The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-07-23
STATE NEWS ITEMS

prisoners paroled from Monroe reform
atory since the establishment Of that
institution are making good" accord
ing to report Of Parole Officer c. T..
Webb to the board OF control. There
have been total Of 1866 prisoners
released on parole. OF these 1877 have
been returned to Monroe for parole
violations and 80 have found their way
into other institutions, but OF the others
the vast majority have found steady
work, reporting monthly wages aver
aging $4i.50, marked financial gain
to the state, replacing a loss which
would be sustained by maintaining
these men behind the bars.
A Joker" in the mutual savings
bank law enacted by the recent legis-
lature, limiting expenses to Q ID per
cent Of average assets during any one
year will effectually prevent the or
ganization of any such banks, for which
there has been a strong demand, ac-
cording to State Bank Examiner w. E.
Hanson. It would be impossible for
new bank to operate during its first
year on 3 ID per cent OF its average
assets.
With approximately 100 men now
at work on the roads on force account.
doing work that this year will cost
$350,000, the state highway depart
ment this year is larger employer of
men than any private contractor. The
going wages for labor, ranging from
$2.25 upward, are paid. six day weeks
and eight hour days are followed.
State workers fare better than those in
most labor camps, however, especial
attention being paid by the highway
department toward furnishing the best
table board, while shower baths and
other comforts have been installed at
all the permanent camps.
The state department OF agriculture
has sent to all commission merchants
and cooperative organizations selling
produce on behalf Of members, notices
OF its intention to enforce the commits
sion merchant law Of 1907, recently
upheld by the supreme court. Coop
erative organizations, Attorney General
W. V. Tanner has held, come under
the law, which requires a $40 annual
license fee and filing Of a $500 bond
by each merchant.
A reciprocal agreement has been
reached between the state department
of agriculture and the California horti-
cultural authorities, by which all Cal
ifornia potato shipments destined for
this state, will be inspected in the
south, to guard against tuber moth
infection. In return the Washington
authorities will inspect seed potatoes
shipped from this state to California,
to guard against fusarium wilt.
On the ground that clans and oys-
tiers are domestic animals, rather than
wild animals. Attorney General w. V.
! Tanner has ruled that the prohibition
in the new fish code, against aliens
taking these shellfish for commercial
purposes, does not apply when the
bivalves are taken from land owned by
these aliens.
J. H. Martin, a veterinary of the
State department of agriculture, has
been detailed to investigate a cattle
disease, as yet unidentified, which has
attacked Western Washington herds
in many localities, and which was al
first diagnosed as hemorhage septice-
mia. DR.. H. T. Graves, commissioner
OF agriculture, believes the first dag
nosis incorrect, holding to the theory
that standing water in marsh pastures
probably is responsible for the trouble.
Prosecution has been instituted at
Spokane by Labor Commissioner E.
W. Olson against a labor agent who
sold rings, worth few cents, to work
men for 81 each; giving jobs to work
men holding rings, The agent is
charged with violation Of the employ
ment agent law adopted by initiative,
which prohibits charging a workman
for securing employment.
Under ruling made by E.. w. o.
son, state labor commissioner, who has
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