The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-09-21
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Our Readers

| Olympia - Revenue from the
new state classified business and
sales tax law will "save the day.
for Washington's common schools,
DR.. N. D. Showalter, superintend-
ent of public instruction, said aft
er the state supreme court had
held the act to be constitutional.
The measure was enacted by the
1888 legislature to raise between
$6,000,0O0 and 100000 a year
in emergency revenue for the
schools. At the same time the
court declared unconstitutional
the state income tax, adopted by
voters last fall as an initiative
measure. It was estimated to raise
from 100000 to 100000 q
year.
Camas-A survey of milk pro-
duction in the Camas area with
the view of installing cheese-mak-
ing equipment in the Farmers
Cooperative creamery here will
be undertaken by the board Of di-
rectors, it was announced recent
ly. Creamery officers have decid-
ed to. add cheese equipment to the
present butter plant If an ade-
quate supply Of milk can be OBJ
| tanned.
Cashmere - Dan Shaser, 50,
who was born near where the
city Of Olympia now stands in
1851, died here after a short ILL
ness. A sister and brother sur
vive. He was believed to be one of
the first white children born in
the state with his sister the first.
He was a pioneer in this region,
as well as an ex-Indian fighter
and an Alaskan freighter.
Olympia - Pari-mutuel horse
racing bets brought the state
$34,500 in tax during August, &C
cording to a report today by State
Treasurer Otto Case. The s per
cent tax monies will be deposited
In the old age pension fund. In
making a third distribution of
funds to the counties, total funds
to provide pensions reached $43,-
900.
Meta1ine Falls-The state SUI
pervisor Of banking has decided
that the Metaline Falls State and
Savings bank should be liquidat-
ed and ]. M. Moulton, assistant
supervisor, put M. o. Page, Sc
attic, who will be liquidator, in
charge. Notice OF the procedure
has been sent all depositors.
WORCESTERSHIRE the levy for
maintaining the Montesano city
government in 1894 will be high
or than for 1888, according to the
preliminary budget adopted by
the city council, this Is not due to
increased expenditures of depart
ments, but to heavy demands for
bond interest and redemption.
Claims may be filed at once.
Clarkston-The 3-year-o1d son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lieb was
painfully injured in an electric
clothes wringer recently, when his
arm was caught. He was rushed
to the clinic In Lewiston, where
10 stitches were required to close
the wound. @ E. ,.zs5
Wenatchee-J. II. Miller, city
commissioner of public works and
Fred Sharkey, water superintend-
ent, were in Olympia, recently to
determine the feasibility Of the
city undertaking construction Of
the 100000 Mount Stuart-Icicle
domestic water system as a NUM-
cipal project. u. + . r
Yakima-H. Lloyd Miller, Sum
nyside, left recently to accompany
Senator c. G. Dill to Washington,
D. c., where an appeal will be
made to President Roosevelt for
funds to put 1000 men to work
on the 100000 Roza unit Of
the Yakima reclamation project.
Creston-Wheat harvesting is
finished in the Creston district,
with average yields of nearly 20
bushels an acre. Little of the new
crop has been sold, only enough
to pay harvest expenses. About
10 per cent of last years crop re-
mains in the warehouses. i
Seattle Nancy Book, u,
and her granddaughter, Lois Den
ton, Is, were burned to death last
week in their home at Redmond,
near here. The girl died trying to
rescue her grandmother, whose
clothing ignited as she was start
ing a fire with gasoline. g..
Wenatchee-The body of man
believed to be Tom Clark, about
65, Beverly, was found among the
boulders on the bank of the Wen
atchee river near Cashmere re-
Gently. He had been dead about