Seattle Municipal News, v. 19, no. 7, Feb. 16, 1929

              Seattle Municipal News
VOL. XIX.—No. 7
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 16, 1929
FIVE   CENTS   PER   COPY
Boy   Scout   Movement
Pays Dividends
Says Walsh
"Building boys is big business!"
stated Stuart P. Walsh, Seattle
Scout Executive at the last luncheon
of the Municipal League which was
devoted to a Lincoln's birthday and
Boy Scout program.
"A business springs up around a
demand for a given commodity.
Scouting was created because of a
demand on the part of men and boys
for a vigorous character building
program that teaches by DOING,
and overcoming obstacles.
Shielding the Present Generation
"Fathers and mothers sometimes
have an idea that their children must
be shielded from the hardships and
difficulties that they in their youth
met with, not thinking that it was
the overcoming of these things in
their own lives that made them successful. 'Dependability' is a factor
in successfully building men as well
as other products.
"Boys of the present day live in
an entirely different wox-ld from that
in which we lived and we are wont to
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ADVERTISING  DIRECTORY
The Seattle Municipal News re-
quests you to read the messages
of its advertisers:
Bibles and Religious Books
The Judson Press
Page 4.
Burglar  and  Fire  Alarms
Instantaneous Alarm Co.
Page 4.
Hotel Mark Hopkins,
San   Francisco,   California
Page 3.
First    Mortgage    Investments    or
Loans, Automobile, Papers, etc.
Mutual Credit Co.
Page4.
Real Estate Loans
Carey   Winston   at  Continental
Mortgage and Loan Co.
Page 4.
Oculists'   Prescriptions   and   Eyeglass   Repairing
Western Optical Co.
Page 3
Trinting, Briefs and Stationery
White & Hitchcock Corp.
Page 4.
Seattle   Savings   and   Loan   Association
Page 4.
Title Insurance
Washington Title Insurance Co.
Page 4.
Meeting Tuesday Noon, February 19
THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE PRESENTS
Report of the Candidates Investigatng Committee on Candidates for Councilman
ALSO
The Candidates for School Board Director
AND
The Candidates for Port Commissioner
have been invited to address the meeting
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET HALL
The Public Is Invited
NEWS  NOTES
LARGE  NUMBER OF NEW FACT-      NEW BULLETIN ISSUED
ORIES STARTED IN THE ON  AIR  SEASONING  OF
PAST MONTH WESTERN   LUMBER
The nine new factories established
in Washington state in January, together with seventeen added to the
directory of manufacturers which
had not been previously listed,
brought the active factory total of
the state to 5,954. Twelve of the
plants which had not been placed on
the lists before were established in
Tacoma during 1928.
Of the new factories which started
production in January, three are in
Seattle, two are in Bellingham, and
the other four are in Aberdeen, Ren-
ton, Vancouver and Walla Walla.
Among the products they are manufacturing are w i n d s h i e l,d swipes
springs, radio, amplifiers, fish reels,
paper bags, rattan baskets, gelatine
desserts and auto washing gloves.
One new manufacturer, said to be
operating the smallest "factory" on
Grays Harbor, was placed on the
lists during January. He is C. B.
Zuercher of Aberdeen who uses the
kitchen of his home as his workshop
and a jack knife as his "machinery"
in the manufacture of baskets. Zuercher learned his trade in a school for
the blind.
Projected manufacturing operations were announced by several new
concerns in the state during the
month. Stucco and brick veneer may
be manufactured in a new Seattle
factory. Coal briquets are the proposed product of the owner of the
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More efficient air-seasoning methods for Douglas fir and western yellow pine lumber can greatly reduce
the losses both in quantity and quality of the product, according to the
United States Forest Service. These
losses are going on largely unrecognized in many cases at present.
A study of the air seasoning of
Douglas fir, western yellow pine,
western white pine, redwood, and
other western lumber, has just been
completed by F. V. Fullaway, Jr.,
Herman Johnson, and C. L. Hill, forest products specialists in the United
States Forest Service. The field
work of this study was done in the
Pacific Northwest, the Inland Empire, and California, covering a
period of three years.
It has discovered that by the
adoption of improved air-seasoning
methods, the average drying time can
be shortened, with a consequent
faster overturn of stocks; shipping
weights can be lowered and final
moisture-content requirements more
nearly attained. Moreover, highly
competitive conditions in industry
make essential all practicable improvement and economy in lumber
manufacture, as well as a product
of the highest possibility utility and
one that meets consumer requirements satisfactorily. The importance of such considerations to the
lumber industry of the West is evident in view of the fact that 35
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Journalism Can Be Big
Power For Public Morals
Journalism as an ally of the judiciary for the improvement of public
morals is suggested by Dr. John W.
Cunliffe, director of the school of
journalism of Columbia University,
in his annual report to Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, made public yesterday.
Citing.cases in England, and matters which have been controversial
in this country, Dr. Cunliffe presents
what he believes to be a working-
compromise between the press and
the courts which would be satisfactory to all concerned.
"In matters of personal misconduct
publicity may be a salutary form of
punishment more effective than fine
or imprisonment," Dr. Cunliffe says.
"It is interesting to observe that the
makers and administrators of British
law do not wish to abandon this resource for the castigation of evildoers. The reporters have no legal
right to be present in court under
British law, but the legislature and
the judiciary both recognize that
their presence there may be of advantage to the public.
Deplores   S'candal   Policy
"Experience in England under the
new law restricting the reporting of
divorce cases by the newspapers
shows that both the legislature and
the judiciary aim to employ publicity
as a form of punishment for personal misconduct.
Exploitation of murder trials and
divorce suits by certain newspapers
for the sake of sensation or scandal
has been the larger consideration of
journalism as a factor in modern life
affecting grave public interests during the last year, Dr. Cunliffe believes.
"The London Observer," he remarks, "in an article recording a
large increase of divorce cases under
the new act, says that the judges, as
a rule, where in their view the publication of facts and information is
to public advantage, have taken special steps to give detailed judgments
in a manner rendering such publicity
possible.
"The Sunday edition of the London Times, in its report of a sensational case recently heard by Lord
Merrivale and a special jury, is of
interest, though it is too long to reproduce here. It begins with the
statement of the parties involved and
the claims made.
Courts  Get Greater Audienc«
"Then follow the names of the numerous and distinguished counsel en-
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