The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-07-18
BROWN FALLS.
BREAKS NECK
HIGHLANDS

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While pruning the tops of his
young cherries, Louis w. BROWN
had the misfortune to slip, falling
about fifteen feet to the ground
and breaking his neck. The cause
was given to limb that he was
standing on being broken. Mr..
Brown had just recovered from an
automobile accident last fall.
The Kennewick Highlands grange
held its 18th regular meeting July
IL with Master Guy Story pjesid-
ing. j. l.. Hunnel was voted into
membership. The grange voted with
other organizations in asking the
school board to have the safety of
the Washington Street school build
ing investigated. Deputy and Mrs.
Swayze gave an interesting report
of the state grange convention at
Everett. Mrs. Swayze is now state
chaplain. Mr. SWayZe- read some
poems written by National Deputy
F. E. Waters
At the last meeting Mr.. Clark
was appointed to find out what
benefit the Highlands has received
from the $4,000 they spent to re-
habilitate the canal. When the
government came into this district
to fix the pumping outfit, one
agreement was that the ditch be
raised so as to carry seven addi-
tional inches of water. Since the
$4,000 was goven to the lower dis
trict the ditch has carried less. The
Highlands is entitled up to 81 sec
ond feet of water and when there
is a shortage the lower district will
suffer.
At the close of the meeting re-
freshments were served, followed by
visiting and dancing. AT the next
meeting each person is asked to
bring a paper sack lunch. They
are to be sold at the close of the
meeting with dish of ice cream
for dime. The money raised is to
be given to the home economics
department for the Annual Fall
Festival.
Leo Kibbes, Bergman Giles, Basil
and Norris Shields and Lester Lie
bel drove to Kahlotus Lake Satur-
day night and spent Sunday fish
ing. They report a good catch.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Clark, Annie
and Moulton represented the High
land grange at Pomona held in
White Bluffs Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Rasmussen
and their house guest, Mrs. Wands,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G.. Clark, Annie
and Moulton, went to Walla Walla
Monday.
The sewing club met with Mrs
w. s. Sonderman Tuesday. Nine
members were present. Mrs. Bessie
bennett was guest Of the club.
o. w. Marshall and family Of the
South Highlands moved to town
Tuesday.
i Buster Craig left Tuesday to work
in the Horse Heaven wheat fields
Mrs. Ada Steward and children
Of Seattle and Mrs. Estes Of Mos
COW, Idaho were weekend guests
at the r. L. Culton home. Mrs. Ste
ward is Mrs. Culton's sister and
Mrs. Estes is her mother.
| Don't forget the annual Highland
picnic to be held in the park Sun
day, July 81, with picnic lunch at
one o'clock. A special invitation is
extended to all the newcomers inthe
district. Each family is asked to
bring basket lunch and some
fruit or fruit juice and their own
dishes.
Ted Watkins has finished har-
vesting his potatoes which averag
ed six and three-fourths tons OF
u. s. No. / spuds per acre on ole
orchard ground. This yield, he
states, is exceptionally good as the
usual yield is about three tons to
the acre. Mr.. Watkins says that
some Of his potatoes ran as high as
nine tons. Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins
and family moved here early last
fall In time to plant late potatoes
also of which he had. a very good
yield. He is formerly OF Wyoming
| Ross Culton, who is working at
Moscow, Idaho visited his family
over the weekend.