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101.. xxxv NO. 10
KENNEWICK FACE!) WITH 7 MILLIONS EXPENDITURE
(ily, KID
\Believed'on
Eve 0! Deal
Kennewick’s city council
and Kennewick irrigation dis
trict’s board of directors and
Manager E. H. Brand will sit
down at the city council table
tonight and " apply what is
My hoped will be the
. ° 3 touches to negotia
tions for the sale of the KID
water system to the city.
The city already has reached
agreement with the Pacific
Power 8: Light Company for
sole of that system to the city,
at a price of $250,000.
The irrigation district directors
have offered to sell the system to
the city for $140,000 and city of
tichls are said generally to be in
favor of the propositiog: _
At the meeting will be repre
sentatives of the bond buying com
panies. P.P. a; L. representatives,
and engineers for the city as well
scandals of the negotiating com
panies. ~
It is a deal in which all parties
must agree, this being so because
all are involved in some way
either with the sale or the propos
al to float bonds to make it pos
sible fotrhe city when and if the
deal is made, to make extensive
improvements and expansions to
the water systems.
As far as the transrer of the
KID system to the city is concern~
ed, it will be largely a case of tak
ing it out of one pocket and depos
iting it in another. For the KID is
a separate municipality owning
the system with much of its terri
tory now within the limits c: the
city. Only difference when the city
takes over will be that there will
bfimore stackh. chiefs,~ ,‘ _. some or
-w om will be the old. A fez: be-
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ASTRONOMY
I feel as it I have been float
ing around in space somewhere
the past few days in dailing with
the astronomical figures as. re
lated in the need for Kennewick
expenditures as stated in another
column. However, with a little
analysis, the figures are not far
out of reach and the needs of the
city can be attained with a little
clear thinking and understanding.
This is certainly the time to keep
all of _feet firmly“ planted on
solid ground. .
GROWTH
It you consider that the city
of Kennewick has grown in the
past few years to four times
its size as counted in the 1940
census. it would be reasonable
to assume that it is now in the‘
position to spend at least three;
times as much. And what or the
future? Does anyone believe that
this community has reached a
levelinzoofl point- Shouldn’t we
build now for the future?
at ADDITION
Practically everyone will think
of many items that are not in
cluded in the six and a half
million dollar estimate. Fo~ in
stance, what about the $25,000
needed“ in the next few years
for an over-all-land-use planning
job? What «about fencing the
ditch? What about aid to settlers
on new land when the Highlands
project is completed? And we still
have no underpass to avoid the
tricky arilroad yrossing! How
many more?
rum-annual:
Neither do the figures include
some $20,000 that is raised here
each year for the Red Cross,
Community Chest, March at
Dimesfl Tuberculosis, cancer and
other fund drives. Neither does{
it count the contributions for the
support of churches, several of
which are constructing new build
ings. .
POCKET
It is not our intention to throw
these figures out in ,order to
scare people nor to encourage
them to zip up their pockets.‘
Rather it is done to encourage
some careful thinking and to
show that some wild haired peOplel
who think all the city councili
needs “to dd it to “vote" apprOp
riations are a long wa, off base.
But the fact remains that all 01
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Hover, Founded In 1905
To Vanish; Sign Deeds
The little village of Hover,
founded in 1905, is about to be
wiped off the face of the world.
Except for the fact that all
will be done orderly and ac
cording to prearranged plan, it
will be as sleek and as clean an
operation as it a giant tornado
had passed over and a raging sea
had rolled in. '
The coming of McNary Dam
is the reason. With the an
nouncement that contracts for a
big new Cotterdam operation
will be let soon, things have
been moving swiftly down in
that section of Benton county.
The SP. 8: s. railroad is to be
relocated. Once the Army en
gineers had a new route laid out
for the rails, but the company
refused to accept. Consequently
a new mute is being laid out. '
New Major Construction
Job to Be Started Soon
The second major construction
job at McNary lock and dam on
the Columbia river—the Oregon
shore cofferdam and a portion
of the powerhouse substructure
will be advertised for bids about
June 6, ‘according to announce
ment Friday by Col. William
Whipple, Walla Walla district
engineer, corps of engineers.
This announcement was 'made
as the government took steps to
procure additional rights of way‘
in the Finley-Hover and Columbia
river road areas where as SX
dyke will be consructed to hold
in the waters of the river. 1
'The work outlined in an ad.(
vance notice to prospective bid-e
ders covers the construction of
the initial-.,stase wflerdam. on the
Oregon. snare-same concrete any
structure for two maimunits, a
station service bay and an as
sembly bay for the powerhouse;
the main second-step coflerdam;
and a portion of the Oregon shore
abutment.
