The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-09-23
WASHINGTON STATE
news OF INTEREST
important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Spokane postal receipts uurihS AZ
gust showed gain of almost $4,000
over August, 1919.
Work was started last week on Oak.
ville's new $4,000 high school, bonds
for which were recently voted.
About 10000 acres of new land Will
be watered under the new irrigation
district being organized at Pateros.
According to census bureau report
the population of Oakesdale has been
decreased from Ss2 in 1910 to SIG in
1920.
The Tacoma school budget for the
present year is s25O,OOO more than last
year, due to increase in teachers sal
aries.
A permanent organization has been
formed at Seattle for the encourage
ment of the breeding of mich goats on
Puget Sound.
Enrolment in the Wenatchee city
schools on the opening day this year
was 1870, a gain of over 800 over last
years opening figures.
Interruption to harvest work in tue
vicinity of Colfax by rain is serious,
as there is still a great part of the
crop yet to be harvested.
Increases in wages for fire and pc.
lice department employees and COM
mon laborers were decided upon by
the Spokane city council.
The rain has delayed harvesting in
the vicinity of Sprague, but farmers
are taking advantage of the wet
weather to seed winter wheat.
A gain of s11,O43,659 in loans and
discounts. in Spokane banks over a
year ago is shown by statements to
the comptroller of the currency.
The Dayton Commercial club has
taken up the housing problem, which
| is acute 1t is proposed to list rooms
| and houses to let and houses for sale.
The rains of the past few days have
supplied sufficient moisture for fall
seeding and farmers in the vicinity of
4 ltdlStCu dIc W DS6ih az INV.
Owing to a washout over the Needy
I river three logging camps of the Simp-
! son Logging company, operating near
Matlock, have been forced to suspend
work.
With the western Washington fair
at Puyallup less than a month away
superintendent, officials and directors
| are busy on the details of the big ex-
hibition.
While attempting to escape arrest,
| Jack futile, an alleged bootlegger at
Walla Walla, was shot through the
body and seriously wounded by Police
Officer Wallace.
Edward M. Wheeler, aged SIS, was
instantly killed near Bucoda when he
was struck by fast freight operated
by the gon-Washington Railroad
Navigation company.
An arbitration commission has been
appointed by the Pullman Chamber of
Commerce to settle difficulties which
arise between Pullman residents and
students who rent rooms.
Sad Sam, one of the best-known
bronchos of the Northwest, broke a
leg while kicking at a cowboy and had
to be killed. He was owned by George
Drumheller of Walla Walla
City commissioners of Tacoma have
) entered protest against the request
of the Tacoma Railway & Power com
pany for a reduction of s1,O00,00O in
. the valuation of its property.
Much interest is being shown in the
combination livestock show and sale
at Harrington. October 4, and
The sale catalogue lists 200 head o.
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
The Pullman Chamber of Commerce
has Endorsed the campaign of the Bel
lingham Chamber of Commerce to in
sure the passage of an. adequate blue
I sky law by the next legislature.
With statements UNFOLDING the non
! partisan league laws of North Dakoti
Robert Bridges opened his campaign
for governor on the farmer-labor tick
: ct with a speech at Seattle Saturday
Preliminary steps were taken at ,
I meeting in Hoquiam to organize ,
branch of the National Parks associa
ton, northwest organization devote,
3 to preservation of the national beaut.
5 spots.
4 More than 1000 cars of fruit hav
Z been shipped out Of the Wenatche
: district. This is virtually the sam
amount as last year, although NOR
Z apples have been shipped this yea
2 than last.
s Bank deposits Of the five Wall
Walla institutions show an increas
i of more than half a million dollar
3 between June 80 and September 8. Tn
total in the banks at the last call
= 81 ()3O 736