Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-04-13

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youth who is IN iail accused 6f Der
murder.
Applications Tor seed wheat n the
eastern washington drouth counties.
for which the last legislature provided
relief by a $4,000 seed wheat loan
appropriation from the reclamation re.
volvine fund. are not expected e total
100000.
John L wylie, shot through the
head By a masked burglar as be en-,
tered the home Of a friend. died e q
Seattle city hospital Police q all
cities and towns Of the northwest we're
notified TO watch for the slayer. whose
description was broadcast.
The Hart Construction company Of
Taeoma has been awarded the contract
for aaoO feet Of tressle approaches to
the steel bridge which the Longview.
Portland 4 Northern Railway company
win build across the Cowlltz river
south Of the Cowesman river.
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston. state
superintendent Of public instruction,
and Mrs. B. F. westmore Of Spokane
were named by Governor Louis F.
Hart as delegates to the illitsracy CON
ference of Western states. to be held
st Denver. Colo. April "a TO Is.
The Walter J. Nichols Stock Broker
age company, defunct, of Spokane. wal
found guilty by the supreme court Of
bucket shop" dealings with Mflhol
land and Hough, bondsmen, who sem.
bezxled about s35O.00O belonging to
James r. Callahan. now deceased. and
q Judgment was rendered against the
Waiter ]. Nichols company In favor
Of the estate Of Callahan for $780,
s49.06. The decision reversed the Spo-
kane county superior court.
One hundred men were given en-
Dloyment Monday with the opening Of
the Puget Sound Lumber & BOX com
pany in Seattle. The plant has a ca
pacity Of $4,000 feet In an eight hour
shift.
Production Of lumber for the 1873
mills that reported to the West Ceast
Lumbermen's association for the week
which ended March 81 was II per cent
above normal. New business was 8
per cent above production and ship
ments were per cent above new busi-
ness.
L. L. Thompson, encouragement,
has resigned his office to engage II the
practice of law in Tacoma, and appoint.
ment Of John H. Dunbar. assistant It
tOrney-general for several years. 8 :
the vacancy, was announced By
nor Hart. The change became efiJc-
tive Monday.
The charge Of grand larceny on
which D. W. Lamb. for IS years chief
accountant Of the Seattle city light de-
partment. was brought to trial ip the
superior court in Seattle. was dfs1
missed by Judge Frater without per-
hitting the introduction of any evi-
dence by the prosecution.
Complaints that the cost Of living
is going up In Seattle are inbound
ed, according to the government
bureau Of labor statistics in Washing
ton. d. C. The bureau gave out q
statement that the retail cost of food
had decreased in Seattle / per cent
in the month from February 10 to
March Is.
To war on rum runners between
Canadian and Puget Sound waters q
thirty-five-foot mOtorboat with a speed
of eighteen knots Is due to arrive at
Seattle within a month, II was an
nounced by Collector Of Customs MIL
lard T. Harrison on his return from
Washington. D. c.. after an absence
of six weeks.
Mariners report that the annual MI
| grafton Of seals IL on along the west
coast 70 the Bering sea. Native In
dams on the washington coast, who
are permitted to hunt the seals with
spears. are reported going out In their
canoes and making fair catches. The
migration Is protected from poachers
By government craft
Two delegates TO the National Lib
rary association convention which win
be held as 3 part Of American Library
association sessions at Hot Springs.
Ark, April % to 20 inclusive. have
been appointed by Governor Louis F.
Hart. To the National Association Of
State Librarians. J. M. Hit. state
librarian was named, and w. ]. NH
lard, state law librarian, to the Asso-
citation for State Librarians.
| An Off-shoot Of the old witness tree
ct Vancouver was planted on the lawn
Of the Clarke county courthouse by