The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-27

Mrs. Jane O'Brien of st. Paul, Mimi
arrived in Richlard Wednesday to
spend Thanksgiving with her son, F.
]. O'Brien. 7
Miss Irma McAuley, who is attend
ing Pullman College, arrived home on
Wednesday to spend the holidays with
her parents. Il. -. ..
! Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Koelsch are
probably the happiest people in Rich
land this holiday season, as they are
, in receipt of wire from their daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. H. Kumm of Spokane,
formerly Leona Koelsch, in which the
birth of a little son is announced. Mrs.
Kumm has many friends in Richland
who are rejoicing in the good news,
as these young people have been mar
ried for over seven years and this is
the first little one that has come to
gladden. their home. "Grandpa" Joe
is wearing that genial smile which
won't wear off and says that he and
Mrs. Koelsch expect to go to Spokane
Christmas to spend few days getting
acquainted with this most important
addition to their family.
Owing to the extremely high price
which turkeys are bringing, an added
incentive has been given to miscreants
who every year make a practice of
robbing the farmers of the poultry
which they have expended many weary
months in getting ready for market.
Last Thursday evening Mrs. William
Marringer had ten large turkeys sto-
len as we'll as ten full blooded hens.
Her chicken coop and hen house is To-
Gated about block from the family
residence south of town, so that it
was easy for the thieves to gain en-
trance without arousing anyone. It'll
would seem that they took more birds
than they could comfortably get away
with, for early in the morning four
of the turkeys came struggling home
and Mrs. Marringer believes that they
had so many they had to turn these
loose and they Immediately returned
to the ranch. The loss was over $50
and no trace of the thieves has been
found. The next night some one at !
tempted to steal turkeys from the VIM. |
Young place, on the old Clements |
place, and who has a flock of over go !
fine birds, but the family watch dog
frightened the men away. Mr.. Young
is now ready for their return with |
double-barreled shotgun. 49,,
The teachers of the Richland schools
who are attending institute in Pasco
this week report a most enthusiastic
and instructive session. ...-z
Lou Eller, who has leased the E. S.
Hubbard holdings and will farm them
.or the next three years, has disposed
If all his livestock and farm imple-
nents, at public sale Tuesday.
William Marringer has. leased the
F. Yedica ranch on the outskirts
# town for the ensuing year. +
Harry Davis took the contract to
rive all the teachers who are attend
ng institute in Pasco over and back
ach day in his dandy REQ truck.
G. d. Mitchell is having the Pacific
'ower & Light Co. install a trans
ormer on the road opposite his ranch
o that he may have electric lights in
tailed at once. Several other farm
RS who live close to town but outside
ne radius covered by the Power Co.
ght poles are planning on like i'm
rovements.
A great many private dinner parties
ere given in Richland Thanksgiving
ay, while the Methodist church, fol-
wing its usual custom, had big BAN
Jet at the church, practically every
lember, as well as a great many IN
tied guests sitting down to the ia
les which literally groaned beneath
lie burden of good things provided by
lie able cooks of Richland.
Mrs. G. c. Scott, wife of the pastor
the local Methodist church, arrived