Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Saturday.
An apple tree in the yard of Harry
Kidwell, Walla Walla, has burst into
full bloom.
Nearly SO Jewish refugees from
Russia are picking apples in the We
natchee orchards.
The 18th annual session of the
Chelan county teachers institute was
held this week at Wenatchee.
Tie Kittitas apple crop, the best
and largest in the history of the val
ley can not be moved for lack of
cars.
Funeral services over the body of
Carl Robinson, who was killed in the
railroad yards at Pasco, was held
Saturday.
E. T. Hearron of Granger recently
contracted to deliver at Granger, 1000
tons of potatoes at $36 a ton, f. o. b..
loading point.
Fred Huber, age 33, an expert struc-
tural steel worker, was drowned at
Spokane recently while at work. His
body was not recovered.
Wheat went up again at Walla
Walla Saturday, with the result that
more than 100000 bushels were sold
by farmers Club sold for $1.32, blue
stem for $1.40 and turkey red at
$145.
When moving picture machine ex-
ploded in the Palace theater at Re-
public Saturday night, Mrs. Hibbard,
wife of the film operator, was burned
to death and the flames spread SO
rapidly that three buildings were
soon ablaze.
The 6000-ton steel freight steam
ship Panuco, built for the New York
and Cuba Mail Steamship company,
generally known as the Ward line,
for service between New York ard
the West Indies was launched Satur-
day at Seattle.
While Russell Colby was working
On a hay baler near Sunnyside Satur-
day his foot became entangled in the
belt. His leg was jerked clear out
of the socket. The body was thrown
several feet, and when the boy was
picked up he was dead.
Contract for steel cargo steam
ship of 1900 tons was awarded by
Barber & Co., of New York to a Sc
attic company recently. The vessel
will cost $1,000,OO0. The awarding
of this contract makes 13 large steel
steamers under contract at Seattle
An Inheritance tax of S10,344 02
was received by the state tax COM
mission this week from the estate of
the late James Ebbert, who died in
Lane county, Oregon, on September
p, 1916 The Washington estate is
located in Whitman county and is
appraised at $311,527.29.
At North Yakima Saturday a buyer
for. Seattle dealer paid $13.75 ton
for alfalfa, taking 200 tons. He said
he would take 1000 tons at the same
price if growers would sell. The
price of alfalfa has been. steadily
climbing, and this is the highest
price paid for any large quantity for
several years.
Teachers, school superintendents
and members of boards of directors
from all over the state assembled in
Spokane this week for the Goth an
nual meeting of the Washington Ed
ucational association. At the same
time all the teachers of Spokane, Ste
vens, Pend Oreille and Ferry coun-
ties held joint institute of those
counties.
An increase of $774,0OO in the BIZ
ennial appropriation for the Univer-
sity of Washington and the renewal
Of the provision permitting applica-
ton of tuition and rental money to-
ward new buildings is asked in the
university budget for submission to
the next state legislature. The ap-
budget two years ago was $1,110,000.
In raid on an apartment house
at Seattle Saturday night, in the
fashionable Queen Anne residence
district, the police seized 25 cases
of whisky and other liquor, having
otal estimated value of $1,000, besides
gambling paraphernalia and several
opium smoking outfits found in the
basement and worth $4,000. Harry
Stanley, who occupied an apartment.
was arrested.
A large attendance was at the Ste
vens county stock show at Colville
Saturday. The annual election of
Officers of the association WAS held