Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-09-21
CURRENT NEWS Of
the STATE CAPITOL
File Expense Vouchers
State Reclamation Board
POrstpOnes Meeting.

Six expense vouchers of candidates
for Office were fled Monday with the
secretary of state. The first was that
Of o. T. COrnwell, candidate for state
senator from the eleventh senatorial
district. His voucher shows only the
sum Of $40 for filing fee on his cam.
paign expense account.
A total Of $2,O22.57 was expended
for the campaign Of j. Stanley Web
ster, candidate for congress from the
first congressional district, according
to his expense voucher.
j. l.. Sharpstein, candidate for the
Office Of lieutenant governor spent
the sum of $297.97 on his campaign.
E. X. Brown expended the sum of
$1.73646 on his campaign for the
Office Of representative in congress
from the fourth congressional dis
trict.
w. P. Brown, candidate for judge
OF the superior court Of Whatcom and
San Juan counties. expended the sum
Of $136.22 on his campaign according
to his expense voucher. John Raj
ston. expended the sum Of $40 on his
campaign for reelection rs Judge of
the superior court of Clallam county.
Because of the absence of three of
the board members, no action was
taken upon any of the matters that
came before the monthly meeting of
the State Reclamation Board. State
Treasurer w. w. Sherman and State
Land Commissioner Clark Savidge,
who were the only two members
Present at the meeting, announced
that the regular meeting will
be postponed until next Monday at
which time Frank Gloyd. state agri-
cultural commissioner, DR.. o. H. Hol-
land. president Of the Washington
State College at Pullman and Marvin
Chase, state hydraulic engineer. will
be present.
A. Rosenbaum, president Of the
Burbank Irrigation project and Oscar
Saley, secretary Of the same project,
appeared before the meeting yester-
day and asked the reclamation board
to purchase $4,000 of bonds for the
improvement OF their project As
there is no market at the present time
for irrigation bonds they are asking
the state to take them.
In behalf of the Franklin County
Irrigation District No. l, F.. H. Nc
Coy, president of the project and 8.
L. Holt, secretary appeared and also
asked the state to purchase bonds
to the sum of 100000
for the improvement of a portion of
the irrigation district near PascO.
Both of these requests were post
pOned until next Monday at which
time a final decision will be made as
to whether or not the state will buy
the bonds.
Mr.. Sherman and E. N. Chandler.
state reclamation engineer. who will
leave today for four-day trip
through Eastern Washington. will
visit the Burban irrigation project
as we'll as the Franklin County pro-
ject and will give their reports on
these two irrigation Projects at the
meeting Monday.
A reQuisition for the extradition
of William Falon was granted Mon.
day by Governor Louis F. Hart to the
Governor OF California. Fallon who
is wanted in San Francisco for the
crime Of violating section 2S8 OF the
Penal Code. which is deemed a
felony. was recently located in
Seattle by the Washington officials.
Fallon is alleged to have committed
this crime in San Francisco in August
and was arrested and out on $4,000
bail. A few days after he was re-
leased from Jail, he jumped his ball
and came to Seattle.
The state of California was repros-
ented by r. ]. Stanton as their agent.
A special meeting OF the State
Welfare Commission was
scheduled for today. but due to the
severe illness of DR.. NJ. II. Marvin or
Seattle, amember OF the board. the
was called off until later
date.
e. w. Kuykendall. Hance II. Clel-
land and Frank r. Spinning, State
Publis Service Commissioners left