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PAGE SIX
Keeping U. S. Liquor Lid On
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The war has Just started for one of Uncle "Sam's governmental
departments. It Is the internal revenue, whose duty it ts to help on-
gores national bone-dry prohibition. One of the busiest spots is at the
Washington laboratories, where all illicit liquors and drugs are an-
alyzed. Over $300,000 worth of drugs and liquors were recently re-
ceived In one shipment for analysis• During the war the department
at'one time turned over $75,000 worth of seized drugs to the Red
Cross after its work was done. Over 40.090 suspected samples are re-
ceived annually fol' tests, in the background is shown Dr. William V.
IAnder, in charge of the laboratory work. Foreground, Chemists C.
RFar using pipette In securing bootleg for analysl
WASHINGTBH STATE
, NEWS OF INTEREST
Important OcCurrences of Pest
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.
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Mrs: R. C. McCredie of Sunnyside has
been elected president of the state
board of health.
John Pinnell shot and killed George
J. Tyler, an ex-soldier, of Clovis, Gal.,
at Aberdeen last week.
The body of Mrs. Anna M. Monster,
eattle, was found frozen in *a small
pond at Black River Junction,
Much interest is being manifested in
Centralta in the organization of a wom-
en's auxiliary to the American Legion.
Ten alleged members of the union of
RUssian Workers have bben "ar at
Seattle on federal warrants an4 bogmd
over for trial•
Taxes collected I Lewis county thl
7ear will exciie tho of lutiTear ly
$150,000. The tncrease s due altot2mr
JLo higherIcy!ca. , ................
' Kelso's pos teffice h.. been enlswed
and the postmaster ihu double the
room in which to bendi'e:'the rapidly
'American Legion members in Clarke
,county this year will invest hearty
I00 000 in two bullding or,thelr hall6
' and gymnasiums.
, During the week ending Janiary 10,
E241 cars of forest products have been
qad, as compared with 3820 cexs for
the same period in 1918.
Outside the incorporated towns, the
enumerators wlll not be able to oom-
llete the census of Cowlitz county be
far the first of February.
The Wenaha Wool Growers' associa-
tion charges that shearers are in a
powerful Union; are careless in their
work, and that their wages are too
high.
For the first time since its establish-
ment, Camp Lewis is now under the
Juri6diction of the western depart-
ment, with headquarters at San raa-
olaco.
Plans for calling a special election
at Spokane to vote upon a tax levy for
the erection of a memorial auditorium
in honor of service men are being die.
cussed.
The Vancouver Chamber of Com-
merce has appointed a committee of
six members to pass upon all advertis-
Ing schemes except in newspapers and
magazines.
Several of the large camps of the
Kelso vicinity, which have been closed
Mnce early in December, are making
preparations to resume logging opera-
lions after February 1.
• While there are a few isolated cas
of lnflutza In Seattle, the attack is
mild in each case and there is no In-
dication of an epidemic, according to
€tty health authorities•
Mrs. R. C. McCredle of Sunnyslde
was elected president of the state
board of health at the annual meeting
of the board held in Olympia. Mrs.
McCredie succeeds Dr. H. H. McCarthy
of Spokane.
Five tons will be the maximum load
Which can be hauled over the streets
of Centralia under an ordinance adopt-
ed hy the city commission. Heavy lad-
en trucks" were bretklfig down the
City pa_v emen3. ...................
In a caustic letter to Governor Hart,
the executive committee of the State
Federation of Labor crlticises the gov-
ernor sharply for alleged evasion of
the Intent of the law by not appointing
two labor representatives members of
the industrial code commission.
Apple box manufacturers of north
central Washington have given the re-
port that the price of apple boxes this
year will be between 25 and 30 cents
apiece. Many of the mills will not
make any boxes at all, as they can get
more money out of the lumber for
other purposes.
The fourteenth annual convention
of the Washington State Grain Grow-
ers', Shippers' and Millers' association
was held at Pullmm. There were
more than 300 farmers tn attendance,
and the results were declared gratfy
lng, both as to interest aroused and
things accomplished.
