The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-15
Club to Give Prizes
Favor State Road. Plans for Glori.
Gus Fourth.

6uAe'A AiolItlly SeSSlOll dC Vic N1uD
rooms Tuesday evening and trans
acted big grist of business. The
question of the extension of State
Road No 8 concerning which Messrs
c. E. Comstock of Six Prong, and
D. H. Jackson, of Bickleton ad-
dressed the Club earlier in the week
was first taken up and after discuss
ion the following resolutions were
paepared by l.. E. johnson and
adopted by the Club, and the Sec
retary directed to send a copy of
them to Highway Commissioner
Snow at Olympia:
Whereas, The last legislature of
the State of Washington created a
highway commission and,
Whereas, The said highway COM
mission has established State Road
No. 8 from Washougal to Golden
dale Washington, known as the Col
umbia River Valley road and,
Whereas, The most direct and
feasible route east from Goldendale
to the Columbia River; the route
that will serve the greatest number
of people; the route that leads to
the gateway of the Columbia River
Fruit Belt, is through Kennewick,
Wash, therefor,
Be it Resolved by the Kennewick
Commercial Club, that said State
Road No. s should be established
from Goldendale to the Kennewick
pledges it's heart support and guar
antees free right of way through
Benton County to Kennewick."
The Club then took up the ques-
ton of Offering prizes in order to Sc
cure choice choice products of the
orchards, vineyards, berry patches
and fields for exhibition at Spokane
in the Club booth there and perhaps
to be photographed for advertising
purposes. A committee composed
of J. A. Rose, l.. A. Peters, and
Scott Henderson, was appointed to
make the arrangements for the COM
petition for the prizes. They have
not had time to make complete ar
rangements as yet but prizes will be
offered for the best strawberries,
peaches, melons, pears, apples and
vegetables. Three prizes will be
offered in each class, S. for first
prize, SO for the second, and 81 for
the third prize. The exhibits enter
ed in every case to become the pro-
perty of the Club whether they win
prizes or not, to be used by the Club
for exhibition and advertising pur-
poses. The strawberry contest will
be necessarily taken up at once and
the growers should begin making
preparations when they receive this
notice.
Edward Sheppard for the Ways
and means committee made report
in detail of the finances of the Club
On the last soliciting and collecting
campaign the committee rounded
up 1886 from delinquent subscrip-
tions, new subscriptions, contribu
tions and sale of the Club booklets
The total expense of getting out the
the booklet, considerably over S1ON
has all been paid and the Club still
has over 5000 in the treasury. This
is certainly an excellent showing
for the organization and indicates
the loyalty and liberality of th'
business men of the kennewick. L
is a record that cannot be equallet
by any town this size in the state
The Club enthusiastically declared
for glorious Fourth OF July cele
hrotion that would be a humme
and cause the entire Inland Empir
to sit up and take notice. Accord
ing to the agreement made last yea
Pasco will join us in the celebration
and add their full strength to ours
q LHanson, B F Knapp and Ton
McKain were appointed genera
committee to have the ceremonle
in charge with authority to appoln
sub- to arrange for tn
different departments OF the cele
bration. Kennewick's first celebra