The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
c.,d4n City Business Men
'', rsrrv Out New Idea in
Trade Excursion
DAY HOSTS ROLE
nlJRING VISIT HERE
RING Band and Quartet and
Entertain at Chicken
Pie Luncheon

YenneWlck haS
.;..,,ry Of many trade excursions.
= ~ uast it has been visited by
,.,.,,t;ous Of business men from
s..ttk. Tacoma, Spokane, Portland
L .ther Of the largest cities OF the
r.thvest. Always the message
l,,r,At By the visitors has been one
!, f,;endly relations and good will,
- 4 remained for the Walla Walla
crmefcial club Wednesday. to carry
8 N entirely new idea in getting
,euusinted with the other fellow in
= own home town.
~ Walla Walla business men came
- Kindred strong and brought their
= entertainment with them. They
N accompanied by the Wahi band
- Tie Whitman college male quar-
4 md they were the hosts, not the
eaat,. at . chicken pie luncheon
n.,ed By the Christian ladies in
- basement Of their church.
Ne spirit Of the occasion can be
= hetter expressed than in the fol-
kxihs verse Of one Of the visitors
hes1tu songs:
Nv Ne come without a motive,
Save our friendly friends to find
.Jut to kinda get acquainted-
Mt single axe to grind.
we are grateful for our welcome
Nkeh has certainly been kind,
= dear old Kennewick.'
he trip from Walla Walla was
~ By auto with a short stop in
Touehet en- route. To save time the
an were parked at the ferry landing
= tie Pasco side and the delegation
~ met At the ferry by cars operat-
ahy the Kennewick Commercial club.
Following a brief concert at the
Commercial Hotel corner the band led
ue men Of the two cities in parade
a'das Second and Washington streets
y tie church. Altho the crowd far
sataumbered the orginial estimates
ne ladies' handled it admirably altho
: second table was necessary to ac-
@nmodate all. One hundred ninety
Plates were served.
The meal hour was enlivened by a
NUMBER OF selections by the Whitman
alset and ensemble singing of the
.al'a walla booster songs. Each of
= Visitors were presented an at
V.eslve place card upon which was
printed poem entitled "At Kenne-
sex and bottle of Church's Grape
Juice.
Aeslng as POSTMASTER A. R. Gard
, - introduced L. E. Johnson, presi-
.' q the >Kennewick Commercial
sa0 ! VINO heartily welcomed the Wis
.'''s and emphasized the feeling of
..imest friendship which this COM
'y holds toward Walla Walla.
-. : response DR.. ]. O. Heating, presi-
n = VI sae Walla Walla club, stressed
L.. community of interest which
. ~. exist thruout the communities
~ a's section Of the state. He said
was a growing desire on the
&c u. q the Walla Walla citizens to
! ne better acquainted with and
!. cooperate y with their neighbors
I,.. ',eo the building of the Snake
+, ~ Ufl0ge and the help in financ.
.vd, sue Columbia river bridge as
b.,..a. .es Of Walla Walla's whole.
# *a p cooperation with the peoples
A. rankin and Benton counties.
Cha 11e = OF, Of the principal speakers
Van. =, T.. oNeil, editor Of the Walls
,,sss us,a Union, called attention to tb.
ea,ts.. natural resources of south.
poss;hi';.. a Washington and the great
as i,,''es ,,id Is for future development
done ,1s ssi, 'nat while much had beer
along ,i,,, dan., more remained to be don,
bu;1Ss;.ae development lines. He said tb,
stssa ssstsananity can but be benesieia, en- snS 04' t'
sr,a. ss Communities. g! He cited tb, ~
Mo oa 'ulce industry of the Cburcl
that tbia tsbSinpany ? as an example, sayins
V.,,a w. not t. alone to Kennewist steIu brt pea n,
Northwest. 70 the state and to th'
u houlton, chairman of the ir