Unless circumstances spoil the pro-
gram, United States Senator Potndex,
tea" will awing through Washington
next month, or at qeadt before the e.
publican state convention is held, and
probably, will fill speakin engage-
ments in other northwestern state|
about the same time.
Go'ed road's enthus4sst of 'Milton ,
Davol: Waitsburg .ad Wala Walls
held--'a meeting last week With' federel
road officialS. It was voted to select
the Lewis peak route to connect the
valley with: te main trunk line being
built from Goldman Springs to the toll
gate along the backbone of the Blue
mountains.
:An ekrthquake shock last week
cracked a nuinber' of brick walls in
the vicinity of Belllngham. At Ana-
cortes windows in a number of houses
were broken hy'the force of the tem-
blor,and brick walls were cracked.
The quake was felt in varying degrees
of intensity in a number of towns in
the northwestern section of Washing-
ton.
Settlement of future industrial dis-
putes in Tacoma by a board of concili-
ation composed of an equal number of
delegates from the Associated Indus-
tries and the central labor council
was made possible when the central
labor council voted to take up the pro-
posal of the Associated Industries for
the organization of an arbitration
board.
A movement which It hopes will as-
sume national proportions was inaug-
urated by the Spokane Retail Cloth-
iers' association when It adopted a res-
olution calling upon every dealer in
men's apparel to buy the minimum of
merchandise for the fall trade, wRh
the object of restricting buying in or-
der to bring down the cost of men's
clothing.
Six bids opened at Washington
State college for the erection of the
David S. Troy dairy building were re-
Jetted because of exceeding the esti-
mate. Apportionment of school funds
for the month of January totals $713,-
327. Apportionment is made in Jan-
uary, April, May, June, July and Octo-
ber of each year. The apportionment
made for January, 1920, is $165,116.$6
more than it was for January last year,
The large apportionment is due to the
fact that the state auditor's office,
through the various city treasurers'
offices, has collected a large amount
of outstanding taxes. Some of the
larger apportionments follow: King
county, $160,177; Pierce county, $67,-
440; Grays Harbor county, $22,496;
Lewis county, $25,666; Spokane coun-
t);, $74,008; Whatcom county, $30,649;
Thurston county, $12,995; Walla Walls
• county, $16,536,
THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
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BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
SEV£RAL .00,IVi£.qlGANS I PRESIDENT MILLERAND
Chita, Easl Siberla.--Colonel Blunl
and seven other American engineers;
Miss Ford, Captain Charette and sev.
eral other members of the American
Red Cross and an entire Polish army
composed of former prisoners, lmvc
been captured by the bolsheviki ai
KlIuchinskaya, according to a garbled
telegram received from Joseph I-I. Ray,
ex-American counsul at Irkutsk.
The dispatch from Mr. Ray was
sent from somewhere beyond Ntzh.
niudlnsk, January 14. It was somc
what garbled in transmission. KM.a.
chtnskaya is on the trans-Slbcrian -
road, 100 miles west of Nlzhnludtnk.
The Czechs are fighting a ,,ear.
guard action with the reds near Kras-
noyarsk. Bolshevism Is gaining in
Chits- Ernest L. Harris, former mer.
lean counsul at Omsk, is still In C'mFu
The British, Japmn@se and French
missions and members of the Red
Cross have arrived in Harbin.
The plant of the Big Bend Milling
company plant at Davenport was de
stroyed by fire. The loss will total
about $200,000, covered by $150,000 In-
surance. About 35,000 bushels of
wheat were destroyed.
Strict quarantine of all Influenza
and pneumonia cases in Washington
has been ordered by Dr. Anderson,
state commissioner of health. Dr. An-
derson hopes to check the disease be-
fore it becomes epidemic in the state.
The Washington Wool Growers' as-
sociation, in session at Walla Walla,
re-elected Thomas J. Drumheller of
Walla Walla, president; W. A. McGaff-
ney of Yakima, vice president, and J.
F. Sears of Presser as secretary ,and
treasurer.
Washington's honey production to-
taled $500,000 in value during 1919,
but this figure is expected to be treb-
led during 1920, members of the Wash-
ington State Bee Keepers' association
were told at their annual convention
at Seattle.
