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TITE 3IORXIXG OTIEGOXIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1922
GUARANTY OF BANK
DEPOSITS
Plan Given Up After Scandi
navian-American Crash.
PROBLEM
IS
UNSOLVED
Small Fund of Washington Institu
tions Unable to Pay Interest on
"Protected" Amount.
(This In th first of a ferles of three
articles on the operation of Htal banking
law In Washington, by .lames Wood of
The Oregonian i'uxet soumt- bureau. The
second article will follow at an cany date.)
ARTICLE 1.
pnGET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle,
Wash., Jan. 6. Banking under the
state laws of Washington has re
verted to the basis of business mor
als and methods. Hereafter, as was
the case before June, 1917, banks will
be conducted honestly or dishonestly,
according to the lights and purposes
of their respective officers; subject
to the customary rules, regulations
and restrictions, but without the false
stimulus and impossible assurance
that the state of Washington guaran
tees the security of every penny on
deposit. .
With the end of the year 1921 the
last of the member banks associated
In the so-called "Washington Bank
Depositors' Guaranty Fund" complied
with the simple formality required by
law and gave notice of withdrawal
from their share in the responsibility.
A news dispatch in The Oregonian of
December ill announced that the
membership had , been reduced, by
successive withdrawals, until only
seven small banking Institutions re
mained in the fund. By the close of
business on hat same day the last of
these small seven had followed the
safety-first example of all Us some
time associates. The slate was
cleaned for at least one New Tear's
resolution "Never again."
State I'aternnllxm Cloned.
This abandonment of the guaranty
fund may be said to close the last
chapter of a story of simulated state
paternalism. But the volume will
not be complete without all the notes
and addenda now In the making.
Complainants, counsel and the courts
have yet to be hoard from. Com
plainants are already vociferous and
have been so for some time; counsel
will have much and the courts enough
to say. When that's all done the
whole tale may be told of Washing
ton's state bank guaranty fund and
its failure to function for the pro
tection of anybody.
Meanwhile the facts relating to the
origin of the fund, something of its
operations and the causes of its final
flattening out afford an interesting
field for study of the impracticality
and futility of legislation designed to
equalize, without penalizing,' the
twisLs ami turns and contrarieties of
human nature. ,
System la Unpopular.
At the outset It must be said tRftt
none of the complaints so loudly
heard of late, none of the cases be
gun or In course of preparation by
counsel, are specifically directed
against the former member banks
that have recently run out, almost in
a body, from the responsibility they
had voluntarily assumed under the
guaranty fund law. Popular resent
ment, especially keen with those who
have suffered loss, Is directed against
the system, against the loose con
struction of the guaranty fund law
which permitted assurance not only
to be given, but to be strongly adver
tised, that the security of deposits In
member banks was absolutely guar
anteed. That is exactly what the great ma
jority of depositors believed. It is
not necessary to hint at "false pre
tenses" by saying that they were de
liberately led to believe it. The fact
stands that they did believe it, be
cause there were no surface Indica
tions to the contrary. Of course, if they
had all consulted lawyers or had been
able' to interpret the law for them
selves, they would have discovered the
truth that their deposits were se
cured only to the extent of the
amount slowly accumulating- and to
be accumulated in the guaranty fund.
The state's function was purely ad
ministrative. The state pledged them
nothing. Many of them didn't find
this out in time to do them any good.
Fault Not With Hanks.
But so far as the swift withdrawal
of member banks is concerned, no
fault can bo found with them under
the law, according to the opinion of
lawyers who have given the matter
much study. The law made member
ship optional with the state banks
. Under certain conditions they could
join in the guaranty if they pleased.
There was nothing compulsory about
it. By conforming with certain re
quirements and giving proper notice
they could withdraw whenever they,
saw fit to do so. Their wholesale'
withdrawal has been In due form and,
so far as can be known at this time,
in exact accord with the law.
