The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19

established Jan a. 1906 consolidated April 1914
! Rolfe Publisher
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WEEKEND VIEWPOINTS
BY
Making Kennewick the shopping center of the TriCy
area worthy objective consider what
it takes to reach that goal
To the shopping progress must be made in
number of directions It can't be direct drive towards the
goal In fact people shrink from the phrase It is too
much of of trying hound somebody into doing what
somebody him do for the benefit of the who
does the bounding ~~-~
A certain professor university speaking at meet
ing club advised the members to forget the dollar
Throw it as far as you can you'll unconscousy
work towards it. said That may be what should be done
in Kennewick The slogan make this the shopping CENTER
bit frank s~ =~#*~
And if we should throw our dollar far can, and
forget direct drive make this the shopping center
what else be do l. We could start drive
making this the educational center 1--WE already have
mild star We could start another drive towards making
this residential district of the city eve have done
something along that too g. We could start drive
making this the most orderly city in Washington
city where fathers and mothers really want to bring up
their children Yes there other great goals that could
at And you put this down indisputable fact
all these other goals reached this would also become
shopping Maybe do have dollars too close
here in the TCity Maybe work harder for
something bigger than being the shopping center it will be
quickest way of becoming also the place where most
people will want to trade
At city meeting, appeared that group
protesting condition which cut their water supply
off, would simply not take any other statement than
promising immediate relief Conscientious Mayor Urban
Keoler who please everybody and has been dis
appointed to find that is difficult to do was trying his
explain Finally the true light apparently
dawned the group In nutshell this is the slaton The
city the system but another municipality the
Kennewick Irrigation District does The city powerless to
do anything about improving enlargng the system as long
it is owned by the district There bucpassing in
that It simply is fact.
The city and the KID have been dealing for time
and apparently progress being made appears certain
that the city win buy the system from the KID and make the
necessary expansions Meanwhile those who using KID
water actually stockholders in the KID organization and
have much voice stakeholder any organization The
board members elected by popular vote The district
ganizaon responsive the wishes of the individual
than the city be- because there will be when
the city takes The water situation is bad Everybody
admits that but the systems built COM
munity such have The KID system built serve
few farmers The city out into the district What
need right patience and faith in the councils
effort to do what best The problem will be solved time
and no doubt without very much unnecessary delay
From Kennewick window: A and child start
the street swshes along the clasps the
hand of the child and drags him along quickly the car
swishes by Another up just another woman is
about to at crosswak The halt driver
motonng to the to proceed which she does and
smiles Dust starts flying, but dust today
People come and at the post office long line
waits People turn in to enter the Grill but it's
locked up Fixing up for cocktail lounge The people shake
the door, then 60 on Mayor Keoler and City Superin
tenden Dick Recotor coming the They are stopped
somebody has an dea kick They on stopped
again Short conversations They people and
talk as they walk They finally reach the post office go.