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'VrchjsJH Non-Irrigated NETTED GEM SEED POTATOES— Just what everybody looking for—they will easily double your yield." Have two cars coming in—get your orders booked at once, to be sure of getting the Mountain Grown Netted Gem Seed Potatoes, so famous in this valley. These are better seed than you can get in the east and the price is right with the market. Ql« /\ y/L/ p |*c buying their seed and supplies here are always protected when it comes time to sell their products. Ask the man who sold his crops here last year. They are the best adver ■ bsers wc " avc " Fresh eggs, live poultry, good alfalfa hay, good table potatoes, etc., taken in exchange for feed and seed or seed potatoes. The Chas. H. Collins Co., i nc " A oood Placeto 00 Business" ? / All this week's news THIS week & & Mrs C. Staser has been visiting with fiends and relatives in Washtucna. ,Mr and Mrs. Lister, of Tacoma, were guests of Mrs. John Hanson last week. 0 L. Hanson was down from Wash tucna, Sunday, looking after business interests. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kirby are the proud parents of twin daughters, born Saturday, the 23rd. After some days' delay, Mrs. T. J. Benedict left Monday for her new home 'inEugene, Oregon. Mrs. J. J. Rudkin and daughter. Miss Iris Bartholet, are spending the week in North Yakima with friends. The Ladies' Missionary Society of the Christian Church will meet this (Friday) g/ternoon with Mrs. B. M. Schick. P. J. Eschbaugh was down from North Yakima Friday of last week, looking after buainess for the O-W. R. & N. *Mr. and Mrs. Roy Larkin leave next week for Culvert, Wash., near which place they will make their home in the future. Henry Sweet, formerly of Springdale, vas in in Kennewick Tuesday and vis ited Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Kennett, pro prietors of the Artisan Hotel. Frank Emigh closed a deal last week whereby the P. M. Smithers ten-acre tract in Section 8 was traded to Harvey Elbert for a house in Spokane. Ray and Don Dawson, of Coulee City, Wash,, arrived Thursday morning for a few week's visit with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Book. A joint session of the Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church and the Baptist Mis sionary Society was held at the home of Mrs. W. B. Elliott, yesterday after noon. Mrs. East, formerly of Kennewick, but who has made her home in Pasco for the past six months, came over to this city Tuesday and is very ill atk the home of Mrs. E. D. Ellis. Word has been received in this city of the death, at Portland, more than a week ago, of Miss Wilia Campbell, sis ter of Mrs. H. N. Rounds, former resi dent of Prosser. Mrs. Rounds returned last Thursday to her home at Kenne wick from her sad errand of seeing the body of her sister laid beside her mother who passed away last November, in the family plot at Astoria, Ore. The sym pathy of a large number of friends in Prosser will be extended to Mrs. Rounds *-her double bereavement.—Record. Orchard Heating The buds are in fine shape now. A very little expense and attention will in sure a full crop. Can you afford to take chances? Perphaps there will be but one frost, but that may kill every unprotect ed bud. We have the Oil is only Huntley Heater sic per gallon at 13c each this year We are also taking orders for the Patent Smudge Fuel and . Heaters to burn it in. This Orders for LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK We want your help in making this the best local page of any paper in the country. If you know a news item, please phone it in— 111 Chas. Irvin was ill the first of the week. J. F. Perry harvested his first crop of "alfalfa" this week. The little daughter of L. Peckenpaugh aud wife is having a seige of the measles. Mrs. John Penn is spending a few days at Walla Walla with her friend, Mrs. Hunt. Monday evening the N. I. L. E. club will meet with Mrs. A. B. Ely in the Hotel Koontz. C. B. Stewart left Wedaesday for Seattle to look after business for the Commercial Club. Ray Kennett, recently from Portland, has been engaged as assistant in Cor der's candy factory. A board meeting of the officers of the Methodist church will take place at the parsonage Monday evening, 7:30 Mrs. Wm. Helm has as her guest this week, her sister, Mrs. C. K. Glover, who arrived Wednesday from Seattle. Mrs. M. J. Genson arrived Wednes day from Snohomish and is visiting her son, Jack Genson, proprietor of the U. S. shoe shop. Mrs. Geo. Yeaman came down from North Yakima, Tuesday for a short visit with her parents, Mr. Moore and wife, of Hotel Antlers. A business meeting of the Epworth League will be held Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Ethel Kimble. All