Completion of the work is
scheduled for May 1, 1951. Date
for opening the bids ,has not been
set as yet, but probably will be
about July 19. The contract will
be awarded “as a whole to one
bidder.
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No More Mail at
The Old Address
Postmaster Walter Woehler, who
has been having a trying time get
tinq mail patrons to conform to
new arrangements the past several
months, issued a “last call” this
week for persons whose mail ad
dresses have been changed to tie
in with new deliveries.
—Woehler said new schedules
would go into effect Monday with
out fail and that persons who have
not changed their mail boxes in
the areas affected simply will not
have mail service on the routes.
In some cases boxes will have
to be taken off the routes and plac
ed in front of the homes. This is
true in Garden Tracts, and on
parts of routes one .and_two. Mail
patrons affected will be notified
Saturday by their carriers and on.
Monday boxes still out of place
will not be served because the car
riers will not cover‘those sections
of the old routes. Woehler said.
Plympulh Road May Be
Rouled 5 Miles Wesl ‘
I Speaking at a chamber of com-l
merce meeting here last Thurs-_
day noon, Thomas Doyle of the.
highway department discloseo
that the department had received
a protest against running the new
Plymouth road across the golf
course. I
Asked if the protest had come]
from the board of directors, E.
L. Bingaman, president of the
board, said rt had and he added
that they would maintain the
protest against the proposed route.,
Doyle said plans had been
drawn for the road to come off
the Horse Heaven dOWn across
Kennewick Valley, bisecting the
course just east of the clubhouse
and connecting with the bridge
which would be located at Clover
Island. It the road is changeu,
the bridge will be placed (our
and half miles west, Doyle sam.“
THURSDATHINE 2. 1949
, Representatives of the govern
ment have been canvassing the
Hover community, getting titles
to land straightened out, and
some home owners already have
signed their deeds over to Uncle
Sam. They will be ready to'move
October 1, according to stipula~
tions,
William Mills, one of the pi
oneers of the community, said
he had signed his deed. “They
have been very considerate in
all respects.” Mills said. He add
ed that most persons seemed to
be satisfied with what the gov
ernment offered to pay them for
their property. They give the.
owners the right to buy back the
buildings on their lands. Some
are taking advantage of this op
portunity, said Mills.
'Avenue C’ Is to
89. P 9294 kyle!!!
Columbia Avenue, farmerly Av
enue C, will be paved by, the state
highway department before next
fall it plans of the department ma
terialize.
That is what Thomas Doyee of
the department told the executive
board of the Avenue C merchants,
association at a meeting Thursday
afternoon. Doyle met with the
group following a meeting with
the Chamber of Commerce Thurs
day noon at the Riveria Supper
club. He gave about the same in
formation at the club where he
made -a talk to the chamber on
highway and bridge humveinent.
of Columbia-Avenue, storm sew.
ers will be put’in by the depart
ment and stoplights will be install
ed at several street intersections
in the city. Cost of the paving pro
ject was estimated by Doyle a?
about $125,000,and Fred Bunch.
Sr, of the executive board said he
understood that the paving would
extend from the Columbia bridge
to Fruitland street.
Members of the committee, at
tending the meeting were Bunch,
‘Fred Bunch, Jr.,_ Joe Freer, Arthur
W. Canbell, Phil Grossman and'
Glen Sherman. a,
Bunch said the merchant group
told Doyle that rocks flying from
traffic on the avenue had broken
out several store. windows and
that Doyle promsied to have some
thing done to stop that. .-
Benton Reaches
Two-Thirds Quota
As of May 21, Franklin county
was credited with having reached
just past the halfway mark in
making its quota in the current
Savings Bond campaign. At that
time it was credited with purchas
es of $43,269 worth of Series E
bonds as against a quota of SBO.-
000. With another six weeks to go,
workers hoped that the purchase
of bonds will speed up to assure
the full quota.
At the end of the same period
Benton county was credited with
a little more than two thirds of
the quota with a purchased total
of $431,906 as against the quota]
of $625,000. |
I Bingaman' said this would “win
the course.” He declared that
'with this the only course in the
Tri-City area and with 400 mem
bers of the club opposing ‘the
proposed course of the road, “I
think it should he changed, es
pecially when there is a satis
lfactory route.” '
I Doyle said that when the pro
test was received, the department
considered a- new route four and
half miles west, which would be
about five miles west of the
”business center of Kennewick.
