The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-07-23
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This state
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

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Busy Readers.
Electric Storm Hits Yakima.
n YAKIMA.-An electrical storm July
16 did considerable damage about
Yakima valley.
PaIouse Postmaster Quits,
PALOUSE.-R. A. Bevlail, post
master, has rendered his resignation
to become effective at once.
Form National Wheat Body.
A national wheat growers associa-
ton similar to that formed this year
in this state Is to be formed in Chi
cago July 1924
Odessa Has 1850 Population.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-The census
of Odessa, Wash, shows population
of 1850 persons, an increase Of 1875,
or 1876 per cent, since 1910.
Kettle Falls Lad browns.
KETTLE FALLS.-Leonard Hagg,
age II, son of Gregory Hagg, was
drowned recently in bayou of the
Columbia river. He took cramps.
Mower Sewers Boys Foot.
PROSSDR Paul Peterson, l5-
a mower directly in front of the
horses and one foot was severed by
the cycle bar.
Bars Tonnes and Bitters.
COLVILLE-The city council has
adopted a drastic prohibition ordi-
nance. All alcohol tonics and bitters
are barred. Heavy penalties will be
imposed upon all violators of the
ordinance.
Alfalfa Profitable Crop.
PASCO.-E. Clemens, who lives just
west of the city, reports that he has
harvested from ground seeded last
year two and half tons of alfalfa an
acre, this being the first crop. The
hay was sold for $36 a ton, making
the receipts $50 an acre.
Laud Experiment Station.
ELLENSBURG. = The Washington
State college agricultural station al
| Waterville is big success and OF
great benefit to farmers, in the opin
ion of a delegation of Ellensburs
farmers who have Just returned from
the annual field day there.
Storm Hits WaIia Waiia.
! WALLA WALLA.-Walla Walla's
hottest day of the season, SO degrees
was followed July II by a high wind
bringing a cloud of dust from the
west so thick that objects a blocl
away were obscured, and this wa.
followed by rain.
viii Rebuild Coifax Mill.
| COLFAX.-Plans are under way TO
the rebuilding of the mill which re
Gently burned, with the same capacit!
as the one destroyed, 500 barrels ,
day. The new building will be O
concrete and in every way moderl
and up to date.
| WaIIa WaIia Crop viii Be Heavy.
| WALI4A WALLA.-District Hort
culturist IL. G. Wood estimated vege
table crops of Walla Walla county a
follows: Onions, 900 acres; asparagus
300 acres; rhubarb, 200 acres; cat
bage, 200 acres; potatoes, 45O acres
miscellaneous, 100 acres. The aggre
gate shows about SO per cent gain.
Rains improve 0roviile Crops.
OROVILLE. - Recent rains hav
greatly improved crop prospects il
the north part of the country, espe
cially through the hill country. Crop
on the lower lands, above the irrigs
ton system, can be put down as
total failure. Light snow during tn
winter and long drouths this sprin
were the cause.
Bandit Loots Starbuck Bank.
STARBUCK.-While Cashier M.
/ Zintheo was chatting with custome
last Saturday at the teller's window G
J the Starbuck State Bank, roughl
clad man, unmasked, but wearin
large amber glasses, entered the plac,
presented gun and drove Mr.. Zil
theo, Mr.. List and Miss Gladys Brotl
|, erton, the bookkeeper, into the vau
locked them up and escaped with 81
500 in currency and $500 in coin.
, Warns Against Leaf Rollers.
$ WENATCHEE.-An emphatic war;
: ing to all the fruit growing district
: of the state is sounded by Professc
: A. j.. Melander of Washington Stat
: college against the leaf roller" til
! newest and most deadly pest that hs
yet appeared in the orchards of Was
= ington. The leaf roller is similar
; the codling moth. Eggs are laid
different parts of the tree, hatch inl
larvae and then burst forth as moth
!. Spokane Milk Prices Go Up.
). SPOKANE.-Retail milk prices hel
o have advanced to provide for an i
/ crease in the price paid the produce
n The new price of milk is 151S cen
- for delivery from a wagon regular