The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-09-02

in Bellingham street car fare.
The 18th annual session of the Pa
cific-German conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church was held at
Walla Walla.
Governor Louis F. Hart has pro-
claimed the women's industrial home
and clinic. at Medical Lake ready to
receive inmates.
The Ostrander canning team, con-
sisting of Edith and Elsie Ray, won
the annual Cowlitz county canning con-
test at Woodland.
Picking of hops at the yard OF the
Klaber Investment company at Klaber.
IL miles southwest of Chehalis, will
begin about September 6.
Samuel Lee Richardson, one Of the
oldest printers of the PaciGc North
west, recently died in Chehalis hospi-
tai. He was 80 years of age.
Indians of the Quiniault reservation
are protesting against the building OF
single mill at Lake Quiniault, for
fear it will spoil the fishing.
The total school census Of Cowlitz
county is $685. That of Kelso is 1901,
Castle Rock $50, Kalama 1858, Wood
land 288 and Silver Lake 119.
Increased freight rates will add Is
cents ton to the price of Washington
coal delivered in Seattle and $1.5O
ton to Utah and Wyoming coal.
The Loyal Legion of Lumbermen
and Ioggers of Raymond and Aber-
deem will hold Labor day celebration
at Tokeland on Willapa Harbor Mon
day.
Deepening of the channel of the
Cowlitz river between Kelso and the
mouth of the river has been begun
by the United States dredge Mon
ticello.
A net gain of $1,067,S6O in real
estate valuation in Pierce county as
a result of the biennial assessment for
1920 was announced by County Asses
sor Austin.
All records for the number of Ia
coma voters registered were broken
when the books closed for the primary
election. A total of 34,S69 voters were
registered.
been shipped from Walla Walla. The
price paid to growers is said to be
around $50 a ton. The first sales
last year were over 500 ton.
The prune crop of Walla Walla
valley will be cut approximately SO to
Is cars by the depredations of the red
spider, according to the estimate of
E.. G.. Wood, district horticulturist.
Whaa the Walla Walla public
schools open, September z, they will
have the largest number of new teach
ers in their history. OF the 40 mem
bers of the high school faculty II will
be new.
]. w. Martin. head hitler of the Col
fax FIGURING mill, destroyed by fire q
couple of months ago, has prepared
plans for new 5O0-barrel mill, which
it is proposed to build by stock
company.
The Washington State Bolo club,
composed of 125 delegates from 10
counties of the state met in conven-
ton at Tacoma and Endorsed number
OF candidates for office at the primary
election September IA.
An unusually heavy rain at Walla
Walla delayed the harvest and caused
considerable damage, especially in the
upper Mill creek section where the
storm verged on cloudburst Bridges
in draws were washed out.
One hundred and eleven thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five Seattle
citizens are entitled to vote at the
primary election September II, that
number of voters having registered
when the city poll books closed.
County Assessor Hull announced
that he will certify to the state board
of equalization $287,838,755 as the as
sessed value of King county property
for 1920. This Is an increase of ST.
511, 295 over the assessed value in
1919.
The Cowlitz county board of equal
ization has fixed the average valua-
ton of timber in the county at 81 rs
cents per 1000 per township. The total
assessed valuation of Cowlitz county
for the coming year will approximate
s1s.000.0O0.