The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-11
WOOL :
ALONG RIVER
Sheep Men Believe Concentration
Warehouse Will Save Them
Many Dollars
COMMITTEE Is COMING
TO INVESTIGATE TOWNS
Mr.. Sly is of the Opinion that Kenne-
wick viii Be. Chosen as Per-
manent Warehouse Location

"There is absolutely no doubt in my
mind but that a large wool storage
and marketing warehouse will be built
in Kennewick," said E. M. Sly, who
represented the Kennewick CONNER
cial club at a meeting Of the Wenaha
Woolgrowers' association in Walla
Walla yesterday. "The wool growers
are convinced that they can save them
selves thousands of dollars each year
by building large cooperative ware
house on the Columbia, where each
years wool clip can be assembled and
shipped to market by water. The as
sociation, however, because of unset
tied market and financial conditions,
does not deem it advisable to build
this year although the plan of storing
either in Kennewick or Pasco will be
tried out.
ITO carry out this plan, members Of
the association are to offer portion
of their clips to be put in storage. The
question Of which town is to be deter
mined by C. A. Hale, B. L. Dickinson
and Frank DAWN who as q special
committee will investigate the ware
house facilities Of the two towns. The
committee expects to visit Kennewick
next Saturday. In this respect Ken
newick is at q disadvantage as there
are two large vacant brick buildings
in Pasco which can be rented for ware
house purposes while the very BEST we
have tosoffer are frame buildings. 1t
is probable that this year the Yakima
wool will be stored in Kennewick and
the Walla Walla wool in Pasco. When
is comes to q question of permanent
location, though, am certain that
Kennewick. will have no difficulty in
landing the warehouse. We have a
great big advantage over Pasco in
having the O-W. r. & N. railroad over
which most Of the wool of eastern
Washington and Oregon must be ship
ped. At yesterdays meeting the
growers subscribed a half a million
pounds of this years clip to try out
the storage plan and more than two
thirds. Of this wool comes from O-W.
r. & N. territory which is not served
by the N. P.
Kennewick Best Location
"When the warehouse proposition
does come up for final determination
the Yakima Valley sheep men are go
ing to be asked to join in the enter
prise. These to man favor Kenne-
wick as against Pasco, because of its
superior railroad facilities and be-
cause many Of them winter and shear
their focks along this side Of the Col
umbia where feed and pasture is
abundant.
Prominent wool growers say that
the location Of storage warehouse
means, not only the establishment Of
the largest wool market in the North
west, but the foundation for large
securing mill and probably a woolen
MILL"
Pasco was represented at the Walla
Walla meeting by Albert Elrod, Vol
ney Cox and E. L. Collins. Mr.. Sly
was chosen as Kennewick's represen-
tative at the regular meeting Of the
Commercial club Tuesday evening at
which time kilograms, signed by rep
resentatives Of the heaviest local
shippers were sent to Geo. T. Reid,
assistant to the president and H. E.
Still, western traffic manager Of the
Northern Pacific. These kilograms re-
quested these men to lend official sup
port to Kennewick in the effort. Mr..
Reid replied by saying that he was not
sufficiently informed on the question
to promise his support as there might
be other towns along their lines that
would be contenders for the ware
house. Mr.. Still has yet to be heard
from.