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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
VASHON HEIGHTS

Mrs Geiger visited in Seattle last
Saturday
Mrs, f, W, West and son Frederic
were visitors in Seattle Monday,
John Olson, employed in Seattle, Wis
tied with his parents last Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Cook has been i'll during
the last ten days with severe cold.
John a. Corhin is making some
needed improvements on his property
by shooting the leftover stumps
a. D. Cowan exhibited thirty barred
Plymouth rock chickens at the poultry
show in Seattle this week. He took
first on nearly all.
At the egg-laying contest at Pull
man Samuel Stcyenson's pen of white
leghorns is eleventh on the list. This,
we consider, is excellent when you
realize there are two hundred pens in
competition.
Mr.. Taxpayer, it cost eighty-four
dollars TO cast sixty-seven votes in six
precincts on the island at the port
commission election. Gee. that money
would have paid for several loads of
gravel and done some good.
Paul n Kokey, manager of North
old Farm, took first prize at the Sc
allie show on pen of Cornish chickens
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

was very laughable, several peanut
stunts, also pinning the tail on the dom
key. Mrs. w. NJ. Goodchild made up
some very nice puzzle cards, which
formed names and quotations. These
were tackled up on the walls. Prizes
were given for all these affairs. Then
coffee and cake finished most enjoy
able time. Next meeting will be hard
literary stuff and musical program.
The Parent-Teachers Association at
Columbia school asked the School
Board to furnish lumber for a play
shed, which they did. The following
friends and neighbors, under the lead
crship of Messrs. Hoffman and Krok-
set, built the building: Edw. Earth,
Fred Fox, Edw. Hamcrqnist, +. O..
Ramquist, A. II. Peterson, +. o. Rim
dial, Frank Johnson, A. Lokke, w. NJ.
Goodchild, d. S. Siegrist, G. Johnson,
Mr.. Servold, Mr.. Sevcrson. Il. o. Oh
son, Mr. Hendricks, George Holland,
Axel Bjorkland, Mr.. Cherry, Gabe
Mathiason. The dear ladies furnished
hot coffee with several nice dishes,
such as chicken, baked beans, hot bis
cults, creamed potatoes, etc. That made
mere man feel that the shed building
was all right. And so 3ox60 shed is
up-and we hope that Vashon sidewalk
will be the next improvement.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
EGG

Editor Record: We are going
to differ with some of your good
correspondents, and claim that
instead of the telephone, electric
light, The Record, or any other
utility mentioned being the most
valuable asset to Vashon Island,
it's EGGS!
After a careful study of condi-
tions, soil, climate, environment,
and other elements affecting Va
shon Island, together with some
experienced covering several years
of observation, we have come to
the conclusion that the future
peace, happiness and prosperity,
particularly prosperity, of its
people, is in EGGS. So far as
we can see, that's it. Maybe we
can't see far enough; but eggs
look good. Why? Well, we will
try and elucidate.
Now,it may help some to men
ton a few things that have been
tried and to lis look like failure.
Mavbe someone will come to the
rescue and tell where we are
wrong.
First, take dairying, and it's
covered in one sentence: Feed
costs too much. /" Taking into
consideration first cost of stock
and necessary equipment, and
the fact that very few people on
the Island are situated to raise
even a small quantity of neces-
sary feed; lack of pasture in
most cases all the year; in the
most favored localities only sufti-
cient to keep up full flow of milk
for two or three months, make
the dairy business unprotitable
as business. A COW or two for
family use is another matter.
Same with hogs. They eat too
much high priced feed. They
won't pay-as business.
Fruit, as it has been handled
on Vashon Island, or, indeed,
anywhere on Puget Sound, is
failure as a business. Without
going into details, we cannot
compete with more favored fruit
localities, as Wenatchee or Yak
ina. There is one exception to
this strawberries. They will
pay anybody willing to do the
necessary work. Not many good
Americans are willing to do the
necessary work.
So let's get back on the nest.
If you take into consideration
the fact that you don't have to
have good land, high priced
land, to start with: that it don't
necessarily cost very much to
build buildings sufficient to start
with; that you can get start of
stock at nominal cost; that you
can raise, even on the poorest
Continued on page two
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DOCKTON

