Commercial Club Holds First Meeting in New Hover Block
The Commercial Club met in its new Hover Block home and discussed dues collection with a plan to recover more than $300 in back payments. Delinquents face loss of privileges after 30 days and removal after three months while other reports covered include the Lewiston Columbia Snake River Waterways talk and Open River Transportation Co. losses, plus a proposed billiard table for the club room and support from O W R N officials to attract new business as a shipping hub.
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Commercial Club
H. A. Hover
F. E
E. M. Sly
Portland
Open River Transportation Co
Hover
Fire destroys another home in Lower Valley
J C Dennis loses his Section Seven residence and almost all contents to a morning blaze. Estimated loss stands around 1500 with about 7000 in ins irance. Dennis lit a kitchen stove and lamp before leaving to fetch cows. He returned to find the fire beyond control and the house burned to the ground.
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J.C. Dennis
Committee selects Mahan for sheriff
W B Mahan was chosen last Monday by county precinct committee men to fill the unexpired sheriff term and to be the Republican nominee. East side supporters backed C E Duffy, who had claimed victory by primaries margins, but the official count gave Mahan the lead by forty one votes. West end committeemen prevailed as distance and travel burdens kept eastern members away, shaping the final choice.
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W.B. Mahan
C. E. Duffy
Duffy
Mr. Mahan
East
Prosser
Tree Planting Day at Kennewick Cemetery
The Kennewick Cemetery Association schedules Tree Planting Day for October 30 at the cemetery grounds. All are invited to assist as locust trees are preferred. Supt. W H Collins will collect spares. Lunch will be served and ladies are asked to contribute. Mrs. J B Ross, Pres. KC A.
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Kennewick Cemetery
J. B. Ross
Pres. K.C. A
Methow Valley Men Tour Caywash Mine Site With Car Breakage
Ss. S. Callahan D. L. Taylor Ben Knapp and L. L. Hoursey traveled in Callahan's car to inspect Caywash Mining Co property. They were reported stalled about a mile from Hell-to-Pay now mapped as Eltopia due to a broken axle.
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Ss. S. Callahan
D. L. Taylor
Ben Knapp
L. L. Hoursey
Methow Valley
Callahan
Caywash Mining Co
Hell
Eltopia
County Seat Crisis Dictates Prosser Bias in Court House Vote
The piece argues whether Benton county will build a courthouse if the seat stays in Prosser or moves to Kennewick. It claims Prosser lawmakers will push building, while a Prosser commissioner would block if the seat shifts, leaving taxpayers facing higher taxes or no courthouse depending on location and voter action. It cites past pledges and warns voters to weigh county plans at the November election.
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Prosser
Kennewick
Court House
Benton County
H. M. Walthew
Franklin County
Connell, Mesa
Estopia
Pasco
Special Notice To Water Users In Kennewick Meeting
All users of water from the Northern Pacific Irrigation Company's canal are requested to attend a Public Service Commission meeting at the Kennewick city hall at 10 a m October 30 to discuss matters important to every water user. Do not forget the date and attend.
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Northern Pacific Irrigation Company
Kennewick
Public Service Commission
Cement Walks for Dellhaven District
A Dellhaven district improvement project awarded Hardy Construction of North Yakima a contract for five blocks of concrete walks at 13 cents per foot plus grading and excavation. W A Morain was the other bidder. A crossing alarm dispute with the O W R N was postponed to PSC hearings later this month on the underground crossing at the S P & S.
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Hardy Construction Company
North Yakima
Dellhaven
W. A. Morain
Sneak Thieves Target Kennewick Stores In Broad Daylight
Two daylight robberies occurred in Kennewick this week. Shoes were stolen from Gluck & Co. on Second Street after a man distracted a clerk, and $37.50 was taken from Kennewick Trading Co. by two Gypsy women posing as customers. The shoe thieves fled. suspects remained unfound. The money thieves confessed in Pasco and returned forty dollars. Police did not press charges. Local political rallies followed, Republican and Progressive events drawing small crowds with remarks by local figures.
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Kennewick
Second Street
Gluck & Co
Kennewick Trading Co
Pasco
W. L. LaFollette
Pullman
H. J. Hirschmann
Spokane
A. J. Falconer
W. H. Ford
Arlington
Teddy
Prosser Campaign Faces Court House Debate in 1912
The Republican Bulletin reports Prosser county commissioner candidates oppose a new court house, accusing other candidates of political maneuvers. The piece questions why signatures were gathered in Prosser and denounces past campaigns as fraud to defraud taxpayers. It asks what will be done with $105 076.43 in the county treasury as of August 31 1912.
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Prosser
E. J. Ward
Kennewick
D. M. Angus
Mrs Christensen Freed Of Murder Charge In Pasco Trial
Anna May Christensen was found not guilty of poisoning her husband after a five hour jury deliberation ending Tuesday morning. Garey, co-defendant banker’s successor, was also released as the case against him collapsed. Prosecutor O Brien said the strongest proof lay against the widow and nothing could be gained by pursuing further charges.
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Anna May Christensen
Pasco
Dell
Garey
Christensen
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New Home
Lower Valley
Mahan
Kamm
Till
Gluck
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