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The Kennewick Courier VOL. VII. NO. IPETMI POULTRY RANCH TRIPP DESCRIBES POULTRY RAIS ING ON BIG SCALE lam learning the poultry husi neß? : it headquarters. Am working 0 n the ranch of H. A. George. Ik-re are a few facts about the place. Size 22 acres, value $2">,000. number of buildings, 48; laying hens, 2,500; chicks seven to ten weeks old, 6,<>00 (these will all be sold lit 12 weeks old, most all of them already contracted for). 22 incubators of 500 egg capacity which have been running full blast since December. Altout one-third of the machines hatch each week and are immediately filled up again up again, but the hatching season is nearly over now. Six of the machines are hatching today, chicks will all be out tomorrow. He has hatched about 2000 chiks a week for the past eight or ten weeks. These chicks are all contracted for before the eggs are set. He lias 11' brooder houses 1 1x24 each. Has a gas plant for making gasoline gas which is piped to brood er houses and incubator house, lias a warehouse in which there is from $1000 to $2000 worth of feed all the time. The expense of running the place is a I tout $1(X>0 a month. We have been feeding the chicks about $10 worth of feed a day for the past week. It takes two horses a week to supply the place with fresh meat. We don't grind them on the place, but Mr. G. buys the meat from a man who makes a business of grind ing lip horses. The old horses cost this man an average of about $10 apiece. Mr. G. has lately been offered 87 a dozen for fryers about 10 weeks old —thinks he will get $<S for them in a week or so. The poultry business in this neck of the woods is "some potatoes." The leading feed dealer here has a business that amounts to $3,000 a day. BYRD-GQLE Miss Evelyn Byrd, a popular teacher in the public schools, was married to H. H. Cole in Spokane, Monday of this week by Rev. J. W. Hindley, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church. The wed ding was solemnized in the parlors of the hotel at which they were stopping and was witnessed by on ly a few friends of the contracting parties. Their marriage at this time came as surprise as the bride had informed a few her friends that the event would be in June and they immediately told the rest ol l,s - Only a few wise ones who saw them depart on No. 4 Saturday eve ning had their suspicions of matri monial results. They returned Tuesday night and took up their abode in the residence in the Beach addition which M s- Byrd and her mother have been occupying during the school year. Wednesday their return became known and they re vived the peisona! congratulations their many friends. Mr. Colo is a lawyer of ability and training who is building up an •xcvllent practice in his profession ai,( l establishing himself himself in the community as a citizen of force a "d inlluenco. He is a popular l°dge man and in society, but his friends believe he will gain still fur ther laurels as a founder of a home. lhe bride has been a successful tocher in our school for the past years and impressss one with 1(11 s ' '' reliance and ability to dip lomatically manage her school. We 1-elieve see will U- just as successful mttie management of her house- Our very best wishes are ex tended to Mr. and Mrs. Cole. ' Uriel- Ads bring results. MARKETS LOOK GOOD TO SLY E. M. Sly, Manager of the Fruit (i rowers Association returned from a short trip to the ('oast Wednesday. He purchased a carload of straw berry crates and other supplies for the Association. Very favorable ar rangements for marketing asparagus strawberries, etc., at several of the larger cities have been made and it is his opinion that the prospect is excellent, especially in Seattle for a strong demand for our berries at very good prices. Mr. Sly is advocating a much larger average in the Kennewick \ alley, of asparagus and straw berries. He says our market is al most unlimited if we pack every thing first class and that we can al ways be sure of top prices. At pre sent the best Kennewick is selling strong in Seattle at four times the price for California and frc )IVj 4:0 to (>()% higher than other Washington grass. If our shipments were 20 times larger than they are there would not be enough to supply the demand or to break the price. Asparagus comes early and is a sure producer regsrdless of weather conditions. "ill WITH HE III" LET JOY BE WELL CONFINED .Sunday the lid went on with a bang and all the Kennewiek saloons were closed all day, a 24 hour day too. Friday Prosecuting Attorney E. L. Kolb mailed notices to all the saloon men stating that frequent complaints had been made to him ever since January Ist alxmt the saloon being open on Sunday in violation of the state law. On this account it was necessary to take action and henceforth the Sunday closing law would be enforced. After a conference trie saloon ail de cided to obey the law and some of them were glad of the change. One man expressing himself that, "lie liked to have a day off as well as anybody else." The saloons were closed all day for the first time in the history of the town. The prosecuting at torney's move to enforce the law has the approval of the great major ity of the people and is generally commended. WORK BEGINS ON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH M. G. Swanson began work oil his contract for the excavation for the basement of the new Presbyterian Church