It the course across the golf
course is changed, “we shall
have to take the route four and
half miles west,” said Doyle.
- Some Kennewick business men
said they opposed changing the
course to the western location but
Bingaman said he didn’t see
where changing would make any
Editference to Kennewick.
Federal Aid
For Hospital
Urged Here
The question of. seeking federal
aid for the construction of a hos.
pital in Kennewick became a point
of discussion at the Tuesday noon
session of the Kennewick Kiwanis
club.
The matter came up in a ques
tion period following a talk on hos
pital plans by Paige Carter, hos
pital director. Rev. John B. Coan,
chairman of the Kennewick Hos
pital association, related experi.
ences of his group in seeking fed
eral aid when hospital plans came
to a head near the end of the war.
"Too much red tape” and “gov
ernment strings" were reasons
given for opposing federal aid. by
spokesmen.
E. S. Black, superintendent of
Kennewick schools, championed
the idea of asking for federal
funds. Admitting that there is
be ova-come and stated that the
"red tape”, Black said that could
only strings attached by govern.
ment agencies were that the hos
pital must meet standards as es
tablished by the American Medical
association. Black has also served?
as a member of the hospital asso
ciation since its inception five
years ago.
Carter made a strong plea for
the need of the hospital in Kenna-'-
wick and pointed out that $150,000
can be raised as a result of the
establishment of the hospital dis
trict which permits taxation to
that amount without an election.
An estimated cost of $450,000 has
been established for the construc
tion and equipping of a 40 bed hos
pital. ‘ '
He said a' small hospital of 15
beds cannot be economically op
erated. Present plans of the hose-l
pital district call _f_o'r: ‘tliejraisi'ng'l
of $300,000 bymons an other
fund ra‘ gm .-
“Planfgre still in formative
stages,” Carter said. “It is not yet
possible to state definitely what
this club will be asked to do, but
all civic organizationswill be ask-'
ed to participate," {
A “kick-off" in the fund raising
drive will take place on June 30]
when a percentage of general ad- ‘
mission ticket sales to the Clyde
Beatty circus here will be applied
to the fund. I
Softball Field
Ready Monday
City softball field, now under
construction north of Fair-view
homes and muth of the new state
patrol building, will be ready for
opening of league play Monday
night, city superintendent R. C.
Rector said last night.
Gravel on the diamond has been
removed, clay is being- applied,
lights are being installed, and
new grandstands are being er
ected. The seating capacity will be.
about 250 and more seating will
be added later, said Rector.
John B. Vibber, member of the
city council, who is also chairman
of the recreation committee, has
been pushing this feature of rec
reation. ‘lt is expected that some
formal opening program will be
held. Mayor Keolker will be asked‘
to toss out the first ball. Over-‘
lhand pitching is barred in soft-‘
ball. }
The schedule will open with
Columbia Photo playing Modern
Homes and Basin Surplus play
ing Kennewick Auto Supply.
Games will start at 7:15 with the
second game scheduled for 8:15.‘
George to Rebuild
Hatchei'y Building
Gus George, owner of the Fair
way Hat‘chery‘ building on Kent
street which was destroyed in a
tire Wednesday of last week,
will rebuild the structure, he said
yesterday.
The new building will be 110 ft.
long and 24 feet wide, which
were the dimensions of the old
building. It will be a frame struc
ture.
The approximately 1,000 chick
ens lost in the fire, will be re
?place, said George,‘ some of them
by purchase and others by divid
ing some of the flock from his
'son’s part of the hatching across
the street.
Fire chief Herb Malchow, after
a thorough investigation, said the
fire probably fwas caused by
spontaneous combustion from a
fresh supply of straw on the con
'crete floor sprinkled with lime.
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HOW WE'LL SPEND 7 MILLIONS
This table is a key to how the city council and private campaigns
propose to spend seven million dollars for improvements. The break
downris for estimated expenditures.
