Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27
Washington State News

OF 1hufblOu county, 0leu at MS nouns
in Olympia. Rowe was born in New
Hampshire and came to Washington
A years ago. He was q conductor on
railroad division between Portland
and Seattle.
A survey of natural reforestation in
Rainier national forest reserve was
disclosing that, with adequate fire pro
lection. Mother Nature, unaided. would
replace the forests slain by loggers,
according to A. A. Griffin of the forest
supervisors office.
Organization of state body Of the
Service Star legion was effected at
Spokane recently by members OF four
chapters in the Inland Empire meeting
with the Spokane chapter. Mrs. Alice
French OF Spokane was elected presi-
dent of the new organization.
The Kelso City Council will receive
bids until July for the sale of $780,
900 of per cent water fund bonds, re-
Gently authorized by the voters of the
city, to pay for extensions and i'm
provements of the water system and
for retirement of outstanding indebted
ness
Blight has been discovered in orch
ards in the Wenatchee district during
the last two weeks. Wherever found
prompt action has been taken to re-
move all infected branches. Most OF
the blight has been on pears and
Spitzenburg apple trees at high ele-
vations.
Two hundred federal employees in
the Yakima valley will receive their
usual monthly salaries and will not
suffer because congress failed to pass
the reclassified compensation bill,
according to information received from
Washington. The cut would have total
ed $4,000.
Borst Park. Centralia's new tourist
camp and public Fairgrounds, located
on the banks Of the Chehalis river a
mile west of the city was formally
opened when the chamber Of COM
MERGE held its weekly luncheon at the
park in the new building recently
erected there.
Wenatchee city officials have NOV
ed into their new quarters on the first
floor of the courthouse All county
officials are established in the new
building and there is much favorable
comment. The old courthouse has
been offered for rent and two other
buildings formerly occupied by county
officials have been turned into resi-
dences.
With receipts of $1.O70,922 and ex-
penditures by warrants paid of $780,
s62 for the week ending June Is, the
state cash balance jumped up a few
notches to $14,44O,O 59.95 The general
fund is the largest. with $5,201, 1872.
The teachers retirement fund, newest
on the list, with the law in operation
less than two months, has $933.9O on
hand, but payments will be coming in
steadily from now on.
mo livestock from outside the state
will be permitted at the state fair next
fall" Governor Hart informed o. C.
Scots, secretary of the Yakima Com.
mercial club in long distance tele-
phone conversation. The governor
added that leading west side stock
men had informed him that they would
not send their stock to the state fair,
and said it was doubtful If there would
be any livestock display at the fair.
Sessions Of the Pacific district Nor
wegian Lutheran church Of America
were held at Stanwood with between
700 and 800 delegates present, Rev.
]. A. e. Naess is president Of the dis
trict. Among distinguished church
men in attendance were Rev. N. ].
Loehre Of Mayville, N D.. secretary
Of the Norwegian Lutheran church OF
North America, and DIR. ]. A. Aas-
gard Of Moorhead, Mimi. president
of Concordia, Mimi, college, and vice
president Of the church.
Next to the highest point ever reach
ed in the sale of gasoline in the state
Of Washington was reached during
the month Of May, when 1s,0O5,O2O
gallons were reported sold. according
to gas tax figures compiled by the
director Of licenses. Only once before
was more gasoline used in the state
in one month and that was during
August, 1923, when approximately 49,
100000 gallons were recorded, figures
show. A total Of 51.O1O,2sS gallons Of
gasoline were reported sold in the
state since January 1; 1924, upon
which a total of $1,000. 2O5.6e was real
lied by the state in the new gasoline
tax of 2 cents a gallon. Refunds made
to users Of gasoline for purposes other
than propelling motor vehicles on the
highways are said to be negligible.
Offers have been made for the en-
tire peach crop of the Thompson Fruit
company at Yakima at seventy-five
.-..t- q 49, m. ....-.-.f. - =.