And, in point of fact, this seemed to
be the one thing that these banks
really had to do. Optional, so far
as the law was concerned, withdrawal
was made compulsory to these banks
as a matter of duty to themselves and
their clientele, as an act of self
preservation. It is supposed to be
the primary and essential principle
of banking that a bank's first obliga
tions runs to its depositors. In the
Interests of sound banking the banks
owe some measure of mutual service
to one another. A strong bank, or a
group of strong banks, may properly
come to the relief of a weaker sister
that can be saved by timely aid. But
no strong bank may be reasonably
expected to sacrifice itself. Its assets
and the money of its trusting deposit
ors on a hopeless task of salvage.
Failure of Finn Proved.
Here is the picture that the officers
and directors of the state banks have
had before them:
When the Scandinavian-American
bank ot Seattle, once the biggest and
most Important member of the guar
anty fund, closed its doors June 30,
1921, its total deposits amounted, in
round numbers, to 110.500,000. Of this
amount $8,500,000, also in round num
bers, were, tho-supposedly guaranteed
deposits of individuals, separate busi
ness and manufacturing concerns and
the like. The remainder, approxi
mately 2,000,000, were deposits of
public funds to which no guaranty
attached since they were covered by
the surety bonds of the depositing
public officials.
At the time of this failure 114
other state banks, scattered among
the cities and .towns of Washington,
were members of the guarantyfund.
The combined total of the capital
and surplus of all these banks did
not then and does not now exceed
Jo.090,000. .
At the time of this failure the total
amount already contributed or set
aside on the books of the member
banks as belonging to the guaranty
fund was about $400,000,000. -
How, then, were these 114 member
banks, whose .utmost pretense of
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financial resources did not extend
beyond a total of $5,000,000, to deal
with one member's loss of guaran
teed deposits to the total of $8,500,000?
i Problem Beyond Solution.
The men of the 114 banks, It is now
admitted, knew from the moment that
they first realized the magnitude of
the failure that the,.problem was be
yond their several r combined solu
tion. Nevertheless, they consentea to
entertain and discuss a plan devised
by the ingenous mind of Governor
Louis F. Hart. This plan looked to
the formation of a new bank in Se
attle, the stock in which was to be
taken. up or underwritten by all the
member banks on some pro-rata
scale. This new bank was to take
over the remaining assets of the
Scandinavian-American and the 'other
member banks were to keep on pay
ing into the guaranty fund aj usual.
In the course of years, it was urged,
the problem would work itself out
automatically.
But here stood a pertinent provision
In the guaranty act itself; a provision
In the light of which the task to
which the governor had called the
member banks was made to appear
interminable. It follows:
"Whenever the state bank examiner
shall take charge of and proceed to
wind up the affairs of any guaran
teed bank, as provided by law, he
shall as soon as possible Issue to each
guaranteed depositor, upon proof of
claim, a warrant, drawn upon and
rayable out of the guaranty fund, for
the amount of the depositor's claim,
which warrant, if there be not suffi
cient money in the guaranty fund to
pay- the same, shall bear interest at
the rate of 5 per cent per annum from
date until called."
.Withdrawals Begin Quickly. ,
Disregarding the inconsequential
sum accumulated at the time , in the
guaranty fund, it was a Bimple stunt
in mental' mathematics for any bank
er to arrive at the annual interest
lead of $425,000 at 5 per cent on the
$8,500,000 guaranteed deposits of the
Scandinavian-American bank, for
which warrants would have to issue.
This calculation, coupled with the ob
I Ills emeuiil L1UI1, uuupieu wu,i ljiq v m- .
ligation to pay the regular 1 per cent
per annum required by the law on
his own deposits not for the pro
tection of his own bank and other
souhd banks, but to carry dead horse
made every banker look askance at
Governor Hart s proposals.
No new bank was formed. The
state supervisor of banking, which
title, under the new administrative
code, superseded that of state bank
examiner, continued In charge of the
affairs of the Scandinavian-American
bank and will be on the job for a
long time to come, with plenty to do.
Withdrawals of member banks from
the guaranty fund, begun immedi
ately after the Scandinavian-American
closed, became more frequent
after the governor's conference had
failed of a saving solution.
