Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-06-22

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been received Tor Isl idls grain
sacks This Is only about onefourth
Of the stock on hand d the institution
but large increase "a fhe orders il
anticipated before harvest
Three persons were killed, two are
in the Puyallup hospital probably fat
ally injured. and three more were pain
fully hurt when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
a Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
freight train one-half mile west Of
Sumner. All the victims but one were
from Hoquiam. Those killed we're
Audrey Hall. s6; Peter Jensen. so,
and Ed Ramstead. "a.
All district fire wardens in the
state attended an educational confer
ence on fire prevention and suppress
sion in the office of State Supervisor
Of Forestry Fred &. Pape at olympia.
The primary object of the meeting was
to familiarize the wardens with the
operation Of the new portable one and
two man gasoline pumps which the
forestry department win use this sea
son in fighting forest fires.
Enactment Of an ordinance raising
fares on seattle's municipal street
railway system from cents to 10
cents or three rides for rs cents was
completed with the signature of Mayor
Edwin ]. Brown, and the increased
fares became effective Saturday. The
scent fare, In effect since March /.
was abandoned by the city council
when 1t was shown that the system
was losing more than $4,000 a day UNI
der its operation.
Members Of the EIlensburg cham
Der OF commerce and Kittitas county
farm bureau united at Ellensburg in
the greatest community project ever
undertaken in the county when bust
ness and professional men, clerks and
farmers put on old clothes and set out
to clean up the new 1s-acre tract inn
mediately east OF the Ellensburg city
limits, and which win be the Kittitas
county fair grounds. More than 500
men, 100 teams and four caterpillar
tractors labored all day building roads,
board and wire fences, bridges, grad
ing and leveling the one-third mile
race track and laying water mains.
Pullman will celebrate July 4'with =
big community picnic.
Fire of unknown origin caused about
$4,000 loss in Bellingham.
The Chelan county bar association
meeting has been postponed until
June rs.
Eighty-two nonresident students at
tended the high school at Davenport
last year.
The North Bank highway, between
Camas and WashougaI. will be closed
until July 10.
City finances Of Walla Walla are in
good shape. according to report of
William s. Shank, state examiner.
The annual district convention Of
Christian churches of the Wenatchee
district was held at Waterville Friday.
Sheriff Green of Columbia county
arrested seven alleged bootleggers at
Dayton in the biggest liquor raid ever
held there.
A gain of 1883 head was made In
hog receipts at the Spokane Union
stock yards In 1922 over 1921, or as
per cent.
A combined Fourth of July celebra-
ton by the communities Of Addy. Gift
ford, Incheleum and Blue Creek will
be held at Addy.
More than 100000 trout have been
planted in Clarke county streams
since March /, according to Game
Warden McCurdy.
James Davis, 80, survivor Of the first
battle between the Monitor and the
Merrimac in the Civil war, died at his
home in Seattle.
George Dinas, restaurant keeper
Of Morton. was convicted at Everett
Of murder in the first degree for the
death OF Gust Karas.
The WalIa Walla Pageant associa-
ton has voted unanimously for repeat
ing the pioneer pageant, How the
West Was Won," next year.
The 41st annual encampment OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic Of the de-
partment Of Washington and Alaska
win take place in Spokane June % to
20. inclusive.