Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-04-07
NEWS FROM ALL OVER The STATE

men ana IlSnormen or the W1llapa har-
Dor will raise the money to build a
hatchery Of 100000 eggs capacity on
North River.
Bound for Vladivostok with q cargo
Of war munitions valued at $1,000. 900,
the largest ever taken from the sound,
the steamer Honolulan sailed from Ia.
coma Sunday night.
Leading army, navy and militia Of
ncers and civilians from the states Of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and Wyoming, as we'll as members of
congress, were heard at the North
west Conference Of Preparedness, in
Spokane, Monday and Tuesday.
A new reclamation plan providing
Tor gravity diversion in the neighbor.
hood of Prosser, with a siphon across
the Yakima river was outlined by Ar
thur P. Davis, director and chief en-
gineer of the federal reclamation serv-
ice in letter to Senator Poindexter.
G. w. Gilbreath, inspector-at-large,
after an investigation of the fruit trees
throughout Garfield county, declared
that most of the trees were so infect
ed with blight and scale that in a
short time they would be useless even
as shade trees, not considering the
bearing of fruit.
According to formal ruling given
to Homer L. Post, prosecuting attor-
ney of Asotin county, by Attorney
General w. V. Tanner a druggist can
not fill prescriptions for intoxicating
liquors issued by physicians who are
not licensed to practice medicine un-
der the laws Of the state.
With prices ranging about 20 pei
cent above those Of year ago, a
steady market and good demand in
the United States despite the fact that
the foreign business is at standstill.
Tacoma lumbermen express satisfac.
ton with present conditions and fore
see further improvement. Practically
all Tacoma mills are running, with the
exception of the Tacoma Mill com.
pany's plant, and some are running
night shifts.
Definite steps were taken at q meet.
ing held at Spokane for the organiza'
ton of boys and girls agricultural
clubs in every county in Washington.
The active management Of the asso'
citation in each county will be in the
hands of board composed of the
state superintendent Of public instruc-
ton, the director of agricultural ex.
tension work, and three individuals
selected from the citizens of the coun.
ty participating in the work.
]. S. Waugh, an Aberdeen business
man, and County Commissioner Locke
claim to have located what appears to
be paying quantities Of manganese ore
in the Quiniault country, north Of
Aberdeen. They have been stalking
out claims and getting samples for
some time. Recently the price of this
commodity has been soaring. so that
the ore can be mined profitably. Sam
pies of the ore have been sent to the
Tacoma smelters. The ore bed is said
to extend, so far as investigated, a
distance of seven miles.
Surrounded by the heads of 20 col
leges and universities of the east and
west, all wearing the robes and il
sigma of their academic honors, Err
nest o. Holland was formally inducte1
into office at Pullman as president Of
Washington state college, the cere-
mony being conducted by e. T. Conan
of Spokane, president of the board of
regents. IN the audience, besides the
student body, were representatives of
so or more educational institutions
and delegates from 20 organizations in
the state.
The car shortage which for 80 days
has hampered commerce in the west
is virtually over as far as the Pacific
northwest is concerned, according tc
announcements made by Seattle rail
road officials. The lines now have
sufficient cars to handle traffic for ar
indefinite period, they said.
Cattle losses on the south half Of
the Colville reservation this winter
through billiards. will reach 100000
is the statement of an Okanogan stocf
man. He places the number of cattle
lost at 1000, valued at $50 head. He
said the cattle did not die from star
walton, but from the cold and blizzard
Holding that the issues involved are
political and that the court has no jur
isdiction, Judge D. F. Wright OF the
Thurston county superior court dis
missed the suits brought at Olympus
to have the proposed initiative frs
aid and fish bills held up on thu
ground that the preambles contain ar
guments.
Little Of the enormous fruit tonnage
anticipated this fall in the Wenatche'
district has been signed up to selling
agencies or shippers. The grower
are awaiting the final returns Of tn
organizations that handled the 1Sl'
crop to obtain . basis Of comparison
Of the efficiency of the different mar
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