The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-03-18
From the Corresponds
Items of Interest Concerning Our Neghbors Hereabouts
RICH LIAM d


VIM. Young has moved back into
his own home in town.
H. L. Crawford is planting consid-
cradle acreage to early potatoes.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Barnard drove
to Yakima Friday to have little Imo-
genes eyes tested.
Misses Viola Wiley and Lulu
Brown of Pasco were guests Sunday
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Zimmerman.
The H. F. Yedica family and Ray
Nicholaus spent Sunday in Pasco as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Lille.
Mrs. George w. Snew has returned
from Tacoma where she was summon
ed by telegram announcing the death
of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. O.. W.. McAuley and
daughter ,Erma motored to Yakima
Sunday to visit their niece, Miss Hell
en- Gale.
r. L. Peavey, who has been very i'll,
will be so far recovered this week that
he will move to the E. p. Chellis
ranch which he has leased, the begin
ming of the week.
Martin Wienenga is busily engaged
in putting the new Advocate home in
to shape SO that the local newspaper
plant may be moved into its newly &C.
quired home as soon as possible.
A. G. Rosaaen is confined to his bed
with the flu. During Mrs. Rosaaen's
absence from school to nurse her sick
husband, Miss Erma McAuley, who
recently returned from Pullman Col
lege, will have charge of the fifth
grade room.
Ditch cleaning operations will be
completed this week and Manager r.
B. Stevens has lined up his ditch rid
ers for the coming year as follows:
Lower headgate, F. w. Smith; upper
headgate, j. D. Mccarthy; town ditch,
Phil Schireman, ST.; pump No. 1, II.
Hutton; No. 1, S. M. Ross; No. 2, II.
H. Kuckenbecker.
The basketball game Saturday eve
ming between the Kiona- Benton City
team and the Richland town team re-
suited in a walk-away for the local
boys, the score being 46 to Is in favor
of Richland. After the game dance
was given in honor of the visiting
team which crowded Anon hall to it's
capacity. A return game will be play
ed in Kiona Saturday of this week and
a large crowd from here are planning
on going up to Kiona for the game
and dance to be given after it is over
A large crowd of interested Rich.
land farmers attended the meeting al
the Jens Sorrensen farm Monday, al
which + s. Robertson, horticulturalist
from the State College and County
Agent Lee Lampson, demonstrated to
the potato growers Of the district the
necessity for proper precautions in the
choice of seed. Particular emphasis
was given to the different plaques,
which effect the potato and the neces-
sity of determining same so that the
seed could be either discarded or dis
infected before planting.
Many Richland friends were griev-
ed to learn of the sudden death of Mrs.
Alfred Hammer which occurred on
March 7th at the Emmanuel hospital
in Turlock, California. Mrs. Hammer
was pioneer of the Richland district
living here continuously until last fall
when the family dspsed f herioteai
tract to H. H. Kuckenbecker. Since
that time they have spent their leisure
travelling thru California and the news
of the sudden death of this well known
woman came as decided shock to her
many friends in Richland. Two rela-
tives in Richland survive her, broth
er, ]. L. Johnson, and a sister-in-law.
Mrs. M. Lindskog. At her bedside at
the time of her death were her hus,
band and only. child, her daughter,
Dorothy.
The music class Of the Richland
high school will present their must
cal playlet 'The Bellies of Fol-de-rol"
at the high school auditorium Satur-
day evening. The young people have
put in many months of consistent,
hard work in their preparation of this
dramatic event and should be given the
hearty support of the Richland people.
The girls of the domestic science sew
ing class have prepared most of the
costumes while the boys of the man.
ual training department have done a
great deal of work on the new scenery
which will be used for the first time on