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The Kennewick Courier
VOL. XII NO. 52
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Public: •
\\ ith this, the concluding issue of its twelfth volume, The
Courier ceases to be. Beginning with the issue of April 3rd
this paper becomes consolidated with the Kennewick Reporter
and will be published under the title of the Courier-Reporter,
from the Reporter office in the Hover Block. The two firms
have been incorporated under the name of the Kennewick
Printing Company, the trustees and only stockholders of the
new company being A. R. Gardner, R. E. Reed and E. C.
Tripp. Mr. Gardner will have editorial charge of the new
paper.
All accounts due The Courier up to April Ist, with the ex
ception of subscription accounts,*are to be paid to Reed & Tripp,
who will settle all bills contracted by them previous to that
date. All subscription accounts will become the property of
the Kennewick Printing Company and will be adjusted by
them upon the mailing list of the Courier-Reporter. ' *
The reasons for the consolidation may be stated in two
words —insufficient business. At no time during the past year
an d more has there been enough patronage to justify the main
tenance of two plants, the payment of two rents and two pay
rolls and still provide the proprietors with anything like fair
returns on their labor and investment. This, we believe has
been equally true of both papers, for each has had its fair
share of what business the field has offered.
With the combined plants and subscription lists, the new
firm will start business with an equipment and circulation
which will put it in the front rank of country newspapers any
where. Some machinery from each plant will be disposed of
and replaced by new equipment. A folding machine and in
dividual motors for our presses have already been ordered and
it is probable that a typesetting machine will be added soon.
We are truly appreciative of the patronage which has been
enjoyed by us and we hope to retain, under the new arrange
ment, every friend and customer we have made during the near
ly four years that The Courier has been under our ownership.
Sincerely yours,
Reed & Tripp.
MILES OF HI6HWAY
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
_ Much Accomplished on First Good
' Roads Day in Spite of Bad
Weather #
At least thirty miles of highway
were made more safe and coir 'ortable
to travel over as the result of Ken
newick's first Good Roads Day, is
the estimate of the committee which
had the work in charge.
Everybody helped except the
weather man and he -sent- us the
coldest, rawest, windiest day he had
on tap. Perhaps that was a bles
sing in disguise, however, as the
cold wind kept the workers on the
'move to avoid freezing. It is doubt
ful, anyway, if there were many
deterred from working on account
of the bad day. The town was
closed up tight, except in one or
two cases, and those who had vol
untreed beforehand donned an extra
sweater and a pair of goggles and
showed up at the appointed hour.
Most of the workers devoted their
time to digging boulders and raking
small stones out of the roads, but
in many places culverts were laid
JRross the road to drain off the irri
gation waste water and fills were
made with teams and scrapers to
do away with the bad mud holes
which have plagued motorists and
teamsters in years past.
In many cases the workers were
served hot coffee by the farmers
along the way and there was a gen
eral co-operative spirit shown by the
country people in furnishing teams
and implements - where the work
was heaviest. The committee wish
Ho thank each and everyone who
helped make the day such a success
and they hope that so much real
benefit will be realized from it that
all will be anxious to have another
and a bigger Good Roads Day next
year.
Many interesting articles of antique
and modern work were shown at the
Art Loan Exhibition, given by the
Arts and Crafts Department of the
Woman's Club, at the Commercial Club
rooms Friday and Saturday, for the
benefit of the library fund of this club.
In connection there was also exhibited
some splendid work done by the manual
fining class of the ocal schools, under
the direction of Mr Romig- There was
over S^»° ffe u ring ts^en whkh 116
oVer 516 to the fund..
FANS AflE PLANNING
BASEBALL LEA6UE
Want to Have Some Good Games This
Year —Kids Beat Married Men .
in First Game
The annual spring epidemic of
baseballitis has struck town and it
is certain that Kennewick will have
some kind of a team this year.
Last Sunday saw the first tryout of
the local material when the single
fellows beat the married men, 12 to
8. The day was warm and sunny
—just the kind of weather to make
the baseball germ most malignant—
and it caused the old fellows to
prance around like colts. Most all
of last year's team was represented
in one or the other of the lineups,
besides the youngsters who are about
ripe to break into the first team this
year. Among those who showed up
well were also several players who
have come to Kennewick to make
their home since last season.
There seems to be quite a favor
able sentiment toward organizing a
four-team league to play a schedule
of about thirty games, one game in
each of two towns each Sunday,
the season to last until July 4th.
