Hartley falters as Senate blocks centralization drive
Governor Hartley faces renewed resistance as the Senate rejects four centralization bills including a highway department creation. Independents tilt toward Hartley, while leaders Reed and Sims loosen influence. A House vote on the highway bill looms, with passage possible if reconsidered. Also reports Senates backs minor reorganization, while the farm to market gas tax bill faces a veto showdown.
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Richard Hamilton
Hartley
Baeang
Ece
Asi
anti-Hartley
Senate
Reba Hurn
Spokane
Wilof
Whitman County
Cit
Metcalf
Mr. Hartley
Mark Reed
Ed Sims
Reed
Sims
Department of Highways
Reidt
State Parks Committee
State Capitol Committee
State Tax Commission
State Land Board
State Library Committee
Conner
Seattle
Central Board of Regents
Uiversity, College and Normal Schools
Sen- Ra
House
Contract for Highway Let By Commissioners
Permanent highway No 18 continuation of Vista road was let at the Prosser commissioners meeting to C B Quillen Lewiston Idaho at 10765 18 The other bids were Frank Haas Grandview 11495 Dingle 12144 62 Campbell Construction Co 11000 Thad Grosseup 12327 56 Through H S Hughes arrangements were made for cleaning seeding and raking the local potters field Riverview Heights cemetery and for permanent upkeep of the same.
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Commissioners
Prosser
C. B. Quillen
Lewiston
Idaho
Frank Haas
Grandview
Dingle
Campbell Construction Co
Thad Grosseup
H. S. Hughes
Riverview Heights
Fruit Injury Negligible in Kennewick District
Weather favors a near full crop of sweet cherries peaches and apricots in Kennewick with Russian apricot varieties nearly complete. Pears and apples show no winter damage while warm weather keeps orchards busy with pruning cleanup and spraying plans due to last year's San Jose scale spread.
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Kennewick
Jay Perry
Perry
Kennewick Municipal Airport Expansion Underway
Work began Monday to clear fifteen acres of Kennewick's municipal airport as part of a larger 100 acre field plan. The site will meet Class A airport standards per Commerce Dept specifications and measure 4000 by 2500 feet to accommodate large transport aircraft. Kansas? No. William Hallett praised the field's slope visibility and conditions as ideal. the Halletts plan a south facing hangar adjacent to the new airfield.
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Kennewick
Department of Commerce
William Hallett
Halletts
Associations Join on Crop Plan for Early Ground Crops
Yakima Fruit Growers Association led by J Walter Hebert and 8 Rivers Growers led by Lee M Lampson agreed to a joint selling basis for asparagus strawberries and early potatoes. Two salesmen one from each group will operate. Lampson handles 3 Rivers sales and Willett Big Y assistant sales manager will represent the Big Y in Kennewick. Lane Johnson and Wasaburn Gleason continue cooperation with 8 Rivers Growers.
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Yakima Fruit Growers Association
J. Walter Hebert
8 Rivers Growers Association
Lee M. Lampson
Kennewick
Big “Y
3 Rivers
Lee. M. Lampson
3 Rivers Association
E. F. Willett
Yakima
Big
Clean Up San Jose Scale Hit Benton County Orchards
The 1928 San Jose scale infestation in Benton county was the worst in years, with estimates of 10 percent crop cullage in one plant and 80 to 90 percent affected in some crops. The horticultural department seeks to remove neglected, nearby scale infested orchards and urges thorough dormant spray, weather permitting, and adherence to proper lime sulfur or oil spray concentrations. Residents with neglected orchards should contact Prosser or district inspectors to join the cleanup effort.
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San Jose
Benton County
Doyle B. Starcher
Horticultural Department
Prosser
Kennewick Man Promoted to Wholesale Manager
Philip S. Hitchcock son of Mr and Mrs C G Hitchcock well known in Kennewick has been appointed wholesale manager of Rigel Brothers in Spokane after a year as assistant manager He will oversee contact work with Dodge dealers across the firm’s large territory
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Philip S. Hitchcock
C. G. Hitchcock
Kennewick
Riegel Brothers
Spokane
Hitchcock
Dodge
Mrs Reed Hosts Study Club Gathering at Home
Mrs. R. E. Reed welcomed members of the Study Club to her residence Thursday evening for a social and discussion gathering.
