Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-04-22
NEWS NOTES OF
THE NORTHWEST
A Brief Summary Of Events
Of Special Interest TO
Oregon, Washington and
Idaho Communities.

PAYETTE, Ida.-Payette's annual
Apple Blossom festival will feature
a two-day celebration this year, May
and 4.
WEISER, Ida.-Voters at the city
election, April 27 will decide as to is
suance of $4,000 in bonds for con-
struction of community swimming
pool.
TOLEDO, Ore.-Edward w. Mil
Ter, secretary of the Oregon Coast
Highway association, announced that
the semi-annual meeting of that body
will be held here, April Is and 10.
CHEWELAH, Wash.-Geo.rge Nj.
Rasque, Spokane architect, has been
awarded a contract for designing a
grade school building with eight
rooms at Chewelah, to cost, esti,
timated, $65,O00.
NYSSA, Ore.-Gordon Barrie, rep
resenting Adams & Leland of Boston,
reports contracting for $4,000 fleeces
in Lake and Harvey counties at 33
cents, the highest price paid for wool
in that area in 10 years.
SHOSHONE, Ida. A flood of
poorly counterfeited nickels has de-
scended upon several Shoshone busi-
ness houses. 1t seems that the lead
coins were largely used for manipu
lating pinball machines.
ASHLAND, Ore.-Peach trees in
the Ashland district are three weeks
behind the blooming schedule this
year and may escape frost, accord
ing to Mayor Wiley of Ashland. Last
year they were damaged by frost.
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Walla
Wallans who scoot about on the
new motor scooters must first secure
automobile operators license and
motorcycle license, it was announced
by Chief of Police j. F. Gemmell.
KELSO, Wash. - The state of
Washington highway department as
sumed the responsibility for the
maintenance of the bridge over the
Cowlitz river between east and west
Kelso this week under terms of a re-
Gently enacted state law.
THE DALLES, Ore.-The cater
pillars are on their way! This word
Of warning was flashed to Wasco
county orchardists last week by w.
Wray Lawrence, county agent, after
an inspection tour had shown mil
- otc hot oh
ing.
PENDLETON, Ore.-Six hundred
parents and friends saw IT'S Boy
Scouts and cubs do their stuff at the
Scout circus and roundup at Pendle-
ton, the biggest event in Pendleton
Scoutdom and the best staged, be-
cause of the new Vert Memorial
gymnasium.
EUGENE, Ore.-By the end of this
week Chief of Police Bergman of Eu-
gene predicts every school youngster
in Eugene who rides bicycle will
have been examined by bike code au-
thorities and licensed to ride. En-
forcement of the bicycle control or
dinance will then begin.
BONNERS FERRY, Ida.-O. w.
Keller, farmer near Naples, has a
record-breaking hen. Last week a
thoroughbred Rhode Island Red laid
an egg measuring eight inches in
greatest circumference, and the fol-
lowing day laid one measuring 10
inches end to end, and 81 inches
in lateral circumference.
BEND, Ore.-Preservation of seem
ic strips of timber along the Santiam
and Mckenzie highway near Sisters,
in western Deschutes county, ap-
peared assured here with announce
ment that the department of agricul-
ture has approved a proposed ex-
change Of timber. The exchange plan
is now in the office of the secretary
Of interior for final consideration.