Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-02
WashingtOn State News

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time treasurer Of Pierce county.
The North Bank highway. between
skamania and Stevenson. win be clos
ed until about February IS. Three
bridges have been washed away and
several slides block the read in Ska
mania county.
District conference Of the American
Legion including the towns Of Mabton,
Bickleton, Grandview, White BlAffs,
Sunnyside, Pasco. Kennewick. Golden
dale and White Salmon win be held
at Prosser February 8.
The executive board OF the State
Federation Of Women's Clubs passed
a resolution before adjournment Of its
midwinter session at Olympia prOeest-
ing against exhibition of Roscoe Ar
buckle films in Washington.
Attorney-General Thompson held in
an opinion to Representative Heigh-
ton of King that poll tax on bachelors
between the ages Of % and so, as pro-
posed in the leighton bill, introduced
in the house. would be constitutional.
Douglas county's commissioners
have fixed the date for the hearing in
the application of the formation of the
Greater Wenatchee reclamation dis
trict as February 20. Under the law
this hearing must be held at Water
Vile.
Camps have been established by
crews working for the Washington
Water Power company in the Lake
Chelan region. The company Is plan
ming to run a line on the south side
of the lake as far up as Minneapolis
beach.
Within thirty-five years. the forests
Of western Washington viii be destroy
ed unless plan Of cooperative re-
forestation is adopted, according to
Dean Hugh Winkenwerder. Of the Col
lege Of Forestry Of the University of
Washington.
The Pacific county commissioners
have settled matter Of long contro-
versy In deciding to proceed with the
Ilwaco- MCGOWAN road. which is to be
hard-surfaced along the Columbia river
side Of Pacific county under the Dono-
hue road act.
Robert Moran, ship builder Of Puget
Sound. has presented to the Univer-
sity Of Washington his towing boat.
"The Rosario" to b used by the Puget
Sound Biological station. conducted by
the university at Friday Harbor, in
the San Juan Islands.
More than 100 farmers of the Puy-
allup valley have petitioned the Pierce
county commissioners protesting
against abandonment of the extension
service and agricultural agent. The
commissioners cut off the extension
work as a means of economy.
School district No. /, composed Of
the city Of Walla Walla, increased its
assets, decreased its indebtedness, cut
its per capita cost, and spent $50. 122
less than It had available, according to
the report of @. w. CASTOR Of the state
department Of taxation and examine
tons.
The mild weather has caused farm
ers Of the eastern part Of the state "a
/ prepare early for spring seeding and
many are tanning wheat and repairing
machinery, to Be ready to enter the
fields. The ground IL thoroughly soak
ed and prospects for q good crop are
bright.
Practical experiments carried on IN
stump lands near Tacoma have proven
conclusively that the new "sawdnsl
dynamite" is much superior to ofdf
nary dynamite OF blasting powder fOE
the removal Of stumps. The product
Is the result Of more than two years
experimentation by Prof. William NJ
Dehn Of the chemistry department III
the University os Washington.
| A request for 100000 feet Of air
plane spruce lumber to be delivered
to a Baltic port for the Russian boIshe
vik government, but believed destined
for Germany. has been submitted, e
Grays Harbor lumber interests in tho
last few days, and 80 far has been HAT
" and definitely refused.
Director Scott Of the state depart
ment Of conservation and development
has undertaken the administration o.
the s25O.000 emergency appropriation
to buy seed wheat for the farmers O.
the drought areas Of eastern Washing
ton. Director Scott Is seeking to round
up all Of the seed wheat obtainabl'
in the northwest.
The best financial report on the tt
coma municipal streetcar line. in thl
history Of the city operation Of tn
line. now under the direction OF Com
missioner Silver. was made by Con
troller Roberts, who showed that dur
ing December the line earned enougl
money to cover all actual operatinI
costs. interest. taxes and other casl