The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-09-29
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tendency of The Dalles district having
been declined.
Robert C. Saunders, United States at
torney for the western district OF
Washington, has forwarded his resig-
nation to Washington, d. c., to take
effect upon the appointment and quail
ification of his successor.
Despite that this is the time of year
when the demand for loans to harvest
the record breaking apple crop of the
district is at its height, deposits of
the four Wenatchee banks made gain
of $90,420 during the last two months.
The movement of the Washington
state apple crop is well under way
and will be at it's height within ten
days, according to Spokane railroad
men. The majority of the cars were
said to be going straight through to
the east.
An unusually good condition OF
municipal water and light utilities
throughout the state is reflected in the
monthly reports of such utilities to the
state division of municipal corpora
tions of the department of taxation
and examination.
All the Wageners and a large per-
centage of the Jonathans, Delicious,
Spitzenbergs and other early and in
termediate apple varieties in the Spo-
kane valley controlled by the Spokane
Fruit Growers company have been
sold before picking.
Gasoline sales in the state Of Wash
ington for August totaled almost TO-
100000 gallons, reports from dealers
to the state department of licenses,
under the 1 cent per gallon tax law,
show. The increase over July sales
was 1,1S2,36S gallons.
Four women and eight men consti-
tute the jury chosen in superior court
at Seattle to try James E. Mahoney,
former railroad brakeman, on the
charge that he murdered his elderly
wife for her property and threw a
trunk containing her body into Lake
Union here.
ALI passengers on the Bellingham-
Glacier branch of the Chicago, Mil
waukee st. Paul railway will be car
ried in cabooses hereafter. The rail-
way has removed it's last passenger
coach from the line. Automobile stages
have practically absorbed passenger
traffic, it was explained.
Bank deposits in Lincoln county, as
shown by the call for Sept. 6, increased
S161, 1853 since the call for juno 80. The
total in the sixteen banks Of the coun-
ty on the last call was $4,669,602; on
the June call $4,508,444 Deposits Sept.
6 were $1,409,996 less than last Sep
TENDER, when they were s6,079,59S.
Establishment of municipal wood
yard was among the suggestions fav-
orably received at conference on un-
employment called by Mayor Caldwell.
Extension of public improvements to
make more work also was proposed.
Estimates of the number Of unemploy-
ed here ranged from 5000 to $4,000.
Proclamation has been issued by
d. A. Scott, director of conservation
and development. ending the closed
burning season Of forests in the state
Saturday at midnight. The order
states that recent rains have removed
the danger, and written permission
will not be required thereafter to burn
forest material.
Doubts as to the death of F. L. Stew
art, banker of Kelso, who disappeared
March IL, 1921, are expressed in suit
filed in federal court at Tacoma by
the Alliance Trust company of Dun
dee, Scotland, against Louise L. and
Maude M. Matchette, the Brown Dyk-
ing & Improvement company and 9TH
ers in Cowlitz county.
Robert A. LIE Roux, first adjutant
of Hoquiam of the American Legion,
for the last eleven months field Of
ficer for the national body in the
west, has been appointed liaision Of
ficer between the legion and the vet
erans' welfare bureau in Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. He will establish
headquarters in Seattle.
| Attempts Of a hundred Doukhobours
to rush the international boundary
line on their way from British Column
bia to Washington was defeated at
Marcus when Chief immigration OF.
ficer Brown and his aides cut supply
of switches from neighboring bushes
and turned back the invaders, who
had shed all their wardrobe at a word
Of command from their leader.
A saving of operating costs amount.
ing to $22,9ss.1s as compared with
those for the corresponding period OF
last year is shown by the state de-
partment of conservation and develop
ment under the civil administrative