Now the banks are all out and on
January 3. the first business day of
the new year, John P. Duke, state
supervisor of banking, made the pub
lic announcement that the much ad
vertised, much-trusted and seriously
abused Washington bank depositors'
guaranty fund was a thing of the
past.
PORTLAND JOIN'S IN' SHOW
Exhibits to Be Made at Seattle by
Furniture Manufacturers.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
Wash., Jan. 6. Portland. Tacoma and
other northwestern manufacturing
cities will join with Seattle in a big
industrial show to be given in this
city the last week of next July, ac
cording to announcement made today
by the northwest products committee
of the Seattle chamber of commerce.
Portland, it was said, has offered to
forego itsr annual furniture week nd
82 Portland manufacturing concerns
have agreed to participate in the
larger exposition here.'
Kighteen Tacoma concerns already
are listed and members of the com
mittee said that the work has scarcely
begun. The northwest products com
mittee, of which Paul T. Kennedy of
this city is chairman, sponsored a suc
cessful industrial show in Seattle last
July, but at that time the exhibits
were limited to local manufacturers.
Since then efforts have oeen made
quietly to broaden the scope of the
show so as to cover all the northwest
and the committee today announced
that it was assured of general par
ticipation. BOOTLEGGERS TO WORK
County Establishes Rockpile and
Days of Ease Are Over.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Jan. .
(Special.) Five moonshiners and
bootleggers" now serving out fines
and sentences in the Klickitat county
Jail who have been toasting their
shins over a warm fire at the expense
of the taxpayers and receiving two
good meals a day carried to them
'rom a nearby hotel, will have to go
out into the cold and wield sledge
hammers on an old-fashioned rock,
pile. This is the order made today
hy the county commissioners upon
the request of Prosecuting Attorney
Ramsey.
A work camp will be established at
once in a county rock quarry on the
state road to Maryhlll, four miles
south of Goldendale. Extreme winter
weather now prevailing in the Klicki
tat Galley will not permit of the
operation of a rock crusher, but tools
will be provided so that big rocks
can be made into little ones by the
old fashioned method.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT, VISITORS IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY.
PHILLIPS, V. T, DAY AND ARTHl'R D.
RESOLUTrOX IS ADOPTED
CIXB FEDERATION'.
BY
Consular. Tndersecretaryshlps
for
Sex Indorsed Congress Is
Asked to Probe Movies.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Consular under
Bffcretaryships for women were ln-
I dorsed by the board of the General
Federation of Women s Clubs at tne
close of a three-day conference here
today. The board took the action
after arguments had been advanced
that peace will be made more proba
ble withwomen in diplomatic posi
tions. -
Other resolutions adopted today
asked congress to investigate the po
litical activities of the motion pic
ture industry, indorsed the four
power treaty, asked newspapers to
give less space to reports of crime,
indorsed the establishment pf a ra
tional cemetery at Yorktown and the
construction of a . fireproof hall of
records in Washington for the preser.
vation of national documents, the lat
ter two resolutions being passed at
the request of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The committee on international re
lationships was empowered to sup
port an international Memorial day
on May 30 to be observed the world
over..
The board sent greetings to the
women of Japan and invited them to
send a delegation to the biennial con
vention at Lake Chautauqua, N. Y in
June. Support was voted to the Rus
sian relief administration and to the
friends service committee after a let
ter from Herbert H4Pver, secretary
of commerce, had been read.
Liquor Cache Is Found.
GOLDENDALB, Wash.,
(Special.) A liquor cache
Jan. 6.
was uncov
ered in the Simcoe mountains near
the Reed mountain farm in the Mun
son prairie section, about 16 miles
east of Goldendale, today when George
Reed, who, with his brother Silver
Reed, is serving a jail sentence in the
Klickitat county Jail on a moonshine
charge, piloted Sheriff Warner - to
the place where the brothers had the
manufactured product hidden. About
ten gallons of liquor, said bv Reed to
be double run product, wereund.
Montesiwio to Clean Up.
