Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-01-18
Washington State News

-. y. me statement praised the en-
forcement record of State Prohibition
Director Roy C. Lyle.
Francis M. Simmons, 81. a veteran
Of the Indian wars of 1855 and 1856
and resident of Tacoma for AZ years,
is dead. He had spent so of his "a
years in the territory and state Of
Washington. His father, Colonel M.
T. Simmons, settled with his family
on homestead on the present site of
Olympia and operated the first grist
and saw mill in Washington.
The Lake cushman power project
dam as designed by the project engi-
neers will be at least 20 times as
strong as necessary to withstand the
pressure of the impounded water back
of the huge structure, it was announc-
ed by Ira s. Davidson, commissioner
of the Tacoma municipal light and
power department. The dam is to be
built on the Skykomish river in Mason
county
Fifteen residents of Whatcom coun-
ty, the majority from the Lynden dis
trict, we're made victims during the
last few weeks through the purchase
Of stolen automobiles, according to
disclosures made by Seattle detec-
tives. Their loss will run into thous-
ands of dollars. The cars, which were
stolen at various points in the north
west, were priced very low, and were
eagerly bought.
A gain OF. rs per cent in the number
of ships arriving in 1928 over the pre-
vious year, and a gain Of 33 per cent
in the tonnage is shown in the report
of the Tacoma harbormaster. In 1928,
1888 deep sea vessels arrived with
total net tonnage of 4,151,012 tons,
and 1880 vessels departed with total
net tonnage of 4.123,175. In 1922 the
total number of arrivals was 1341; net
register, 3,252,O69 tons.
A transfer Of the holdings Of the
Vance Lumber company of the Grays
Harbor district to the Mason Logging
company of Shelton, has been arrang-
ed It is announced. The property was
valued at more than $2,5O0,0O0. In
the transfer were listed a sawmill at
Malone, of q capacity Of 100000 feet
day; 12S dwellings and stores at
Malone, railroad and logging equip
ment and 10000 acres Of timber.
Belief that little or no wheat is
, moving is not confirmed by reports
from the office of the Washington
Wheat Growers association in SpO-
kane. Walter ]. Robinson, general
manager, reports that the association
and the Oregon Grain Growers asso-
citation, working together in selling
their wheat, are handling 100000
bushels monthly and expect to exceed
that figure from this time until the
shipping season normally closes. about
June 1.
Findings of state engineers and of
Major General George w. Goethals as
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Columbia basin irrigation project have
been corroborated substantially by the
investigation by federal engineers Of
the reclamation service, it was stated
at a meeting of the Columbia basin
committee of the Spokane chamber of
commerce. No means of reducing ma
terially the cost of the project has
been devised, it was declared, but a
slight reduction of the area of the pro-
ject, originally set at 1,753,O00 acres
has been indicated.
A big highway construction program
is outlined for Cowlitz county for 1924,
4 including the following projects:
Opening of new Spirit lake route and
construction of bridge at second
Toutle river crossing on that road,
total cost $4,000; relocation of part OF
Coweeman road; Improvement OF
Lewis river and Kalama river roads;
> development of Oak Point roads; start
on road from Castle Rock to Ryder
wood; lowering of the Castle Rock
: bridge. Cowlitz county has fund OF
about S25O,OOO to expend on road ex-
tensions and maintenance.
]. w. Shaw, ex-postmaster, who has
. been cruising Clarke county timber
land for Assessor Palmer, has cover.
ed 27,72O acres with a total of 614,-
4S5.0OO feet of standing timber. at a
cost Of Ss2Se. about liz cents an
acre. The net gain was 1S4,s39,O 900
board feet, or gain in assessed vain.
: alton of $92.17O. and a net gain in
, taxes of 1891. The estimated amount
, remaining to be cruised is S340 acres.
The cruise included contour maps and
land classifications.
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