Kennewick Encampment I O C F Initiation Honors
Kennewick the Encampment I O F held a major ceremonial night with visiting brethren from North Yakima Granger Hover and Pasco. The Yakima Encampment team led by C E Lum conferred three degrees on 34 candidates while the banquet at Hotel Kennewick followed. The Kennewick Encampment No 66 begins with 30 members and lists its officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Lum
Kennewick
North Yakima
Yakima
Commercial Club
Seattle Commercial Club
W. G. King
W. H. Durham
James Crowell
Frank G. Staley
W. F. Sonderman
Geo. D. Hunter
F. M. Crosby
A. H. Richards
J. K. DePriest
IL. R. Whitelock
A. H. Wheaton
L. A. Tweedt
Town Council Approves Fees and Electric Line Plans
The Council met with all members present and referred water system work to the Improvement Committee. It granted undergrounding the Seventh street flame and added 48-name petition on Garden Tracts withdrawal. Licensing and finance measures passed. police judge powers defined. stock roaming fees updated. The meeting adjourned to await mayoral call for street grade survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKain
Improvement Club
Improvement Committee
W. G. King
Seventh Street
S. Darling
Wm. Howell
E. D. Taylor
Hover Girl Edna Dimmick Wins State College Prize
Miss Edna V. Dimmick of Hover daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Dimmick won first prize in an eight contestant oratorical contest for the State College at Pullman hosted by the Elementary Science Department. Her topic was Claudius and Cynthia. She also earned the Benton County Scholarship for high eighth grade exam marks and notable fitness. Valley folks extend congratulations and urge trying a sack of Yakima Fest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna V. Dimmick
Hover
L. J. Dimmick
State College At
Pullman
Board of County Commissioners
Benton County
Pullman State College
Valley
Dimmick
February Weather Sets Record Warmth in Kennewick Valley
The past February in Kennewick stood out as the warmest in years with a peak 63 degrees, a mean temperature of 38.92, and a 30 degree daily range on the 26th. Precipitation reached .36 inches, with 15 clear days, 10 partly cloudy and 4 cloudy, reflecting the valley’s status as a premier winter resort this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
California
Iva
Wee
Uw Od
Display Products From Kennewick
The Commercial Club adopts a Kennewick Chamber booth to showcase Valley products to homeseekers. Managers will maintain the display with early season fruit and greenery demonstrations planned for spring. The booth will carry the Club booklet and literature to attract attention of East travelers and Falls City visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Falls City
Inland Empire
Kennewick Valley
Entertainer Bob Smith Delights Faithful at Local Methodist Service
Bob Smith gave a humorous program at the Methodist Church last Friday evening. He read from writers including Brooks Nixon Waterman Foss and Riley and offered bits from Josh Billings and Artemus Ward. A Windling lecture on The Future Life and a poignant closing piece about a Westerner’s journey to his mother moved the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Emerson Brooks
Nixon Waterman
Sam Walter Foss
James Whitcomb Riley
Smith
Josh Billings
Artemus Ward
George R. Windling
Finley Drainage Ditch Opens Half Completed
The Finley Drainage District project is about half finished with two and a half miles of ditch open. Cost runs well under estimate as 25 to 50 teams have worked under 8 H Godfrey. The 5900 acre district will cost about $1.25 per acre to drain, boosting productive land and healthfulness when completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley
H. B. Haney
H. Godfrey
Women of Woocraft organized in Afton Circle
The Women of Woodcraft auxiliary to the Woodmen of the World will form here once Central lodge approves submitted certificates. Organizer Mrs Grace Woodard of Portland has worked locally, starting with about 40 benefit members and fifteen social members. The group will aid the Woodmen and the cooperative ties strengthen both. The note praises Yakima Best flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton Circle
Women of Woodcraft
Woodmen of the World
Central Lodge
Grace Woodard
Portland
New Order
Woodmen
Taft for President Says Party Should Stand Firm
The piece argues Secretary Taft has a judicial mind and conservative education, suited to lead. It claims enemies of Roosevelt attack Taft to punish the president and urges the state convention to back Taft from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Roosevelt
Cleaning Out the Canal Under O L Haneon Plan
Superintendent O L Haneon assigns three large crews to clear and level the canal in preparation for the irrigation season opening next month. Upper canal team of 12 with 20 men led by B J Duncan, main canal below town 18 teams with 30 men under I J Ennis, lateral 2 led by Jra Hughes with 8 teams and 15 men. Last season was the most successful in canal history. efforts aim to surpass it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L Haneon
B. J. Duncan
I’. J. Ennis
Jra Hughes
Canal
Afternoon Tea by the Methodist Ladies Aid Society
The Methodist church Ladies Aid held its regular monthly tea at Mrs. D. F. Cresswell’s home with about fifty attendees. A musical program featured Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. White lock, and Mrs. Dean, interspersed with Shakespeare and bible questions, followed by a five luncheon. The note invites readers to call at Columbia Pharmacy for souvenir Letter Postal issued by the St. Paul’s Guild of the Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
D. F. Cresswell
G. E. Hanson
L. K. Whitelock
Fay F. Dean
Columbia
St. Paul's Guild of the
Episcopal Church
Rigid inspection urged for Benton County orchards and stock
Loren D. Lape Benton County fruit inspector begins orchard surveys in the Garden Tracts and will spray orchards or supervise spraying to enforce good stock quality. He notes rising nursery shipments to Prosser Patterson Coolidge Carley Expansion and new towns along the North Bank road and river towns White Bluffs Hanford Wahlake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren D. Lape
Lape
Mr. Lape
Prosser
Benton County
Kennewick
North Bank Road
Carley
Columbia
Patterson
Coolidge
White Bluffs
Hanford
Wahlake
Columbia River
Benton County Assessors Schedule of Values for Spring
The deputy assessors of Benton county publish a schedule of values for spring assessments covering horses cattle sheep grain and hay. Entries include heavy work horses 150 175 dollars per head range horses 40 to 75 dollars per head cattle bulls 75 to 150 cows 80 to 100 per head beef cattle per cwt 9 to 12 dollars dairy cows 25 to 40 range cows 15 to 20 per head and grain and hay values such as wheat 40 cents per bushel oats 252 barley and baled hay 379 to 550 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton County
Tod
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Iin
Kennewick Encampment I
C. F
the Council
Booth
Bob Smith
Women of Woocraft
Cay
Sept Fur Service
Cobra
H. M. Ashbaugh & Co
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