Columbia courier. [volume], April 07, 1905, Image 5

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THE LOCAL FIELD
I have a few nice rooms in the
Coffin building for rent. Frank
Emigli.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congre
gational Church will sell cakes and
doughnuts Saturday afternoon
April Bth.
—The Cascade Lumber Co.
carry the most complete line cf sash
doors and millwork between North
Yakima and Spokane.
Mrs. H. L. Nichols and children
went to Kennnewick, Sunday, to
join her husband who went a few
days before. —Lind Leader.
P. .Haasr publisher of the
Lind Leader spent the afternoon
in Kennewick. He said he had
heard so much about the Daily
Courier that he had to come down
and see what kind of a town we
had here that supported a J)aily at
the age of two years.
M. A. Hatton, of Red Lake, Falls
Minn., spent the clay in town look
ing over the situation. He says it
is hard for a Red River Valley man
to understand the productiveness
of this kind of soil. What he saw,
however convinced him it is pro
ductive.
MOM MONDAY'S DAI L
MissJLda entertaining
her sister from Spokane. •
C. J. Beach went up to North
Yakima today on business.
L. W. Brown, is treating his
store building formerly occupied
by the Courier to a coat of paint.
The grass in the parks around
the Northern Pacific depot is out
nice and green and shows what a
great improvement a little grass
can make.
Several sidewalk petitions are
ready to be presented to the council
at its next meeting and it is more
than likely that the next few weeks
will see large additions to our pres
ent supply of walks.
A. C. Singleton, manager of the
Singer Sewing Machine Co., of
North Yakima is in town on busi
ness. He reports everything lively
and a great number of people com
ing to the valley this spring:
H. Amnn is spending consider
able of his time out at the Horn
these days looking after the work
ot getting the ditch under way.
We understand the site for the new
town will be surveyed in a few days
and the land put on the market.
John Penn ,who received very
seveie cuts on the head and face
yesterday on/* Amon ranch r while
tiryng to ride a first-class bucking
cavuse ,is around today, but is like
all "brocho buster's" if it had not
been for sbmething he would not
have been hurt.
Xliose of you who don't favor the
seeding ~oTThe vacant lots and
streets should come over from Pasco
011 one of the trains and look out
of the car window at that beautiful
alfalfa field on the north side of the
track, then go to the other side of
the car and take a look at the scen
ery. Nuff sed.
J. F. Roberts Supreme State Or
ganizer of Modern Foresters and
Deputy Head Council of Modern
Woodmen of America, is in our
town for the purpose of organizing
a Modern Forrester Lodge. All
those persons having signed appli
cations under Probst & Hock are
requested to call upon him immed
iately of the Antlers Hotel. Mr.
Roberts is a gentleman of rare abil
ity and all persons coming in con
tact with him become charmed
with his personality.
At last the ferry between Pasco j
and Kennewick is in a fair way to j
become a certainty. Mr. Muir ar- j
rived here last week from up the
river with one boat and will in a
few days have another which he
will equip with a gasoline engine
and put in regular commission.
At present he is ferrying across
what traffic comes his way with
hand power.
*Xhe base-ball boys met in the
Courier office Srturdav evening and
organized a team. W, J. Shaugh
nessy was elected manager and
treasurer and H. E. Roseman capt
ain. The team will be made up of
experienced players of which we
have quite a few. Arrangements
are being made to form a four or
six team league from the towns be
tween Lind and Prosser. Should
this scheme carry we can expect
some good games here this season.
rnoM Tuesday's daily
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hanson left this
morning for Tacoma for a few days
visit.
Anderson returned this morn
ing afteFlTTew"days spent with friends
at Lind.
Mrs. O. F. Caspar came in from Ta
coma this morning and will spend the
summer 011 Mr. Cosper's ranch near
town.
I tractor Tweed began work 011
j thelrew-ctty jail this afternoon, and
j soon we will have a place in which to
care for the unruly ones.
j The Endeavor of the Congregational
1 church will give a fish pond social next
| Friday evening at the church. The
ladies will bring two baskets, enough
luncheon for one in each. All are in
vited.
A. C. Purdy came over from Pasco
today to transact some business. He is
erecting a large addition to his hotel
overthere and sayß it will be the peer
of any house ill tliis part of tlie state
when it is finished.
W. T. Anderson, of Maiden, Mass ,
Chas. Fisher, of Chicago, J. D. Glad
neys, of Chicago and A. F. Van Vleet,
arrived today and are looking for
homes aud places for business. Mr.
Fisher represents the Douglas Shoe
Co., J. D Gladuey represents a large
mercantile firm in Chicago. Mr. Glad
ney is here to purchase a home aud Mr.
Van Vleet is looking sor land.
W. R. Amon has gone to the Sound
where he will purchase a boat to be
run between this place and points up
the river. He will endeavor to get a
boat that will carry about twenty
passengers besides a cargo of freight.,
The principal business for the boat wii
be to ply between here aud the nev
town just being started on the Aram ;
lands near the mouth of the Yakim;
river.
Observer Jenkins has favored thi
offi?e with an itemized report of th«
weather for the past month fron
which we glean the following interest
ing information. Mean temperature
50; Total precipitation, 45; 13 clea
days, 7 part'y cloudy days aud I
cloudy days. On the Bth the thei
mometer registered slightly below tli
freezing point, but there was no frot
that would injure the most delicatt
plant life.
M. D. Root has spent the past fev
days in Spokane on a business mission
O—L-Uauson is In Tacoma confer
ing with the Northern Pacific officials
Mrs. Marcell and Miss o
Pasco are spending the day with rela !
tives in the city.
