The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-16

pending issues, again are reaching the
state finance board upon acceptance
OF the states bid.
A resolution addressed To the state
public service commission, protesting
taxing off Sunday passenger trains ON
tne Northern Pacific Central Washing.
ton line, and asking the commission
" Iorce the company to resume the
former Sunday schedule, was passed
ny the Davenport commercial club.
The thtee-fold election of CITY.
school and port commissioners at
Everett on December l presents num-
erous complications, according to
county Auditor Adrian Hilbert. The
law provides the elections shall be
held at the same time, but makes no
provision for new machinery to handle
the balloting.
War department plans to retain in
definitely at Camp Lewis a division
headquarters and approximately 1000
enlisted men against an existing
strength of HOO in the present gar.
rlson are announced in letter from
1ohn w. Weeks, secretary of war, to
Frederic Shaw, chairman of the board
OF county commissioners of Pierce
county.
Removal of the general embargo on
terminal No. 1 Of the port of Grays
narbor, which was imposed October 3,
has been announced by Port Manager
Peters. This embargo was imposed
because of the congestion on the docks
during the early part of October, when
number of vessels which were sched-
uled to load were delayed because of
the Japanese earthquake.
Due to the great number of Chinese
pheasants slain during the open sea-
son, the K.ttitas county game COM
mission is considering plans for curb
Ing shooting next year, according to
w. E. Crowley, chairman of the COM
mission. A recent ruling of the state
Encouragement prevented searching
OF cars without warrant, and accord
ing to scores of complaints reaching
the game commission hundreds of
birds were illegally shot.
The most complete schedule of doc
tors fees in the world is being circu-
lated by the department of labor and
industries as the result of several
years Of research and investigation.
The schedules, which are being mail
ed to doctors doing contract work for
the department under the medical aid
provisions of the industrial insurance
act, have been approved by the state
medical association and will be used
for all state industrial cases.
Experiments will be conducted to
determine the adaptability of sodatol
for use in clearing logged-off lands at
a farm at Lacey, under the direction of
George r. Boyd Of the bureau of public
roads, United States department Of
agriculture. Sodatol, which is to be
offered by the national government at
$500 a hundred In carload lots, is
modified explosive made of TINT and
sodium nitrate, and is intended as
cheaper substitute for dynamite.
Washington's delegates to the an-
nual meeting of the Western States
Reclamation association to be held in
Salt Lake City on November 81 were
named by Governor Hart as follows:
Arthur D. Jones, N. w. Durham, Fred
Adams, w. H. Cowles and Roy r. Gill,
Spokane; o. L. Waller, Pullman;
Rufus Wood and Frank Schultz, Wen
atchee; Dan A. Scott and Marvin
Chase, Olympia; Ralph Williamson,
Yakima, and John Langdon, Walla
Walla
The year 1923 will break all previous
records in the northwest lumber in
dustry for production, shipments and
sale, 1t is indicated in a report made
by the West Coast Lumbermen's asso-
citation, showing the comparative data
Tor the first "A weeks of the year,
compared with figures for ting same
period of each Of the past three years.
The figures show that production this
year is 20 per cent above hst year,
SO per cent above 1921. 80 cent above
1920. New business this lyear is ~
per cent ahead Of 1922, P2 per cent
above 1921 and 70 per ce4 above 1921
and 70 per cent abovef 1920. Ship
ments this year are running "a per
cent above last year, so Fer cent above
1921 and Sc per cent ab4ve 1920.
A record breaking production of ap-
pies and a potato crp about equal
TO the average are belly harvested in
Washington, it is iaiicated in the
November 1 crop repft of the depart
ment of agriculture issued by c. s.
Ray, field agent at SPkane. The COM
mercial apple crop, of the state is
placed at 27,225,OOf bushels as COM
pared with last yeas crop of 21,312,-
600 bushels. The total crop is esti-
mated at 3O,94O,OO0 bushels, compared
with a total crop last year OF 25,o7s,-
600 bushels. A potato yield OF l5o