The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-06-16

State Game Farm
Raising 5000
Baby Pheasants
FTNLEY-Harold Whitman, super
intendent Of the state game farm at
Finley, reports q successful pheas-
ant Matching season. These are
about 5000 young pheasants now at
the farm ranging in age from one
day to five weeks old. There were
1900 ringneck pheasants held at
the farm this year, 400 being hens,
for breeding stock. Eggs from these
hens were used to supply the Ken
newick game farm and Al club
with Matching eggs. The local farm
will set around II 900 eggs this year
and expect to get around 5000
birds. There are six men working
at the farm.
Henry Jacobs, who has had
charge Of the Finley store since
last summer, sold out to Ed L. Ring
|uette Of jamestown. N. D. Mr..
Ringuette took over his new bust
ness Sunday.
Ernest johnson, Ernest Sherry,
Albert Piert and Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Benson drove to Mckee Sunday to
attend the baseball game.
Harry Fuller and family Of Top
penish visited the Glen Hubbard
family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Benson, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Piert and children,
Rodney and Peggy, Lou Of Finley,
and Harlan Estes Of Portland visit
ed at the Ernest Sherry home Sat-
urday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Curr and fam
lily Of Goble. Oregon, visited Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Grimshaw.
Several women In this commune
ity are employed at the Big Y In the
cherry harvest.
Orvllle Howard returned Satur-
day from Walker Pit, where he Wis
tied his sister and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Nichols. Mrs. Nickols
and children returned with him for
q few days visit at the Howard and
Fred Falque homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hedington
came Friday from near Toppenish
for q visit with their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Neil An
derson. Mr.. Hedington will soon
leave for Tula Lake and Mrs. He'd
ington will remain here for short
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold witham
made q business trip to the state
game farm at Walla Walla Mon
day.
Donald Sherry spent the week
end in Pasco as guest Of Donald
johnson.
Merton Cochran Of Portland Is
visiting his brother and family this
week. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Coch-
ran. Buster Cochran Of Sisters, Ore
gon, also visited over the weekend
at the Cochran home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vorvick and FAM
lily Of Finley and Mr.. and Mrs. Shot,
berg and family held q picnic at
the Sacajawea park Sunday.
Miss Ester tanning from Spo-
kane Is spending q few days at the
home Of her parents In Finley.
Troy and Bill Bockstruck Of
Bayview, Idaho visited Monday at
the Frank Volland home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Stillwell
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Red Hill home In Pasco Sunday.
The Cliff Hubbard family moved
to Walla Walla Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Cummings
Of Wallula visited Friday at the
home of Mrs. Cumings' mother,
Mrs. McCarty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Benson left
Monday evening for Seattle to en-
ter summer school. Lawana Gerber
accompanied them to the coast for
q visit.
Joe johnson Of CCC camp Rain
Ter, visited friends In Finley last
week. The Johnsons are former
residents Of Finley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Kittrel of
Eureka and Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil
Kittrel Of Cregmont, Idaho were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Cochran.
Freeman Davis and family and
Joe Davis Of Nebraska, who are Wis
iting at the A. A. Ash and A. ]. Dye
homes, visited In Yakima Sunday
at the home of Lou Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. r. briggs OF
Nepell visited Sunday filth the Sam
briggs family.