The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-01
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Mrs. E. H. Williams has been quite
i'll for the past week, but is somewhat
better at this writing.
Miss Anna Clark, Of Milton, Ore,
is in town for an indefinite visit with
her aunt, Mrs. Henry Hoffman.
Patrick Costello purchased fine
brood sow and nine pigs from ]. M.
Ser Saturday. The pigs are of the
Poland China breed which Mr.. Cos
tello expects to raise extensively.
Owing to the number of men with
families who are moving in here to
work on the drainage ditch the va
cant houses in town are fast filling up
and good house rentals will soon be at
a premium.
J. o. Maupin has taken contract
with the Wright Construction COM
pany to haul all their coal from Leslie
siding to bins which will be located
at convenient points along the right
of-way of the new ditch.
c. S. Gibbs, active in real estate
matters and deals here, is to don the
mantle of auctioneer recently laid off
by Walter S. Vail, according to poster
advices, as he is to cry the sale of
John Glenn next Saturday.
Mrs. S. McElvain is very i'll at her
home in Richland. Her daughters,
Mrs. Travis, from Horse Heaven, and
Mrs. Albert Weidle have been in con-
slant attendance at her bedside and
she seems to be improving slowly.
The Jameson well drilling outfit is
employed now on the Losier place just
south of town, getting the well on that
property in shape as the house has re-
Gently been rented for the season to
an employee of the Wright Construc-
ton Co.
c. w. Weidle has exchanged his
five-acre tract north of town for q
city lots in Pendleton, Ore. He con-
siders that he made a very good deal,
and the credit Of the exchange lies
with Sgd Relton and Victor Hudson,
who engineered it to successful
close.
Strawberry grange will hold its reg
ular meeting Friday evening, April 2
at the little red school house. Leo
turer Mrs. Musa D. Slight has pre-
pared an interesting musical and lit
erary program which should be great
ly enjoyed by the members. Several
candidates will take degree work at
this meeting.
Ira Macomber left Friday for south
ern Alaska where he has accepted a
position as storekeeper for the Gug-
genheimer interests. Mrs. Macomber
and son, James Edward, will remain
in oRichland for some time as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. O'Brien, leaving
later to join Mr.. Macomber in their
new northern home.
The many friends of Mrs. Joseph
Roehl will be delighted to hear that
she has entirely recovered from her
recent attack Of the grip and is again
able to superintend the work Of the
Richland Hotel herself, which is suf-
ficient guarantee that if you want
something good to eat you can get it
at Richards good eats" establish
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Schlagel were
pleasantly surprised Sunday by the
arrival Of their nephew and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Megrew, from Harvard,
Nebr. They will make short visit
here and may locate permanently later
on, as they are very favorably inn
pressed with the Richland district.
B. S. Wadsworth has been in Con-
nell, for the past week attending to
his business interests there.
Walter S. Vail, the big auctioneer,
although living here only a few
months, has from his big personality
and publicity as crier of numerous
sales, become very well known and
liked in this section, is to leave today
with his family for Cape Horn where
he has acquired saw mill and 240
acres of timber in exchange for his
ranch holdings here. The good wishes
Of all this section go with him.
Both local churches have prepared
special services for Easter and expect
large attendance both morning and
evening. The musical numbers will
be especially fine and record congre-
cations are expected. Rev. James C..
Erwin will be home from Umatilla
where he has been for the past two
weeks helping in the revival meetings