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"Wherefore, your petitioners pray that the above described territory or portion of said county and state aforesaid may be incorporated as a municipal corporation, to be named and known as the town of Kennewick, under the pro- visions of Chapter 7 of Pierce's Washington Code, entitled 'An act providing for the organization, classification, incorporation and government of municipal corporations,' approved March 27, 1890, and amendments thereto.
"Dated at Kennewick, Washington, December 17, 1903.
"Daniel Boyd, W. Keefer, W. Giezentanner, Alonzo Hunt, H. A. Hover, G. E. Hanson, John Sherman, Thomas Cosgrove, A. W. Fellows, L. J. Prior, Rufus Fullerton, A. H. Johnson, L. C. Rudow, O. L. Hanson, M. P. Fuller, J. N. Scott, E. M. Angell, J. F. Shafer, A. F. Brown, F. E. Kitsman, August Wilkie, J. W. Weger, D. P. Tribe, C. O. Piles, William Stiegler, W. A. Morain, . W. A. Flower, T. McKain, L. H. Brookius, L. G. Moore, W. F. Sims, H. E. Baldwin, J. F. Pierce, W. W. Swan, C. A. Lundy, N. R. Sylvester, G. E. Rose- man, J. B. Rees, A. V. McReynolds, L. B. Hoagland, C. M. Lloyd, C. F. Breit- haupt, O. Olson, M. H. Schweikert, Howard S. Amon, George E. Finley, J. S. Outler, W. F. Sonderman, Frank Drew, Martinis O. Kutten, E. G. Welsh, L. H. Peckenpaugh, J. R. Quigley, D. B. Pettijohn, Ross R. Haynes, L. S. Erley, Ray Fox, T. S. Cantrill, James Crowell, Hensen Johnson."
"NOTICE
"TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
"Notice is hereby given that the foregoing petition praying for the incor- poration of the territory therein particularly described into a municipal cor- poration, will be presented for a hearing thereon, to the Board of County Com- missioners of Yakima County, state of Washington, at the regular January meeting of said board, to be held in the courthouse at North Yakima, said county and state, on the 4th day of January, A. D., 1904, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, or as soon therafter as the same can be heard on said day or at any adjourned meeting thereof.
"Dated at Kennewick, Washington, this 17th day of December, 1903.
"W. A. Morain, Thomas Cosgrove, Daniel Boyd, S. H. Amon, G. E. Han- son."
The issue of February 5, 1904, furnishes the results of the first election, and also makes editorial comment upon it.
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"The election at Kennewick was interesting, saying the least, not only to the candidates, but to the voters as well. The regular ticket was opposed by H. A. Hover for the mayorship, and L. G. Moore for councilman, both running inde- pendent. Hover worked with his characteristic energy and his opponents re- sisted with bulldog tenacity. Greek met Greek. The total vote cast was 61. Of these 53 were in favor of incorporation and 3 against. Five voters seemed to have been so carried away by factional warfare that they forgot the issue of incorporation entirely.
"The vote when counted stood as follows: For mayor, O. L. Hanson, 32; H. A. Hover, 29. For councilmen, T. S. Cantrill, 54; Rufus Fullerton, 50; L. C. Rudow, 37 ; H. S. Amon, 37 ; L. G. Moore, 36; Daniel Boyd, 34. For treasurer, Alonzo J. Hunt, 37. For incorporation, 53; against incorporation, 3.
"The officers for the ensuing year are: O. L. Hanson, mayor; T. S. Cant- rill, Rufus Fullerton, L. C. Rudow, H. S. Amon and L. G. Moore, councilmen ; Alonzo J. Hunt, treasurer."
"Election is over. The incorporation issue passed with a handsome ma- jority, only three votes were cast against it. The election returns are filed and canvassed by the proper authorities and the necessary documents required by law have been drafted, certified and filed in the proper offices. The officers elected to serve the municipality can now at any time, meet, qualify, organize and begin their arduous task of forming a town government. In this they will find that they have no easy task. Every step is prescribed by law and every step must be complied with in the manner prescribed. One single loop-hole will often overturn the whole thing. Ordinances must be drafted and passed legally. This fundamental work is most important as, when once done, and done cor- rectly, it will be permanent and the machinery of government move on without interruption as years roll on, excepting the transaction of business which comes up from time to time, and the drafting of an occasional ordinance to meet the exigencies of the case. The position of the present officers is by no means an enviable one. The tasks they have before them are not light by any means, which they will find before many months, and when once completed they will look back over their work in astonishment to think that so much was really re- quired."
