Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-16

About 100 bushels of wheat In the
pile on the Win Maurer ranch North
west of Harrington was burned re-
Gently. The fire was set from a sta
tionary threshing engine.
With previous attendance records
broken by a wide margin. the recent
Fsurth Annual Merchants Convention
and Market Week win go down in his
tory as the most complete and enter
tanning event of the kind ever held in
Spokane.
New a shops in Hillyard will cost
$500, 900 and employ 300 men. They
will be built by the Western Fruit Elk
press and Fruit Growers Express at
a location to be designated by the
Great Northern railroad. 1t is hoped
to have the new shops ready In time
for the 1924 crop.
AT the first annual meeting of the
Potato Growers association, the re-
port showed a volume of business of
$1,000. The prices received were from
$40 to $25 a ton. This association is
a new one, has been organized less
than a year, and is working in cooper
alton with the local merchants.
Engineers of the United States rec
lamation service, in charge Of investi-
CATION of the proposed Columbia basin
project, will soon examine the lower
Spokane river valley, northwest of
| Spokane to and including the Column
bia valley Immediately above and be-
low the mouth of the Spokane river.
During September apple shipments
from the Wenatchee district are ex-
pected to be $500 cars; October, 5000
cars; November, $500 cars; December,
$50 cars, according to an estimate
made by Secretary Bert Baker of the
Traffic association. The Great North
ern is using $500 cars as the basis for
the a supply in October.
The Yakima valley will produce a
total of 22,3O9 carloads of fruit and
vegetables during the present season,
according to the estimate of the Yak
ina Valley Traffic and Credit asso-
citation. Apples will constitute the
major portion of the shipments, as 1t
is. estimated that, the valley will send
out 1880 carloads this year.
Sure death for morning glory, one
of the greatest pests in northwestern
wheat fields, has been found, accord
ing to tests made by Harry Rifle, a
leading rancher of Walla Wala coun-
ty. Mr.. Rifle has made an extended
trial of the carbon bisulphide treat
ment recommended by the State Col
lege of California and finds it success.
full.
Thirty-four different kinds of veg
etables have been raised in the gar
den on the farm of q. P. Jones, near
Deer Park. The display of his products
at the office of the Mt. Spokane Power
company has attracted wide atten-
ton as showing what can be done in
this section with good care and rain
fall such as has been the portion this
year.
According to District Horticultural
Inspector Frank e. Nelson, whose
force has made a preliminary survey
of the fruit situation, the final esti-
mate of the fruit crop for the Wen
atchee district will have to be in
creased over the original figures. In
dications are, he says, that despite
hail losses in a few districts, the
crop will be well over 1900 cars.
Ernest B. Hussey. Seattle engineer,
who has been in charge of the water
works improvements for the city. an
nounced recently that Seattle men
with whom he is associated have OBJ
tanned water rights from Oregon
which will permit diversion of water
from the Walla Walla river near Mil
ton. This water will be stored and
used to irrigate about 10000 acres in
the valley. he said.
The state minimum wage law for
women in industry has not served to
keep the wages of women down to the
level established by it, according to
Delphine M Johnson, supervisor of
women in industry for the department
Of labor and industries. While the
minimum wage fixed by law is 1920
per week for Industrial plants, very
few of the employers In the state hold
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