The public service commission has
ordered a census taken of all public
utilities In Washington. Captain Bruce
Whitney of Walla Walla, recently re-
turned from overseas service, has been
named by the commission to super-
vise the work.
In a communication to Governor
Louis F. Hart, the Metal Trades and
the Central Labor council of Seattle an-
nounce they favor the sending of a
labor Jury to Monesano to pass Judg-
ment on the trial of the 11 accused I.
W. W. suspects.
aeoma growers are a( war:over the
p,e of sugar. A. R. MacLean, a
wholesale and retail dealer, charges
grocers with profiteering by openly
selling beet sgar a 18 and 20 cents
a pound when the h4est legltimate
pce is 14 cents.
Applications for automobile licenses
may now be made to te county audit-
or. All applications must be aecom-
pauied by the last year's application
and state number. The automobile
year begins March 1.
Approximately 250 witnesses have
been summoned to give testimony in
the trials at L Montesano of the 11 al-
!eged I. W. V. charged with first de-
gree murder in connection with the
armistice day shooting at Centralia.
Mike Hennessy, about 47 years old,
tried and found guilty at Vancouver of
violating the criminal syndicalism law,
was sentenced by Judge Back of the
Clarke county superior court to from
one to ten years in the state peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla.
Application for an increase in street-
car fares in the cities of Hoqulam,
Aberdeen and Cosmopolis is made by
the Grays Harbor Railway & Light
company tn a new tariff filed with the
public service commission. The com-
pany asks for a 7 cent fare withl the
cities and 10 cents b etwe, e eit!eeu_. -
./
D'Annunzlo to Conscript Men.
-"rrieste.--The Flume national coun-
cil has authorized Gabriele d'Annun-
zio to conscript five classes of citizens.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
OatsNo. 3 white feed, $62 a ton.
Corn--Whole, $67; cracked, $69.
HayWtllamette valley timothy,
$0@28 per ton; alfalfa, $31.50.
Butter Fat--59@60c.
Eggs--Ranch, 50c per dozen.
PoultryHens, 0@$40.
Cattle Best steers, $11.25@12;
gool to choice, $10.50@11; medium to
good, $9@9.75.
Hogs--Prime mixed, $15.50@16; me.
dtum mixed, $15@15.50; pigs, $12.50@
14.50.
Sheep--Eastern lambs, $15@16; val-
ley lambs, $14.50@16; ewes, $9@10.50.
Seattle.
Hay--Eastern Washington tlmothy,
$38@39 per ton; alfalfa, $35.
Butter Fat60@62c.
EggsRanch, 48@52c.
Poultry--Hens, heavy, dressed, 43c;
light, 40e,
HogsPrtme, $16@16.50; medium
to choice, $15@16; pigs, $13.50@14.50.
Cattle--Best steers, $11.50@12; half-
ere, $9@10; calves, $7@15.
Alexendre MIIlerand, governor of
Alasce-Lorrain¢, who was elected Pres-
ident of France, to succeed President
Pointers.
TRIAL OF REDS AT
MONTESANO BEGINS
Montesano, Wash.--With Judge John
M. Wilson of the superior court for
Thurston and Mason counties presid-
ing, a trial of the 11 alleged I. W. W.
charged with the murder of Warren
O. Grimm, opened Monday morning;
here.
The crime with which the Reds are
charged was committed while the
American Legion parade in honor of
the signing of the armistice was pass-
ing the I. W. W. hall In Centralia the
afternoon of November 11.
Four American Legion members
marching in a parade were killed by
bullets fired from the I. W. W. head-
quarters and from the upper windows
of two hotels across the street from
the Red hall.
Ten alleged I. W. €. are charged
with the murder of Lieutenant Warren
O. Grimm. Elmer Smith, alleged Red
attorney, Is to be tried at the same
time on a charge of knowing the shoot-
ing was planned.
Two weeks, it is believed, will be
required to get a Jury. Only ninety-
two of the Jurymen called on January
5 remain and a second venire will be
called tmmediatel.
The state has called 239 witnesses.
Attorney "George F. Vanderveer, for
the defense, says he will call nre
than 100,
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