In the next number of the "Courier" we find the first ordinances of the Council :
ORDINANCE NO. I.
An ordinance fixing the time for holding the council meetings.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KENNE- WICK:
Section I. The council of the town of Kennewick shall hold a regular meeting for the transaction of business on the first Tuesday in each month, at the Town Hall, hereby established at the office known as the rear office of the
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Bank Building in the town of Kennewick; provided, that whenever such day falls on a legal holiday, the regular meeting shall be held on the following Wednesday, at the same hour.
Sec. 2. The hour of meeting shall be 7:30 o'clock p. m.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the "Columbia Courier," a newspaper of general circulation, and printed and published in the town of Kennewick. Passed by the council February 9, A. D. 1904.
Approved February 9, A. D. 1904.
Attest: L. G. Moore, clerk, pro tem. O. L. Hanson, mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. II.
An ordinance designating an official paper for the town of Kennewick.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KENNE- WICK :
Section I. That the "Columbia Courier," a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published within the corporate limits of the town of Kennewick, be and is hereby selected, designated and made the official paper of said town.
Sec. 2. All ordinances, resolutions, notices or other official or legal matter required by law to be published shall be published in the "Columbia Courier."
. Sec. 3. This ordinance to be in effect and force from and after its passage, approval and publication in the "Columbia Courier," a newspaper printed and published in Kennewick.
Passed by the council February 9, 1904.
Approved February 9, 1904.
Attest : L. G. Moore, clerk, pro. tem. O. L. Hanson, mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. III.
An ordinance creating the office of Town Attorney and providing for his appointment, prescribing the tenure of office and defining his duties.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KENNE- WICK :
Section 1. The office of Town Attorney is hereby created and established.
Sec. 2. The town attorney shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the confirmation by the town council in the manner prescribed in Chapter 113 of the Session Laws of 1903 of the state of Washington.
Sec. 3. The town attorney, when appointed under the provisions of this ordinance, shall hold office during the pleasure of the mayor, who may remove such attorney at any time and appoint his successor. In case of removal, notice in writing shall be served upon said attorney, and a copy of said notice together with a statement of the fact of removal, signed by the mayor, shall be filed with the town clerk forthwith. In case of a vacancy at any time in the office of town attorney, or removal, as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the mayor, at
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or before the next regular meeting of the council, to appoint some competent attorney to fill such vacancy, which appointment shall be subject to confirma- tion as herein provided and shall file written notice of such appointment with the clerk.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the town attorney to advise the town authorities and officers in all legal matters pertaining to the business of the town, to draft any and all ordinances at the request of the council, or the ordinance committee, and to prosecute or defend, in behalf of said town, any suit for or against the town. It shall be his duty to prosecute all criminal actions for the violation of any town ordinance before the police justice or any magistrate before whom said action may be legally brought, and to do and perform any and all other services wherein the services or advice of an attorney is required pertaining to the town's business.
Sec. 5. The town attorney shall receive such compensation for his ser- vices as shall be fixed or allowed by the council.
Sec. 6. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the town attorney shall execute and file with the town clerk the constitutional oath of office'as required by law.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and publication in the "Columbia Courier," the official paper of the town.
Passed the council February 9th, 1904. Approved February 9th, 1904. Attest : L. G. Moore, clerk, pro. tem.
O. L. Hanson, Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. IV
An Ordinance designating and adopting a Town Seal.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KENNE- WICK:
Section 1. That a seal making an impression as follows: In the center thereof in appropriate style, the word "Seal" and the cut or picture of a straw- berry, and around the outer edge thereof the words "The Town of Kennewick, State of Washington," shall be and is hereby declared, designated and adopted to be the seal of the town of Kennewick.
Sec. 2. The seal of the town shall be kept by the town clerk and be by him affixed to all acts requiring to be so authenticated.
