Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
Washington News

Pageant Association, through It's pres
ident, ]. P. Neal, has signed con-
tract with the Carl w. Art advertising
agency to handle all the advertising,
publicity and promotional work for
the 1924 pageant, How the West Was
Won" GN la-1.f te ara i95aat- a.ai
| WENATCHEE. The dates have
been set for Wenatchee's Fifth An
nual Apple Blossom Festival, the Ap-
pie Capital of the World, May and
8. Rowena Burns was selected to
reign as Queen of Apple Blossoms for
Wenatchees 1924 festival by vote
of the student body of the high school.
The selection was made on certain
size and weight requireme nts, as it is
desired to have a queen measure up
to very definite standards. = The girls
had to be feet inches in height in
order to be considered for the po-
sition.
KELSO.-A new run of smelt came
into the Cowlitz River recently. They
are the best quality fish Of the year,
averaging larger than the fish in the
earlier runs. "
| OLYMPIA.-Return from high
way inspection tour Of the state, Gov
ernor Louis F. Hart reports that the
Sunset Highway to North Bend is in
splendid condition and prospects are
that Snoqualmie Pass will be open at
an exceptionally early date this
spring, the highway department Is
making good progress In clearing the
pass.
KELSO. - Incorporation Of the
Northwest Can Company by H. e..
McKenney, Senator Frank g. Barnes,
G. G. Basher, T. P. Fisk, John F. Nc
Carthy, and G. A. Palmer, is the initial
step toward establishment of a can
manufacturing industry here that will
employ 80 men at the start.
EVERETT. Prominent Everett
lumbermen are interested in big
sawmill purchase at Burnet on Bur
rard Inlet, near Vancouver, B. G. The
mill is the North Pacific Company
plant and the men said to be interest
ed are H. W. White of the Discovery
Bay Logging Company; H. M. Clough,
of Everett. The consideration is said
to be $75O,00O 1t was intimated that
the new owners would spend $250,000
in preparing the mill for capacity cut
for export trade. The former owner
of the mill was Alexander MacLaren
of Buckingham, Quebec.
OLYMPIA.-With a bag of three
cougars, breaking all previous records
of the office, DR.. Glenn R. Bach, pred
atory animal inspector for the state,
reports also IA bobcats and 1872 coy
otes killed during February. There
also were destroyed As unborn coyote
pups. About 10000 poison bats were
set out Steve Black Of Cloverdale,
Asotin County, held honor place with
13 coyotes and one bobcat.
wENATCHEE.-M Mary, the e-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson,
and Billy, 5-year-old son of Mrs. John
Wise, all of Riverside, are dead from
eating wild parsnips. according to
word reaching here recently. The chill
dren were playing along creek near
their home, and on finding the pars-
nips pulled them up and ate them. The
children returned home about noon
and died within an hour.
SEATTLE.-Miss Alice Held of this
city was driving home in her automo-
bile along Eastlake Avenue recently
when bumblebee flew into the ton
neau and struck her in the face. She
thought the bee was going to sting
her and she took her hands off the
steering wheel to brush the bee away.
While she was engaged in fighting the
bumblebee the car crashed into the
curb, struck telephone pole Is inches
thick, broke it off and carried it sew
eral feet on the fender. Neither the
bumblebee nor Miss Held was hurt.
EPHRATA.-Al Terry, former Grant
County county clerk, now in the real
estate business in Seattle, has an.
nounced his candidacy for Republican
nomination for state treasurer in the
September primaries. He is the
fourth candidate to announce himself,
as Assistant Treasurer Charles w.
Hinton, Olympia; John L. Murray,
Friday Harbor, and William Potts,
Seattle, have already entered the race.
BREMERTON.-L Lieutenant Joseph
w. Fowley, construction corps, U. S.
NJ, with his wife and son. who have
been at Bremerton for the past three
years, has been transferred to Shang-
hal. He will leave for his new post
soon.
LONGVIEW. - Four Seattle firms
are having plans made for the con-
struction Of buildings in Longview.
Many Seattle business firms and fam
lilies are already represented in Long
view.
SEATTLE What the American
Chemical Society is doing to make the
general public better acquainted with
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