The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-05-21
WASHINGTON BRlEFLETs


BO Sweeney, promi2ent lawyer of
Seattle, has been nominated to be as
sistant secretary of the interior.
Measurement of the waters of the
Palouse, Touchet and Tucannon rivers
will be made by the Washington state
geological survey board.
Investigation of the soil conditions
and the mineral districts of northern
Washington will be undertaken In the
near future.
Ten dollars a ton for the best grade
of alfalfa hay will be asked by grow.
ers in Washington, according to de.
cision made at farmers meeting in
Wapato.
The federal grand jury at Seattle
has taken up the investigation of an
alleged fish trust, on the complaint OF
United States Senator Poindexter. OF
Spokane.
The annual indoor circus. given by
the students of the Washington State
School for the deaf, will be staged this
year in q downtown showhouse at Van
couver, for the first time, on May rs.
Robert T. Hodge. progressive can
didate for governor in 1912 and for.
merly coal miner, has been admitted
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after being rejected three times.
Until SO ordered by the Washington
state supreme court, State Fish Com.
missioner Darwin of Seattle says he
will refuse to grant fishing licenses to
a corporation which is controlled by
Japanese. Law says aliens shall not
take food fish.
A special session of the Washing.
ton legislature may not be necessary,
in the. opinion of Governor Lister. be.
cause Of the possibility of congress
passing the law providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by di.
rect vote.
Every foot Of the Pacific Highway
in the State Of Washington, from
Blaine, on the British Columbia Dor.
der. to Vancouver. will be given Off.
cial inspection by members Of the
state highway commission Friday
Good Roads day in this state.
BY vote of 5 to 4 the state con.
ference called to recommend mini.
mum wage-for women workers In
laundries and dye works, adopted q
motion to recommend minimum OF
$3.50 a week for 48 hours for women
employed in such establishments.
Washington state girl factory EN-.
ployes are asking the minimum wage
commission for minimum of SO q
week, the same rate that now applies
to women in mercantile establish.
ments Employers offer $3.50.
]. Dungeon, aged 40, was found lying
wounded in the road north Of Stan.
wood and said that he had been run
over and knocked down by an auto
mobile and left to suffer all night. He
was taken to hospital where he died.
1t is assumed that the next step in
the matter of fixing q minimum wage
for women employed In laundries and
dye works will be the appointment OF
an entire new list Of nine conferees
three representing the. employers
three the working women and three
the general public.
Largely through the efforts of the
Cathlamet commercial club and its
secretary, WV. Head, an appropria-
ton of $4,000 has been made for the
deepening of the Cathlamet channel
of the Columbia: The money is now
available and dredging will start al
an early date.
Mrs. S. J. Mcneil has made a novel
proposal to the Spokane chamber Of
commerce. For consideration she
will undertake to walk from Spokane
to San Francisco and represent the
city at the exposition in 1916. The
100O-mile hike presents no difficulties
to Mrs. Mcneil.
Reimbursement Of statewide prohi.
bition, compulsory school attendance
through the tenth grade. or until 16
years of age. and a system of savings
banks in public schools were recon.
mended to the Washington State Con.
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers
associations in the report Of the reso
lutions committee
That no fireworks Of any kind. not
even the smallest firecracker. may be
fired on the Fourth of July within the
city limits of Vancouver is the infor-
nation that a number of business men
learned, when they made inquiry OF
the city clerk before buying their an.
nual stock Of fireworks for the pro-
posed celebration.
Governor Lister will give a formal
hearing May Is. to third-class cities
asking him to call special session of
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