Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-23

An order for 100. 0 1000 feet OF lum-
Der to be shipped during the next
few months from Pacific coast ports
was placed with the Douglas Fir Elk
p~lOitation & Export company by the
Japanese ambassador at Washington,
D. c. While exact figures were not
given out it is understood the deal
represents about 100000
More wild ducks than have been
seer before on the sheltered bays of
Puget sound in 10 years are reported
to be feeding in the waters leading
up from the straits of Juan de Fuca.
Thousands of acres Of the sound are
covered so thickly with the quacking
game birds that open water is not seen
in stretches Of many miles.
Continued use OF Lake Whatcom as
a city water reservoir, enlargement Of
the intake main, construction OF a new
main across the northern portion of
the city, a new reservoir to supply the
high service areas, and installation of
meters to prevent water waste, are
high points In an exhaustive report on
the water situation in Bellingham, sub
mitted by City Engineer Adams to the
water board.
The state has gone as far as It can
go in reducing the cost of industrial
insurance until there has been a re-
duction in hazards, according to Ed.
win Clifford, director of the depart.
ment Of labor and industry, at a hear.
ing on standards Of safety affecting
the logging industry, held in Belling.
ham. Mr.. Clifford said that his de-
partment had been able to save nearly
100000 to industry in the last two
years through its operation, despite
the increase in the number Of men EN-.
ployed in the state.
Frank Kaufman, 20, a Whatcom
county pioneer. was instantly killed
near his home at Custer when the
automobile he was driving crashed in
to a logging truck parked on the high
way.
An ordinance creating an improve
ment district for paving Morgan street,
the main business street in Daven-
port, was passed by the city council.
The estimated cost of the paving will
be $24,118.
Miss Clara Jahnke, president of the
Washington State Education associa-
tion, estimates that between so and
100 schools in the state will close be-
fore the end of the school year for
want of funds.
President E. o. Holland Of the state
college at Pullman will sail from New
York City this week to study changed
economic conditions In England,
France, Germany, Russia, and possibly
Czecho Slovakia.
Douglas county commissioners have
selected o. R. Hopewell as prescott
ing attorney to fill the unexpired term
Of Sam Driver, who has resigned to
become private secretary to Congress
man Sam B. Hill.
Ivan Bishop, register-receiver of the
United States land office at Vancouver
since October l. has resigned. and e.
M. Mumford, chief clerk, is acting reg
i~ster-receiver pending the appointment
OF Mr.. Bishops successor.
A verdict on a charge Of m~anslaugh-
ter against Winifred Gibbons, who ad-
mitted that she fired a shot that kill.
ed Harry Lacelle at a roadhouse near
Seattle, October Z, was reached by
a jury in superior court at Seattle.
George w. Hendricks, age 81, for
many years q resident Of Spokane,
where he was land examiner for the
Hypotheek bank, hanged himself in an
abandoned shack on the Columbia
river, 81 miles northeast OF Water
Vile.
Walking six miles for a doctor and
medicine for a sick sister, Brad Will
Hanson became exhausted and drop
ped upon the tracks of the Milwaukee
railroad ear Port Angeles and fell
asleep. A train coming by struck and
killed him.
Mrs. Violet Davis of Seattle, wound.
ed when Samuel H. Short, who has
been suspended as a patrolman in the
Seattle police department, fired four
shots October II at a man suspected
OF shop lifting, has filed claim against
the city for $53.O1O.
Flour shipments from Seattle for the
first ten months Of 1928 show an In
rease Of $4,000 barrels over the ship
ments Of the same period in 1922, &C
cording to figures compiled by the
merchants exchange Of the Seattle
chamber Of commerce.
Members of the Northwest Real Es-
tate association will join with the
railroads in a nationwide campaign
to advertise the tourist and home adj
vantages Of this state, according to
plans made during the quarterly meet