The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-05-18
NEXT SATURDAY
THE NORTHWEST
EATS BERRIES
Nov Goth is Proclaimed 'sKenne-
wick -Richland Strawberry
Day"
CELEBRATE HERE IN EVENING
p.rrv Feast at Commercial Hotel to
be Followed by a Program at
the Club Rooms

Saturday, May goth, Kennewick will
c.,ebrate in honor of the strawberry.
The day has been proclaimed "Kenne-
vick-Richland Strawberry Day" and
v;ll be observed generally thruout the
Northwest. The publicity campaign
vsged by the Commercial club and
the Kennewick Richland Marketing
Union has proven effective, for from
all sections of the Northwest come
renlies to the effect that the straw
berries grown to such perfection in
this section will be honored with spec
isl displays by wholesale houses, COM
mission and retail dealers, while these
same concerns, the daily press, COM
mercial bodies and other interests
will all unite in an effort to have Ken
newick-Richland strawberries. served
on the tables of every home, restua-
rant, hotel and eating house in the
Northwest. The hotels, restaurants.
and railway diners will feature the
local fruit and will give honorable
mention on their menus.
In order that Kennewick shall not
Be lax in the one thing that she is
urging every other community in the
Northwest to do, namely, "Eat straw
berries next Saturday" provision has
been made for great strawberry fes-
tival The affair will be held in the
dining room of the Commercial Hotel
from to o'clock Saturday evening
and is under the direction of the Ep-
worth League. The feed is by no
means exclusive, everyone is welcome
and is urged to attend, for strawber-
ries, cream and cake will be served in
large quantities. At o'clock the
crowd will go to the Commercial club
where good program will be rem
dered. The strawberries will be both
cred no more by frost this season, for
j. E. (Jack) Frost, former state tax
commissioner and at present candi-
date for governor, has been captured.
and will be one Of the principal speak
ers. Judge j. Stanley Webster, OF the
superior court of Spokane, in all prob
ability will be speaker. r. H. Ter
cher and A C. Hall will sing.
One thousand letters have been sent
out by the Commercial club announc-
ing Saturday, May 20, as strawberry
Day." The Northwest knows that
berries grown in this section cannot
Be excelled anywhere in the world:
that the first fruit of any kind grown
and placed in the markets of the
Northwest in the spring are the Ken
newick strawberries, that the Kenne-
wlck-Richland district as strawber-
~ producing section of the North
west has taken the lead; but forces
back of the move for an annual straw
berry day observance wished to tell
all OF these things again.
The object of the day is to encour-
age the consumption of the local fruit
a. time when it is figured the sea-
son will be at it's height and thru this
sooed consumption relieve any over
crowded market. The advertising and
puohclty gained from the observance
u strawberry day at a time when
mere are no other berries but those
grown at and shipped from Kennewick
well worth the effort. In the gen.
e.ai letter sent out the Commercial
,'uo says: ut is fitting that the straw
Jerry grown in such great quantities,
~ such perfection of color, size and
naVor in many sections of the North
west be given an honorable place in
.ne calendar of special days, while it
even more just and proper that Ken
:, neWick, the one spot in this whole
northwest that produces thousands OF
.'a'es In May, of such entire perfec-
''on that without prejudice they are
auludged to be 'equalled by few and
eAcelied by none,' be given honorary
mention in connection with the North
vests first annual Strawberry Day"
Next Saturday eat Strawberries, at
.ena the feed at the Commercial Hotel
rom o to p. M, the meeting at the
commercial club at 8 p. m. and boost
'nls first strawberry Day"