Finley Grange
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- Oct 14, 1915The Finley Grange's Mock Divorce TrialA local organization stages a fake courtroom drama to serve as a closing act for a years-old, real-life legal grudge.Finley, WA
- Dec 2, 1915The Finley Grange Turns a New LeafA surge of new membership and a renewed interest in national agricultural policy marks a turning point for the local Grange chapter.Finley, WA
- Aug 3, 1916The Milk War in FinleyValley farmers push back against a new city health ordinance requiring the tuberculin testing of dairy herds.Kennewick, WA
- Aug 31, 1916Political Oratory on the Grange LawnSixteen candidates for office take to the Finley schoolhouse lawn for a polite political debate and an ice cream social.Finley School, Finley, WA
- Nov 2, 1916The Battle Over Benton County's GovernanceA fiery editorial calls for the decentralization of county power to curb political patronage and take road building 'out of politics'.Kennewick, WA
- Jan 25, 1917The Finley Fair FeudKennewick business leaders are accused of ignoring their neighbors after a local paper falsely claimed they supported the Finley Fair.Kennewick, WA
- Feb 1, 1917The Night Kennewick Didn't ShowA Finley Grange fair meant to buy a piano turns into a bitter lesson in small-town loyalty, with only two Kennewick families in the hall.Finley, WA
- Nov 8, 1917Kennewick Valley Farmers Move to Buy Their Irrigation SystemAfter decades of friction, local growers organize an irrigation district to take control of their water supply from a private company.Kennewick Valley, Kennewick, WA