The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-10-13
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
,noortant Occurrences OF Past
week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.


:, me basis of an S1-mill levy.
Albert Richards, - years old. died at
...rane from a broken neck suffered
shsu he was struck by an automobile.
coattle property owners, within the
-, limits, will pay taxes in 1922 at
~ rate of $63.37 on every $1,000 as
.essed valuation. "
The Seattle postoffice did a bust
..ss Of $1S2,9S9 in September this
.s.r as compared with s1S3,575 in
seutember last year.
price reductions averaging 10 per
ant for hotel rooms and meals in
,o,el restaurants have been made by
suokane hotel managers.
The assessed valuation Of King coun-
- Is s2,527,374 less in 1921 than it was
n 1920. Total assessed valuation of
ne county is S3O4,s4O,367.
The Church Manufacturing company
4 Kennewick is running at full ca
Dacity and putting up 5000 to 1000
SALONS of grape juice daily.
rr. O. H. Holmes of Walla Walla
,as elected moderator of the Wash
,nston Congregational conference at
NE close of its annual session at
Everett.
John M. Boyle, United States
marshal from the Western district Of
Washington, has turned in his resigna-
lion at the request of Attorney Gen.
9al Daugherty.
Mrs. Homer G. Osborne, "a, was
ibrmally charged at Seattle with man.
daughter in connection with the death
q an S-months-old baby girl that had
Deen entrustd to her care.
Forty-six new homes, to cost on an
average more than $4,000 each, were
other begun in Spokane during Sep
smber or their construction authoriz-
q by the city building inspector.
Because of jitney competition, F. e.
Oonnors, general manager of the Spo-
hne & Eastern Railway & Power COM
amy, says abandonment of all street
ur service in Spokane is inevitable.
All cities in Washington state show
gain both In the number of manu-
hcturing industries and in the value
4 output from 1914 to 1919, accord
Ing to report of the census bureau.
The Northwest Electric company
has started work on second high
power line between Vancouver and
Camas The new line will carry Co.
400 volts, and will parallel the old
line carrying 1900 volts.
Fifty residents living near the Walla
Walla dump grounds have filed suit in
superior court against the city ask.
hs S76,500 damages each or a total
Of $S.825,000. The residents declare
mat the air is polluted by the refuse
| nom the city.
Railroad proposals to increase trans
Continental freight rates on lumber and
forest products moving from Washing.
ton, Oregon, Utah and Idaho to Ell
Paso, Tex, by rs per cent were held
not Justified by the interstate com.
MERGE commission.
Judge Austin E. Griffiths in superior
court at Seattle denied the motion of
counsel for district No. 10, United
Nine Workers, for rehearing in a
case brought by the Pacific Coast Coal
company. Although Judge Griffiths
mad refused the coal company the re.
nef it sought-an injunction prohibit
ing miners on strike from picketing
the miners sought to modify the de-
cree, which found the union insolvent
and unable to pay possible damages
Inc effect of the insolvency clause
was to keep in force pending an ap
peal temporary restraining order en-
loning picketing.