The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-03-23
WASHINGTON STATE
news OF INTEREST
important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

creased more than 81, SOC, 900 since jan
uary 1.
The older boys conference for the
southwest Washington district will be
held in Kelso early in April.
r. R. Fisher, of Kelso, dipped a total
OF 1040 smelt in single dip, the
catch almost filling two 5O-pound
boxes.
Preliminary plans for the state meet
ing of York Rite Masonic bodies in
Aberdeen, May Is to 10, inclusive have
been announced.
The Master Painters association of
Tacoma has announced a reduction in
wages of painters, effective at once.
The former wage scale OF $7.25 day
is reduced to $40.
Oscar L. Cain, ex-United States dis
trict attorney for the eastern district
Of Washington, was found dead in the
bathroom Of his residence in Spo-
kane with his throat slashed.
Tom Vining, veteran Northern Pa
cific railway conductor, shot and kill
ed Andrew Young of Seattle in lodg-
ing house at Ellensburg and then end
ed his own life No motive for the
shooting was known.
An automobile equipped with flang-
ed wheels to operate on railroad tracks
and carrying cargo Of bottled liquor
was ousted into the ditch four miles
north of Springdale by a Great North
ern extra freight train.
Depositors in the Ethiopia State bank
at Ethiopia, Franklin county, have been
paid in full through assessments which
the stockholders Of the bank levied on
themselves, and the affairs of the
bank are being closed up.
Seven companies operating tugboats
on Grays harbor Joined in filing a joint
tariff, effective April Is, making uni
form towing rates and in most in
stances slight reductions from the pre-
vious tariffs filed Independently.
More than 200 instructors in voca-
tional training from public schools of
Pacific northwest states attended the
second annual convention Of the Puget
Sound Association for Vocational Edu-
cation, which met at Seattle Saturday.
After walking into Spokane hotel
and firing five shots at persons sit
ting in the lobby and injuring one,
Richard Snyder, aged about 40. ran
into room of the hotel and shot
himself through the head, dying In
stantly.
A diploma comforting the honorary
degree of Doctor Of Laws which was
awarded to Marshal Ferdinand Foch
when he visited the University OF
Washington, November 30, will be sent
to him as soon as the engraving is
| finished.
Development Of the potential re-
sources of the state Of Washington in
agriculture. power and tourist attrac
ton was the central theme Of the
fourth annual convention Of the Wash.
ington State Chamber of Commerce
session in Olympia.
| All buses and trucks, operating on
the public highways Of the. state un
der exclusive franchises, will be taxed
S per cent of their gross earnings
hereafter, If the legislature adopts a
| recommendation of the state tax in
vestigating committee.
i Influenza which is raging in western
Clarke county still continues undated
and one death has resulted from II
while there are number OF serious
cases about the country. Because Of
the severity of the epidemic the
school at Sara was closed.
Centralia's old city hall. to be va
Gated next week when the various city
departments move into the new SIS.
600 municipal building, will be trans
ferred into community building i
plans outlined by the chamber of com
merce are carried through.
The Seattle port commission has re
ceived and granted request from thu
federated churches far east relief com
mission permission to store 5000 tons
of food supplies and clothing collected
by the Russian Friends of Americs
society for relief in the famine areas
of Siberia.
The smelt fishing season on TIT
Cowlitz river is at Its height at pre-
sent and many tons of the fish are be
ing shipped out daily. The season.
supply is of unusually excellent quail
ity, and the fishermen are, having M
trouble getting plenty Of fine fish TO
their markets.
Testimony was taken in Seattle Fri
day on the proportional rates proposes
by the Union Pacific, Northern Pacifi
and Great Northern railroad com
panies and their possible effect Of
| the trade territory Of the various cite