The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-09-28
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Our Readers

Washougal - Ninety-one more
Jobs have been created here and
payrolls have been increased by
$1750 a week since the national
recovery program went into oper-
alton here. Jess Matthews, lieu
tenant-general in charge of the
MIRA headquarters, announced.
While many small establishments
were. unable to add more employ
es, they have contributed to the
movement by raising wages.
| Chehalis - Three carloads Of
cascara bark, practically all that
was peeled in the Chehalis district
the past season, were shipped to
Atlantic coast market points with
in the past week by the Thomp-
son Feed company and Collisions,
Inc. The price during the latter
part of the season was 21s cents a
pound, but has now dropped loo
ally to 2 cents.
Seattle - Stings Of a hornet
proved fatal late yesterday to o.
car Borg, 46-year-old Seattle
woodsman, who died in a C.C.C.
camp in Rainier national park.
Workers stirred up a nest of hor-
nets and Borg was stung twice.
He died 40 minutes later. Physi-
clans said he perhaps was unusu-
ally susceptible to that poison.
Walla Walla-City commission
ers have succeeded in looping ov-
er $4,000 off the budget leaving
another $4,000 to go to reach a
balance. A. X. Dice, commission
or of finance, insists that the
street department under commits
sioner Robert Carey can make
more deep cuts by reducing
sprinkling operations.
Walla Walla-Movement of the
new crop of apples will begin late
this week, with the outlook
brighter than for years, accord
ing to Ray Kelso, horticultural
Inspector. About 900 cars will be
shipped from Dayton, Waitsburg
and Walla Walla districts. Only
fancy and extra fancy grades will
be shipped. ...
Spokane - United State inter-
nal revenue men are watching
hearings on charges that liquor is
being sold In Spokane beer par
lors. Two collectors from the in
ternal revenue department were
at the city hall Friday. but hear
ings were all continued until Sep
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Okanogan - Serious damage
was done in a number of Pogue
Flat orchards in the Okanogan
district, when a devastating hail
storm dashed a strip across the
flat. Because of the advancement
of the season some Of the or
chardists fear their entire crop is
ruined.
Olympia-A contract providing
for the paving of 10 miles of the
Inland Empire highway, Pullman
to Parvin road in Whitman
county, was awarded by Director
of Highways Lacey Murrow to
Norris Brothers, Burlington,
WASH. on a low bid Of $347,210.
Yelm-The L. Hammersmith &
Sons sawmill here and 100000
feet of finished lumber, much OF
1t car decking, were destroyed by
fire last Wednesday night. The
loss was estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000. Fifty men
had been employed.
Olympia-The investment OF at
least $75O,000 in permanent state
school funds in school bonds, the
proceeds to be used by school dis
trfcts for the construction and re-
pair of school buildings, has been
authorized by the state finance
committee. ...e...
Coulee-Nespelem's Labor day
celebration of the start of the
CouIee dam was attended by more
than 1000 persons, who saw the
Indian ceremony of the adoption
of Senator Dill and Governor Mar
tin as members Of the tribe.
Yakima - Yakima county will
submit a petition to the state
welfare board asking for state
emergency funds totaIing $31,872
to defray the county's expense in
quelling labor disturbances the
past five months. -. ...~~ t-
Seattle - The formation of
Seattle company with a working
capital of sl,0O0,000 to manufac-
ture American type whfskeys and
to operate bonded warehouses in
the Pacific northwest is announc-
ed. .-.