Kennewick Prepares for New Teachers and Open House
Kennewick opens Monday with a new superintendent Lynn H. Smith and 21 new teachers. Public reception Friday September 8 welcomes parents to meet staff. district leases Lutheran parochial and Congregational church basements to handle overflow as enrollment soars.
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Kennewek
G. R. Washburn
Kennewick
Miss McBride
Miss Eckerly
Lynn H. Smith
Yakima High School
F. L. Fraser
Woman’s Club
Board of Education
Lutheran Parochial
Congregational Church
Washington Building
Lydia J. McCormack
Minnie Bird
Kate Larson
Lily Albin
Zela Hazen
Frances Goldsworthy
Ruth Huntington
Thora Anderson
Gertrude Thompson
Ethel Mayes
Zada Tinker
Annex Lutheran Church
Gertrude Stoneman
Objections to State Plan for Kennewick Irrigation Bond
Highland farmer sends a letter to The Courier-Reporter outlining worries about financing the Kennewick irrigation project. He questions whether state efforts speed up building, the gamble of a first state ditch, land sale to fund it, and potential loss of federal aid if bonds carry.
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Courier-Reporter
Kennewick
State Reclamation Board
U. S. Reclamation Service
Moulton
U. S
Bailey Speaks at Valley Club Lecture
District Horticulturist Inspector F. E. Bailey addressed the largest farmer gathering at the Valley club house last night. The talk started a series of lectures planned for the coming fall and winter season.
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Valley Club
F. E. Bailey
Former County Engineer Dies After Operation
K. C. Bowers died in Yakima Sunday morning after a brief illness following an operation. While camping he fell and injured himself, a weakness afterward linked to his death. He lived in Kennewick for years and was Benton county engineer. from 1914 he served as Yakima county chief deputy engineer.
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K. C. Bowers
Yakima
Meeting on state irrigation financing at Highlands club
A meeting to discuss financing the Kennewick irrigation project will be held at the Highlands club house on Thursday evening September 2 at 7 o'clock. All interested are urged to attend.
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Kennewick
Highlands Club House
Roosevelt Campaign Train Stop Delivers West Reclamation Message
Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning as Democratic vice presidential nominee paused at the N P depot to address a crowd. He urged broader westward reclamation, promised a interior secretary knowledgeable about the region, and urged voters to study the league of nations covenant and judge for themselves.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
N. P
Mr. Roosevelt
Jimmy” Cox
West
Democratic Party
Fovoing
League of Nations
League
ORGANIZE AUXILIARY FOR WOMEN OF LEGION FORMED
The local Women's Auxiliary to the American Legion organized last Friday with officers elected: President Mrs. Albert Haas Vice President Mrs. Leon F Lemon Secretary Mrs. Howard Lincoln Treasurer Mrs. James Howard and an executive committee including Mrs. E M Sly and Mrs. L W Soth. Nearly 50 women became charter members after a meeting of the local Legion post. The group aims to be a strong social patriotic civic body and membership is open to mothers wives daughters widows and sisters of ex service men.
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Women’s Auxiliary To the American Legion
Albert Haas
Leon F. Lemon
Howard Lincoln
James Howard
E. M. Sly
L. W. Soth
American Legion Post
American Legion
Legion
Born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Sonderman in Seattle
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sonderman on August 12 in Seattle.
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Clarence Sonderman
Seattle
Fourteen Hundred Registered in Valley Precincts
Registration books close Tuesday evening showing about 1400 registered voters in Valley and three city wards from River Road to Hover. City total 663 with wards 274, 231, 155. Other precincts list Kennewick Gardens 69 Highlands 145 South Kennewick 126 Kennewick Valley 157 Finley 173 Hover 60.
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River Road
Hover
Kennewick Gardens
Highlands
South Kennewick
Kennewick
Valley
Finley
Mills to Speak at Richland Park Picnic
Walter Thomas Mills national organizer for the nonpartisan league will address a 2 p m speech in Richland park next Tuesday afternoon. The talk is the feature of an all day picnic hosted by the county nonpartisan league with Mills as the keynote speaker.
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Walter Thomas Mills
Nonpartisan League
Richland Park
Mills
Hartley Decries Labor Ties in Second Street Speech
Col Roland H Hartley Republican candidate for governor spoke from an automobile on Second Street Monday morning. Introduced by campaign man Lloyd Spencer, he urged a business man style administration and vowed to govern without pre election pledges, rewards or punishments.
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Roland H. Hartley
Second Street
Lloyd Spencer
Seattle
Col. Hartley
Bailey Advises Spray Intervals For Yakima Orchards
Weather outlook brings slow rain aiding red spider control but depleting arsenical spray protection. Bailey urges growers to apply arsenate sprays at 15 to 18 days for large varieties and 18 to 20 days for smaller varieties, with last spray timing tied to picking. Worm activity tracks fruit presence.
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Yakima
Rome
State Senator Champions State Reclamation and Land Settlement
Yakima Senator D V Morthland urged backing state reclamation over federal projects at a Commercial Club lunch. He predicted expanded state powers and funding for irrigation, arguing state laws advance home building, tax wealth, and rural progress, noting two major measures passed with no dissent. He spoke before catching a train and visiting local friends.
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Commercial Club
D. V. Morthland
Yakima
Columbia Basin
State Reclamation
Reclamation Service
U. S
Morthland
H. A. Herrill
Coyle to Speak in Kennewick on Ex-Service Men Tour
William J. Wee Coyle Republican candidate for lieutenant governor travels under the Ex-service men special. He will be in Kennewick on Tuesday September 1 to address university alumni and ex-service men, speaking at the post office at 2 p m.
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William J
Wee” Coyle
Kennewick
Coyle
Reed and Sperk Return from Ritzville Harvest
James Reed and Barton Sperk came back Friday night from Ritzville where they spent a month harvesting crops.
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James Reed
Barton Sperk
Ritzville
Prosser Fugitive Hans Cloyd Recaptured in Jail Grab
Hans Cloyd, a twice escaped Benton county jail inmate in Prosser, was found working for the Milwaukee railroad on the west side. Sheriff Rolph detained him, returning him to county jail after a trial in superior court sentenced him to one to 15 years in the Monroe reform school.
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Hans Cloyd
Benton County
Prosser
Milwaukee Railroad
Rolph
Cloyd
Alex McNeill
Oregon
Reformatory
Monroe
Kennewick irrigation bond vote draws strong Highland support
In Kennewick irrigation district a $4,000,000 bond proposal for a 25,000 acre project prompts strong Highland farmer backing for early construction. Voters will decide next Friday with sentiment favoring gravity irrigation and broad acceptance of per acre costs while concerns focus on state ability and potential federal aid.
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Kennewick Irrigation District
Kennewick
State Reclamation Board
Kennewick Highlands
Courir
U. S
M. M. Moulton
U. S. Reclamation Service
Moulton
U.S
Reclamation Board
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Lois Thompson
Elizabeth Larsen
Edith McBride
Ruth Eckery
Cornelia Newton
Marjorie Dammann
Gustave H. Wiesner
Margaret L. Crossland
G. I. Kralowec
Ann Theresa Marshaw
Lynn H., Smith
Highland Farmer
State Board
Bailey
Roosevelt
Everett
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