The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-11-12
INTERESTING NEWS
LETTER COVERING
GENERAL TOPICS
STATE FINANCES. SPECIAL
EVENTS. REVIEWS AND NEWS
OF MORE THAN PASSING IN
TEREST TO EVERYONE.

Of MORE HAN IASSlNtI IN =
! TEREST TO EVERYONE.
With gross receipts for the bien-
mum Of S43 3,246,756 and disbursements :
amounting to S42.953,S74, the state
had cash balance on hand at the
close of the tWo-year period. Sept 80
Of $5.657 SIS, according to the bien-
rial report of State Treasurer W. W.
Sherman. The cash balance at the
beginning of the biennum just clos
ed over those of the previous bien-
mum was $l2,S6S. 707. while the in
crease for 1916-1S period over the
l914-16 period was only S6,463. 800.
The increase in disbursements for
the last biennium over the previous
biennium was S12,52Il97, Is COM
pared with an increase in the 19l6-lS
period over the 19l4-16 period of 81
o75, sos. The volume of business for
the l916-1S biennium was $50, 1866, 7O7
as compared with $43,2i0.756 for the
last hiennum. The general fund
shows an ovcrdraft of $311.405 at the
cjcse of business on Sept 80 as com
pared with a favorable cash balance
Of S1.345.3Sl at the beginning Of the
bicnnium. Total bond redemptions
in the six permanent funds during the
biennium totaled S2,449,352, in the ac-
cident fund, $l,466.O00 Bonds pur-
chased for the six permanent funds
during the same period amounted to
- ,S63, ,967 and for the accident funi
vas $2,633. 100,
To make a three-day inspection #
the naval defenses of the Puget
Sound district and consider plans for
their future expansion, the joint ma
ral affairs committee of congress. ac-
companied by Rear Admiral R. E.
Coontz, chief of naval operations, and
Jther high officers of Uncle Sam ;
fleet, will arrive IN Seattle
from the East An elaborate enter
tainment has been prepared by the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce in
honor Of the comittee's visit. which is
expected to play an important part IN
future legislation for naval better
nents in the Northwest The dis
tnguiShed visitors will spend all of
today in Seattle. during which they
will be taken to the proposed new
aviation field at Sand Point. which l.;
offered to the government for use as
: base for a fleet of L. s. planes,
forming an aerial defense for the Pu-
get Sound Navy Yard.
The annual convention of the State
Chamber of Commerce Will be held at
Ellensburg, Nov. Is and 16 One OF
tho principal matters to come before
the convention will be the adoption Of
a program for future work Of the en-
tire organization, representing al
the Chambers Of Commerce Of the
state. for the development Of the Pu-
get Sound Navy Yard Principal
speakers at this wears convention
are announced as follows: Profes-
sor Stephen Miller, dean Of the col
lege Of business at the University Of
Washington: F. H. Chandler. recla-
nation engineer for the state Of
Washington: W. H. Paulhamus Of
Puyallup. DR. F o. Holland. presi-
dent of the Washington State College
AZ Pullman; w c. Gilbert, president
Of the Spokane Chamber Of Com
nerce, and Governor Louis T. Hat
Development Of natural resources o.
the state, espec ally the improve
nent of logged-of lands. viii be inn
portant topics before the convention
The twelfth biennial eeport Of the
Washington department Of labor
points out some interesting facts for
The people of the state. There were
l05 strikes in the state OF Washing-
ton in the period from September.
1918. to June 1920. 20 Of which were
caused by wage increases being r.
fused. One bureau Of labor collecte5
S62.105.05 in wages for the working
men Of this state The claims hand
led by the department. during the
'ast eleven months totaled 1871. OF
this number. 1.223 We're settled and
the money collected from the employ
ers for the workers This left only
l+s claims unsettled. The average
aaily collection for eleven months. on
the basis Of - working days to the
month. amounted - S225.00. while
IS per cent of the claims presente
70 the department were settled. "Wo-
men and Minors in Industry" IS one
Of the chapters Of the report which
hreathes human interest. The report