The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-10-23
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences OF Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

A post of the American Legion has
been organized in chewelah
The sixth annual harvest carnival
was held iii St John last week.
The health officer has guaranteed
is cases Of smallpox in walla walla
since October l.
The Goth annual session of the
Pacific county teachers institute held
A three days programme at Raymond.
Inmates of the western state hospital
will perform most Of the labor in the
proposed paving OF l.22 miles of Stella.
COON boulevard.
The Aberdeen, Montesano link OF tho
Olympic highway. closed most of the
summer because Of PAVING work, will
be opened to traffic about November
Is.
Drilling for bedrock on which to
erect the five proposed dams in the
Columbia basin survey project will be
begun in the Hangman creek district
this week.
Roy G. Perry, aged 10 years, North.
ern Pacific fireman, was shot and kill
ed by Palmer de Chazzo. who m. stock
him for a bear. The shooting oc.
CURED near Tono,
An increase OF more than 10000
people is shown by seattle's 1918
directory, now completely compiled
This gives Seattle population OF APP
proximately 100000
The appointment Of Ira Lockney OF
Wisconsin to the desk OF consulting
engineer to the state safety board has
been announced by Chairman j. S.
Kloeber of the beard
The strike of timber workers in the
mills and woods Of the Inland empire
has reduced production about so per
cent. It was stated at the offices OF the
timber products manufacturers.
The United States dredge Monticello
is dredging out the channel at several
OF the worst bars along the Cowlitz
river below Kelso, and will be working
on the river for about six weeks.
The annual state convention of the
Washington Woman's Christian TEN
perance union was held in Chehalls
with between 200 and 500 delegates
from various parts of the state present
John Cicoria, Seattle cafe owner and
prominent in Italian circles, is dead
from the effect of gun-shot wound.
Edward Kienstra, Seattle lawyer, has
admitted, police asserted, that he shot
Cicoria,
Figures from railroad offices show
that 11l6 cars OF apples were shipped
out of the Yakima valley last week,
the total value OF the shipments to
the consignors being more than ST.
100000.
Governor Louis f. Hart, attended a
meeting of the state board of pardons
in Walla Walla. There are 125 cases
to be acted upon at this session, but
It is probable not all of them will be
reached.
The main office of the Weyerhaeuser
Sales company, which directs the sale
of weyerhaeuser timber products in
all parts of the United States, is to
be removed from ST Paul, Mimi, to
Spokane.
Use of the Tacoma state armory for
a meeting 10 be addressed by canon
de Valera was refused in letter re-
ceiyed by the Central Labor Council
from Harvey j. Moss, Acknowledgement
OF the state.
The 10 l. w. W. members charged
with wearing insignia of an organiza.
ton hostile to the principles of the
United States government were acquit-
ted by a judge in Judge Blake's depart
ment at Spokane.
During September the port Of Seattle
ocean terminals earned s27,72s over
all expenses, including allowances for
depreciation, interest and other over
head charges, according to the com.
mission auditors report
State Senator W. Lon johnson of
colviile was probably fatally injured
and Representative Al Weatherman OF
Addy was seriously hurt when John
sons car overturned on a grade on the
state road in Summit valley
About 1000 or 5000 Of the 10000 or
more teachers Of the state Of Wash.
ington are expected to attend the 1919
convention of the Washington Educa-
tona1 association, to be held in Seattle
from October % to November /.
The new telephone cable between
Tacoma and vashon island is in work.
ing order. The 11oOO-foot cable runs
from Point Defiance park to the south
end of vashon island, The cable
weighed 80 tons and cost $4,000.
Cannery men and fishermen OF Grays
Harbor, after suspension Of work for
more than two weeks. reached an
agreement on prices and fishing was