The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-27
RICHLAND DEPT.
! RICHLAND NEWS ITEMS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

to Pasco Monday.
Con Prayer has been confined to
his bed for several days by severe
attack of the grip.
Mrs. G. o. Ralstad has been con-
fined to her home the past week by a
severe attack of the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wienenga are
rejoicing over the birth of a little son,
born Sunday evening, January 23rd.
A. H. Zane, the Hanford contractor,
passed thru Richland Tuesday enroute
to Kennewick where his big auto truck
has been undergoing a thoro over
hauling.
The people of the Catholic church
in Richland held services in the Luth-
eran church building last Sunday, Fa-
Their Flavin coming up from Kenne-
wick to conduct same.
A. E. Granlund and Harry Miller
left Tuesday morning for North Yak
ina where they went as delegates of
the Richland branch of the Yakima
Valley Fruit Growers association at
the meeting held there this week.
A big delegation from Vale grange
will go to Finley Saturday eve
ming, February 9Th, when Pomona
grange will meet there. The local
grange expects to put on some fine de-
gree work as well as assist with the
program.
M. C. Poindexter, who has been in
Richland few days recently with a
prospective land seeker, returned to
his home in Bantry, N. D., last Fri
day aft r getting thru several impor-
tant trades while in Richland and on
the Coast.
Fred Freeman, proprietor of the
Richland Nursery company, returned
the latter part Of the week from
trip into eastern Washington in the
interests of the business. He reports
orders very satisfactory and that the
outlook is very good for 1916.
Thowald Kaas purchased another s.
acre tract adjoining the one he now
owns in Section % from the Horn
Rapids Irrigation company. The tract
was improved by Mr.. Kaas, with the
assistance of his brother James, and
he expects to put the entire tract into
alfalfa in the Snrinp
The Country Club was entertained
by Mesdames C. d. Mitchell and ]. D.
Arnold at the Mitchell home last
Thursday. A large number of men,
bers and invited guests attended, the
afternoon being devoted to general
social good time, after which delicious
refreshments were served by the joint
hostesses.
Jack Hubbard, the small son of Mr..
and Mrs. E., S. Hubbard is out of
school this week on account of chick
en- pox. The disease is very prevalent
just now in the Richland district but
is of such a mild character that to
date no evil effects have been noticed
and the children are soon over it and
back again in school.
There has been very little doing in
social way in Richland for the past
two weeks on account of the severe
cold weather and the heavy fall of
snow on the ground. However, as the
weather warns up number Of things
are being planned so that it will be
livlier in the next month or two to
make up for the quiet Of the past two
or three weeks.
The chinook wind which came up the
latter part of the week, clearing the
ground of sonw and making everyone
thing spring was surely at hand, has
abandoned the Richland district again
to the mercies of Jack Frost and snow
and ice are our daily portion. This
has been the hardest winter in years
and it is to be hoped that an early
spring will soon arrive to relieve the
strain on the pocketbooks necessitated
by the continual purchase of coal
and more coal.
The Walla Walla high school boys
basketball team will arrive in Rich
land next Friday to play game in
the local gymnasium at eight o'clock
that evening. It is expected that a
big crowd will turn out for this game
as the visitors have a fine team and
the game should be exciting from start
to finish. The Richland boys have
much improved in their play since the
season opened and are expected to put
up hard fight next Friday evening.
| Be sure and see the game.
| Clarence Yedica will leave the first
of the week for Seattle where he will
enter the University Of Washington
at the commencement Of the next Sc