Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-12


Thres persons died Ia Gle Elam Of
botulism. it vas announces b p. X.
]. Feleh. Kittltas county health Of
ficer. They we're slava Grubishich.
/ 20; Ava, a, his brother. and Fred
wengel an employee on the Gruhiahlch
farm. six miles from Gle Elam.
That James Hare, Sc. wind-fall
bucker for the River Logging com
pany, lost a race for his life with =
forest fire near Humptulips Sunday,
became known when his body, burn
ed beyond recognition, was found By
a searching party about three miles
south of Humptulips. y
Prune growers of Clarke county WIN
lose nearly 100000 pounds Of prunes
through lack of drier capacity, ae-
cording to Fred BROKER, vice-presi-
dent Of the washington Growers Pack
ing corporation. The prunss fell from
the trees In such quantities that the
driers could not handle the fruit.
Mayor Brown and party Of Seattle
city officials started Friday on tour
Of investigation Of the Columbia river
basin irrigation project. The. party
win go to Lake Pend oreille. making
the trip By automobile with several
stops. including the mayors apple
orchard at Neppel and Spokane.
With completion Of the official can
vass Of the special congressional cleo
tion, Judge Sam B Hill. Waterville.
democrat, was shown to have ma
j0rity Of 77s over State. Senator G.
3. Myers, Davenport, republican, IN
the fifth congressional district, Hill's
total being 1888 and Myers 1880.
A caravan of 1000 automobiles will
leave Olympia ON the morning of Oct
ober % for the formal dedication Of
the Pacific highway. The governors
of Oregon and Washington and other
officials Of the two states and high
officials Of British Columbia viii ac-
company the caravan, which will be
led by the highway patrol Of Washing
ton.
Cities operating under the commits
sion form Of government hold their
elections on the first Saturday d
e December, and the primaries for nom
mating candidates must be held OF
the second Monday preceding tbs
regular municipal election, Assistant
= Attorney-General e. w. Allen inform
ed State Auditor Clausen in an opin
ion.
Resignation of George C. Jewett Al
managing director OF the American
!. Wheat Growers association, was an
: nounced at Spokane, effective jam
! airy /. Mr.. Jewett has been elects
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- son. Mr.. Thomson has been name,
!. treasurer in place of George DreheI
= resigned.
l. An interlocutory injunction agains
+ the state was granted the ]. A. Boyct
i Seed company in federal district court
at Tacoma in an action brought tt
. test the seed importation act passed
/, by the last session of the state legis
lature. The act objected to by the
seed concern sought to place license
, fee on seeds brought into the state
and sold. The seed company AYERS
that the act is discriminatory.
, The transportation bureau of the
Seattle chamber Of commerce has put
: the question of parity of Columbia
, basin grain rates up to the railroads
with the request that the rates to Port.
: land and to Puget sound ports be i'm.
mediately equalized. The interstate
commerce commissions rejection of
the appeal for a rehearing of the rate
case has been interpreted by the
chambers transportation bureau a.
relieving the railroads from any obli-
cation to maintain the existing diff.
ferential.
! Word that government approval had
been obtained for the states plan OF
clearing and opening the entire right
"a way tHIOu64 buC uSuB6 OlymD1c
forests, as the first step in closing
the 5O-mile gap In the Olympic high.
way looping the great peninsula, has
been received from Governor Hart,
now in Washington. D. c.. by Secret
tary Fultz. The approval and cooper
alton Of Secretary Wallace Of the de-
partment of agriculture, and use Of
federal aid funds were the chief OBJ
jects of Governor Harris trip tosWash.
ington.
At the request Of the Kennewick
Commercial club, Charles, r. Collins.
consulting gas engineer of Seattle,
is making survey TO determine the
potential benefits, feasibility, cos. of
construction, maintenance and opera /.
ton of natural gas distribution sys-
tenn for domestic and industrial pur.
poses. The survey is in connection
with an offer recently made by Eu.
gene Enloe OF Spokane to pine gas