Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-12
Washington State News

year S5e coyote pelts were brought IN.
twenty-five wild cat skins and 20 lynx
pelts were produced to establish claims
for the bounty. Six cougars were XIII
ed.
A marked increase IN Industrial 40
tivity among the industries Of the
state Of Washington is indicated BY
the report issued December 81. 1922.
for the Year, Is compared with the
preceding five years. Accidents re-
ported for the Year 1898 were e.
s43. y
Total cargo shipments Of lumber
from crays Harbor during the year
1922 amounted to 75s.s12.ses feet. The
total for this year is s51.2ss, GOO feet
greater than the previous year and
71,s21.OO0 greater than the largest
previous year In the history Of the
port.
The Seattle port commission has
telegraphed Senator Wesley Jones ask
ing that in the shipping bill pending
before the senate a provision be insert
ed that vessels should not receive gov
eminent aid If they refused to use
publicly owned wharf facilities where
such existed
Hearings on rates, service, facilities
and contracts Of the Pacific Telephone
4 Telegraph company for the entire
state and the Home Telephone q Tele-
graph company Of Spokane will open
at Spokane January 20. At Seattle
the hearings VIII open January "a, and
at Tacoma January 20.
The car supply on Grays Harbor is
reported normal for the first time in
many months, mills having all the
cars needed for current shipments of
lumber. The closing of the mills dur
ing the holiday season, together with
the increased natural supply of cars,
enabled the railroads to catch up with
the demand.
Driving an automobile without 1928
license plates has become dangerous
business in the state. all members Of
the highway patrol being Instructed to
stop all cars which did not have new
licenses. and, II the drivers could not
show that application had been made,
they were to be directed to the near
est county auditor.
An order was issued at Walla Walla
barring portions Of the highways lead
ing out of Walla Walla to motor trucks
loaded to more than one-half the rated
carrying capacity and having a rated
carrying capacity of more than one
ton. The ban will be lifted March 1.
The purpose is to protect the roads
which have been graveled. Paved
roads are open to the trucks. The
stretches affected are between Touch
ct and Walla Walla and between Walla
Walla and Waitsburg where the road /
is not paved.
One hundred thousand bushels Of
wheat have been moved out of Walla
Walla county in the last ten days, it
is estimated. Dealers and farmers
estimate that but 10 per cent of last
years crop is left in the hands of the
farmers
Deposits in Tacoma banks showed
an increase of nearly $1,5OO.O00 in
the past S1s months, according to fig
ures given out by the Tacoma Clear
ing House association in response to
the call Of the controller of the cur
rency. The call was made for Deem
Der 80 and the deposits on that day
totaled $s0,7S5,772.65
Petitions are being circulated among
farmers Of Walla Walla county which
win be sent to the legislature urging
that the ban ON killing beavers be re-
moved. Farmers say that these ami
mails are damaging fruit and other
trees and that they are helpless in
handling them. More than 200 sigma
lures have been obtained.