The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08
EXPERIMENT
STATION FOR
THIS VALLEY
Gordon MOOres Rather Upsets
Plans of Yakima's Woman
Legislator
SECURES AMENDMENT TO BILL
As Measure Now Reads Station is to
be Located Within 20 Miles
of Kennewick

If the bill providing for the loca-
ton, in an irrigated district, of an ex-
pertinent station Of the State College
is passed by the state legislature, such
station will in all probability be To-
Gated somewhere in the Kennewick-
Richland valley. Its location here will
be due to the efforts of Representa-
tive Gordon C. Moores, who when it
comes to looking out for Benton coun-
ty's interests, is demonstrating that
he is on the job all the time over in
Olympia.
Mrs. Ina P. Williams, the only wo-
man legislator, is the author of the
bill as introduced, called for location
Of the station in the Yakima Valley.
The plans, however, were all upset
Tuesday when Moores tackled on an
amendment providing that the station
should be located within twenty miles
of Kennewick. ~----
In advancing the claims of this dis
trict Mr.. Moores has argued that ev-
cry crop grown in the irrigated Sec
tions this side of the mountains could
be successfully experimental with here
while some of the earlier fruits and
table varieties of grapes could not be
grown for experiment elsewhere than
along the Columbia river. He has
apparently won over a majority of
the House to this belief. -s. Il
He evidently, however, has some OBJ
stacles to overcome yet, as he wired
yesterday asking for data on potato
growing in this valley, saying that a
report had been started there to the
effect that spuds could not be grown
here. In reply to his wire he received
message from the Kennewick-R Rich
land Marketing Union to the effect
that the Kennewick- -Richland valley
was producing annually more early
potatoes than any other district in
the Northwest, twenty-five carloads
having been shipped last year and
seven carloads of seed having al
ready been sold for planting this year.
He was also given data on crop yields
In the valley of as high as II tons per
acre, which is believed to be the re-
cord for the state. He was informed
that not only could spuds be success
fully grown here, but that two crops
OF spuds could be grown the same year
on the same ground, a record which it
Will keep any other district hustling
to duplicate.
In reporting the adoption of the
Moores amendment to the bill, f. B.
russell, special correspondent for the
Spokesman-Review, says:
Mrs. Ina P. Williams, "the lady from
Yakima" received a thoro education
IN the intricacies of legislation in the
mousse OF representatives. Mrs. Will
lams came to the session with one
main object in view, the passage of
measure locating an agricultural ex-
pertinent station of Washington State
college at Yakima. She introduced,
~ this purpose, house bill %, and
s-cceeded in having the agricultural
committee, of which A. A. Kelly, of
spokane, is chairman, give favorable
report.
Ihe house took up the bill on second
reading. When the house got thru it |
gave the experiment station to Ken
newlck instead of North Yakima.
lets Station Near Kennewick
Representative Gordon Moores, of
hennewick, former noted high school
a1nlete, who made his maiden speech
IN the house today, proved himself a |
combination Daniel Webster and Sher-
LOCK Holmes, kept the house laughing
oy wringing admissions from Mrs. |
"llllams and Chairman Kelly, and
nnally secured the adoption of his
anaenoment locating the station with
III twenty miles of Kennewick by an
overwhelming viva voca vote.
Admits Favoring Yakima
The bill as recommended by the
eohmlttee on agriculture provided the
s'ation should be located in the Yaki-
ma valley for the study of irrigation
problems. Mrs. Williams, opposing