Sec. 3. This ordinance to be in effect and full force from and after its passage and publication in the "Columbia Courier," the official paper of the town.
Passed the council February 9, 1904.
Approved February 9, 1904.
Attest: L. G. Moore, clerk, pro tem. O. L. Hanson, mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. V.
An ordinance providing for the giving of official bonds by certain officers of the town of Kennewick.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KENNE- WICK:
Section 1. That every officer of the town of Kennewick named in this section shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give a good and suffi- cient bond, in the sum hereinafter designated, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty, and that he will pay over all moneys belonging to the town of Kennewick as provided by law. All respective bonds given by each officer shall be in the sum following, to-wit :
Treasurer, one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars.
Clerk, five hundred ($500.00) dollars
Marshal, five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
Sec. 2. That the bonds provided for in Section one (1) hereof, shall be furnished by reputable and responsible surety and guaranty company, authorized to transact business under the laws of this state, who shall guarantee the pro- visions and conditions of said bond or bonds.
Sec. 3. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall neglect or refuse to give a bond as herein required, within ten days after his election or appointment to such office, his office shall be deemed vacant.
Sec. 4. The bond herein provided for shall be approved by the council and filed with the clerk, except the bond of the clerk which shall be approved by the council and filed with the mayor.
Sec. 5. This ordinance to be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication in the "Columbia Courier," the official paper of the town.
Passed by the council February 9, 1904.
Approved February 9, 1904.
Attest: L. G. Moore, clerk pro tem. O. L. Hanson, mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. VI.
An ordinance to license the sale or disposal of spirituous, fermented, malt or other intoxicating liquors in the town of Kennewick.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KENNE- WICK:
Section 1. That no person or firm, or agent thereof, shall sell or dispose of spirituous, fermented, malt or other intoxicating liquors in the town of Kenne- wick without first having obtained a license therefor.
Sec. 2. The license for the sale or disposal of spirituous, fermented, malt or other intoxicating liquors within the town of Kennewick is hereby fixed at the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. Any person or firm desiring to obtain a license to sell or dispose of spirituous, fermented, malt or other intoxicating liquors in the town of Kenne- wick, shall make application therefor in writing to the town council, which application shall particularly describe the lot and block where said business of the applicant shall be conducted, together with the name of the owner of the said premises; and if such applicant is not the owner of said premises, then the application must be accompanied by the consent of the owner in writing
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to use such premises for such purposes. The council shall consider the appli- cation for license, and, if in the judgment of the council, the application is in due form and according to the provisions of this section, and the applicant is a suitable and fit person to whom to grant a license, the town council shall thereupon order entered upon the journal an order to the effect that a license issue to such applicant in the manner hereinafter provided, subject to the terms and conditions of this section.
Sec. 4. After such order is made, no license shall issue in any case until the applicant has paid into the town treasury the sum of $500.00, and entered into a bond in the penal sum of $1,000.00, with sureties to be approved by the mayor, such bond to be conditioned that the applicant shall keep an orderly house and will not sell liquors to minors, and as by law required.
Sec. 5. Upon filing with the clerk of such bond, with the mayor's approval endorsed thereon, and the receipt or certificate of the treasurer showing that the license fee of $500 has been paid, it shall be the duty of the town clerk to issue and deliver to said applicant a license for the period of one year from the date thereof, signed by the mayor and duly attested by the clerk, with the town seal affixed thereto.
Sec. 6. The council may at any time, upon notice to any person licensed to sell spirituous, fermented, malt or other intoxicating liquors, revoke such license for good and sufficient cause shown, and such revocation shall be entered upon the journal and thereafter such license shall be void.
Sec. 7. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in default of such fine, shall be imprisoned at the rate of three dollars per day until such fine is discharged.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication in the "Columbia Courier," the official paper of the town.
Passed the council February 9, 1904. Approved February 9, 1904.
Attest : L. G. Moore, clerk pro tem. O. L. Hanson, mayor.
