Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-01-18
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Fire did $4,000 damage to the D.
E. Horner building at Grandview.
John L. Ramsey, age rs, dropped
dead at his home near Walla Walla.
A wheat export commission league
was formed at a meeting Of the Daven-
port commercial club.
An increase Of 1877 per cent In bank
deposits in Clarke county banks is
shown by figures compiled.
Owing to the prevalence Of measles
and mumps the Montesano schools
have shut down and will be closed un-
til January Fl.
A total of 81 inches of snow and
2S9 inches of rain fell at Wenatchee
during December, according to figures
of the weather bureau.
Fifty-two physicians and surgeons
have been granted certificates to prac-
tice in the state of Washington, by
the department of licenses.
An ordinance setting March 1 for
a special election to authorize bonds
for S10,600 to pave Morgan street was
passed by the Davenport city council.
Eastern Washington postmasters
confirmed by the senate include Retta
NJ Richards, Finley; Charles A. Fled
Ter, Newport, and Hugh M. Thompson,
Selah.
William T. Laube Of Seattle and
Mrs. Harry John Miller of Everett
were named assistant managers of the
Coolidge campaign for the state Of
Washington.
Births in Pullman and the terri
tory Immediately adjacent were 100
In 1928, according to figures compiled
by the registrar Of vital statistics,
while deaths were %.
The two banks Of Snohomish show
an increase of nearly quarter mil
lion dollars in deposits in the last
year, according to financial state
ACAto VA SAC ihobAtutAOhbs
Announcement was made at Walla
Walla Of the sale by George Drum
heller of more than 100000 bushels of
wheat to the Jones-Scott company on
a basis 70 So cents bushel.
From August "a, 1891, to November
80, 1898, the War Finance corporation
approved 81 applications from Wash.
ington for loans aggregating $685.
SGT, according to the sixth annual re-
port.
A controversy which may be far
reaching in effect concerns the right
of the seventh infantry band to ac-
cept invitations to play in Vancouver
over the protests of the musicians
union.
The total amount of taxes collected
in Clarke county in 1923 was $1,041,-
SAB out of $1,143.S49 to be collected,
leaving a balance of S1O2,2O6 delin-
Quent January 1, according to County
Treasurer Eshelman.
One hundred and twenty-eight mills
in Washington and Oregoi reported to
the West Coast Lumbermen's asso-
citation that last week they cut co.
17O,472 feet of lumber, sold 1875, 1853
and shipped 7O.9SO,OS7.
Announcement Of the employment
of J. G. Wray of Chicago, a public
utility engineer, for an investigation
into telephone valuations and rates in
this state was made by Assistant At
torney-General Raymond L. Clifford.
For the purpose of determining the
date and place of the democratic state
convention, the state central commit
tee of the party will meet in Spokane
about February Is, it was announced
by Clarence d. Martin of Cheney, state
chairman.
Draft of an initiative measure de
signed to give municipalities authority
to own and operate telephone systems
to be proposed for submission at the
general state election thisf year, was
completed at Seattle by Thomas ]. L
Kennedy, corporation counsel.
All past records for the sale of state
timber were broken in 1923, when 81,
229,OS6 was received from this source
Receipts from the sale of uplandG
were but s152,427, while sales of tide
lands added $27.ssS to the state ex
chequer. Grand total Of sales were
81, 4O9,1 57.
Application made by the city o.
Vancouver to the supervisor Of by
draulics at Olympia for permission t
take water from the south fork Il
Lewis river, is the first step in an
effort to construct a gravity municipal
water system for the city. The pro
jected pipe line will be 80 miles lens
and cost approximately $4,000.
Proposing to construct a hydro-elec-