This year's city budget totals $247,000. Figures below are atimated
requixfemgnjs in addition to that budget. 7 777 7 7
Street Improvements --..-..V-__--~_.“_-___--_......-...-_.,_..-.“s 150,000
Street Lighting .-m.«-.----~.------__-_..-.__._...._.._.,.ws 200,000
Water System Purchase and Improvements -M----w- 1,000,000
Sewage Disposal Plant ---....a-u..--m_--..-........_-.....c-_- 300,000
Sewer Extensions ---..---.....__"--._-.__..........m....,_._..._.... 150,000
Airport Improvement _......~.-~..-_~.......__......fl...._..__ 20,000
Hospital m--.-...-w-..~..-----..._......_......_...................._.. 450,000
Swimming Pool ---.-.--...»..-W-__.s___n..._._._-......~., 100,000
Police Department -_m-__...._....__._..__.._m..._...__ 21,000
Health Department ...-........-..................._..........-.--....._ 2,000
Fire Department ...-...-.--..._.......,--....5.._»................_.... 12,000
Parks, Extension and Land Purchase W.» 4,000
Flood Control .---.......n....-.._--___.“..-~........__._.....u..._. SO,OOO
City Buildings --.--..........................-......._......._._....._....._. 100,000
School Expansion ”WWWW 4,000,000
Total ---m--.-_~a.m”mW56.559,000'
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Rev. John B. (can lo
60 lo New Paslorale
Coming as a surprise to many
of his parishoners and to his wide
circle of friends in the area, Rev.
John B. Conn for the past six;
years the 'pastor‘ of the Kennewickl
Methodist church, Sunday morning
{announced the termination of his‘
'pastorate here effective with the
closing day of the Pacific North-‘
west annual conference of the
denomination in Tacoma June 12.
Rev. Coan said he was not‘
ready to state where he would}
go to continue his work in.the
[ministerial field. {
In his announcement to the
congregation Sunday, Coan stated
that when. he came to Kennewick
in the early days of the Hanford
war boom, it was with the per
sonal plan and purpose of remain
ing for six year pastorate, and
that a year ago he had notified
officials of thed " tion that
he.,.vlltc,nil¢i.,beW mmate
‘here when a suitable opening in
another northwest field came.
‘ He said that those stipulations
had been met, though he was
not at hberty to discuss them at
this time. \
I At the closing of the conference
dinner meeting of the church
"here on Thursday evening, Dr.
Joseph H. Beail, superintendent of
the district, commenting upon the
work of Rev. Conn and the var
}ious departments of promotion,
iin the church stated, “These re
-Iports of accomplishment are out-
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Neumans Winging
Way “to Miqyn' ___
“There’ll be no ad this week.”
That is the way John Neuman}
proprietor of Neuman’s Groceryi
on Kennewick Avenue, broached
the subject Of his flight from Ken-(
[newick to Miami this week. ‘
John and Bob (the Neuman
brothers) are supposed to be on,
their way today winging towards
the bright and shining beaches of
Florida in Bob’s own Cessna 140
airplane and with Bob 'at the con
trols,
John made the trip numerous
times during the last war. It was
a part of his war job. They will
visit their brother, Lt. Colonel
Bernard Neuman, at‘ Montgomery,
Ala” on the way, and are schedul
ed to return here about a week
hence.
Bookmobile Slarls on
Washinglon SI. Friday
Mid-Columbia Library’s book
mobile will make its first regularly
scheduled stop at a gas station on
Washington street at the south
edge of Kennewick at 9 a. 111. Fri
day.
This will be only the first of
many busy days the bookmobile
will have as it serves the rural
population of Benton and Frank
lin counties. To be sure people in
populated areas learn of its arrival
at specified stops, a loud speaker
system is being installed in the
truck, This will tell residents that
the library will soon be at their
doors.
Persons using the library service
are urged to remember the li
brary wants to keep the books in
circulation and this can only be
done if books are returned on
time. Those unable to meet the
bookmobile on its return trip are
requested to send books back with
friends or mail books directly to
the City Hall in Kennewick.
Two Circuses to
Show Here: Seal
Bros. lune 1511)
Kennewick, for many years, has
been what circus men call a “good
circus town.”
That the circus men have not
changed their minds, was indicat-I
ed this week when it was learned‘
that there would be two circusos
showing in Kennewick in June.
Last week Clyde Beatty’s famed
circus announced a date in Ken
newick for June 30 with the dis
trict hospital fund sharing in the
receipts. This week Seal Bros. an
nounced they were coming to Ken
newick June 15 for a two-perform
ance engagement. The Beatty-show
will set up its big top south of the
1.“ _-s¢hoo‘ 1.. Seal Bros; 7 Jet
‘ Among .. . ’ w
the Seal Bros. Circus wink“
hemina, ponderous; performing}
pachyderm, beautiful and highly
educated horses, trained and pre
sented _by Bud Anderson, the aer
ial ballets will be thrilling to see,
the internationally known Dekohl
trio will present their original
routines of juggling, the famous
.uller family in acrobatic and in
tumbling feats, the Bantis, pre
senting beautiful Dorothy Ander
son and many more features in
cluding trained dogs and monkeys.
