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33L. XXXI
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REPORTER
By The
WCK COURIER
101 m“ CLUB ‘
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w! branches of the Mid-Col
umbil South Bank Amalgamated
WWI: clubs held sessions this
"at. That accounts perhaps for
the biz blow which the weather
w had stated was the tail end
of the Alaska storm. We can’t
‘5" you accounts of each and ev
‘y Mug but if you’ll be pa
w we’ll try to catch up in the
min: weeks. Perhaps recogni
m should be given to the new
at local which we believe has
W itself the East Benton
my Farmer’s Cooperative
amplifiers Club. And brother,
WWers cooperate 0:1 hthgilr
' 3 you can wa c l
W world records. Chief
is one that we can agree
highly justified. It deals di
. ' and in no uncertain terms
with the next to the lowest form
of hallo sapiens: The Garbage
and Junk Dunlpers in Roadside
may and Vacant Lands.
mum '
. m up the cudgel on the
m named complaint in some
kind of sequence: 1. When trash
N {in cans are dumped along
roadside it practically precludes
m moccasin! attempt to mow
w “mans: alongfthe thor
mm ere y crea mg a ser
ions fire hazard. 2. The reprehen
m pnctice results , in a dis
and"! eyesore. 3. The garbage
,0 well spread about the country
” 3 one of the host known
mothods of spreading vermin and
mast! (rats to you). 4. The junk
...butwhygo on? Hyou are a
mud garbage damper maybe
Mo no cure for you, like fire
III! and kleptomaniacs.
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You an’t cure' an arsomst by
theme of surgery but you might
be age to put the matches out
of hlneech. Maybe if it was eas
igmgttothe city dump there
would be la: temptation to ditch
the stuff. The present dump is not
mmhut it is a long drag
upul'over the hill and when
m “within a half mile you’re
in outtakes; glass zone thereby
tine-talus the thin strips of rub—
~Der you lovingly can tires.
RENAL
In spite of the previous para
graph we do not mean to imply
that it constitutes an excuse of
any sort for the dumping practice.
However, the county has scraped
the approach to the dump and at
the present time it is relatively
safe. furthermore several groups
are working on the pmposition
of atablishing a new location for
the dinnp.
Anwe boring you? Because of
cows: you’re not guilty, you as
sure yon-self as you read this.
You've never so much as tossed
an empty peanut bag out of your
car window. But SOMEBODY’S
been doing it as there is plenty
of Widaice new and old, to
we. Earthen-more, we sincerely
Me that. the sheriff’s force will
filth at least one red-handed, We
m enjoy publishing his name
in. full with middle initial. We
“1 even instruct the linotype
mil to set it in blackfaced
WON
It might help if the vacant ar
llld roadsides were well
.ted with warnings as to pen
‘B ht dumping you. know
M It is possible too that many
Milena may not know where
u“ dump is. A few pointers at
M intersections reading in
plain language: “City Dump,”
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norm on: ‘
This it the clincher. What has
him to the city's plan to
m a municipal garbage col-
W system to do a complete
“d Mush job?
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flour or rm: wax
. 0* 0! our alert deputy sher
fi.’ Med} vehicle of doubtful
Win Mnng a rickety trailer
glad Nth with indescribable de
hinking to catch a trash
dynam- he followed at a dscreet
am Until he saw the our shop
a“! ' lonely section of road.
:23!“ when he got clog;
disoo' vered it carri
“1 Ariana: license.
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Reed Talks of Mexico
At mum Luncheon
“3:116: in demand these days 101'
dag: Ina-king 1: Ralph Red in
H bin: his reeent trip through
“can. Mr. Reed was featured
file My noon meeting 01
with...“ club. He described liv
ing Wm 01 the people, relat-
We than, personal experiences of
1 MD “lat took him as far as
Aim .
