The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-03-09
From Wednesdays Daily

Gentle Spring.
The thermometer registers II degrees.
w l. Muncey is building barn on
his garden tract.
J. A. Rose has started improving his
ten-acre tract next to the Tripp place
up the valley.
l.. ). Erley writes that he has leased
his store building for another year.
1t pays to advertise in the Courier.
J. NJ. Howell reports that his garden
peas are in bloom. Tomorrow we ex-
pect to hear that someone in Hover has
already picked mess.
A bunch Of about % young people
drove down the valley last night and
gave Marcus Haney a surprise. They
report fine time at the party and a
glorious moonlight ride
f. E. Featherstone, who was the
bookkeeper for Wren & Greenough,
has returned after an absense of some
weeks and will ride the line for that
firm Of contractors. He went down
the line yesterday with bunch of GA
Austrians shipped in from Duluth snd
St. Paul.
From Thursdays Daily
Choice lo0 at Hover onl $50 each
McGaffey of the Kennewick Club is
in Seattle.
Carbon paper, for maniolding on
typewriter, on sale at Courier office.
N. w. Spicer, who recently moved
to Hover from St. Paul, MiEn., had his
household goods taken down on the
boat yesterday.
Wood & Cochran were granted the
franchise to furnish light and water
for Pasco, at the council meeting there
Tuesday night.
The council meets Friday night to
consider some important matters of
vital interest to kenuewick's perma-
nent welfare.
A Chickering grand piano was taken
down on the Malta G. Hover for the
new opera house at Hover now being
furnished by Ed. Hanson of Garfield.
If you want to go to Wallula, Pen
dleton. Walla Walla or Portland, take
the boat to Hover and Walula. 1t
leaves the Kennewck landing at 2 I'm.
daily.
The ladies of the M. <. Aid Society
held their monthly tea ut the home of
Mrs. Herman Fisher yesterday after
noon and the usual good social time
was enjoyed.
Get reserved seats at Prof. JausIin's
store for the Williams Jubilee Singers,
at Dircksen's Hall, Saturday evening
of this week. Seats SO cents straight,
all reserved. First to buy, get the st.
Another bunch Of 20 10 80 Austrians
arrived on No. 8 to-day. Fifty more
will arrive to-plorrow and the working
force will be increased as rapidly as
men can be gathered up by the en-
ployment agencies at St. Paul, Duluth
and other eastern points ana shipped
west.
7. E. McCroskey of Garfield will
start a paper at Rlchland called the
"Richland Advocate.n His outfit ar
rived on the local freight this morning
ard he will soon be ready to mail his
first issue to the public. Mr.. McCros-
key is an old acquaintance of WI.
Muncey and AL experienced news
paper man. This Office acknowledges
pleasant call from the editor up the
valley and extends best wishes for lis
success.
A number of our gardeners have been
selling winter turnips on the local
market for two cents per pound all
winter. The seed was sown last Aug
ust or September and the tops have re-
manned green all winter. Just now
they are quoted on the city market
reports at 40 cents per dozen punches
and will prove profitable crop to the
growers.
c. E. Lum of North Yakima is
in town today.
E. V. Alburty returned today
from an over Sunday visit at his
home in Lind.
All passenger trains were delay
ed today on account of a freight
wreck near Lind.
Miss Ida Kruse came down from
Spokane Wednesday to make her
home with her parents Mr.. and