In the "Courier" of December 9th, we find the following editorial com- ment on the second election :
"The city election Tuesday passed off quietly, there being but one ticket in the field and the city is to be congratulated on the new city government. The ticket that yesterday received the unanimous support of our citizens was from top to bottom composed of the very best men in the city and there is not one of them who would not sacrifice considerable personal interests to promote the welfare of the city as a whole. They are all intelligent, energetic men who are imbued with the true western spirit, and are willing to devote their best effort to the upbuilling of Kennewick and surrounding district. For the next year. at least, we are in safe hands. The new officials are as follows: Mayor, Ed- ward Sheppard; councilmen, H. A. Bier, O. L. Hanson, L. G. Moore, A. H. Johnson, R. Gorsuch : treasurer, A. F. Brown."
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Such was the initiation of city government. From the city clerk of this date we derive a list of mayors and clerks to the present. We include this here, together with some data on city ownership of utilities :
List of mayors and clerks from beginning to the present time :
Mayors: O. L. Hanson, Edward Sheppard, L. E. Johnson, A. H. Richards, S. M. Lockerby, E. L. Kolb, George F. Richardson, L. E. Johnson, George W. Sherk. Clerks, L. G. Moore (pro tem), G. E. Hanson, W. J. Shaughnessy, R. A. Klinge, F. F. Dean, C. O. Anderson, G. N. Calhoun, T. J. Wright, D. L. Taylor, M. E. Soth.
Present city officers: Mayor, George W. Sherk ; clerk, M. E. Soth; attor- ney, F. R. Jeffrey ; treasurer, George R. Bradshaw ; councilmen, G. G. Haydon, F. F. Beste, George Egbert, R. Gilcrest, George E. Tweedt, D. S. Brogunier, Charley Haas.
The city installed a sewer system covering almost the entire city in 1912-13. There are cement sidewalks on most of the streets and part of them are oiled macadam. The city also has an underground irrigation system in the principal residence section. There is a municipal water system from the Columbia River.
In looking over the old time data of land enterprises, one among many is discovered from an issue of the Northwest Magazine of that period which calls to remembrance one of the most active and highly respected of all the early pro- moters of Kennewick, Dr. Adriel B. Ely. He, with his brilliant and estimable wife, were central figures in many of the social and literary, as well as business undertakings of the early days. These land advertisements cast light on the conditions in which the new Kennewick originated.
DESIRABLE LANDS IN THE LOWER YAKIMA AND KENNEWICK VALLEYS, WASH.
The lower Yakima and Kennewick valleys offer lands with more ad- vantages, at a lower price, with the greatest increase in value, and by far the safest guarantee for investment in the United States. Nature having lavished her gifts here so as to insure success, crops follow with no chance of failure. Expend the same time and money here that you do trying to grow a crop east of the Rockies, where drouth and floods, wind and cyclones, hail and snow, bug and rust give battle, and you will reap abundant harvest. Irrigation gives rain when needed, and without devastating storms.
We can clear our land of sagebrush at from one to two and one-half dol- lars per acre. We grow fruit here when it is too cold at higher elevations- it is here 330 feet. Apricots yield per acre $210 net to $1.200 net. Peaches per acre yield over $1,200 net, profits depending upon age of trees ; yellow-egg plums, French prunes, pears, grapes, etc., in proportion. Mr. W. J. Bauer, of Kiona, Washington, states :
"I came here from California and purchased my land of the Yakima Irri- gating and Improvement Company three years ago, for which I paid $35 per acre, including water right. Strawberries ripened the 18th of May, 1893, and the season was two weeks late at that. I found ready sale for them at $1 per gallon and could have sold many more than I raised, at same price. I had
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orders from North Yakima that I could not fill, as their strawberries did not ripen until June. My raspberries ripened in May and the cherries the last of May. We had ripe peaches on the trees the 12th of July, 1893, also apricots, and we shall see the last of the peaches in September. Received $53 for the melons from about one-half acre last year-and this in my orchard. The early melons sold for forty cents apiece because I picked them over two weeks before any ripened, at North Yakima or Ellensburg. I picked the first ripe melon of the season today, July 27. My alfalfa in 1892 cut about eight tons per acre, and sold at $12.50 per ton in the stack. We can cut five crops per year, while up in the Yakima Valley, about 100 miles nearer the Cascade Mountains-near North Yakima-they only cut four crops. This year the yield is heavier than last, and I am getting more than two tons per acre per cutting. Vegetables of all kinds grow in abundance. I raised a watermelon weighing fifty-five pounds. Am having good success in raising hogs on alfalfa and am not feeding them any grain. Can pasture here from March to the last of December. Shall be pleased to correspond with any one wishing to settle in Washington."
