Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-31
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Bow-Charles Adams, 3, has more
respect for his mothers miniature
cactus garden. The baby pulled the
cactus bowl from a table. 1t fell on
his head-and it took doctor half
an hour to remove all the spines.
Yakima-The first round in the
$5,250,000 suit involving the estate
of the late Sarah Smith Scotland,
eccentric widow, and Reese B. Brown,
Yakima reservation rancher and cap
italist, has been decided in favor of
the Smith heirs in the Yakima coun-
ty superior court.
Walla Walla-A new plan has
been formed at Walla Walla to save
the county a considerable sum in in
terest charges. The treasurer will
pay the holders of warrants cash and
then turn the warrants over to the
banks which will carry them at per
cent, saving of 2 per cent.
Wenatchee- Chelan county
commissioners have set up revolv-
ing fund of $4,000, into which they
will put all rentals paid by the state,
and from which they will pay all re-
pair expenses on the rented equip
ment. The money to start the fund
will come from either the secondary
highway or road district funds.
Seattle-A 3O0O-mile canoe trip to
| Alaska has been begun from Seattle
by two young men, Edward S. Con-
molly and Walter Davis, both of San
| Mateo, Cal. An cupboard motor on
the sternpost of the canoe is expected
| to expedite the voyage. The inland :
passage route will be followed, and
| Skagway will be reached within
month.
| Seattle The state department OF
| fisheries announces it has purchased
the deep-sea yacht, "Dreamerie" as
| the beginning of an organized plan
to aid the Washington salmon indus
try. The vessel will give protection
where it is needed. 1t will cruise Off
Cape Flattery to stop off-shore sal
mon fishing while the fish enter
spawning streams.
Cheha1is- midget cows and a
brace of midget calves, purchased IN
Portland two years ago by E. j. Clark
of Chehalis, are to be shipped to
Midget Farmers, Inc, San Diego,
CAL, for exhibition at the exposition.
Clark will receive $50 monthly. Clark
has the tallest horse in the world.
This animal was featured by Ripley
in his "Believe 1t or Not"
Vancouver-Sa of the Vancouver
Plywood company to Frost Snider and
other associates identified with the
plywood industry in Tacoma, was an
nounced here. The consideration was
not announced. The local plant, said
to be the largest of it's kind on the
Pacific Coast, had an annual payroll
of $50 persons receiving about $4O,-
| 600 up to the time it shut down a
week or so ago due to the lumber
strike. It's annual output was valued
in excess of 100000.
Camas-A public museum to house
relics of the COLUMBIA river valley
may soon be made of Maryhill castle,
built by the late Samuel Hill. The
huge stone structure, located above
Wishram, has long been the subject
of conjecture for citizens of the re-
gion who wondered what would ever
be done with it. 1t was at the mys-
terious castle that Queen Marie OF
Rumania was entertained on her visit
to the northwest several years ago.
1t is said that approximately half OF
the Hill estate, now being probated,
will be set aside as an endowment
to maintain the museum. At present
it contains crates of relics.