The league would include Kenne
wick, Pasco, Lind and Connell, or
else Prosser and Grand view in place
of Lind and Connell. Such a league
would increase the interest and at
tendance at the games in all the
towns, and should be comparatively
easy to finance. The idea is to raise
a guarantee fund of, say, $150 in
each town with which to buy rail
way mileage. With this item of
expense disposed of, the gate re
ceipts would pay the other expenses
and probably would leave each team
a small surplus at the end of the
season.
The proposition will be thorough
ly talked over at the meeting to be
held at the Commercial Hotel hall
this evening, notice of which is
given elsewhere.
The Finley Live Wires will hold a
Hard Times Dance next Wednesday
night, April Ist, and hope to see an
even larger delegation present from
kennewick than usual. Everyone knows
what the Live Wires can do when they
start out to have a good time and as
the coming affair will be for the pur
oose of raising funds to equip their
ball team, they deserve hearty support.
LARGEST LOCAL CIRCULATION
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1914
BASEBALL MEETING IS
TD BE HELD TO-NIBHT
This (Friday) evening at the
Commercial Hotel hall there will
be a meeting of those interested
in having a good ball team in
Kennewick this season. There
• will be no attempt made tonight
to finance the team, but merely
to learn the sentiment of the
"fans" concerning certain prop
ositions and perhaps to elect a
manager. The meeting will be
livened up by some orchestra
music and selections by the High
and Quartette.
EVERYBODY TURN OUT!
WIN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
The Kennewick high school de
bating team, composed of Dora
Williams, John Hamilton and Wil
liam Sly went to Valley Heights
last Friday night and defeated that
team in the final debate of the
county league series, thereby win
ning the county championship. The
subject debated was on the question
of equal suffrage and the judges'
decision was unanimous in favor of
the wiijners.
The debate was the concluding
one of the season, during which the
local debaters have been unusually
successful, winning six out of the
seven contests participated in. The
county league team won all three of
their debates and the interscholastic
team, on which were Martin Garber,
Van Whealey and Raymond Rarey,
won three out of four.
NOTICE
Citizens having urgent need of
the assistance of the police at night
should call the telephone central
and state where the officer is needed.
Arrangements have been made for
central to notify the officer on duty
in the shortest time possible.
Geo. F. Richardson, Mayor.
APPRECIATION
As a member of the good roads
committee and on behalf of the
ranchers in my district, I wish to
thank the citizens of Kennewick for
their good work last Tuesday and to
assure them that the same is heart
ily appreciated Chas. I,um.
FOR SUBURBAN EVENING THE THERMOMETER CONTEST.
EXCHANGE TO HANDLE
WALLA WALLA PRODUCTS
Will Save on Marketing Costs —Ken-
newick Asparagus in Big
Demand
With the object of cutting down
the marketing coat of the Kenne
wick-Richland valley products, C.
H. Collins, of the sales department
of the Kennewick Fruit Exchange
spent the latter part of last week in.
the Walla Walla Freewater district.
His trip was successful in the fact
that he secured for the firm the
marketing of a good portion of the
independent shipments of vegetables
from that section.
These shipments will in no way
interfere with the sale or the prices
of the Kennewick products, but
will, on the other hand, effect a
material saving in the cost of mar
keting.
The Fruit Exchange is living up
to its agreement to handle every
thing that the farmer produces and
has already found markets for near
ly all the asparagus that will be
shipped from here. Orders have al
ready been booked for fifty crates a
day as soon as the "grass" begin
to come on in marketable quanti
ties, and the inquiries that have
been received will undoubtedly in
crease the standing order to at least
seventy-five crates a day.
The asparagus, as well as every
thing else handled by the new firm,
will be shipped out under the new
"K" brand, which is shown here
with. The label is in two colors,
red and blue, and will be, used ex
tensively. It will appear on all the
stationery of the firm, upon adver
tising cards, labels, invoices, wrap
pers and berry hallocks ard all
crates. On each car shipped will
be a big label on a banner on each
side of the car, and the label will
appear on the side of the local of
' fice and warehouse \ uilding.
ANNUAL CLEAN-UP UAY
. NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 2
Thursday, April 2, is Clean-up
Day for Kennewick. All house
holders in the sewer district who
desire the benefit of city delivery
should have tin cans, all garbage
subject to decay, and all refuse
that will be a bait for flies, con
veniently collected in the alleys
ready for the city team when it
calls around on that day.
Geo. F. Richardson,
Mayor.
600 D CROWD AT LUNCHEON
About forty-five members of the
Commercial Club were present at
the second weekly luncheon at the
Commercial Hotel Wednesday noon.
By the interest which is being
shown at these weekly meetings it
is evident that the attendance will
continue on the increase.