The NJ. E. Ladies' Aid met with
Mrs. Turnbull en- Wednesday after
noon. Those present were Mcsdames
Riehm. Pankratz, G. Peterson, II.
Larson, DanielsoD, Carlson, Ongstad,
Ness, and visitors A. Stuckey, Harri-
son, X. Anderson, and NJ. Hake of
Tacoma.
Rev. Bale, of Burton exchanged
pulpits with Rev. Gebert last Sunday.
Quite a number of young people
attended the high school play given
last Friday evening at Burton high.
Those going over were the Misses
Hazel Peterson, Annie Larson. Han.
nah and Esther johnson, Hansinia and
Ebba Peterson, Grace and Applied
Nelson, and the Messrs. Lawrence
Riehm, Mitcnell Plantich and John
Pankratz.
Mr. a. Hicks returned from North
Bay last Thursday where he had been
TO 2ok over some timber.
Mht c. Smith and son Charles re-
tufne3 from the olympios recently
where they have been for the past
three mouths.
One of Be,ystrom's lsrge pile drivers
was pulled up on tiv ways this week
fn, eytanstv.a ra,anft.
a big shipment OF lumber consign-
ed TO the N. P. Railway was turned
out from she Pankratz mill this week.
A sample copy Of The Record will
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

Dance AT Maury Hall, Satur-
day evening, December %. Ad
mission. gents soc; supper free;
good music. Ladies', please bring
refreshments.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

Mr.. d. G. Fenton of Quartermaster is
slowly recovering from long siege OF
illness.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

A sample cops OF The Record will
be mailed TO any address on request.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

a big shipment OF lumber consign-
ed TO the N. P. Railway was turned
out from she Pankratz mill this week.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
BETTER SHIP SERVICE
FOR HONDURAS COAST
Ward Line Announces Appointment
Of Agents to Improve
Conditions.

The New York and CUBA Mail steam
ship Company (Werd line) of New
York, which recently announced the in
auguration of a direct line of freight
and passenger steamers between New
York and the principal ports on the
Pacific coast of Central America, will
imprbve shipping conditions on the
southern coast of Honduras. Messrs.
Teodoro Koehncke & Co, of Amapala,
have been appointed agents for Hon
duras
Heretofore the Pacific Mail Steamship
the only line making. ANA pala Il regu-
operated beyond the Panama Canal
Zone all merchandise coming from or
destined for the south coast of Hon.
duras has been subject to transship-
ment at Colon and frequently to con :
siderable delay before the arrival of
the vessels of the connecting line
Sometimes it happens that several car
goes are landed almost simultaneously,
and then there is a lull of SIX TO seven
weeks before another call is nade.
Breakage due to unloading and re-
loading at Colon and frequent pilfering
of freight while stored on the isthmus
have been reported in the past. ANA
pala forwarding firms anticlpats-a con-
siderable saving in time and reduction
in breakage as a result of the instail"- :
tion of the new direct line.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
MAY USE VIOLET RAYS
TO PURIFY PARA WATER
Brazilian City Plans Sterilization
Scheme and Seeks
Information.

The water supply OF Para, Brazil,
may be purified in the future by the use
of ultra violet rays for sterilization.
William &. Downs. the United States
commercial attache at Rio de Janeiro,
has made brief report on this mat
ter, in which he says:
"In his annual message presented to
the congress of the state of Para. the
governor OF that state called attention
to plans which will be put in operation
for the Improvement OF the water sup
ply of the city of Para AS soon as the
condition of the treasury permits, and
adds that attention is being given to
the possibility of adopting system
not yet employed in any other city in
Brazil, namely. the modern process of
steriliZinS water by means of ultra
violet rays.
The adoption Of this system depends
on reliable Information in regard to
the cost of the observation-disclosures
which it has not been possible to OBJ
tain in Europe up to the present time"
Evening star., 1916-11-18

confusion of ideas about the church IN
the popular mind: the church is not an
ark of salvation. a saints everlasting
rest an oA ladies' home. social club,
nor "A literary society, but IL is com
pany of honest sinners" who know
their need of divine help: IL is power
house for the supply of spiritual and
moral energy: il is a training camp for
the shaping of force to capture the
world. and IL is an lntrenched position
against every great force of evil.
The excuses for not joining the
church are such bald fallacies II Is
hardly necessary TO expose them. Here
are a fewtof the most common ones of :
fered today. and which are recognized
as reasonable by no one except those
using them: Il am not good enough :"
/, join the church''-tJesus came to save
sinners. not the r:shteous): Il may fail
and bring discredtt on the church,
(the individual responsibility Is not
avoided by staying out of the churchp
The church lis fun of hypocrites'-
(Nell. there is always room for one
moreD: Il would have TO bear the
church'S burdens"-t"His yoke is cas-.
His burden is light'D; II cannot believe
all the things the church members do
-tbut maybe you don't know what
they DO believep; 81 can be just as good
on the outsidc'-(but how can you tell
till You Try the insdeD
Remember. Jesus said, He that is not
for me is against me.
Evening star., 1916-11-18

