The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-03-16

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outdoor natatorium to the city as soon
rs he has 1t completed, he announced
to the Rotary club.
Application has been made by Pa
cific county for a right of way across
the Fort Columbia military reserva-
ton which will permit the construc-
ton by the county of road down the
coast. The application has been re-
ferred to the commanding general of
the 9Th corps area at San Francisco.
Supervisors of branch offices of the
department of labor and Industries In
Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Belling-
ham and Spokane met at Olympia with
Director Edward Clifford for instruc.
ton In the new system of accounts and
collections for medical aid and indus
trial insurance which will be made ef-
fective April l..
Snoqualmie pass will be open for
cross-country travel between Spokane
and Seattle about May Is, James
Allen, state highway engineer, states.
Work of removing the snow and ice
now on the highway will be started
soon with large steam shovel. Snow
and ice lie eight and nine feet deep
In the pass at present.
Sale of commodity made OF cocoa
nut and peanut oil, unless such pro-
duct is discolored to resemble butter
and sold without notice Of its real
character, is not forbidden by the law
regulating the sale of oleomargarine,
Attorney General Thompson held in an
opinion rendered to E. L. French,
director of agriculture.
Warning to orchard owners Of the
state, and particularly in the vicinity
of Seattle, not to permit agents of w.
c. Thompson, manufacturer of an NJ.
legged "cure-all" for sick orchard trees,
to inject" Thompson's Tree Powder
into their trees was issued by Charles
L. Robinson, supervisor Of horticulture
In the state department Of agriculture.
+. L. Stewart missing cashier Of
the defunct ,Kelso State bank, who
was reported to have drowned him
self from the Goble-Kalama ferry in
the Columbia river March IL, 1921, has
escaped to Mexico, according to evil
dence obtained by attorneys who are
collecting data for their fight against
payment Of Stewards life insurance
policies.
Initiative and referendum measures
placed on the general election ballots
since 1913 have cost the state for the
checking Of names on petitions and
other expense in preparing the meas
ures for the ballot $15S. 405.65, 1t is
shown by figures compiled by Secre-
tary to State Hinkle. Two initiative
measures and one referendum have
been enacted as . result.
Announcement was made 1t Seattle
that the Brotherhood of St Andrew,
the organization of the men and older
boys Of the Protestant Episcopal
church of America, will hold its an
nual convention for 1922 In that city
August 30 to September 8, inclusive.
The convention is expected to bring to
Seattle several thousand delegates
from all parts Of the country.
Literally millions of dollars Of
wealth in the embryo is being turned
out of the Willapa Fish hatchery 1t
Lebam in Pacific county where q total
Of Is, 900 900 salmon eggs are expected
to be taken from fish and Matched by
the end Of this season. At last report,
the hatchery had taken about 12,000,-
900 eggs. The hatchery at Lebam 10
the only one operating in Pacific coun-
ty and one Of the few now active in
this state.
Standardization Of all railroad grade
crossing signals to conform to the fed
eral standard signals, already adopted
by IS states. and campaign of educa-
ton to prevent grade crossing acct
dents were the methods advocated by
all speakers at the Three-States Grade
Crossing Safety conference held at
Olympia at the call Of the Washington
department Of public works. Elimina-
tion Of grade crossings wherever posi-
BILE also was favored.
An emergency. contract was let by
the Kittitas board of county commits
sioners to the Union Bridge company
of Portland for the construction OF q
new steel bridge to replace what is
commonly known as the lower river
bridge across the Yakima river, two
miles south of Ellensburg. The con-
struction company has been working
for several weeks on new $4,000
bridge two miles up the river, known
as the upper river bridge.
Completion of the organization OF
the state highway patrol on q summer
haaia with the regular force more