The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-09
WASHINGTON STATE
news OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

A four-inch snowfall covered the
ground in the vicinity of Waterville.
Napavine lis to have newspaper in
the near future, to be published
weekly.
A special 1O-mill tax levy for addi-
tional school expenses was voted at La
Center by large majority.
1t is said that the Ladies' Improve:
ment club of Cheney will put forward
a woman for the office of mayor.
BY vote of 1913 to "a the Orchards
school district has refused to CONSOLE
date with the Vancouver high school.
After lingering 10 days, George Pull
yer, who attempted suicide by gas,
died at the Aberdeen general hospital.
Farmers and others interested in the
organization of the Cowlitz county
farm bureau will meet in Kelso Thurs
day.
Burglars broke into the McMaster
& Co. department store in Camas and
stole about $1,000 worth of merchan-
disc.
A postmaster for Elma will be Sc
lected in an open competitive examin-
alton announced recently by the post
master general.
Wynoche valley residents are consid-
ering building community hall, the
school building used for that purpose
being inadequate.
While Andrew Leknes was attending
church near Stanwood, his house, was
entered by robbers and $4,000 in Lib I
erty bonds stolen.
The Veterans Home at Retsil is
now operating with deficit Of $22,-
SCOTS, owing to the inadequacy of the
1919 appropriation.
Rotarians from the principal cities
Of the Pacific northwest will meet in
Seattle March 14-15, for their north
west district conference.
The highest tide on record, IA feet Z.
inches, stopped streetcar servic at Ho-
Quiam and caused many of the mills
on Grays Harbor to close.
Elon Smith, under arrest In Tacoma,
has confessed to the bombing of the
Frank r. Shong home In Seattle on
the morning of October Is.
approximately half the lumber
plants In southwestern Washington
are closed down owing to market con-
diti0ns for lumber and logs.
A wage reduction of so cents day,
affecting the entire force of workmen;
was announced by the general man
ager Of the Tacoma smelter.
Citizens Of Cowlitz county will vote
on issuing 100000 bonds December
is for constructing comprehensive
road system over the county.
About 100 men have been laid off at
the Great Northern shops at Hillyard,
the result of an order announcing a
decrease Of 10 per cent in the crew.
I Rapid progress Is being made on two
miles of bitulithic pavement in. Pros
ser. Drinking fountains will be in
stalled at the principal street inter-
sections.
The Tacoma light and water depart |
ments made large net earnings during
the year just closing, but the munich |
pal railway system shows deficit of |
$137,944.94.
BY reaching height of $1,000 feet
above sea level at Spokane recently,
M. B. Manner, former army aviator.
claims the coast record. He was in |
the air 55 minutes.
Bodies of 20 victims of the wreck of
the barge w. ]. Pirrie, which sunk
on Cake Rock, off the Washington
coast, have been recovered and buried
on the beach near Cape Johnson.
w. C. Carpenter, federal labor direc-
tor for Washington, estimates that
there are 10000 men out of work in
western Washington and 5000 in east
ern Washington, including $500 in
Spokane.
Farmers. of southeastern Washing
ton are warned that unless immediate
action is taken looking to the extinc-
tion of the blacktail rabbit, thousands
Of dollars worth of crops will be de-
stroyed by these pests.
The st. Paul G. Tacoma Lumber
company of Tacoma began December
operations with a wage cut OF cents Z
a hour. Word of the cut was posted at
the mills and received no open opposi-
ton from the employees. ~
William Ross, an S2-year-old pioneer
Of Washington, is dead at Aberdeen.
His life was tinged with romance, he
having been captured by Minnesota In
dams In his youth and having lived
with them for many years.
The Satsop fishery in Grays Harbor
county will not only break all records
this year for salmon eggs, but will be
made the greatest hatchery on the Ia