yourself at fearful disadvantage by
trying it. and deprive yourself of all
the facilities which the church pro-
vides for your development and serN-
ice. You can educate yourself and. not
only attain high state of mental de-
velopment. but render great service To
your fellow man. and there are many
men who have done this, but these sue
ceeded in spite of their handicap. and
not because of it. and their attachments :
would undoubtedly have been higher
and their service greater If they had
had the advantages of school and col
lege training: so this can give YOU no
argument against going to school. In
the same way. if you would attain your
highest. and render the greatest scrv-
ice possible for you, you must take ad-
vantage of the facilities offered you by
the church. Some of these facilities
are instruction. opportunities for SerN-
| ice and the fellowship. example and
good influences. as well as counsel and
| help when needed. of your fellow Chris
tiauS.
J The third outstanding reason is that
| il is commanded by God-taught by
| Christ. 1t was founded by Jesus. and
| He constantly emphasized to His fol-
| lowers that they were all to be MEM
bers Of His body. the church. OF course,
| He had in mind no narrow meaning in
! speaking of His church. nor do we at
| nomination, There is, perhaps. some
Evening star., 1916-11-18
EpWORTH LEAGUE DISCUSSION.

do not look at it from that viewpoint.
But to join the church-that is a great
and serious step; declaration of in
tention: a deliberate public choice of
COO and His institutions and His peo-
pie: consecration to life of service; a
voluntary enlistment in The army of
the living God.
Why. then. should you join the
church? Out of the great array of
Facts and arguments that might be
given. there are three outstanding rea-
sons that should compel conviction.
In the first place. the church needs
you! 1t has prospered without you,
true. and it will not fail of it's pur-
pose If you refuse to join: yet there is
specific task for you that you can
never perform without becoming
member of the church. The church
has big job-the evangelization of
the woodland every Christian is
needed for its accomplishment. Eng
land expects Lyery man to do his duty"
and God expects every man to take
his place in the army Of Christians.
God does not need any spies or scouts.
but he does need you in the ranks of
his army, where you can render the
highest and best service you are capa-
Bile of.
In the second place you need the
church! Perhaps you can serve God
outside Of the church, but you put
Evening star., 1916-11-18

master Corps, is assigned to the 37th
Infantry.
capt. Howard White, Philippine
Scouts. retired. is detailed as an acting
quartermaster at Fort Omaha, Neb
Leave Of absence for twenty days is
granted Maj. James J. Mayes, Judge
advocate.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt. Harry A. Schwabe. Coast
Artillery Corps.
The resignation Of First Lieut.. James
A. Morgan. Medical Reserve Corps, Is
accepted by the President.
FIRST Lieut.. Weston W. Nipper. Ned
ical Reserve Corps. is honorably dis
charged from the service of the United
States. his services being no longer re-
qu!red.
The leave of absence heretofore
granted Capt. William A. Castle, 9Th
Infantry, is extended twenty days.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commander l.. NJ. Overstreet
to bureau of navigation, Navy Depart
ment.
Lieut.. ]. N Ferguson, to naval mag
azine. Iona Island
Naval Constructor J. f. Bailey. from
navy yard, New York, to navy yard
Philadelphia.
Chief Boatswain /. Nordstrom, from
naval training station. Newport, to
naval torpedo station, Newport, II. l.
Gunner A. DeSomer, to Montana.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
PL0Ws NOT NEEDED.
State of Bahia, Brazil, Too Steep for
Their Use.

The state of Bahia. in Brazil, is far be-
hind the state of Sac Paulo in the use
of agricultural implemen nj IS and farm ma
chinery. The land, after the fores,
growth has been removed and burned
is broken up and pulverized to provide
for seed bed for crops The only i'm
plement used is an adze-shaped hoe
which does the service of both pIow
and cuitivator, as occasion NAV de-
mand.
Much of the land in the state of Bahia
Is too steep to permit the use of horse
drawn implements, and the cut-oveI
tn1ber!ands. with the stumps still pro-
trudlng, do not invite the use of la bor-
saving implements Just now, but wher
more or the unoccupied lands have been
taken up ana as land generally in
creases in value the time will surely
come when the use of walking piows
dlsh plows and orchard cultivators will
be necessary and when they win be
sought by Bahan farmers.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
The Goods They Need.

