The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-04-21
WASHINGTON STATE
Jews OF interest
I'm oriant Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

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of Washington for 1921 is forecast at
81, $4,000 bushels.
Zip You, Chinese canneryman of
Hoquiam, who died suddenly last week,
left an estate valued at $4,000.
The home economic classes of Kelso
high school will make their annual
exhibit at the high school Friday.
| The dates for the annual May music
festival by the Chehalis Choral society
have been fixed for May 10 and IL.
Margaret, 3-year-old daughter of B.
C. Cato, was run over by traction
car at Centralia and instantly killed.
Plans to pool the entire wool crop
of the state are being made by the
Washington Woolgrowers' association.
Because of sensational charges made
by the recent grand jury, plans are
on foot to recall the Benton county
commissioners.
Two carloads of rhubarb and IL car
loads of spinach were shipped from
Walla Walla last week to Puget Sound
| and Canadian markets.
An increase of % per cent has been
granted the Spokane Falls Gas Light
ing Gas & Fuel company by the de-
partment of public works.
Total appropriations of the 1921 leg
islature were s61,129,711.91, as COM
pared with appropriations of $4,000
600 by the 1919 legislature.
According to change made in the
traffic law by the legislature. pedestri-
ans in the future must walk on the
left hand side of the highway.
-Four members of the Bremerton city
council resigned Monday night follow
ing disagreement over the policy of
handling the police department.
William Huggard, mining engineer,
shot himself to death in Tacoma
hotel, leaving note asking that his
ashes be scattered on Puget Sound.
Construction of the first Greek
Orthodox church in the state OF Wash
ington was commenced at Seattle last
week. The edifice will cost $4,000.
Professor Carl q. Magnussen, who has
been with the University Of Wash
ington for "a years, has been appoint
ed dean of the college of engineering.
The Danaher Lumber company OF
Tacoma has gone into the hands of
a receiver. The assets are said to ap-
proximate 100000 and the liabilities
100000.
About 35 non-union bricklayers, car
penters and Iaborers began work on
the state armory at Walla Walla Mon
day, following walkout Of union men
q week ago.
It is stated that not more than $500
students can be accommodated>next
year at the University of Washington.
and applications will not be received
! after July Is.
The hatchery near Dryad, in Lewis
county, had big output for the pres
ent season, E. A. Lease, the superfn-
tendent, releasing 100000 salmon fry
and 100000 trout.
The southwest Washington confer
ence of retail merchants was held IN
Centralia and Chehalis Monday under
the auspices of the Washington State
Retailers association.
Caught in a slide Of sawdust IN
logging bin, Hugh J. Rogers, Is. fire-'
mans helper at the Bay City mill at
| Aberdeen, fell headlong into the DIN
and died of suffocation.
| J. l.. Freeman, state manager OF
the Non-partisan league OF Wasnins-
ton. has resigned because OF Ill health
and e. r. Ormsby of Seattle has Deen
named to succeed him.
More than 100 new families nave
purchased land in the last three months
i in Franklin county. being assured Oh
vater this season from the Franklin
county irrigation district.
Increased rates on fuel wood, pulp
wood and wood bolts in carload lots
hetwean oregon, Washington and
idaho points have been denied by the
,rtaratate commerce commission.
4 Owing to the lack Of business, the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST Paul. tne
only railroad serving Pine City, has
notified its agent that the depot will
he closed for an indefinite period.
Il. Ten times as many fruit trees are
being set out in the Wenatchee dis
trict this year as during any previous
season since 1914, many Of the wheat
fields being turned into orchards.
liquidation by County Assessor Hull
Of nearly 1000 Japanese in Seattle, be-
tween the ages of 81 and 40, has led
him to the conclusion that there are
nearly $4,000 Japanese in the city.
A total of $9,O47,043.S6 is in the
state treasury, as shown by the report
of Treasurer Babcock to Auditor Clau-
sen. Warrants paid out during the
week of April totaled $1,S46, 563.52.
Showing an increase of 81 per cent,