The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-11-04

IS to be devoted by the Spokane nod
carriers and building laborers' union
TO promotion of cooperation between
the'church and labor, it was announced
by the organization.
Evidence of an alleged plot to smus
gle nine Japanese into the United
States and transport them by under
ground railroad to western Washin:
ton farms has been discovered by im
migration officials at Seattle.
Charges by Judge Richard Winsor,
president of the Seattle school board,
that contractors of Seattle are in ccl-
fusion in submitting bids on public
work for the board have resulted in
the institution of an investigation.
Bids for 2s5 buildings at Vancouver
barracks, used during the war to house
the spruce production division, were
opened by the post quartermaster. The
highest bidder was Forrestells& Nc
Quade of Seattle, with bid of s1S,775.
Fl. M. Eager and j. A. Goddard, Van
couver fishermen, went to Mullisan's
point on the south side of Vancouver
lake to fish. There they discovered
the body of Charles LAVENDER where
he apparently had dropped dead while
fishing.
The body of William H. Starr, who
was lost in the Cascades October 8,
was found Saturday at the foot of a
5O-foor cliff in the Lake Serene dis
trict near Index. The position of the
body indicated that Starr had fallen
from the cliff.
Millions of American dollars will
be garnered by booze runners bring
ing liquor into Washington state un-
der the new regime in Canada, which
will follow the wet" vote in British
Columbia, Donald A. Mcdonald, fed
eral prohibition director for this state.
predicts.
condition financially, and its officials
are efficient and trustworthy as well
as courteous in all their dealings. ac-
cording to the report for 1919 of the
state bureau Of inspection, which has
just been transmitted to the attorney
general at Olympia.
A. T. Flagg, county agent Of Lewis
county, swas host at Chehalis to a
large number of county agents and
extension workers from the various
counties of southwestern Washington.
Agents from Lewis, Pacific, Pierce,
Grays Harbor, Wahkiakum, Thurston,
Mason and Clarke counties were in
attendance.
l.. H. Darwin, state game commits
missioner states that the capacity of
the state game farm at the edge of
Walla Walla will be increased next
year. One hundred dozen eggs, mostly
Chinese preasant eggs, were shipped
this year and by next year it is
planned to ship 500 dozen eggs. The
number of breeding pens will be in
creased.
Gains totalling 1876 tons, valued
at more than $11, 900. 900, are shown in
the report of the Seattle port commits
sion for the four months period end
ing September 80, in merchandise
handled at this port, compared with
the same period last year. During
the period the ports domestic com.
merce totalled> 1,497,154 tons, valued
at $86,29S,131.
Detailed plans for the care of the
flood waters of the Puyallup river,
where it flows through the Tacoma
tide flats, and of the safeguarding Of
important industries there, have been
placed in the hands of Representative
Albert Johnson. He will put the claim
for federal aid for the control of the
Puyallup before congress when it con-
venes in December
That there is a great demand for
land in this state is evidenced by the
volume of inquiries received daily by
C. v. Savidge, state land commission
er. The applicants apparently are
looking for virgin soil upon which to
SETTLE as most of the inquiries have
to do with the possibilities for home
stealing. The majority of the appli-
cants are former service men.
The decision of the state board Of
control to postpone its semi-annual
buying for the state charitable, re-
form and penal institutions from Sep
TENDER Is until November Is will
probably save the state several thou
sand dollars in contract prices for the
groceries and staple feed articles
which it is necessary to purchase. This
is due to the fact that there has re-
Gently been sharp decline in prices.
particularly Of sugar.
On the complaint Of delegation Of
officials of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union for western Wash