MON'TESANO. Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) Montesano will make a bid for
a lower insurance rate by giving the
city a thorough clean-up. A visit
from the inspector of fire hazards is
expected soon and Mayor Wilson is
determined that he shall find a spot
less town. Especial attention will be
paid to alleys and basements of down
town buildings. All dilapidated frame
buildings not in use that front on
alleys will be torn down. The work
will be under the direction of Fire
chief Healy.
Ilolsteln Breeders to Meet.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. . (Spe
cial.) Next' Wednesday jas been
fixed as the day for the annual meet
ing of the Lewis County Holstein
Friesian association. The meeting
will be. held in the Citizens' club
rooms. State Secretary Bouchart will
be in attendance. Election .of offi
cers and other matters, including se
lectiort of two delegates to the March
meeting of the state organization,,
will be transacted.
Electric Service to Be Extended.
ILWACO. Wash., Jan. . (Special.)
Arrangements for pole9 and other
material have been completed by the
Ilwaco Light & Power company for
extending its electric lines through
to Ocean Park and Nahcotta. A branch
service line will be extended to the
head of the bay, and will serve the
homes on that road. The line will
branch off from the main lines near
Long Beach. Construction work will
commence in about ten days.
Tacoma to Go Further Into Plans.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 6. At a meet
ing here last night it was decided
after Spokane men had presented the
Columbia basin project claims 4o hold
a general gathering of Tacoma Civic
club members here next Wednesday
to go further into plans for aiding
the financing of a survey by General
Goethals. The Spokane delegation
left for Portland last night. . ,
Farmers AVill Have Luncheon.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) Tomorrow noon there will be
a get-together luncheon at the Hotel
St. Helens by the Lewis county farm
bureau. State President Armstrong
of Yakima will be in attendance. He
Is also to deliver two other addresses
while in Lewis county.
State Services to Be Held.
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KELSO, Wash., Jan. . (Special.)
The Kelso Methodist church will hare
the third In its series of state services
next Sunday evening when Texas and
Louisiana nights will be observed. A
special speaker will take part in the
programme.
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Legion Post Installs Officers. ,
KELSO. WashJan. 6. (Special.)
Guv Rathbun nost Amerlrnn I.u.
of this city, Installed officers for th
R. OILL, N. W. DURHAM, GEORGE JL.
JOaES.
Ensuing year at its meeting in the
city auditorium last evening. The
new officers are: Commander, Elden
Dunham; vice-commander. Dr. A. N.
Pearson; adjutant, Walter Bacon;
finance officer, Archie Carroll; his
torian, Fnank W'ilkinson; sergeant-at-arms,
HerBert Carroll; chaplain.
Ford Lord.
HIGHWAY BIDS SOLICITED
Considerable Road Work Planned
in Grays Harbor County.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) Road bids covering more than
16 miles, and for a number of bridges,
were called for by the county com
missioners, at thalr session today
Most of the bids will be opened Feb
ruary 6, but a few will not be opened
until February 20.
The projects include six miles of
gravel highway between Markharn
and Westport; a half-mile of plank
roadway from 'Westport to Ocean
"beach; five and a half miles of gravel
road from Porter to Oakvllle; four
miles of gravel road from Westport
tuward Pacific; a 60-foot bridge ovet
Chenoise creek at Tulips; a 60-foot
bridge at Malone on the Elma-Oak-ville
road; a trestle bridge to gravel
bunkers, 80 feet long; a bridge on
Stilson road, 50 feet, and a bridge on
Heise road, 50 feet.
AUTO CAMP. SITE BOUGHT
Iloqulam Pays $3500 for Triangu
lar Tract of Land.
HOQtTIAM, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) With Charles Hill, commission
er of finance absent. Commissioners
Jacka and Young passed a resolution
authorizing the purchase of the Ralph
H. Emerson triangular tract of land
at Fifth. Emerson and Lincoln streets,
for an automobile tourist camp. The
sum paid was $3500. Last year Mr.
Emerson donated the use of the tract
and the city Installed many conven
iences. It was patronized by 1700 ma
chines during the three months it was
open.
Frank H. Lamb" appeared before the
commissioners to urge the purchase.
La Center Installs Council.
