The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-04-20
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST II
Brief Resume OF Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Our Readers
THE MARKETS

If1E MAhhElS o.. '.-. T..
.e%s.s.~~ SEATTLE
Wheat-Soft white and western
white, SEC; hard winter, west
ern red and northern spring,
54kc; bluestem, So &c. s~
Butterfat-18c. a.. -.
Eggs Ranch, 16 q tic. o.,
Hogs-Good to choice, 1885 %
400. III 4...E.
Cattle - Choice steers, $500 @
5.25. I'LL .~.-...,..-...-S.. 4.
Sheep - Spring lambs, $3.50 o.
$40. ~ ~ p:
JEt- Portland \
Wheat-Big Bend bluestem, hard
wheat, &c; soft white and
western white, 55kc; hard
winter, northern spring and
western red, 5Skc.
Buying prices, f. o. b. Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, $500.
Butterfat-19 @ zoe. ..Ea.@ =
Eggs-Ranch, IA @ 15c.
Cattle ~ Steers, good, $500 %
5.25. ss-E5 H. s ss.ss -
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.50 @
4.35. i L.
Lambs-Good to choice, $500 @
$50. " f.
Spokane
Cattle - Steers, good, $500 a
5.25.
Hogs Good to choice, $685. %
400.
Lambs-Medium to good, $4.75 %
5.25.
All records for mass production
in the bovine family probably have
been shattered by a purebred Hol-
stein COW. Harriet of Cerelia, No.
1263O26, owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
j. C. Chamberlin of Ceres, near
Chehalis. February 13, 1880. she
dropped her first calf, heifer,
and June IA, 1881, her second
calf, also a heifer. April Is, 1882,
she gave birth to twin heifers, and
Tuesday she gave birth to trip
lets, making a total of five calves
inside 81 months.
The Schmitten Lumber COM
pany at Cashmere began its sea-
sons run last week, putting Il
men to work in the sawmill.
Nearly a million and half feet
of timber are stacked in the mill
pond, ready to be cut. while about
100000 feet are to be brought
from the woods, enough to oper-
ate the sawmill six weeks.
The hum of the band saw and
the scream of the planer are harm
onizing a melody of renewed activ-
fty in the lumber business of the
Inland Empire. During the last
two weeks, $50 men have been put
back to work in the mills. The
Dalkena Lumber company at Dali
kena put SO more men to work
last Monday.
The first immediate effect Of
the newly established logging rate
that will be available on the Cow
litz, Chehalis G Cascade railway
out of this city to points beyond
the Cowlitz river, southeast OF
Chehalis, is the announcement
that a camp will soon be operat-
ing on Winston creek.
The first irrigation district to
take advantage of recent legisla-
ton is the Wenatchee reclamation
district. It has announced the can
collation. of penalties and interest
on delinquent 1881 and 1882 as
sessments If paid to the county
treasurer before May 81.
On account of low valuations,
some of the school districts In
Douglas county are able to have
but six months of school. Besides
receiving low salaries, teachers
are discounting their warrants.
What the return of beer has
done for the Yakima valley hop
industry is shown in contract rec
ords that reveal 2,677,000 pounds
of the 1923 crop contracted at IL
to % cents per pound.
Twenty-Five men will go to
work in the Wagner logging
camps on the Loop Loop before
the end of the month and about
80 will be employed in the sawmill
and yards shortly afterward.
Spokane county commissioners
have decided to license country
grocers to sell beer in packages,
but to prohibit sale at dance halls
and within five miles Of lake re-
sorts.
President Hugo Winkenwerder
of the University of Washington
will leave the question of beer at
fraternities for meals entirely up
to the students.
Under the lateral highway and
the permanent highway funds,
about 100000 will be spent IN
Cfoyopc county this wear