Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-04-25
Washington State News

Final registration figures for the
spring quarter at the University Of
Washington show an Increase of 800
students over the same quarter last
year. A total Of Abs students are now
in attendance, 2.so4 men and 1859
women.
Suspension OF the license to operate
a motor vehicle is effective even dur.
ing the time an appeal is pending from
the judgment. R. G. Sharpe. assist
ant encouragement held in an opinion
issued to Fred ]. Dibble, director of
licenses.
Luther T. Weedin. United States i'm
migration commissioner, stationed at
Seattle, announced that plot to snug
gle Japanese into this country had
been unearthed. and that Is japanese
had been arrested in western Wash
ington as a result.
With more than s5,OO0.O00 in its
general fund, and with a total cash
balance of S15.Ss7, 1883, the state of
Washington has probably the latest
wallet in it's history. Tax remittances
from the county treasurers are pour
ing in at lively rate.
Prediction was made at Seattle by
John E. Carroll, councilman, after an
inspection trip to the Gorge creek
unit Of Seattle's power project on
the Skagit river in the Cascade noun
tains, that power would not be devel-
oped for use until August 1.
The University of Washington will
not be represented in the Olympic try
outs on the SchuylkilI river at Phila-
delphia by a crew this year, but will
send two shells east to row on the
Hudson river at Poughkeepsie. N. Y,
June II. it was definitely decided by
athletic authorities Of the university.
A new source Of danger from the
foot and mouth disease was pointed out
to the state department Of agriculture
in a telegram from ]. w. Wiley, q
horticulture inspector for the depart
ment located at Spokane. reporting
that contraband California products
were being brought into the state
through the mail.
Anyone who finds suspicious bugs
wandering around his front yard and
fears that they may be advance
agents for an invasion of an army of
earwigs, is invited to send them to
the state department Of agriculture in
Olympia for investigation and identi-
fication, by Charles L. Robinson, su-
pervisor OF horticulture.
Operations as q common carrier
were begun Monday for the first time
by the Longview, Portland & Northern
railway on the line between Vader in
Lewis county and Ryderwood, a dis
lance Of about eight miles. The road
is intended mainly for logging opera
tions of the Long-Bell Lumber COM
pany, and construction will be con-
tinued for some time.
An ordinance proposed by Philip
TindaI, Seattle councilman and chair
man of the utilities committee for In
vestigation Of hydro-electric project
on the Skagit river, in the Cascade
mountains. is to be held up until
new council is organized in June. The
ordinance provided for the investiga-
ton and for an appropriation Of s25.-
900 to cover expenses of the work
The question of necessity and feas-
Utility of extending a quarantine
patrol to the passenger trains them
selves to make certain that sheep
hands. farm laborers and possibly
! camping tourists from the infected
areas of California do not gain &C
cess to the state of Washington with.
out having been properly fumigated.
is seriously considered, e. L. French.
director of the department of agricul-
ure. has declared.
The North Bank highway, which
has been closed about two months at
Government Slide. miles west OF
Stevenson. will not be open until about
June 1, according to the state district
highway engineer, as the mountain
continues to slide into the road. The
work under way at present. the engi-
neers believe, will overcome the ten
dency to slide and the road will re-
main in good condition, when it is
again open to travel.
The forest office at Republic has
received the following communica-
tion from the United States geogra-
pnic board: jackson creek, tribu-
tary to the South Umpqua river Doug
las county, Oregon. has been named
for the late Clarence w. Jackson,
United States forest officer, accident
ally killed in the performance of Of
fetal duty" Mr. Jackson, who was
in charge of road and trail work OF
the CoIville national forest, was kill
ed about year ago, when the truck
he was driving went off the grade
near Cascade, B. C.