The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-05-25
RERRIES HAD
RIGHT OF WAY
LAST SATURDAY
Cities of Northwest Join in Eff
forts in Paying Tribute to
the Kennewick Strawberry
MUCH DESIRABLE PUBLICITY
Commission Houses, Hotels, Restau-
rants and Commercial Bodies CO.
Operate to Make Day Success

Operate to Make Day Success
Nothing in recent years has given
Kennewick wider or more desirable
nublicity thruout the Northwest than
the First Annual Strawberry Day,
which was observed last Saturday.
Not only did the event materially in
crease the consumption of Kennewick
strawberries on that day but it placed
not a little emphasis upon Kennewick's
early season and it's marked advan-
taees over other fruit growing dis
tricts and likewise called attention to
the fact that the Commercial club and
the community is wide. awake.
The thousand letters which the
Commercial club distributed over the
Northwest brought ready responses
from fruit dealers, commercial bodies.
hotels, restaurants and railway COM
panies. Many Of the leading hotels
featured the Kennewick strawberry
on their menus and offered their trade
special dishes and drinks made from
Kennewick strawberries. Among
those who so featured the day are the
Butler Hotel, of Seattle, the Daven-
port Hotel, Spokane, the Commercial
Hotel, of North Yakima, the Grand
Hotel, of Walla Walla and the New
Washington, of Seattle, and the Ho-
tel Benson, of Portland. Confection-
cry stores were not far behind the ho-
tells in giving publicity to the Kenne-
wick strawberry. Here are some of
the specials found on the menu at
"Hyde's," in Seattle: Kennewick
strawberry special, Kennewick straw
berry puff, Kennewick strawberry
freeze, Kennewick strawberry sherbet,
Kennewick strawberry ice cream, Ken
newick strawberry salad, Kenenwick
strawberry omelette, Kennewick k
strawberry cake, Kennewick strawber-
ries and cream, Kennewick strawberry
pie, Kennewick strawberry cream
cake. The Kennewick strawberry
dishes offered by Davenport's in Spo-
kane were almost as numerous.
Kennewick strawberries were made
aspecialty on every dining car on the
Northern Pacific lines that day, and
wherever commercial clubs oracham-
bers Of commerce met for luncheon
the strawberry was menu feature.
The daily press printed Kennewick
strawberry day articles in their news
columns and commented upon it in
their editorial columns. The Seattle
Commercial club gave it the place of
nonor on the first page of their week.
" bulletin. The article concludes with:
AS result of efforts of the Kenne-
wlck-Richland Strawberry Union, ev-
cry commission man, retailer, railway
dlner, hotel and restaurant in the
Northwest will feature Kennewick
berries tomorrow. It is important,
however, that the ultimate consumer
takes lively interest, and the Bulle-
TN therefore urges every reader to
take special care tomorrow not only
70 order strawberries for Saturdays
and Sundays meals, but to specify
hennewick berries. Kennewick ber-
rles will be a feature of the Club
luncheon MENU"
Owing to the fact that the day was
one of the busiest of busy season
out little interest was shown in the
local observance of the day. The
strawberry luncheon given at the
commercial Hotel by the Commercial
club for the benefit Of the Epworth
League, was we'll attended, but there
were more empty seats than people
at the meeting in the Commercial club
rooms which was addressed by j. E.
frost, of Seattle, former state tax
commissioner, now republican candi-
oate for governor.
Mr. Frost spoke in a general way on
taxation and state government. He
advocated a remodeling of the states
taxation system which he said was an
,iquated and operated against the
nome owner in favor of the capitalist.
ne favors system modelled after the
pennsylvania system where farmers
household effects and agricultural i'm
piements and manufacturers mach
mery are exempt.
Ihe state is rich in natural re-
sources. Legislation should encour-