The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-15

d. j. Dillon is the latest Richland
farmer to join the automobile owning
class, he having purchased a fine new
bort from A. S. Murray, local distrib-
utor.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Sheppard and
daughter, old-time residents of Rich
land, who are now located at Finley,
spent day in town on business the
latter part of the week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Mccarthy, who
have been doing the farming act out
near the Grosscup ranch this summer,
have moved back to their pleasant
home in Riverview addition, for the
winter.
C. Havstad, R. D. Sawyer and sew
eral "strong-arm" business men in
town helped to move the Advocate
into it's new quarters Saturday and
Sunday. The press is up and the
plant is all in readiness for opera
ton.
Mrs. M. D. O'Connell, of Hermiston,
Ore, spent couple of days in town
visiting and taking care of the crop
grown on the home tract. Mrs. O'Con-
nell states that they are well pleased
with their new location and are doing
fine business.
F. A. Howes is engaged in INSTALL
ing a water system on his ranch in
town. He has procured an electric
motor and will pump the water into a
tank from which it will be piped to
the barn to water the stock and to the
house for domestic purposes.
E. S. Hubbard returned home the
latter part of the week from the Okla
hogan country where he was oversee
ing the loading of his sheep into cars
and getting them in for the winter.
On Saturday he had flock of over
600 fine sheep driven thru town and
they will be herded out in the country
until snow flies.
Halsey Tooker, of Portland, who
owns a fine fourteen-acre tract in
Section 35, arrived in town Tuesday
and will remain here for several weeks
while he is experimenting a crew of
men and teams which he has engaged
to put his tract in shape for planting
to alfalfa this coming spring. He has
one of the finest places in the district.
School Superintendent T. c. Noun
tain entertained at five-course BAN
quent Friday evening in honor of the
faculty, the girls of the domestic
science classes serving the courses. A
unique feature of the entertainment
was the writing of sutobiographies.
Some genius was displayed and great
pleasure derived from the reading OF
some Of them.
Mrs. John Glenn, one of Richards
pioneer citizens, is home for short
visit at the Herschel Jameson resi-
dence. Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn have been
farming at Blackfoot, Idaho, for the
past two years, but have closed up
their affairs there and are now on
their way to Ashland, Ore, to make
their home. They expect to continue
the ranching game at their new loca-
ton.
A telegram was received by the A.
M. Bartlett family Saturday stating
that their eldest son, Claude Medium
Bartlett, a member of an English in
fantry regiment, had been wounded
in the left shoulder and scalp while
fighting in the trenches in France.
This is the second time this young
man has been wounded. The first
time he met with a serious accident,
having his leg and ankle badly crush
ed while in the trenches. He was
then ordered to England to recuper-
ate and had only been back in France
about six weeks when this second mis-
fortune overlook him. He is the first
boy from Richland who has been sent
to the trenches and the entire COM
munity is anxiously looking for news
Of his recovery.