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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
8
Washington May 15 Chief engineer F H Newell of the reclamation service will spend July and August in eastern Washington investigating the Palouse and other projects. He aims to push government irrigation and select a feasible early project with engineer cooperation.
Prosser Falls Land & Irrigation files with the county auditor to divert 5 000 cubic feet per second from the Columbia at Priest Rapids for electricity and manufacturing needs. E F Benson plans a Priest Rapids hydro scheme serving lower Yakima towns from Pasco to Wenatchee. Kelso for a project waters eastern Klickitat and Yakima lands via a large irrigation canal. Crime costs rise as county audits show 333 warrants totaling 5 831 45 with six convictions from 20 cases. juries cost 6 996 and Millard Boyd murder case costs 1 535 40. Northern Pacific engineers arrive, sparking talk of a new bridge or river spur. Early Ohio seed prices advertised as $40 per ton in spring, with Kennewick delivery at $25 per ton via Richey Gilbert Co of Toppenish.
Department of the Interior issues a contest notice against homestead entry No 12465 held by David Stewart Bell for the NE quarter Section 28 Township 8N Range 28E. Orville A. Anthony alleges six months of abandonment and failure to meet residence and cultivation laws. Proceedings set for 10:00 a.m. September 15, 1905 before the U S Land Office in Walla Walla. Publication ordered since personal service cannot be achieved.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Walla Walla May 6 1905 announces that the following named settler has filed notice of intention to make final proof in support of his claim. Proof will be made before E P Greene US Commissioner at his Pasco Washington office on June 17 1905.
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