The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-27

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Z. o. Anderson was in Prosser
Tuesday on legal business.
r Z. Hughes will return to Nilsson.
ri where he has an estate to settle
up.
Or. Chas. McCutcheOn and wife, OF
Tacoma, are here looking after their
land interests in the Valley.
The old Hover Hotel is again open
Tor lodging. Mrs. Brooks having re-
turned the first of the week.
5. X. Trip has returned from Cum
bingham where he has been working
as pumper for about two months.
LOST Large brownish- colorpd
hound, hind foot crippled. Finder
please notify G. w Taylor. Finley
| Wash.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. E. Church
Will give tea at the home of Mrs
FAIRIES Wednesday October 2. Every
body come.
Mrs. A. H. Richards returned to
their town house last Saturday
after six weeks stay i'll the hills
during harvest.
L. Smith brought in a fiue banana
muskmelOn Is inches long which has
been placed on exhibit in the Han
son-rich window display.
The ladies OF the Episcopal church
Will meet at the home OF Mrs. o. L.
Hanson next Wednesday afternoon
at 2 O'Clock for the purpose of organ
izing guild.
G. H. Mottinger was in town Tues
day, having arrived the night before
with some fat ca tile for the Dircksen
market. He has Il boat load of
wheat already in awaiting shipment
down the river.
K. H. Anderson's folks returned
from the hop fields Tuesday evening.
They had fine time. The hops are
yielding we'll and the price, Is cents,
yields a fair profit.
Mrs. s. w. Farris and children OF
Ellensburg, visited her brother, M.
P. Fuller, for two or three days the
first of the week. They are planning
tC locate in Kennewick.
Wash Hettinger is the first to in-
ish hauling wheat, SO far rs we can
learn. His grain was of fine quality.
Don Cresswell and II. H. Irwin are
also hauling to Finley. A. H. Rich
will begin hauling his grain there
next week. considerable grain has
been sold at Is cents to he delivered
at Erie.
The twO-months-old babe of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Ii. Blackler died at
Hanford at six O'Clock Thursday
morning. Mr.. Blackler passed thru
town Wednesday evening enroute to
North Yakima leaving the family
well. Wien he returned here Thurs
day evening was the first opportun-
ity to convey the sad news of death
IN his home. Arrangements are be-
ing made for the funeral about Sat
urday.
II. K. Owens, the engineer for the
HanfOrd Irrigation Co. and the
Priest Rapids Railway Co., is in
town waiting for an up-river boat.
When seen by the Courier, Mr.. Owens
said work was progressing on the
Hanford project highly satisfactorily
to the company. He confirmed the
announcement made in our columns
last week that all the machinery for
the Hanford Co. power plant had
been shipt. Work was we'll along on
the power canal on which two steam
ehovels were " orking.
"The Priest Rapids Railway Co.
has entered into a contract with the
HanfOrd Power Co. to take power
for the operation of trains on the
road September LIST, 1907" said Mr..
Owens. "Our preliminary surveys
are made for the road to Hanford,
but we have not made our line loca-
tions. We expect to do some con-
struction work on the line this Win.
ter. We are busy arranging our
finances in shape for construction.
The road will first he constructed to
Hanford and extensions made later
1t il a cheap road to build, the ap.'
proximate cost will he around 800.
600 mile. or 100000. AS our road
will be financed in the West we will
not be bothered by unfavorable con-
ditiOns in the East. which the North
Coast ia experiencing. The moderate
cost enables us to handle it entirely
in the West and there will he no de-
lays on that account.