The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-05
qHE LOCAL FIELD

-. 4ossOAr's DAILY
r I. Beach went to Prosser TO-DAY
on business
F. " Alburty spent Christmas at
his home in Lind.
Miss Irene LaPorte returned on Sum-
d.v evening to her school at Ethiopia.
It never fails to make light, whole
.oms foed-Cleveland's Baking Pow
dor.
Good many of our young people at.
..nded the masquerade ball at Pasco
last night
The Prosser High School is plan-
ming to put on lecture course series
entertainments.
Two carloads of large iron pipe came
n today. 1t will be used for culyerts
under the railroad grades.
Claude Fuller, who has been visiting
hi. uncle, NJ. P. Fuller, has returned
phis home at Ellensburg.
LGhe Baptist ladies will give an enter.
Eainment Feb. y. Half of the proceeds
will 60 to the cemetery fund.
REV H. J. Zercher has moved from
the Speigelberg house to a down.
stairs room in the Eakin Hall for this
month.
We are informed that the school
board will meet on Friday, January
5th to consider the question of a site
for the new school building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linn of Two Rivers.
were in town the first of the week
looking over the Kennewick Vallex
and picking up pointers on irrigation.
c. B. Gasman, the resident engineer
on the North Bank road at this end,
has moved from the Graham building
down the valley to NJ. A. Cooper's
house, in order to be nearer the center
of his work.
The White Salmon strawberry
ranchers are receiving $1,000 per acre
for their lands which the North Bank
road is buying for right-of-way
through its right-of-way agent A. r
Upright. For strip of rirht-of-way
two miles long the company is paying
s4s0oo.oo.
= Rev. Tresswriter. presiding elder of
the Columbia river conference of the
United Brethren Church, is over from
Huntsville visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Larkin. He filled the pulpit at
the Congregational church on Sunday
morning and preached line sermon
on the theme, Great Spiritual OPP
lartunities y
Wood 4Cochran are applicants be-
fore the county commissioners for a
franchise to operate ferry across the
Columbia river just below the Northern
I0ClIlC DTlORo.
School opened to-day after the Holi-
day vacation. The kids are busy
swapping vacation stories and the
teachers are telling about the State
teachers meeting they attended at
Yakima.
G. A. Cochran informs us that work
will begin at once on the putting in of
the city water and light plant. That
this is the most favorable time Of year
for the work and advantage will be
taken of it.
The excavating for the cellar under
the J. ]. Reed stone business block is
being done. This building, when com.
pleted, according to plans now drawn
up, will be the most pretentious struc-
ture of our city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Mutt stopped
over Sunday at J. B. Slaugenhaupts.
Mr.. Mutt, who will be remembered by
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our school, was on his way to the uni
versity at Moscow, Idaho.
The New Years dance, given by the
Kennewick orchestra, was highly
enjoyable affair. The attendance was
not as large as usual on account OF the
masquerade ball at Pasco, yet the boys
came oct slightly to the good.
Lula Eakin gave New Years party
to her little friends at the home OF her
parents In the garden tracts. Twenty
two attended and enjoyed themselves
with games and music, after W mich
candy and nuts were served. TThey
went to their homes happy as children
only can be.
,aeM WEDNESDAYS oAiLv
f. V. Alburty and Miss AnnaS Steig'
lnr spent New Years at Walla Walla'
Lester Webster is back from Toppeen.
ish where he has been working with