Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-08-03
Local and =aa Personal

Mrs. Chas. SmtltzeF was a
Spokane visitor Tuesday. +.
7. G. Jones one of the farmers
from northeast of town was in.
Coulee trading Tuesday morning.
Miss Olive Simson of .Kenne-
wick. a former teacher. in the
Coulee high school is visiting her
many friends here this week.
J. B. Kinnaman and family
visited last Sunday with the A.
M. Irwin and Chas., Schimmal
families near Steamboat Rock.ie !
Miss Dayma Langet and Mrs.
Esther Brimble left Saturday for
Connell. and from there they
will hike to Yakima and Rim
rock. At the latter place they
will visit Mrs. u. L. Dowell.
Mrs. Lula Dawley's household
goods have arrived and We're
taken out Saturday, to the farm
two miles north of town.
L. J. Studer is in town this
week. The family are now liz,
ing in St. Maries, Idaho, Ia
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Box are
helping Mr.. and Mrs. Clate Egg
gleston of Mold, through harry
est.
G. T. Walter and VIM. Steph-
ems made business trip to Okla
hogan and Brewster, Saturday,
returning Sunday.
N. w. Washington of Ephrata,
was in town last Sunday. x
! Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Wilsonand
Mrs. Dent Pugh made a trip to
Oroville last Friday. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. SERVER and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cromwell Twining
were in Omak, Sunday.
Get some of A. l.. fuckers
pure spring ice for your drinking
water these hot days. -Ad.
C. ]. Weller and family visited
over Sunday with the G. A.
Stapleton family in Omak and
| arriyea home Monday, Ellamarie
Stapleton returned with them
and will visit her grand parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Bogart.
Albert j. Dorm and son, Albert
}. Jr., were guests at the tourist
camp Sunday evening. They
left Philadelphia about three
weeks ago, coming by train and
shipping their car to Denver,
Colo, and started from there to
make complete circuit Of the
National Park to Park Highway.
E. L. Davis is remodeling the
interior of his store, putting in
extra shelves and cupboards to
accommodate the large stock he
has found it necessary to carry
in order to satisfy the demands
of his increasing trade.
C. C. Larsen of St. Andre VS..
reports the best yield of grain so
far this year. He had one 40
acre field of winter wheat that
averaged A bushels to the acre.
A car load of sugar was re.
ceived in Coulee last Saturday
from San Francisco, the first like
quantity since the war. The car
contained 440 100-pound sacks
and was distributed among the
merchants of this town. At the
price sugar is, this car load was
worth snug sum.
Mrs. C. E. Gressen of Port
land, Oregon, is visiting her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Gookin.
Mrs. L. B. Stevens is expected to
be here also, this week from
Spokane for a visit at home.
The first cars of the 1923 crop
of grain were loaded out Tuesday.
One of rye. which brought $40
a ton, and consigned to Portland
was handled by A. L. Tucker of
the Coulee Warehouse Co. This
car left the yard here Tuesday.
Also a car load of wheat was
handled by A. J. Dodd, Manager
of the Farmers Corporation.
Both these grains were raised on
the Lincoln Stock Farm by D. ].
Martin. The wheat when har-
vested averaged 20 bushels to
the acre, it was of the Jones Fife
variety and tested 60 pounds.
and brought Mr.. Martin 85c a
bushel. These are the first car
loads of grain to be loaded in
July from Coulee, for number