The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-06-10

The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany has given notice that it will
prosecute persons living in Pc Ell who
have been using the railroad right Of
way in going to and from their work.
A superior court jury at Walla Walla
returned q verdict of guilty against
four Franklin county men charged with
criminal syndicalism. The defendants
were George Chitwood. Edward Flo
gaus, Jack Battle and Jack Nelson.
The employees at the Alger Logging
company's camp near Skamokawa
were robbed of s1029 in time checks,
more than $500 in cash and a 500
liberty bond by two unmasked men
who entered the clubhouse and held
the men up with revolvers.
Owing to the lateness of the season
fruit crop prospects are uncertain.
according to a special Washington
state crop report issued by r. w.
Packard, assistant general freight
agent of the Spokane, Portland & Sc
attic railroad.
Lumber cargo shipments from Grays
Harbor, from January ! to May 81,
totaled 141 million feet, an increase
of Al millions over the same period
last year. May shipments totaled
slightly over 80 millions, an increase
of seven millions over last year.
William Pigott. foreign industrial
trade commissioner for the Washington
Association of Manufacturers, has sail
ed from Vancouver, b. c., on extend
ed trip of investigation in China. Mr..
Pigott carries with him instructions
to investigate trade opportunities for
Washington manufacturers and at the
same time will look up sources of sup
plies for raw materials used by indus
tries In the state.
The outstanding feature OF the sec.
ond days sessions OF the Washington
state grange at Aberdeen was the adj
dress of William Bouck, master of the
grange, in which he urged adoption Of
the North Dakota program of the non.
partisan. league by farmers of this
state.
One Of the largest lumber mills in
the Tacoma district announced a cut
of 20 per cent in the price of all build.
ing lumber. The company also op-
crates yards in various parts of the
state. The announcement stated the
cut is put into effect in order to stimu-
late the building of homes.
In 22-foot open boat, without aux
Hilary engine and equipped with only
three small sails, no cabin and barely
sufficient room for storage of provi-
sions, Helgar Torsensen, aged so, a
retired chief master ut arms of the
United States navy, set sail alone from
Bremerton with San Francisco and
Vallejo, Cal, as his objective.
The appointment of an international
fish commission to determine when,
where and how the fishing industry
shall be carried on, with special ref
erence to the conservation Of fish, was
advocated at the session of the Cana
dian fisheries convention at Vancou-
yer, B. c., by L. H. Darwin, fish COM
missioner of the state of Washington.
r. E. Hasbrouck, rancher Of Porter
creek, in the east end OF Grays Harbor
county, has set 20 acres as his goal
for berry cultivation. Mr.. Hasbrouck
already has 80 acres in cultivation,
probably the largest yielding area in
southwest Washington. This year
number of acres will be added to this
area and he plans to have the entire
area planted within two years.
No mAtter how serious the gas short
age becomes fruit growers Of the state
will be protected in the use of gas for
power spraying machines, particularly
In the large orchards Of eastern Wash
ington. This was assured when Gov
ernor Louis F. Hart received word
from the Standard Oil company that
they would give preference to all users
of gas for agricultural and horticul-
tural purposes.
The Grays Harbor Motor Dealers as
ISOLATION has formally adopted Is per
cent gasoline and Is per cent kerosene
as the only auto fuel that will be furn-
ished owners during the continuance of
the gasoline shortage. The substitution
Of this amount of oil, 1t is stated, will
allow the motorists Of the county to
run their cars an additional 100000
miles, as compared with the mileage
they would get on the allowance Of
gasoline granted the harbor by the oil
companies.
Bank deposits in 2s6 state banks
and seven trust companies in Wash
ington have increased $s.914,s17 since