"the! at the meetin was
23"”' district lieutenangt 80V-
Metxmm. Mr. Lacey is
h'mfldent of schools at Wal-
@ll2 iKmnmirk @nurivm
Ave. C to Get
Walks. Lighls; to
Improve Airport
City councilmen labored until
a late hour Tuesday night and
completed one of the longest
agendas in a number of weeks.
The projected improvements on
Avenue C were given a consider
able airing. A report, was heard
on the progress Avenue C mer
cahnts are making toward the es
tablishment of a local improve
ment district for the purpose of
constructing sidewalks and curbs
from Washington street to the
inter-city bridge on the north
side of the street and to Fir on
the south side. It is also planned
to ins'tall ornamental lighting the
same distance. .
Work of securing ,right-of—way‘
for the sidewalks is practically
completed. with all the property
owners wrllingly cooperating. The
property Will be deeded to the
city for the purpose of putting in‘
the walks. However, in order to
assure the clearing of the titles
the council moved to proceed
with its condemnation suit start
ed last spring. This is a friendly
action meant only to speed the
title clearance. -
No action was taken on the or
namental fighting. Further in
vestigation will be made as. to
costs and types of lighting avail
able. Avenue C merchants have
requested the aid of the city in
paying for the lighting. Oma
mental lights of Kennewick Ave
nue were installed on that basis.
However, a WPA grant was in
volved in that transaction.
The council’s airport commit
tee was instructed to ‘proceed
with the improvement on the
Nob Hill field. This year’s bud
get includes an item of SI,OOO for
airport purposes. It is believed
that most necessary improvement
is the oiling of the warm-up
apron. At the present time the
warm-up process churns up the
loose sand. Manager Herb Henne‘
has started work on the con
struction of an administration
building. The committee will al
so work to get domestic water to
the field. . ‘
Fire Chief Herb' Malchow re-‘
ported on the meeting last Friday
for the purposeof establishing a
rural fire deparment. The coun
cil renewed its pledge.to give the
fullest cooperation to establish the
district to the mutual advantage
of the city and rural areas.
A delegaion visited the council
to discuss the matter of cutting
addiional streets in Layon's Ad—
dition. The streets committee
will work on the proposal.
Two ordinances were given fin
al reading and passage. One pro
vided for the. transfer of two city
lots on North Auburn street to J.
W. Graves, who will build a gar
age on the prOperty. The other
changed the classification of lots
on Nob Hill to commercial zones.
Mrs. Brooks Here
Since 1907. Dies
Mrs. Ellen Frances Brooks, who
came to Kennewick in 1907, died
Wednesday at the Pasco hospital.
She was born July 11, 1873 at
Rockford, Mo. She was married to
William Franan Brooks at Wythe
ville, Va. She was a member of
the Kennewick Methodist church.
She is survived by her hubsand,
William F. Brooks and son, Sgt.
John Brooks of the U. S. Marine
Corps, who is waiting for his dis
charge at the Bainsport, Mary
land navy yard. He resides in
New York City. Services will be
held at 2 pm. Saturday at the
Mueller Funeral Chapel.
E 99: 40 Years Old. Whole Carp.
Favorite Dainfies on Chineseflenu
A gastronomic survey of Tient
sin is included in a letter from Pvt.
R. L. Anacker, USMC, 'to his par
ents here, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. An
acker. Following are some ex
cerpts:
Friday night we went to the Red
Cross “Liberty Lounge” after eat
ing dinner at the Army PX. In
cidentally, I had my first glass of
fresh milk since I left the States.
I guess I’ll have to develop a taste
for it- again.
. The lounge seems to be equip—
ped with everything from sthowers
to a restaurant with the exception
of a bar, which is as it should be
‘While we were sitting in the snack
bar eating some ice cream who
should walk in but Ted Hoover.
He’s stationed now on 'the outskirts
of Tientsin in the Ist Division.
