Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-07-06

poultry department q TIE state col
lsge st P6llman.
Marian Egernan. daughter Of
Stephen Egerman Of Seattle. vas IN
stantly killed and SIX persons badly
injured when . runaway automobile
crashed into another car On Madrona
drive.
OF 226O records Of marriages n the
past year in the Clarke county audi.
tors office s76, or nearly halg. were
Of brides who had previously been
married, many OF them not once but
many times.
Burglars broke into the First Luther.
an church ct Tacoma and ransacksd
It from top to bottom. Rev. 3. c.
BIoOmquist, the church pastor. said
he believed the men were seeking
s9crameAtal wine.
The vanguard Of the assamblage Of
naval vessels that viii be reviewed
July ~ By President Harding has ar
rived ct Seattle, the flagship New
Mexico OF vics-Admiral Wiley Of the
battle fleet. and the superdroadnaughts
Idaho ana Tennessee.
Production Of the 1so mills Of the
northwest reporting to the West cosst
LumbermenB association for the week
ended June 80 was "a per cent above
normal. or . gain OF , per cent over
the report Of the previous week. New
business stood ct 10 per cent below
production and shipments were -
per cent above new business.
Inland Empire sawmills reporting
to the Western Pine Manufacturers
association cut sT.oe7 900 feet Of Ihm-
Der during May, which IL the second
largest cut tQr any month in the his
tory Of the association.
William Liden was killed and Is
other men seriously injured when they
were trapped at the plant Of the Ia
coma Smelling company by the ex-
plosion Of 3 blast furnace and show
cred with molten Stag and metal
Thomas n. swale Of Seattle. chair
man OF the national Orisntal commit
tee Of the American legion. IL prepar-
ing to contest q "aling Of Secretary
Of the Interior Work permitting In
dams to lease their land to aliens.
After two years. work. the federal
department Of biological survey has
discovered that the grounding is prob
ably the easiest rodent pest to con-
troll in this state. according TO John
Finley. biological assistant at Olympia.
Mrs. J. Alexander Mahan Of Ellens-
burg was elected president Of the
Washington State Music Teaehers' a.
ISOLATION at the closing session m
BelIingham, and Spokane was selected
as the meeting place Of the assccia-
ton in 1924.
A decree awarding the United States
shipping board s2.S7O.sSs in a fore
closure suit begun by 1t October o,
1920, against the Sloan Shipyard cor
poration, the Anacortes Shipbuilding
company and the Capitol City Iron
Works was signed in federal court at
Seattle.
Ben Hutchinson. SO year old pio-
neer with record Of forty-four years
residence on Crab creek, celebrated
the Fourth in the regal splendor OF
forty years ago. He rolled into Wenat-
chez with four horses hitched to his
old time Concord stage coach with
high seat, leather springs and all.
Application to use water from q
Columbia river slough near the mouth
Of the Washougal creek in Clarke
county for manufacturing paper and
for fire protection was filed with Mar
vim Chase, supervisor Of hydraulics,
by the Crown Willamette Paper com
pany. The construction cost was esti-
mated et xbO,OOO.
George d. Whitfield, convicted In
Clarke county Of the murder Of Anna
Nosko, must be returned to the Gus
tody Of the Clarke county sheriff until
the question Of his appeal has been
decided. 1t was stated in an opinion
by Assistant AttoFney-General e. W.
Anderson to Superintendent Pace Of
the state penitentiary.
Fred d. Pape. supervisor Of forestry.
department OF conservation, and his
force Of fOresters and wardenG are
putting up signs in every county Of
western Washington, five or six to
each county, on the main roads. These
signs are the slogans Of forest pro-
lection, warning against fires and car
Ing for the growing timber. They Are
directed against carelessness Of smok-
err and campers.
A permanent injunction prohibiting
the Port Of Seattle commission from
issuing ss6e,OO0 in bonds with which
To purchase the Skinner a Eddy Shin