The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-10-22
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Busy Readers.
6eets High in Sweets.
YAKIMA.-In. making a test days
run at the UtahIdaho sugar beet
factory the plant turned out 2144 bags
of sugar from 700 tons of beets or
Thursday.
Hunters Bullet Kills Man.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Baldwin, SO,
was shot and killed, presumably by
a hunter recently while he was re-
turning to his home in Allyn, Wash,
from a hunting trip.
choker Cable Kills Man.
RENTON-Harry D. Allison, 20, a
stationary engineer employed at a
logging camp near here, was instant.
ly killed Saturday when a choker
cable. used in hauling logs, broke and
wrapped around his body.
T. S. Holland Is Found Dead.
TACOMA.-T. S. Holland, former
president Of the Holland-Co zoe Lumber
company. and lately a lumber oper-
ator on Vashon Island, was found
dead Saturday in a city park.
Heads Soldiers Home.
ORTING.-Captain H. w. North OF
Everett. past department commander
OF the G. A. r. department of Wash,
ington and Alaska, was recently APP
pointed commandant at the soldiers:
home here by the state board of con.
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Seattle Tries "Part Time"
Establishment OF part time schools
for boys and girls Of school age who
are working, has been authorized by
the Seattle school board. Glasses will
be arranged SO that each boy and
girl entitled to the school privilege
will attend four hours a week.
Suspends Telephone Boost.
OLYMPIA.-The public service
commission on its own motion has
challenged the proposed increases in
telephone rates by the Oregon-Wash-
ington Telephone & Telegraph com
pany, which recently filed a tariff
putting such increases in effect.
Drink Denatured Alcohol.
NEWPORT. - Three lumberjacks,
Lambert McAbee, Jack Kern and
Burns. YER picked up in an un-
conscious condition by local officers,
the result of having partaken of de-
natured alcohol. Their bodies turned
almost black, and they were on the
point of strangulation for hours.
Roy Wolff Won't Hang.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.-The sentence
Of death imposed on Roy Wolff, aged
II, for murder of Elmer Greer in
Kern county, was committed Oct. 16
by Governor William d. Stephens to
life Imprisonment. Wolff was to
have been hanged at San Quentin
prison October 20. VOLTS home is
at Yakima.
Seattle Plans Apple Week.
SEATTLE.-Plans are being laid
here for observance of national apple
day, October 30, and the following
week as apple week, to encourage
Washingtonians to help eat the 49,
0O0,0 0 boxes of apples produced in
the state. The mayor has issued a
proclamation calling upon all good
citizens to Eat apples during the week.
The chamber of commerce has sent
kilograms to commercial bodies
throughout the state urging cam.
paigns to encourage apple eating. The
observance of the week here will be
attended by window exhibits giving
suggestions for preparing the fruit
for those who do not prefer the apples
as they come from the tree.
Upland Bird Season Closes.
SEATTLE-The hunting season on
upland birds in Washington came to
a close at midnight october Is.
Chinese and native pheasants, grouse
and quail are protected. The season
closed in eastern Washington Octob-
er 10 on the Chinese pheasant, but
Hungarian pheasants. native pleas
ants and blue grouse are still open In
several eastern counties. Hungarians
may be hunted in Spokane, Stevens
and Lincoln counties until November
10. Quail may be hunter in Spokane
county until October 80. Blue grouse
and native pheasants may be hunted
In ChoIau OkanOgau Kliekifat and
Stevens counties until November Is.
In Pend Oreille county these birds
remain open to shooting until No.
vember 1.