RIDGEFIELD. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) The 1922 council at La'Center,
near this .place, was seated Tuesday
night at the regular meeting. Thomas
Headley Jr.. town clerk, administered
the oath of office which was followed
by the routine of business. The town
council is composed of S. Fanning,
mayor, two-year term; F. L. Bacon,
T. W. Flnnegan, E. J. Hawkins, coun
cilmen, two-year term; C. E. Rhodes,
councilman, one-year term; C. A. But
ton, treasurer, oneTyear term. Coun
cilman I. H. Shaner retains his office
for another year.-. Mayor Fanning re
appointed Charles Knapp, marshal;
H. E. Basshem. police judge, and
Thomas Headley Jr., town clerk.
Walla Walla Club for Paving.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Jan. 6.
(Special.) The Walla Walla Ad club
at its regular meeting last night
unanimously indorsed the proposition
to bond the county for $125,000 to
complete the paving of the state high
way from near Dixie to the Columbia
county line.
Tagless Cars Target.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 6
(Special.) County officials, Sunday,
will commence arresting automobile
drivers who still are using 1921
licenses. Sheriff Springer announced
today. A penalty of $7 will be levied
on offenders. . ,
Kelso Has Acting Mayor.
KELSO, Wash., Jan., 6. (Special.)
E. A- Knight, councilman-at-large, is
actlifg mayor in the absence of Mayor
McLane, who is in California on busi
ness matters. Mayor McLane expects
to be back in Kelso in the near future.
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"When my baby was two weeks
old he began breaking out with blis
ters. Later the blisters
scaled over and itched and
burned so that he could
not sleep day or night, and
cried almost continually.
O'jfivV Mis arms ana Dacic were
f affected. His clothing
seemed to aggravate the
eruptions.
" The trouble lasted two months.
I began using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and after using one cake
of Soap and one box of Ointment
he was healed." (Signed) Mrs. M.
W. Quarles, Laingsburg, Mich.
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ItEIiP FOIl COLUMBIA BASIN
PROJECT REQUESTED.
Inland Empire Business Men Say
Products of Reclaimed Land
Would Come Here.
(Continued From Flrat Page.)
of N. W. Durham, managing editor
of 'the Spokesman-Reviov, who, de
clared that development of the proj
ect would add a population of 1,000,
OdO to the Inland Empire with 2,000,
000 acres under water. In 40-acre
tracts, he pointed out, with five peo
ple to each small farm, the project
would support a population of 260,000
on the soli,- and double that number
on 20-acretracts. which would be an
ultimate development. The growth
of towns and industries, ie predicted,
would equal the rural population.
"It Is not the smaller projects that
are menaced today," he said. "These
will be taken care of. But we are
adding to our national population at
the rate of 1.500.000 a year. Where
are lands to be provided? Very
largely In these arid domains, that
must be reclaimed or the nation will
suffer.
Water Shortage Feared.
"There Is going to be a demand on
these waters. We cannot hold them
forever. If we cannot be assured
teat this project will be made a fed
eral project and a continuing project,
we can have no basis to hold them.
And if they are diverted to other uses
this huge tract will remain in per
petual desert.
"I tell you that $200,000,000 a year
will be lost. What a crime it would
have been if the Yakima valley had
been kept in desert! Now multiply
that by six, for this project is equal
to six Yakima valleys."
J. A. Ford, managing secretary of
the Spokane chamber . of commerce,
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made a final plea for co-operation on ,
the part of Portland, and requested
that the local chamber name a stand
ing commute on the Columbia basin
project to confer and serve with sim
ilar committees in Spokane, Seattle
and Tacoma.- -
Help la Promised.
President Van Duser. for the Port
land chamber, assured the Spokane
delegation that their requests would
at once be referred to the agricul
tural committee for recommendation,
and assured them that Portland's In
terest in the Columbia basin project
is keen.
The delegation was welcomed on
arrival by Mr. Hetherton. executive
secretary of the Portland chamber;
E. N. Weinbaum, manager of the
trade and commerce department, and
E. E. Faville. chairman of the agri
cultural committee. Its members
were George A. Phillips, A. C. Loomls,
M. M. Htgley, N. W. Durham. ,IL R.
Gill, Charles- Hebberd, Arthur D.
