Club Smoker Delights with Kultus Quartet and Boxing Night
Last Tuesday Commercial Job meeting turned to entertainment as Kultus quartet from Prosser performed with Leland Thomas Oren Lape L. L. Lynn Walter Raun and G. G. West. Boxing featured Archie Copeland vs Wolgast Mooney and Walter Summers vs Floyd Bowers, both draws. Moulton Feuchtwanger and Nicewanger Weisel bouts offered additional action as a four piece orchestra filled interludes.
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Kultus
Prosser
Leland Thomas
Oren Lape
L. L. Lynn
Walter Raun
G. G. West
B. P. Lawrence
Archie Copeland
Wolgast
Mooney
Walter Summers
Floyd Bowers
Heavies
Copeland-Mooney
M. M. Moulton
Sieg Feuchtwanger
H. D. Nicewanger
W. R. Weisel
Improvement fundpledge hinges on timely support
The Benton County Crop Improvement Association seeks $1000 to run two years with county and state funds each contributing $100 monthly to hire a horticulturist. The plan depends on raising $500 for signers this month. without pledges the project may be dropped for the season. The Business Men's Association may back the plan and aid in securing signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Mens’ Association
Benton County Crop Improvement Association
DeSellem
Pasco Fire Destroys Businesses Including Candy Store
Early Thursday morning a blaze swept Sylvester’s porch form in Pasco and rapidly destroyed the room before control could be maintained. Shonkwiler’s candy store and Pasco Drug Co. were badly damaged. The Bank of Pasco 80 and the post office sustained minor damage.
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Sylvester
Pasco
Zion Lutheran Church Dedicates New Edifice in City
The Zion Lutheran church dedicated its new building on Sunday March 9 with three services in German morning and afternoon and English evening. Rev. Soll Kierst and Hass preached. a chosen choir of eighteen performed special music. A baseroom dinner and supper followed. a parsonage is planned nearby.
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Zion Lutheran Church
S. O. Probst
F. Soll
North Yakima
Kierst
Ellensburg
Hass
Lewiston
Idaho
Amon Weds Miss Sheehan in Los Angeles Marriage
Last Saturday's papers report the marriage in Los Angeles on Friday March 7 of W. R. Amon a prominent local resident to Miss Clara A. Sheehan of Pasadena. They expect to return home about April 1. The groom is 65 and the bride eight years younger. Amon has been married three times before and has five sons and four daughters.
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Los Angeles
W. R. Amon
Clara A. Sheehan
Pasadena
Action on Big Ditch Ready for Immediate Work
Judge Carroll B Graves representing the Horse Heaven irrigation project at Olympia announces plans to survey the big ditch this spring. The plan includes floating an 18 000 000 bond issue and finishing the gravity portion within two years. The Columbia River pumping stations, to be run on their own power, should be completed within a year after the gravity work is ready.
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Carroll B. Graves
Horse Heaven Irrigation Project
Olympia
Columbia River
Thirteenth Legislature’s Extravagant Spending Highlighted
A Washington state legislature session is labeled one of the most extravagant in history. Tax levies are projected to rise from 5.79 to about 8.73 mills after vetoes and highway costs. The body approved $18.8 million in appropriations against $8 million in revenues, risking an overdraft of nearly $800,000 in the general fund.
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Washington
Lister
Tax Commission
Vancouver
Benton Franklin counties gain from adjourned legislature actions
The 60 day session enacts measures affecting Benton and Franklin counties. New Central Washington highway from Kennewick to Spokane, bridge site funding for Kennewick-Pasco, highway levy increased to 1.5 mills, Klickitat river conservation for Horse Heaven project, $15000 Palouse irrigation survey, passage of the water code and anticipated road funds of about $35,000 for Benton and about $25,000 for Franklin in the coming biennium. None state road money will be spent in these counties this term.
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Wick and
Pasco
Spokane
Walla Walla
Central Washington Highway
Kennewick
Northern Pacific Railway
Kennewick-Pasco
Horse Heaven
Klickitat River
Portland
Horrigan
Palouse
Water Code
Benton County
Franklin
Kennewick Council Urges Clean Up Before Warm Weather
All business houses and residences urged to comply with a council order. Health board aims for a spic and span town as sewer work continues. Garbage collection begins Tuesday with refuse piled near alleys for easy loading.
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Health Board
Kennewick
Silos Ready to Boost Dairying in Kennewick Valley
The Kennewick Valley awaits a boom in dairying as silos arrive led by a 10 by 20 Weyerhaeuser slave silo in the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co yard. Weighed for six months feeding eight cattle, the knockdown silos come in forty sizes with easy assembly and exclusive agency in the territory.
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Kennewick
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co
Weyerhaeuser
St. Paul Company
Weather Signals Explain Frost Warning Flags
Weather officials describe a system of five signal flags used in Yakima Valley to warn farmers of frost risk. A white flag with a black center signals frost danger, while other combinations indicate fair weather or rain, helping growers protect crops from early frost damage.
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Courier
Department of Agriculture
Portland
Department
Yakima Valley
Silo Benefits Highlighted For Farmers by Courier
The Courier plans future articles on silo advantages for farmers, noting production depends on chosen outcomes. The preview signals deeper exploration of storage efficiency and crop preservation in upcoming issues.
Extension of Telephone Line Reaches Horse Heaven Range
Horse Heaven farmers extended their telephone line into Colbin this week. Over eight miles of wire were strung connecting with the Grandview line, completing a system that spans the Horse Heaven range end to end.
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Horse Heaven
Colbin
Grandview
Mrs W D Edwards Visits Kennewick Sisters
Mrs W D Edwards of Seattle arrived in Kennewick on Wednesday for a visit with her sisters Mrs H E Huntington and Mrs James Johnston.
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W. D. Edwards
Seattle
Kennewick
H. E. Huntington
James Johnston
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Clenty
Ways and Means Committee
American Press Associate
Miss Ethel Carow Roosevelt
White House
Richard Derby
New York
Berryman
Champion Spender
Benton
Kenne
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