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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
5
Department of the Interior notice lists Nelson Williams of Kennewick Washington filing intent to prove up Homestead Entry 14115 for SWY and NEY Section 8 Township 8 N Range 30 E Willamette Meridian before the Walla Walla land office on March 4 1912. Witnesses named are Arthur H Wheaton John Storland Christian Puderbaugh and Fred W Tweedt all of Kennewick. Not coal land. John H. McDonald Feb. 2 Mar. 1. Register.
Land Office at Walla Walla Washington February 3 1912 notice is hereby given that William Riley Montgomery of Kennewick Washington who on May 5 1905 made Homestead Entry No 14035 Serial No 02256 for Sg NE Lots 1 2 Section 4 Township 6 N Range 29 E W M has filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish claim before A A Barnes County Clerk Franklin Co at his office at Pasco Washington on the 18th day of March 1912 Claimant names as witnesses Don Cresswell Earl Moore Earnest Peter Hand Arch Owins all of Kennewick Wash John H McDonald Nat coal land Register Feb 9 Mar 15
Land Office notices Alfred Hendrickson of Kennewick files to cancel Floyd Spaur homestead entry No 04948 for Lot 4 SW44 NW Wig SW Sec 2 Twp 6 N Range 29 E W M alleging abandonment no residence improvements or cultivation for over six months. Contested entry will be canceled if Spaur fails to reply by the fourth publication March 22 1912 with proper service proof and sworn answer.
Ordinance 132 provides for the improvement of A street from Washington to Columbia avenue and includes Columbia avenue from A to B street B street from Columbia to Ninth Washington from County Road to Ohio Walnut from Washington to Adams Maple from Washington to Madison Beach from Washington to Jefferson Sercombe from Washington to Jefferson East Sixth from Washington to the east line of Menhinick's Addition Front from Washington to Seventh Yakima south 220 feet and Tacoma street.
The City Council of Kennewick adopts a local improvement district to install trunk lines and laterals along Front Street Second Street Washington Street Owens Avenue Pacific Street and other streets. Bonds issued to cover unpaid assessments at seven percent, payable over ten years, with bids invited and funds kept in a special district fund.
Professor R Kent Beattie explains dandelions in Eastern Washington lawns are hard to eradicate due to a fleshy root. Dig out roots and apply coal oil. Some try sulfuric acid or iron sulfate sprays. Spring tops kill then repeat to starve roots. spray largely spares lawn. iron sulfate method is cheapest and easiest. 5
Washington reports 15,000,000 fruit trees on 229,854 acres with 14,973,182 trees. Commissioner Huntley notes a five year fruit crop value around $8.5 million annually. apples account for about 80 percent of planted acreage. Leading counties Spokane Yakima and Chelan share similar planted areas.
A Rochester ad promotes Rexall Orderlies as a superior constipation remedy claiming no side effects and a money back guarantee if not fully effective. It touts a pleasant taste and states tablets suit children and the elderly, with 12 36 and 80 tablet sizes priced at 10 25 and 50 cents respectively. The Tulles Drug Co. links the product to the Rexall Store.
A promotional claim details Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a potent combination of resorcin, Beta Napthol and pilocarpia with alcohol to nourish the scalp. It guarantees to cure dandruff and grow hair, offering a refund if baldness persists, and cites an 88 percent success rate in practical testing. The Rexall Store markets this remedy as superior to others.
Interest in delayed final proof or any matter before the Interior Department urged to write CLARK & WRIGHT land lawyers at qu2z F Street N W Washington DC Opposite Interior Department They offer free information about contests and where to obtain SCRIP locatable upon public lands without residence or cultivation.
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