members are asked to attend. A. C. Overby and wife, recently from Moscow, Idaho, have taken possession of the Vance place in Section 7, pur chased by them a short time ago. Mrs. Frank Daugherty and children left Wednesday noon for Washougal where they will join Mr. Dougherty who has been employed for some time. The first of the week the water was turfied in the ditch for the first time season and has now thoroughly soaked up the banks and is available for irrigation purposes. Many farmers will use the water in fighting frost in the strawberry beds and fields. The younger set who were numbered among the friends of Frank Sanderson, who spent a part of last yaar in Ken newick at the home of his sister, Mrs. I. Fisher, will be pleased to know of his marriage to Miss Clara Stockwell, of Boville, Idaho, on the 27th of last month. The young people are making their home there where Mr. Sanderson has a good position. a HE KBNNEWICK COURIER, KENNEWICK. WASHINGTON Postmaster A. H. Wheaton is asking for bids for carrying the mails from the postoffice to the docks. Bids must be submitted during the coming week. B. J. Otis was over from Seattle Sunday and Monday visiting his friend, E. C. Tripp, and transacting business. While here he filed on a desert claim re linquishment for a quarter-section two miles north of Mottinger. Mrs. Greenough and sons arrived last week from Wisconsin and will make their home in Kennewick for the pre sent time. Mr. Greenough has been here for some time and sent for his family, hoping the climate would bene fit his wife's health. The latter part of last week a Mr. Smith and Byron Hunter visited the High school and gave short talks. Mr. Smith is horticulturist for the Harri man railroad lines of the Northwest and Mr. Hunter is agriculturist of the bu reau of farm management, in the U. S. department of agriculture. He has supervision over three states with head quarters at Walla Walla. Both spoke of the advantages enjoyed by present day pupils over those of only a few generations ago, and congratulated the Kennewick High school particularly on its magnificent building and its modern conveniences. Illness seems contagious among the teachers this past week. Wonder if it is spring fever. Miss Steelman was absent the latter part of last week. Miss Wetmore was ill this week and her classes did not meet until Wednes day, when Professor C. O. Kimball directed the chorus, of which he has taken charge during Miss Wetmore's absence. Miss Ely has suffered a re lapse and Mrs. Woodward has taken charge of her work for the present, | Mrs. Jenne, the mixed sixth and seventh I grades, resigned last week to go to her son, who is seriously ill, in Cali fornia. Mrs. McClaskey has been ap pointed to fill her place the rest of the school term. Kennewick • Fruit & Produce Co. E. M. SLY, Manager You need the money that we can save you. Mrs. J. D. Bird and Mrs. Lee Wett laufer were over from Pasco last Friday visiting friends and relatives in Kenne wlck. They attended the Methodist re ception at the home of Mrs. Raymond that evening. The April meeting of the Women's Missionary Union will be held on the afternoon of Friday, April sth, at the Methodist church. The hour will be half past two. An interesting program has been arranged and all women are invited. All those in other churches who are interested in missions are es pecially urged to be present to help make this second meeting of the year a good one. The seventh A, seventh B, and sixth B have planned a program to be given Friday (today) in the Auditorium. There will be songs by the grades al together; a double duet by Grace Brown, Fern Johnson, Marjorie Wilkinson and Estella Taylor; recitations by Melford Smith, Margaret Beinhart, Gladys Mot ter and Wilber Wiesel; an original story by John Shaughnessy; a dialogue, "The Trials of School Mistress," by Evelyn Crossland and Perry Soth; instrumental solos by Helen Koreski and Myrtle Elliott; a debate, "Resolved, that the more to be honored than the soldier." On the affirmatives are Goldie Piersal, Dora Williams and James Reed, from the mixed grades. The negatives are Ruth Cresswell, Alice Haley and Will iam Sly, from the seventh A. Three of the High school students will be present as judges. The seventh A basketball boys have challenged the girls' basketball team of the same grade for a game. The date has not yet been fixed, but prob ably will be the first of next week. Walter Washburn has dropped out of school. The eighth grade had a little spread last Friday afternoon. There were all sorts of good things to eat and plenty of fun. R. P. Tulles was called to Newport Teesday on account of the serious ill ness of his little son. R. C. Tripp has taken his place as deputy assessor of city