Downtown street lighting to swap carbon for hydrogen lamps
City council considers a ten year contract with Pacific Power & Light to replace carbon lamps with gas filled hydrogen lamps and prismatic shades in downtown streets. Hydrogen lamps would double brightness with fixed rates, and city seeks inflation and rate reduction protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Longmuir
Pacific Power & Light Company
Second
Yakima
State Public Service Commission
Longmuir
Kennewick
Pastime Cigar Store Sold and Relocated in Hover Block
Mr and Mrs C G Cathcart left for Spokane to make their home. They sold the Pastime cigar store and billiard parlor to C E and Allen Tripp who moved the Little Brick stock into the Pastime quarters in the Hover block. The consolidation creates a well equipped recreation venue with interior changes and comfortable space. Chas Brown from Canada visited locally to spend the holidays with his brothers A F and A C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Cathcart
Spokane
Special Hours At P O Sunday And Monday
Christmas mail volume is heavy at the local post office. Postmistress Mrs. Gould and staff work to prevent congestion and ensure service. Gouey Williams joins the regular force and the office opens Sunday 10 to 11 am for delivery. Monday windows stay open 11 am to noon for belated packages. Rural carriers cooperate to speed delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Oliver
E. H. Mann
County set to bid for new Yakima River bridge
One of the last acts of the current county board is to award a contract for a new steel highway bridge across the Yakima river between here and Richland. Reports from engineers declare the present bridge unsafe and repair impracticable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Yakima River
Here
Richland
General Road and Bridge
T. J. Wright
Coast Bridge Construction Company
Wm. Yaeger
Seattle
Yeager
State Highway Department
Year Round Highway Push Formed in Walla Walla Meeting
The Interstate Good Roads Association was organized at a Walla Walla gathering to press for a year round Evergreen highway from Missoula through Lewiston, Walla Walla, Kennewick, Mabton, Goldendale to Vancouver. Delegates backed the route through populated areas to aid farmers and tourists. H. Y. Saint was elected temporary president for a Pasco meeting in February. Nearby, Lester Hollaway plans Christmas visiting relatives while Loys Taylor is due home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Trenbath
Good Roads Committee
The
Commercial Club
Kennewick
Walla Walla
Interstate Good Roads Association
Washington
Idaho
Lewiston
Montana
H. Y. Saint
North
Missoula
Mabton
Goldendale
Columbia River
Vancouver
Pasco
Community Christmas Tree Song Texts
The article lists two audience sing along songs for a community Christmas tree event It Was requested that attendees clip or take a copy of the paper The songs include It Came Upon the Midnight Clear with its original verses about angels peace and divine heralds and describe a world in stillness and the coming age of gold The text preserves the classic carol wording and stanzas without alteration
Silent Night Song Verse Summary
The text presents the Christmas carol Silent Night describing a calm manger scene with Mary and child, angels, shepherds, and a celebration of Christ the Savior born with divine radiance and redeeming grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ the Savior
Jesus
Lord
Freight wreck blocks NP traffic on hillside hill
Traffic on the Northern Pacific was halted for several hours Tuesday while crews cleared a freight wreck between here and Vista. Three rail cars tumbled down the hill including a shingles car and two lumber cars, with several others left on the rails, caused by a broken wheel.
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Northern Pacific
Here
Vista
Mrs Pike Visits Pasco to Support Daughter in Hospital
Mrs Fred Pike travels to Pasco to be with her daughter Mrs Floyd White who lies in the local hospital recovering from an appendicitis operation.
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Fred Pike
Pasco
Floyd White
Averill Beavers Named Kennewick Postmaster
Averill Beavers of the Highlands was appointed postmaster of Kennewick by President Wilson, succeeding Mrs Parker Gould whose term ended after marriage and nonrenewal. Beavers, a Democratic leader and Woodrow Wilson League president, is expected to assume duties mid January.
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Parker Gould
Huge Coyote Drive Planned in Richland Valley
A large coyote drive is planned for Sunday December 31 1916 at ten in the fore noon. Hunters from Kennewick Prosser Hanford White Bluffs Kiowa Benton City Horse Heaven Fruitvale and Richland will range over miles north and west of Richland. Rifles are barred shotgun use will exterminate the animals. A lunch and trophies await participants. For information contact M D OConnell J D McCarthy or Carl Willis in Richland Wash.
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Richland Valley
Kennewick
Prosser
Hanford
White Bluffs
Kiowa
Benton City
Horse Heaven
Fruitvale
Richland
Columbia River Valley
M. D. O'Connell
J. D. McCarthy
Carl Willis
Wash
Public Christmas Tree Events Set For Saturday Evening
A community Christmas tree project organized by local clubs churches and individuals is ready for a 7 pm Saturday program. The Tum-A Lumber tree provided and Pacific Power will decorate and light it with candy for children under ten ensured by Santa Claus. Boy Scout guards will help maintain order as Luther's Cradle Hymn Silent Night and Tannenbaum are sung before Santa arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tum-Alum Lumber Company
Pacific Power & Light Company
Chuck” Haas
Boy Scouts
Altha Miss Shier
K. S. Tontz
Tannenbaum
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Jean Burns
Pullman
Miss Burns
Intake Extension Planned For Pacific Power Plant
Pacific Power and Light orders materials to extend the city pumping plant intake further into the Columbia River. The new intake will sit deeper, ten feet lower, in a swift channel to ensure a steady supply of pure water even in low water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Power & Light Company
Columbia River
Altho
Garber Holiday Visit From Reardan Ends Surprise
Mr and Mrs G Garber welcomed their son Charles and his bride from Reardan as they spent the holidays with the family, their arrival catching them pleasantly off guard Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. G. Garber
Charles
Bride
Reardan
Warblers of U Please Grow Popular in Kennewick
The University of Washington glee club and tango band performed to a full house at the Princess Theatre. Audience favor toward the university musicians grew, with excellent glee club work, strong solo by Metz, and well received Ragpickers Octet and Thomas cocoon songs. The show closed with comic skits and a note of high anticipation for their North Yakima date, final stop of the tour.
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University of Washington Glee Club
Princess Theatre
Kennewick
Glee Club
Metz
Thomas
North Yakima
Joint installation set by Kennewick Masonic and Eastern Star
The Kennewick Masonic and Eastern Star lodges plan a joint installation on the evening of December 30 with an engaging program for members and invited guests. Officers chosen by the Masons last night include M. M. Moulton as W M Chas Florine S W J H Siegfried J W H A Bier treasurer and F J Kadow secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
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Chas. Brown
Canada
A. F
A. C
Kennewick-Richland Bridge
Lester Hollaway
Twisp
Loys Taylor
Colossus
Los Angeles Times
Virgin
Averill Beavers
Coyote Drive
Warblers OF “U
University Glee Club
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