The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-27

John Engler, who has ranch north
of town, has just installed a farmers
phone at his home.
G. E. Cowles will leave the latter
part of the week for Lind, where he
has a ranch, to look after business
matters.
Otis Allen, who has been on the
Coast for the past week attending to
some business matters, returned home
Monday morning.
The Pasco basketball team went
down to defeat at the hands of the
Richland boys last Friday afternoon
by score of 40 to 25. 1t was a good
game, Clearly played.
The girls basketball team of the
Richland high school will go to Walla
Walla next Saturday to meet the Wal
la Walla girls in game that eve
ming in the gymnasium there.
William Young sold two fine calves
to Patrick Costello the end of the
week. Mr.. Costello is going extensive
ly into the cattle raising business and
is in the market for good calves of
either sex, no matter of what breed.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church met Wednesday with Mrs. j..
Roehl, at the Hotel Richland. A most
delightful afternoon was spent by a
large crowd of ladies, delicious re-
freshments being served by the host
ess, assisted by Miss Martha Maupin.
The pupils of the third grade in the
Richland schools surprised their teach
er, Miss Zada Roe, with delightful
little party Monday afternoon in hon
or of her birthday. The little ones
presented their teacher with several
little birthday offerings after which
dainty lunch was served by them as
sisted by Miss Dobson.
Rev. G. w. Hoy took some excep-
tionally fine pictures of the ice jam in
the Columbia river near the dock at
Richland. Mrs. Hoy finished them up
nicely on postal cards and anyone de-
string to get a rare view can procure
these cards by applying to Mr.. Hoy.
1t might not occur again in years that
the river would be frozen to such an
extent and everyone would do well to
have few of these cards for souven-
irs.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. o. Ralstad, who
were recently married, were most
pleasantly surprised by the entire
corps of Richland school teachers on
Saturday evening at their home in
town. In a most appropriate speech
Miss Gale Churchill, for the teachers,
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Ralstad
a beautiful electric percolator and an
electric toaster. Both the recipients
were most heartily surprised and de-
lighted with the gift, showing as it
did the good feeling of Mr.. Ralstad's
fellow workers in the local schools.
The evening was devoted to general
conversation and the making of candy,
ETC., after which the guests left for
their respective homes wishing the
"newly weds" all kinds of good wishes
for the furture happiness. The guests
all teachers, included Misses Gale
Churchill, Juanita Hamilton, Viola
Wiley, Dobson, Zada Roe, Myrtle
Penn, Anna King, Ethel Smith, and
Messrs. C. D. Lilly and Walter Holt.
Quite a delegation of Richland
strawberry growers attended the mass
meeting of Kennewick growers held in
Kennewick Monday afternoon. Among
those who made the trip down were
C. Havstad, C. D. Mitchell, James
Kaas, j. E. Mowrey, John Erickson, F.
A. Friermood, j. r. Gardner and F. ].
O'Brien. These are the men who have
the strawberry situation most at heart
and who are working hardest to try
to form some permanent organization
which will give the grower a chance
to make living profit from his crop.
If such cooperative union could be