Meadow Brook Farm expands irrigation and alfalfa crop
In the Kennewick valley Meadow Brook Farm cultivates 67 acres of alfalfa after leveling and fluming near Riverside Ranch. Water from a well powers two pumps to feed a 6 and 4 inch flow, with dry farming tests on 150 acres along Haxton Drainage Ditch yielding oats and wheat hay. The operation, led by R. E. Pratt, plans further cultivation and potential sale of additional tracts as soil and moisture management improve.
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Kennewick
Meadow Brook
Riverside Ranch
Alamo
Horse Power International
Meadow Brook Firm Co
R. E. Pratt
Haxton
Kennewick Packing Co Buys City Meat Market
The Kennewick Packing Co has purchased City Meat Market and will pursue retail meat trade alongside its wholesale business. Based in Spokane with a $100,000 capital, it plans remodeling and expansion, naming John R. Cassin R E Shephard and Ike M Elyofee as principal stockholders.
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Kennewick Packing Co
Spokane
John R. Cassin
R. E. Shepfard
Ike M. Elyofee
Finley
Seattle
Market
Chris Istensen
Kennewick Co
Christensen
Prosser Votes Dry in Local Option Election
Prosser’s local option election ended dry with 146 to 115 in favor, 261 votes cast from 292 registered. Local leaders and the Anti Saloon League organized drives. this makes Prosser the seventeenth of eighteen Washington towns to go dry. Licenses for three saloons were $1,009 total and expire December 2.
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Prosser
Ne Drys
H.R. Watson
E.C. Houston
Albert Smith
IE. W. Pry
Dr. Angus
Rev. H. \. Rounds
F. A. Kennett
J. D. Marsh
Anti Saloon League
Lewis K. Horton
Washington
Kennewick Cemetery Association Considers Move to Section 7
The Kennewick Cemetery Association met at Mrs. M O Klitten’s home with 15 members. A lengthy discussion, largely unfavorable, addressed moving the cemetery to Section 7 proposed by N P I Co. More time was granted. They set a November meeting and directed the treasurer to invest about $300 of surplus funds until irrigation plans proceed.
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Kennewick Cemetery Association
M. O. Klitten
Council Studies Peggraph Franchise Petition and Street Vacation
North Coast Railway representatives discuss a draft petition for a franchise along Seventh Fourth A, Columbia and Washington streets at a special council meeting. The plan includes crossing A Street near a depots area, with a second street route proposed to Second Street via the Ash Beach area. Public opinion and street vacation issues require careful consideration before any approval, amid opposition from local property owners on Front Street.
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North Coast Railway
A. Cy. _slumbia
Washington
Kennewick
Northern Pacific
Treet
Stasery Dwire
Felting Ag
Second Street
Cute
Ash Street
Throsh Beach
Learch Orehart
Jindiige Sa
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City Meat Market
Drys
Council Studies
Publis Inspect
Perk
United States
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Campies
Tal
Tee
Fey
Amoninh
SE Ae
Frieme
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Kennewicks
West
Kennewick and
Paseo
Shana
Choice
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