The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-10-19
STATE EVENTS
BRIEFLY TOLD
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE
WEEK ASSEMBLED FOR
OUR READERS.

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spent in Seattle in the purchase Of
supplies for Japanese relief work.
ii Olive street and Olive way in Seattle
have been changed to Harding way
under an ordinance OF the city council
II Lewis county taxpayers will pay
| sSS9,217.21 to the state of Washington
on an assessed valuation of S25,167,-
s1S..
The dry kiln Of the Fl. III. Martin
Lumber company Of Centralia and
| 100, 900 feet of lumber were destroyed
by fire.
w. B. Dudley, pioneer resident Of
, Yakima, has announced himself as
, candidate for mayor in the coming
city election.
II William Alexander Lord, SO years
old, who was with Phil Sheridan on
his memorable Shenandoah campaign,
died at Everett
The consolidated tax levy of the city
OF Spokane for the coming year has
been placed at 6O.4 mills, as against so
mills levied in 1922
The Consolidated Paper corporation
OF Tacoma has purchased the Russia
Cement plant at Anacortes and will
operate paper mill.
Emanuel Secord, president of the
United States Radio corporation lost
$4,000 in diamonds at Seattle when he
was held up by footpad.
Upon his pleading guilty to charge
or manufacturing moonsnine whisky,
Gus Callias was fined $500 by Justice
l.. B. Bignold OF Montesano.
Last week three steamships, one
motorship, one tanker and two tugs
grounded along the western coast of |
Washington and British Columbia.
Aaron +. Anderson, a Ium herman of |
Seattle who died recently, left an es-
tate Of $1.250,17517, according to an
appraisement filed in superior court.
Recent forest fires in King, Pierce,
Skagit and Snohomish counties are
estimated to have cost the lumbermen
OF those counties more than s225,O0O.
A quarterly dividend of s4OO, 900 was
disbursed by the Premier Gold Mining
company Of Spokane. This makes
u,300.O0 paid in dividends this year.
Opal Kerr. IL year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.. Kerr, of Hillyard,
suburb OF Spokane, died as result
OF burns she received when she light.
ed fire with kerosene.
Automobile licenses in the state of
this year to October 1 .
nave brought into the treasury the
sum of s3.s21.726. King county leads
the state with s1,O31OS1. .
pickett" gray Percheron stallion ,
pred by Herbert Kruger of Colville {
and exhibited at the Spokane Inter- ,
state fair, has been sold to Adolph ,
Johnson Of Yakima for $1,000. r
BY unanimous vote the Pullman
OF commerce extended an in I
to state Y. M. c. A. officials Z
20 hold the annual older boys confer z
once in Pullman next spring. r
Earl Hackett, 10, son of Mr.. and (
Mrs. A. w. Hackett, living on a farm t
,hree miles south of Chehalis. was n
hot accidentally by his brother, b
Lloyd, 1S, while the two were out hunt. 4
ng. t
Due to the heavy fruit crop. the
;helan county horticultural office ex- y
'ects to have the second largest pay n
oil OF any concern in Wenatchee this 5
month. The inspection force numbers t,
bout s. men. G
carpenters are now completing
lumber of new cottages at Govern o
nent Mineral Springs in Skamania t.
county. Increased business of the past 4
eason resulted in an over flow of the II
cottages available.
Accidental injury claims numbering n
81 were presented to the Washington 81
tate department of labor and indus o.
ries during September, an increase of "
per cent over September, 1922. Fatal. o.
ties numbered 26. m
City Engineer J. l.. Stannard of Ia 81
oma has practically completed detail. -
d plans and specifications for the -
AXE Cushman power project dam. '
lids for construction will probably be
allied for by November 1.
The grand total OF taxes to be raised VI
Walla Walla county in 1924 is ST. ~
b6,2S7.23, approximately $500. 900 less -
han was raised this year. The tax ~
IVY in Walla Walla will be on the u
asis of about 3 cents on each 81 of -
u
tn
The six-ysar statute of limitations O..
pplying to contracts also is applic.
Bile to unpaid municipal warrants, in n
,e opinion given to c.. w. Clausep -,
supervisor of municipal corpora h,
ons by Assistant Acknowledgement n,
ndsrson. The question arose as to q,