The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-23
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETs


vor Of DR.. Elisha Kent Kans's Earth
est north" polar expedition Of 1853.
died at Pierce County poor farm, at
Sumner. from q paralytic stroke. He
was 81 years old.
Major Maurice Thompson, Of Seat
tie. has been named by Governor Lis
ter Adjustant-Ge Of the Washing
ton National Guard to succeed Adju-
tant-General Fred L. Lewellyn. who
recently resigned.
In a letter received by Governor Lis
ter Arthur Gum Of Wenatchee de-
clines the appointment as regent OF
Washington state college rendered him
last week by Lieutenant Governor
Hart during Governor Listers absence
from the state.
The decision of the state supreme
court Of Washington upholding the
validity Of the Interstate bridge bond
issue in that state IL taken as another
big step towards the termination OF
all the legal difficulties that have con-
fronted those who are behind the
movement.
Judge Richard A. Ballinger. former
secretary of the interior In President
Taft's cabinet. supported President
Wilson's contention for a repeal OF
free canal tolls in q debate with w. T.
Dovell before the Mems club Of the
Plymouth Congregational church at
Seattle, Tuesday night.
The Walla Walla Trades and Labor
council has adopted resolutions ask
Ing the commercial club to send no
literature to foreign countries, - re-
quested by one citizen now In Italy,
giving as a reason that the country Is
filled with American born men with
families to support, who can scarcely
get enough employment to live and
that to bring in horde of foreigners
would make the situation more acute.
Announcement was made at Taco
ma that to complete the organization
of the Northwestern Federation Of
American Indians, an association of
fish-eating tribes, a second pow-wow
will be held in Tacoma May is. Be-
tween 600 and 1000 Indians, represent
ing Is tribes, are expected, according
to the announcement, and will assem-
BILE from Washington, Oregon and Brit
ish Columbia.
The Great Northern railway COM
pany has refunded to 100 citizens OF
Davenport, more than $4,000, which
was provided years ago to procure the
Bluestem- Columbia branch through
that city. At the time, the railway
company agreed to have the road in
operation for handling the wheat crop
of 1912 but said that the road would
miss Davenport unless the citizens
provided money with which to pur-
chase right-of-way through the town.
Contributors, who have had nothing
for their money except weed-grown
grade, asked for its return.
An exhaustive study Of the life cy-
Gle of the cooling moth is being made
by C. j. DaVise of North Yakima, un-
der the auspices of the Yakima Valley
Fruit Growers association. 1t will
continue three years. and will include
records of Chronological conditions
and of the poisoning of the apple or
chards In all parts of the valley from
Ellensburg to Kennewick. When COM
pleted it will furnish a definite guide
for spraying and other measures Of
protection against this pest. This 10
the first enterprise of this character
undertaken in the northwest, although
similar studies have been made in
some parts Of the eastern fruit dis.
tricts.
The high cost of fuel can be greatly
reduced and the profits Of lumber
mills in Washington and other Coast
states materially increased If the lum-
Der manufacturers will follow the ex-
ample of their British Columbia COM
petitors and convert their sawdust,
slabs, bark. chips and other waste into
briquets. In Victoria and In Vancou-
yer lumber mill waste is now being
treated and made into briquets at q
cost Of about So ton. The briQuets
find a ready market at Sc a ton and
are proving superior to coal or wood
for many uses.
Balances at the end of the first year
Of the two-year period for which appro-
priations are made show that prac-
tically all departments Of the state Of
Washington government have kept
well within the limit of their appro-
priations. In the year ending March
81, 1914, the first half of the two-year
period, the state forester and the in
dustrial welfare commission had used
only one-quarter Of their appropria-
lions, and the public service commits
- ~