The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

mas radio in his home.
j. A. Ramstad, Snohomish county
treasurer, handed his resignation to
the county commissioners following
uiScoVery by state examiners that
nainstad had accepted an automobile
from an Everett automobile firm in
payment of its 1921 and 1922 taxes.
Inc sewer pipe leading to the CEN
trai school In Vancouver became chok
gu and workmen in making repairs
lound that roots of shade trees in the
SCHOOL yard had penetrated the pipe
from below, completely filling 1t. Some
OIL the roots removed were 80 feet in
length.
unless there is some relief in sight
TOT the future, hay shortage may vet
develop this season. The heavy rains
winch fell during the harvest months
nave caused shrinkage in the hay
available for shipment of at least 40
per cent, according to the Northwest
| NAoy ooSOCldIlOn
charges in disbarment proceedings
against David R. Mitchell, attorney of
Seattle, have been filed by r. G..
Sharpe, assistant encouragement,
with the clerk of the supreme court,
and hearing before the state board of
bar examiners has been set for Janu-
airy 26 in Seattle.
Of 26S loans, aggregating $64, O30. AS
made to farmers in the dry belt to buy
seed wheat last spring, 11S contracts
nave been paid, the state receiving
back $26,S96.6S, Of which $S45.96 was
interest on the loans. 1t is expected
other payments will be made before
the end of the year.
Thomas Walton must die ON the
scaffold for Staying two fellow con-
victs at the state penitentiary. A jury
at Walla Walla which heard evidence
against him in support of the states
charge of first degree murder, return
ed verdict Of guilty and recommend
ed the death penalty.
Feeding and Management of Dairy
Calves" is the newest bulletin Just
off the press of the state college of
Washington agricultural experiment
station. Professor e. V. Ellington,
head of the division of dairy hus.
bandry, and J. c. Knott, college herds
man, are the authors.
In dispatching 10 vessels during
October, with total of Is, 62S,329 feet
OF lumber and laths and 3,247 500
new record In water traffic for a
single month, which is shown in a
statement issued by the Willapa har-
Dor traffic association.
Accepting the honorary chairman
ship of the Harding Memorial associa-
ton for the state of Washington, at
the request of President Coolidge. Gov
ernor l.. F. Hart has appointed Louis
H. Burnett Of Tacoma, as active chair
man Of the committee which will
handle the drive in the state.
Although carrying 43 per cent more
passengers a day now than before the
weekly pass system went into effect,
the Tacoma Railway & Power com
pany will be forced to raise the fare
unless q still greater number ride the
ukv in
cording to c.. V. Allen, advertising
manager for the company.
Work will be begun soon on con-
struction of six miles of the Pend
Oreille highway between Jared and
Blueslide Clearing Of IL acres will
be started soon and as much grading
will be done this fall as weather will
permit. Rock work will continue
through the winter. The cost OF this
road will be about $105,000.
An order for 1OO,OOO,O00 feet Of lum-
Der to be shipped during the next
few months from Pacific coast ports
was placed with the Douglas Fir Elk
ploitation G. Export company by the
Japanese ambassador at Washington,
ID. C, While exact figures were not
given out it is understood the deal
represents about 100000.
More wild ducks than have been
seen before on the sheltered bays OF
Puget sound in 10 years are reported
TO be feeding in the waters leading
M from the straits of Juan de Fuca
Thousands of acres of the sound are
covered so thickly with the quacking
game birds that open water is not seen
in stretches of many miles.
Continued use Of Lake Whatcom as
n city water reservoir, enlargement OF
tbe intake main, construction of a new
main across the northern portion OF
the city, a new reservoir to supply the
high service areas, and installation OF
meters to prevent water waste, are
high points in an exhaustive report on
tba water situation in Bellingham, sub
mitted by City Engineer Adams to the
water board.
The state has gone as far as 1T can
90 in reducing the cost OF industrial
insurance until there has been re