The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-11-16
HIGHLAND DEPT.

| MI. and Mrs. r. Dresser entertained
a number of friends Tuesday evening
Mrs. Elmer Armstrong and son AL.
va are visiting relatives in rWalla
Walla.
The Catholic people of Richland will
hold services at the F. ]. O'Brien home
Friday morning.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church met Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. c. S. Teachout.
Francis Mitchell, Son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. D. Mitchell, is confined to his
bed by an attack of pneumonia.
Miss Martha Maupin, of Kennewick
has been spending the week with her
grandmother, Mrs. Frank Maupin.
George Eggers, who has been in
the eastern part of the state looking
after his wheat ranch, returned home
Monday. g.,
Mrs. j. j. VanDeller and little
daughter, of The Dalles, Ore, are
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. G. Bier.
The second number of the lyceum
course proved a decided success and
was greatly enjoyed by the large
number who attended.
E. P. Chellis, proprietor of the Rich
land hotel, has completed arrange
ments for the installation of fire.
control system in his hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Hubbard and
Ted Hubbard returned Sunday from
Dayton, where they had been called
by the illness and subsequent Geath of
their mother. +s-
The Catholic ladies of Richland at
tended the bazaar held by the Altar
society of the Kennewick church last
Saturday and helped by purchasing
many beautiful pieces of handwork as
well as goodly supply of cooked food.
C. w. Blaker left Tuesday morning
for Seattle. While on the coast he
will pull down a number of buildings
at his former ranch in the vicinity of
Auburn and ship the material over
here to build barns on his tract north
of town.
Bryson Lausch returned the latter
part of the week from Walla Walla,
where he has been at work with his
father. He will remain here for few
days and then leave for Milton, Ore,
where both he and his father have
work for the winter.
Inasmuch as there has been con-
siderable uncasiness in the district due
to the increasing number Of dogs
which have symptoms of rabies, the
council issued instructions that every
dog be kept chained up or muzzled OF
it would be shot as a precaution
against the spread of an epidemic.
Two cars were necessary to carry
the crowd of Rebekahs who went to
Kennewick to attend the district con-
vention. The masculine members OF
the order went down in the evening
in time for the big feed and all who
had the pleasure of making the trip
report a grand time and the most
courteous treatment.
Richland held the Pasco football
team down to tie game last Friday
the score being z to z. The early part
of the game was all in favor of the
local boys, but they seemed to rather
lose their heads in the last half, SC
that the visitors rolled up a tie score
on them. The Richland team is i'm
proving and next fall should be able
to give very good account of Itself
as but few will leave school this year
| Mrs. F. A. Seger, wife of one of tn,
best known ranchers in the Fruitval,
district, died at her home Saturda!
evening. Mrs. Seger was striker will
paralysis several months ago and a.
there was absolutely no hope of he
recovery, her death comes as relic
to her husband and other relative
who were compelled to see the drea,
disease slowly creeping toward it
certain end. Besides her father an,
husband, Mrs. Seger leaves a humble
of relatives in Pullman, where he
body was shipped for interment, and
brother, E. Messenger, Of this city
The sympathy of all is extended t.
the family in their sorrow.
Harry Thurman and Jack Martin
adjourned to the upper headgate o
, the Horn Rapids Irrigation Co. abou
week ago, loaded down with trap
and other paraphenaIia necessary t.
put the coyotes out of business. In
asmuch as the beasts are becomin,
bold, due to the lack of food in tn
hills, it was thought that the boy
would do a good business this fall. a