‘ Last night we all went out and
had some Chinese food. First
Lcourse was a cup of tea. Then
came several kinds of delicacies—
‘prepared meats with mustards,
\sauces and hot wine. The Chinese
believe in community eating. Each
kindpf food is served in a dish
that 18 set up in the center of the
Stable. The diners are armed with
than sticks and in the best sporting
lcircles they all start eating at the
same time. After that it's every
’man for himself. A poor handler
‘Ol the chop sticks is liable to go
away from the table hungry.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1946
Highlands Men’s Clilb
Of fers Prizes to 4-H
At a short business meeting be
fore the open meeting last Friday,
the Highland Improvement Club
voted to offer SIOO.OO to the 4-H
Clubs on the Highlands to be used
for prizes. This amount would be
divided among the clubs on the
Highlands. It was also agreed that
the club would furnish the orches
tra for the Women’s Club dinner
and dance on February 22. There
are now more than 40 paid up
members. All men residents of the
Highlands are welcome at meet
ings of the club.
llanlord Material
Available Soon
Building material from the Han
ford project will» soon be avail
able according to latest word from
the Mohawk Construction com
pany, salvage firm. The company
will establish an office on the high
way west of town, where informa
tion may be secured.
Trucks may go to Hanford for
loads of not less than 10,000
pounds. It is estimated that would
be about 5000 feet of lumber. The
company plans to establish re
tail sales yards in Kennewick and
Yakima. For security purposefi
trucks going to Hanford must have
an escort for which a charge of $4
per load is made.
Available at the yards will be
small amounts of lumber, doors,
windows, plaster board, rough
plumbing, soil pipe and other
i ems. '
Schedule Dinner
For Red Cross
The Third Annual Dinner meet
ing of the Benton County Chapter,
American Red Cross will be held
February 11, 1946 at 7 pm. in the
Columbia High School Cafeteria,
Richland, with Chairman W. C.
Sommers presiding. .
The business meeting will con
sist of election of officers, Board
members, Treasurer’s report and
reports of the various service
chairmen, followed by a short
musical program. The guest speak
eroftheeveningwillbeMissEd—
na Tarr, who has been appointed
Instructor of Physical Education
for women at Whiunan College.
Miss Tarr recently returned from
overseas, where she served for‘
three years with the Red Cross,
and in addition to duty in Egypt,
was in the Near East and Central
Europe. A musical program has
also been arranged.
Tickets are available at the
Richland Bank and the Red Cross
chapter house. Ticktes also have
been sent to Prosser Chairman,
Mr. R. E. Gay; Benton City Chair
man, Mrs. I. M. Hartman; and
Kennewick Chairman, Mrs. Hazel
Fyfe. Reservations can be made
by calling the Red Cross chapter
house, Richland telephone 51.
Sunday, February 24, is desig
nated as American Red Cross Day
in all churches throughout the na
tion. Volunteer workers are re
quested to wear their uniforms to
any religious services attended on
this day.
Here Saturday
A musing debate between two
of the world’s foremost author
ities on the Far East with aud
ience participation is the attraction
of the Pasco-Kennewiek lecture
series Saturday, Feb. 9 atrthe Ken
newick auditorium. _ _ _
John Goette and James R.
Young are the participants, both
newspaper men with wide exper
ience and residence in the Orient.
We had so many kinds of food,
Tnone of which was chop suey, that
I can’t remember them all. One
special Chinese favorite is pre
served egg. And when I say pre
served I mean just that. The eggs
we had last night were supposed
to have been 40 years old. The
outer part or white of the egg as
we know it, was a dark amber
color and looked jelled. Just un
der that was a very thin light
‘ green layer. The yolk was enun
bly and dark green. I ate one
‘piece and I have such a vivid
imagination that one piece suffic-
Then we were served a whole
carp. That is, I could see the out
line, including head and tail. It
was covered with some sort of
crust so that I couldn’t tell it it
had been skinned. I privately
wondered if it had even been
cleaned.
