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CONDENSED SYNOPSIS OF LATE STATE NEWS industrial use by the port of VanConsiderable wheat is being moved couver. rom Walla Walla warehouses to the A profit of $113,911.65 for January coast, grain dealers state. was shown by the Tacoma municipal Approximately 500 acres of land in light department, according to a reCowlitz county was in peppermint last port filed with the city council. The year and the acreage will be increased month's business was $193,772.18. In to about 750 acres this year. the water department January's busiThe Guy Painter 660 acre ranch TOSS was $62,840.81, while the profit north of Kittitas was sold last week was $22,602.37. to Fred C. Schnebly, pioneer EllensFour arrests at Aberdeen have burg farmer, for $21,000 cash. brought to 41 the list of defendants About 200 persons attended a getrounded up in the government's grand together dinner at Longview for Rojuly action against 59 men indicted tarians and their wives of Longview, for alleged conspiracy to defeat the Kelso, Chehalis and Centralia. national prohibition law in connection A preliminary survey of Gray's harwith a purported million-dollar liquor bor, with a view to providing a 36-foot ring in Grays Harbor county. channel. would be authorized under a Delegates from 18 local farm loan bill introduced by Senator Dill. associations of southwest Washington A contract has been let for the clearmet in annual district assembly at ing. grading and graveling of about Chehalis. George C. Jewett of Sposix miles of state read No. 5 near the kane, president Federal Land bank: Nesika bridge, in eastern Lewis B. D. Thompson of Granger, regional county. director, and A. D. Davison of StevenOrganized with the object of com son, federal appraisor, were present. bating all noises and squeaks which The fee of $35,000 fixed by the tend to interfere with radio reception, Pierce county court for Guy E. Kelly a Harbor Listeners club was formed and Thomas MacMahon and a like at Aberdeen. sum for F. D. Oakley, attorneys emA committee of Vancouver citizens ployed by F. P. Haskell as liquidator have initiated a movement to organize of the defunct Scandinavian-American a corporation for the purpose of buildbank of Tacoma, was affirmed by the ing a modern hotel in that city at a upreme court in two opinions handed cost of $250,000. town. The Rev. Billy Sunday will conduct In a final effort to save the city of religious services before the grandSeattle from defaulting a million-dolstand of the Spokane Interstate fair lar bond redemption and interest inon Sunday, September 4. The fair st ellment on the purchase of the muopens the following day. nicipal street railway due in New York Judge George Turner. pioneer Snocity March 1, the city council intro kane atterney, has filed suit for $5000 duced an emergency ordinance provid against the United States government ing for a $€00,000 loan from the city for services during and after the light department. world war as an alien property custoDeclaring that Governor Hartley dian. has delayed for an unreasonable time The incumbents on Seattle's city in appointing a successor to Walter council weathered the municipal M. French of the superior court of primary and remained in the race for Kitsap county, notice was filed with re-election. Only 17,000 of the city's the clerk of the supreme court of a 116,000 registered voters went to the hearing March 4 on a peremptory writ polls. of mandate to require the governor to make the appointment. Mrs. Josephine Nord, 20, was burned to death at Yacoit and her husband A joint industrial water plant for Carl was seriously burned about the Aberdeen and Hoquiam has been pro hands and face as a result of Mrs. posed by Mayor Cloud of Aberdeen Nord's attempt to start a fire with Both cities are contemplating big wa kerosene. ter projects for Industrial purposes, Commissioner Mead of the reclamaand Mayor Cloud believes that the costato each would e_reduced considtion service announces that he will erably If one large plant to serve en have a survey made of the Yakima irfire Grays Harbor district were built rigation project next summer in an endeavor to get more water for the Deputy assessors of Walla Walla Tieton farmers. county this year will rate silver foxes at $100 each. blue foxes at $50; furMen are at work taking down the bearing rabbits at $5 per pair; bees at trolley and cross wires of the aban$4 a stand: hogs, according to market doned street railway at Vancouver. price March 1: milk goats $20; bucks and such poles as were used only for for breeding $20; sheep $7 to $9: work trolley wire supports. Tracks have horses $50 and up; registered cattle been removed from dirt and graveled $800 and up; milk and dairy stock $50 streets and all equipment has been and up. disposed of with the exception of a freight car which will be turned over Columbia river smelt are running in to the Port of Vancouver. Lewis river and not in the Cowlitz, a condition which has never existed The quota for Washington for the before. fishermen say. About 60 tons Citizens Military training camp at of the smelt have been taken. The Vancouver barracks has been set at smelt have always entered the Cow 52, divided amoun five counties as fol litz during the early part of the run lows: Clark 35, Cowlitz 10. Klickitat and the Sandy later in the season. 3. Wahkiakum 2 and Skamania 2. Stu Cause for the change has not been dedents from the Fort George Wright termined and Camp Lewis areas who attended One of the largest moonshine plants at Vancouver last year will report ever found in southwest Washington this year to the camps in their respective areas. was destroyed by the Grays Harbo: county dry squad, which also burned Trapped in the driver's cab of a the building which it was in and which light automebile truck which plunged is thought to have been especially through the railing of a small bridge built for a distillery. It was 28x60 and overturning dropped into a creek feet in extent and contained one 500 two miles west of Carliste, Walter gallon and one 150-gallon still. five Chapalis, 29-year old Incian. resident big vats and fifty 50-gallon barrels of Taholah, was drowned for mixing mash. The city of Hoguem filed applica By a five-to-four vote the supreme tion at the state hydrantics office in court held that the constitution pro Olympia seeking water rights from bibits members of the legislature col the Humptulips river for a $1,660,000 leeting any more money from the state manufacturing and domestic power for their services than the sums spe system requiring an appropriation of 200 second feet of water ciffed in the constitution. $5 per day and mileage of 10 cents per mile. The Notice has been given water USOTS majority opinion, written by Justice on the Tieton project that farmers l'olman, holds that "the constitution who are one year behind in their pay by implication forbids the payment of ments to the government will have anything greater for those employ their water shut off. This will affect ments named therein." 100 ranchers with 10.000 acres. No trace has been found of the body Major Everett G. Griegs of Tacoma f John Lindberg. workman employer was re-elected president of the Doug by the Rosten Contracting company & Seattle on construction of the as Fir Exploitation and Export com Ocean Beach highway west of Stella nany, which is composed of a number The man fell over a 50-foot cliff into of lumber concerns to foster foreign he Columbia river while at work rade, at the annual meeting of the Dr. c. (Fright. city milk and mea organization in Seattle. aspector. informed the Vancouver Senator Jones and Representative sty council that Vancouver must ohnson are divarcing twin bills to dept a new milk inspection ordinance rant to the city of Vancouver a rer and purchase equipment for a milk through