The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-03-01
From Wednesdays Daily

Alfalfa hay delivered to any part of
Kennewick. Flank Emiuh
John Strnh, of Horse Heaven. is
working for Mccoy, the drayman.
Misses Williams and Gravens,und
took pleasure trip 10 Spokane last
week.
A number OF young ladies of the town
with musical tastes are organizing a
Etude Club.
Remember the Dixie Jubilee Singers
to be here March Is. Tie musical
treat of the season.
&. w. Lawson of Kennewick. was in
Ethiopia on Tuesday, looking over rea /
estate with view of investing Ell.
topia.
The Ladies OF the Missionary Society
OF the Presbyterian church will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O with Mrs
G. A Hamilton.
+. Z. NTH is down from Rockford
to make arrangements to move his
family back to his property in the west
end of the Garden tracts.
J. w. Whitnack, a brother-in-law
ana Albert tarr. a brother of Chas.
Conway, of Lincoln, Nebraska, :have
been visiting his family and left for
home Wednesday morning.
The Episcopal Guild will give u
cookery sale, on Saturday afternoon
commencing at 2 o'clock in the vacant
office building in the rear of the Ken
newick Land Co.'s building.
c. =. Cady, road supervisor of Dis
trict No. /, was in town this morning
on business with Commissioner Cress,
well. He reports that much road
building was required to repair DAM
ages of recent floods.
"AIderman" West, for the st. Paul.
and Auditor P. e Palmer for the Cas-
cade Lumber Com panies, were in town
the first Of the week looking after the
respective properties and preparing for
Spring business.
FOR RENT-For cash, the Beach
orchard of s acres, south of the town.
site. Apples, peaches, pear, plnm and
cherry trees In bearing. Plenty of
good land for vegetables. Fine irriga-
ton system aud fiuming. See the
owner, Mira. G.. j. Beach.
Carl Vertrees left Saturday for WAL
lace, Idaho, where he has u position
in the high school as teacher of Latin,
physics and trigonometry. Mr. Ver-
trees many friends here wiab him un-
bounded success in his new work. The
people of Wallace will find Mr.. Yer
trees young man Of scholarship, in-
tegrity and reliability.
The Entertainment Committee of
the Congregational Ladies' Aid have
nearly perfected all excellent program
for the evening of March 9Th. They
have musicl numbers consisting of solos
and duets, both instrumental and vo-
cal, a chorus of girl voices, u drill, rec
itations by new people aud to close
the evening, very laughable farce
given by our most capable home talent.
Watch for full program next week.
The steamer Mountain Gem, now un.
der lease to the O. r. & n road for use
between Lewiston and Riparis, Wash.
| Tor , 81.
Judgement, and ut the same time in
the hopes of protecting the .tockhold-
ers in the company that built the boat.
The steamer was bid in by the Eureka
& Fargo Mining company. They will
give the mortgage 60 days in which
to rsise the money with which to re-
deem the boat.-WaIlula Gateway.
Capt w. P. Gray. who was in Port.
land last week attending the legisla-
tive conference on the open river pro-
lject, is enthusiastic over the outlook of
the improvements that will open the
Columbia to the sea. The legislatures
Of both Washington and Oregon are at
leUklu dIouSSu ~ TIC ROl t0uCC VI
the project, ant can be expected to
to boost it with all the great Influence
that lies in their power -Pa-co Ex-
press.
w S Haxton is showing some grape
vines grown from cuttings set out May
LIST last year that have roots from 5 lOS
feet long. They are the Black Ham,
burg variety and certainly nave made
u wonderful growth. The cuttings
were planted in soil where strawher-
~ patch had been plowed under. The
viI.es in this soil made greater growth
than elsewhere on the place. Mr.. But
Ter who was here introducing his
'Irenac" strawberry, recommends
wood ashes and horse manure as the
best fertilizer for strawberry land.
A Birthday Party.
Wodnosdav Afternoon at the home