Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-07-11
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
Of Our Readers.

improvements under way at Van
couver barracks aviation field will add
a large area to the landing space.
Vancouver's building permits for the
first six months Of 1924 totaled $780,
SSs, according to City Clerk Crandall.
Arthur Riley, 40, was fatally wound
ed by one of four alleged robbers in
his room in lodging house in Seattle.
w. M. johnson, a farmer near Port
Angeles, took several sticks of dyna-
mite to an open pasture and blew him.
self up.
Building Inspector Charles Miller is
sued IL building permits in Kelso dur
ing June for total construction value
of $4,000.
Deposits for the three Chehalis
banks June 80, show a gain of $201,-
2O0.21 over the corresponding date a
year ago.
Elmer Peters, 40, an employee Of the
Clear Lake Lumber company, is held
at Mount Vernon on a charge Of at
tempted suicide.
Eighth grade graduation exercises
were held at the state Industrial school
for girls at Grand Mound, when 80
girls received diplomas.
The midsummer meeting Of the di-
rectors of the National Lumber Manu-
facturers' association, will be held in
Longview, July 80 and 81.
Three children were burned to death
when the home of g. Gebbers, six
miles up the Methow valley from
Pateros, was destroyed by fire. =
An inspection by B. A. Slocum.
apiary specialist of the State College
at Pullman, shows that nearly half
the bees in Lewis county are diseased.
]. L. Lytel, superintendent of
bitches for the Tieton and Sunnyside
projects, warns of a possible short
age Of water in September and OctO-
Der.
Spokane postal receipts for the first
six months Of this year total $4S9, 34S,
or a gain of more than $4,000 as COM
pared with the first six months Of
1923.
Apderin Stooker, 3. rand her sister
Frances, IL. daughters of George
stocker, residing near Snohomish,
were drowned while bathing in Bats
slough.
Vancouver Prunarians have decided
to hold their annual picnic in honor
of the farmers Of Clarke county in
August, instead of on July Is, as pre-
viously decided.
Eighteen tribes Of Canadian and
American Indians, numbering more
than 1000, took part in the war canoe
races that were the principal features
of the two days Fourth of July cele-
bration at Anacortes.
D. s. Conover and NJ. w. Penning-
ton, buyers for eastern fruit jobbing
houses, who have been in Clarke coun-
ty for two weeks buying green prunes
for shipment to eastern centers have
contracted over $50 carloads.
Two carloads Of onions were ship
ped from Walla Walla last week. one
to Seattle and one to Portland, the
earliest carload shipments on record
The crop this year is estimated to run
between 500 and $50 carloads.
The dates for the state D. A. R. con-
ference to be held in Seattle have
been set for September 23 and "a
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook. president
general of the national society, will be
present at the two day meeting.
Mrs. G. W. Gibson, her young son
and her father and mother. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jordan, were killed when
their automobile was struck by a
Milwaukee passenger train in a rock
cut two miles south of Cheney
Edward Deer, government employee
at Rimrock, died in the government
hospital there, after lying for SO hours
with a broken back and other serious
injuries. He fell from work train
at the government dam and was run
over.
Statistics released by Collector OF
Customs Millard T. Harrison at Seattle
show that customs collections for the
six months ending July 1 from the
Washington district exceeded last
years corresponding collections by
more than $1,OOO,OOO.
n The first request of the year fo,N
blanks for the filing of candidacy fol
the office of governor was received
by ]. Grant Hinkle, secretary of state,
from George Lamping of Seattle. The
first date on which declarations Of
candidacy may be filed is July Il.
After terrorizing residents of Ocean
Park, a summer resort in Pacific coun-
ty, for more than a week by break
ing into homes and firing a revolver
on the streets. a man who gave his