Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-01-25
Washington State News


and under its roof nOtablas Of the
early days stayed. because it was the
only hosiery between Walla Walls
and The Dalles.
Motion for 3 new trial for State
Senator Percy L. Sinclair. convicted
of making a false report of the con
ditiOn OF the Southwestern Washing
ton bank at nwaco. which failed last
fall and Of which he was president,
was filed in this Lewis county su-
perior court at Chehalis.
A correspondence course for
mothers In the handling Of babies is
announced By the University of Wash
ington. The child hygiene division Of
the state department Of health and
the children's bureau Of the United
States department Of labor will CO
operate in Is weekly lessons.
That the State college at Pullman
is without legal authority 10 purchase
land out Of the 1888 appropriation Of
$4,000 granted for experimental work
and Investigations Of the cranberry
growing industry is the opinion rend-
cred by Assistant Attorney-General
Anderson to the college dean.
One stOck-ki1ing bear. 1sO coyotes,
Is bobcats and five raccoons were
sent to the happy hunting ground dur
ing the month Of December by the
federal, state and cooperative hunt
ers, according to the report of Glenn
R. Bach, predatory animal inspector
for the biological survey for this state.
Fifty pairs OF Bamboo partridges.
ordered by the Snohomish game COM
mission, will reach Everett from
China Sunday, to be followed by fifty
pair of Chinese pheasants. The pur-
chase is to introduce new cartridges
into the county and to introduce new
blood into the large stock of pheasants
already planted.
Demand for a tax limit Of 40 mills
on real and personal property in the
state of Washington is to be renewed
by means of the initiative. Immediate
organization and effort to procure a
sufficient number of signatures to mi
tiative petitions was decided upon at
a meeting Of property owners and real
estate dealers held In Seattle.
An attempted contracting of indebt-
edness in any year in excess of the
current revenues, without an affirma-
tive vote of. the electors, ia. void under
the statutes. as construed by the su-
preme court. and warrant issued in
payment OF such indebtedness is a
void obligation, is the opinion Of As
sistant Attorney-General E. w. Ander-
son.
Puget Saunders, Associated, was the
name announced at Seattle for an
organization representing Victoria
and Vancouver, in British Columbia,
and Seattle, Tacoma and Bellingham,
that is to advertise to stimulate spring
travel to the state and province from
the rest Of the Pacific coast. 1t was
stated that $4,000 had been obtained
for the campaign.
An amendment to the postal laws
to permit mailing of hotel keys back
to the hotel to which they belong at
a rate of two cents an ounce prepaid
or four cents for two ounces or less,
collect on delivery, was introduced in
the house by Representative Albert
johnson of Washington. The bill has
the Endorsement of the Hotel Assoc
citation of Washington.
First of a series of 16 suits involv-
ing payment of more than 100000 in
wartime bonuses was started before
Superior Court Judge Boyd ]. Tallman
at Seattle. The action was brought by
William Cook. former superintendent
of construction for the Seattle North
Pacific Shipbuilding company, who Is
seeking payment Of $37,O37 in alleged
additional compensation promised.
More than 100000 acres of timber
land owned by the state of Washing
ton will be exchanged for national
forest land If plans discussed at a con-
ference between forestry officials and
the state land commissioner are car
ried through. Clark V. Savidge, state
commissioner of lands for Washing
ton, and F. o. Suther, assistant, met
with delegation from the forest serv-
ice headed by C. J. Buck. The state
owns two sections In each township
and the conference was one Of num-
Der to arrange the selection. appraisal
and exchange to combine the scatter