The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-23

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Lambs-Good to choice, $3.50
: 1866.
Purses OF Yakima Indians ar,
. heavier by $500, which they hav,
recently acquired through the sale
OF wild horses. The tribesmer
have also taken in several hun.
dred dollars by selling beaver hides
and will soon receive payment OF
$4,000 grazing fees, which is
about half the sum usually return.
ed in fees.
A rabbit hunt, now planned to
provide food for needy families
/. along the Columbia river, is a plan
; which was carried out in eastern
Klickitat county for several years.
However, the object formerly was
not to provide food, but to EXTERN
mate the animals. which caused
damage to crops.
i p. K. Hammond, a world war
veteran, who lives in West KeIso,
Is seeking his daughter Nellie, who
was 2 years old when he last saw
her at Buhl, Idaho, when he enter
ed the service II years ago. He
never heard again from his wife
or Of his daughter after he went
Into the service.
For the 36th consecutive year.
Fred Zuehllse, a Davenport black
smith. has received tax receipt No.
1 from Lincoln county. Zuehlke
first received receipt No. in 1897
when he paid his taxes. At that
time Sprague was the county seat.
He has been the first man to pay
ever since.
The Asotin county commissioners
awarded the contract for building
two miles Of road on highway No.
II, near Cloverland, to Atkinson e
Davis, Charleston, Wash. The ac-
|cepted bid was for s26,109. The
contract includes an agreement to
employ local hand labor.
Mrs. L. A. Kramer, living near
Toppenish, with d fourth Of her
body burned. is battling for her
life at the home of relatives. She
was burned while starting a fire
with kerosene. She saved herself
from immediate death by jumping
into watering trough.
Six carloads OF cement, some.
thing over 1900 barrels, were load
ed for shipment from the Lehigh
plant at Metaline Falls, last week. /
Four carloads went to the new
bridge being built over the Kooten.
ri river at Boomers Ferry. Idaho.
Seattle, with four city council
men to elect this spring. has So
to date in the running.
The office pays $3.50 per month. 1t
has been suggested that candidates
wear badges so that they shall not
solicit one another.
A 3-inch snowfall has insured
protection for the heavy wheat
crops of Benton and Franklin
counties. Sheepmen occupied with
Landing are sustaining some loss,
with the mercury below zero.
James Gyett OF Kalama was in
5ured in an unusual accident last
Sunday when the tube in a tire
which he was repairing exploded,
the tire rim striking him in the
face. His nose was broken.
The Howard Morthland bill to
permit cities of the first, second
and third classes to establish the
city manager plan Of government
has passed the senate by vote
Of 33 to 10.
Word Of a gold strike on the
beach at Baird's Hollow, near II.
waco, Wash, has been received.
A $500 issue Of self-liquidating
scrip will be put into circulation
It Wenatchee with the approval Of
The chamber of commerce. Tie
scrip will be issued to school teach.
srs In Leu of warrants and sold to
business men for Cd sh. Proceeds
y the sale will be prorated among !
to the fund raised last
month to keep the schools open.
Murphy. Favre & Co.. Spokane :,
Fno own the Merely hotel, is bid =
ling in the property at sheriff's :,
ale for $4,000.