The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-01-18
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
important Occurren ces Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

to the Boy Scouts of Spokane by the
John A. Finch estate.
George S. Cole, aged Is. well known
pioneer of Whitman county, died at
his farm home near Colfax.
Fourteen arrests in IL hours Thurs
day marked the most sweeping liquor
and narcotics raid ever conducted In
Walla Walla county.
Two United States reclamation prob
ects, the Teton and Sunnyside units.
with 1O7 900 acres under water, pro-
duced $S,S38,744 in 1922.
The White Salmon Box company, es-
tablished last fall at Bingen. is adding
new equipment which will triple the
output of the past season.
Hot-lunch counters were established
last week in five Clarke county schools
as part OF the better nutrition cam
paign among school children.
With a force of approximately 400
men, the Clear Lake sawmill at Mount
Vernon has resumed operations after
Z shutdown of several weeks.
It is announced In Spokane that the
new Lutheran hospital will be started
early next spring. The hospital will
be financed by $4,000 bond issue.
Traffic over the Pacific highway is
normal following the temporary block
ing of traffic one mile south of Bell
ingham by slide of rock and earth.
Two hundred new cars will be imme-
diately acquired for use on the Sc
attic municipal street railway, accord
ing to plans announced by city Of
ficials.
The Skagit Valley Seed association
last week made its first payment since
organization, amounting to $4,000.
This amount was paid to seventy-five
members.
reached its peak for the year. applica-
lions being received by the state IL
cense department running close to
5000 day,
Farmers Of Colfax are blowing and
many fields show the freshly turned
burrows, q somewhat unusual sight for
January. Many fields are green with
fall wheat up.
w. H. McGrath, indicted at Spokane
for impersonating an officer and Sc
curing 1915 from w. " Brown, farmer,
has been sentenced to three years at
McNeils Island.
Returns from 1894 acres of Indian
lands on the Yakima reservation last
year amounted to $6.657.45O. This is
10 per cent below 1921. due to the low
price of potatoes.
More than 100 students at the Unii
versity of Washington will be barred
from attendance during the new quar-
ter because Of failure to maintain the
required standing in their studies.
Accused OF mulcting Seattle invest.
ors, mostly women. out Of more than
100000 in the last five year. George
E. Tilton, real estate man, is under
arrest, charged with grand larceny.
Definite action has been started in
Spokane toward recovering money for
bond holders on approximately $1,000
600 worth of local Improvement dis
trict bonds on which payment is in,
default.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
the f. H. Bacon warehouse at Wapato
It was valued at $4,000 and well COW
cred by insurance. The flames also
baked $500 tons Of potatoes and 10
tons Of onions.
Enactment Of a law to make study
courses Of parochial and private
schools conform with state regulations
for public schools will be sought in
the legislature by the Washington Ed
vocational league.
Suggestion that the entire city be
included in local Improvement dis
trict as a method of financing the
building OF bridge across the Wish
kai river, is meeting with some APP
prevail at Aberdeen.
The Kiwanis club of Vancouver has
decided to add $500 to the bequest left
by the late Elizabeth SHETLAND for a
bird and dog fountain 80 that wading
pool for small children can be built in
connection with the fountain.
Mineral output of gold, silver, lead,
copper and zinc In Washington dur
ing 1922 increased $4,000 over 1921.
IN 1922 the value of these mineral
outputs totaled $4,000. and during
1921 the sum reached was only $780,
900.
w. E. Clayton, aged 20. was killed
ct Tacoma when a landslide demolish-
Cd his home. The avalanche, result
Of the heavy rains. carried the VIC
tim more than 20 feet, and the fire
department had difficulty recovering
the body.
Funds for widening the highway be-
tween NisQually Glacier and Paradise