The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-19

Miss Geneva Story visited Miss
Ruth Cresswell Saturday and Sunday
Miss Nellie Beckett, of Portland,
is the guest this week of Miss Beatrice
Sherk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sena Williams, of At
Italia, were Kennewick business visit
ors Wednesday. q
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. johnson ana
family returned home this morning
from a ten days. outing at Long
Beach.
|, F. R. Jeffrey is back in his law of
flee after three weeks vacation spent
principally at the San Francisco ex-
position.
!, H. E. Munday has taken the con-
tract for painting the Hover school
house and will start work the first
of the week.
S. B. (Blackey) Nichols has return
ed from a fishing trip along the Idaho
streams and is again handling the fry
ing pan at the Club Cafe.
Mrs M. j. Censor, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in Sno-
homish for five months, returned to
her home in this city Sunday.
Lester Fine, who has been visiting
his sistr, Mrs. L. E. Johnson, re-
turned today to his home in Walla
Walla. He was accompanied by Glenn
Johnson who will visit his grandpar-
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Hanson and
daughter Helen, of North Yakima.
arrived the last Of the week for. a
two weeks visit at the home Of Mrs.
Hanson's parents, Judge and Mrs. 9.
Staser.
Miss Ella Marie Martin arrived
Wednesday evening for a visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Cathcart.
Miss Martin is on her way from Spo-
kane to Seattle where she will make
her future home with her parents
: Mrs. A. w. Tompkins, Miss Ethel
Tompkins and Miss Louise Bachman
left Monday for short vacation ut
,Seaview. On the return trip Miss
Bachman will stop in Portland to
study fall millinery styles and .pur-
chase the fall stocks for Sherk & Co.
Mrs. William Dircksen returned
home Tuesday from Victoria, B. c.,
where she has been spending the sum.
mer at the home Of her sister. Mrs
Dircksen will take charge Of the mar
ct while ssBilly" beats it to the noun
tains where he hopes to dispose of
his hay fever. 49,
"A. Kolb, who is making his home
at White Bluffs, is transacting bust
ness and shaking hands with friends
in Kennewick today. Mr.. Kolb recent
~ rented an ice house and saw mill
plant near White Bluffs. He intends
to further equip the plant for the
manufacture Of orchard spray ma
terial.
Sometime between Wednesday and
Saturday Of last week someone broke
into the public library on Third street,
pried open all the bookcases with e
Ratchet and rifled the desk Of Mrs.
Shanafelt, librarian. So far as Mrs.
Shanafelt has been able to ascertain.
nothing was taken from the building
and she is at q loss to account for
the motive back Of the deed. She is
of the opinion that it was careless,
thoughtless prank of boys. The
building was entered through base
ment window.
H. E. Tweedt leaves soon to rep
resent the State College chapter Of
Alpha Taw Omega at the conclave Of
the fraternity which will be held in
San Francisco during the week be-
ginning August 26. While there he
will attend the meeting Of the Amer
lean Pathological society Of which he
is a member. Mr.. Tweedt will grad
uate with the 1916 class although he
has practically finished his work al
ready. Two years ago he spent a
semester at Cornell and has done a
great deal Of research work in agri-
culture.-W. s. C. Pow Wow.