The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-09-06

Walter Shroeker, of Seattle. is visit
mo friends here for few days.
i"fF B. Stewart, of Stewart & Reser,
nsde a business trip to Spokane Fri
Miss Anna Tweedt, left Friday for
,dobo where she will teach school this
coming term.
earning for visit at her old home in
A. D. Davis was down from the
nresent county seat Wednesday in the
Iallnterests of his campaign.
Miss Helen Carpenter left the first
= II the week for Cheney where she will
sttend State Normal this winter.
Miss Octavia Perusse and Miss Gladys
Kennett left Monday for Spokane
where they will remain for some time
Phil. Bier arrived from Walla Walla
Sunday for a short visit with his bro
theirs. H. A. and Alex Bier, and other
relatiyes and friends here.
Miss Helen Stewart, who has been
visiting friends in Republic and Spokane
for the past six weeks, returned home
Saturday night to take up her school
work.
ChaS. II. TuCudIIl, VI hOCklOrO, ILL.,,
formerly of Kennewick, arrived the
latter part of last week for visit with
od-time friends and to look after prop
erty interests here.
Miss Kathryn Brosnan returned to
her home in Great Falls, Mont, the
latter part of last week, after visiting
, with Miss Shirley Holmes for the past
! hree or four weeks.
Miss Ella Burmaster wishes to have
her name withdrawn from the Carnival
contest, as she will be unable to be
present. Richland friends are requested
to vote for Miss Bower.
Henry Goodenow, wet" candidate
for sheriff from the Prosser district,
was down to the city this week. From
the campaign he is making he will prob
ably get as many as six votes.
T. ]. Bricker, general emigrant agent
for the Northern Pacific Railroad, and
his assistant, C. E. Arney, OF. Spokane,
we're in Kennewick Thursday. Mr..
Broker says there will be large emil
grafton this year.
There will be an important meeting
at the Highlands Club House Saturday
night September 7th. There will be
addresses and the local issues in the
coming campaign will be- taken up.
Bring the ladies.
The Columbia Steamboat Company is
y no more. Frank Staley, as manager
spent the first of the week packing the
furniture Of the office which was closed
the first of the week. The sinking of
the Todd put an end to the activities of
accompany that has meant much to the
Development of the up-river country.
We'll Bros. are advertising a big sale
Of the balance of the Kennewick Fur
niture Co. stock. Mr.. We'll states that
it is their intention to close out the
stock completely and then if the con-
ditions warrant they will restock the
store with entirely new goods and con-
tuue their Kennewick business per-
manently.
Late Saturday night several of the
fire ladies discovered smoke coming
from the rear of the Tull store and
rushed into the place, which was just
being closed for the night, demanding
to be led to the blaze. Mrs. Tull had
to lead them out to their crematory in
!. the rear, which, as yet. has not been
= provided with a smoke consumer, be-
"A fore they could be shooed out of the
place.
The Kennewick Valley Telephone
company has an extra force at work
running new lines and enlarging the
system. New phones are on the road
from the east and will be ready for in
stallation before the first of the month.
Inc company is getting ready to put
out new directory and wishes all
those who want phones to let them
know in time to have their names in
the new books.
The local fire boys are entirely too
Jealous, according to the wall put up
by Jack Corder. Last Saturday Jack
got up early and made some sailed pea
nuts in his factory, for his export
trade. Leaving the creased kettle on
tne stove to dry, he left the factory
ior an hour or so. In the meantime the
grease began to smoke something
h9rrld, and someone turned in the
alarm. Before Jack could get back
tne fre boys had fair portion of
lne COLUMBIA river penned up in the
candy room. The damage was about a
hundred dollars.
OH eAOoClCC VI I'LL &C illOAtIlo,
s. 5. Callahan and family returned to
Aennewick. They left here June 4th
IN an auto, for the Methow valley,
where Mr.. Callahan is interested in a
NINE. Here he visited his son, and,
Seavlng part of his family, went to the
State Creek mines and thence through
T me Barren Pass across the Cascades.
Inc auto burned from under the party
sere and Mr.. Callahan and little son
looted it across the mountains to the
sources OF the Skagit river. He shot a
year IN the mountains. The next stop
was Seattle, where he secured a new
nlacnlne, which he boarded at Wenat-
Inee and returned to the Methow val
a ey again. Here he picked the family
S.a made for Kennewick through the
Dig Bend country.