The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-19

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5.25.
The legislative committee Of the
Washington Good Roads associa-
ton will come before the legisla-
ture in opposition to diversion Of
motor vehicle funds to any other
purpose than road construction
and maintenance. They will adj
vocate the addition Of about 1900
miles. to the state highway sys-
tenn and the tying up with the sys-
TENS of Idaho, Oregon and British
Columbia.
A box factory will be erected at
Cathlamet soon by the Internation-
al Wood Products company, a SUBJ
sidiary of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese
corporation, according to an article
appearing in the Timberman, lum-
Der trade journal. Raw materials
for slfcing operations will be sup
piled by the Crown Willamette
Paper company plant at Cathla-
met. .-..i.. is..,l !; $50 ...,s......
Five hundred men have return.
ed to work at the Weyerhauser
Timber company logging camps in
the Toutle and Coweeman river
districts northeast and east Of Kel-
so. Three sides started logging last
week and Logging will begin at three
other sides when slides on the rail-
way are removed. Jt-Tss,ssssas,sss
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Flock after flock of wild geese
have been noticed flying in regular
formation west down the Colum-
bia gorge. It is also reported that
hundreds of these wild fowl, as
well as wild ducks, have been COW
ering the sloughs in the east end
Of Klickitat county the past few
days. iss 80,
Mrs. MART Olson of Aberdeen
celebrated her Tooth birthday an
niversary last Sunday with open
house at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Peter Hegg. She said she
doesn't want much fuss made"
but she has asked her daughter
to make her best dress ready for
the occasion.
Hopeful, but still refusing to sell,
Walla Walla wheat growers well
come the increase in wheat prices
Of the last two days. Some small
lots totaling about 10000 bushels
were disposed of. Dealers state
that farmers do not want to sell
on a rising market.
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Franklin county closed 1892 with
a surplus Of $31,113, according to
report by E. D. Sheffield. At the
close Of 1881 the surplus totaled
$54,470. The county collected
5000 in taxes in December, 1882.
and collected only 1872 in 1881.
The Advent Christian church
might be called the "penny-a-day"
church. Its congregation had VIE
sion, If not wealth. The penny-a-
day plan, with score Of five-pen-
nies-a-day from Pensioners has
brought in $500 in five years.
Yakima county will no longer
pay rent for families Of unemploy-
ed. During the past month the
county paid rent for 45 families.
The commissioners say they can
mo longer be a collection agency
for landlords.
NJ. Martiney was Injured fataI-
ly at the Weyerhauser Timber
company camp on the Toultle river
last week when he was struck on
the head by a cable He died en-
route to the hospital.
The Spokane, Portland q Seat
tie railway flied suit IN federal
court at Spokane against nine
Washington counties, including
snokane. alleging imposition OF exc
orbitant taxes in 1881 and 1882.
Godfrey E. Lundberg, who gain.
ed international fame in 1915 as
the first person to engrave the
Lords prayer on the head of pin.
died at the naval hospital at Brem-
erton last week.
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