The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-06-01

mittee in charge has arranged an out
door social and Mrs. Carl Meyers has
offered their grounds for the occasion.
The grange master has called an open
meeting for that night, Saturday, June
10, and an effort will be made to get
everyone out. Ed. Angel has been
asked to bring the registration books
and by this time next month we believe
there won't be fifteen per cent who
haven't registered. -a.....
The following committee appoint
ments were announced at Grange Sat
urday night: Committee in charge OF
county candidate recommendations
los. Gerards, chairman, VIM. Engels
and C. E. Cox; committee to draw up
resolutions to be presented at the state
convention, John Storland, S. A. Hoyt
and C.. E. Puderbaugh. John Storland
was elected alternate for the state
grange convention to be held at Bur-
lington next month, in case the Mas
ter could not go.
Since the creamery has put on the
cream wagons, few of us have had oc-
casion to visit the plant lately, but
it is worth special trip to see the
improvements made during the past
month. A great, big, brand new churn
has been installed and the Dietrich
brothers are all decked out in white
scenery with yellow fronts. When we
compare the creamery as it is today
with the creamery of a year ago, the
farmers who backed the then shaky
enterprise with their time and their
money are to be commended for their
sound Judgment and the ability that
has made the change. Then it was
concern with no money, no credit, and
no business, and today we find them
with enough capital to pay their bills
promptly when due, with credit that
is no longer questioned by either the
most particular dairyman or by their
competitors, and with business four
times as big as it was year ago.
Such a concern does more toward
bringing the conditions in the valley
back to normal than half dozen years
of $500 hay would do, for it insures
the local dairymen of steady market
for his produce at figures equal to OF
even a little better than the best In
the Northwest.
Merton Cochron says there is more
moisture in the hills this year than
ever before. "Why the Badgers can't
even dig down to dry dirt" he as
serted. 1'That doesn't prove anything
answered Joe Lee. GLOW can you ex-
pect them to dig when they haven't
had anything to eat for two years?"
Bob Perkins recently bought dish
pan measuring four feet nine and one
half inches in diameter. He keeps this
under his flume with stream OF wa
ter running thru it, and after ever!
meal dumps in his dishes. Once
week he cleans up, takes out the dishe!
and begins again.
Bill Spears isn't the only acrobat il
our midst. j. II. Hoover drove t.
town Tuesday with ten-gallon cal
of cream balanced on the reach of hi
wagon.
The Finley Civic improvement
League has been busy again. A fresl
coat of paint for the church and {
brand new bunch Of circus posters ties
tify to their activity.
It was a mighty hard task to ge
Fred Tweedt to join the strawberr
growers union, but he is an enthusias
now. He is circulating petition t
ask the night riders to lynch all in
dependent growers next year.
The tin can de-tec-a-tive has bee
, called upon to find the. culprit VIII
swiped crate of Strawberries frol
Harry Hedington's house last Sunda.
E Merl Johnson was nearly knocke
t out Sunday. Half the population {
n Wallula were busy bathing his hea
and it looked for minute as if Wa
+ lula would do without catcher. Ju!
Q then John Tyacke came along ar
I when Merl saw him he said "Hell
Il John. Come over and see the boy
And he jumped up completely cure
to show John Mr.. Johnson, Jr.
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