Mrs. Lippencot spent iast night with ;
friends in Pasco, returning home tbi»
morning.
W. A. Hawes informs us that he wil
have his stock of goods ready to opei
to the public by Eriday.
Pro£ T».i«.iin i )aa leased a trad
of land near the bridge and will star
at once putting in a market garden.
Joe Cramer headed a delegation 01
Pascoites who came over this morning
to get an idea of what city life is.
C. O- Ingalls, of Northport, today
purchased a nice farm in the valley
and will at once start to put it in culti
vat ion.
Marshall Glover put a couple of ho
boes in the two minute class this
morning and t'>ld them to forget to
com<> back.
L. M. Locke, of Garfield, was here
yesterday and informed us that lie ex
pected to become an inhabitant of the
valley.
Dr. C. M. Owen has decided that he
would like to try city life for awhile,
and has gone to San Francisco where
be will go iuto practice.
G. W. Rhodes, brother of the late
Rev. Mr. Rhodes, came in from Inde
pendence, Ore., this morning and has
taken charge of the affairs of his broth
er's family.
We had a nice mess of young rad
ishes for dinner today through the
courtesy of Reed Bros. These gentle
men have a large garden west of town
and have a very choice line of vege
tables-
If you are rigged out with the proper
kind of head works you can become
| the owner of a valuable town lot In
i Amon's new town up the river. The
town has no name as yet and in order
i that it can be given one that will be a
J credit to it the owners have decided
! to leave the naming cf it to the people.
! They will give a town lot in the new
town to the one suggesting a name
that will be accepted. Get your think
ing cap on and win the lot and the
' honor of naming the new town.
rftOM THURSDAY'S DAILY
AH kinds of tailoring work promptly
attended to in our tailoring depart
ment. Ashbaugh*.
E. I) Bell, of Pawns, came down
this week and went out to Horse
Heaven to look after bis farm.
J. M. Hawkins is redecorating the
interior of his place of business. A.
Nevlow is in charge of the work.
The trains that should have arrived
here during the day, yesterday, cmne
in tliie morning about 3 o'clock.
Council Proceedings.
Council meeting held in council
room at Kennewick April 6.
Present: Mayor Sheppard, Couti
cilmen Bier, Johnson, Moore and
Hanson.
Councilman Hanson reported j
that he had no report to make
other than that the company had 1
given the town permission to use !
water pending negotiations.
Moved by Councilman Hanson
seconded by Councilman Johnson
that the clerk draw a warrant for j
$120 in favor of H. C. Mitcham in ,
payment for a lot for jail.
The matter of experimenting on
fixing the streets with oil and clear
ing and grading certain streets was
turned over to the committee on
streets and sidewalks with power
to act.
The street committee was in
structed to call for bids for the re
pairing of the river road and allow
contract to the lowest aud best bid
der.
The marshal was instructed to
lave Arie Hover remove stones
rom street in Garden Tracts with
n ten days and in default, to hire
:eams for removal of same and
•harge expense to said Hover.
We do the
Buisness!
The Columbia Commis
sion Co's FEED & SEED de
partment is the most complete
iu the city.
. If you are wondering a -
bout markets tor your growing
producte, see us
That's part
of our
Business.
SPECI A L
OFFER OIST
CiKAPKS
We have a few thousand
Grapes at special prices.
This means money to you.
Evergreens for wind
brakes at the lowest prices.
Correspondence solicited.
Evergreens a Specialty.
E. E. HCHOLTZ
F. C. Box 155, Kennewick,
Wash.
The Happiest Mm
In The Valley
is the man that will take advantage
of the g-ieat Bargain Sale in Fruit
Trees now offered by me. Being
compelled to get off the right of
way of the Northern Pacific rail
road I will sell
GOOD TfiEES
CHEAP
This is a chance in a life time
Send me your wants.
PAULG.KRUGEft
NURSERYMAN
j
1 105 N. First St., North Yakima
Telephone 1135.
STILL OPENING
NEW GOODS
Our warehouse is the busiest place in town
at present and has teen for the past
month, and we can't tell just how long it
will last as our new Spring and Summer
Goods are arriving every day, and we are
putting them in stock as fast as possible.
NEXT WEEK
We are going to tell you some of the
prices we are selling these new goods for.
Watch this space and you will profit by it.
A. H. JOHNSON
Attention <£
Have you noticed the carloads of stock being unloaded daily in
our yards? We are receiving carloads of choice stock every day,
and are better prepared to satisfy our customers than ever. We
now have a complete liue of Lumber, Shingles, Mouldings
Sash, Doors, Hair. Lime, Plaster, Cement, Brick, Posts—in fact
everything in building material. We also handle the Roslyn
lump coal and dry Fir wood. Our new office is near completion
aud we will be pleased to see you in our new quarters.
Estimates gladly furnished.
ST. PUL & TACOMA LUMBER CO.,
H. E. BALDWIN, Local Manager.
New office on Columbia Avenue.
/T\oore & (jeizeptapper
Real Estate Dealers
Kennewick Valley Irrigated
Lands. . . . Horse Heaven
Wheat Lands
X/
Call and see us. Good Improved and Unim
proved Horse Heaven Wheat Land, from
$5.50 to $15.00 per flere
Valley Irrigated Lands at all Prices.
The
Dalles
Nurseries
THE DALLES
OREGON
OUR SPECIALTIES
Bing and Lambert Cherries
Peacher, Apprlcots and Grapes
LARGEST TOCK IN WEST
E. F. EICHOLTZ,
Salesman
Kennewick, — Wash.