The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01

The COURIER-REPORrER
also carried out in the luncheon am
table favors. The hostess was assist
ed III entertaining the guests by Mes
danes A. L. Nelson, H. F. Yetliea an.
Miss Evalyn Yedica.
The members of the Richla:i ket
Crois Circle are now in position u
start knitting, as the needles ard ma
iGrals and instructions are in the
hapds of the president, Mrs. /. I
chalcraft. A number of the ladies wnt
d, lot feel competent at this time f.
attack pair of socks will devo-e thei,
time to making the mufflers ch are
much needed. Several knitting bees
are being planned with some able in.
structor present so that everyone viii
soon be on to all the quirks of purling
casting off, etc., and there should b.
a lot of work turned out this winter.
F. J. O'Brien, who is having his
sixty-acre ranch north of town made
ready for seeding to fall wheat, has
now got around to the place where the
Fresnos will be put on the ground and
it will not be long until the entire tract
is in shape. .'@
The lecture by Miss Jellum to the
women of Richland Monday, outlining
the Hoover plan of food conservation,
was well worth the attention of all
present and the ladies all appeared
much interested and from now on the
majority of the households in Richland
will be conducted along a strictly
Hooverized basis.
Henry Schireman has purchased a
Chevrolet car. C. H. Lille engineered
a trade for an old Kissel Kar which
he had in his possession and then in
turn traded the newly acquired Chew
rolet to "Hank."
A Community Mix, or general get
together of the people of the district
will be held at the high school Friday
evening, November End. These af-
fairs are gaining in favor every year
in the larger towns and there is no
reason why they should not be of great
benefit to the community here. It gives
the teachers, parents and children
chance to get better acquainted be-
sides being very pleasant, social way
to spend winter evening. It is to be
hoped that big crowd will be in at
tendance.
A large crowd of ladies attended
the meeting of the Methodist Ladies
Aid at the home of Mrs. ]. B. Clements
Wednesday afternoon.
Water was shut off in the canals
the latter part Of the week after an
exceptionally successful season for
this section. Altho the weather was
extremely warm, with no rainfall
since the latter part of May, the al
falfa and corn crops are very large
and the district as a whole is more
prosperous than at any time in its his
tory. More farmers are buying cars
and up-to-date farm equipment than
at any time in the past, while prac-
tically every dairy ranch now boasts
an up-to-date silo. Unless something
unforeseen occurs the outlook for the
year 1913 is very bright in and about
Richland.
The stockholders in the old Rich
land Telephone company may expect
their checks any day now. There has
been slight hold-back in the account
ing, due to an error but this has been
Strengthened out and everyone will
receive his check within the next week.
The Kennewick Valley Telephone
Go. will install phone in the Elmer
Hinkle house this week. The company
s kept busy putting in phones for new
PATRONS and practically all the farmers
low have connection with Kennewick
md the outside world.
A. F. Griffith will shortly be known
IS the apple king Of the Richland dis
his, as he is still hard at it shipping
tut carloads of apples from his numer-
JUS orchards in this section. He is
:etting $3.50 per box for his Delicious
lpples in Omaha. He is the biggest
rooster for the apple industry in this
,art Of the world.
G. C. Bartholet, deputy state en-
'ineer in charge of the construction
f the road from Richland to Benton
lily, spent day in town this week.
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