The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-10-26

Bremen was dead.
Clarkston-Five thousand box
es of apples are being harvested
daily on Charleston Heights and
about 100 people are engaged In
picking. Prices for the fruit range
from Is cents to $3.50 box. The
apples are being washed, wrapped
and packed at the Beebe cold
storage plant In Lewiston. A to-
tai of about 60 carloads will be
shipped from Charleston Heights.
Yakima-Georga A. Montgom-
cry, special agent Of the farm la
Dor division OF the United States
employment service, says 1000
apple pickers are desperately
needed in the Yakima valley. The
trouble is, he says, that the usual
influx of pickers from California,
did not materialize this year, due
principally to the high price OF
gasoline.
Prosser - Fire destroyed the
$4,000 warehouse Of the Yahi-
ma Fruit Growers association and
burned $4,000 worth of equip
ment and $4,000 worth of apples.
Company officials said most Of
the loss was covered by insurance
but that from so to 70 persons
would be thrown out of work.
Ryderwood - What is believ-
ed to be the tallest fir tree In
the world has been located near
Ryderwood in the Long-Bell COM
pany timber holdings. The tree
Ia Douglas fir yellow fir, tow
ers 324 feet 4 inches in height. 1t
measures 81 feet inch In circum-
ference, or approximately IL feet
through. It will be preserved.
Manson-One hundred Chelan
valley growers, at a mass meeting
here last Friday night, voted
unanimously to boycott any firm
that does not sign the northwest
fruit marketing code. Three hun
dred Okanogan valley growers
adopted similar resolution ear
lier in the week.
Yakima - Efforts are being
made by trustees Of the chamber
of commerce to raise fund for
sending A. r. Chase, county agent,
to Washington in the interest Of
a campaign to have. the federal
government purchase c grade
apples for the relief administra-
ton. ~ e.. .. $50
Olympia-Residential and COM
mercial power rates Of the North
western Improvement company,
serving Gle Elum, Roslyn and
Ronald and vicinity, were slash
ed approximately 35 per cent in
an order issued today by the de-
partment of public works.
Spokane-Spokane county has
gone over the top in compliance
with the governments request for
reduction Of wheat production
next year. Normal production is
3,O57,21S bushels. Producers OF
2,468;747 have agreed to cut their
output Is per cent.
ne-Substantia1 reductions In
power and water rates for the
town of lone and vicinity, in Pend
Oreille county, have been order
ed by the state department of pub
lie works. Power rates have been
cut 35 per cent and water rates
80 per cent.
Aberdeen-Some $50 workers
are on the Grayland cranberry
bogs, harvesting the south beach
district 1893 crop, which is ex-
pected to total twice as much as
last year. Pickers are paid 80
cents a box.
Bellingham- The city council
of Bellingham has called special
election for December 2 to vote
on a $4,000 bond issue to build
new power units on Whatcom
creek and to repair present equip
ment.
Aberdeen A $14S,O00 work
relief program for the Grays Har-
Dor county district, 100000 Of
which is promised by state well
fare officials, will be launched
within the next two weeks. =
Wenatchee-The state welfare
board will buy 1000 cords of
wood at Wenatchee for distribu-
ton among needy families this
winter.