Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-14
Washington State News

Pleas for changes IN the grain
grades to meet conditions peculiar to
the Pacific northwest wiz be made at
q series Of meetings In Washington,
at Walla WalIa March 10. Pullman
March 20. Spokane March 81, and Sc
attic March 20.
H. Stanley Coffin OF Yakima is re-
ported to have sold $4,000 wool fleeces,
weighing 100000 pounds. for between
s175,0OO and $780, 900. This. according
to Mr.. Coffin. indicates stronger de.
mand than for some time, with q
healthier market.
Fire chiefs and flremen and officials
from southwestern Washington cities
attended the official test IA Olympia
of the big new $4,000 seagraves
pumping engine, which has become
the chief feature OF the Olympia fire
department equipment.
Breaking all previous monthly rec
ords, three cougars were bagged in
February, according to report issued
by Glenn R. Bach, predatory animal in
spector for Washington. He also re-
ported II bobcats and 1872 coyotes
killed during that month.
Announcement that the fleet of Uni
ted States army airplanes makir a
cruise around the world, will land in
Vancouver the afternoon of March 10,
and will remain there overnight, jump
ing off the next day for Seattle, was
made by army officers at Vancouver
barracks.
The Vancouver Centennial corpora
tiOn has filed Incorporation papers
with the Clarke county auditor. The
purpose of the corporation is to hold
an exposition in 1925, celebrating the
centennial anniversary of the settle
ment of Vancouver. The capital stock
is fixed at $4,000.
Low prices have served to create a
heavy demand for northwestern
prunes and only half the amount of
Oregon and Washington prunes re-
main unsOld compared with last year.
according to w. H. Wood, manager Of
the Washington Growers Packing cor,
poration at Vancouver.
Members Of the Spokane city coun.
ell have pledged their support to q
proposed initiative measure to per
NIT cities to acquire and operate tele.
phone lines and, abolish, the right OF
the state public works department to
set aside franchise rate agreements
between cities and telephone com
panies. ar
Only a late frost can prevent the
Pacific northwest from having a good
fruit crop this year, declares George
NJ. Merritt of st. Paul, general agent
of refrigerator service of the Northern
Pacific railway. He has just complet-
ed a trip through territory served by
the Northern Pacific to study probable
refrigerator car needs to move the
northwest's perishable crops this fall.
Frost warnings will be issued from
the Walla Walla weather bureau when
needed just as soon as a huge apricot
tree, visible from a window of the
weather office, is in full bloom. c.
c. Garrett, meteorological, has found
this tree the earliest in the valley for
eight years and refers to it as his
barometer on frost warnings. Sub.
stations will be opened March Is at
Blalock. Kennewick and at the Dumas
orchard, near Dayton.
With the awakening of the eastern
nations bordering the Pacific ocean
and the acceptance BY these nations Of
American products, the bulk of the
worlds population presents an almost
unlimited opportunity for development
and progress to the three Pacific coast
states, declared William Morris
Hughes, former premier OF Australia
in an address at Seattle under the
auspices of the high school teachers
league and grade teachers club.
Almost four times as many men al
women were killed in automobile &C
cidents in the state during 1923. &C
cording to the department of eff
cheney. A total of 246 deaths in auto
crashes was recorded during 1928. o.
these, 1874 were men and fifty-twt
women. The total Of 1922 was Ice
an increase Of eighty being shown fol
1928. Seattle, with one-1ourth tn,
population Of the state. leads viii
fifty-six fatal accidents. Tacoma ha'
twenty-thFee and Spokane fifteen.
Apple growers in the state Of Wash
ington win complete the formation o
q cooperative growing. selling AM
advertising association within tw
weeks, according to an announcement
made by d. o. Lively, manager OF tn
washington state chamber Of CON
merce, after : conference OF growers
bankers and chamber OF commerce Of
fieials in Seattle. Washington's S10O
100000 apple crop ~ the future win b
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