Jones, W. T. Day, W. S. Gilbert. Will
iam A. Monter.e, TS. Lane and J. A.
Ford.
Driver Escapes 20-Foot Plunge.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) Ellis Loomis, crashing through
the Balch bridge, which crosses the
Chehalis river near Oakvllle, and
plunging in his rural delivery car 20
feet to the ground below, escaped
with only slight scratches yesterday
afternoon. Loomis was returning
from his route on Garrard creek,
when his car skidded, crashed
through the bridge railing and landed
bottom up, with the engine still run
ning. Loomis was able to crawl out
and made his way on foot to the
Balch Mercantile company's store.
The top of the car was demolished.
Postmaster Must Go to "School."
CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) E. L. Hughes. Napavine's new
ly appointed postmaster, received
word this week from the postal de
partment that he will be expected
to take a course In "postmastering"
before assuming his duties. The
"school" will be held in Seattle. -
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IIUXTIXG FOR LIQVOK.
Action of Washington Supreme
Court Is Declared to Bo Boot
loggers' Victory.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
Wash., Jan. 6. The supreme court of
Washington has held that concealed
liquor is Immune from seizure for
evidence except on a search warrant,
and Prosecuting Attorney Douglas of
King county today declared that this
is not a victory for bootleggers. The
decision, signed by five of the su
preme" court Justices, reversed the
conviction of Fred Gibbon of Ritzville.
who was picked up on suspicion by
the sheriff of Adams county and tak
en in his automobile to the court
house. There the automobile was
searched, a suitcase full of liquor was
found, after which Gibbon was served
with a search warrant, put under ar
rest, tried and convicted.
Prosecutor Douglas said today:
"Under this decision booze runners
who conceal their illicit cargo' in an
automobile in such a way that it is
not visible, cannot lawfully be
stopped and searched without a
search warrant and inasmuch as the
state la makes no rovision for a
search warrant for an automobile
but only for premises, concealed
liquor in an automobile is im
mune. Even if it were legal to get
a search warrant for an automobile,
the car at which the warrant Is di
rected could be in the next county be
fore the warrant could be served."
Any Joy among the bootleggers,
however, is likely to be short-lived
when they learn that the decision
will not have the slightest effect upon
the activities of federal prohibition
agents. Moreover, by decision of th
United States supremo court. it
makes no difference to the federal
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agents how the evidence Is praoured
so long as they are not dlrectiy im
plicated in procuring it by means
contrary to law. Sheriffs and their
deputies or any other peace officers
may continue to verify or allay their
suspicions and if they can get the
evidence into the hands off edtral
agents the same ends w-ill be
achieved.
PINCH0T ASKS PROTEST
Removal of Forest Control From
Department of Agriculture Scored.
GOLDENDALHl Wash.. Jan. 6
(Special.) With the contention that
the department of agriculture is the
proper place for the control and su
pervision of national forests, Gifford
Pinohot Tlas written the Goldendnlo
Commercial club asking that a formal
protest bo made by the club in the
form of a resolution against action
now pending at Washington, I). C. by
which It Is proposed to take th con
trol of national forests out of the
hands of the department of agricul
ture and place them under the super
vision of the secretary of the lnterlnr.
Mr. Pinchot has also requested that
the club adopt a resolution of protest
against removal of the bureau ot
marketing from the control of the de
partment of agriculture and that It
be placed In the hands of the depart
ment of commerce. He states that, in
his opinion, the department of agri
culture is the proper place to handle
problems affecting marketing of farm
produce. ,
Lutheran Brotherhood Organized.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Lutheran
church organization have organized
the Lutheran brotherhood, with Au
gust Jaeger, president; Arthur Wede
mann, vice-president; K. C. Jaeger,
secretary, and X.ouls Witte, treasurer.
The organization plans an active pro
mmitie for the winter season.
Monthly meetings will be held. At
I the end of each quarter a dinner will
be given.
Demand!
SJB
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