Wednesday morning. The building committee, Geo. F. Rich ardson, E. I). Collins and Rev. H. T. Murray have completed the ar rangements so that the work of con struction will l>e continued until completion. The plans for the building which have been prepared by Architect F. A. Swingle call for a building costing about $6500. It will be 50 feet square and the walls will be of brick and the two sides on the streets faced with Spokanewhit-e brick. The main room or audit orium will seat 275 people. In the basement will be the main Sunday School room, the class rooms and the kitchen where the ladies will have a room suitable equipped to do the cooking for the church sup pers and luncheons. The pastor will have a private study in the tower of the building 10 feet square. The bell tower will extend above the level of the roof and will be square at the base and octagonal above. Part of the roof will be of stucco and the remainder shingles. When this building is complete, the church will Unequipped to carry on the work of an institutional chinch and become a factor in the daily life of the people as well as a place for religious worship on Sun day. LARGEST LOCAL CIRCULATION KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, l'.Hi'.i NO STATE 1 FOR RICHDSi ROAD STATE HIGHWAY BOARD DISAP PROVES COMMISSIONERS PLAN The plan of having the State Aid road money expended on the Rich ardson road leading to the boat landing was presented by a com mittee composed of Messrs. Richard son and I.undy and a resolution was passed favorable to this by the Board of County Commissioners but the matter had t<> be submitted to the High board of the State of which Commissioner Snow is chairman and after a meeting of this Board April 2d, the following letter wa.- sent to Auditor W. S. Jenkins: Office of Highway Commissioner,' Olympia, April 2, 1^)0. —Honor- j able Hoard of County Commissioners J I of Henton County, Washington, ; Prosser, Washington. Gentlemen:; At a meeting of the Highway Hoard held this day, the resolution cover-' ing the improvement of a section oi | road beginning at the northeast! corner of Moore's addition to the town of Kennewiek and running thence easterly along the county road to the Richardson road and thence northerly along the Richard- j son road to the Columbia river, was j considered and disapproved, for the | reasons: First, that in the judge-! ment of the highway board this sec-! tion of road is not worthy of im- 1 provement under the State Aid road law, and second, that a/"ction of road leading from the City of Prosser j towards the city of North Yakima j has been graded under the provi-1 sions of the State Aid road law, | with the understanding that it i should be graveled with the funds j now available. As you will fully realize, the earth j road lately graded at Prosser will deteriorate very rapidly during the summer unless it be graveled; there fore, I would respectfully recom mend that you pass a resolution j covering this particular improve ment. Very respectfully, Joseph M. Snow, High way Coni ii i issioruer. Possibly if a road more generally travelled by the public and tax pay ers had been selected such as the road leading to Section 7 or to Fin ley, better success would have been ha 1, and the result been more sat isfactory. A better selection and another effort must be made next year. LAUNDRY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION The cement foundation for the new laundry building on Taeoma street ha* been nearly all put down this week and the pioprietors, Swan Bros, of Prosser, have a force of men at work making the concrete blocks for the walls of the building. The work has been well started this week and five or six hundred block* turned out. There was been some delay in getting the block machine on the ground but the con struction will now be rushed to com pletion. The building will be 50x72 feet and will be the l>est laundry building in the Yakima Valley when completed and equipped. TUTTLE-WINAN3 Friends have received word that Mr. llarley Tattle and Miss Nina Winans were married recently at the home of i lie bride's parents in Tacoma. Both are well and favor ably known in this city. Mr. Tuttle is a son of Rev. F. L. Tuttlc, who was pastor of the M. K. church in Kennewick during the years V.M)o and G. Miss Winans lived with her parents for aU>ut a year on their homestead two miles south of this city. LINCOLN DAU6HERTY hineoln Daugherty, the eldest child ot Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Daugh erty died Monday morning at I0:o0 ofdiptheria after an illness lasting from the Friday previous. No pub lic funeral services could lie held and interment was made in the Riverview Heights Cemetery Mon day afternoon. Lincoln was born in Spokane eleven years ago. He was a faith ful.boy i:j school, popular with his playmates and especially loyal in his love for his parents and his home ft Iks. The death of this promising hoy just at the opening of h;s usciulr.e.-s is one of the unex plainahle sorrows. He has seen much sickness and suffering and his patience therewith was unusual. \\ hen he realized that his death, was at hand he bade his mother and father good-bye, called for his broth er and lister and gave them an af fectionate farewell also and died with the names of some of his play mate- on his lips. Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty seem to have had more than their share of trouble, sickness and sorrow in the last year and a half and i:i this last crushing grief they have the sympathy of all who know them. DIEO Mrs. E. B. Oakley, who has been living iu a tent near the Weisvl res idence, under the care of her hus band, died Wednesday night after a long illness with consumption. Mr. and Mrs. Oakley came here from Alberta, Canada, to try this mild climate in the hope of benefitting her health. She was better for a time, but the disease gradually sap ped her strength and the end came to her suffering. She was 42 years old and leaves a husband in mourn ing over the loss of a faithful help mate. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment was in the Kennewick Cemetery. (The More You Compare Our Prices With Others the Better We Like it are , may have town ' _J each day Jfp' Don't Forget that we Handle : |™ The Beverly Skirts u/fml They are recognized by the largest city : JmM [ | stores as the peer of all others. They fl || are hand tailored, every curve and every ■P/l |l| seam is perfect. igfj Im They cost no more and in fact less i f® than skirts sold by other stores in town. I |W\ Skirt like this cut made of fine quality I • lim Panama same as others ask $8.50 for. t Our price only $6.00 I New Tan and Ox Childrens Shoes New Wash Goods 5 Blood Shoes I Both the high and low cut, all We are now showing a com* We are now showing the ZeS ' r 1 1/- p' ete line of blacks and tans both most complete line in Kenne -lan oxtorcls I.co, 2.00, 2.40, >• l j c i n • j u ■ i j . • r i and $3.00. Oxbloods 2.00, i" 8 * 1 ™ ™ OV f- Besides hav- wick and at a saving of at least J 2.75 and $3.00. The real mg s " oes that nt and look right one-third on every yard you buv. | hand made tan or oxblood like right we positively guar- Fine lawns at I 0 and Isc 6 other stores sell at 4.50 to $5, antee every pair to give satisfac- Pineapple tissue at 25c . our price 5:>.75. Fancy patent tion. Si'k finished swiss 35c I 21' oi" 8 P^ PS ' the P f They cosl no more than other Silk mulls, Tokeo, silks, etc. all & $ I .Vo. patent dress oxiords t , f • r . . . . , § at $3 75 stores get lor interior brands. at special prices § ' HUB BHSTPir OEIGHTON SS39O THE SUPERIOR COURT ASSESSES TRIPLE DAMAGES Last week the rase of C II Deigh t<>n vs Aric Hover was again Im?fore the Superior Court on motion for a hew trial and Judge Holcomb ruled that the plaintiff Deighton must elect to take SIOOO damages instead of the Si 1(H) awarded by the jury at the first trial of the case or a new trial would be granted. Furthei the Court hold that should Deighton elect to take $1000 the triple punit ive damages asked hy plaintiff would he allowed. The Courier is inform ed that Mr. Deighton will accept the modified verdict of the couit and the latter will enter the order for the $:>OOO damages. This is the case which aroused so much com ment where Hover was alleged to have opened a telegram sent to Deighton in reference to a timber claim and profited by the informa lion therein contained to the dam age of Deighton in a land deal he made with him. A WEDDING Mr. James R. Sheppard and Miss Edith L. Williams were married Wedndsday evening in the parlor? of the Hotel Kennewick by Rev. L. X. B. Anderson, with a few friends as witnesses of the ceremony. The happy couple left Thursday morn ing on a honeymoon trip to Spo kane and will return to their home at White Bluffs in about a week. Mr. Sheppard is the proprietor of the White Bluffs Livery and a suc cessful business man and his wife is a woman whom all speak very high ly of. The White Bluffs friends are planning a hearty reception for them on their return. WHOLE NI'MKKU :w~> DAILY BOAT SERVICE MAY IST The Summer <cheuii' • of ihe Col umbia Steamboat rompany will <,'•> into eiTeet May 'si. While the river traflic ha> not yet d.-veloped suilieiently to warrant trie expanse of operating two steamer.-;, the <■«»m --pany has decided to put the steam er "Todd' 7 in service along with tiie "Gem,'' thus giving daily servic ■. in the hope that with the opening of the Summer season the increased transportation facilities will hring increased traffic and enable the company to maintain a service which will aid in the development of the district. Under the new schedule freight shipments will he so arranged that the "(Jem'' will make practically ho stops h.stween Pasco and Han ford excepting for ptsiengers. mails and perishable freigh., reaching Han ford about 12: •>(' p. m., White Bluffs s , about 2:o0 p. m.. and Wah luke ahout 4: p. m., running beyond Wahluke to I'riest Rapids every alternate Saturday, (return ing Sunday) or as much oftener as traffic beyond Wahluke will justify. The "Gem'' will run up-river on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays returning down-river Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The "Todd" will run up-river on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning down-river Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. It is hoped that with active irri gation in the up-river valley this season the taaflic may prove suf ficient to support a daily steamer service. A schedule of down-river freight rates will shortly be announced "and will go into effect in plenty of time to apply on the movement of this season's crops from the up-river country. These rates will be such that the ranchers, farmers and others will be enabled to market their produce at the lowest possible c >bt.