The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-01-11
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Rest lie of Happenings
of the Week Collected Tor
Our Readers

Wenatchee-The Veterans of For
eign Wars post at Wenatchee has Of
fered to police streets set aside for
coasting, in order that children may
be protected.
Granger-When the boat they
were using to retrieve groceries from
their flooded home capsized on the
swollen Yakima river. Granger, Joe
Wojceichowski and his wife were
drowned.
Davenport - The laying of brick
walls for the new city hall at Day.
export has begun. There were no
bricklayers available on the Lincoln
county CWA roll, so bricklayers were
sent from Yakima. '.5. ..
Seattle - Four rabbis at Seattle
Joined in a protest about the partici-
patton of So Jewish boys and girls In
Christmas pageant at the high
school. Some of the leading parts
were taken by them.
Vancouver - In addition to the
damage sustained by dairymen below
Vancouver and around Ridgefield,
the Clark county road system suffer-
ed a possible $4,000 in damages
from the recent floods.
Mabton-An ALLEGATION of $4,000
In state bond issue funds to the town
of Mabton for municipal water sup
ply and distribution system has been
authorized by the state emergency
unemployment relief commission.
Chewelah-Deposit of the Hun
tiers Exchange State bank, the Miners
and Shelter bank Of Northport and
the Chewelah State bank have re-
ceived a 5 per cent. dividend the
total of which amounted to s10,650.
Walla Walla-Thirteen projects,
involving a total of $129,S52 for
materials and labor, have been APP
proved by the Walla Walla county
welfare board. The largest single pro-
ject is flood control in the city of
Walla Walla. 10.
Hoquiam-About $673,50O in ben
eft payments will be available to
Washington under the hog produc-
ton control program Of the agricul-
tura1 adjustment administration, &C
cording to F.. E. Balmer, director OF
the agricultural extension service.
Grand Coulee-New lines run by
reclamation engineers indicate that
the entire lower end Of the Grand
Coulee townsite promoted by p. d.
Donaldson, and the north end Of the
site plated by the Elmore-Fleisch-
mann interests, will be under water.
Okanogan-Compla have been
filed with the medical societies Of
Pierce, King and Okanogan counties
by the state department of labor and
industries against three physicians
and surgeons who are accused of I'M
ethical conduct in the handling Of
cases. ~z@.s tet 4
Olympia - Forests Of Eastern
Washington, Western Montana and
Northern Idaho were damaged to the
extent of more than s1,000,000 by
recent floods, according to the esti-
mate Of the forest service. An entire
township Of fine pine was destroyed
in the Kanisku forest.
Kelso-Reopening of the Wood
land schools has been Indefinitely
postponed by the school board be-
cause of the flood and the damage
done in the area. The Kelso schools
will not open until January 8 In
stead of January 2, as scheduled, the
school board announced.
Northumberland officials are
conducting a survey of the city hall
walls with the determination to drill
through and liberate the frog i'm
prisoned in them. The frogs croak
has been heard lately but it is fainter
and less frequent. The frog has been
entombed In the walls for several
years.
Yakima-Checks totaling $16,241
will be distributed in January to 1T
Yakima county farmers cooperating
with the government in the reduction
OF wheat acreage. This represents the
first installment of 20 cents on each
bushel of reduced wheat production.
The second installment, amounting to
cents, will be received in the spring.
Spokane-The federal government
has begun condemnation suits at
Spokane to secure title to land need
ed for the construction of the Grand
Coulee dam. Eighteen tracts are in
volved. Land owners have demanded
from 100000 to $1,O0O,0O0, which
Is several times larger than the values
fixed by the government appraisers.
Factory Raises Wages
Camas- One hundred ten Crown
Willamette Paper company bag fac