property. Several of the business men on Sec ond Street are beginning to get busy with the hose to keep the dust down. It is advised that W. A. Morain get on the water wagon. There will be a special meeting of Alma Chapter O. E. S. on Thursday April 4. The Grand Matron, Mrs. Mar jorie Campbell will be psesent and all members are urged to attend. G. 0. Roland, of North Yakima, was through Benton County this week get ting acquainted with the newspaper men. He will handle the publicity end of Frank J. Allen's campaign. Walter Sommers arrived a few days ago from Wausau, Wisconsin, and has taken a position with the Fruit & Produce Company. He is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Owens. G. L. March returned the latter part of last week from Garfield, where he has been busy for some time assisting in putting in a stock of crockery and hardware for Stewart & Reser at their store there. State Senator Frank J. Allen was down from North Yakima Wednesday. He has every reason to believe that he will be elected to the same office this fall, on account of the stand he took in the county division fight and the horti cultural approppriation. The members of the Needlework Club, together with their husbands, were very pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bamberg Saturday evening. Games of various sorts provided an evening of fum, and toothsome refreshments were served by the hostess and her daughter. Gao. Williams, who has been in the employ of the J. E. Tull Company for the past eighteen months, left yester day for Lethbridge, Alberta where he will take a position with the A. Mc- Donald Grocery Company, wholesale grocers. His cousin, Geo. McLean, is manager of this company which has its headquarters in Winnepeg with nine branch houses. George goes north with the intention of learning the whole sale business from a to z and he has the good wishes of a host of friends here, who have known him from his kid days up and who wish him success in his new position. Wagons, Carriages Farm Tools As we have rented a part of our ware house for a Basket Factory, we are forced to move our stock of Vehicles and Tools. Until more permanent arrangements can be made we will have these on display and for sale in the old Valley Barn building. Do not buy until you have seen them. All high class goods at prices you can afford. STUDEBAKER wagons, hacks, carriages CASE plows, harness, etc. CHAMPION mowers and rakes U. S. Separators PLANET, Jr. Seeders & Cultivators. PAGE FIVE All this week's news THIS week Mrs. J. H. Thompson, of Attalia, was a business visitor in Kennewick Monday. Mrs. Wm. Dircksen, of Pasco, visited friends here Monday, returning to the twin city on the evening train. Miss Ona Lee Taylor is serving as apprentice in the millinery department of Thornton & Cameron's store. Mrs. Terhune of Horse Heaven, has moved to town and has opened a small boarding house east of the post office. Mrs. W. Wanzer, of Snohomish, ar rived Monday evening and is the guest of her old friends, Mrs. A. M. Cole and daughter, Miss Alice Cole. The ladies of the Methodist church enjoyed a Missionary Tea at the home of Mrs. I. N. Mueller, Wednesday afternoon. The V. P. Class of the Methodist clurch is making preparations for en tertaining the people of Kennewick at a Bingville social. Plans are incomplete as yet and no date has been set for this jolly function. There will be no prayer meeting Wed nesday evening of next week at the Methodist church, as the congregation will take part in union services for Pas sion Week, which have been inaugurated by the various churches of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Jones returned to Walla Walla, Wednesday after a short visit with their friends, Rev. and Mrs. C. D. Rarey at the parsonage. Mr. Jones has accepted a position in Pasco and the family will move there shortly and es tablish their home. The Ladies of the Presbyterian church will hold a special Easter sale Saturday,. April 6th; beginning at 10:30 in the building adjoining the Kennewick Hard ware Co. There will be many good things to eat as well as dusting caps* aprons, and sunbonnets on sale. Rev. O. C. Hellekson, organizer of the Lutheran Church for Eastern Wash ington, visited friends in Kennewick Saturday, while on his way to Grand view and his home at North Yakima. He organized the English Lutheran Church at Kennewick a few years ago. C. E. Griffeth, a well known Kenne wick contractor, has taken a 2-mile con tract on the Milwaukee from White Bluffs south. He is moving his outfit up from Kennewick this week. Mr. Griffeth is familiar with conditions in [ the White Bluffs country, having done considerable fruit land grading here when the town was first established. — White Bluffs Spokesman.