The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-09
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETs

The sixth annual meeting of tn,
Presbytery of the Columbia River will
be held in Kelso April p, % and %.
A state convention of county schoo
superintendents, to meet at Olympia
June 8, 9, and 10, has been called b.
Mrs. Josephine Preston, state superin
tendent of instruction.
County Commissioner il. c. Martin
of Pierce county who was bitten about
three weeks ago by his pet dog thai
| went mad, died in Tacoma general
hospital.
Schools in Centralia and Chehalis
districts may have to close their terms
because the fund has been exhausted
Bureau of inspection will make care
full examination of the affairs.
The Washington public service com.
mission has ordered an investigation
Of dangerous grade crossings of rail
roads with view of having the dan
gerous crossing eliminated.
Investigation of health experts
prove that there has been no case of
bubonic plague at Hoquiam. A search
for dead rats had been made about the
docks and mills.
The advisory board of the state de-
partment of agriculture is expected to
meet at North Yakima April 20, when
plans for this years state fair will be
discussed.
Mrs. p. j. Butler of White River,
was injured by an explosion when she
cast an old coat into a stove. She de-
mands aid from the state insurance
commission. The garment contained
some kind of explosive.
The epidemic of mumps still pre.
walls and the state college at Pullman
hospital is full. No serious cases have
been reported. Extra precautions are
being taken around the campus, in the
dormitories and the club houses.
A plan for Walla Walla county
track meet on Ankeny field May % is
being worked out by County School
Superintendent Paul johnson. It is
the plan to have all of the county and
city schools represented.
A meeting Of the Indians of the
COwlitz river tribe may be held at
Kelso to consider the matter of set
Ting the redmen on lands in Quinault
section, in lieu of cash for lands TAX
en- from them in the past.
Students of the school of journal
ism of the University Of Washington
will get out the issue of the Tacoma
Evening News on April 20, as part of |
their regular school work. April % |
they will get out the Seattle Star.
That the duty of checking initiative
petitions is clearly imposed upon the
local registration officers and that
such expensee is not to be borne by i
the state are rulings made in an opin.
lon from the office of the attorney
general to the secretary of state.
Plan whereby financial aid will be
given fruit men for spraying, etc., has
been made by the Yakima Valley
Fruit Growers association. The asso- II
:iation will charge eight per cent in
crest and take chattel mortgages on
he fruit as security.
Fishing traps and gear are being
made ready for the opening of the
almon season on Puget Sound. Last
rear being big year, the catch this
eason is not expected to be so heavy
Is last. Thousands of dollars are
icing spent in the preparation for the
york, however.
Major Hugh Gallagher, in charge OF
he United States quartermaster's de-
artment at Seattle, has been trans
erred to duty in the Philippine islands
nd will leave for the islands July s.
lie will be succeeded by Colonel Geo.
J. Davis, department quartermaster
t Boston.
Making "tests" for bovine tubercu.
isis by thrusting flashlight lantern |
own a cows throat, and charging q /
O-cent fee for each COW, bogus in
pector has been operating in eastern i
according to a report /
lade to the department of agriculture
y DR.. g. F. Overhulse, state inspect
+, who is now in Spokane applying
lberculin tests.
The State of Washington and the 80 II
ounties involved In the Northern Pa II
fic and Great Northern suits over
100000 taxes won round in the III
ght when the railroad attorneys &C. II
their complaints were
ulty. While the railroads will be al.
wed to amend their pleadings in one n
lrticular, arguments advanced by At.
rney- General Tanner may result in
e cases being thrown out of court.
In the light Of the application Of the
pokane, Portland & Seattle Railway