The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-02-09
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
....,,,nt Occurrences Of Past
r.ek Briefly Compiled tor
Our Readers.

-. in Aberdeen for 1921
.rounted to sss,oi5.sS. j,
.chools were held in Aberdeen
y. = slms Friday and Saturday.
- ..oma has been made department
..,ice headquarters for the II coun.
4. !, southwest Washington.
~ General western offices OF the
..,,neru Pacific railway company are
~ ! removed from Tacoma to Sc.
.,,]e on April l.
~ suit for $4,000 and a petition 10Y
..a,vor for the Tacoma Speedway
..,,.tion we're filed in superior
49,. -. i Tacoma by D. D. outcault.
p.ol pubey, of Vancouver, about gu
II, old, rather than submit to ar
-, drank two ounces OF carboiic
~. ..M He died at st. Joseph's hospital.
citizens Of Irish birth or anteced'
!. have come to the front with an
nm 10 have consulate of the new
,.,.h free state established in Sc
inle.
CHARLES Laughlin, superintendent OF
:. r,oty Lumber & Single company
J, l)oty, in western Lewis county, was
,,ovned in the Chehalis river at that
DlAce.
vice-President Coolidge has desig-
MID Senator Poindexter of Washing
- to read Washington's farewell adj
lr.ss in the senate on the birthday OF
Ne first president
Primal complaint against service
,ndered by the Hartford Eastern rail-
Nv IN Snohomish county was entered
nthe department of public works and
l1arins set for February 10.
The port Of Tacoma last week led
Wery port on the Pacific coast in the
lsspsea tonnage for discharge or load
ROT cargo, L. M. Daniels. manager OF
Hs Tacoma Merchants Exchange.
nd.
najor-G General George w. Goethals
n begun active field work in con-
nection With the survey of the Column
NJ basin irrigation project, which he
~ been engaged by the state OF
Warrington to make
Stephen Bennett Packard. ex-United
States consul to Liverpool, England,
snetime governor of Louisiana and
prominent IN political affairs following
Tie civil VA, Is dead at his home In
eeattle. 1t the age Of 50.
Almost four times as much was
pat In Aberdeen last month as dur
q December. the report OF the build
4 department. shows. Thirty per-
nih were issued. involving expendi-
m Of (ll,S76. during the month.
Appraisal It $4,000 Of a section Of
unber n Lewis county belonging to
y capitol land grant was announced
y ne state capitol committee. Ap-
uation to buy the timber has been
uled and Il will be put up for sale
vitAin six weeks.
Automobile owners In the larger
- Of the west side have been fairly
MaH IN obtaining new motor We
-se licenses, but the slump in east
" Washington and in rural districts
:" oeen marked. Dealers are slow
class to show 1000 licensed.
thousands Of bushels of wheat given
" farmers Of Washington, Idaho and
.0aana to Armenia and neighboring
~'n''les will be ground into flour
'ae Tacoma plant Of the Sperry
.Oul Mills company during the next
~ uays Tor the near east relief com.
hittes. W
BIDS will be called for within a few
I" 70 start construction Of the
y ~saoa''on and first floor walls of
us main building in the new capitol
'anOs at Olympia. and work will
,.. s'sun 10 few weeks, it was an.
-. .s.aced following meeting Of the
..s capitol committee.
~ NC department. of public works
,,s - Welcome the cooperation of the
a'ssr cities Of the state in mat tus
p.,,s engineering investigation Of the
sbl.s ' and Home telephone systems
s,' na must be completed before the
htIaa a' hearings on rates. rules. regu.
, p.s and contracts can begin.
cent fp ! of approximately 17h per
. .,a' IN railroad rates on logs e p 80.
oIsn pAs0sd by an order issued ~
ss sapla by the department Of public as
SsI.s 70 apply on all state traffic
has ueans' it is said. the saving Of
Aippa,. ",Ilon dollars annually to log
sa s' based on operations of 1000
oa,, lumber mills are getting
sast,,. :, the orders for lumber for.
%, ,s ss'' 1,. the $4,000 cars being built
aortssss,o union Pacific system. and
Tor prae,'.l mills are being called on
aesded. .ean all the millions of feet
sssta,, according to A. 5. Edmonds
paeir Traffic manager q, n. -.