To appreciate the value of these lands one ought to examine them, for it will seem strange to one not posted that thousands of acres may be bought at $25 to $50 per acre in the same county, with just the same kind of land and soil as those farms selling at $200 to $800 per acre. The following lands that I offer for sale are such lands as can be made to produce the same profits as the most valuable land in the state :
1. Fine apricot land, within one and one-half miles of Northern Pacific Railroad station, in ten-acre tracts, or an eighty-acre farm at a bargain. This land is all under the irrigating canal.
2. For sale near Kennewick, on the Columbia and within three miles of railroad station, 160 acres fine prune land ; will sell in small tracts if desired. Price $35 per acre-all level land and under canal : five-year contract.
3. As fine hop land as there is on the Yakima River ; price $25 per acre. Terms, one-fifth down, one-fifth after two years, and one-fifth each year there- after for three years.
4. One hundred and sixty acres of land within a few miles of Northern Pa- cific Railroad station, $50 per acre, with water right. Will sell any part of the same or several hundred acres of the Yakima Irrigating and Improvement Com- pany's land.
5. Six hundred and forty acres of excellent hop, alfalfa, corn and potato land, second to none in the northwest, and for small fruit farm the most de- sirable in the county ; price $50 per acre, with water right. This is within easy drive of railroad station : the Yakima Irrigating and Improvement Company's land ; terms, five-year contract.
6. Extra peach land about eight miles from railroad station on the river ; the railroad may be reached by water. Any part of 320 acres at $25 per acre ; five years' time ; one-fifth cash.
ADRIEL B. ELY,
General Land Agent, Yakima Irrigating and Improvement Company, Kenne- wick, Washington.
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Some extracts from the "Courier" of November 4, 1904, will give still further light upon the people and the ongoings of that date.
"Mr. Webster's new residence in the south part of town is nearing com- pletion, and will be one of the finest in the city.
"Mr. Perry is erecting a nice residence on his five-acre tract near the river which will be ready for occupancy in a week or so.
"Art linen, Butcher's linen, handkerchief linen, Art scrim embroidery, huckabuck and wash embroidery silks at Fred B. Kreidler's.
"The new residence that Mr. Beach is erecting in his addition is now in the hands of the painters and when finished will be a credit to the city.
"The Republican meeting in the opera house last night was attended by a fair-sized audience. The speakers were given a close hearing and received a hearty applause when they made points that appealed to their hearers.
"A crew of Government engineers are camped on 'The Horn,' west of town, and it is supposed their work has to do with the project for irrigating the land on the bench. They are not giving out any information, however, and the above is only a supposition.
"If any one has an idea that we are not doing business in this city let him go down to the depot and watch the trains unload the freight that arrives here every day. Yesterday one train alone put 36,000 pounds of freight in the freight warehouse at this place.
"The Woodmen have decided to give a Japanese tea party in the hall over the opera house on the evening of the 8th. The election returns will be re- ceived in the opera house during the evening and the affair in the hall upstairs will furnish a handy place for getting refreshments. The hall will be decorated in Japanese style and the young ladies serving the refreshments will be dressed as Japanese maidens.
"The ladies of the W. C. T. U. met at the residence of Mrs. L. A. Jarnagin yesterday afternoon. As is usual when the ladies of Kennewick get together a fine time was had. A literary program was rendered, consisting of readings, recitations and interesting talks on the subjects that called the order into life and makes it one of the grandest of the ladies' societies. Both vocal and in- strumental music came as pleasant intervals to the more substantial numbers of the program. Refreshments, of course, came in the proper order of things and were relished as is to be expected when kindred spirits meet around the banquet board.
"Dr. Clemmer, the Spokane dentist, asks us to notify the people of this place that he will be here immediately after the general election for the practice of his profession.
"President Roosevelt has issued his Thanksgiving proclamation. Thurs- day, November 24, has been set aside as a day for general thanksgiving all over the United States.
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