The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20

I'LL Kennewick Washington under the of 8,
NOTHING STOPS THE EXCHANGE
CCORDNG to the Angeles takes than adj
verse climatic conditions business depression European
tariff revision in the California Fruit Growers
Exchange In reviewing last years conditions the Times
says the marketing started off under unfavorabe
circumstances The first shipment of frozen
transit there exceptionally CROP both California
Florida and because of business depression
switched apples because cheap
er. Concluding the review says:
the citrus grow
California the California Fruit Growers Exchange
which of the best organized effective cooperative
associations in the world advertising campaign begun
made people sit whether they
not And the result that by the the crop
came along in May June and July everybody
doing and the ended with better
than the average of the previous year.
The lemon of the past
times the size of the before and went market
that has been known hruou the United
Americans know lemons the makngs lemonade and
little else In cool they don't drink Besides
Europe has not had time to bother with lemons it's fish
meats and to lemons the toilet and market
has been flooded with foreign
too since kindly reduced marketing
the foreign powers cent pound.
But lemon did not sit down and wiring his
He began campaign to make Americans lemons
for things besides cool drinks and drinks
into organization fostered by the exchange
products from the lower grades of fruit
fruit tends to bring prices below the mark that allows
return to the grower He intends that buys
foreign markets lemon OIL byproducts
to the extent of more than million dollars annually"
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STARTED AT LAST
LAST it that something definite tangible has
been accomplished toward securing park the city
several the park question has become
ing the months when shade resde
is just There has been park talk park dreams park
plans but far actually getting anywhere concerned
have always chased around in circle.
The first definite step toward getting somewhere taken
last fall when of $500 set aside from the city funds for
purposes Four hundred dollars will buy
would equip site if had but it starter The cys
four hundred dollars be- and should
around which to assemble sufficient finances.
This paper believes the city has set example which might
well be followed by several different organizations the city
The Commercial club raises funds
than the ana orders of the city raise and
epend various for things other than
Stiles The thing believe is true of the churches Why
not start park fund in club lodge and church, The
need not be large start with few dollars beginner and
few dollars added occasionally will show surprising results when
the final accounting is made.
which there been
soluy difference opinion in the community Everybody
recognizes Everybody park. We have
egg of $4OO little determination little applied energy and
a lot of enthusiasm will do the rest.
FEED THE BIRDS
THE UNUSUALLY heavy snowfall has reduced to straened
circumstances the ocks of birds which winter in the
Columbia valley. little thoughtfuness the part
ing birds knock the back
out handus of grain bread crumbs each day.
wayaers will find it and be day
dinner time.