Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-11-26
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume OF Happenings
OF the Week Collected for
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have brought as high as 50 per box
this season.
Okanogan-The Wenatchee-O kan-
ogan 1886 commercial apple crop to-
tailed 1854 cars.
Wilbur-O farm near here
raised $500 turkeys and employed
a crew of twelve to prepare them for
market
Pullman-"Smith" is not TIRE most
popular name among students of the
state college. Johnson has led for
some years.
Olympia-A large influx of peo-
pie from the Middle West to the
Northwest has caused a critical re-
lief problem.
Vancouver-The county treasurer
has announced that nearly 100000
worth of property will be sold for
taxes next March.
Deep Creek-The Washington Wa
ter Power company is building pow
er line from Espanola to Deep Creek
to serve the residents of that district.
Yal1ima-Apples and pears from
this district are moving despite the
strike conditions On the coast. They
are being forwarded via Vancouver,
B. C.
Vancouver-Clark county farmers
who raised flax as an experimental
crop this year will receive bonus
from the federal government of SIS
per ton.
Vancouver-The chamber of COM
merce plans to change the name of
Vancouver to "The Christmas City"
for the period preceding the Christ
mas holidays.
Kelso-Spirit Lake, at the base of
Mount st. Helens, was at it's lowest
level in many years this year and
probably lower than any white man
has ever seen it.
Newport-United States geodetic
survey crews have completed topo-
graphic mapping of the Newport
quadrangle, including an area Of
about 500 square miles.
Aberdeen-At recent meeting of
road men from three counties hope
was expressed that a free ferry across
the Columbia at Astoria would be
had in the near future.
Gig Harbor-Bears are probably
finding that competition with the hui
man race it getting tough" Nearly
1000 tons of huckleberries have been
received at canneries this season.
Ritzville-Nearly $4,000 in AAA
"moral obligations" was received by
ia Adams county farmers who
planted winter wheat last year be-
fore the Triple-A was declared un-
constitutional.
Dayton-A new warehouse and a
dollhouse for experimental purposes
is included in the expansion program
of the Blue Mountain Canneries, Inc.
Present facilities were very made
quate this season.
Tacoma-It is of course question
able whether there was any real need
for the thing in the first place, but,
useless or not, the Roosevelt cam
paign button, discarded by her par
ents, was swallowed by Dorothy
Playford, aged nine, at the family
home.
BelIingham-A ferocious mother
cougar and her two kittens are being
sought in the Roma Kulshan range
near here, following their daring
slaughter of two burros and other
stock in the district. The animals
have repeatedly evaded traps and
snares.
White Bluff s-The cooperative
cannery here has closed its second
successful season. About so needy
persons were employed and will re-
ceive no wages until the products are
sold. They then share alike This
years output was nearly double last
years.
POTATO VINE HAS TWO CROPS
Seaview-Two crops of potatoes
from one vine was the achievement
of Jacob Alsacher of Ilwaco this sea-
son.
Experimentally, he replanted a
vine after harvesting early in the
summer. This fall upon digging it up
he found eight medium sized and
eight small potatoes.
CAT LOVES THE WATER
Shelton-A Hood Canal grocery
man has cat that loves the water.
M. G. Stark. says that his kitten
enjoys sitting on the beach at in
coming tide to play with the bub-
bles. AS the tide comes in, the cat
will not move until its head is all
that remains above the water. Then
1t repairs to stove to dry off before
returning to the fun.
Wallula-The General Petroleum
corporation has about completed
huge storage tank for gasoline to be
brought from tidewater in barges.
Other tanks, docks. and garage