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R. E. Reed
Kennewick D A R to Sponsor Flag Contest at High School
The Kennewick chapter of the D A R will sponsor a United States Flag Association contest at Kennewick High School. It features 75 questions and an essay for eligible students aged 14 to 18. Top 36 nationwide win trips to Washington DC with two top boys and two top girls receiving world trips.
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Kennewick
D.A.R
Kennewick High School
United States Flag Association
Washington, DC
Voters Pass School Levy and Elect Directors Across Districts
Richland voters approved a ten mill school levy to maintain pool operations and elected directors in multiple districts. Kennewick saw F. J. Arnold win re election with 98 votes. Finley chose E. W. Aylward over Arthur Lecholt by 15 votes. Hover re elected H. S. Hughes. Locust Grove filled two year and three year terms with Wesley Safford and Bob Simmelink. Hanford and across river district renewed terms for C. H. Foster and replaced Moffett with Bert Salvini. Plymouth chose J. S. Keeney for a three year term.
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Kennewick
F. J. Arnold
Arnold
Richland
Fletcher
Boettcher
Hover
H. S. Hughes
John Franklin
A Gray
Finley
E. W. Aylward
Arthur Lecholt
Aylward
F. Volland
Robert Perkins
Locust Grove School
Wesley Safford
Louis Larson
Bob Simmelink
Hanford
Bert Salvini
Mr. Moffett
C. H. Foster
Plymouth
J. S. Keeney
High School Operetta Pickles Set for Liberty Theatre Night
The high school presents the operetta Pickles on Thursday evening April 11 at the Liberty Theatre. Miss Rose Leibbrand directs with a student cast led by Tlona Glee Miller and Lady Vivian Jane Wooden. Fifty chorus members, Viennese figures, tourists and Gypsies, will appear with special scenery and costumes coordinated by Winona Rushton, Barbee Maurice Yoshino stage manager, and Beatrice Cogswell in home economics.
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Liberty Theatre
Paul Shoemaker
Winona Rushton
Barbee Maurice Yoshino
Ed Cotman
Beatrice Cogswell
Home Economics
Bridge Project Seen Advancing in State Budget
Dil ler Fratt reports negotiations to purchase the Kennewick Pasco toll bridge may begin soon as budget items near insertion. He cites strong support from A R Gardner and Julius Hubbel plus backing from C F Stimson W L Dimmick H Olsen Knute Hill and other officials in Franklin Walla Walla counties and Pasco.
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Kennewick-Pasco
Diller Fratt
Olympia
Commercial Club
Fratt
House
Senate
A. R. Gardner
The
Courier
Early potato acreage reports show rising county totals
Thirteen more reports raise total intention to plant early potatoes to 96, for 488 acres across two counties. Of 96, 29 do not plan any potatoes, leaving 67 growers targeting 438 acres. If nonrespondents align with respondents, acreage could exceed 1700 acres, versus 1500 last year in Benton County.
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Benton County
Deweé
Crop Reporting Service
Pasco
Ringold
Richland
Benton City
Prosser
White Bluffs
Hanford
Kennewick
Denee
Seattle
California
Capture of Man in Warehouse on Date Street
Last Thursday evening about 10 45 o clock a man named Charlie Jackson was captured at Central Grocery Co s warehouse on Date street by Marvin Carnahan chief of police C E Copeland Diller Fratt manager and Herman Schmidt. The warehouse had been broken into and the burglar was apprehended with help from the men. The suspect is 30 years old, six feet one and a half inches tall, weighs 158 pounds. He is held at Pasco jail and will be arraigned next week in Superior Court at Prosser.
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Charlie Jackson
Central Grocery Co
Date Street
Marvin Carnahan
C. E. Copeland
Diller Fratt
Herman Schmidt
Schmidt
Fratt’s
Fratt
Mr. Fratt
Carnahan
Pasco
Prosser
Dr H Jackson Capell Takes Over Dr Rue’s Practice
Dr H Jackson Capell arrived in Kennewick to assume Dr George H Rue’s practice. He will keep Rue’s office suite and comes from Pasco where he practiced four and a half months. Capell previously worked in Spokane tuberculosis wards with Dr J Gingham and was trained at University of Oregon and University of Oregon Medical School Portland.
