The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-10-06

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only ten feet long and it was only
by strenuous kicking that tn ey
secured twelve additional feet. If
the sentiment of a crowd may be
considered as an indicator of public
opinion, Kennewick carried away
all the laurels from her competitors
for our grape booth was crowded
from morning to night while the
Yakima display scarcely received
cursorary notice. Early in III e
week, complimentary mention was
given Kennewick grapes in the
columns Of the Spokesman-Review.
Other prize winning Kenne"ick
products at the fair were some fine
onions, plate of Crawford peaches
and the famous 80 pound water
melon grown by J. S. Pierson OF
Hanford. A. Burns, P. E. Mors,
and G. E. Cox are the men who fur
nished the Commercial Club wi b
the beautiful grapes which have won
for the valley honors which will be
advertised all over the United States
and will undoubtedly bring many
new settlers to this section during
the coming year, meaning m 0 e
population and more prosperity to
the city and surrounding country.
The Burns display which was ex-
hibited at the carnival and at North
Yakima is still on it's triumphal
tour and is now attracting the atten-
ton of the crowds at the Pierc e
County fair at Puyallup. T h e
grapes were taken there by Senator
Paulhamus.
What we did at North Yakima is
a marvellous accomplishment only
in that it has given this valley its
rightful status as land of vineyards
ranking highest among the best in
the west. Our grapes are no better
now than they have been in the
past but people are just beginning
to find out about it, and advertising
is what we need most.
The display was one of the leading
attractions at the fair and was tri-
umph of artistic decorating. 1t was
the daring spirit and true sports
manship of DR.. Ely which led him
to enter for the prize awarded the
best decorated booth, $4,000 and
the gold cup. He risked the entry
against heavy odds, as Mckee had
quantity staked against Kennewick
quality, but the results are proof
enough of the wis d o M of tn e
venture. Nine of the nineteen dis
tricts Of the Columbia Yakima
valleys were represented in this dis
trict fruit display fight.
What Yakima thinks of Kenne-
wick is voiced in the following ex-
tract from the Yakima Herald:
"Kennewick won first prize in the
district fruit exhibit in the horticul-
tural building at the fifteenth An
nual Fair, the scoring by Judge w.
S. Thornber showing that the prize
was won on quality and finish, the
color, the uniformity, the neatnes
and arrangement of the fruit. One
hundred points is a clean score.
On the card of Judge Thornber, one
of the best known horticultural
authorities in the Northwest, the
winning district scored 9l.13."
The Mounsey Bros, who are be-
coming known among the foremost
poultrymen of the state, exhibited
several pens of single comb White
Leghorns and single comb Rhode
Island Reds and carried off eleven
prizes, three firsts, three seconds,
four thirds and special.
The members of the Commercial
Club are congratulating themselves
on the success of the campaign
which they have been pushing for
the past month and are blessing
the day when first they went into
the vineyards with the intent of ex-
plotting the wonderful perfection
of the local fruit of the vine. 1t is
not possible to estimate in dollars
and cents the benefits which they
NOV room al the fruits of their labOrS