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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
7
The Kennewick Valley Telephone Co. reports the new switchboard is in operation after a Monday cut-over. Cable rearrangements forced an outage Sunday and Monday, but restoration resumed Monday night with minimal confusion.
The Brown brothers unveil a modern central energy system replacing the old magnetic setup. The Stand ard Western Electric board serves 1600 local and 80 rural lines with two local operator positions and one toll, offering private conversations via a supervisory cord signal.
Next Tuesday Seattle voters choose a new mayor with H C Gill likely to return. Gill won about 40 percent, Cotterill faces him in the final, Parish faded after resigning as State Tax Commissioner, and the Socialist ticket claims several city posts.
A Pasco gathering agreed to form The South Central Washington Development League to aid Benton Franklin and Walla Walla counties. A committee to draft details includes W H Kelley Touchet J A Pine Burbank A C Moore Walla Walla Scott Z Henderson Kennewick W L Campbell Connell C M O'Brien and W P Gray Pasco.
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