The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
School Report for Month Ending March 2, 1908.

Walla Thursday paying his brother
Frank and family a short visit before
making an extended trip east to New
Jersey and New York points.
Tie Pie Social given Wednesday
evening in the Beach block bv the
Baraca class Of the baptist Sunday
school WAS largely attended and we'll
patrOnized and the class netted
very satisfactory sum for the church
building fund. The amusements OF
the evening We're managed in such a
way that everybody had u good
time.
Hon. Lee A. Johnson stopped off
Tuesday evening to visit his son.
Mayor Johnson and family. He left
ON the night train for Pullman to-
attend meeting Of the Board OF Re-
, gents Of the State Agricultural Col
lege of which liz is II member Mr.
JOhnsOn's many friends in all parts
! OF the Inland EmDir- are Irying him
the congressional nomination to sue
coed w. l.. Jones. Should he decide
to place his name on the republican,
! primary ticket he will receive loyii
I support from this section of the third
district.
The Ladies' Missionary society held
their annual meeting March 18th AT
the home Of Mrs. G. Hamilton. TIL.
following officers were elected fnl
the coming year: Mrs. II. j Mcneil.
president; Mrs. w. 6 King, vice.
president; Mrs. e. II Collins. secre-
tary; Mrs. &. Hamilton. treasurer,
Mrs. Mcneil was elected delegate to
the Presby terial meeting to he held
in Yakima, April 8 and 9. A inter
esting program was given, subject
"Africa." The April meeting will he
held at the home Of Mrs. J j. Reed.
All ladies are welcome at any of our
meetings. Mrs. J b Rose, Sec.
C. l.. Morgan, o. +. Brigham and
E. E. McMillen, members of the Herm-
iston Commercial Club and among
the first settlers on the government
irrigation project there. were inter-
ested observers OF the Kennewick
valley this week. They came to
Kennewick to get ideas of what to
grow on their lands which are SINH
lar In soil and climatic conditions to
ours. Mr.. Morgan gave al interest
ing talk before the Commercial Club
Tuesday evening. They regard Ken
newick as the foremost Irrigated dis
trict in the Northwest. having the
same conditions as their own and
the gentlemen secured many valuable
ideas to report to their club on their
return.
The Cascade Construction Co. will
complete it's work on the Hanford
Power Canal at Priest Rapids by the
end of this week. The steam shOvels
finished the work of excavating the
canal last Sunday and the shovels
are ready to be brought down OH the
barge to AinswOrth. The canal is
76 wide at the bottom and l4O feet a
the top and 81 feet deep. The con-
crete work on the dam and headgate
Is completed and the forms are be-
ing removed which ia the last work
to be done. The pumping plant
down the river at Coyote Rapids has
been done for some time and the
poles for the transmission line are
set and the wires strung Oh them.
Every thing will be ready to turn H.
the water within few days. Trap
hagan Il Mckay have finished thei,
contract for twenty-five miles ol
main ditch on the Hanford syst,I
and have in addition built severa
miles of laterals. Both the Cilac;ld,
Construction Co. 9 outfit and the ll.r
+ named Will be ready to ship out with
in week.