Olympia Debates Tax, Appointments and Reform in Legislature
In Olympia during the legislative session assessors and labor groups push for new laws while counties split over representation. Budget fights target Pierce and King counties with Spokane potentially pivotal. Guard mismanagement probes loom as investigations rise, and bills on jury service reform and a new road law advance amid political friction.
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John Severyns
Benton County
Olympia
State Association of County Assessors
Assessors
Good Roads
Ers
State Tax Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Pierce
King
Pierce County
King County
Superintendent Andrus Promoted To Division Manager
Superintendent R J Andrus of Pacific Power and Light receives a promotion to division manager for the Kennewick Pasco corridor. He will split time between Pasco and Kennewick, gains an automobile in spring, and new staff include Lynn Plantz as head clerk and A L Linn as Pasco assistant. The Pasco manager W H McClaskey remains chief clerk while Bailey moves to The Dalles. The old power plant becomes storage for construction material for the river line.
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R. J. Andrus
Pacific Power & Light Company
Kiowa-Benton City
Pasco
Kennewick
Lynn Plantz
A. L. Linn
W. H. McClaskey
Bailey
Dalles
Concert by Christian Sisters at Congregational Church
The Christian Sisters Marie Ellen and Frances Lillian Christian with two other sisters perform a benefit concert at the Congregational Church on Tuesday evening February 7. The quartet, once the Scandinavian Quartette, is famed across the Middle West for Chautauqua and lecture circuit appearances with Marie Ellen a wide range soprano and Frances a powerful contralto. Proceeds help fund the church furnace installation under the Congregational Club.
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Christian Sisters
Congregational Club
Congregational Church
Locals note relocations and community events in Kennewick
Additional locals report Jessie Folsom leaving for Portland to make it her future home while her father William Folsom plans to depart tonight after settling affairs. Mrs. W A Hayner mourns her grandmother M M Furman who died at 76 after a lingering illness. The Kennewick Packing Co ships five carloads to Finley area in ten days as buyers stock up. A Lolb returns from Walla Walla Hospital to Kennewick and is welcomed by Women of Woodcraft at Ernest Kolb’s home with light refreshments. Postmaster Wheaton receives wigwag flags for the Kennewick Gut Club used at targets, as spring practice boosts enrollment potential after Scott’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hayner
Zillah
M. M. Furman
A. Lolb
Walla Walla
Woodcraft
Ernest Kolb
Kennewick
Wheaton
Scott
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National Guard of
Washington
Senate
Hay
George Lamping
Eral
Francis Patrick Goss
Ortis Hamilton
House
F. L. Farnsworth
Lincoln
M. E. Hay
State Land Committee
John P. Cameron
Samuel Cosgrove
A.S. Ruth
Poindexter
AEE
United States
Victoria
Australia
Garden State
California
S. Harris
Dominion Stock & Bond Corp., Ltd
Winch Bldg
Vancouver
B.C
Livest News
Mr. Orchard
Flere
Foundation
the Tree
Sunnyside
W. 8. McClain
H. M. Lichty
Andrus
Jessie Folsom
Portland
Wm. Folsom
Finley
the Pacific Power.and Light Co
Buckeye
Lillys
Lilly’s
D. Hay
Ken’w’s
The
Chas. H. Collins Co
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