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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
1
The Kennewick Courier launches a county wide popularity contest for girls and ladies with 140 in gold coin split as 100 for first and 40 for second prize. Open Monday, run about 19 days, voting starts immediately with 1000 votes for the first nomination. The paper pledges no favoritism and urges early nominations.
The class of 1913, numbering eighteen, will graduate tonight in the high school gymnasium. Exercises begin at eight o clock with reserved seating by admission cards issued to graduates. No one without a card may enter the reserved section and babies or children under eighth grade are not admitted. Gift deliveries should be sent to graduates homes rather than brought to the school.
The Stevens and Reser store changes hands to Thomas Cobb W L Cobb W S Hamilton and S G Miller of Roseburg and Portland. The new firm claims strong finances for Kennewick mercantile business with plans for development and growth. Stewart retires to his ranch near Hedges while Reser may move to Walla Walla or Seattle. The store will reopen under Cobb soon with more details in next week’s paper. Allen Tripp reports progress on Colbin townsite irrigation and pumping plant with hopes of a Minneapolis poet colony joining this fall.
A joint Commercial Club Business Men’s Association and Highlands Improvement Club committee will assess public support for a fall Grape Carnival in Kennewick. If supported a separate Carnival committee may be formed and possibly incorporated to run the event as a business venture.
The business men favor continuing the annual show and expect cooperation from three organizations. The likely result is a bigger, better Carnival for 1913 with strong prospects for success.
The Highlands Improvement Club and Kennewick Commercial Club will host Prof. W S Thornber of the Lewiston Clarkston School of Horticulture for bi monthly visits to Kennewick. He will spend two days each trip offering illustrated lectures field demonstrations orchard visits and expert advice to fruit growers through October first. His first visit is set for May 23 and 24 with lectures on The Building of a Community and a schedule to be announced.
M H Church returns from a month east trip with orders for a 300 ton grape juice plant addition to be built this summer at Kennewick. He notes vineyard yields in the valley higher than New York with profits per acre and plans to attract large tracts for Wor den and Concord vines while importing most grapes this season. Mr and Mrs S E Scribner visit Kennewick from Michigan for a weeklong stay.
Seventy members of the Commercial Club their wives and friends attended a banquet at the Hotel Kennewick honoring ripening strawberries. Richland club members and out of town guests joined, with praise for organizers performers and the growers who aided a regional marketing system.
Richland farmers captured the Kennewick valley honor by delivering the first crate of ripe berries, winning a $15 Commercial Club prize. The fruit was shipped to Spokane and the town awaits more crates as cool weather slows ripening. Mrs. W J Rhynsburger and daughter Martha left for Spokane to manage property.
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