The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-12

Hays is back.
! Attorney c. L. Holcomb is in Seattle
on legal business.
]. Sercombe spent Thursday and Fri
day in Spokane.
J. Sercombe left Wednesday for spo-
kane, on business.
c. L. Holcomb left Thursday evening
for Seattle, on few days. business
trip.
A. E. Campbell is spending the week
in Spokane, attending to business mat
tiers.
J. E. Shinn and family moved the
middle of the week to North Yakima,
where they will make their home for
the present.
Mr.. and Mrs D. L. Plantz and Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Wettlaufer, of Pasco.
visited relatives and friends in Kenne-
wick over Sunday.
Miss Mae Sercombe left the first of
the week for Granger for two weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sheppard
who reside near there.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Beach are en-
joying visit from Mr.. Denton and
Mrs. Beach's aunt, Mrs. Smith and two
daughters, from Stockton, Cal.
Della and Marietta Shinn, who have
been attending the Sisters school in
Walla Walla for the past year, spent
the Easter vacation with home folks.
w. A. Halves visited friends in Ken
newick Monday, while enroute to his
homestead at Hanford after a few
weeks visit with his wife at North Y aki-
ma.
H. A. Hover will arrive in Kenne-
wick Monday, the fifteenth, for brief
stay to look after his varied property
interests here. He expects to make
the run overland from Portland via
auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Gardner re-
turned Sunday from Strawberry Point,
Iowa, where they were called some
weeks ago on the sad mission of laying
Mr.. Gardner's sister to rest, and have
again taken up their residence in the
Garden Tracts.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Curry left Mon
day evening for Junction City, Oregon,
where they will make their home in the
future. Thay have been residents OF
this city for the past few years and
have made many friends who are sorry
to have them leave.
L. D. Shanafelt, formerly one of the
proprietors of The Toggery, but who
has been managing grocery business
in Portland for several months, has re-
turned to Kennewick and may remain
here permanently. His wife will join
him in couple of weeks.
Everything is in place now, ready to
begin work at the basket factory. The
force of girls will be started either to.
morrow or Monday, and the first work
will be the assembling of the berry
hallocks. AS the season progresses the
work will be changed to keep up with
the crops. Several more girls can be
employed.
Mrs. Jackson, of Connell arrived
Saturday for weeks visit with hel
daughter, Mrs. D. L. Taylor, and fami.
ly. While spending the evening with
Mrs. johnson large crowd of friends
who had gathered at the home of Mrs.
Ellen ]. Williams, came in Unexpectedly
with a large birthday cake and pro-
ceeded to give Mrs. Jackson Joyful
time in honor of her birthday. A de-
licious luncheon was enjoyed by all, and
the favors, being little chickens, af.
forded dainty souvenirs for each.
The North Bank road is putting out
bunch of colonist folders for the west.
ward traffic this year that are very vel
gotten up. The folder is twenty-fo
page affair with a large map, in colors,
of Washington and Oregon. Practical
ly every town on the line is mentioned.
For Kennewick it has the following tt
say: 'In Benton county, around Ken.
newick, its most important town, Finley
and Hover, is an irrigated district Of
10, 600 acres, highly productive ofstraw
berries and early vegetables, apples
peaches, appricots, cherries, grapes
asparagus, potatoes and other vege
tables. Alfalfa is a staple and remun
erative crop, providing splendid forage
for the cattle and hogs.