The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-11


ed into kingdom come was re-
lated by w. ]. Hillisoss Jr., VINO
told of being narrowly missed by
a meteor. Hilligoss heard some
thing hit the ground near him. He
investigated and found buried a
few inches in the soil a rock.
When Hilligoss dug it from the
ground it was so hot it could
hardly be handled.
Citizens of Renton are support
ing movement to divide King
county, making the 40th county
of the state. The proposed new
county would have a population of
S2,70S, and would take in the por-
ton of King county south of Sc
attic and east of Lake Washing
ton as well as part of Northern
Pierce county.
Immediate construction of a 30
mile-long steel pipe, to furnish
pure mountain domestic water
from Icicle lake to the Wenatchee
valley, today was recommended by
a special committee which has
been studying a report on feast
bility of the project by R. H.
Thompson, Seattle hydraulic en-
gineer.
The cabbage maggot may be
controlled by the corrosive subli-
mate treatment, according to Ar
thur J. Hanson, entomologist of
the Western Washington expert
ment station at Puyallup. This
maggot also attacks radishes,
cauliflower, mustard, beets and
celery. ,... ..
A 50-cent bet was called off
when cow at Whatcom county
farm gave birth to twins. The sup
erintendent of the farm and a
resident of the farm argued over
the sex of the coming calf and bet
SO cents on their convictions. The
cow gave birth to bull and a
heifer.
Henry Fox, about 40, member
of the Walla Walla water depart
ment, dropped dead of a heart at
tack while umpiring a close de-
cision at second base in a Valley
league baseball game between
Prospect Point and Pantorium.
The inhalator crew worked for an
hour.
Edwin Evans, condemned at
Seattle to life Imprisonment for
the murder Of his father in an
argument over being allowed to
carry on,post-graduate work at
the University of Washington,
plans to continue his college work
in the state penitentiary at Walla
Walla.
The Chelan county commission
ers have revoked a 100000 road
contract to gravel and oil roads in
the Manson Orchard district as
preliminary step in complying
with recent legislation that will
allow the county to act as its own
The $4,000 United States Gus
tom office and building projected
for Laurier have been indefinitely
the government having
seen fit to use the money for
other purposes for the present,
Postmaster C. H. Kidwell has been
advised.
The forest fire season has been
ushered in prematurely in Central
with two fires in the
Leavenworth district. Both result
ed from brush fires. Over 20
acres was burned before the fires
were brought under control.
While attempting to ride sad
die horse across the swollen Me-
thow river, driving two other
horses before him, a man believed
to be Julian Stokes, %, was
drowned near Twisp last week.
The body was not recovered.
A jump from 6 cents to top
quotation Of 13 cents pound
makes the wool outlook the most |
in recent years, de-
clares Tom Drumheller of Walla
Walla, president of the Washing
ton Wool Growers association.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach, presi-
dent of the University of Washing
ton board of regents, reports that |
and recommendations |
for the position of president of the |
Institution are coming in at the |
rate of one dozen per week.
Spokane's exhibit at the Gen.
fury of Progress fair at Chicago |
will consist Of a by 1S-foot muir
al formed by enlarged photos
on convas, and colored,
to a decision of the
chamber of commerce.
With more applicants than jobs