Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-05-13
NEWS NOTES OF
H NORTHWEST
A Brief Summary Of Events
Of Special Interest to
Oregon, Washington and
Idaho Communities.

BOISE, Ida.-WPA crews, among
their m~ultifarious operations last
year, treated more than 1000 acres
for plant disease and rid the state
of AHA pests.
EUGENE, Ore.-Ralph s. Schomp
has announced his resignation as
director of educational activities at
the University of Oregon, a post he
has held since organization of the
department last year.
PORTLAND, Ore.-Approximately
1926 Oregon wage arner or their
estates are expeced to file claims
during 1887 for lump-sum or death
benefits with the Bureau of Federal
Old-Age Benefits, James e. PEBBLES,
Portland Field Representative, has
announced.
CLARK FORK, Ida.-A library,
sponsored by the WPA and NYA will
be opened here soon. Mrs. Bessie
l.. league will be senior librarian,
and Miss Mary Louise Clifford will
be junior assistant. Occur d'Alene
has donated $50 books, and 200 will
be received from a travelling library.
STANDPOINT, Ida.-W. ii. Heath,
engineer and supervisor of the city
dock WPA project, said today that
despite handfcaps at the start they
were making fine progress. The
project calls for a combined dirt fill
and piling structure dock 1890 feet
in length at a total cost of $4,000.
OROFINO, Ida.-The first lease
for sheep grazing of the Clearwater
Protective association area on Can
yon creek was signed last week by
]. H. Dobbins of Enterprise, Ore.
The association is anticipating ap-
proximately $4,000 head of sheep
this year. Several contracts await
signatures.
SOUTH BEND, Wash.-Distribu-
ton of $50 pheasant eggs was be-
ing made today by County Agent T.
r. Cole to II boys in two All clubs
at Mill Creek and South Bend. The
eggs will be Matched and reared to
ten weeks age and then turned over
to the state game department for
liberation in Pacific county.
KENNEWICK, Wash.-Most of
the land in the Kennewick highlands
under the Kennewick Irrigation COM
pany's canal has been sold within
the last two years, with the major
ity of buyers immigrants from the
drouth areas The tendency Is
toward diversified farming on larger
acreage, replacing the small-tract
farm.
MONTESANO, Wash.-Examiners
will begin a tour Of Grays Harbor
county schools next week to conduct
standardized tests in the first, sec
ond, third and eighth grades, it is
announced by Mrs. Adele Allen Oil
YER, county superintendent. Eighth
grade tests will be the basis for pro-
motion to high school, replacing the
old-time state eighth grade exam
nations.
DAVENPORT, Wash. - Gordon
Bonser recently had a narrow escape
from death when a "tree climber"
woodsaw he was using on a tree
flew back, ripping his back badly.
The youth walked half a mile along
after the accident before finding a
car to bring him to Davenport for
medical treatment by DR.. ]. H. Poyn-
ter. The wound required 20 stitch
es to close, but was not deep.
NEWBERG, Ore.-A wedding ring
lost nearly 81 years has been re-
urned to its owner because W. E.
Mulkey chose the right place to dig
some fishworms. In 1916 Mrs. O.
J.. Mccoy, lost her wedding ring
while working in her garden. A
few days ago Mulkey, a brother
of Mrs. Elnora Sickafoose, who
now owns the property, found
the ring while digging bait in
the backyard. The name Of the
owner was engraved on the inside
and the ring was promptly returned
to Mrs. Mccoy, who is still a resi-
dent of this city.