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| Year | Stories |
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| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 8 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 2 |
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- Washington Creates a New Office for Farm Marketing
A new state law establishes a director of markets to bridge the gap between regional agricultural producers and far-flung consumer centers.
- The War Effort Shifts to the Orchard
With food scarcity looming, state extension leaders urge Washington farmers to plant wheat between their fruit trees to combat the national shortage.
- The State's Dairy 'Boarders' Problem
Agricultural Commissioner H. T. Graves warns that one-third of Washington's dairy cows are failing to pay their keep.
- Will Yakima Growers Organize?
A government-backed marketing plan for fruit crops is stalling because local growers refuse to engage with the system.
- The Bee and the Blight
Fruit growers grapple with the scientific reality that bees, essential for pollination, also inadvertently spread devastating fire blight.
- A Class Day of Mud and Ivy
Students of the class of 1915 traded their books for tools to beautify the school grounds, planting trees and laying a stone wall in a historic day of communal labor.
- Astoria’s Bold Gambit on the Snake River
A delegation of marine experts is surveying the Snake River to pioneer new steamship routes connecting Lewiston to the Pacific Coast.
- The State’s War on Coyotes
Washington’s Department of Agriculture launches a statewide 'Poison Month' to combat rabies by eliminating predatory animals.
- The Patriotism of Production
A wartime editorial debates whether local farmers are failing their country by exiting the livestock business during high feed costs.
- The Battle for Budget Transparency
Voters are urged to support Referendum No. 9 to force public officials to publish expenditure estimates and hold open hearings.
- Turning Dry Grass into a Cattle Empire
A commercial land company bets on deep-well irrigation to revive the Horse Heaven Hills as a prime stock-raising region.
- Solving the Strawberry Harvest Labor Crisis
How a temporary federal agency solved the acute shortage of field pickers in the Kennewick region.
- Orchardists Battle the Blight
District Horticultural Inspector Luke Powell warns local farmers against over-irrigating their young apple trees to prevent the spread of fire blight.
- The Green Fields of Kennewick
A visiting inspector praises the valley’s rapid shift from agricultural guesswork to scientific farming.
- Bringing The Ivory Tower to Town
Whitman College professors visit Kennewick High to bridge the gap between academic theory and civic life.
- The Municipal Rock Pile: Kennewick's Hard-Nosed Welfare Policy
Facing a winter spike in transient homelessness, the Police Chief mandates manual labor as the price of a meal.
- Kennewick Women Organize to Aid the Needy
A local charitable effort reveals hidden poverty in the community, prompting a call for the destitute to set aside pride and seek help.
- The Price of a Perfect Apple
How the struggle to market 'seconds and culls' reveals the hidden cracks in the Pacific Northwest’s fruit economy.
- The Christmas Scavenger Hunt
A Kennewick family tired of the standard tree tradition invents a complex, house-wide treasure hunt for their holiday gifts.
- The Fruit Growers' Dilemma
Federal promises to prioritize fruit shipments during WWI don't solve the long-term transportation and infrastructure crisis facing Kennewick's orchardists.
- The Tomato Whisperer of the Columbia Valley
After two decades of watching his crops wither, a local farmer discovers the surprising secret to thriving garden plots in volcanic soil.
- The County Agent, the Sugar Beet, and the Strawberry Harvest That Finally Went Right
In his 1916 annual report, county agriculturalist Lee M. Lampson chronicled a quiet revolution in Benton County — homegrown seed, revived sugar beets, cooperative buying, and the federal employment office that finally matched a thousand strawberry pickers to the ripening crop.
- The Clubwomen Take On the Midwives
Washington's Federation of Women's Clubs sets May 1–6 for Baby Week and presses the legislature to license midwives and put full-time health officers in the field.
- The War Department Drafted the Newspaper Editor
Washington picked the Courier-Reporter to run the national 'Smileage' coupon drive in the Kennewick district — and the high school's Senior Ten volunteered to sell the books at the Finley store and the Hover post office.
- The Green Gold Rush: How Kennewick’s Asparagus Boom Became a Local Gold Mine
Local growers are realizing that with the right fertilizer and strict quality control, their valley's asparagus is commanding top prices and opening doors to eastern markets.