Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-29

exchange by which the state is being
reimbursed for common school lands
lost by the formation Of the Rainier
National Forest. The balance of the
tract will come to the state as soon
as the examinations for mineral are
finished. The land lies in the upper
reaches of Ahtanum Greek, about Is
miles west of Yakima.
WENATCHEE.- Under a decision
made by Police Judge Porter. throw
ing an ink bottle at man, who is
using profane language in the pres
ence of women, is not disturbing the
peace, but rather preserving it. Claude
Felts, hotel owner, who was charged
with this offence, hitting ]. A. Stout,
Of Seattle, in the head, was dis
charged.
SEATTLE. - The steady develop
ment of the electrical industry, and its
excellent outlook for 1924, serve but
to reflect general prosperity through
out the entire country, in the opinion
of H. j. Gille, general sales manager
OF the Puget Sound Power & Light
Company, who is just back from a six
weeks business trip to New York,
Baltimore, Boston, Chicago and other
eastern cities.
Business is so good from east to
west that politics can't stop it." said
Mr. Gille. CASUALLY presidential year
brings so much political excitement
that business suffers-but no chance
of that this year. Even the present
upset in connection with the oil leases
is having no appreciate effect Pol
itics is being discounted as perhaps
never before.
"The Pacific Northwest is coming In
for more and more favorable consider
alton in the East. They know back
there that we are going ahead with
big developments-suc as the Puget
Sound Power & Light Company's ex-
|penditure of $6,OOO,OOO this year and
next to build on the Baker River =
$4,000 horsepower hydroelecrtic plant.
Electricity is the industry that is
behind other industries, so the need
for enlargement of our facilities is an
evidence of Industrial growth and de-
velopment throughout the Pacific
Northwest"
LONGVIEW.-At an election held
recently, II directors Of the Longyiew
Chamber of Commerce were selected.
They are: Leith Abbott, Dave Boice,
J. w. Collins, G. R. Hammond, Fred
Hess, Hamilton Higday, B. l.. Lam
buth, Ray v. Ling, L. H. Mason, J. M.
Met lelland, S. M. Morris, R. F. Morse,
w. A. Saunders, ]. H. Secrest, r. A.
A. Smith, George West, and R. E.
Williams.
SEATTLE.-"In the Zone Of Fill
tered Sunshine" by Erwin L. Weber,
industrial engineer of Seattle, is an
exhaustive analysis of climatic condi
lions in the Pacific Northwest, COM
pared with those of other parts of the
world. The author cites the declara-
lions Of numerous authorities that the
North Pacific Coast is one of the four
regions of the entire world where nat
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life and progress, and by means Of
charts and statistics demonstrates the
reasons underlying this fact.
| KELSO.-To determine who shall
be responsible for the operation and
maintenance of the Kelso bridge, man.
damus proceedings against the City of
Kelso and Cowlitz County will be
started soon by George 3. O'Bryon
and William Stuart, attorneys appoint
ed to roceed with the matter for the
Chamber of Commerce.
CHEHALIS.-C Charles H. Briffett,
superintendent of the State Training
School, reports that the general aver
age milk production Of their herd for
1923 was 10000 pounds per COW. The
herd is a grade one. In addition to
furnishing 276 boys at the school with
milk, the girls training school at
. Grand Mound is supplied. There are
1,500 hens kept and their output helps
furnish food for the school inmates.
PUYALLUP-At the banquet Of the
Alumni Association of Poultry Stu
dents Of the winter school, held re-
Gently at the Western Washington
Experiment Station, Puyallup, places
were spread for $50 guests. Talks
were made by w. A. Linklater, super
intendent OF the station, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George R. Shoup, poultry spe-
cialists. G. w. Schaffner of Puyallup
was presented with the silver cup won
by his bird with the highest record in