The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-03-04
WASHINGTON STATE
news OF INTEREST
important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our. Readers.

Pans are being formed for the cree.
ton of a 100000 Elks' building at
Chehalis.
Jersey cattle breeders of Lewis coun.
ty have laid plans for permanent
organization.
Seventy-six lives have been the
death toll from influenza during Feb
ruary in Spokane.
Thousands of dollars worth of local
improvements will be under way in
Capas as soon as the weather permits.
Steps are being taken at Ritzville to
vote an additionat5 mill school tax for
the purpose of increasing teachers
salaries.
Paul C. Golden, son Of John Golden,
founder of the town of Goldendale,
died from pneumonia, following an at
tack Of influenza
Two bandits robbed and killed J..
P. Paschick. storekeeper and postmast-
er at Cumberland, King county coal
town, near Seattle.
The present epidemic of influenza
in Klickitat county is well past the
crest, according to Major Frank H.
Collins, county health officer.
D James Carter has been found guilty
at Port Angeles of criminal syndical-
ism. This makes the second conviction
in that county for that offense.
i Jonas w. Stuver, resident of Puy-
allup for 80 years and widely known
In fraternal and business circles, died
last week in Tacoma hospital.
| Sixteen thousand dollars worth Of
surplus army food supplies and equip
ment was placed on sale. in Spokane
Monday under the auspices of the city.
Finding the cost in excess of the esti
mates, Lewis county commissioners
will delay construction of the proposed
! paved road between Winlock and Cow
litz prairie.
The painters union of Spokane has
adopted new scale of wages demand
ing So a day, 81 day increase, eff
4 i.
will be affected.
| A cooperative clothing store by the
organized railway men of Spokane and
possibly by all of organized labor, is
being planned as weapon to beat
down high prices.
| Work has commenced on a huge
fruit storage warehouse at Walla
Walla which when completed will store
100000 boxes of apples and other
fruits. 1t will cost 100000.
| To relieve the housing conditions in
Wapato following destruction of
hotel there by fire. George Hackney
Of that city, owner of two-stery block.
has taken steps to convert it into q
hotel.
(! Robbers blew open the safe at Fort
Ward, near Seattle, during the night,
and stole government papers and data,
according to reports telephoned to
Seattle. Money in the safe was not
touched.
! The Long-Bell Lumber company Of
Kansas City, Mo-, has purchased from
the, WeyerhaeIser Timber company
$4,000 acres of stumpage in southern
Lewis county. Prices ranged from s.
thousand. upward.
Governor Louis F. Hart denied the
application for pardon for ]. Hard
wood Morris, formerly cashier Of the
Fremont State bank of Seattle. con-
victed two years ago of embezzlement
of the banks funds.
More than 10000 acres of highly i'm
proved farm land in the Sunnyside irri-
CATION district will be lost to the own
ers unless before March Is they pay
delinquent assessments now amount
ing to 1919 cents per acre.
Washington wheat growers, in Lin
coin, Grant, Douglas and Adams coun-
ties are estimated to have signed up
more than 100000 bushels of wheat
In the new Washington Wheat Grow
ers' Marketing association.
The purchase is announced by the
Lewis-Pacific County Dairymen's as
sociation of q one block site in Che
halls for plant to be erected for
the manufacture Of powdered milk,
butter and other milk products.
Walla Walla County Club Leader
Miss Maize Wilson announced that the
work Of the College Place members of
the county club In canning, gardening
and poultry raising during the last
year is. worth approximately $500.
Present prospects point to the great
est real estate activity for many years
past during the spring months, ac-
condings to Pullman dealers, who re-
port that many buyers are in the
market for farms and city property.
Compulsory vocational education for
working girls and boys between the