Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-04
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Carl Aldeson was killed recently
while unloading a car of coal at Eph-
rata.
August Quade, age 80, formerly an
owner of 2400 acres near Odessa, died
in Foley, Mimi, recently.
The church and parsonage of the
United Brethren church we're destroy
ed by fire at Dayton recently.
Totumu Milton Yanago and Susumu
Melvin Yanago, Japanese boy twins,
were born in Spokane recently.
Cooperation was the paramount top
ic of the Gath annual convention of
the Washington State Dairymen's as
sociation at Auburn last week.
A reward of 5000 is offered by our
governor for the arrest and deliv-
cry" of Percy V. Allen, who is wanted
in King county on charge of murder
and breaking Jail.
Six farm loan associations have been
formed in Wenatchee valley, including
two in Wenatchee, one at Sunnyslope,
one in East Wenatchee, one at Cash
mere and one at Dryden.
Moulton H. Bullock, who worked in
the Wenatchee valley recently, will
come, when located, into the possess
sion of something over $4,000 that was
xryi11ad 70 hxyo vol 1o%;
Spokane bank clearings for the
week closing Thursday have been $4,-
528,979. For the same week Of last
year they were $3,3s1,313, which
shows an increase of "a per cent.
Frank G. Moore, republican, former
ly assistant state land commissioner
who was appointed member of the
board of control by Governor Lister
when he took office in 1913, has re-
signed his post.
Caleb G. Burge, S3, died at Dayton
recently. He was pioneer, having
come to the Oregon country in 40, and
had all the experiences Of the first
settlers, including encounters with the
"road agents" and fighting Indians.
The Shipmasters association of Sc
attle, and prominent shipping men
have petitioned the governor to in
clude in his message to the legislature
a request for an appropriation of $685.
900 to help defray the expense of hav-
ing federal government training ship
at Seattle as school for officers of
the American merchant marine. The
petition sets forth that the federal gov
ernment will provide the ship and $685.
600 for the purpose if like amount is
provided by the state.
Logan Billingsley, who was taken
from San Francisco to Seattle to an
sWer indictments for alleged violations
of the federal laws in importing whis-
key into this state, pleaded guilty in
the United States district court to the
charge Of having conspired to violate
the interstate commerce law by max
ing false entries of shipments of liquor
The penalty for the offense is fine
not exceeding $4,000, or Imprisonment
for not longer than two years, or both.
The date for passing sentence was not
set by the court.
Judge Thomas E. Grady of the Yak
ina superior court has denied the ap-
plication of H. A. Bier, a Kennewick
taxpayer for an injunction against the
delivery of the $125,0OO issue of Ben
ton county courthouse bonds to Spo-
kane firm. Judge Grady recently was
called to Prosser to hear the case,
which arose out of controversy be-
,ween Prosser and Kennewick over the
location of the county seat. Kennewick
has long wanted to be the capital of
Benton county. It is understood that
an appeal will be taken to the supe-
rior court.
State Commercial News.
Boyk & Guenther, Rocklyn general
merchants, have sold out to Depner
Bros.
John Shinkosky and S. Nicholson
Of Colfax have bought cigar and
store at Johnson.
The Texas Hardware & Implement
association will hold it's annual con-
vention at Dallas, January "a, 25 and
96. B. H. Getz of Fort Worth is Sec
'etary.
Mrs. Thomas Ellis has purchased |
he Elite Millinery business from
Mrs. Charles Miller at Oakesdale.
Mrs. Ellis expects to increase stocks
md enlarge the business.
sst in the hardware business of Fox
Turner at Davenport to B. F. Lath-
I'm for a consideration of $500,