Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-04-04
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for information
Of Our Readers.

81 Sedro-Wooiey.
The annual older boys Y NJ. G. A.
conference win be held at Washington
State college on April 4. s and s.
Wool buyers from all over the Uni
ted States are in Yakima for the an
nual bidding on the Yakima valley
wool clip.
A charge Of 80 cents a night q car
viii be made At the Davenport city
tourist park, according TO decision Of
the council.
walla Walla IL to feature the rose
~ its official flower, 216 citizens hav-
ing 80 voted. The aster was second
with 81 votes.
Frank P. Hardin, age ~, pioneer Of
Lincoln county, died at his farm home
near Larene, north of Davenport. fol-
lowing several weeks illness.
Hans Rude, engineer. was killed
when he jumped from logging train
that ran away on q grade on the Cedar
river, 40 miles east Of Seattle.
Elmer Watson, young farmer of
Forest. six miles southeast of Che
halls, suffered q brokeh neck and died
when . concrete post fell on him.
Free distribution of strychnine treat
ed oats for poisoning squirrels will be-
gin In Pend Oreille county on Thurs
day. Calcium cyanide will also be dis
tributed.
Democrats Of Pierce county and
southwest Washington will gather in
Tacoma the evening Of April IL to
honor the memory Of Thomas Jeffer-
son At a banquet
James Cowan. druggist, has taken
office a. mayor of Naches City. hav-
ing been elected By the city council
to . vacancy caused by the resigna-
fion of Mayor A. NJ. Otto.
Plans for the second annual Grays
Harbor county grade and high school
track and field meet are nearing com
pletion. The meet viii be held at the
county fair grounds at Elma, May 8.
Senator Jones has introduced an
amendment to the army appropriation
bill apprOpriating 100000 for the
construction OF such permanent build
tings at Camp Lewis az ars necessary.
The Nelson State bank Of Nelson,
Okanogan county. was closed By the
state banking department. Inability
to collect on loans to farmer borrowers
was given as the cause Of the failure
of the bank.
Complaint has been filed by the de-
partment of public works against the
Pacific Telephone q Telegraph com
pany, relative to equipment. facilities
and service between Bremerton and
Port Orchard.
Charles E. Burnside. 50, vice-presi-
dent of the Dexter Horton National
bank of Seattle and one of the best
known bankers in the Pacific north
west, died suddenly at his desk fol-
toN1u8 uodft httdCk.
George Edward Whitfield must hang
for the murder Of Anna Nosko, IL
year-old Clarke county school girl. the
supreme court decided, affirming the
judgment of George B. Simpson, super
Tor court Judge of Clarke county.
The year 1923 was the greatest life
insurance year In the history Of the
state. Legal reserve companies. both
stock and mutual. wrote 12s.991 new
policies during the year. carrying
$14s.761,14O in insurance coverage.
A petition filed on behalf of citizens
Of Hillyard, advocating annexation Of
that town to Spokane, for a recount
of ballots cast In an election there
March II. in which the proposal lost
by q margin Of five votes, was refused
by Superior Judge Oswald.
Resolutions providing for street paw
ing on Ohio avenue and Franklin to
cost approximately $4,000; macadam-
izing Of Prindle street and rebuilding
Of walks there and other extensive
public improvements were adopted by
the Chehalis city commission.
Refusal of the Snohomish county
game commission to rescfnd its order
opening the Sultan basin, q few miles
above the headworks Of the Bvorott
municipal water supply. to fishermen
during July and August, threatens q
legal conflict between the city and
the game officials.
The forest service. state, okanogaE
county and Pateros are uniting on 6
plan for Improvement Of the road from
Pateros through Alta Lake eoulee t.
Antwyne coulee TO provide detouI
for use this season while improvement
ls under way on the chslan- OkanogaE
highway At the Well's grade.
Congress has passed the bill grant
Ing q franchise jointly to Kittitas and
Grant counties for the construction o.