Kennewick Courthouse Offer Sparks Benton County Vote
Voters in Benton County face a November 5 ballot on moving the county seat to Kennewick. Kennewick pledges a fireproof, two vault building with a four year one dollar lease and free record moves from Prosser, claiming annual rent savings of 1,600 and 500 for repairs. A bond guarantees the offer and critics warn of late election promises while noting Prosser’s tax pounds.
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Benton County
Kennewick
Prosser
Prosser Papers Accuse Kennewick of Voter Fraud
Kennewick and Prosser dispute election integrity ahead of the county seat vote on November 5. Kennewick officials pledge to prevent illegal voting and ensure legal ballots, while Prosser papers allege criminal libel. A Kennewick preacher will give a farewell sermon at the Presbyterian church as the pastoral relation ends.
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Kennewick
Prosser
Columbia River Valley
Kenne
Wick Campaign Committee
Prosser Committee
F. L. Fraser
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
Central
Washington
Electric line plans link Kennewick Pasco Richland
Hanford Columbian reports surveyors on the Milwaukee line under Hanford and winter operations will push through Richland to Kennewick. Prospective investors visited Kennewick to study an electric interurban joining Kennewick Pasco Richland with a steam ferry service on the Columbia rather than bridges. Franchises expected to be requested from Pasco Kennewick and Richland officials within a month. Cars could run in ninety days or franchises may be forfeited.
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The
Hanford
Richland
Kennewick
Pasco
Lower Valley
Ken
Newick
Columbia
Twin Cities
Kemp Barron Wedding at St Pauls Church Kennewick
Miss Isabell Marian Barron of Chicago wed Thomas J. Kemp of Kennewick at St Pauls Episcopal Church. Rev C E Wilkinson officiated before about a dozen friends. A wedding dinner followed at Mr and Mrs A F Brown. The couple will reside on the groom’s ranch near town. Kemp is wire chief for the Kennewick Valley Telephone Co.
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St. Paul’s Epicopal Church
Isabell Marian Barron
Chicago
Thomas J. Kemp
C. E. Wilkinson
Lewis Bliss
A. F. Brown
Bliss
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