Then, too. there is demand for
manufactured articles of every possible
and Imaginable type, and. above all.
those which have to do with agricui
ture. Uruguay. southern Brazil and
Argentina form one of the great wheat
regions of the world: the demand for
sugar machinery is growing constantly
I'm the tropical sections of the conti-
nent. and the Brazilian cotton market
IS going to take its place some day be-
side that of our own south and OF
Egypt Then. too. all the luxurious ac-
compartments of refined taste are in
demand, and these tastes in Latin
America are in a remarka bile degree 70
be found everywhere. and in no way
inferior to those which characterize the
greatest capitals Of the world The
Latin American even OF moderate stand
ing enjoys a cultivated acquaintance
with the fine things Of Europe-aith
European literature and drama. with
the finest costumes that Paris and Lon
don can produce-a familiarity that is.
indeed, rare in the United States And
] have mentioned here only thu SUPER
iicial things. !or the Latin Ameri AN
especially if professional man is
closely in touch with all that goes on
in European centers OF his profession,
the latest fcientific instruments from
Germany. AID is constantly alive % all
the intellectual currents Of Europe.
This intimacy between Latin America
and Europe is bound to create a strong
demand throughout Central and South
America for articles of refinement and
culture, and TO create there at least as
Evening star., 1916-11-18
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

Cant Walter T.. Gunster. 18th Infan-
try is detailed for service in the Quar-
termaster Corps, vice Capt. Thomas S.
Moorman. relieved
Capt William II. Rucker. Field Artil-
lery. is relieved from duty at the
Mounted Service Schools. Fort Riley,
Tex. for duty.
Leave of absence for two months on
surgeons certificate of disability is
granted Maj. Samuel ]. Morris. Medical
Corps.
Capt. Tenney Ross. general staff. is
relieved from his present duty and will
repair to this city and report to the
chief of staff for duty.
Leave Of absence for one month, on
account of sickness. is granted to Maj.
Edward F. Geddings. Medical Corps.
Capt. Sheldon w Anding. infantry.
will proceed to the Walter Reed Cen
eral Hospital for observation and
treatment.
First Lieut.. Gilbert r. Cook. infantry.
will proceed to Manila. p. l.. for duty.
Capt. oliver F. Snyder. infantry, will
Washington. D. c.. for examination.
SerRt. Charles Young. Coast Artillery
Corps. Fort Worden. Wash. is placed
upon the retired list. and will repair
to hts home.
First Sergt. John ]. Burns. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, Fort Flagler. Wash, is
placed upon the retired list and will
repair to his home.
First Lieut.; Roy W. Ashbrook. re-
tired. liz detailed As professor of mill
tary science and tactics at the State
College Of Washington, Pullman. Wash.
First Lieut. Edward l.. Hoffman. gath
Infantry, is attached to the aviation
section Of the Signal Corps as an avi-
alton student, and will proceed to San
Diego, Cal, for duty.
Cant. ThonoA s. Moorman, Quarter
Evening star., 1916-11-18
NO CACAO IN CHILE.
Candy and Other Factories Have Oh.
tanned Some in Germany.

Consul General l.. j. Keenan,, at Val
paraiso. Chile. reports that no cacao
is grown in Chile.
The imports of cacao, or crude choc-
olate. for the past three years were as
followsS Nineteen-thirteen, 300, 1852
pounds; 1914. 255,101 pounds. and 1915,
310.3S7 pounds. The principal coun-
tries of supply We're Ecuador and
Peru. although in 1913 53,657 pounds
OF cacao were received from Germany
This article is imported into Chile al
most exclusively through the port of
Valparaiso.
The principal purchasers are Hucke
Hermanos Cia., OF Valparaiso, and
Mckay & Co, of Santiago. Both of
these concerns are bakeries and bis
cuit-making establishments that also
prepare chocolate and cocoa for house
hold use. make sweet bar chocolate,
milk chocolate. chocolate candies, etc
Evening star., 1916-11-18
COST OF OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Republican Committee Spent 1913,
351.9S: Democrats. S57.555.

