Many Local Entries Note Trips, Sales, and Socials in June
City Clerk Wright travels to Prosser on city business while residents report visits to Spokane and Pullman. Local ferry ownership changes hands as Gavin Landy purchases half of Gavin & Stebbins. Kennewick prepares for a Richland game on the Flier boat with eight to ten seats. Socials include a Zion Lutheran basket social and a barbershop remodel at the Inland Furniture space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Prosser
Frank Emigh
Spokane
G. A. Krosness
Helen Huntington
George Kauffman
North Yakima
Kennewick
Gavin
H. E. Munday
Boise
Idaho
G. P. Krosness
Jessie Perry
Pullman
Washington State College
F. D. Pike
Edith
Woodcraft
Mabel Halvorsen
Genesee
Meadowbrook
W. E. Campbell
Tacoma
Mr. Campbell
W. E. Hawley
The
Fruit & Produce Co
Richland
Stull
Zion Lutheran Church
Jos. Oldrich
Garden Tracts
Finley
Benton City
U. S., Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
More Money for Your Peaches
An advertisement by Chas. H. Collins promotes independent shippers as yielding growers 20 to 90 percent higher prices for peaches. He claims proven results, urges growers to join, and offers direct selling to markets in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Manitoba with Collins supervising. He touts ten years of experience and calls for 75 carloads of Kennewick peaches for the 1913 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakotas
Minnesota
Manitoba
Kennewick
East
Gatun Locks Lift Ocean Craft To Lake Elevation
The Gatun locks, a twin structure on the Panama Canal, raise ships eighty five feet to Gatun Lake while parallel locks lower vessels toward the Atlantic. Locks are divided into subchambers 550 feet and 350 feet long to conserve water and speed transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatun
Panama Canal
Ocean
Gatun Lake
Pacific
Atlantic
Nine Years Ago Today Items of Interest from The Courier
A compilation notes Harry Roseman’s flying trip to Walla Walla and other residents visiting nearby towns. It details Ingwall Smith moving to Genesee Idaho, land purchases by P. C. Book of Adel Iowa, and plans for a new Columbia Pharmacy building. It describes Strawberry Island irrigation, Strawberries valued at 1650 dollars, and a Spokane Yellowstone trip by H A Hover with plans for a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Sylvester
Yakima
Ingwall Smith and Family
Genesseee
Idaho
Mr. Smith
Tom McKain
John Moir
Horse Heaven
Bogard Ranch
J. J. Reed
Tacoma
P. C. Book
Adel
Iowa
Hover Villa
Columbia Pharmacy
Sheppard
C. A. Lundy
H. A. Hover
Spokane
Messrs. Livesly and White
Notice to Ranchers for Tailored Suits and Alterations
Notice invites ranchers to visit for measurements on new suits with 500 patterns and 40 models. Tailoring is praised, prices are affordable, and suits can be ready in seven days. Cleaning and pressing department offers delivery and pickup via phone 412.
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N. B
Fertilizer ads tout Lillys Fish and Bone for crops
An advertisement promotes Lillys Fish and Bone fertilizer as a soil acting plant food enhancer for strawberries and trees. It claims 700 lbs per acre releases soil nutrients, supports growth with nitrogen and phosphoric acid uptake, and improves crop volume and quality. Tankage is priced at 1.50 per 100 lb with estimates of 1000 to 1500 lbs per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly’s Fish & Bone
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Unwtil
Columbia
C. F. MacLain
Jas. Crowell
Maude Miller
Libby, Mont
Alton Russell
Highlands
Miss Miller
Mrs. Russell
C. H. Snyder
Hanford
W. M. Frans
Daven‘port
Wash
Cecilia Hughes
San Francisco
Cal
Fred Tweedt
Inland Furniture Co
Short
W. L. Bowman
Chas. H. Collins
Orin Reinhart
V. P
F. W. Johnson
Moore
George
Westminister
B. C
Burns
A. F. Astholt
Jack McKinney
Clifford Story
W. H. Witt
L. Stuart
Ukiah
Ore
Robert Dorothy
M. Wintermore
Aberdeen
R. D. Washburn
Bellingham
Butler
Dayton, Miss
J. C. Curry
Little Son
Pasco
Ruth Raymer
R. H. Anderson
Violette
Oakesdale
W. D. Blackwood
Des Moines
Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Co
Rebekah
W. F. Sonderman
Mrs. Sonderman
American Press Association
Harry Roseman
Walla Walla
Stall & Williams
Lilly’s Fish and Bone
Kennewick Fruit & Produce Coo
E. M. Sly
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