The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-06-23

the Bircksen opera house block.
Gerome leaves tomorrow on regular
trip.
There are plenty Of Peerless new po-
tatoes on the market today.
]. Ross and wife and son have come
to town to work on the Hover ranch.
The Gerome will bring cargo of
hay up from HOver's ranch on her re.
turn trip from Wallula.
A. A. Nichols down the valley DIS.
putes Marshal Glover's claim to the
earliest new potatoes.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Lundy and Mr..
and Mrs. G. c. Powell left Monday for
Portland to visit the fair. The Gerome
took them to Wallula to connect with
the o. r. & n.
The glass for the skylight of the new
photograph gallery was broken in ship
ment. A new consignment has been
ordered and will be here in a few days.
Mr.. GravesIand will soon have every
thing in readiness.
Mrs. +. T. Allen and children ar
rived Saturday from Seattle. Their
household goods have arrived and they
are getting settled in the Weger house.
Mr.. Allen has been here sometime and
is engaged in business in the Kenue.
wick Blacksmith shop. Mr.. Allen is a
smith of many years experience. He
comes here from the Chelan country
K and is worthy of your patronage.
Don F. Cresswell and family left for
Portland to spend Il month at the fair.
Walt Geizentanner drove them to
Wallula to take the train.
The steamer excursion Sunday on
the Gerome was we'll patronized and
passed off pleasantly. The larger part
OF the eXcursiOnists disem barhed at the
Yakima bridge and passed the time
here pleasantly in conversation and
in satisfying the wants of t he inner
man. Some of the party landed at
Benton in anticipation of the horse
roundup but were disappointed, rs
neither horses nor men were on hand
for the round up.
The break which occurred in the
irrigation canal recently was promptly
met by the company and repaired in a
manner highly creditable to the Off
ciais of the company. 1t was found
that fluming was needed over Il certain
portion of the break. The company set
eight mills at work on the material
and in less than twenty four hours
after the mills started to work the lunl.
{ Der was delivered at the break. The
4 Northern Pacific does things up brown
when they start, and the water users
under the Kennewick canal must con.
graduate themselves upon owning
water rights in an irrigation system
which has such facilities at hand fol
quick work in case of an emergency
81 we'll as resolute purpose to main
Il n the same in state of highest eff
.:-iency. What private enterprise
could have accomplished such feat?
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY
Reed Bros. brought in the first new
cucumbers from their tract in Section
Z. They will have a good supply fol
the market next week. They are OF
fine quality as ye iitor can testify
from actual trial.
The water in the river has fallen
about one foot IN the last week as
shown on the gauge at the N. P.
bridge.
J. NJ. Hawkins and wife and Mrs.
Hawkins sister, of Sprague. left Mon
day night on No Is for a weeks pleas
ure trip to the Portland fair.
Eight cars of material have just been
received for the new railroad bridge.
Material will soon arrive in large ship
ments especially when the spur o:
track is completed.
: The EDITORS household goods arrived
from Iowa in good shape Saturday.
The family is busy getting settled in
the Smith house in Beach's Addition.
The Prosser ball team defeated North
Yakima Sunday by score to l. Yak
ina did not score until the Sth inning
All the belliake you have in the
world is that which you carry with
you.-Philistine.
VIM. Neustel Who has been here for
aweek past making arrangements to
lease his place for three years. left this
afternoon for Downs, Wash. by way
OF Spokane. He expects to locate on a
wheat ranch in that section of the
state
1t has been suggested that the Iowa
people living in and around Kenne-
wick have picnic. If the Hawkeyes
should get together they would enjoy
royal time.
Hot Lake, Oregon, June II, 1908.