The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-20
WASHINGTON NEWS MITES
Recent Happenings In This stats
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Jute Sacks at $3.50.

1850 per hundred.
More Schools In Seattle.
SEATTLE.-The school board has
authorized q building program entail
ing expenditures OF over 81 1900, 900.
College Paper Twice q Week.
PULLMAN.-Plans have been COM
pleted whereby the State College stu
dent body will have a twice-a-week
newspaper instead Of the weekly.
viii Hold Road Convention.
EILENSBURG.-A countrywide
road convention will 'be held In e.
lensburg on the first Wednesday in
March.
University to Need Funds.
. SEATTLE.-Salary increases voted
the. University OF Washington faculty
members will cause a deficit in funds
given the university by the state, DR..
Henry Suzzallo, president Of the insti-
tuition, announced Monday.
smeiter Closed.
NORTHPORT.-The smelter situa.
ton. according to appearances, re-
mains the same, with about 80 men
on the grounds engaged in Cleanup"
work. but no authentic Information re-
garding the shutdown Is available.
Living Costs $500 Month.
SEATTLE.-An income Of $3.50 q
month is barely sufficient comfortably
to maintain q family of two In Seat.
tie. according to the testimony. Of
scores of housewives who have re-
sp0nded to queries.
Drank Wood Alcohol, Poisoned.
SPOKANE.-As a result Of q de-
natured alcohol spree, Mike Lyons.
from Conrad, Mont. George Smith. Of
Easton, Pa. and James Murphy. age
80, q wo0dsman of Clayton, Wash,
are in a hospital suffering from wood
alcohol.
Rush New Road Work.
SPOKANE.-Road work costing ap.
p~roximately $1,000. 900 will be under
way in Spokane county as soon as
conditions will permit, according to
county heads who expect work to
| start much earlier than In former
years.
On Par With Hod Carriers.
YAKIMA.-The Yakima school
board has decided that no teacher in
the district shall be paid less than
the going wage Of hod carriers and
common laborers. In view of the re-
cent action Of the union in raising
the price Of such labor to Sc a day.
that amount is fixed as the price sub
stitute teachers are to receive.
Electric Juice Turned On.
LA CROSSE.-The linemen have
completed the extension of the Wash
ingt0n Water Power company line
from Endicott to La Crosses, a dis.
lance Of 16 miles. Thirteen thousand,
two hundred volts of electricity were
turned into the big transformer and
1t is expected the mill will start OPP
erations now.
Hops Bring High Prices
YAKIMA.--The largest hop deal re-
ported this season was placed on rec
ord Saturday when McNeff Brothers,
brokers. bought 900, 900 pounds at a
total of Sis, 900, the price per pound
ranging from IS to so cents. The
purchases were made from represen-
tative hop growers in the Mckee dis.
trict.
Make War On the Squirrel.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
PULLMAN.-War on the ground
squirrel, whose craving for 81 wheat,
II unchecked. is sufficient to slow
down the flour mills and empty the
housewives bin, is the statewide ad-
monition which this week has gone
out from the State college. The an
nual spring a~nti-sQuirrel drive thus
started is to 60 forward with the
initiative. guidance and leadership Of
county agricultural agents.
Palouse Farms Sold.
l.. M. Shelter has sold his Spring
flat place, about three miles from
! Colfax, to Charles Chestnut. The farm
contains 225 acres and was sold for
$50, 900.
Adam Gerlitz has bought the old
Hunt place on the Palouse road,
about half way between Colfax and
Palouse, paying $500 an acre for the
800 acres, $4,000.
Kleweno & Schmick, Endicott farm
ers, have bought the w. S. Mood sec
ton, east Of town, paying $185 an
acre, $118,000.
Three Fatally Hurt, Seattle.
SEATTLE.-Walter Santmyer, 30,
machinist, and George o. Bunnell, IS,
storekeeper, are dead. three probably
were injured fatally and three others
were suffering from serious injuries
here Saturday Rs the result of an ex'