We went to the French Bazaar,
a six story building filled with
small concessions. Everything
from socks to fur coats and all
kinds of doodads are sold there.
I bought one gadget. a . Chinese
calculator. It’s about 2by 6 inches
and made out of bone. I think.
Added feature is a mirror on the
backforthesecretarytouseto
gimp up while the boss isn't look-
Lions Toppegl By
Pasco. 4134 In
Second Encounler
By H. W. POLING
LEAGUE flANDIIC-S
Team Won Lost Pct.
Kennewick 6 l .868
Richland 5 2 .715
Grandview 3 4 .429
Pasco 3 4 .429
Prosser 2 5 .286
Sunnyside 2 5 .286
Score of Games, February 5
Sunnyside 35, Presser 24; Richland
35, Grandview 24.
Paco 47—xonnogick 34 _
Old man Defeat finally overtook
the Kennewick Lions and Coach
Moreman’s Pasco Bulldogs were
the ones that did the work, Tues
day, February sth, on the Lion’s
own floor, by a convincing margin
of 47 to 34, in a fast game of has
ketball before an overflow crowd
that saw lots of action. Kennewick
had considerable trouble in locat
ing the basket, what with lay-ins
and shots that went in and out to
be recovered for the most part by
the Pasco team. _ _- -__ _
Although the shooting of the lo
cal boys was below pat, the Pasco
boys were checking close and rush
ing the Lions at all times. Three
lay-ins by Poling, one by Green
and short shots from the key could
just as well have been on the
credit side for Kennewick, but
rimmed the basket, eventually roll
ing off for no score. Pasco was
hot and there is no disputing the
fact. It was apparent from the start
and with Foxley of Pasco racking
up 9 baskts for 18 points, followed
by Boyd and Glenn with 11 and
10 points, respectively, there were
enough points among these three
boys to win the gaine.
Coach Moreman, made a good
choice by starting “Lil Abner”
Gardner in the second half. and
his height, along with that of Boyd,
made the control of the backboard
all Pasco. Bill Foxley played a
great game, stealing the ball sev
eral times and fast breaking for
points. The loss of Stifter, early
in the second quarter. hurt the
Kennewick team, but Hamid Per
kins, who replaced him, turned in
a good performance. . ‘
The first half of the game was
close, Pasco leading at that point
by a score of 19-17, but in the sec
ond half, a very much improved
Pasco team than that one the Lions
(Continued on Page 6)
Soil Supervisors
Complete Reperl
The Supervisors of the East Ben
ton Soil Conservation District
have just completed their annual
report of activities for the period
ending December 31, 1945.
Some of their'activities. accord
ing to H. N. Hampton, chairman.
include technical assistance to far
mers in reorganizing irrigation
systems, land leveling. seeding
range and pasture, and laying out
individual and group drainage
systems.
Durmg the past year the Super
visors received 64 applications for
assistance in conservation work.
4? plans were prepared covering
10,746 acres.
Farmers cooperating with the
District, besides receiving techni
cal assistance in soils, engineer
ing, crops, and range management,
obtained the use of seeding and
fertilizing equipment at a nominal
rental charge. The two district
drills were rented to 58 farmers
who seeded 149 acres of hay, pas
ture, cov ercrops._and spread 375
acres of fertilizer. ~
Button to Talk
0! Basil! Praia!
An opportunity to get questions
regarding the Columbia Basin de
velopment answered by an ex
pert is offered tomorrow night
when Major B. S. Hutton, head of
public relations for the Bureau of
Reclamation, will speak at the
USO hall in Pasco. The, public
meeting is sponsored by the Lewis
and Clark chapter of the North
west Conservation League.
The league will hold a dinner
meeting at the Pasco hotel at 8:30.
All members and interested indi
.viduals are urged to attend.
Major Hutton’s appearance is
a continuation of a similar discus
sion last month at Richland.