It will be the custom hereafter to
have the "eats" interspersed with a
number of brief talks, and the pub
lic policy committee is to assign the
subjects for the speakers. Most of
those who were called upon at this
weeks luncheon took up their time
in telling of their prodigious accom
plishments on the roads the day be
fore.
The next luncheon will be held
at the Hotel Kennewick next Wed
nesday. ______
Next Friday night, April 3rd, the
Royal Neighbors will give an enter
tainment at the Commercial Hotel hall.
The musical program, which will com
mence at eight o'clock, will consist of
some comic opera selections and spec
ialties in costume, after which the
evening will be spent in dancing and
card playing. The Royal Neighbors
will live up to their reputation as royal
entertainers on this occasion and every
body may be assured of a royal wel
come and a thoroughly enjoyable even
ing. The admission will be 20 cents for
adults and 10 cents for children.
The boys' department of the Congre
gational Brotherhood met Monday night
under direction of A. W. Graham, man
ager of the department, and organized
a baseball team. A schedule of games
will be arranged with out-of-town teams
to be played Saturday afternoons and
it is to be hoped that the townspeople
will assist the club in securing needed
equipment and give the boys liberal
patronage at the games. The follow
ing officers were elected: Frank Mo
rain, Asst. Mgr.; Chas Sonderman,
Treas.; Bernard Slaugenhaupt, Secv •
J. J. Long. Gapt. y "
WHOLE NUMBER 624
DELEGATES WILL
HEAR GOOD TALKS
Important and Interesting Subjetfs
to be Covered in Program for
Waterways Convention
Waterways advocates of the Pa
cific Northwest will gather in Port
land April 13-14 at the fifth annual
convention of the Columbia and
Snake River Waterways Association,
which will be held in the Commer
cial Club rooms under the auspices
of the Portland Chamber of Com ;
merce. Responses received in reply
to formal invitations sent out by
the committee of arrangements of
the Chamber indicate the attend
ance of representative men from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and British Columbia.
Preparations are being made for
the formal reception of delegates
and visitors on Monday night, April
13th, by the Chamber of Commerce
assisted by the united commercial
and business men's organizations of
this city. The stated sessions of
the convention will begin at 2 p.m.
April 13th, and continue over the
evening of April 14th. A broad in
vitation has been issued by the As
sociation for the participation of all
commercial bodies and individual
citizens of the Northwest in the
discussions of the convention.
Formal papers to be given by
representative men cover a wide
range of important topics. Hon. J.
N. Teal, of Portland, will discuss
"Improvement of the Upper Col
umbia and Its Tributaries to Pro
vide Modern Barge Navigation and
Industrial Development." Hon.»
H. B. Miller, of Portland, Robert;
A. Foster, of Clarkston and Hon.
James Allen, of Olympia, will take
up "Hydro-Electric Development
of the Columbia and Its Tribu
taries. '' Capt. W. P. Gray, of Pasco,
W. S. Small wood, of Portland, S:
Z. Henderson, of Olympia, .James
P. Stapleton, of Vancouver, Wash.,
Harry N. Dryer, of Umatilla, and
Hon. Fred W. Mulkey, of Portland,
will discuss corellative topics cover
ing independent boat service on the
Columbia, the need of co-operation
therein and the value of adequate
water terminals and docks. Dr.
Alfred Kinney, of Astoria, will give
a paper on "Deepening the Mouth
of the Columbia River to Accommo
date Largest Ocean Liners." "The
Relation of the Railways to River
Improvement" will be handled by
Hon. W. D. Fenton, of Portland,
Gordon C. Corbaley, of Spokane!
and M. J. Duryea, of Eugene!
Plans for Water Transportation of
Perishable Products of the Columbia
Basin to World Markets'' will be
presented by C. A. Malboeuf, of
Portland, and Judd S. Fish, of The
Dalles. Major J. J. Morrow, U. S.
Engineer, will give a paper on "The
Completed Celilo Canal," to be fol°
lowed by moving pictures by J. G.
Sill, of Portland, showing engineer
ing improvements at various points
on the Columbia, Willamette and
Snake Rivers. Samuel Hill, 0 f
Maryhill, will cover the relation of
good roads to river and rail term
inals.
All railways of the Northwest
have granted a special reduced *ate
of a fare and one-third for the round
trip on the certificate plan, avail
able to all delegates and visitors to
the convention.
FRUIT BUDS STILL SAFE
The cold snap which arrived with
the gale of Tuesday has caused the
fruit men to watch the thermome
ters pretty closely. Wednesday
night the mercury dropped to 30
but little, if any, damage is reported
in the orchards. The forecast is
for cloudy weather and showers
with indications for warmer weather
to follow.

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