Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-01-11
Washington State News

incloded 2,715 cars.
The opening December rush Of the
1924 state motor vehicle license bust
ness exceeded that of last year for
the same month by more than $780,
900, State Treasurer Babcock report
ing December remittances to his Of
flee totaling s6s7,OO2, as against $685.
426 for the month in 1922.
Increased use and income from the
Vancouver municipal dock are shown
by the record kept by City Clerk
crandall for 1898, the first full year
the dock has been operated. The total
gross income from the dock for 1898
was 5000, with total operating ex-.
penses and overhead Of $500.
The Northwest Hay Growers .asso-
citation will send a representative East
for several months and will establish
a branch office at Auburn. it is an
nounced. Reports at a meeting of the
associations executive board in va
kima showed sales of 1000 cars of
hay to Eastern buyers this season.
The cash receipts Of the office of
the collector of internal revenue for
the district of Washington for the
month of December, 1923, show an in
crease of As per cent over the cor
responding month of 1922. Total re-
ceipts for 1923 were $17,O29,O13.75 as
compared with $1,000, 9s7.17 for 1922.
The contract for the construction Of
the pipe line Of the Dryden and
Peshastin irrigation project has been
cancelled by Dan Scott, director of
conservation and reclamation, and a
new contract at a lower figure has
been signed with the construction
company which held the cancelled
contract.
Plans for cooperation of commune
ties in five northwestern states and
three transcontinental railroads in
publicity campaign to encourage immi-
grafton to this territory were formu-
lated at a conference held at Spokane
between representatives of some rs
cities and towns and of the railway
companies.
Repeated disorderliness at rural
dances and lax conformance with the
state law regarding public dances
moved the Pacific county commits
sicners to pass an order requiring
every public dance and dance hall
outside the limits of the corporate
towns Of the county to be licensed
through the board Of commissioners.
George D. Abel, judge in superior
court at Montesano, dismissed the ac-
tion brought by F. M. Nielsen against
F. M. Smith, mayor of Westport, to
force a recount of the ballots cast in
the municipal election December l.
Mr. Nielsen commended that Smiths
name did not appear on the printed
ballots and that the typewriter ones
used were illegal.
DR.. Leon M. Wilbor, chief medical
officer of the new veterans hospital
for mental patients at American Lake,
has taken over the institution from
the constructing quartermaster. All
of the buildings comprising the ST..
100000 hospital have been accepted
and they will be furnished as rapidly
as possible. DR.. Wilbur estimated
that the first patients can be received
by February 1.
Confusion along the air routes and
the interference with radio broadcast.
ing stations by wireless messages
from ships will be much reduced by
general application of the recommend,
atoms adopted at Seattle at confer.
ence of representatives of commercial
radio companies. steamship com.
panies, the shipping board, the Seattle
harbor department and northwestern
newspapers engaged in broadcasting
Women are more optimistic in the
matter of remarriage after divorce
than men, as shown by the marriage
records on file in the auditors office
at Vancouver. Out of more than 1900
marriages performed there during last
year, 1896 of the brides had been
divorced, compared with 233 divorced
bridegrooms Many of the women had
been divorced twice and few had
been through the divorce court three
tfmea
Applications for auto freight serv
ice between Portland and points on
the Pacific highway in this state,
have been desired by the state de
partment of public works. as follows:
Application of William Jassy, between
Portland and Longview; William M
Graham and John A., Cambridge, be
tween Portland and Toledo, Lewis
county; e. A. Dillon, between Port
land and Centralia. Strong protests
we're made by all the railroads cover
ing these points and by the auto