The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-03-08


Thornton were Pasco visitors last week.
Mrs. G. w. Shanafelt and Mrs. j..
L. johnson visited friends in Pasco
last week.
Miss Laura Hartho, of Richland, has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Corder for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. O. Osterburg was
in Kennewick Wednesday enroute to
their home in Richland. They have
been in Kansas City, Kansas, for some
time and report two feet of snow in
that section.
R. ]. Andrus left Sunday evening for
Montesano where he has accepted posi-
tons with the South Bend Electric COM
pany and the Mountain Spring Com
pany. He will divide his time between
South Bend and Montesano.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Hursey arrived
Tuesday evening from Dufur Ore.
where Mr.. Hursey has been conducting
evangelistic services for several days.
These have been very successful and a
number of converts added to the con-
gregations there.
Harry Reaugh, of the Ballygreen
Nurseries of Hanford, was in the city
the first of the week experimenting
the shipment of 10, 900 trees to Bridge
port. These were varieties of apples
and shows in what line of fruit growing
that section of the state is specializing.
Mrs. G. w. Shanafelt, city librarian,
recently received copy of the water
code submitted by the Code of Com
missions and known as House Bill No.
284, and also copy of the Irrigation
Laws of the State of Washington, botf
from 1. N. Howell. Attention of the
orchardists is called to these books
which are available for reference dur
ing library hours.
The annual meeting Of the Cemetery
Association will be held in the S. S
room of the Presbyterian church Tues
day afternoon at 2:30, March 18th. Five
trustees will be elected to serve for the
next year and the question of irrigatine
and improving the cemetery ground!
will be discussed. 1t is important tina
all members be present. A cordial in
vitation is extended to the public.
We have fine representation of tn,
business houses in this paper this week
A majority of them have changed tn,
copy for their displays this week, ant
you will not regret having paid partic
ular attention to the whole of them
Here's valuable tip, too. If you men
ton the fact to merchant that 20,
have seen his ad. he will, nine times ou
of ten, give you better service thai
otherwise. 1t doesn't cost thing t,
try it, and watch him grin when hi
hears of it.
The Mission Study Class of Section
Seven continues to meet every two
weeks and enjoy most interesting ant
profitable discussions on the subject!
from the text book, 1.-The Conservation
of National Ideals" The class will
weet Wednesday, March 18th, will
Mrs. Tagg. The subjects for discus
sion will be tn" Un-Christian and Non
Christian Faiths in America" viz
Christian Science, Mormanism, Con
fucianism and Buddhism, with it's mod
ern form, Theosophy.
You will notice an item under the
head of mine Years Ago. where the
newspaper scribe gives the figures fo1
two years at the N. P. station. Nine
years ago, so the item reads, the tota
receipts were STA, while a year latel
they jumped to $1,000. Mr.. Crawford
the present agent, stated this week
! that while he was not allowed to max.
public the exact figures for the month
business, it would not be under $40, 0O|
for the month, for his station alone
And there are two other railroads il
lKennewick now.