Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-13
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
Of Our Readers.


By the senate as postmaster at White
Salmon.
Ernest Durrwachter Of Gle Blum
vas elected captain of the 1925 track
team of Washington state college.
August Maugg of walla Walla is SER
iously i'll as the result Of being bitten
~ a spider while in the mountains.
Everetts new automobile tourist
camp has been opened to travellers,
and offers every convenience to WISH
tors.
Fire OF unknown origin caused dam
age estimated at $4,000 to the plant
Of the Mckee Printing company Of
Spokane.
The 1895 convention of the National
Foreign Trade group viii be in Seattle,
It was decided at the convention held
IN Boston.
washington state ranks 18th in the
Union in wealth, according to the
United States bureau Of census fig
ures, With an estimated wealth Of So
112. 100000.
With only 20 fatal accidents in in
dustry reported to the state depart
ment Of labor and industries for May
the lowest record for many months
was attained.
Police records show q total OF 100
auto accidents in WRlla Walla in the
last four years. It is estimated that
about one-Quarter Of the accidents are
not reported.
Dairymen Of the Hnunclaw district
have just completed the organisation
Of q new coW-testiAg association.
There are q total Of 1os members who
own 1885 COWS.
Two men lost their lives in q fire
in mine Ne of the Northwest I'm
provement company at Roslyn. The
fire did no serious damage to the mine
It was reported.
While walking into Everett along
the Great Northern tracks west Of that
city, Louis ]. Johnson, 40. resident of
Barring, was struck and killed By q
passenger train.
Seattle is to have = woman IS
mayor on occasions OF Mayor Browns
absence from the city. Mrs. Bertha
Lands having been elected president
of the city council.
The plant Of the Haussr Lake Lum-
Der company on Hauser lake, east OF
Spokane in Idaho was destroyed by
fire. 1t had q daily capacity of 49,
900 feet Of lumber.
Ore that contains $1,000 m gold to
the ton has been struck in the Eagle
mine. according to a report from Che
saw. A truckload leaves Chesaw every
day for the smelter.
Washington state college won the
northwest conference baseball cham
pionship When the Cougar team won
from the University Of Idaho at to
in An thinning game.
Several automobiles were sacrificed
at Spokane by the Great Northern
railway in q demonstration Of what
occurs in collisions between automo-
biles and railroad trains.
Ray O'Brien, former president of the
Northwest Finance company, now In
bankruptcy, was found guilty at va
kima on q charge of classifying the
financial reports of the company.
A jury in superior court at colfax
returned a verdict Of guilty against
Arthur d. Howard, charged with grand
larceny in connection with sale Of
stock of the Apex Petroleum company.
Thomas DUNCAN, E. D. Holbrook and
Andrew Carlson. members OF the Kelso
port commission. were charged with
malfeasance and misfeasance In a petit
tion for recall filed with the county
auditor.
White pine forests Of eastern Wash
ington are growing In demand with
the slump Of the lumber market in
western Washington, according to
Clark v. Ssvidge, commissioner of pub
lie lands.
A. H. Johnson, county assessor has
found four full-grown silver foxes and
nine young ones In Walla Walla coun-
ty. They are being assessed at the
rate of $500 each for the old ones and
$500 for the young ones.
Following a five-weeks shutdown
due to the unfavorable lumber market
condition, the Dubois Lumber COM
pany of Vancouver, has resumed oper-
alton and win continue to run as long
as the lumber market will permit.
The United States senate confirm
cd the nomination of William C. Nor.
row of Tacoma to act as special gov
eminent counsel In proceedings to
assert and establish government title
to sections 16 and SO of the naval
oil reserve No. 1. located in California.
Carl Ryberg, found guilty of murder