The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-03-11
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

| The Tacoma municipal light depart
ment earned $50, 2S4 net in January.
Ten cows and two calves sold for an
average of $207 a head at an auction
sale in Centralia. -.
| A committee was instructed by the
Twisp Development League to pur.
chase park site. .-
An organization of poultrymen, was
effected at meeting held in the
Finnish hall in Winlock. .s..,-
Three hundred ex-service men are
registered in Tacoma for the Knights
of Columbus free evening school.
Lessened demand for seed wheat in
the Inland Empire has caused the price
to drop from $3.50 to So bushel.
Spring and winter acreage this year
will be smaller than last, according to
Spokane millers and grain brokers.
An aviation company has been form
Cd in Spokane, backed by three ex-
army aviators and an expert mechanic.
Federal Prohibition Director Donald
A. Mcdonald, announced that his head
quarters would be moved from Seattle
to Tacoma. s..-s
Tacoma building permits for the first
two months Of 1920 are more than 100
per cent greater than for the same
period last year.
Trial electric operation Of trains over
the electrified portions of the Mflwau-
kee road between Tacoma and Gle
Elum began last week.
The construction of an addition to
the Deaconess hospital at Wenatchee
is assured by completion Of the cam
paign to raise $4,000.
Tacoma building permits for the
first two months of 1920 are more than
100 per cent greater than for the
same period last year..
Pullman's two banks, the First Ma
tional and State, have total deposits
aggregating s1,797,297.S5, according to
the reports just issued.
The Northport Smelling & Refining
company has resumed work and has
granted the employees an increase of
wages of SO cents day.
/ Pullman local of the Farmers union
has ordered carload of grain sacks
for it's members. The price paid is ap-
proximately 20 cents each.
The Starbuck Commercial club has
requested the county commissioners to
call an election to vote on bond
issue for permanent roads.
The Charleston Chamber Of Com
merce will send Secretary William
Huyette. to the state secretaries meet
Ing at Rellingham, March 81.
The semiannual convention of the
Washington Association Of Commercial
Organize ton Secretaries will be held
In Bellingham, March &c and 81.
The Walla Walla Farmers union has
passed aresolution asking the govern
ment to continue the guaranteed price
of wheat for at least another year.
Farmers of Pullman and vicinity
pledged over 100000 bushels Of next
years crop of wheat toward the CO
operative marketing of wheat plan. Z
: Purchase of the Kelso Water COM
pany system and issuance of $4,000
in 6 per cent utility bonds were au-
thorized at an election held in Kelso.
Demands for more building space,
both for business houses and resi-.
dences in Ridgefield is causing several
acres to be plated and offered for sale.
County Agent Burgess, of Kelso, who
resigned March L.. and Mrs. Burgess
left Kelso for Palouse,. Wash, where
Mr.. Burgess will engage in wheat farm
ing.
Ezra G. Meeker, blazer of the old I
Oregon trail, is, at the age of 80 years,
preparing book. for publication enti-
tied. "Washington's Seven Years Prog
ress."
Nearly 200 berry growers and would
be berry growers attended an all-day
conferences on production and market
ing in the Seattle Y M. c. A. audi
torium
The legislature of the state, of Wash
ington will convene in special session
on March %, and Governor Hart has
placed no limit on the business to be
transacted. ~
At meeting OF 80 wheat growers in
the Horse Heaven district, at Mabton,
steps were taken to form a local
branch of the Washington Wheat Grow
ers' association.
Plans for the erection of 100000
Scandinavian hospital in Spokane were
discussed at banquet at which $50
of Scandinavian descent gathered at
the Y w. C. A.
Rev. Ambrose NJ. Bailey, pastor Of
the First Baptist church at st. Paul,
has accepted call to the First Baptist
church of Seattle He will begin his