The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-09-28

WaI6T6u SUCKS III utility COupdu,
les pinched and get 1t over with
than to see consumers pinched
year after year because Of that
watered stock"
Cathlamet-Jesse James, 81, a
high climber, was instantly killed
last Wednesday in the Crown
Willamette logging operations
east of here when he went up a
3O0-foot fir despite warning of
the skidder crew with which he
was working. A tall tail tree on
the skidder crashed with James
clinging to 1t, after he had re-
moved q retaining cable at the
top.
Chelan - The Lake Chelan
Chamber of Commerce is trying
hard to get work started on the
proposed new road UP the north
side of Lake Chelan to Stehekin
and to connect with the Cascade
Pass highway. Members are try
ing to induce the government to
keep the Coyote creek camp of the
Civilian Conservation corps here
this winter to help on the road.
Olympia-Governor Martin an
nounces that he will request the
state emergency unemployment
commission to contribute $1,000
900 in state funds toward a ST.
100000 state-federa1 building pro-
gram for Washington State coll
lege, the University of Washing
ton and the normal schools at
Bellingham and Cheney.
The city Of Walla Walla esti-
mates it receipts from taxes, IL
censes, etc., at $176,713 this year.
Heads of departments propose to
spend $200,6S3. A. X. Dice, fin
ance commissioner, announces
that $23,970 is going to come out
Of the budget, but has not yet de-
cided how 1t shall be done.
Pullman-Prose1ytfng activities
reached a climax at Pullman Sat-
urday, when "Pest" WEIGH, Uni
versity Of Washington assistant
football coach, visited Pullman in
search of freshmen athletes. He
was run out of town by a posse
of irate State college supporters.
Walla Walla-In order to go
ahead with an undertake. cross
ing of the Union Pacific on West
Pine street, the state will require
the city of Walla Walla to close
10th and 18th streets at the high
way intersections. Some OF the
property owners are objecting.
Chewelah-The thermax plant
of the Northwest Magnesite COM
pany here will add machinery
Monday to provide increased pro-
duction, according to w. E. Pick,
manager. Business has been
steadily getting better, especially
the last three weeks.
Aberdeen-The big Shafer Mill
No. a, which operated three shifts
daily, suspended operations after
completing 120 hours operating
time agreed on for mills in Sep
TENDER in the Douglas fir area. 1t
will resume in October when new
are made.
Yakima - Harvesting 110,850
pounds Of potatoes from PA
acres, Luther Lindsey has nearly
tied the Yakima reservation po-
tato production record this year.
Other growers in all parts of the
are having big yields.
Kelso - The Crescent Single
mill here will resume
operations this week after shut
down of about a week due to the
of output established
for all Single mills under the re-
Gently adopted code.
Metaline Falls - The Lehigh
Portland Cement company plant |
here has closed after being in OPP
Grafton since July 10. Inability to
obtain coal from the Roslyn field,
where a strike has been in prog
ress, is ascribed as the reason.
Olympia - The state finance
committee completed negotiations
today for the sale of the second
block of the s10,000,000 state
unemployment relief bond issue,
a slightly better price
than it did for the first block.
Yakima Establishing an all
time record for Yakima county,
five sanity hearings were held In
one session before r. B. Milroy,
court commissioner. Four men
and one woman were committed |
to the hospital at Medical Lake.
Olympia-The state department
of public works has directed pri-
vate utilities to bring in payrolls