The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-12-05

against it or did not vote at all be-
cause the details of organization are
not sufficiently clear to them. One
point which he says is not clear is
whether or not the farmer who has a
paid-up water right and has his land
under cultivation comes into the dis
trict on the same basis as does the
owner of unimproved lands held for
speculation.
S. M. Ross has placed new variety
of sweet potato on the local market
and those who have tasted them say
they are of excellent flavor and quail
ity. They are red in color, about like
a beet and are of the same shape as
the regulation sweet spud. Mr.. Ross
has had fine luck with sweet potatoes
every year and has proved conclusive
ly that this crop will do well in the
Richland district.
Harry Whcelhouse who spent sew
eral days last week in the Arlington,
Ore, country, guest of his brother,
returned to Richland the latter part
of the week, bringing with him his
share of the game bag, namely, 81
wild geese for the entire party. Mr..
Wheelhouse certainly made himself
solid with number of his friends by
presenting them with fine wild goose
for Sunday dinner and the writer,
from personal knowledge, can say it
was the finest game meat ever tasted.
The geese were very plentiful and
every hunter could secure the bag al
lowed by law in a short time.
j. M. Brcithaupt returned home on
Monday after spending his Thanksgiv-
ing vacation as the guest of his three
sons, Will, Fred and John at Topper
ish. He reports all the boys making
good and that the entire reservation
seems. to be booming.
Mesdames C. H. Lille and A. G..
Rosaaen are rejoicing over word re-
ceived from their husbands that they
will probably be home in time for
Christmas dinner, Mr.. Rosaaen from
the officers training camp at the u.
of w. and Mr.. Lille from New York
where he has been confined to the
base hospital for some weeks past.
R. d. Sawyer went to Prosser Sat-
urday to attend the sale of property
auctioned off for taxes. He secured
% acres of pasture land near the
drainage ditch in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stillwell and in
FAINT son arrived in Richland Tuesday
from North Carolina and are guests
at the home of Mrs. Stillwell's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Nicholaus.
Mr.. Stillwell is minister of the Meth
odist denomination and has received
several promising offers of pastorates
on the Coast and will probably decide
to remain in the west indefinitely.
Wesley Sawyer and Earl Jones, who
have been members of the students
training school at Corvallis, Ore, were
home for Thanksgiving.
That the city fathers of Richland
have more than made good was dem
onstrated by the fact that not single
candidate appeared on the scene to
contest their reelection to Office Tues
day. In fact, most people forgot that
there was an election on foot so that
the vote cast was very light. The
present mayor and city council are all
capable business men and the affairs
of this little community may well be
left in their hands.
Postmaster William Relton receiv-
ed copy of the menu which was serv-
ed to the boys at Camp Lewis on
Thanksgiving day and his son sgd
says that fellow would have to be
an ostrich to get away with one-tenth
of the good eats placed before the
boys on this holiday. Also that the
food was cooked and served in ex-
cellent style and that every man will
have most pleasant recollection of
his Thanksgiving day spent in the
government service. p
Mrs. A. L. Nelson and two little
daughters, Georgia and Hazel, are
spending the week in Vancouver, Wn.,
and Portland. They will be guests of