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VOL. I
WATERWAYS
‘ LUNBH TALK
Richardson Urges Large Delegation
to Go to Portland for Fifth
Annual Convention
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When President Geo. F. Rich
ardson, of this city, raps the gav-l
el and calls to order the fifth an-‘
nual convention of the Columbia‘
and Snake River Waterways as-§
sociation in Portland April 13, he;
will be greeted by the most not?
able gathering of open river en-‘
“thn‘siasts ever assembled in the
Northwest. Prominent men from ,
[the four northwestern states and
British Columbia will be present
to represent their sections and to
take partin the discussions of the
two days sessions. . '
It is probable that at least twel
ve delegates from Kennewick
will be in attendance. Although
several of the men who hope to
be present have not yet definitely
decided whether they can make
the trip or not, the tentative list
who will represent Kennewick is;
Geo. F. Richardson, S. Z. Hen
derson, M. W. Mattecheck, L. E.
Johnson, Wm. Helm, J. J. Bud?
kin, C. L. Holcomb, E. M. Sly,
M. H. Church, W. R. Weisel, H.
A. Bier, Geo. W. Sherk, F. J. Ar
nold, F. P. McGuire and Fred
Lundy. -
The Waterways convention
was made the topic for discussion
at the weekly Commercial club
luncheon yesterday. Mr. Rich
ardson again expressed the de
sire that Kennewick would be
represented by a large delega
tion. He stated that the primary
object for which the association
had been formed was to secure
an early completion "of the Celilo
canal but now that this aim had
been attained, there is still im
portant work to be done. The
river’s value as a transportation
agency will depend upon its
equipment for business. Har
bors must be provided and docks
built, especially at distributive
points. In this connection, Mr.
Richardson emphasized Kenne
wick’s .ideal'natural facilities for
adequate harbor accommodations
and suggested that efforts be put
forth to put the convention on re
cord asjfavoring the early survey
and development of harbors at
the most advantageous points.
- No! Feast of Words
Commenting on the coming
obnvention, the Oregon Journal
says: A ‘ ‘
It is not intended that the wa
ter-ways convention in Portland
this month shall be merely a
feast of words.
Even this city of the blind—to
their trade opportunities—may
be startled by the broad review
of facts relative to the possible in
development of navigation and
hydro-electric energy.
The representative of four stat
es will be concerned in the organ
izing of facts into a working plan
at the fifth annual convention of
the Columbia & Snake River Wa
'terways association, April 13 and
14.
The 1,500,000 horsepower in
electric energy to be developed
incident to the canalization of the
upper Columbia and Snake will
be spoken of in relation to the
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Astoria flouting Mill Company Will
Transport Own Grain From -
Upper River Country
' The significance of the Open
ing of the Celilo canal is fore
shadowed by the establishment
of a. water transportation service
by the Astoria Flouring Mills com
pany. says the Oregon Journal.
The steainer 'Annie Cummings
Will go to The Dalia tomorrow to
load the first installment of wheat
for the company and convey it
directly to the mill. This is the
first time in years that wheat has
been shipped from the interior to
Astoria. In addition to the first
shipment by the Annie Cumm
ings, the milling company is now
loading dn’a barge at Irving dock,
in this city, 350 tons of wheat to
be shipped to Astoria. .
“We found at Astoria,” said
Edgar W. Smith, president of the
Astoria Flouring Mills company,
today, “a most favorable location
for a flouting mill, except the dis
criminatory rates on wheat,“
which we have prepared to over-‘
come by means of water. trans-j
portation.” «1
After the Celilo canal is open-‘
ed it is the plan of the company.
to extend its service to upper riv
er points. .
The initial capacity of the As-‘
toria mill is 500 barrels per day,
and it is planned to increase this
to 1000 barrels. Mr. Smith re
cently purréased 15,000 bushels
of wheat in the Wasco district,
to be shipped from The Dalles.
and 10,000 bushels in Portland,
makinga supply of 25,000 bushels
when the mill begins grinding.
The present railroad rates on
wheat to Astoria are 211/2 'cents
per 100. According to the esti
mate of Mr. Smith. this can be
reduced 50 per cent by the water
transportation inaugurated by
his company.
MRS. DAY DIES
Mr. Sarah J. Day’s visit at the
home of her son Chester Day, of
Finley, was cut short Tuesday
morning by Grim Reaper. The
mother’s death came suddenly
and was due to hemorrhages.
She was 71 years of age. Her
body was shipped to her home in
Tulantin, a suburb of Portland.
Oregon. I
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, TH?” »_ APRIL 2, 1914
GETTING READY TO OPEN UP.
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Friday Night’s Cold Snap Does
Some Damage to Apricot‘.
