Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-15

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Seattle Elks have obtained an OPP
| tion on a site near Lake Ballinger,
| half way between Seattle and Everett,
| for convalescent hospital for Grip
| pied children, it is announced Erec
| ton of the project will be voted on
| at the convention of the Elks at Van
couver.
DR.. E. G. Cox of the University Of
| Washington has been named one Of
| 10 experts in the United States and
| Germany who are to compile the first
| Irish dictionary it has been announc-
ed. DR.. Cox has done considerable re
search work on the origin of Gaelic
dialects.
Suit of the Interstate Fair associa-
tion against the Fidelity & Deposit
company of Maryland to recover ap-
proximately $4,000 stolen from it's
safe at the fair grounds at Spokane
last September was started before a
jury in United States district court in
Spokane.
Repeal at the next session of con.
gress of the provision of the Kittitas
reclamation appropriation requiring
it's settlement at state expense was
forecast by United States Senator Dill
at a meeting of the Columbia basin
committee of the Spokane chamber Of
commerce.
More than 1000 cattle have been
driven into the forest reserve on the
| two forks of the Walla Walla river
in the last few days for summer graz
ing. Many of these cattle formerly
grazed on the Mill creek watershed,
which has been closed to protect the
water supply.
Approval of proposed amendment
to the state constitution which would
allow the Bible to be read in the public
schools was adopted unanimously by
the Washington State County School
superintendent association at the
close of the annual three-day conven-
tion at Olympia.
Elective state officials are almost
unanimous in declaring that the pres
emit seven-hour day maintaining in
their offices would not be heightened
to conform with the eight-hour sched-
ule which became effective in the code
offices. which are under the direct
supervision of Governor Hartley.
The Pacific Fruit and Produce COM
pany has bought out the Ryan Fruit
company's wholesale business at va
kima and in Walla Walla. In return
the Ryan company has acquired the
Pacific company's business in Spo-
kane, Lewiston, Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
James Allen, until recently highway
engineer of the state of Washington,
years, whose plans for the future have
been the subject of much discussion
since his removal by Governor Roland
H. Hartley, has formed AL engineering
company, with headquarters in Olym-
pia.
Suit for $3.50 damages was filed
against Lewis county by R. Balsemer.
The plaintiff alleges that one night
last November, while driving near On.
alaska his horse and buggy ran off
an unprotected bridge, resulting in
his sustaining two broken ribs and
other bodily injuries of serious char
acter.
Sunday, May 8, crew of volunteer
workers from Deep River, Grays River
and other Wahkiakum county points.
removed the rails and ties from the
K. M. logging railway grade between
Skamokawa and Grays River, opening
the last link in the temporary Ocean.
Beach highway route from Kelso to
the sea.
In towns of the fourth class no
part of the current expense fund can
be used for creating sinking or build
ing fund for the purpose of building
municipal buildings at future time,
but in third-class cities it is permits
sible to use the maximum of two mills
| for such purpose when authorized by
unanimous vote of the city council,
according to the opinion rendered by
Assistant Acknowledgement Anderson
to G. w. Clausen, supervisor of munich
pal corporations.
Officers and directors were elected
and articles of incorporation approved
and bylaws adopted for the complete
organization of the Pacific Northwest
Commercial and Industrial Exposition,
in meeting in Tacoma of representa-
lives from Oregon, Montana and Wash.
lngton The exposition corporation
will arrange for great exposition of
Pacific northwest products, resources
and opportunities to be held in Madi-
son Square Garden in New York city
in the spring of 1926.
Vashon Island through it's CONNER.