Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-15
Washington News

craQ&c, f1OWdr0 Straub, 10, looked on
the face of his mother here today.
Ever since he suffered an attack of
infantile paralysis at the age of II
months, the boy has been totally
blind Today. following an operation
arranged for by the local Rotary Club,
hanfages were removed and Howard
saEed at his mother. ''Oh, mother,
yea are so pretty" he cried, and
threw himself into her arms.
'SaHATTLE.-More tnan 5000 men
and women, citizens and taxpayers of
the state of Washington, have a per-
se0a} financial interest in the Puget
Sound Power & Light Company
through their ownership of the COM
paay's stock and securities. There is
NO industrial or business enterprise
in the state in which so many of its
citizens are directly concerned. UP
to December 81. 1923, there were g.
e4& stockholders in the company,
owning in all 1880 shares of stock,
1858 other residents of the state were
holders of the company's securities.
PUYALLUP.-On a capital of ST.
ESQ the Western Washington Fair AS
sociation at PuyaIlup now has sur
plus of $119,09S in plant, equipment
and cash, according to a statement
just issued by w. H Paulhamus,
president With an attendance of
$4,000 at the 1923 fair the total re-
eeipts were $102,042.77, and after all
expenses were paid there was left
balance of $27,53S62. Taking out de-
probation, the net profit was $22,-
eSg83.
In a statement to the stockholders
President Paulhamus calls attention
to the fact that the enterprise is now
"a years old, and this years fair will
be the silver anniversary of the asso-
citation During it's quarter century Of
progress the fair has outstripped in
attendance all other fairs in the
Northwest, and has built up it's plant
and cash surplus out of earnings.
Building improvements in 1928 cost
$12,496; interest and bond payments
took $12,295, and S1,483 was invested
in additional property. On bond is
sue of $65,000 in 1920 to raise money
for permanent improvements the as
sociation has paid $4,000, leaving
s47.708 unpaid. OF these bonds the
fair. association owns $1,000 worth,
leaving net outstanding bonded debt
OF $36,700. This record is made,
President Paulhamus points out,
without county or state aid.
SEATTLE The President Grant
sailed for Japan, China and the Phil
ippines recently with 40 automobiles
on board and construction supplies
for Yokohama and Tokyo.
PRIEST RAPIDS.-Elmer Osborne,
state trapper, stationed at Priest Rap
ids, reports that he captured an aver
age OF IT coyotes per month last year.
He claims the record
EVERETT. All rivers in Snoho-
mish County are rising rapidly, as a
result Of heavy downpour Of rain re-
Gently. Several of the principal high
ways are flooded and closed to traf-
fic. The Stillaguamish is over its
banks at Arlington.
TACOMA. - The Right Rev. Fred
eric William Keator, bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal dioceses of
Olympia, died recently at hospital
in New Haven, Conn, of heart dis
ease. Bishop Keator was visiting his
son at Yale University when he was
stricken shortly after his arrival, and
he died after two days illness. He is
survived by his widow and one son.
LONGVIEW. = On the old Cowlitz
county road is an old historical land
mark, called the Huntington Rock,
which is about to be obliterated. Ap-
proximately 100000 pounds of dyna-
mite will be needed to blow the wealth
er-beaten giant to pieces. The rock
the Long-Bell Lumber Company. 1t |
is between SO and 70 feet high and |
embraces about $4,000 to $4,000 cubic |
yards.
SEATTLE. = Thirty-fve thousand |
scrapped army gas masks were dump
ed and burned with city garbage re-
Gently. These masks represent some
thing Like 100000 wartime value. The
only thing salvaged was the small
canvas carrying bags, which can be
sold for Is cents each, as knapsacks,
total of $3.50. The masks were
sold at Camp Lewis to the Seattle
Tent & Awning Company. They de-
Perforated beyond all possible use be-
cause OF the disintegration of the
rubber.
SPOKANE. = According to a report
made public recently by G. S. Raw of
Spokane, head of the u. S. Depart
ment OF Agricultures division of live
stock and crop estimates in this state.
the number Of horses on farms has
decreased from 100000 to $4,000 dur
ing the last four years. The price
for them has also Stunned ayera pe