Eagles Dance
ls Successful
f The Birthday Ball sponsored by
the Fraternal Order of Eagles held
at theHighlandson'l‘hui-sdayeve
jning, January 31, was very suc
cessful and a fine time was enjoy
ed by those present.
‘ The hall was donated for th oc
casion by the Highlands Improve
‘ment Club, and thanks extended
to them for their consideration. Ra
idio advertising was donated by
Station KPKW, and posters do
nated by the Pasco Herald.
‘ Receipts after federal taxes
lwere paid totalled 43133. n;-
‘penses added up to sl3s,lesvinxa
‘net of $296.98, which was divided
fevenly between the Benton and
’andilin County March of Dimes
Work Started on
Formation of
Fire District
Plans for the formation of a
Rural Fire District took definite
form at a meeting at the High
lands Clubhouse last Friday
night. Those residents of the rural
area adjacent to Kennewick whose
property would come within such
a district were invited by the
Highlands Improvement Club to
hear the plan discussed at an open
meeting of that organization.
President Glenn Felton called
the meeting to order and presented
Mayor J. C. Pratt of Kennewick.
who explained the change in the
classification of Kennewick’s City
Fire Department. He pointed out
that the recent up-grading of the
City’s Fire Department had placed
new restrictions on it. Because of
a war time “mutual assistance"
agreement, these rules are not
strictly enforced at present. “We
may be ordered at any time after
the termination of the National
Emergency to kep our equipment
within ‘ the city limits." he said.
He explained that this would leave
the farmers in the areas near Ken
newick without fire protection of
any kind. Mayor Pratt then intro
duced Mr. Leonard L. Bergunder,
Deputy State Fire Marshall. who
explained the formation of a Fine
District. _ u _ _
The plan is as follows: A des
cription of the district is put on
file with th county, giving the ex
act boundaries.
Petitions are then circulated for
signatures among the registered
voters of the district. The peti
tions are examined. and it there
are enough valid signatures. the
county Board of Commissioners
grants a hearing at which inter
ested parties may speak for or
Eagiacitnst the formation of the dis-
If the Commissioners agree to
allow an election. the election is
held the same as a regular election.
within the district. At the same
time the proposition is voted upon,
three Fire Commissioners are
elected. These men run the fire
district, it and when it is formed.
As soon as the district is formed,
it may issue warrants to buy
equipment and maintain it. and
pig to have the euipment man
n .
The total tax levy may not ex
ceed four mills in any year. Most
districts start with about a three
mill levy, and as soon as equip
mentispaidtor,droptolessthan
one mill. The average cost per
farm on the four mill levy was es
timated at less than $2.00 per
year by those present. who under
stood the tax structure. The tax
is added to the amount usually
paid the county. and paid to the
county treasurer. He sets aside file
money for the District and It 8
administered by the three com
missioners for the district. 7
“No voluntary contribution or
‘pass the hat’ plan ever work: for
very long,” said Mr. Bergunder. A
(Continued on Page 12)
Greene Bach!
Junior Hi School
[ Another serviceman back on his
101 d job is Corston A. Greene.
Iprincipal of the Kennewick Junior
IHigh School. Mr. Green entered
the service in January of 1941 with
‘a captain’s rating. Eh retired as a
Reserve LLColonel.
He saw service with an intan
try division in the Solomons, Nar
ianas and Ruyukus. He had been
a member of the organized reserve
since 1923. Prior to his entry in
the Army he had developed a rifle
club at the school. Members he
had trained won numerous rifle
awards in college later.
Edgar Gilbert, who has been
serving in Mr. Greene’s absence.
will continue in another capacity
at the school. ‘
March oi Dimes Campaign Success:
Many Individuals. this Take Part
By E. 8. Black
The March of Dimes program:
has drawn to a close and as
chairman I wish to take this op-‘
portunity to thank all the people
of the community for their
splendid cooperation. ‘
One of the outstanding groups
contributing to the niece; of the;
March of Dimes were the Busl-T
near 8: Professional Women.‘
They tool: care of the coin col-1
lection boxes, show contributions.
