The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-25
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES


@s Busy Readers.
The fruit crop in the Walla Walla
district is unusually clean this year.
George Logan. a graduate of the
Ritzville high school, has been ap-
pointed a lieutenant in the navy.
Four hundred grangers of Yakima
county Saturday attended the annual
grange picnic.
Ernest Mennett, farmer living 3
miles east of Pullman, died Saturday
from injuries In a runaway accident
the day before.
At Walla Walla the price of wood
is advancing, 16-inch fir selling at $12
a cord. With the advance in wood
more coal is being used.
Standing timber on the Camp Lewis
will be sold to the highest
bidder by the county commissioners
July 20. It is estimated that there are
15.OO0,O 900 feet of timber or 350.000
cords. A
A session of the county superinten-
dents conference was held at Cheney
recently. Superintendent from II of
the eastern Washington counties were
in attendance, and number of visitors
from distant counties.
The board of pardons recently grant
ed 40 paroles. including three to be
transferred to other institutions, and
recommending nine conditional par
dons in cases where minimum SEN
tences have not been completed.
H. A. Scullen, bee expert from Wash
ington State college, is visiting around
Prosser in an effort to determine the
cause of excessive mortality among
bees. Actual extinction of this indus
try is seriously threatened and sevaral
plans have been made to remedy the
situation.
Membership in the Washington State
Depositors Guaranty Fund, it has been
brought out at a meeting in Seattle re-
Gently Of the commission administer
ing the state act, will be 103 if six
new applications are accepted. This
will mean an increase of SO per cent
over last year.
Efforts of Prosser business men to
expedite construction of the highline
extension of the Sunnyside canal have
called forth letter from their con-
gressman in which he states that If
Prosser and other towns on the high
line will get together and outline their
campaign he will be glad to work with
them.
Reports from Waneta, B. c., to Ket-
tie Falls state that a small mOtOrbOat
with two young men was capsized
near the mouth of the Pend Oreille
river and the men drowned Saturday
Both were returned United States sol
diers, one the son of Nicholas Winners
who conducts hardware store al
| Trail, B. c., and the others name was
not learned.
The sawmill of the Hopkins
Lumber company of Spokane, on Small
| creek, six miles west of Cusick, was
totally destroyed by fire recently. Tht
fire originated in the boiler room. Tht
plant had a capacity of 10000 feet {
day and was cutting white pine. The
loss is estimated at about $4,000. Abou
a million feet of white pine lumber
| in the yards were saved.
Wheat 10 Selling.
| Lester Robinson's crop of $1,000
bushels and George Dacres' crop o
35, 900 bushels were sold Saturday a
Walla Walla at slightly above 81
bushel. The wheat is of good quality
Both lots are hybrid. The grain ha'
not all been delivered at warehouses
Wheat buying is more of gamble
this year than last, dealers state. Thi
year dealers grade wheat and pay .ful
price, taking a chance on the govern
ment graders changing the grading. /
a local man grades too low, he gain
on regarding, but If he grades too higl
he loses. Last year dealers paid dow
30 per cent of the price and waited OF
the returns from the government In
spectors before paying the remainder.
Heads Dental Association.
DIR. J. F. Tidball, Everett, at Seattle
Saturday, was chosen president of tn
Washington State Dental association
which closed a six-day convention
at Seattle recently. Other officer
elected at the meeting were DR.. Gu,
Canterbury, Tacoma, vice president
and Drs. ]. E. Argue, Tacoma, j. W
Rawlings, Tacoma, H. E. Wright, Yah
ina, members of the executive board
The dental convention was held joint
ly with that of the British Columbi
Dental association, which did not cleo
officers.
Spokane County Wage Scale.
Wage increases of approximately 5
cents per day over last year were d.
cided upon by the Spokane count
threshermen and farmers when the
| thar third annual throchin0 on