The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-07-21
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS Of Interest
Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Fire of unknown origin destroyed
about 5000 acres Of wheat en- :he
Snake river south of Cornell.
Fire destroyed Quartermaster dock.
a government wharf at Port Town
send. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Lyle Logging company's camp
at Elk river, near Hoquiam, resumed
operations this week, giving employ
ment to 80 men,
Five Walla Walla banks on June so
showed deposits of $S,7OS,543.9S, a
slight falling off as compared with the
deposits on April %.
The July 1 crop forecast estimates
the winter wheat crop of Washington
at 29,66O,OO0 bushels, or 100000
bushels above that of 1920.
The road to Paradise valley, in the
Rainier national park, is now open to
tourists. according to announcement
by w. III. Peters, park superintendent.
Auditors examining the affairs Of
the bankrupt Bohlke Fruit company of
Wenatchee find that the concern owes
81 ,461 900 and the assets are only $685.
900.
Two women were killed and man
was injured, probably fatally, in Sc
attic when a streetcar struck the three
as they were crossing the tracks on
foot.
T. ]. Hendricks has completed 5k
miles of paving on the Winlock-To-
ledo road, connecting Winlock with
the Pacific highway at Cowlitz
Prairie.
Turkey Red wheat, averaging 25
bushels to the acre and testing 61h
pounds, is being delivered to the Pa
cific Grain company at Winona by J..
NJ Windes.
Oil is seeping to the surface of the
we'll at Alfalfa in Walla Walla coun-
ty and workmen engaged in drilling
believe that the "gusher" will come
any minute.
Four bandits at Seattle snatched a
bag containing $4,000 in currency
from a messenger for the Northwest
Trust and State bank and escaped in
an automobile. ....
M. G. Detlefson, labor leader and
candidate for city councilman at the
last election, is under arrest at Aber-
deem charged with robbery and imper-
sonating an officer.
Charged with violating the. liquor
laws, Mark Reefloeg, laborer Of
Seattle, shot and killed himself just
before his trial was to have been call
ed in police court.
Fire destroyed the barn and con-
tents, including 25 mules and a horse,
on the farm Of Fred Cushing, south
Of Endicott More than 100 tons Of
hay were consumed.
Present indications point to very
large crop of cranberries on the coast.
It is the opinion of those close to the
industry that the crop this season will
be the largest ever produced.
The Patterson-McDonald Shipbuild-
ing company of Seattle has been
awarded $1,O2S,45S.66 in ship construc-
ton claims against the Australian gov
ernihent by board Of arbitrators.
Captain Reeds new ferry dock at
Kalama is nearing completion and is
expected to be great convenience to
automobile tourists crossing the Co
lumbia between Goble and Kalama.
Orders have been received to hold
q competitive examination August 8
for postmaster at Walla Walla to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of George b. Day, which took ef-
feet June 1.
Growth of the dairy business in the
northwest requires increased vigilance
in controlling diseases Of cattle, ac-
cording to statements made at the
convention of northwestern veterin-
arians at Seattle.
Communities must be educated" to
do without too many local improve
ments if taxes are to be reduced, Gov
ernor Hart told the state tax survey
commission at its first meeting in
Seattle last week.
A third surveying party to take
topography of the Long-Bell Lumber
company's timber holdings in Lewis
and Cowlitz counties will go into the
northwest portion of the holdings in
Lewis county within few days. -.
Fire declared to have started from
a lighted cigarette in a livery stable
destroyed the entire town of Milan,
in the northern part of Spokane coun-
ty, with the exception of the Great
Northern depot and the Oddfellows'
hall.
Foreign-born inhabitants in Wash
ington state have lost ground in the
last ten years in the race with native
Americans, according to report Of
the census bureau of the population Of
the state as to sex, color and nativity.
While the foreign-born population of