The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-09-04

""' ~ p"H lH'o SilckS OF r0Ot
srhd>: see us if yon have any. High
est cash price. The Chns. II. Collin,
Co. The Big Feed & Seed Store.
The Bartlett Ranch has morke,,i
over HOO boxes OF the finest beaches
10 boxes OF arricOts and 10 boxes 81
pears this season The shipping 81
grapes is just beginning.
Miss Bernice Griffith returned the
last OF he week from Seattle where
She has been visiting the past two
months with her sister, Mrs. IL Fl.
Peter and family.
A. O'Donnell favored this Office
with Il monster bunch of Sweet water
grapes which came from his vineyard
near Finley. His vines are making
an excellent showing this year,
1t is an off week if we do not have
runaway. This time it was Howe's
delivery team which started at the
furniture store and promenadpd
pretty lively for IL block or two with.
out a driver. No damage done.
II. G Myers and Gust G. WieIand.
friends of VIM Kimpel, living on the
Trip place up the valley, looing over
the orchards and vineyards here und-
er the guidance Of Christ Kruse the
last of the week.
ID. l. Allen who has been the yard
man for the Crab Creek Lumber Co..
here for several months left Tuesday
Tor ROXbOrO, n new town on the
Milwaukee twelve miles west of Lind
where he will be manager of the Co.'S
yard.
Mrs. F. NJ. Kent and daughter
Maud came down from White Bluffs
the first of the week and after visit
ing friends here left Wednesday even
ing for Walla Walla for a visit in
that city and bring her daughter
Fern home with her.
r. II. Nance. Of Hover, who has
been laid up with rheumatism for
several weeks came up to Kennewick
last Friday to be near the doctor for
treatment. He is at the home of J !.
Harrison. Mrs Nance came up Sun
day afternoon to see her husband re-
turning to- Hover Tuesday morning.
The Rebeccas gave a surprise party
for Miss Mae Sercomhe at the home
OF Miss Grptta Book last Thursday
evening which was enjoyed by all,
who numbered a score ormOre men,
bers Of the Order. The surprise was
given as Il farewell function to Miss
SercOmbe who goes this week to
Cheney to enter the State Normal
School
The Frnit Growers Association
shipped little he tier than 100 boxes nf
grapes on Tuesday. That looks
good when we consider that there is
JUST an occasion at vineyard old err
Ongh to bear. Wieh the thousands
OF young vines being set each season
we predict that in five years from
now IT will he carloads going ont of
the Kennewick Valley vineyards ir-
stead of 100 box lots.
Harvey White. G.. G.. Holmes. Curt
Anderson and Edgar Bower opened
the duck shooting season by a trip
up the Yakima to the headgatp
They spent a couple of DAYS and bag
ged 35 ducks. T.. r. WhitelOck and
J. F. Shafer went down to the pond
near A. X. Fishers Tuesday morning
and killed fifteen. Other Nimrods
were out but none Of them have fert
sufficiently proud of their "fiill' to
report at this office.
Misses Ramona and Margaret
Wiegel entertained about twenty OF
| their little friends at their home in
the west part Of town Wednesday
afternoon. September 81. After en-.
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jOying themselves to their hearts
content in their numerous games
| luncheon was served by Mrs Wipgt
assisted by Mrs. l. r WhiteIock. Miss
Leitch and Miss Phelps. The little
folks were naturally enthusiastic over
their afternoons fun and pleasure.
One of Kennewick energetic pastors
and one of his parishiOners We're lay.
ing sidewalk on n warm day recent.
ly and the parishiOner was rather
getting the best Of the pastor al
nail driving. Cali right" said the
pastor, 'yon jump us far as you can
and | will go six inches better Nov
there was ripping near by a nice
little stream Of irrigating water and
the parishiOner made his jump land
ing i'm the middle of the stream think
| ing to bluff the pastor. The pastor
was game however and made the
lump but as the mark made for his
guidance kept going down stream
he did not reach it.
The employees OF the Northern
Pacific Irrigation Co. learned that
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