Mile of Dimes and many other
things too numerous to mention.
Many of the members contribut
edap‘eotdealbttheirtimebe-l
cause they were sold on the
worthiness of the cause. ~ l
The Camp Fire Girls added
much to the success of the drive
in collecting funds among busi
ness houses.
A great deal of credit goes to
the Pasco-Kenenwick Aerie of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles for
sponsoring such a succudul
dance at the Highlands clubhouse.
Mr. Grirnshaw. president. and
Phil MOIOOO. chairman of the
dance committee organized and
put on a very meeestul dance.
both (can: the standpoint of en-
W 1: and financial assist
ance. The Highlands Improve-
Harold Foraker Safe
After Yukon Crackup
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Foraker’s son.
Harold, and Roy Potter of Pasco
were on the ship, Yukon, that went
on the rocks off the coast of Alas
ka Tuesday. Both boys spoke over
the radio Wednesday evening and
both are in fine shape at the hos
pital in Alaska. Harold has sev
eral years service in the Merchant
Marine and during his war time
service he has had several such
harrowing experiences. such as
Pearl Harbor, so danger and ex
citement are well known to him.
Local Seoul: to
Join Observance
of Seoul Week
Nearly two million Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts, Senior Scouts and
their adult leaders throughout the
United States will commemorate
Boy Scout Week. which begins Fri
day, Feb. 8 and continues through
Thursday, Feb. 14. The theme of
the observance. which marks the
36th anniversary of the founding
of the movement 'in America. is
“Scouts of the World—Building
Together."
A feature of the Boy Scout Week
celebration is the “Shirts-Off-Our—
Backs" campaign. Boy Scouts are
out to collect from 500 to 1,000 tons
of used but clean and serviceable
Scout uniform parts and camping
equipment to help Scouts overseas
resume their Scouting activities.
The collection is not considered
charity but rather sharing by one
‘Scout with another.
Nationwide Observance ‘
‘ Boy Scout Week will be ob
,served inevery cityandtownand
in neary every village and hamlet
in the nation. Since Feb. 0, 1910,
when the Boy Scouts of America
was incorporated at Washington.
.D.C., more than 12,500,000 men
and boys have been in Scouting.
The active membership today is
more than 1,050,000 Cub Scouts.
Boy Scouts. Senior Scouts and
adult volunteer leaders. - .
In Kennewick there‘ are two
packs of Cub Scouts which are
made up of 07 boys between the
agesotsand 11 years. Thereare
68 Boy Scouts in local troops; these
boysaneallover 12yearsofage.
About 80 adults are volunteering
leadership with the Boy Scout
movement in Kenmlck. , ‘
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Boy t Sunday, Feb. 10 will
see hundreds of thousands of uni
formed Boy Scouts attending large
city cathedrals or small villag
churches with their troops or wi
Scouts of their own faith. Those
*0! Jewish faith will hold their ob
servance in synagogues and tan:
$31133” Feb 9 am“. am and
. . sermons
addressed to Scout, win dwell
upon the World Brotherhood
theme of the anniversary.
During Boy Scout Wedaoswc'outl
take over scores of win to
display their handicraft and dem
onstrate some skills they acquired
through Scouting. At troop meet
ings, Scout: will rededicate them
selves to the Scout Oath or Pmrn—
ise and the Scout Law. - ,
Lost Your a In" Ono
The year of victory. 1945, saw
the Boy Scouts complete their 70th
war servi project. each of which
was remand by some top-rank
ing federal official. They took
part in all eight bond drives, not
only helping local hood commit
tees. but visited millions of homes
and have been reversible tor the
sales of approximately two hil
lion dollars worth of bond: and
stems- - _ __ _ -
Last Spring. the Boy Scouts
pitched in and helped the United
National Old Clothes prom col
lecting ten per meat of the
150,000 tons of serviceable
used clothing. shoes and bedding
for destitute peoples overeeu. Be
cause they were so well equipped
for it, Scouts were generally used
in the distribution of literatune.
