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8 stories matching cheap
- A Gasser, a Picnic, and a Promise: Kennewick Bets on Oil and Gas
Drillers pause to case off 400 feet of water, 85 people picnic at the well, and a Yakima promoter promises a franchise — and maybe oil — by summer.
- The Carload Mandate: How Shipping Costs Stifled Kennewick’s Early Farmers
Local grower C.R. Delepine reveals that superior quality isn't enough to compete with Walla Walla; without the volume to ship in carloads, local farmers are priced out of the market by cheaper freight rates.
- Keep Your Money at Home? In Kennewick, the Shoe-Leather Trail Led to Pasco
A letter to the editor takes aim at buy-local boosterism, arguing that Kennewick shoppers already knew the real prices—and often crossed the river to Pasco or sent away for mail-order catalogs.
- The Myth of Easy Prosperity
A Northern Pacific railroad superintendent tells local business leaders that a geographic location on the Columbia is useless without the infrastructure to back it up.
- Kennewick's 'Preparedness' Rifle Club Reborn
Local men revive a dormant shooting club to align with federal national defense initiatives, despite past issues with stray bullets near the Highlands.
- The High Price of Bacon and the Low Price of Hogs
A local pig farmer fires back at a packing industry executive, alleging that market manipulation is crushing small-scale producers.
- The Bitter Pill of Primary Politics
Defeated congressional candidate S. J. Harrison pledges support to his Republican rival, while warning of an industrial downturn post-World War I.
- Fire Hazards in the Farmhouse
The State Insurance Commissioner warns that cheap, non-standard chimneys and stove pipes are costing farmers their homes and their safety.