proprietor. The eight page six column paper features substantial advertising and reading matter and quotes praise from a Toledo Iowa chronicle naming Soth as indefatigable and promising steady progress.
The Spokesman-Review notes Alaska development, new railroads, towns, settlers, and mines as factors in recovering from the 1893 panic. It highlights how eastern capital contracted, banks suffered, and real estate changed hands, while the state rebuilt financially and now has funds to lend.
Washington delays decision on the Carey act land claim in Yakima valley as interior department officials weigh water sufficiency and reclamation plans. State Land Commissioner Ross pushes action, while engineers debate whether state or federal irrigation should proceed. Also notes Milwaukee bank wrecker Bigelow in Leavenworth, Oregon university regents hire staff, and Pendleton hosts National Good Roads convention with notable speakers.
Carloads of stock arrive daily as the yard expands with a complete line of building materials including lumber, shingles, mouldings, sash, doors, lime, plaster, cement, brick, posts and more. Roslyn lump coal and dry fir wood are handled. New office near completion. estimates gladly furnished.
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