Local notices and commerce in Kennewick area
Kennewick news covers business contracts for a $2,000 residence, shipments of berries, and a new private telephone link by the irrigation office. Local sales include Hollister tea, Royal Worcester Dorsets, and sandals for children. The column notes travelers, church events, school exams, and upcoming baseball with Lind. A bay horse is lost from a pasture and Edna Cresswell completes a perfect attendance record.
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Kennewick Land Co
Kennewick Transfer Co
Geo. Egbert
Kennewick
Lind
R. A. Rose
Calgary
Alberta
Kennewick Ball Team Promotes Benefit Night at Dirckson's Hall
Thursday notes move to Fourth street. J W Gilkey returns from Hover on school matters. E C Patterson has a contract to erect a residence for Mrs Carr of Farmington. Kennewick plans an event Friday May 18 at Dirckson's Hall with music and a ticket drive to aid the team. Blair Business College defeats Prosser 6 to 4 in eleven innings with Goins shining on Prosser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Cresswell
Grew
Moscow
Idaho
Finley
J. W. Gilkey
Prosser
Hover
R.G. Tripp
W. P. Sims
Fourth Street
E.C. Patterson
Carr
Farmington
Kennewick
Dirckson’s
Blair Business College
Goins
Blair
Berry Shipments Fall As Weather Cuts Delivery
Berry shipments decreased in the first three days of the week due to cool weather and Tuesday winds. Many crates ripen today and shipments are expected to return to normal by tomorrow with local prices ranging from 3.50 to 3.75 per crate as the market strengthens.
Deed for School Site Arrives for Kennewick District
The warranty deed delivering two acres to the Kennewick School District for a new building site has arrived and is placed in escrow at Exchange Bank of Kennewick. The board contracts J C Gorman to build the school at a $10 000 cost with completion by October 1. Don F Cresswell, board president, said Gorman has secured bonds and will join the project this week.
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Kennewick
Exchange Bank of
India Jubilee theme at M. E. Church service
Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League anniversary program begins at 8 p.m. with voluntary, long prayer, sale, Epworth League history, recitation, duets, junior league work, songs, readings, and an address by Rev. J. H. Wood with offerings to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Mabel Cox
Mies
Hoadley
Elizabeth Gorwin
J. H. Tuttle
Miss Winans
Miss Gill
Congregational Church Offers Dual Sermons and Meetings
The pastor will preach on The Glory of God at morning service and Hell at the evening service next Sunday. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. and the Christian Endeavor gathering at 7 p.m. with Elijah and John the topic. Joe Thornton leads the Endeavor. special music planned.
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Congregational Church
Glory of God
Christian Endeavor
Endeavor
Elijah
John
Joe Thornton
NEW TRACTS PLATTED NEAR KENNEWICK AND RICHLAND
At the county commission session nearby tracts were platted for record by Kennewick parties. W R Wisel filed a six acre tracts and 36 lots across from the school site with irrigation favorable locations. W A Morain platted 12 acres and 32 lots north of Wisel’s lots opposite the school site, some sold with buildings. G E Hanson filed the Finley towsite plat and Penns Addition to Richland was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
W. R. Wisel
W. A. Morain
Wisel
G. E. Hanson
Finley, Towsite
Penn
Richland
Body of John Gormley Found After River Fall
The body of John Gormley, 25, was identified by workmen from the bridge after he fell into the Columbia River three weeks ago. He will be buried at Riverview Heights cemetery this evening. The Dalles District Conference of the M. E. church will meet in Pendleton next week with about 30 ministers and lay members attending. Rev. Walter Skipworth will preside. Kennewick ministers Rev J H Wood and Rev F L Tuttle will attend.
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Dstrict League
Epworth
The
Methodist Church
Walla Walla
Florence Wer
Gretta Book
C. F. Apt
Loyd Haxton
C. H. Putnam
F. L. Tuttle
Dalles
M. E
Wim. Snape
Congregational Church
Justice G. F. Richardson
Camp 7
Gormley
Columbia River
John Gormley
Riverview Heights
M. E. Church
Pendleton
Ore
Coleman
Willamette University
Salem
Rader
Pacific Christian Advocate
Portland
Todd
Tacoma
Puget Sound University
Walter Skipworth
J. H. Wood
Kennewick
Oil Dust Suppression Tested on Oregon Rail Lines
The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company plans to sprinkle the Pendleton to Spokane track with crude petroleum to reduce dust raised by moving trains. The practice, already suggested by passengers, could spread to the Willamette Valley if feasible in coming years.
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Pendleton
Spokane
California
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Levery Road
Harriman
Why Shoes Come High Commentary on Leather Costs
W. T. Burnett notes hides are historically expensive, exceeding Civil War levels when adjusted for currency. Demand from the Russian Japanese war and leather uses like automobile upholstery boost prices, keeping tanners busy despite downsides and upsides in the market.
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Europe
W. T. Burnett
Cemetery Plans Progress and Plot Layout Approved
The Cemetery Association held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. W. G. King’s home. Surveyor A. H. Nichols presented a cemetery plat for examination, with Mrs. C. J. Beach and Mr. W. H. Collins advising. the plan passed with a modification. Only the west half will be laid out first, featuring a central driveway and paths, with beds for flowers and shrubs. The association will charge $1 for each pauper grave to the city and county. Lot sales will begin after Nichols completes his work through the association superintendent. The organization, once linked to city churches, now operates as an independent society inviting joiners.
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Cemetery Association
W. G. King
A. H. Nichols
North Yakima
C. J. Beach
W. H. Collins
Max Beach
Nichols
Notice to Pay Up from the Courier Subscribers
The weekly Courier in the valley reports many subscribers are in arrears on their payments. As strawberry money arrives, readers are urged to settle accounts promptly to ensure continued service.
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Courier
Presbyterian General Assembly session opens in Des Moines
Des Moines May 17 surrounding the 118th session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America opened with about 750 commissioners and a large turnout. Representatives from Central Washington Presbytery attended, including Rev. T H Dry and J Kennedy. Benton County real estate transfers for the week ending May 15 include several parcels in Kennewick Hover and Kenn positions with prices ranging from 50 to 520 dollars and a 4200 dollar sale for Julius Jacot to H C Mitcham.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James D. Moffatt
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In America
T. H. Dry
Kennewick
J. H. Kennedy
Kiona
Central Washington
Benton County
Benton County Abstract & Title Co
Rufus Fullerton
A. W. Tompkins
W. Caryl Ely
H. A. Hover
N. P. Irr. Co
Robert Fr. Russell
Kenn
Geo. Yama
Hover
Geo. J. Drummer
1St Presbyterian Church
C. J. Beach
First Congregational Church
Beach
Julius Jacot
H.C. Mitcham
N. R
Bees and settlers fill Horse Heaven homesteads
Grandview in central Horse Heaven near Umatilla and Irrigon hosts visitors from Idaho. C B Quillen and W E Walker break sod while Hans Smith O D Graves and Hen Batson summer fallow. School Dist 18 runs 21 pupils under Mrs McCoy. A R Work gathers a swarm honey after hive discovery with help from Matthews, Bronson and Quillen families.
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Grandview
Horse Heaven
Umatilla
Irrigon
Oro
Matthews
Moscow
Idaho
C. B. Quillen
Bronson
Sandpoint
Phoebe Work
W. S. Matthews
Ollie Bronson
Ida Quillen
Work
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C. G. Handy
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Irrigan Irrigator
Rabbitville
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Presbyterian Assembly
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