Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-11-05
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume OF Happenings
OF the Week Collected for
Our Readers

uOueIu CctuucIy was SIdIIcu mere I0-
Gently.
Pasco-The number of weekly APP
plicants for WPA work is on the in
crease.
Benton City-Two tomatoes were
grown here weighing three pounds
four ounces each. BH &A VIII
Kennewick - infectious enteritis,
deadly to swine, has made its ap-
pearance in Benton county,
. Observation-Disclosures was keen at
the recent ]. w. Nicely sale when AZ
high priced COWS brought an average
of SIS each.
"a Creston-An epidemic of chicken
pox is prevalent in the schools, more
than 25 students were absent on one
day recently.
i Tacoma-Four furniture factories
opened recently following shut
down of nine weeks due to strike of
900 employees. t
Olympia-In an effort to reduce
motor vehicle traffic hazards, Cover
nor Martin has established a state
traffic council Of % members. 75N
Kennewick-N a RI y $4,000 tur-
keys, ducks, and geese have been
shipped from this valley to Matanus-
ka valley for breeding purposes.
Pasco-Franklin county will enjoy
decided decrease in taxes due to
rigid curtailment by county commits
sioners. Pasco's levy dropped appre-
oiably also.
Yal1ima-Gas ignited in tunnel No.
1 of the Roza project recently to give
the workmen quite scare but doing
no damage. The flames flared aloft
for 70 feet. trt
Vancouver-Mrs. Lang of this city
recently exhibited twin canaries,
rarity born of double yolked eggs
and classed along with the feat OF
DR.. Dafoe in rearing the COUNTS"
Cheney-The campus of the state
normal began to look like the House
of David last week when the men
sported boards in order to add color
to the annual Homecoming celebra-
ton.
Observation-Disclosures weeds have in
vaded half of the farms in Spokane
county and the problem of combat
ting them equals that of soil con-
servation according to recent meet
ing of land owners.
Yakima-The use of gasoline for
cleaning purposes proved fatal to an
auto camp resident here recently
when the gasoline caught fire burn
ing her, despite her efforts to smoth-
er the fire with blanket.
Walla Walla-A young man of this
city prepared to watch fire engines
dash to fire when the right rear
wheel of the hook and ladder rolled
up on to the sidewalk, hit him in
the leg and put him in the hospital.
Wapato--The construction of the
main drain of the Wapato irrigation
project will necessitate the removal
of IL bridges and siphons and NOV
ing 100000 cubic yards of dirt. A
contract for $4,000 has been let
for the job.
Spokane-Octobe building per-
mits in number and in value are
more than double those of the same
month last year. Total building per-
mits so far this year amount to 49,
120,342 as compared with 81, $685. 24
for the first nine and half months
Of last year.
Orondo-About 1000 sheep have
died here very mysteriously, cover
ing the road in places. They were or
dered burned and persons connected
with them were quarantined due to
fear of Anthrax. Although the ex-
act cause of death has not been as
certained the quarantine has been
lifted.
Bellingham-A citizen here is wis
er but $40 poorer because he so
proudly displayed his skill as hunt
er. He visited Chuckanut mountain
to hunt deer but instead brought
home fine red fox which he proud
ly displayed on the main street. He
was arrested and fined for killing
fur bearing animal out of season.
SEES HUNT FOR OWN BODY
Longview-After Longview fire
men made a fast run to drainage
ditch here recently when a frantic
mother called them in fear that her
son, who had been playing on raft
in the water, had drowned, and af-
ter the firemen had started their
search, they discovered the "victim"
among a group Of boys standing on
footbridge watching the whole pro-
ceedings.
The lad said he was afraid to go
home after his nro1on god ahsancn