Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-14
Principal Events Of the WeeA
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Wheat stands in southern Lincoln
county are making excellent progress.
Mayor J. A. oLaughlin and Council
man NJ. Quesnell Of Mckee City, have
resigned their official positions.
The first CoOlidge-FOr-President
club in Benton county was organized
at the commercial clubroOms in Ken
newick.
H L. Owens, pioneer of Washington
and one of the most widely known Of
early settlers, died ct okhnogan. aged
81 years.
Baptist churches of the Wenatchee
district are arranging for their 21st
annual convention at Waterville on
March IS.
Resolutions that will result in the
destruction OF every plank sidewalk
in Chehalis have been adopted by the
city commission.
The Spokane & Eastern and Inland
railways have begun placing the years
allotment of $4,000 ties q month
earlier than usual.
Seattle single manufacturers and
wholesale dealers report a large in
crease in single sales the last week
over the past three months.
Mrs. w. E. Boone, 81, a pioneer Of
Washington, died at Seattle. Mrs.
Boone came to Washington from New
York, settling in Olympia in 1865.
University of washington's debat-
ing team won a to decision at Sc
attic over team representing Leland
Stanford Jr. university, California.
Motor vehicle license collections for
February totaled S5Os, 211.s5. bringing
the total collections for the new H.
cense year so far w to 1925, 4s7.5e.
Walla Walla wheat men estimate
that 20 per cent of last years crop
has been shipped out OF the county.
Wheat production last year was s.
1884 bushels.
Damage estimated at O.OOO result
ed from an early morning fire at Ho-
GUAM which destroyed the plant OF
the Hoquiam Manufacturing company.
makers of doOrs, window frames and
holding. 20
But four Japanese farmers remain
on Indian lands in Yakima county, ac-
cording to Major Evan Bstep. super
lntendent of the Indian agency. Last
week Is families left, their leases hav-
ing expired March l.
Weather conditions are so favorable
that the lamb crop this year is bet
ter than in years, according to d. C.
Burlingame Of Walla Walla. The In
crease is far above 100 per cent, be-
cause of so many twins.
The Modern Woodmen camp at
Rosalia entertained visiting members
Of the order from Spokane, Fairfield,
Tekoa, Oakesdale and Garfield, at one
Of the largest fraternal meetings ever
held in Whitman county.
Henry Makela of Astoria, Or, has
received a contract from the Crown
Willamette Paper company for the
construction of 81 miles Of logging
railroad up the Elokoman river and
Buck creek near Cathlamet.
-Four Everett lumbermen have pur-
chased a large interest in the North
Pacific Lumber company mill at Bur
nett on Burrard inlet, near Vancouver,
B. c., it is announced. The consider
alton was said to be S75O,OOO.
The Harrington city council has
awarded a contract to the Pacific
Water Works Supply company, Sc
attic, to furnish 1880 feet of two, four
and five inch pipe to be used in an
all-steel system of water pipes.
Skagit county high school track
meet is scheduled for Mount Vernon
for May 10. Seven high schools, Ana
cortes, Edison. La Conner. Hamilton,
SedrO-W oolley. Burlington and Mount
Vernon will enter teams in the meet.
The schedule Of the Southwest
Washington Timber league. Of which
Kelso, Chehalis, Hoquiam, Aberdeen,
Cosmopolis and Elma are members,
was drawn up at a meeting at Elma
Sunday. The season will open April
20.
G. H. Oberteuffer, boy scout execu-
tive for the Spokane district. has an.
nounced his acceptance Of appoint
ment as regional boy scout executive
for the four Pacific northwestern
states. He succeeds C. K. Warner
resigned.
Plans for the Improvement Of tn
Clarke county auto park at Vancouvel
submitted by County Enginee
schwars, were approved by the cOur
~ commissioners. The plans includ,
more comfort stations. shower baths
and laundry.
william Latham, so. was shot and