Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-09-21

1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS
last Monday where they held hear
ing Of the proposed freight and pas
Navigation Company to be held in
the Seattle Chamber OF Commerce.
The transportation companies whose
boats ply Puget Sound are asking a
rs per cent Increase in freight rates
and 20 per cent raise in passenger
rates.
State Treasurer W. w. Sherman
today received the following letter
regarding the Soldiers Bonus bill.
from the Soldiers Bonus board of
Rhode Island
ITO prevent duplication in connec-
tion with the distribution of the
bonus to ex-service men. does your
state place an Identification mark
upon the discharge or other papers
filed. and il. so can it be d;stin-
guished?
1--WE have applications from every
state in the union from the men who
claim they are entitled to the Rhode
Island bonus and have found that
some men are attempting to collect
in more than one state"
On Tuesday. September 21. State
Treasurer w. w. Sherman and State
Reclamation Engineer E. N. Chand-
Ter will leave for a four days trip
in Eastern Washington where they
will visit various state recamation
projects. Both Mr.. Chandler and Mr..
Sherman are members Of the state
reclamation board, which has charge
of all the reclamation work beizg
accomplished in this st:te.
On their trip they will visit Moses
Lake in Grant County. Spokane,
Pasco. Kennewick and Richland.
where large irragation and reclama.
tion projects are found. Before re-
turning to Olympia they will visit the
State Fair at Yakima. returning to
this city Saturday afternoon.
A meeting of the board OF regents
of the Washington State College HAS
been called for September ~, at Pull
man, according to an announcement
made today by Carl Shuff. secretary
to Governor Hart. The regents
meeting has been called by Presi-
dent R. c. McCroskey OF Garfield.
president Of the board.
Members of the college board of
regents are Mr.. McCroskey. w. A.
Ritz. Walla Walla; N. T. Conan, Spo-
kane; William Pease. Seattle and A.
d. Dunn. Wapato.
Governor Louis F.. Hart today re-
ceived a letter from cambridge Colby
secretary of state at Washington. o.
c., in regard to some unreclaimed
land belong to the late John Wilson.
which is supposed to be located in
Washington. Mr.. Colby recently re-
ceived word from Albert Wilson, a
son, who now resides in Sidney, New
South Wales. in which he stated mis-
father was owner of a large tract
of land in this state and as owner
ship papers were lost in a shipwreck
he is unable to tell where the land
il.
Wilson claims that his father. who
fought in the Civil War. was given
a tract of land in this state for SER.
vices rendered in the war. n
The governor is unable to aid in
the matter and the letter will prob
ably be forwarded to the department
head of the G. A. r. in this state. 4
Major E. S. Gill. of Seattle. was
today appointed by Governor Louis
F.. Hart to the state industrial insur-
ance commission to succeed Major
Fred w! Llewellyn. who resigned last
week to enter the army. Major Gill
will take up his new duties in the
insurance department Oct
ober 1, which time Major Llewellyn's
becomes effective. The
was made for a six year
term.
Major Gill is we'll known in politi-
cal circles in Seattle. where he has
lived for many years. He filed his
declaration of candidacy for congress
tot be candidate for the primary
but withdrew his name few
days before the filings were closed.
Lor two terms Major Gill served
as state adjutant general of Arizona
and during the late war he also scr
we'd in the adjutant generals de-
ma rtment due TO his experience that