The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19

Mrs. William boettScner Is COLI
sred to her bed by illness.
The Country club will meet Thurs
day, October 10Th, with Mrs. Louis
Weisenbach.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rouse were din
nor guests Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Breithaupt.
Services were held by the Catholic
neople of Richland at the home of F.
! O,Brien Sunday morning. E.-
Miss N. Gilbert, of North Yakima,
,nent the week end as guest Of the
Misses Winchell and Brown. "
DR.. M. P. Davidson returned home
from Spokane the beginning of the
,veek after a successful business trip.
Charles Garratt, who has been away
n the harvest fields all summer, re-
+,rned home the beginning of the
week. .s.
= s. Hubbard and Ted Hubbard re-
turned Sunday from Dayton, where
thew had been called by the illness of
Mr.. Hubbard's mother.
Mrs. Glen Forbes has Joined her
husband at the Grosscup ranch and
will have charge of the cooking de-
partment for the winter.
Word has been received by friends
in Richland from Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Teachout, stating that they will leave
Minnesota for home on Oct. "a.
The state examiner Of the munich
nal records was in town Monday look
ing over the books and other data in
reference to the condition cf the town.
G. C. Lawrence, rural free delivery
mail carrier, had a runaway Mon
day evening which made more or less
Of wreck of his buggy but did not
hurt either himself or horse.
Judge F. A. Howes is having his
fine new barn painted this week, and
as the Judge is on the job himself
there is no doubt of the artistic effect
when the work is completed.
Mrs. H. E. Compton and son Ken
meth left Tuesday for Seattle to have
an operation performed on the little
boys ear and also to have his tonsils
removed. While on the Coast they
will spend some time visiting relatives
and friends.
A crowd of prospective land buyers
arrived in Richland Monday and spent
a couple of days going over the local
project. They seemed very favor
ably impressed with conditions and
especially the beautiful weather we
are having here just now.
Walter Zimmerman, postmaster, E..
P. Chellis ard Jack Martin were in
North Yakima Monday and Tuesday
being witnesses at the trial before the
grand jury of the men who were re-
Gently captured in connection with the
postofice robbery at Richland.
Henry Hoffman is doing rushing
business these days with his wood
saving machinery. Everyone who
could spare the time last spring got a
big pile of drift wood from the river
and it is Tow up to the wood saver to
get it in shape to burn in the heating
stoves this winter. -.-. -.Eaz..
L. Boutin, of Hanford, while enroute
in his auto from Richland to Kenne-
wick had the bad luck to turn turtle
near the Abbott ranch south Of town.
He managed to right the car and drive
back to Richland, but was pretty bad
ly bruised up and had to remain over
night at the Hotel Richland before re-
Stunning his journey. 49,.
A number of Richards progressive
farmers are seeding new land this fall
among them being Martin Wienenga
q. w. Baker, Elmer Armstrong anG
AT. Koehler. Every year sees more
and more acreage devoted to alfalfa
and if hay keeps up it's present high
price there is nothing on which better
returns can be obtained. A fifth cut.
ting Of alfalfa has been secured by
several dairymen this season, which
Is a wonderful record.
Several Richland people have hat
their children vaccinated during thu
past week, not so much for fear thai
they will contract small pox which ap
peared in the district recently, but al
good preventative measure ant
something which would have to b.
done were the children attending
schools in the city. Bud and Willis
Serr and Eudora Mitchell were among
those vaccinated at this time and NOR
will be attended to this week.
While driving a load of hay thr'
town Friday Joe Thompson had tn