Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25

"A pNDHe H9ASHlottuu VIII Dc uaIa al
the opening Of the o.-W. R. r. & N. tie
treating plant at The DalIes. which is
expected to take place some time dur
ing the next few weeks.
The body of Elmer E. Robbins,
prominent Amity resident, was found
in his home in that city. Death ap-
parently had been caused By gun
shot wound. self-infIicted.
In preparation for the opening late
in June of the new mill Of the Brooks
scanlon Lumber company at Bend.
which will double the company's pine
output, fourth logging camp has been
placed in operation.
A bonded Indebtedness OF sl5, 1885,
155 at present faces the people Of
Portland and Multnomah county, ac-
cording to a detailed statement COM
pleted by the tax supervising and con-
servation commission.
A new road. which has been under
construction for several months, from
Lockhart to sumpter valley. follow
ing Powder river and the sumpter
Valley railroad, win be opened to traf-
fic within few days.
BY burning through two steel vault
doors and into a supposedly burglar
proof manganese steel coin safe,
cracksmen robbed the Farmers bank
at wllsonville Of between $4,000 and
$4,000 in cash and securities.
Governor Pierce has issued com.
mission to q. b. Bragg Of La Grande,
who recently was appointed state
Industrial accident commissioner to
succeed J. w. Ferguson. Mr.. Bragg
viii assume his new duties June l.
The new Crane Prairie reservoir
near Bend now is storing upwards of
$4,000 acre feet Of water and the level
is but seven feet from the top of the
present unit of the dam, which is be-
ing tested this season for the first
time.
Resources of the 2s1 state and ma
tional banks operating in Oregon ag-
gregated $312,216.53O70 at the close
Of business April g., 1928. according to
a financial statement issued BY Frank
Bramwell, state superintendent of
banks.
Improvement work on the Port Of
UmpQua. particularly. the north jetty.
win be begun just as soon as the port
pays in cash 100000, which with pre-
vious credit expenditures win match
the governments appropriation Of
$276,5O0.
Reports received at the adjutant-
generals office from Bremerton in
dictate that the work Of painting the
old battleship Oregon is well under
way and that the craft will be in
readiness for removal to Portland har-
Dor early in July.
Otto Hartwig. president of the Ore
gon State Federation of Labor, has
been FeappOinted a member Of the
state board Of Cancellation. Mrs. Mile
r. Trumbull of Portland has been re-
appointed a member of the board Of
inspectors Of child labor.
Injunction proceedings designed to
reverse the legislative enactment pro-
viding for the return to Astoria Of It's
taxes for use in rebuilding streets in
the burned area were filed in Salem
by group of taxpayers represented BY
John w. Kaste. Portland attorney.
More than 100 delegates, represent
ing library associations in Oregon,
Washington, Montana. Idaho, Utah and
British Columbia. win attend the Pa
cifIc Northwest Library association
convention on the Oregon Agricultural
college campus at Corvallis. June 11-1s.
Approximately 5000 additional re-
frigerator cars will be provided for
the fruit growers of the Pacific north
west this year. according to announce
ment Of officials Of the Pacific Fruit
Express. owned jointly by the South
ern Pacific and the Union Pacific rail.
way systems.
An unidentified person, believed by
the police to be a religious fanatic, en-
tered the st. Francis Catholic church
and the First Presbyterian church at
Bend. virtually wreeking the interior
Of st. Francis church with an ak. but
inflicting no damage Of consequence in
the Presbyterian church.
Because of number Of protests re
ceived from klamath Falls against the
contemplated sale to private interests
Of the Keno and Ankeny canals in the
Klamath reclamation project, interior
department officials have announced
no action would be taken until the
complaints could be investigated.
The department of maps and sur
veys of the United States forest serv-
ices Portland headquarters win send
a surveying party in charge of Lage