The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-10-12
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume OF Happenings
Of the Week Collected for
Our Readers

Our Readers
Enthusiastically that Pull
man may have a new armory and
fire station is brighter as a result
of the appointment by R. D. Tuck
er, president of the chamber Of
commerce, Of a committee consist
ing of L. X. Jones, Homer John
son and T. C. Martin, to work on
the project. The new combination
building would be constructed as
part of Pullman's state and federal
aid building program and would
In all probability be erected on the
memorial lots owned by the city.
Seattle - At least the scheme
worked-they didn't steal his au-
tomobile. Charles Broten had read
about so many automobile burg
lars that he left his two Boston
bulldogs in his machine to guard
It when he parked It downtown.
When he returned he found q
window broken and the dogs MISS
Ing. A nearby workman told Bro
ten he had seen a man leading two
bulldogs along the street.
Walla walla Uncle Sam has
decided to survey the Mill creek
watershed soon to determine
whether reforestation of unnatur-
ally barren land will help allevi-
ate the flood-control problem at
Walla Walla. One object will be
to determine whether 1t will be
possible to delay the melting Of
snow In the mountains through q
reforestation program.
Acknowledgement Mickey
Rorke, son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. II.
Rorke, followed his swiftly roll
Ing hoop to his death last FRI
day In the Hubbard irrigation can
al about a block from his home.
Mr.. Rorke missed the child when
he came home at noon. His search
ended with discovery of the body
floating in the canal two and q
half blocks below.
Seattle - A new registration
record at the University of Wash
ington was indicated as more than
1000 students entered classrooms
FOR the fall quarter. Late regis
,rations still In progress were ex-
pected to bring the total ENROLL
ment to 7400, higher than the pre-
Eious record of 1858, established
IN 1880 and 1000 more than last
tall. -
Okanogan - Running SO per
cent under. last year, total 1888
apple shipments from the Wenat-
shee Okanogan district SO far
have reached only 1913 cars, COM
pared with 956 to this date last
year and 1743 cars two years ago.
Daily shipments have increased to
so cars, comparing with 100 to
200 in former years. {. 49,
Prosser - The Benton COUNTY
Taxpayers association after
studying the tentative budget
adopted by the county commission
srs, has demanded sharp reduce
lions in virtually all departments,
and elimination Of the county ag-
snt and the county club leader,
and a so per cent cut in orchard
cleanup work. st.
Chehalis 49, Two new civilian
conservation corps camps are to be
established near here. Capt. ]. A.
Noxon and Lieut. ]. H. Thomas
ire arranging for the construction
Of a new camp at Lewis and Clark
state park. Another camp will be
quilt at Rainbow Falls state camp,
II miles southwest of Chehalis.
Grande Ronde-Contract to ex-
tend the Blue Mountain highway
az miles south to the Grand
Ronde river will be let in the near
future. A contract will also be
awarded for surfacing the road
south of Anatone to the Grande
Ronde river; this part of the work
will be done next spring.
Colfax-The first steps in form
al organization of Whitman coun-
~ wheat growers, under the wheat
allotment plan, were taken here
last week when directors from the
16 districts of Whitman county
met in the courthouse to elect Of
eicers to serve the first year.
Longview - Alonzo Redding,
Long-Bell Lumber company en-
ploye at Ryderwood, was critical
Ily injured when a small hemlock
tree, felled by a log being brought
in on the highline, struck him,
lfracturing his skull.
Cashmere-Cashmere has been
q prohibition town for % years,
and there is no indication of a
- Il Il l.