The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-04-20
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Ing In Elma.
Allen ]. Miller. one of the oldest
pioneers Of Washington. died at Ia.
coma. aged 81.
More than half of the county treas
urers of the state are delinquent with
their April remittances of March tax
collections.
F. A. Haxeltine, divisional chief of
federal prohibition forces in the Pa
cific northwest, will open offices in
Seattle soon.
The Hoquiam Savings and Loan as
sociation. with capitalization of ST.
000. 1000. has been organized by prom
inent business men of that city.
Maurice p. Codd was acquitted by q
jury at Spokane of charge of first
degree murder In connection with the
death of Frank p. Brinton. a soldier.
A meeting of the ministers .of the
Presbyterian churches in southwestern
Washington was held in South Bend
last week. Some 18 visitors were pres.
emit.
Robert E. Turner of Seattle, 4
Hamilton senior, has been expelled
from college after his secret arraign-
ment at Utica, NJ Y, on charge of
bootlegging.
Edward McKeever Rands. prominent
resident of Clarke county, died at the
home of his sister. Mrs. John L. Spiger.
near Oregon City. Ore, after an Illness
Of two months.
Charles H. Habenstreit and his wife
were killed instantly when their house.
which stood at the foot of a cliff on
the outskirts of Seattle. was buried un-
der landslide.
Conviction Of Ward Daniels. c. A.
Brown and Louis Madsen for the muir.
der Of Volney L. Stevens. Seattle pa
trolman. January II. 1921. was affirm
cd by the supreme court.
The Clarke county Prunarians have
approved plan to hold the annual
prune harvest festival again this year
and committees will be appointed to
make the necessary plans.
With State Commander William H.
Nelson Of Seattle, presiding, the Sec
,nd annual state convention Of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars opened at
Tacoma with 100 delegates in attend
snce.
Director Scott. Of the department Of
conservation and development. has an
nounced the reappointment Of Fred A.
Adams Of Spokane as supervisor of
the state division of Columbia basin
survey.
An offer Of $25O.o00 for educational
purposes has been made by the Rookie
teller foundation to the College of
Puget Sound, Tacoma. on the condition
that like sum be raised by that col
iege by January 1, 1928.
Mrs. Winnie Braden, specialist in
demonstration and exhibits for the
Washington state extension service,
visited Cowlitz county last week and
gave demonstrations in Castle Rock,
Kalama, Woodland and Kelso.
Three federal investigators of the
government narcotic unit for the Pa
cific coast have arrived at Seattle
ander instruction Of Chief Smith, and
will at once join with the police in a
concerted campaign against the traffic.
In seeking site for it's new $1,000
300 hospital In Seattle. the Seattle
General Hospital association has
found that under existing municipal
regulations 1t il practically impossible
to obtain the kind Of close in site neces-
sary
A salmon does eat after 1t leaves
salt water, according to Mr.. wyckoff,
Clarke county fish warden, who on
February IL took 16.pound salmon
when he confiscated an illegal net.
This Chinook had II smelt In It's
stomach.
H. ]. Macginn. diver and head of
The Grays Harbor Deep Sea Salvage
company, was drowned in the Chehalis
river at Aberdeen when he slipped
from ladder of the steamer Frank
B. Stout. tearing the air lines from
his diving suit.
When the owner of an automobile
permits person he knows Is likely to
become intoxicated to drive his car,
and an accident follows, the owner Of
the car is jointly liable for damages
resulting from the accident, the gu
preme court has held.
Increased corporation filing fees, for
the double purpose Of netting the
state more revenue and eliminating
wildcat" operators. we're advocated
by Secretary of State Hinkle before
the state tax investigating committee
In session in Seattle.
More than 100000 trout will be
delivered to Lewis county this year
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