The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-03
NEWS NOTES
7ecent Happenings In This State
Given In Brief items f0s
Busy Readers.


Busy Readers.
Send Apples TO Children.
KENNEWICK. - The Highland
Womans club at a recent meeting
voted to send 1000 pounds OF apples
to the children's orthopedic hospital
at Seattle.
"Whistlins Evangeiist' Dies.
SEATTLE-William Fonda, known
in Seattle as the "whistling evange-
list" died at hospital here of in
juries sustained when he fell from a
secOnd-story window.
Tacoma smelttr Cuts Wages.
TACOMA.-The Tacoma smelter
has posted notices to it's employees
that a 50-cent a day reduction Of
wages will become effective at once.
Five hundred men are afflicted.
otheilo Telephone System Sold.
. .OTHEALO.-The former Farmers
and Merchants Telephone company
system was recently sold by the
sheriff to John M. Phillips; the Lind
banker. who held a'claim against it.
Dartmouth Beats Our a."
SEATTLE.-Washington university
football warriors were unable to solve
the brilliant passing of Dartmouth
college in their game here Saturday,
and lost to the easterners, % to 7.
Value National Guard Property.
OLYMPIA.-The annual inventory
of federal and state military property
and equipment in use by the WASH
ington national guard, prepared by
the adjutant general and filed with
the state board of supervision and
inspection of public offices discloses
that the stae has no winvested nearly
100000 in military property. Fed
eral equipment is valued at consid-
erably more.
Talk Higher Fares, Seattle.
SEATTLE-The city treasurer an,
nounced Saturday that on December
"a disbursements in the municipal
street railway department of the city
will go on warrant basis. He says
a deficit of $5OO,0O0 exists in that de-
partment. The council will probably
increase fares to 8 1-3 cents rather
than require employees to accept war
rants for their pay. The present fare
is 6A cents.
Nurses Raise Pay.
The scale of prices recently adopt
ed by the Spokane County Nurses
Association shows an increase of
from 81 to 81 a day, according to the
case, making it So and 81 a day.
Prosser Buys Fire Truck.
PROSSER-Six thousand dollars
has. been appropriated by the Prosser
city council with which to purchase
an mp-to-date fire wagon, mounted on
an automobile truck, together with
incidental apparatus adequate to the
needs Of the city.
Holland Country Asks Of Farming.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
PULLMAN.-The State college has
received from the state department
of Holland a request for data on agri.
cultural conditions in this country
The letter states that heavy emigra.
ton will start from Holland next
spring.
Quit Urging Beet as Crop.
YAKIMA,-The Ctah-idahO Sugar
company, after three years of cam
paigning for acreage to be planted
to sugar beets, each season with
less success, has apparently decided
to adopt the policy of leasing land
and then snb-leasiHg it to farmers
from other sections.
Students Vote to Pay More.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
misunderstanding to the man. a
massmeeting of 700 students recently
indorsed a $40 year tuition plan tc
raise money to build state college
memorial gymnasium and woman's
building for the state college. Of
Washington.
Wenatchee Fruit Shipments.
! WENATCHEE.-To fruit ship
ments to date out of the Wenatchee
district amount to 6614 cars, oi
which 1917 are summer fruit and
5597 apples. Estimating these ship
n,ents to be worth $500 car to the
grower, the total value of the croI
is about $1O,000,000 This is less thar
the value Of last years shipments
Prices in 1919 were higher, and
volume of shipments was greater.
Engineer Issues Report.
OLYMPIA.-The state. bydrauli,
engineer has received 521 applica
tions for water right appropriations
covering $4,000 acres, and equal t.
5000, 900 horsepower in the last two
years. There are now 538, 900 acres
under irrigation with water resources