The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-09-02
RICHLAND NEWS ITEMS


B. S. Wadsworth made a business
trip to Connell Wednesday.
Miss Sallie Davidson spent the week
end in Finley visiting friends.
Attorney M. M. Moulton, of Ken
newick, was in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Wheelhouse enter
tanned at dinner Sunday for Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Roehl.
The young girls sewing club, chap
eroned by Mrs. C. S. Gibbs, held a
most enjoyable and useful session in
Anon park Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Breithaupt, of
Kennewick, spent Sunday in Richland
the guests of their parents, Mrs.
Lausch and Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Breithaupt.
Frank Price and the Abbott Ranch
Co. are busily engaged filling their 81
los with corn. The Abbott company
has purchased new machine to use
in filling their silos.
w. r. Reaugh, proprietor Of the
Bailey Green farm at Hanford, spent
short time in Richland Monday on
his way home by automobile from the
town Of Kennewick.
Miss Ethel Smith, teacher in the To-
cal high school arrived in town Sat-
urday to resume her work in the To-
cal schools after spending the summer
at her home in the east.
John Person, who owns ten-acre
tract north of Richland, came over
from Seattle Monday to look after
his property and see what the out
look was for improving his tract and
possibly locating here in the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Willoughby, Of
Hanford, were in town Tuesday for a
few hours in their car. Mr.. Willough-
by is the proprietor Of the Hanford
Columbian. While here Mrs. Will
loughby was a guest at the home Of
Mrs. F. ]. O,Brien.
The local canning factory has just
completed the canning Of the entire
crop of peaches on the Harry Miller
ranch north of town and as result
many Of the girls have quite little
extra spending money which they've
earned peeling fruit for the canning
man to put up.
Two of Richards young ladies will
leave this week to resume their work
in rural schools in the western part
of the state, Miss Elizabeth Van Horn
who has been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Van Horn, and
Miss Edith Fisher, who has been Wis
iting her home people in town all sum
mer.
Rev. J. C. Erwin, accompanied b!
H. E. Ford, left Wednesday for Port
; land, enroute for Seattle. Rev. Erwil
will then resume his duties as paste
of whatever church he is assigned t.
I by the Western Conference while MI
, Ford will attend night school at tn
!, Y. NJ. C. A., in Seattle, working dur
ing the day.
The Ladies' Aid Of the Methods
: church held its regular meeting i
: Anon park Wednesday afternoon. 4
large number Of members and friend
of the society were present and asid
!, from the regular business session
, most pleasant social afternoon wa
spent. Refreshments were served q
the conclusion Of the program.
Members of the Public Service CON
mission who are making tour of a
irrigation districts in the Yakima an
> Columbia river valleys, passed thr
: the Richland project on Tuesday in 9
automobile. They spent some time
:, looking over the water situation wit
: q view to making a report on cond
= tions here, and then left for Kenn
" wick. Scott Henderson, assistant q
!. torney general, was a member OF Il
~ party.
Last Sunday completed the uni'
church services in the park and fro
now on both churches will hold the
Of regular evening services in their
n sepctive buildings. The new past
e. for the Methodist church, who "
er come to take the place of Rev. j.
sh Erwin, will be named by the &C
n ference next week. On this conf
er Sunday A. M. Lausch will have char
nd of the services in the Methodist chul
he in the absence Of the pastor.
One of the largest affairs given
u Richland this summer was the La
,al and ice cream social held at the +.
.s O'Brien home Friday night under
~ auspices Of the ladies of the 10
" Catholic church. Over hundred p
~ pie were in attendance, great ms
3" of whom came from Kennewick