Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-04-08

numbering 80 and Including several
women. motored to Pasro lass week
to advocate a railroad from wenatchee
to Pasco-
A meeting OF bee enthusiasts Of
southwest Washington Was hela at
Chehalis in the office OF Secretary
Walker OF the Southwest Washington
Fair association. with four counties
Lewis, Thurston. Grays Harbor and
Cowlitz represented.
Complaint that the North Coast
Power company. which owns the water
works of Vancouver. is charging er-
orbitant rates. has been filed with the
public service commission at Olympia
An investigation will be made and
hearing probably granted.
Four hundred members Of the Beth
lehem White Shrine OF Seattle, the
Mizpah White Shrine of Tacoma and
the Bethany White Shrine Of auburn
attended a ceremonial In Centralia By
the newly organized Judea shrine of
that city. class of PA candidates
was initiated.
Richard Sugars Post No. II of the
American Legion. has the distinction
OF having a young woman as mem
Der. Miss Stella Dean recently discharg.
ed from the army, where she served In
the medical corps in the work among
disabled soldiers. having Joined the
Castle Rock post.
Although no new business has been
accepted for two months. pending the
decision of the United States supreme
court on the eonstitutionality Of the
federal farm loan act, the federal land
bank of Spokane finished March with
applications for loans to date amount
ing to 1O024s,27s.
A copy OF resolutions passed by the
received in Centralia, Wherein the
council offers $4,000 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction OF those persons respon-
sible for the death OF Wesley Everest.
an /. W. w. who was hung.
Don Smith. trapper on North river.
In Grays Harbor county. reports that
all OF the streams In that vicinity are
fairly alive with beaver and that their
cuttings which can be seen floating
down the rivers every day, indicate
heavy damage to timber. A law forbids
the capture OF the animals.
At meeting held in Centralia BY
representatives of the Centralia, Che
halls, Olympia, Aberdeen, Hoquiam.
Montesano, South Bend and Raymond
| high schools Southwest Washington
Baseball league was organized. The
league WAS divided into shree divisions.
the winners in each TO play II series
for the championship.
Spokane's mortality rate for 1919
was the lowest Of is representative
cities In the United States, according
to figures compiled by II. C. Bender,
superintendent of the municipal de-
partment of public utilities Spokane's
rate was announced as l4.5 per 1000
OF poulation, compared with II for
Seattle. which was second.
The Skinner & Eddy Shipyard No.
2. at Seattle, taken over by the govern
ment on a mortgage. has been sold to
David Rogers While the price was
not stated. Rogers announced some
time ago that he had offered s3,400.000
for the plant. The former owners OBJ
tanned an injunction to prevent sale Of
the yard recently but the order was
later vacated
Prices of the higher grades OF wo-
mems shoes in Seattle have increased
an average OF $T.14 pair since 1916,
according to figures made public by a
special committee of the chamber of
commerce which is investigating the
shoe prices, The probe Is being con-
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/. Miller. dean of the school of bust
ness administration at the University
OF Washington.
/. NJ. Howell. secretary OF state, has
sent out notices to corporations doing
business in Washington and liable for
the payment of corporation license
fees, calling attention to the fact that
the time for payment of the annual IL
cense fee will expire July /. If not
paid at that time, the statute imposes
an additional penalty of $3.50. Cor
porations falling to pay for two sue
cessive years will be stricken from the
record.
Members OF the Puyallup and Sum
ner Fruit Growers association. repre-
senting several thousand fruit and Der.
ry growers OF the Puyallup valley. Sat
urday received s152.522 of undistrIb.
uted funds OF the association. The as
ISOLATION not only distributed 10 per
cent per annum on every share of stock
from the time of issue until the pres
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