Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-02-11
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Kennewick - Farmers along the
Yakima river above Kennewick COM
plain that beavers are girdling or
chard trees and damaging irrigation
systems.
Battle Ground-A special levy tax
will not be necessary to purchase the
IS acre Mickey tract adjoining the
Battle Gorund school district site
should the voters favor the proposal,
the school board announced,
Dayton Mayor William Renne-
wanz has called for bids for construc-
ton, plumbing and heating of the
new city hall and municipal library
to be built this season with PWA
grants and funds raised locally.
Olympia-Figures released by the
state board of prison terms and pa
roles show 698 prison sentences i'm
posed between June Is, 1885, and
September 80, 1886. OF this total,
396 were penitentiary sentences and
302 reformatory sentences.
Spokane-There isn't galosh to
be had in Spokane, store owners re-
ported today. Galoshes for men have
been sold out for weeks and several
stores have sold their stocks of ov-
ershoes soon after receiving three
emergency shipments from the east
Notwithstanding a wall like
that of small child, Bobbie Reid,
Oak Point boy, investigated and
found cub bear only a few days old
in the woods near his home. Bobbie
bundled it home and it is thriving
on the milk that he is providing for
it.
Spolane-B nco artists m k e
from $4,000 to $4,000 year in Spo-
kane, Chief of Police Ira A. Mar
tin estimated. The 1886 take" was
much higher, however, Chief Martin
said, because of one case in which
Kellogg, Idaho, merchant lost APP
proximately $4,000.
Bellingham-Lady, a small bull
terrier, and Ted, spaniel, are cred
tied today with freeing a pair of cou-
CARS Sunday, which were killed by
Hunters Martin Scutvick and Floyd
| Kuipers. The little dogs would have
been just a bite for either of the
cougars, which weighed 1875 pounds
and 165 pounds, but the cats took
to the trees when the dogs bravely
rushed in.
Winlock-This week several thou
sand baby chicks got their first
glimpse of light in local hatcheries,
and from now on they will make
| their appearance in increasing num-
bers. John Annonen of the Must-Lay
Poultry Farm had the honor of hay
ing the first baby chicks, which were
Matched December FL. The real sea-
son is just starting now and all of
| the larger commercial hatcheries
have large settings coming off this
week.
Walla WALL. F. Gemmell, who
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ing chief of police here, has to use
finesse at times. His wife told him
mouse was in the house and Chief
Gemmell set out to catch it. Gem
nell chased it awhile without luck.
Then it took refuge under the vac
uum cleaner in corner. Gemmell
Tipped on the power, the cleaner
grunted, the mouse squeaked and
There's your mouse" said the chief
to his wife. However, Gimmell had
to clean out the cleaner.
Kelso-Tellers of frealish fishing
tales were. quieted today as Joe Mo-
kan, North Kelso resident, recited
his experience yesterday on the Cow
litz river when he landed somewhat
rusted vacuum cleaner. Mokan told
deputy sheriffs today that he was
angling in the Cowlitz just north of
the city water plant and had just
cast out when he felt a tug on his
line, Keeling in, he brought an cleo
trio Acord to the surface. Feeling a
weight on the cord, he pulled it into
'this boat and finally landed a fully
i equipped vacuum cleaner.