The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-11-02
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume OF Happenings
Of the Week Collected for
Our Readers

Spokane - The Spokane office
of the Reconstruction Finance
corporation announces that the To-
cal agency, since it began operat-
ing, in February, 1892, has made
loans aggregating $13,635,057.
Repayments have amounted to
$6,119,S65, a little less than so
per cent, as against % per cent
repayment throughout the entire
United States.
Go1dendale-Wes Beeks, sheep
man summering his flocks in the
foothills of Mount Adams, had
difficulty in getting his sheep out
through the snow, which had fall
en- and drifted as high as five feet
in places. It was necessary for
him to keep men on packhorses
working constantly to break a
trail. He did not lose any of his
flock.
White Salmon-Work will be
started at once toward the build
ing of a 40 by S0-foot concrete
swimming pool on the school
ground next to the school gymna-
SUM in White Salmon. Evan
Childs post, No. 81, White Sal
mon legionnaires, are sponsoring
a dance this month, and a play
next to raise funds for this Dur.
pose.
Granger The Granger Brick
and Tile company, which opened
about week ago, has agreed to
operate under the NRA code gov
erning manufacture of brick. La
borers will work 40 hours a week,
five days, and firemen AZ hours a
week instead of r. hours a day.
This means more firemen and sew
eral laborers.
Yakima-Higher wages in fruit
packing and processing plants and
on farms will add 100000 to
the agricultural payroll of the
Yakima valley this season. Last
year the payroll was $5,500,000,
but higher wages in the last
three months will make this
years outlay for labor $6,300,000.
Yakima - Rates varying from
SO mills in some districts to -65
in others will be levied against
Yakima county taxpayers, accord
ing to the statement of county Of
ficials. The county budget calls
for $530,157. This is a cut of
more than $260,000 under this
year.
Olympia - The lowest county
tax levy since 1912 has been set
by the commissioners of Stevens
county. The county levy will be
1871 mills, compared with 14.7,
mills the present year. To take
up part Of the warrant indebted
ness 81 mills are required.
Goldendale- Klickitat county
tax statements will show reduc-
tions. Nearly $4,000 has been
sliced off last years bill. The tax
es were reduced in the county one
third. A total of s371,000 will be
asked for, as compared with
s563,000 this year.
Olympia - Current legislative
needs in Washington are not suf-
ficiently acute to warrant spe-
cial session of the legislature in
the near future in the opinion
Of George Vents of Thurston
county, speaker Of the house at
the last session.
Issaquah-Mrs. Stella A1exan-
der, militant mayoress of Issa-
quah, and her husband have filed
suit for $4,000 against five per-
sons who signed a petition to re-
call the mayor, causing humilia-
ton and damage to her health"
as alleged. -
Chelan-Having sold a $4,000
block of general obligation bonds,
the county commissioners of Che
Ian county are trying to decide
whether to use the money to re-
fund outstanding bonds or to cash
warrants against the INDECENT
fund. .' IL 7 %--
Seattle--W. H. Shay, state hor-
ticultural inspector, says the cam
paign against the sale of wormy
apples is being waged by his de-
partment, and that Seattle pro-
duce company has been fined $50.
Longview - Cascara bark, the
bark from the California buck
thorn tree, which is used in prac-
tically every form of laxative
medicine, is being shipped by the
ton from the port of Longview.
Olympia-At least 25 bull elks
were killed during the first day
of the first open season in 20
years on the Olympic peninsula.
The majority of the kills were
made near Lake Quinault.
Seattle A proposal that the