The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-29

Hogs-Good to choice, $3.50 % $3.50
Cattle Choice steers, $4.75@5.25
Sheep Spring lambs, s4.50@4.9l
Spokane
Cattle Steers, good, $4.25@4.75
Hogs Good to choice, s3.1O@3.25
Lambs Med. to good, s4@4.50
Film feeding INTO the protector
ignited and caused a fire that bad
ly damaged the theater at Long.
view last week.
Ninety thousand dollars worth OF
warrants of Cowlitz county dis.
tricts were called for payment last
week by Treasurer II. d. Renner.
The currents in the north Pacific
ocean brought a bottle from the
coast of Japan to Vancouver island.
$500 miles. in two years and 10
days. s'iss, ,,.ia {. ss.isl,,s .ss.s . 49,,
Loot valued at about $4,000 was
stolen from the Kulzer store at
Valley by burglars who broke in
through the rear door and carted
off their plumber by truck.
Fruit growers of the Kettle Falls
locality report that a good crop was
harvested and about 80 carloads of
apples were shipped to the east, Eu-
rope and other parts of the world.
Yakima county called in S51, 600
worth of warrants, putting the val
ley on a cash basis up to August
Is, 1892. The current expense fund
Indebtedness was reduced to $780,
900.
Votes cost Sc apiece in Naches
the other day when supervisors for
the Yakima county drainage dis
Ftrict were elected. Two votes were
cast and the cost Of the election
was $12.
One hundred fifty loggers re-
turned to work at the Ostrander
Railway & Timber company after
having been laid off for the past
ten days on account of cold
weather.
The Yakima County Grange coun-
Gil has voted to ask the state leg
islature to return 1 cent gallon
additional of gasoline tax funds to
the counties for road purposes,
making cents in all.
South Bends recent city election
slipped by practically unnoticed.
Probably not to exceed 100 votes
were cast. There were no contests.
The election cost the taxpayers ap-
proximately $3.50 to SITS.
A dividend Of $4,000 was paid
ldepositors of the Cashmere and
Dryden State banks last week, ac-
cording to 3. w. Ostenberg, spec
ial deputy supervisor Of banking,
liquidating both banks.
County Auditor Sari!da Mckee
own has announced that the direct
cost Of the general election was
$3636 in Stevens county. There
were I'LL votes cast, making the
cost for each about SO cents.
A prisoner being taken to the
Chelan county jail for mental ex-
animation escaped and six people
were hurt when a car loaded with
deputy sheriffs seeking him collid-
ed with another car on the high
way near Monitor.
D. A. Vancil, 20, lost his right
foot to a buzz saw at Prosser last
week. A block of wood became
lodged under the saw and in an at
tempt to kick it out his leg came
in contact with the saw and was
severed at the ankle.
There can be no greater rage
than this: City water department
employees digging a ditch turned up
q rattlesnake that had hibernated
a foot below the surface. Furious
at being disturbed the snake went
into frenzy and bit itself to death.
Increase in Seattle's taxicah
fares has been recommended by the
city council safety committee. The
proposed rise, on sliding scale
depending on the length of the ride
amounts to dime on a five-mils
! trip.
Fred Peterson, farmer near AL
bion heard commotion among his
i chickens. 1t was caused by a large
arctic owl, which he killed. The
bird had a wing spread of 81 inches
and measured 81 inches from "bill'
to tail