The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-15
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF.

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Reed College. Portland, addressed sol
diers at Camp Lewis Monday night on
American Troops in Europe" He
spoke also at two high schools in Ia
coma.
The penitentiary eyaporating plant,
capable Of handling 20 tons of apples q
day, viii be put in operation Monday.
The machinery was run for test Sat
urday and everything was found salts
factory.
Charles Miller, a deserter from the
United States Marine Corps last year,
has surrendered to the Seattle police,
declaring he was "ready to take his
medicine" if only he could get
chance TO fight the Germans.
Twenty-four recruits, many of them
prominent business men of Centralia,
have enlisted in company G, Bird regi-
ment, W. S. G., bringing the COM
pany's enlistment to 81 and insuring
the company not being transferred to
some other city.
Though North Yakima electrical
workers and girl operators Of the Pa
ciic Telephone & Telegraph company
are represented by delegates to the
Tacoma conference, they will not re-
sumo their strike pending the outcome
of mediation efforts at San Francisco.
A farm extension school opened in
Winlock Wednesday under the aus
pices Of the Washington State college
and continued two days. The instruc-
tors were furnished by the State col
lege, State Agricultural department
and Western Washington Experiment
station.
Kittitas county will endeavor to
raise $1,000 for Y. NJ. C. A. war work.
This amount was set at the district
rally held for that purpose in Ellens-
burg recently. at the Y. M. c. A. w.
C. McMorran, of Seattle, manager of
the central section of the Washington
war work council, spoke at the meet
ing.
Officials of the Utah-Idaho, Sugar
company, whose plant at North Yaki-
ma was finished recently arrived from
Salt Lake Tuesday to inspect and take
over the factory from the construc-
ton company and to look after the de-
tails in connection with the building
of factories at Toppenish and Sunny
side.
Up to date the Puyallup-Sumner
Fruitgrowers' association has packed
1867 dozen gallon cans of apples, put
ting them up at the rate of 450 dozen
cans day. AT the Sumner plant plans
are under way to install an apple but
ter department. A modern aluminium
lined kettle holding 400 gallons is al
ready in place.
A county agricultural council is be-
ing formed in Pacific county by County
Agriculturist Nelson for the promo
ton of essential things for the good of
the county in the agricultural line.
The council will be composed of farm
ers, Representatives from the farmer
organizations now existing or any that
may be organized from all over the
county.
Nineteen Seattle young men, sus-
pected of failing to register and other
wise evading the selective draft act,
were taken by Federal officers from
the steamer Alameda on its arrival
from Southeastern Alaska Friday.
Seventeen of the men claimed they
were over the draft age. Two showed
blue cards. The officers claimed these
two were suspected of failing to report
for examination when called. The 10
were placed in the city prison pending
investigation.
C. L. Terry, railroad man of Pas
co, has passed the examination for the
engineering corps which viii go to
Russia. Mrs. Terry has gone to Mil
waukee to remain while Mr.. Terry is
in Russia.
In order to straighten out a mixup
at the terminals of the Seattle port
commission, the State Public Service
commission called meeting of the
Seattle officials and the state grain in
spector at Seattle Monday. 1t is re-
ported that there are now 1872 cars of
wheat at Seattle that csnnot be IN
loaded and some of them have been
there since early in October.
Blame for the recent outbreak
Of typhoid fever in Walla Walla
is partly laid by City Health Officer
w. NJ. Van Patten to the use of vege-
Ia bles grown in land irrigated by Milk
Creek and the Singleton creek, and
washed in these creeks before being
put on the market. People are advised
to cook the vegetables. Flies and
other methods also spread the disease,
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