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Highlands Crop
Values Second in
Yakima Project
The slogan "Kennewick High
land—First with the Best" has
again been borne out in a report
of the Bureau of Reclamation on
the Yakima project. While the
per-acre gross of the Tieton div
ision far exceeded the others it
should be remembred that it is
a highly specialized apple area.
The Kennewick division led all
the others in the production of
general crops with $226.59 per
acre value.
The record for the various di
visions was as follows:
Kittitas division—total gross
crop values of $2,883,405 for 54,-
479 acres, an average per-acre
value of $52.93.
Rosa division—total gross crop
values of $3,736,818 for 18,445 ac
res. an average per acre value of
$202.59.
Sunnyside division—total gros:
crop values of $14,829,287 for 83,-
465 acres, an average per acre
'value of $177.67.
Tieton division —total gross
crop values of $20,979,434 for 24,-
576 acres, an average per acre
value of $853.66.
Kennewick division—total gross
crop values of $772,882 for 3409
acres, an average per acre value
of $226.72.
Yakima-Franklin division—to
tal gross crop values of $26,306
for 1541 acres. an average per ac
re value ot $81.96.
The total gross crop values on
152,024 acres served a supplemen
tal water supply by the bureau
of reclamation were $35,494,381.
an average per acre value .01!
$233.88.
Chamber Plans to
Expand Program
Possibility of employing a secre
taryonatulltimebasisandin-
creasing considerably the nerv
icee of the Kennewick Chamber of
Commerce was fully discussed at
the Thursday noon meeting of the
organization.
A budget to provide funds for
the enlarged program was intro
duced by the finance committee.
headed by Amen Mueller. It would
call for the expenditure of 86500
for the year, almost doublt the
present budget. However, diacus
sion developed that members were
in favor of the new plan if it can
be worked out. _ _»' __
With the city rapidly expanding.
the prospect of additional irrigated
acreage, the Umatlll dun con
struction as well as the construc
tion of several private projects it
was felt that the services of a
full time secretary are vltally
The membership committe head—
ed by Hal Brutzman plans to study
the question to make recommenda
tions. Action on the budget will be
made a special order of business
on February 21.
January Building
Permit: nigh
Bearing out the Sidewalk!“-
porter'a glowing accounta of
building construction in Kenne
wick ia the January repon im
ed by Fire Chiet Malchow on
permit: issued. The total flames
stands at $82,010 for the month.
Biggest item is for an ottioe
and apartment building at First
‘and Benton to cost $20,000. This
‘ia the building now under oon-.
iatruction by E. S. McDonald. In
thenumbertwospotiathereai
denoe tor Dr. Kite in the Olm
sted addition. E. A. Erickaon has
the contract and plans call for a
get? style in cream preaaed
n .
Peanut were made tor lb:
hm. Attorebundlnglltobe
Constructed on Nob Hill. Other
permiuwmtmrepaimnraces
andadditiom.
Destruction in eightflm re
mmmnwmeotu,
310. Otthhamount the louin
thePex-klmhomeeutot town
accountant-$3.000.
m School Set
For Hunky Here
bemudochooltorcmmun
ity committeemen for mu will
be held in the assembly room Feb
mryll. Mr. Thompson any: itis
veryimpomnttorallcommittee
mentobepreoentalmanyotthe
community pmblemn are to be me
terredtotherepreomtativestran
theloaleommunifles.
The work of signing up the 1m
tamplanswillstnrt Medium
attuthislchool.lpecialhdp
he in the otflce Mum-z 14 and
gnwtthe mogghtkhped
o coun . that
all. who can. wm cone at thh'
time. The office is one: 2mm 9
amwoogbflpm.
The ammumm
gamut-momma”
pmtodnuptheWectex-nplfl
ofthecountry.
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