Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-18


plies The government has Withdrawn
all but 40 million feet Of its stock
OH hand from the market aud placed
orders Tor It's million feet OF Doug
las tr railroad ties. The shipping
BOARD has decided to provide ships
for Atlantic coast trade
Selah warehouse 10 get $4,000
addition.
Oroville to have large auditorium
and flour mill.
Newport pushing $sc 600 highway
to Metaline Falls.
Seattle ships loading with
lumber indicate reviving of foreign
trade.
! Pacific Steamship company adds
steel freighter to IT'S Oriental fleet,
! Olympic highway to be completed
between Lake Quinault and Clear
water.
Port Angeles Standard Oil COM
pany to drill wells on Olympic slope.
Gle Elum gets a new bakery and
many new sidewalks.
Watsburg gets new garage and
residence.
Naches and Selah tunnel to irri
gate 10000 acres completed.
Horse Heaven irrigation project
to issue $4,000 bonds.
Northumberland building permits
total s50,S3O.
Garfield to lave new community
-four mill
/, Walla Walla to build reservoir and
improve water system.
Mount Vernon may build city
hall.
Aberdeen to spend 100000 on
paving.
, Spokane plans war memorial audi
torium to seat 10000.
3 Algona has plans to drain 100
} acres.
Sunias lake drainage will restore
, 10000 acres to plOw land.
|, Lewis county banks show $2,19S,-
a 976 gain in deposits in two years.
: Republic has street improvement
campaign.
Yakima gets 1O-cent car fare, eight
cents for tickets and four cents fol
children.
Wenatchee-Chelan county to pave
25 miles of road.
Seattle gets $4,000 Yacht clut
house on Lake Union.
Spokane-Hecla mines broke al
records on lead production for 1918
Spokane car line employees win 81!
cents per hour increase from Angus
8 last.
Inland empire points are demand
ing farm labor
Timber survey of Olympic forest
estimates 1,892,OOO.O 900 board feet.
Tacoma-Population now estimat
ed at $4,000.
Spokane-Merger of two car line
under one management advocated b.
city.
Yakima Sheep company reports II
per cent increase in lambs.
Willapa HarbOr has hopes of gel
ting a naval base.
Prosser-Engineers at work to re
viye the old Ledbetter ditch.
Anacortes harbOr to get $500
Cap Sante improvement.
SedrO- Wooley-Clear Lake road t
be paved.
Drilling for oil to start on Willap
harbor.
Okanogan-Plans made for big II
rigation project covering lands
Methow valley. Howard Flats sout
of Pateros, and other lands betwee
Pateros and Riverside. and prOvidin
an auxiliary supply for lands unde
the government project.
West Coast Lumbermen's associ;
alton asks government to assign lare
number of Ferris type wooden shiI
to handle lumber cut for easter
shipments.
Monrovi-Ten tons of tale da
being shipped, and Is men employs
Spokane - Caledonia mine pa!
$26,05O in dividends.
Chewelah - Many improvement
planned at United Copper company
property.
Wenatchees postoffice receip
show gain of "a per cent over 191
Centralia Light & Manufacture
company resumes work on power lii
connecting company's plant in I
ELL.
Kelso-Work on both diking pr
jects now in progress.
Chehalis to enjoy building boo
during next few months.
South Bend-Plans under W;
here for organization Of diking di
trict.
Soap Lake-Modern hotel and he
pital to be constructed.
Onalaska-Road connecting Lac
mas with county road completed.
Chehalis - Carnation Milk Pro
ucts company building reinforce
concrete stack.
Yakima fruit growers planni
formation of pool to handle all orde
for boxes and paper for valley {
chardists during coming year.
timated that growers use over 900
900 apple boxes annually, represef