Open River Service Will Be Continued On Upper Rivers
Portland officials and Inland Empire Commercial Clubs reached a pact to keep Open River Transportation Company service on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers. The deal covers settling debts, raising tonnage, and sharing potential deficits, with prospects of improved profits for shippers and growers as organization continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Open River Transportation Company
Upper Columbia
Snake Rivers
Portland
Boat Company
Inland Empire
Pendleton Commercial Club
R. C. Beach
Lewiston
E. M. Sly
Kennewick
H. M. Dryer
Umatilla
W. L. Thompson
Pendleton
W. S. Smallwood
Yakima View of the Fruit Business
Analysts argue against judging Yakima fruit by a single poor season. They note strong demand for cherries and peaches, insist on improving labor and marketing, and forecast good prices for apples and pears as the core industry grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
The Corn Ear Worm Destructive Pest Across Regions
Entomologist A L Melander explains the corn ear worm, a brown miller pest affecting cotton in the south tomatoes in the east and corn ears in the west. Fight mainly by fall plowing. no effective spray exists though Paris green dusting is mentioned. pick worms from home grown corn and destroy them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Oregon Washington Railway cuts freight rates nationwide
Effective October 10 the Oregon Washington Railway and Navigation Co introduces a consolidated tariff lowering costs on key commodities. Through class rates from Spokane to Oregon points drop with notable cuts for brick poultry feed lumber building materials grain and mill feed. Rates now apply to both interstate and intrastate traffic with lower Walla Walla to Washington and Oregon routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon- Washington Railway & Navigation Company
Camas Prairie
North Yakima
Spokane
Oregon
Huntington
Washington
Walla Walla
Pasco Mayors Share a Jest Over a Kid Story
While visiting Pasco, Mayor Lockerby and Mayor Sylvester playfully tease each other about a family moving to Kennewick. The tale centers on a five year old girl who prays goodbye awry, prompting a corrective retelling that she said Good by God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasco
Lockerby
Sylvester
Kennewick
Ordinance Grants Northern Pacific spur track in Kennewick
Kennewick City Council approves a franchise for the Northern Pacific Railway to lay and operate a spur track over Monroe Street in Beach's First Addition. The ordinance sets conditions on construction, grade, operation, acceptance within 30 days, and public notice costs with passage dates in September 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway Company
State of Wisconsin
Monroe Street
Beach
Kennewick
Washington
City of
Wisconsin
C. L. Holcoms
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The
Republic
Yakima Daily Republic
A. L. Melander
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Pullman
Diamond Crown Coffee
Schilling’s Best Tea
Riviera Brand
Holmes
Z. V. Decker
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