Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-08-08
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Olympia - Government hunters
killed 1925 predatory animals DUR
ing the fiscal year that ended June
80, according to the report of the
United States biological survey. OF
the total, 3276 were coyotes.
Spokane = Allan White, 6, is go
ing to be quite fisherman some
day. He started out pretty well.
While fishing in the ocean with his
grandfather, he hooked an S5-pound
octopus with tentacles eight feet
long.
Chelan - The Chelan county COM
missioners have taken steps to OBJ
tain the test of all beef sold at Wen
atchee, for traces of the mysterious
disease that is causing the death of
many cattle in the Quincy district.
One rancher reported loss Of 100
head.
Ritzville - For the first time in
several years rabbits are plentiful
near here, and also destructive. A
York coulee farmer cut an 80-acre
wheat crop which, earlier in the seas
on, looked good for 20 bushels an
acre, but the heads had been so raw
ished by the rabbits that it threshed
out only 40 bushels.
Thornton - The first wheat of
the season was delivered here by 3.
A. White and Sons to the Pacific
Coast Elevator company. 1t was
forty-fold and tested 60 pounds
bushel. 1t is running 80 bushels an
acre. Mr.. White, who owns and OPP
crates 16O0-acre farm here, is al
ways the first to deliver wheat.
Olympia ~ Legal gun-toters num-
bered approximately 1000 in Wash
ington under licenses to own and
carry revolvers and pistols, Director
Harry Huse announced. Official per-
mits were required under the 1885
short firearms act, effective July l.
Fifty dealers licenses to sell pistols
were issued under the same act.
Owners permits cost 81, dealers, SIS.
Walla Walla - Onion growers of
the Walla Walla district are threat
ening to pillow under their crops I'M
less they receive minimum price of
SO cents a 50-pound sack. They
voted last night to hold out for this
price. One distributor offered an al
tentative of 80 cents sack, with all
received above that price on the east
ern market to be divided between
him and the producers.
Kennewick - The harvest of the
Bartlett pear. crop is scheduled to
begin Monday. The crop is light this
year, as is the case with all tree
fruits in this district. Small crews
will be maintained by fruit houses
for the packing of the crop for east
ern markets, but the greater part
will be sent in bulk to nearby can
neries. The price outlook is some
what better than last year, when $40
per ton was paid the grower.
Lyman - Unable to swallow for
nearly 600 days, Charles Bassett, IA,
looks cheerfully forward to eating
again. An infantile paralysis attack
20 months ago paralyzed the muscles
that control swallowing. Treatment
is reported having an effect and re-
Gently he took some water, jello and
half a cookie. Healthy, happy and
normal in other respects, the boy has
been fed by tube through the nose
and stomach since December 4, 1888.
Olympia - The public service de-
partment has ordered substantial re-
auctions in rates charged by the Pu-
get Sound Power and Light company
for areas outside of Seattle, effective
August L. Savings to consumers
will aggregate about 100000 an
nually. Reductions will range from
8 to 23 per cent, depending on
amount of service used. The COM
pany has agreed to the rate cuts, in
return for suspension of the depart
ment's investigation it was an
nounced.
Stevenson = Work is progressing
rapidly on the new state park at
Beacon Rock. Permanent houses for
the CCC camp are rapidly taking
shape. There are to be about 200
men here and the project will take
about two years for completion.
Many places of interest within the
720 acres will be made accessible to
the public. According to F. U. Rob
bins, caretaker, this is an ideal place
for the study of geology, plant, ami
NAL and bird life. A specimen of all
plants and flowers will be kept.
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