The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-01-06
WASHINGTON STATE
news OF INTEREST
important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Crude lead limitations Of the silver
dollar are being circulated at Aber-
deem.
Tacoma Masonic bodies will build n
new temple to cos. from $350.000 to
100000.
Crime in Spokane. is on the increase
| and police authorities are considering
the employment of additional force.
Seattle's building record for 1920
shows total of s13,50O,00O, while in
1919 it was approximately $4,000, 900.
Plans for the erection of church
building to cost $4,000 are announced
by the Second Church of Christ, Sci
enlist, of Spokane.
Walla Walla is the first city in the
state to reach it's quota in the cam
paign for funds to save the starving
children of Europe.
Tacoma bank clearings smashed all
previous records during 1920, showing
a gain of more than $22 100000 over
the figures for 1919.
The plant of the Golden Rule Mill
ing company, Toledo's newest indus
try, began the actual grinding of flour
and feed last week.
Falling prices Of farm products have
caused q decrease of approximately ST.
100000 in the value of crops grown on
the Yakima Indian reservation.
The Aberdeen chamber of commerce
will add leaflet on berry culture to
it's collection of literature regarding
the resources of Grays Harbor.
Investigation Of six cases of gas poi
soning, three of which resulted fatally
within the last few days, is being made
ut Seattle by the county coroner.
D. c. Coates. chairman of the Wash
ington Farmer-Labor party, has called
| q state convention to be held in Seat
tie, Tacoma or Everett January Is.
Battery e. the first unit of the 146th
field artillery. has been organized at
Seattle. Within two weeks the battery
bis expected to number about 80 men.
Dates Of the Walla Walla poultry
show have been changed from January
1922 to January 25-29. in order not to
conflict with the time of the Spokane
show.
| Adoption Of a state tax upon gaso-
line il being considered by J. Grant
Hinkle, secretary of state Of Washing
ton, as means of raising more funds
for road building.
Telephone "centrals" will soon cease
to exist in Seattle, for dial phones of
the automatic variety are being in
stalled and soon will replace the tele-
phones now in use.
Hoquiam on Thursday night dedi-
Gated its new $125,0OO memorial to
veterans of oil American wars, in
which all local organizations are to
have their headquarters.
Apple shipments out Of the Wenat-
chez district passed 1000 cars during
1920. Total fruit shipments of the dis
trict were $500 cars, having an esti-
mated value Of $12,S00.000.
Fire In the Christian church at Han
ford few days ago revealed whisky
still In the basement, near which were
found two barrels of corn mash and
some manufactured whiskey.
The Tacoma light department had
469,635.70 left after paying operating
expenses during November OF $S2.-
287.1S. and depreciation charges. The
water department cleared $3079.14. :
For the first time in seven years tho
value of building permits issued In
Spokane passed the 100000 mark
this year. Total for the IL months Is
$3,015.294, as compared with $1,6s9,92S
last year.
With a surplus Of labor at Waiia
Walla, no work available and many
suspicious characters seen on the
streets, the police are ordering out OF
town men who have no visible means
of support.
Practically one-third of the states
quota of $35O,O0O in the European chill
dren,s relief fund campaign has been
raised. according to figures given out
by Louis H. Burnett, state chairman
of the drive.
During 1920 there were but 81 new
residences built in Vancouver. while
IN 1919 there were 125. However,
building permits this year exceeded in
value those of last year by several
thousand dollars.
High water in the Nisqually and
Triton rivers caused considerable dam
| age in eastern Lewis county. A bridge
on the Tacoma & Eastern at Elbe was
washed out, and another between
| Morton and Mineral.
George T. Stage, sentenced to 10 to
is years in the penitentiary for kid
mapping his son, has arrived at the
penitentiary at Walla Walla from Ia