Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-15

DO YOU want a pig or hog or a
swine? | have the best breeds III
either one. &C. II. Putnam.
Ed. Hanson was i'll Spokane the
latter part of last week looking
after business in connection with
his large land interests.
P. r. Clark and c. r. Holcomb,
two prominent gentlemen from Ritz
willie, were here this week. They
are both owners of Kennewick soil.
Ben Day was in town Monday
laying up supplies for and making
other arrangements for beginning
harvesting his immense wheat crop
i'll Horse Heaven.
Chas Elmer, one OF the good fel.
lows who hail from Ritzville, came
down Sunday and spent the day
with the Bier Brothers of this place
who are his cousins.
DR.. +. r. Lemon Of Gennesee
Idaho, arrived this week. He has
purchased the Steigler place in sec
ton seven and will move down
this fall to make this point his fu.
ture home.
Quite building boom is on at
present. -Four new residences are
to be built in section seven and sew
eral buildings will be built about
town. The carpenters are the bust
est people III the country.
B. G. Fuller. our new jeweler,
has rented residence and will
start housekeeping at once. We
were in error last week in stating
that the lady accompanying him
was his wife, she is his sister.
w. R. Lamb and family of Gar
field, arrived here this morning
and will make this their home in
the future. Mr.. Lamb will 60 in
to some kind of mercantile bust
ness here at once, but has not de-
cided upon his line as yet.
The town pound is now complete
and ready to furnish refuge for
any stray stock. The pound
is located near the St. Paul & Ia
coma Lumber Company's yard and
Mr.. Tousley is at present master of
ceremonies.
VIM. Bailey of Spokane was in
kennewick this week looking up
real estate investments. He re-
turned thoroughly ilnbued with ell
thusiasm that is scratching to all
who come here. He believes Ken
newick to be the coming city of
east-central Washington.
The lumber yards PRESENT busy
scene during all hours OF the day
Parties who have purchased land
i'll the valley are having buildings
erected, and this in connection with
large amount Of flume work which
is being done, makes the lumber
business very prosperous.
Ditch Superintendent Hanson
desires US to chronicle the fact that
the company has decided not to
raise the price of water rights this
summer as Was first intended. 1t
was then intended to raise the price
from SIS to $40 per acre on July
Ist. The raise will be deferred I'm
til next fall or spring.
Mr.. VonHolderbecke, state fruit
inspector, was at Kennewick Tues
day. He took in several orchards
in this vicinity. He remarked
that if he had been familiar with
the conditions here before he in
vested in twenty acre orchard at
Wenatchee, he should have bought
here instead Of at that place.
J. B. Pilkington of Portland was
here this week, stopping over on
his way to Spokane. Mr.. Pilking-
ton is one of the foremost fruit and
nursery men of Oregon. He was
favorably impressed with the out
look of this section and predicted
that it would be one of the great
fruit orchards Of the Northwest.
H. A. Hover returned Tuesday
morning from Northern Idaho
where he had spent few days get
ting his family and the family of
his brother located in their summer
quarters. He reports the ladies'
and the children thorouphlv EN-