Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-12-07
WASHINGTON ITEMS

captain j. "A. ANDERSON OF Dayton
recently suffered another. stroke of
paralysis.
Mrs. Sarah S. Bean, wife of F. c..
Bean, who was struck by an auto
mobile at Tacoma, died Saturday.
The new Walla Walla courthouse,
costing about $15O,0OO for the build
ing, was thrown open Saturday as a
sort of housewarming.
Peter A. Anderson, age IS, COM
mitted suicide at Curlew Saturday.
He was a veteran of the civil war,
member of the Fifth Wisconsin in
fantry, man of means and ability.
Donald, 12-year-old son of J. G. Hill
of Byron, was struck by westbound
freight train near Prosser Saturday
and both legs were cut Off He died
of his injuries.
Since September Is, when the hunt
ing season in Washington opened, six
men have been killed in hunting ac-
cidents, five having been shot and
the sixth lost in the woods and fro
zen.
It is estimated that Garfield county
farmers have received this fall ST.
100000 for grain. The sales Of wheat
have been heavy the last month, but
there is still a goodly quantity. in
storage.
The Ormsbee Mercantile company s
general merchandise store at John
son, Whitman county, was DESTROYED
by fire Saturday The origin of the
blaze iscpnknown. Loss is about $13,-
900, with about $45OO insurance.
Philip Kinzer, who has farm near
Uniontown, recently lost five head of
horses and foundered seven. The
horses in some way opened the chute
of a grain bin that was in the field,
thereby getting too much wheat.
An increase of per cent on wages
of 1850 men was recently announced
by the Tacoma Smelling company.
The increase affects all men working
for day wages. The scale is from
$3.50 to $3.50. The old was from
$3.50 to IS. A bonus of SIS is paid to
all men who work 26 days.
With another advance in the price
of bltterfat effective this week, the
price of that commodity has reached
the highest point attained in the his
tory of Spokane, it is stated by dairy
and creamery men. Spokane cream
cries will pay Al cents a pound for
butterfat. The price in Seattle is
said to be 46 cents.
Freddie Davidson, 4-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davidson, was al
most instantly killed in portable
woodsaw at the Davidson ranch near
Wilson Creek. The machine was saw
ing wood near the house and the
child was playing near it when it's
clothes became caught in the machin-
cry and the body was wrapped by a
shaft before it could be stopped.
State Agriculture Commissioner H.
T. Graves, announces that he will
recommend a ''free gate" at the next
Washington state fair at North Yak
ina. The recommendation must go
before the entire advisory board Of
five members and the legislature be-
fore it is effective. Kansas has for
some years admitted spectators free
to it's state fair, and has found the
experiment successful.
While western Washington, with
King and Pierce counties, leads in
the number of automobiles registered
and licensed by the secretary of state
since the fiscal year opened, March 1,
the rural communities of eastern
Washington have more machines to
the population. The figures show
that up to November 18 total Of
66,727 motor vehicles were licensed,
including private machines, trucks,
dealers machines, stages, motorcy-
cles, and all other classifications. Of
this number King county has nearly
one-fourth of the entire number, with
16,452. Spokane comes second with
1928, and Pierce third with 6542.
There are more automobiles to the
of persons in eastern Wash
ington than on the West Side. Gar
field county leads all counties, with
one machine to 9.2'persons, or about
two families Lincoln county is
close second with one machine to 9.4
people.
Other counties where the auto has
shown signs of great popularity in
clude Adams, Clallam, Columbia,
Douglas, Grant, Skagit, Walla Walla,
Whitman and Yakima. Wahkiakum
county with one machine to 1875 peo-
nle has fewer automobiles than any