On the midway will be the side
show with many unique and edu
cational features, along with the
popcorn, cotton candy, soft drinks
and everything it takes to make
a circus complete.
Two performances will be given
in Kennewick, June 15, at 2 and
8 p.m. Doors opening one hour
earlier. '
More Guard Units
To Come Through
That National Guard unit from
Idaho which landed at the Pasco}
general depot Wednesday and
were to come through Kennewick‘
today, is the first of three sections
of the Idaho National Guardi
which are to pass through here
this and next week, accordin¢l
to Major Cheek of the organiled?
corps. ‘ I
Maj. Cheek said a unit of 475‘
is scheduled‘ to pass through Sat-1
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In some areas persons have vol
unteered to received returned
books at their homes or places of
business and hold these books un
til the next hookmobile stop. Such
persons and places are marked in
the schedule with an '.
Highway 410 to the “Y” will re
ceive visits by the library on the
second and fourth Fridays of each
months. Stops in this area have
been staggered on either side of
the road so persons desiring books
need not cross the highway to
meet the bookmobile.
Here is the schedule:
9:00-9:10——Mrs. H. P. Cramer,
3230 Columbia!
9:15-9:35—D. L, Flint home.
9:40-10:00—Do-nut Inn, 5442
Columbia“.
10:25-10:45—River road trailer
camp, 7020 Columbia! ‘
10:50-11:30 Budget Shoppe,
9102 Columbia‘.
11:30-12-—Simons Trailer Court
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BY nous rm
An independent survey
made this week by the Cour
ier-Reporter shows that Ken
newick is setting the stage for
a spending spree that will apo
proximate 7 million dollars
during the year.
Biggest part of this will be
intheformofmoneyto be
spent through the regular tax
channels. The rest will be in
the form of contributions tn
campaigns designed to raise
money for such public pro.
jects as a swimming pool and
a district hospital
Heaviest expenditures to be
made by the cit council will be
for street improvements, water
system purchases, and water and
sewer system exp-mans and im
movements.
This survey was not made to
draw a conclusion as to the wis
dom of the expenditures but to ac
quaint readers of the Courier-Re
porter with the tig'ures, with what
is planned, and what the expendi—
tures 'will mm in the form of
what Mr. and Mrs. Kennewick
Taxpayer will be ealled upon to
pay.
In addition to the items listed in
the table to the left of this col—
umn, Kennewick people will be
asked to chip in substantially to
many other funds. Campaigns for
some of these have been held and
the money has been turned in—
to such worthy eamas the Red
Cross, Martin of Dimes A tubercu
losistunddrlveiseomingup. not
to; mention regular . tributions
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Schlemmer to Be
Speaker'at Red
Cross Meeting
F. C. Schlemmer, operations
manager of Hanford Works, and
Mr. Rounds, arm representative
for the American Red Cross, San
Francisco, will he guest speaker at
ithe annual dinner of the Benton
;county chapter of the American
Red Cross in the Corral Room of
the Desert Inn at 7 p.m. (D.S.T.)
Monday, June 6,
Rev. Kenneth Bell of the United
Protestant church of Richland will
deliver the invocation. E. C.
Smith of Kennewick, chairman of
the board of directors. will conduct
a short business meeting.
Eleven year old Aarmon Boat
rnan, Benton City, will play the
piano.
Michael Harris, ab an 11 year
old boy who received the Western
Conference award recently at the
music festival in Spokane, is go
ingtoplayaaelecflonfrorn the
clam-is and popular music. Tick
ets m be obtained by calling the
chapter house in your community.
To Stan Oiling
Streets Today
’ City Superintendent R. Cf. Rec
tor said last aim about street
oiling open-alone would be started
in Kennewick today.
omng projects have been set up
for 10th street. south Beech.
East Bruneau, and North Gum.
All sections of streets which were
torn up by sewer and water ex
cavations will be resurfaced, Rec
tor said. The work is expected
to last about two weeks. Then
additional oiling projects may
be done later.
The work is being done by city
and county crews under the sup
ervision of Lou Keene. county
road supervisor. on is appiled
to a coat of gravel. The oil soaks
into and is mixed with the gravel
and a hard cut-hoe is formed
after it stands.
Max. Min. Pre,
May 25 _____.._B9 49
May 28 ___.____93 51
May 27 ___B2 55 ‘
May 28 .__.._._.__7B 57
May 29 __73 49
May 30 __.____7o 55
May 31 ...—....73 51 .04