COLI J-MBCS. Ohio. November 1s.-t lie
republican campaign in ohio cost
S313.:::51.9s. according to a statement
of expense filed by Chairman Charles
:. Hatfield OF the executive committee
with the secretary of state. There Is
s134 .649.Gs in outstanding bills. with a
balance of SCI, in the treasury.
| leaving a deficit of $es,3o6.S7, accord
ing to the statement.
Total receipts of the state committee
were S3O3 3.sso.11. including note of
500, 900 ''to cash on a Cincinnati bank.
Among the big contributors to the
fund We're:
Col William q. Cooper Proctor Gin
cinnati $4,000: Il. X. Hynicka, Cir
cinnati, national committeeman. S1",-
! 900; II. II. Timken. Canton. S1o,unU; &.
~ Otis. Cleveland. S:3,3no. There
We're numerous other 81 900 contrihu-
tons mostly from Cincinnati and Can
ton.
Myron T. Herrick. defeated candidate
for the United States Senate, reported
$7,9s2. 20 spent
The democratic state organization
Thursday filed a statement showing g
s57 ,55J expended on the democratic
campaign.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
Topic:
WHY JOIN THE CHURCH?
Eph., 1921.
BY Robert D. Burbank,
esident of Washington District Epworth Leasue

"wbv go to church," has been the
s,,h;ect Of series of articles by preach
ers and Iaymen published by various
newspapers throughout the country
one of the best appearing IN Ihe star
last year. Enough reasons have been
adduced in these articles to convince
the most skeptical of his duty to go to
church. but the topic question this
w.ek goes a long step beyond mere at
tendance. and challenges the duty to
'' - ts obvious that joining the church
is very different from merely going to
Church and has much deeper sig
nificance. Mere attendance implies PIE ~, no
rJa act of worship-even II the at
tendance was purely intended for that
purpose. and 1t is noticeable that many
Of the arguments for going to church
Evening star., 1916-11-18
MEXICAN NEWS NOTES.

The Mexican news bureau here to-
day made public the following news
items in regard to Mexican affairs:
The customs collections at the port
of Vera cruz Tor the month of October
approximated nearly S1,00o,o00 in ma
tional specie, showing steady ratio of
appreciation and an early return to the
income of normal conditions.
The new Mexican minister to Guate-
mala. Senior Salvador Martinez Alomia,
informs the government that reports
recently published in the foreign press
regarding the activities Of Felix Diaz
and his associates on the Mexican side
of the Guatema1an border have no
foundation in fact. Instead Of having
large forces at their command and car
rying on a campaign. it is said. they
have been defeated and dispersed and
are suffering from hunger. No aid
whatever is being secured by them
from Guatemala.
An invention has been perfected in
San Luis Potosi for the manufacture
of tortillas, by which it is claimed 3.0Uo
an hour can be produced of as high
class as the handmade article. For
centuries this article of food has been
solely hand product. requiring much
labor and loss of time.
In Guadalaj jara a private citizen has
established g public dining room where
large numbers Of the poor are fed daily.
In this enterprise he is assisted by
some of the leading merchants. The
authorities have taken severe meas
ures to deal with merchants who Sc
crete supplies of food articles of prime
necessity, governmental regulations re
quirins that they report accurately all
stocks on hand.
4 series of teachers institutes has
been inaugurated In the state of Ia
maulipas for the purpose of bringing
est standard Great interest is taken
in this feature.
The first workingmans congress will
meet in Merida, capital of Yucatan.
November 19 All questions affecting
the condition Of the working people Will
be discussed and measures taken to
secure the carrying out of the reforms
pledged by the revolution. This con-
and it's recommendations will be sub
mitted to the regular state congress for
approval or amendment. Great eX-
pectations are entertained regaring the
outcome.
Gen. Enrique Estrada has been ap-
pointed governor of the state OF FAC
atecas, in place of Gen. Charles PLANK,
who has been appointed to position in
the capital city.
, Gen. Arnulfo Gonzales has been ap-
potuted governor Of the state of chi
huahua, in place of Col Ignacio Tre-
vino who has been given a mission
! OF Importance elsewhere.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
Work to Start at Once.

Work of wrecking the present buiid-
ing is to be started within sixty days, II IS
stated. and the old building is to be torn
down and out of the way before March D.
Immediately thereafter construction
work is to begin. and it is expected
the building will be completed by next
November.
The site extends from Pennsylvania
avenue to + street on 10Th street. Win
smaller frontages on the Avenue anu
on + street. The present building, OF
red brick has occupied the site ior
many years. being used for office and
commercial purposes.
Evening star., 1916-11-18
Mrs. Hartman Loses Necklace

NEW YORK, November 1S.-A dia-
mond and ruby necklace said to be
valued at $4,000 has disappeared from
the 9Th avenue home Of Mrs. L. Fl.
Hartman. according to police officials.
who admitted that detectives were at
work in an effort to solve the mystery.
The loss of the necklace was reported
to the police several days ago, 1t was
said Details, however, have not been
made public,