The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-05-09
State News Items

companies of Washington collected
s14, 626,28 in premiums, while the
losses aggregated $6,445,0o6 in that
year, according to figures issued by H.
o. Fishback, state insurance commits
sioner. This shows a decrease over
the business done by the insurance
companies in 1911 when the premiums
amounted to $15.162,00O while the
losses were $6,572,0 900. The report
shows that in 1911 the casualty COM
panies wrote liability insurance a.
mounting to 1887, 1904, out of which
they paid 100000 in losses, while in
1912, it amounted to about $354,000
out of which $334,Ooo was paid in
losses leaving on this class Of insurance
a leeway Of only $4,000. The OPP
Grafton of the industrial insurance COM
mission law has seriously hurt the cas-
ualty insurance business in Washington.
Fire insurance companies report de-
crease in 1912 over 1911 while life in
surance companies report an increase.
According to an announcement
made by State Auditor c. w. Clausen
the veterans OF the battle OF Gettys-
burg will be transported by means Of
special car, and the blue and the gray
will travel together to attend the big
reunion at Gettysburg in July He
says as the appropriation of $4,000
made by the last Legislature is rather
small that the special car will be the
best means OF taking the old soldiers
back.
1t is ruled by Assistant Attorney
General ]. T. S. Lyle, that because a
girl is married she does not thereby
become a woman, which is an impor-
tant ruling and was made in the case
of a girl who is held in the State
Training School at Chehalis. and who
has sought to be released on the
ground that she was married woman
when sent to the school and therefore
cannot be held there.
Among the 80 counties of the state
has been divided $1,3o0,867 of state
school money, which is the first ap-
portionment OF school funds made by
Mrs. Josephine M. Preston, state SUI
perintendent Of public instruction. OF
this amount Lincoln county is to re.
ceive as its share $26,822.72. King
county's share is $294,741 or almost
one fourth of the total amount. Spo-
kane county gets $165.O0O or the
second largest amount while to Pierce
county is apportioned the sum Of $141,-
24o. Wahkiakum county receives
the smallest amount of $3,475.
But one oyster reserve will be OPP
ened up this year according to a de-
cision reached at recent meeting OF
the state oyster commission of which
Gov. Ernest Lister and L. H. Darwin,
state fish commissioner constitute two
OF the three members. Although the
law AASo TIC piiSC at % CCulo pei
sack the commission has declined to
allow them to be sold unless the buy
ers will pay rs cents a sack.
After visiting Boise, Idaho, Clark
V. Savidge and w. v. Tanner have
returned to Olympia. The trip was
made in order to learn the details of
the agreement under which the state
of Idaho obtained from the federal
government large tracts Of land out Of
the national forests in lieu of the state
school lands that have been taken up
by the government. Commissioner
Savidge while away inspected the
land Office department of Idaho and he
declares that his study OF the system
used there was OF great benefit to him.
For state hotel Inspector Gov. Err
nest Lister has appointed James T.
Myhan of Tacoma, who is a we'll
democrat OF that city, having been
active in politics there for many years.
Mr.. Myhan succeeds M. S. Kribs: the