The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-06-29
WASHINGTON STATE
News OF INTEREST
important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Our Readers.
DR.. w. A. Odds has resigned as
health officer of Stevens county.
Twenty-Five hundred people attend
ed the Lincoln-Adams county pioneers
picnic at Crab creek.
More than 1000 people attended the
second annual farmers picnic held on
Mill creek, about IL miles from Walla
Walla
Forty-six delegates attended the
Lincoln County Retail Merchants as
sociation's third annual convention at
Wilbur.
After 1O-days' illness with spotted
fever, caused by tick bite, Mrs. LII
liam Dyer, prominent Spokane club
woman, died.
George Perkins, a packer, was shot
and instantly killed by George Jovick,
q sheepherder, at Gold Creek in the
MethOW valley.
Seventy-eight per cent of the names
on five statewide initiative petitions
circulated in Spokane are those OF
registered voters.
Members of the Snohomish County
Jersey Cattle club recently toured the
county to get acquainted with the var
ious Jersey herds.
The commissioners of Grand county
are asked to employ an agricultur1St
In resolution unanimously adopt
ed by the Soap Lake Commercial club.
Two big barns on the William
Struthers ranch on Eureka Flat near
Walla Walla burned, causing loss
of $4,000, partly covered by insur-
ance.
BY a vote of five to two the city
council of Pullman refused to confirm
the action of Mayor N. E. ]. Gentry in
removing Police Judge William M.
Porter.
S. s. Shea, for 45 years telegraph
operator and for more than 80 years
manager of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany at Bellingham, died suddenly in
that city.
All day services were held in the
Elberton park Sunday in commemora-
ton of the 25th anniversary of the
building of the First Methodist Epis-
copal church there.
A surplus in the treasury of the
Grant County Antituberculosis league
will be used to put the teeth of school
children in order, it was decided at
meeting in Ephrata.
i Every county in the state was repre-
scented at the convention of the asso-
Citations of county auditors and treas
urers of Washington, which held its
opening sessions in Port Angeles.
] Medical men from Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho will attend the first
annual meeting of the Tri-State Medi-
cal association which will be held in
Spokane from July to 8, inclusive.
The Washington state supreme
court has rendered an opinion that
state or municipality has the right to
fix minimum wage upon public work
without interference from the courts.
The department of public works an
nounces that Bellingham .streetcar
fares cannot be lowered and may be
increased if the city forces the de-
partment to hold hearing on the
rates.
Apple shippers from all parts of the
United States, British Columbia and
Europe are expected to attend the con-
vention Of the International Apple
Shippers Association in Seattle July
26 to %.
Sheriff Cole, head Of the Colfax play
ground committee, reported to the
commercial club that his committee
has placed the order for equipment
and that it is hoped to have it in place
by July 4.
Military strength at Fort George
Wright, near Spokane, was increased
to 40 officers and enlisted men when
special detachment Of 81 enlisted
men and three officers arrived from
Camp Lewis.
Domin!ck Constantine, said to be the
man who escaped from train near
Standpoint, Idaho, leaving behind q
satchel containing $4,000 worth Of
narcotics, is in the custody of federal
officers at Spokane.