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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
6
The Kennewick Commercial Club met in special session to arrange entertaining the Good Roads Convention set for the 19th and 20th. A seven member committee led by J W Hewetson was named to organize. Hewetson will visit Prosser to urge county bonding for road funding amid questions of legal authority without a public vote.
A new railroad outfit belonging to Caughran and Wilson arrives at noon and heads seven miles upriver for the North Coast. With 40 heavy horses and many dump cars, the crew signals serious work. The firm formerly worked on the North Bank as Winters Coughran and Boomer and may operate as sub-contractors under Peter Eschbach at the point covered by his contract. The unit appears more like solid business than previous outfits.
The socialist vote rose in Benton County on Tuesday with about 150 total votes expected. Readouts from 9 precincts show Prosser 42 North Prosser 12 East Prosser 10 West Prosser 5 Finley 14 Kennewick 18 White Bluffs 13 Paterson 6 Hover Expansion Hanford and Horse Heaven each 1.
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