The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-06
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF.

and award the contract for the compile
ton Of the Temple OF Justice. II Ia
reported that lively bidding Is ex-
pected.
Yakima celebrated Thanksgiving
with its first anowstorm OF the season.
The storm began early, heavy, wet
snow falling throughout the day. The
local weather station Gays the precipi-
tation Is equivalent to .s5 inch.
One of the most historic memorial
services in the history of the North
west TO commemorate the 10th ami
versary Of the tragic Whitman inassa-
ere was opened at Walla Walla Satur-
day by chapel service IN Whitman
college.
The first snow of the season has
fallen in Colfax. Rain had been fall
ing at intervals for several days and
at noon Monday 1t turned to snow In
the hills, but it Is melting almost as
fast az it falls. The weather is mild
and the ground is not frozen.
Reporting on health conditions at
Camp Lewis, Surgeon General Gorgas
says there were i067 cases Of sickness
in camp during the week ending No.
vember 23 as against 1919 during the
week ending November 16. The cases
Of measles increased from 10 to 20.
Wireless messages were sent from
Seattle Tuesday asking the steamers
Ketchikan and Dora, in Alaskan wa
ters, to look out for the 3000-ton barge
Barracuda which was blown to sea
from Seward, Alaska, during bliz-
card November ~. Three men were
aboard the barge.
The North Yakima plant of the
Jones Brothers company is now crush
ing 10000 gallons Of apple juice daily.
In the last two weeks nearly 5000 tons
Of apples have been converted into
cider and six carloads have been ship
ped daily. The company will retain
1000, 900 gallons to be coverted into
vinegar.
Spruce areas in Washington and
/ Oregon. large and small, are to be
made Immediately available for use of
the government in its airplane produc-
tion program as the result of a confer
ence between Colonel Brice Disque, in
charge of spruce distribution ard cut.
ting in the Northwest, and $50 repre-
sentative lumbermen of the two states
at Seattle Monday.
As result of the movement started
in Colfax for the suppression of disloy-
atty patriotic leagues" are to be or
ganized in all parts of Whitman and
neighboring counties. The officers of
the league and Colfax citizens are
daily receiving letters from all sec
tons, not only in Washington, but in
Oregon and Idaho, complimenting the
citizens on the work that has been
done and asking advice in handling
similar conditions in their respective
communities.
Federal officials are cndeavoring to
trace suspected connection between the
Circulo Studi Social, an alleged Ital-
ian anarchistic society, and bomb
explosion in Milwaukee, Wis. police
station Saturday, which caused the
deaths Of 10 men, immigration Com
missioner Henry M. White of Seattle
announced Saturday. Milwaukee dis
patches said the bomb was found in an
Italian church and taken to the police
station for examination. Mr.. White
directed the recent federal raid in
which over 70 alleged members Of
the society were arrested in the North
west.
Alleging that he broke his promise
to marry her, Elizabeth L. Code of Sc
attic has brought suit for damages in
the sum of $4,000 against William J.
Lewis of Leavenworth.
Chief of Police Miles McGrail of
Centralia was taken to hospital Fri
day morning, suffering from blood
poisoning resulting from his running
rusty nail into the back of his hand.
Colfax banks have deposits aggre-
eating $3,430,3 1856. The money Is held
as follows: Colfax National bank, ST.
614,s41: the Farmers National bank,
S1.25S,445; the First Savings and
Trust bank, s9S4,290; Colfax State
bank. s222,290.
Tacoma upheld its reputation as
soldier Gretna Green Thursday when
81 couples we're granted marriage IL
censes. Those from Oregon were; D.
r. Buchanan, Seattle, and Georgia Tay-
lor, Astoria; Fred Bartell. Newmaus
Grove, Neb., and Agnes Madsen, Port
land John Pruyn, Elizabethien, KY,
and Orie1 Ship. Portland; Clarence D.
Loekead, Portland. and Mary A. Pad
der, Tacoma Daniel J. Conan and
Mary Frances Fox. both of Portland.
It was announced this week by H.
o. Fishback, state insurance commits
sioner, that the Fraternal Order of
EAGLES is planning to enter the fra.