-.‘ Cherry and Peach Bloom
} Jack Frost arrived last Friday
‘night and very effectually settled.
the question of who _is going to
handle “a ’ portion of thiai‘year‘s
fruit crop. Although ' ternpera
tures several degrees below the
danger mark have been reported
from different parts of the val
ley, the damage will be but a
very small percentage of the to:
tal crop of the valley.
Had the frost been distributed
over the entire valley the 'loss
would have been practically noth
ing but the frost hit'in spots and
as a result some growers report
almost 'a total loss of apricots,
cherries and peaches, w {£1.91
others say their orchards a; _; f " ~
Wherever smudge po m;-
used the blossoms werzjf"
but the smudging was :
as the frost. The cold ,
eessfully combatted— in _ .
chard of the Kennewick If
company, where the .1
dropped as low asat'any'
the valley. But little .
is reported by growers
Garden Tracts and on the _
lands. ‘ >
The frost did no damage ‘ y,
strawberry patches ej-th‘
Kennewick or Richland and ',
pects for a bumber crop "
never better. Vines have 7_
blossoming for some time ‘
With normal weather conditi"
the first of this year’s crop
be in market the latter par .‘
this month.
NEW BOARD ORGANIZ _
The directors of School Dis
No. 17 met Monday and orga
ed for the ensuing year. E.
Keene who was recently elec
as director to succeed G. N.
nis qualified and H. E. Owen w
chosen president of the ,
and R. C. Mounsey clerk of t ‘
district. The new board expec
to follow the plan of holding re '
ular meetihgs the first Friday 0
each month. The board has al‘
ready taken up the question 0
the teaching staff for the next
year and expects to have the list!
of teachers made up within the
next few weeks. ' A
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AGAIN SATURDAY
Break ~Near Head Gate is Being;
Rapidly Repaired—Several Dl}, j
Before Service Sluts
Farmers, who for the. - ,
weeks have been bu ‘l' ‘
theirghnds ready _fo_ 3; .
of "the irrigation .2 '
greatly disappoi " ' .. -
two breaks in the
of the week. The; , ,ns
break is within thr-‘;£l_M, , the
bead gate. The Inn": "‘1’?” . com
pany has a'force of men and
eighteen teams at work there and
Manager J. .J. Rudkin said today
that, the work will be completed
by Saturday evening. It will be
several ‘days later, however, be
fore irrigation can be started as
it will be necessary to turn the
.‘ter into the canal slowly. . -
.. he break down the valley is
iso serious and no furtherud'e-I'
f". .will be occasioned becauseof
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-3 made its initial shipment
aragus Wednesday) The
ant which was the first out
nnewick this year, con
two boxes, one grown by
Anderson, of Section 18,
3 other by E. H. Simonton,
Eion 7. The price paid the"
9p was 15 cents a pound or
Ebox. Out of the ordersl
hth the exchange for 75‘
daily, only these two boxesl
ailable for shipment yes-‘
jt -~ e growth of the “grass” ‘
2 terially retarded by the
ther of the last few days. ‘
‘ price, " said a prominent
~ s grower, “is entirelyl
flury and one thing which
..e as much as the price}
, t that‘our asparagus, as
or other products this?
'll go out under a Ken-i
rand. I for one, want}
- ‘K’ brand distributed
~ m or another over every ‘
' e union and I believe
ltion of the handsome
the exchange will have
-= ting effect upon the:
? produce industry of ‘
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Local Plant Has Inquiry for 301
Barrels to be Served to the
Panama Exposition Cam]:
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Great Non-then will Future Kgnuvick PM:
0- Din" On? It: Entire Sync-u
--‘ * Contracting for Gum
When the Kennewick people.
who have acquired an appetite
for Church’s apple cider. visit the
Panama-Pacific exposition next
year, they may find their favor
ite beverage on tap within the
exposition grounds. ‘Manager M.
H.’ Church of the-local“ 'plant re
ceived, a request this week from
a large .amusement company
lwhich has the exclusive conces
'sion for thé‘sale of apple cider at
the exposition, for prices on .300
‘barrels of Kennewiek-made pro
duct. Mn Church informed the
company that it'would be impos
sible to supply them with the
cider in barrels as the cider car
ries no preservatives and can be
handled only insterilized' bottles.
and quoted them prices on quan
tity. lots put up in this manner.
;, i“ 2}: request :for' prices‘is ini
‘ ' flag of the. reputation which
‘ '11; nets are gaining in the
’ said Mr. Church. “We
‘.ving almost daily «in
or prices on our cider
- 4r juice from housesthat
.' »ve never solicited. _
. ve just been notified by Presi
dent Hill. of the Great Northern,
that beginning April 1 they will
serve our juice on their dining
car; over their entire system.
