Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

county TO the oregon Sluo.
George Schasich, Serbian, aged
about 40 years. employed by the
George Martin Logging company, was
instantly killed at camp in the
Rainier district. Pierce county. when
he fell beneath logging train.
The Transfers and Truck Drivers
union of Seattle which demanded 81
a day advance in wages, agreed to ac-
cept 50-ecnt increase awarded by an
arbitration committee. The truck
drivers had voted to strike il their
demands were refused.
Information from Rosalia told Of q
cloudburst there in which it was stat
ed two inches Of rain had fallen with
in an hour, that an Inland Empire
electric train was tied up by flooded
tracks, automobiles were stalled and
business houses flooded.
The balance to the credit Of the
state for the week ending May 8
amounted to $16,457,350.15. according
to statement issued by w. G. Potts,
state treasurer. Receipts for the week
amounted to $717,255.75. while expen-
ditures aggregated $1,00S,814.16.
Two pet cub bears were seized by
King county game wardens from q
man in Redmond and complaint I'LL
ed against him in justice court. A
state law prohibits the keeping Of
black bears between April and Octo-
Der. The cubs had been captured by
hunters.
Ocean shipping from Willapa harbor
dropped off almost five million feet
during April from the mark set in
March, according to figures issued by
the Willapa Harbor Traffic associa-
ton. Totals for the month were 49,
038,280 feet of lumber and lath and
5,405,O00 pieces of shingles.
Police Chief Severyns Of Seattle
suspended Roy Mcdonald and F. b.
Wright, jailers, because they failed to
call physician for Samuel Hillegas
of Tacoma, who died May in a hos
pital few minutes after his removal
from the city Jail. Wright was given
ten days and Mcdonald five.
Complaints against five lumber COM
panies in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho have been dismissed by the fed
eral trade commission The companies
were charged with selling in inter-
state commerce western pine, botan-
ically called "pinus ponderosa," under
the name of western white pine"
A commercial flying field for Van
couver was assured when negotiations
for a lease by the Vancouver cham
Der of commerce of 20 acres of land
from the Spokane, Portland and Sc
attic railroad were virtually complet-
ed. The tract will make one of the
best flying fields in the northwest.
Just prior to or imm ediately after
the death of Robert S. Heale, build
ing contractor, who was shot and kill
ed by George Conger, May 8, at the
home of Conger's estranged wife, Mrs.
Mollie Conger, in Tacoma, the latter
took from Hea1e bill fold contain
ing $500 in currency and has appro-
priated the money to her own use,
according to allegations made in a
petition filed in superior court by R.
N. Simpson, administrator for Heale's
| estate.
Two paving contracts totaling $685.
645.56, which will add 10 miles of paw
ing and Is miles of sidewalks to the
city's total, were awarded by the Long
view city council. One of the con-
tracts, for improvement in residen-
tial section, was awarded to the Olym-
pic Construction company on its bid
Of 74,259.16, and ]. G. Compton, with
his bid of 221.386.5O was successful
in landing the contract for paving and
sidewalks In a portion Of the business
district.
A0 9OCSt1OdS VI WHICH, GOV6ruQr
Hartley will call the special session of
the state. legislature and about how
long the session will last are begin
ming to agitate the minds of western
Washington senators and representa-
tives. So far as these questions have
been subject to open discussion, the
legislators seem to be willing to let
the governor fix the date of assemb-
ling, but would reserve for themselves
the right to say how much time they
should put in at Olympia
Six contracts calling for construc-
tion work Gil arterial highways of the
state were awarded by the state high
way committee. The awards were as
follows: Inland Empire highway -
Surfacing with gravel about nine miles
between Gle Elum and the Teanaway
river; surfacing with gravel about
nine miles between Dry creek and the
Milwaukee railroad crossing north
west of Ellensburg, both jobs in Kit
titas county. Olympic highways
bling, grading and surfacing with