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George H. Rue
Oregon
California
Seoul
Korea
Rue
Mission Board
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Rues
George Heeley
Portland
San Francisco
John Ames
H. Jackson Capell
Kennewick
Capell
Pasco
Edgecliff Poar Rts
Spokane
J. G.ingham
University of Oregon
University of Oregon Medical School
Good Samaratin
High School Honor Roll Names 46 Students
The high school lists forty six honor roll students with averages of 90 or higher across grades Freshman through Senior. Top honors go to Margaret Witt with 97.5 and Jeanette Peter with 97.25, followed by a slate of scholars including Louise Townsend and Martha Luke among others.
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Margaret Witt
Jeanette Peter
Orville Bowen
Orin Lande
Eunice Foraker
Louise Townsend
Marjorie McGahey
David Pennell
Harold Paul
John Hubert
de Witt Maguire
Dorothy Duffy
Clyde Townsend
Elsie Gleason
Jeanetta Peter
Annie Clark
Ethel Dickinson
Thomas Friedman
Eleanor Richards
Ida Faulds
Lucile Heberlein
Johanna Christensen
Mildred Hodgson
Evelyn Edwards
Dorothy Hembree
Stuart Morgan
Lois Brue
Bonnie Hillier
James Kratzer
Helen Richards
Ruth Mueller
Billie Frazier
Thelma Amon
Genevieve Quigley
Helen Rathman
Billie Burris
Alta Sandberg
Beatrice Serier
Martha Luke
Glee Miller
Mercedes Sprague
Helen Barnes
Gerald Cox
Walter Knowles
Gladys Vickers
Paul Bleichner
Freda Draper
Bertha Fricke
Dorothy Mills
Pearl Dague
Eileen Fossel
Lorene Rauscher
Roberta Kincaid
Florence Ring
Mary Moteki
Dale McGee
Ell‘wood McMillan
Willis Taylor
Billy Helm
Blanche Easton
Wayne Knopp
Billy Hubertina Hildenbrand
Jean Boutelle
Elsie Wheaton
Frances McManamon
David Tweet
Mar Millard
Knopp
Baugh
Genevieve Tracey
Rosie Friedman
Vivian Peter
James Giard
Jean Neander
Ella Oliver
Dean Combelli
Mary Pennell
Kenneth Giard
Miss Heggem
Edna Goodnight
Euarda Vinson
Dorothea Morgan
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Pauline Struve
Helen Hembree
Alice Altrogge
Byron Lampson
Richard Betty Beamer
Edna Earl Ferrell
Jean Arnold
John Wibber
Eileen Olbrich
Miss Smith
Edna McCummish
Marjorie Mills
Marjorie Minert
Albert Schafer
Edward Faulds
Women’s Week Banquet Held by Local Business Club
Members of the Business and Professional Women's Club host a banquet at 7 PM Monday at the Masonic hall to observe National Business Women’s Week. Guest speaker is Mrs. Emily Burcham of Spokane, president of Spokane’s BPW Club.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Masonic Hall
Emily Burcham
Spokane
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Time To Clean Alleys And Dispose of Rubbish
With warm weather housewives focus on outdoors as alleys are cleaned yards raked and rubbish disposed of. Kiwanis Club sponsored a weekly garbage collection last year for a small stipend, and the service continues this year with citizen cooperation to make Kennewick the cleanest town in the state.
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Kiwanis Club
Kennewick
Old-Fashioned Mother Play Draws Large Methodist Crowd
A large crowd filled the Pasco Methodist church basement last Friday for the play Old-Fashioned Mother by the church’s young married people. The performance blended humor and pathos over two hours, leaving many wiping tears. It drew requests to be repeated in Pasco and locally with another show planned for March 15 to accommodate more spectators.
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Pasco
Pasco Methodist Church
Mulkeys Host Weekend Guests From Walla Walla
Mr and Mrs Newton Mulkey of Walla Walla spent the week end with Mr and Mrs J E Mulkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Mulkey
Walla Walla
J. E. Mulkey
Coupe Rolls Over Near Richland Highway Collision
A Ford coupe owned by Elmer Faulds and driven by Faulds and Kessler Campbell lost a wheel and capsized while driving to work yesterday on a paved section of Richland highway. Campbell sustained an arm injury.
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Elmer Faulds
Faulds
Kessler Campbell
Richland Highway
Campbell
Kennewick Cemetery Association Annual Meeting
The Kennewick Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting in City Hall on Tuesday at 8 o clock. Five trustees will be elected to oversee the association’s affairs.
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Kennewick Cemetery Association
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Tartley
K. Lane Johnson
Washburn Gleason
Starcher
Kennewick- Pasco
DR. Capell
Coupe
Cemetery Association
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