The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17
HIGHLAND DEPT.

Mrs. j. L. Gardner returned Sun
day from a months visit in Seattle.
Miss Kate Bosnia, of Iowa, is guest
at the home of her cousin, Martin
Wienenga.
Mrs. James Christensen, of Prosser
is guest at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Roy Gardner.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will give corn roast Tuesday
evening, August %, at the Wienenga
ranch.
Miss Esther Van Horn is home from
summer school at Cheney normal to
spend the balance of her vacation with
her parents. .-E5-
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church have elected the following Of
ficers for the ensuing year: Mrs. c.
S. Gibbs, president; Mrs. F. G. Bier,
VICE president; Mrs. Martin Wienenga,
secretary; Mrs. Chas. Teachout, treas
urer.
Miss Marjorie Caldwell has been
spending some time as guest of Miss
Evalyn Yedica during the absence of
the latter's parents on the Coast. In
spite of the fact that the majority of
the bill of fare has been fudge and
sandwiches, the girls still look far
from emaciated.
Tom Foy, one of the best known
ranchers in the Richland district,
announces an auction sale of his eff
fects for Saturday, August 26. Mr..
Foy does not intend to leave Richland
for keeps but simply feels that he and
Mrs. Foy need rest and that they
have earned it and propose to take it
at this time.
Mrs. C.. S. Gibbs entertained the
young girls sewing club in the park
Tuesday afternoon, Miss Anna Eggers
being joint hostess. Miss Eggers
baked the two toothsome cakes which
were served as part of the luncheon
entirely by herself, and her prowess
in the cooking art would put many a
seasoned housekeeper to shame.
T. H. Nicholson brought to town
Tuesday something unique in the line
of tomatoes; that is, one stem on which
six perfect specimens were growing,
one more having been broken off in
picking. The tomatoes were uniform
in shape and ripe enough for ship
ping. Mr.. Nicholson is trying to pre-
serve the bunch so that it may be
exhibited at the carnival.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church held an all-day session We'd
nesday at the beautiful ranch home of
Mrs. Martin Wienenga. A record
crowd of ladies went out from town,
Tommy Gibbs acting as chauffeur of
the hayrack, while large attendance
from the country helped to make the
day one long to be remembered by all
who had the pleasure of attending.
Each lady brought her own share of
the "eats" which were then served as
community dinner and to say that
everyone had a great sufficiency is
expressing it very mildly.
w. S. Davidson feels that he can
compete with anyone when it comes
to growing prize-winning corn. He
has a patch of Yellow Dent corn on
his tract in town which is, without
exception, one of the finest pieces ev-
er grown in this district. On Monday
one stalk was measured and it stood
over IA feet high with three good ears
on the stalk and there are many more
just such hills in the field. Mr.. David
son expects to exhibit some of the
corn at the coming Richland carnival
and it will no doubt make many east
erners, who think that no corn can be
grown except in Kansas and Iowa,
sit up and take notice.
J. B. Holt, of Pullman, brother of
D. M. Holt, of Richland, has patented
and placed on the market fruit pick
ing apron which is one of the best
things in its line ever offered to or
chardists in this section of the coun-
try. Pears, apples and all solid fruits
can be picked to advantage in the
apron which sells for $500 and is
well worth many times that money to
any man having considerable acre
age in orchard. Harry Miller and R.
D. Sawyer, of Richland, are among
the local men who have been using
them and they are enthusiastic in
their praise of them. Any one wish
ing to get real labor saving device
would do well to see the apron at the
home of either of these Richland men.
Tuesday was busy day in Rich
land, four auto loads of land seekers
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