Show washington the blue sky law presented to the state legislature by re representatives presenta tives from chehalis county has been condemned by the NoAh northwest west mining association the bill contains some points that are good said F C bailey secretary of the association also it contains some that are vicious it would permit me to dispose of 1000 shares of personal stock for a personal benefit but would deny me the right to sell shares for the benefit of the mine and its stockholders unless I 1 sub cited to a burdensome and expensive investigation vesti gation at a recent meeting of stockholders of the knob hill mining company with holdings at republic the following officers were elected john byrne spokane president chester shoudy vice president 0 A broyles secretary treasurer the board of directors is composed of john byrne chester shoudy thomas A white H C kreysler A V chamberlain mrs john byrne and J E daley the annual report shows a loss of for the year the total income was and expenses the payroll account was and the general expense including tax and power was cash on hand totals the suit of the standard oil company against the state of washington for 55 is now slated for decision in the united states supreme court this is an outgrowth of the oil inspection act which first went into effect in 1905 the superior court of the state decided the case in favor of the standard company but was reversed by the state supreme court the law complained of appoints an inspector and a corps of deputies who are charged with inspecting spec ting all oils for sale in the state and collecting a fee from the owner of the oil large enough to defray the expenses of his office the standard oil attorneys tor in arguing the case here reported that the total expense of administration of the act from 1905 to 1914 was while receipts for the period were a profit to the state of |