Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-06-03


the basement of the bank
Dwight Redman, In charge at Yaki.
ma OF construction for the Indian rec.
lamation service, has completed the
program for the present fiscal year
during which time he has spent $500.
900, He is now preparing to spend an
equal amount, which will be available
July /,
Construction will begin during the
month Of June on the cold storage
plant to be erected In Prosser. Ac.
cording to the plans announced by w.
+. Galliyen and A. NJ, Nyberg, who are
backing the enterprise, the plant will
have a 125-refrigerator capacity and
will cost $4,000.
Internal revenue officers have de-
tanned 100000 pounds OF butter In Sc.
attic on allegations that 1t contains
more than Is per cent water. The same
officers are taking steps to detain
other large quantities u butter now
in possession OF Washington and Ore.
gon manufacturers.
The first cutting OF alfalfa already
Is under way In some Of the districts
OF the lower Yakima valley. Con
tracts have been made covering con-
siderable portion OF the first crop at
prices around $25 ton. The expecta-
ton Of growers is that the 1920 hay
market will open and continue on high
levels.
Republicans of Washington were
urged to secure the repeal of the direct
primary law, which he characterized
as an instrument to defeat the real
will OF members OF political parties,
by William Howard Taft in an ad-
dress at reception given in his
honor at Seattle by King county repub.
licans.
Fify-seven tracts OF Indian lands or
the Yakima reservation were offered
for sale by Don M. Carr, superintend-
ent of the reservation. The highest
price an acre was paid for 80 acres
bought by Toppenish grower, who
paid $4,000. The total sum paid for
all the tracts was close to 100000.
In the neighborhood Of $50 Shriners,
representing Pendleton, Milton and
Athena, in Oregon, and Dayton, Pom
eroy, Waitsburg, Prescott, Touchet,
Walla Walla and Spokane, gathered in
Walla Walla Saturday for what is be-
lieved to have been the largest cere-
monial ever held in eastern Washing
ton. The main event was the initia-
tion of class of 107 novices.
Attack on the minimum wage of SIS
week for women employed in hotel
and restaurant work, established by
the industrial welfare commission, was
made In the superior court of Thurston
county by counsel for hotel owners on
a petition asking for review of the
commission order. John M. Wilson,
judge Of the superior court, took the
matter under advisement and will file
written opinion.
The business men of Wenatchee will
make four days automobile excur-
sion tour OF Okanogan county com.
mencing Tuesday, June 8. They plan
to take along their own camp outfits,
also service cars to make any neces-
sary repairs or adjustments on the trip.
They will visit Entiat, Chelan, Manson,
Pateros, Brewster, Twisp, Methow,
Winthrop, Omak, Okanogan. Riverside,
Tonasket and Oroville.
Splashing and driving operations of
log driving company cannot be en-
Joined, according to decision by
Judge Hewen of Pacific county in the
case of the Wake, Timber company
and j. H. Price against the Humptulips
Driving company. Judge Hewen stated
that log.driving company is public
service corporation and cannot be pro-
hibited from carrying on It's business
by issuance of injunctions.
More than 34O0 men employed on a
payroll approximately s125,000 week,
with not one Of the workers dependent
on government money either directly
or indirectly, is the remarkable status
of the Seattle shipyard industry today.
The close Of the shipping board pro-
gram was expected to leave less than
1000 men employed in the Seattle
yards, but the revival in the repair
plants and the small yards has served
to stabilize the whole situation.
A subcommittee representative of
the Joint committee appointed by Sc.
attic, Tacoma, Portland and Spokane
chambers of commerce will visit
Boise, Salt Lake and Helena to in
terest the officials of Idaho, Utah and
Montana in the proposed irrigation and
development congress to be held In
Seattle September 10 and ID in the
interest of the plan to develop the
arid lands of the Pacific northwest