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Every house and shack in Washougal is occupied and the town is facing a building campaign. Under the peace time reorganization there will be approximately 15,000 men stationed at Camp Lewis. Walla Walla's annual automobile show opened with 15 exhibitors represented and about 35 cars on the floor. The Colville Ministers' association has decided that there will be no more Sunday funerals except in emergency cases. Governor Hart has vetoed substitute senate bill No. 3, the "blue sky" law passed by the last session of the legislature. According to latest compilations of appropriations made by the recent is legislative session the grand total $61,112,651. About 400 boys of southwest Wash ington will be entertained at Aberdeen April 15, 16 and 17 at the older boys conference. George W. Case, Sr., Whitman county pioneer, who died at St. John Saturday, crossed the plains in 1854 with a drove of cattle. The Washougal woolen mill, closed during the winter, is now running at nearly full force putting out a big or der of blankets and robes. Work of remodeling Fort Walla Walla for use as a hospital for ex service men has begun. Plans call for room to care for 500 patients. An intensive campaign to raise $5, 000 to tide over the financial needs by of the Institution has been started Whitworth college of Tacoma. As a result of the demand made up him by the people that he appoint W. on C. McArthur city marshal, Mayor H. L. Jacobs of Chelan has resigned. Bonds of $18,000 were voted at a special election in Kalama to erect in a community building. The vote favor of the bonds was three to one. The junior fair at Sunnyside will be held September 16 and 17. There activ are 30 departments, including every in. ity the young folk might be interested Mrs. S. R. Nettleton, mother of Clark Nettleton, president and publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, died at Kirkland Saturday, aged 86. Dried onions, prunes and potatoes will be sent to the starving Chinese Clarke county residents. A move at by ment to this end has been started Vancouver. D. G. O'Shea, president of the that fed eral land bank at Spokane, states blanks are being prepared for ap plicants new and the bank will soon open for business. At the instance of the Spokane County Medical society osteopathic of physicians are forbidden the use of Spokane hospitals for the care their patients. Shipping men of Seattle have in launched a campaign to secure trade dorsement of the shipping and to interests of the country in a plan abolish the United States shipping board. Hundreds of thousands of dollars city was done in Walla Walla damage and county last week by high water, creek in the valley overflowing and and every washing out adjacent farm garden lands. Between 250,000 and 300,000 bushels Co wheat in Walla Walla, Garfield, have lumbia of and Franklin counties been sold in the last few days, mostly from in small lots, for prices ranging $1.15 to $1.25. The receiver of the Day & Hansen states Security company at Spokane will be that the assets of the company full sufficient to pay all creditors in the , and liquidate the capital stock of corporation as well. Sixty-three inmates of the Monroe the reformatory were pardoned by meet board of control, holding its last in before going out of existence new compliance ing with the terms of the administrative code. The placing of a cofferdam 250 center feet , in the swift water of the drain n long channel of the Spokane river to of e site of the new power station com the the Washington Water Power pany has been begun. of Charles McEwen, fish commissioner 122, Klickitat county, has planted