The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-05-28

)! E Tull madea trip to Spokane the
first of the week
Mrs, E l.. Hopprl is visiting at her
home In Ritzvillr this week.
Mrs. N,ud+ Gordon lpf, Iun,ls.>
evening for her home in Bedford.
Iowa where she will spend the sum-
mer.
Miss Alice Mcdonald came down
from Sprague Wednesday, On account
OF the illness OF her mother who is
sick at the home of J. NJ. Hawkins.
Mrs, P. j. Mcdonald, mother Of
Mrs. j. NJ. Hawkins, who has been
visiting her for several weeks, became
seriously i'll the last OF the week and
was hardly able to be taken home
on the train Thursday and the most
serious consequences ace feared.
| Miss Grace Boyd, who concluded
her work in the High School last Fri
lay, wont to Seattle where she VIII
make d short visit and make pre-
parations to go to her brothers on a
| Dig wheat ranch in Saskatchewan
province where she will spend next
year.
Word has been received from Mis-.
John Bernath that her father, Henry
Williams died last Friday and the
funeral was held at Long Prairie,
Minn., last Sunday. MIR. Williams
was "A years old. had lived in this
community a long time and was
widely known and houored citizen.
| Harold, the four-year-Old son of
County Treasurer r B. Walker, was
the victim of Il severe accident on
Thursday. He was swinging on d
gate at his home. when he slipped,
fell and broke the bone in his arm,
about the wrist. He is able to be
about again.-Bulletin.
The members of the Cemetery AS
ISOLATION will meet at Odd Fellows
Hall May 81, at a. M. from which
place they will accompany the q. A.
| r.. the w. K. G. and Others to the
cemetery where they will assist in
decorating graves. As many as can
are requested to come and bring
flowers Rigs will he furnished.
j, +. Warner. the contractor CD
the Brown block, arrived Tuesday
and will be in charge of the building
personally until the walls are up.
The cement mixer, which the men
here have been waiting for. arrived
Monday. 1t is operated 10y gaso-
line engine mounted on trucks and
| can be easily moved from place t.
| place.
Miss Bernice Dahl waited until Sun
| day for her sister Miss Florence Dahl
who has been teaching in Occur d
Alene but has been engaged in the
KenDewick schools next year. She
met quite a number of our people so
that she will feel more at home when
she returns at the opening III the
| school year. They left for their home
! in Seattle Sunday morning.
Rev. II. +. Anderson, assistant
missionary superintendent for the
| Washington congregational Church
was in town Monday comforting with
Rev. w. l.. Rowan. Rev. Anderson
is supplying the Congregations
Churcn at PascO temporarily. Rev.
May who was former pastor of the
PascO church, has accepted call to
the RitzviIle Congregational Church.
f. II. Favor, editor and manager
OF the'Northwest Department of the
Fruit Grower, was in town Tuesday
writing up the strawberry situation
in the Valley. He has a portable.
folding typewriter weighing six
pounds on which he prepares his
copy. The new machine has az
aluminium frame, Is visible writer
and has taken the standard KEY
board. 1t works we'll and will be u
great convenience to travelling men
and those who have a heavy CORES.
pOndence to keep up as they travel
about the country,
A big deal has just been closed by
which a party of Wall street brokers
comes into possession of a large tract
OF land OH the west bank of the Co.
lun,bia near HanfOrd. The party IL
headed by w. H. Pearson, president
of the Produce Exchange Safe De
posite company. They had heard of
the wonderful fertility of the trri.
gated land of central Washington.
They have purchased SO acres: under
the big ditch of the HanfOrd Irriya.
ton Il Power company, paying for
it $2) 900 in cash. The entire tract
has been set to apples, peaches and
grapes this spring.
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