Thl makes the fourth railroad
that is featuring our juice on
their menus. We have also re
ceived an order from superin-l
tendent of hotels and eating
houses in the Glacier National
Park and ourjuice is being served
there.
“We are mere than pleased
with the antics}: for this year’s
run at the factory. We
are receiving almost daily come
munications from growers up ahd
down-the 'valley who want ‘us to;
handle their crop again this year
and itwill not be long until ; we
have contracted for e tion g h
grapes to meet our requirements
this'year.‘ We wantto give pre
ferance to"-the Kenne‘wick" 'vine
yardists and those who wish us to
purchase their grapes should see
us at once. "
SOME CLEANED UP A
i Although there was no attempt
at a united observance of the an
{nual cleanup day many residents
;were busy this morning with
‘rakes and by noon the streets
in the resident sections were de«
\corated with numerous piles of
:tin cans, brush and other rubbish
that has accumulated during
lthe winter. In accordance with
Ithe previously announced plans
jthe rubbish was hauled away by
the city without direct expense
jto the property owners. a y ,
The Royal Neighbors are mak-‘
ing extensive plans for the enter
tainment to be given at the Com
mercial Hotel hall- tomorrow eve
ning. A very attractive musical
program has been arranged for
the early part of the evening.
The guests will then be given the
choice of the dance floor and the
BT—Pnnuucls W
1 DATA HIM
Committee Appointed at Last. f
Show are Meeling in No
Yakima This Week ' ..
an; RESULTS ARE Exmmnili?f
I. 11. Clutch _Will Tell Investigator! .m
Success He Hal Hull In Hal-future . :1
of ane Juice fa
| One of the most importan
questions which confronts _t [1
lfruitgrowers of the Northsu 1
Itoday, is how best to utilize '
lby products of the fruit indus [if
That some satisfactory solut I;
of this question might be arri ' , i
at, a committee was appoin - ».
rat the National Apple show .
[investigate and study the manna,
:facturing of fruit by-productsl‘l
‘and of ‘ fruit processing in all-f;
parts of the United States. Mela-'7
bers of that committee are meet-f.
ing in North Yakima this w, ,5
for the purpose of assembling '. A,
data and of preparing a summary» i
of the results. At the requestef ,
the committee, Manager M. f 1
Church of the local grape juis'
plant is meeting with them. “‘.‘ ‘
Resule the firstday's mg ;
"ing is given by the Yakima Reg;
public as follows: {:3
. Five members of that commit?
tee, comprising the executive;
committee of the general commi ,g
tee, reported at the Commercial,
flub‘ro’o'ms this morning when};
G. J.‘Da Vise, acting chairman?
called the committee together.
Those present were ‘Paul Wey- j
rauch of Walla Walla. D. D. Oldsi
'of Wenatchee, J. F. Bach der
of Hood River, H. M.‘ Sloan , J
Montana, and C J. Da Vise o -'
North Yakima, H. C. Sampson.
chairman of the committee waso
eailed to New York, and could»:
not be present, and R. E. Stud
horn has not returned from Cali'fffi
fornia, where he has been since}:
the first of the year investigate ’53:
ing the situation there. ' -
We
The committee met in execu-'
live session this morning to hear
‘the reports of the several mem
3bers. Paul Weyrauch, who went
3east to investigate conditions. ‘
tmade an exhaustive report to the _
3ccmmittee. He gave a detailed
3‘report concerning the manufac- 3 1
fiture of ciders and vinegars and -
‘of the processing of fruits by 3
3drying, dehydrating and preserv- 3
‘ing. He reported on cost of ma- 3
‘chinery, overhead charges, vol
3ume of sales, possibilities of mar- ‘33
3kets. He had interviews with '.‘
some of the best-informed men ,
in the United States and, in the 3
words of a member ofxthe com
mittee, “has secured some data
at first hand that is simply inval- i
uable in connection with arriving-3.
at anything like an intelligent ?
solution of the problem of caring “3
for the by-products of our N orth- 1
west orchards. ” 2
Sunny Will Be Published ;
3 “The reports are so volumin
*ou's," said 0. J. Da Vise this ;
morning, “that it will be impos- ;
sible to arrive at a summary of
our. investigations for several 3
days. The data that we have se-' ‘3
cured is invaluable and the sum- 3
mary based upon this will no 3
doubt be put before the growers “a
of the Northwest in printed' 7.
3form.” - g .
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l It was erroneously stated in the Re?-
porter last week that the open meeting}
of the Highland Improvement Club was, _
set {or last Friday evening. The @OO3I
3325; miewmszm "
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