Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-04

EANH# VI A4#. Hs"I44 .N-Ia 81 a=s pear
ing II one meet ID southeastern wash
lnston when TIE intereounty tract and
field meet vas staged Saturday. The
entries included more than 100.
Large crops q 81 kinds ere GER
tain n. the Walla Wnlla dintrict this
season. the conditions being aatisfae-
tory from every angle. according to
W. P. winans. president Of the FIRST
National bank OF walla Walla.
J. H. sexsmlth has purchased the
sawmill Of the King Sash. Door and
Lumber company at PenFith. and has
started dismantling the plant for abip-
ment to somera. Mont. where BE has
purchased lb.oOo.0OO feet Of timber,
Canon W. H. Bliss Of Seattle, presi-
dent Of the White Cross, was appoint.
ed by Governor Hart as = delegate
from the state Of Washington to the
national anti-narcofic conference to
be held at Washington. D. c., Thurs
day and Friday.
Continued small defections Of en-
ployes of logging camps In the state as
q result of the general strike called by
the Industrial Workers OF the World
are reported from various logging CEN
ters and timber men estimate the num-
Der out at between 5000 and 10000.
With early strawberries in bloom
and the blossOming period OF the later
varieties expected Immediately, the
plant of the Oregon Packing company
at Vancouver. which employs 700 men
and women, win start the season about
May 20. OF two weeks ahead Of last
year.
On the North Bank highway betweea
GoIdend3e and Major creek. the state
highway department has four crews At
work-at White Salmon. Lyle. Golden
dale and Rock creek. Kliekitat county
ia also making some improvement on
the GoIdendale-Lyle road In the Happy
Home section.
The supreme court has dismissed
disbarment proceedings against Harry
J. Durham. Spokane attorney. The
State Bar association examining board
had charged Durham with unethical
conduct and recommended that he be
suspended from practice for period
Of six months.
Governor Hart has appealed to
spOrtsmen Of Washington to dIscon-
tinue the use Of automatic shotguns
or to have such guns altered to limit
the loading capacity to two shells, in
the interest OF unselflshness. good
spOFtsmanship and the preservation OF
game birds for the future.
A highway building program in
Clarke county by which the state will
require Clarke county to proviap at
least $3.50 from the interstate bridge
fund and q possible additional S4s 800.
has been proposed by the state high
way board at Olympia and is believed
to be certain 10 be adopted.
Captains Raymond D. Belt, seventh
infantry; John l. Mckee. fifth infantry
brigade; William F. Rehm. seventh
infantry. and Jefferson M. Stewart.
seventh infantry, all at Vancouver Bar
racks. have been ordered to Fort BEN
ming. Ca. for duty as members of the
officers class at the infantry training
school.
Statement from the Portland office
Of big collection agency to the Dunn
Tire company of Olympia, showing
that after collecting SIS on an account
the tire company not only had no
money coming. but actually owed the
collection agency 81, has left J. Pierie
Dunn. proprietor Of the tire company.
a bit dazed.
The entire Spokane city council was
technically guilty Of contempt Of court
when II ignored Federal Judge Cush-
mans injunction forbidding anyone
from interfering with a rate increase
granted the telephone company, eff
fective May /. The council advised
phone patrons to refuse to pay the IN
crease on May bills.
The old county bridge across the
WashougaI river on the-North BANK
highway north Of washOugaI has been
opened to traffic. allowing motorists to
90 to Stevenson without detOuring. The
bridge collapsed about two weeks ago
and was closed for repairs. It is be-
ing replaced by q steel span, which Is
being built by Clarke county.