Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-05-06
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

ported slow.
Winlock poultrymen have effected
permanent organization.
John w. Heron, former mayor of
Cathlamet, is dead at his home In that
city.
Premiums for the Western Royal
Livestock show to be held In Spokane
next fall will total $4,000.
Sowing of the Spokane county 1920
crop of peas, estimated at $4,000 to
10000 acres, is in full swing.
The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons held the thirty-sixth annual
state convention at Spokane.
Aberdeen bank deposits during this
first four months OF the year increased
$993,s1o. a gain of nearly Is per cent.
The annual convention Of the Wash
ington State Carpenters council will
be held in Spokane the week Of June
81.
May day brought to more than 1000
union labor people of Spokane wage
increases ranging from so cents to
81 day.
Highway improvement contracts to-
falling $311,s4S were awarded by the
state highway commission at Olympia
last week.
The price Of milk was reduced cent
a quart by large distribution concern
Of Spokane. The new price will be
IA IL cents.
Extensive investigation over period
of two weeks has uncovered no evil
dence of speculation in sugar By brok-
ers or jobbers in Seattle.
The Northwest Expressmen's asso-
citation, at meeting in Spokane. pass
ed resolutions demanding an increase
of s48 month In wages.
Funds have been apportioned from
the knights OF Columbus 100000
surplus war service fund for an e1-
service mems night school at Spokane
Deputy Game Warden W. Van Ausdle
has filed suit to prevent the city of
Walla Walla from emptying sewage
into Mill creek, to the detriment Of the
fish therein.
The Pabouse Athletic association has
been organized with volunteer mem
bership of rs school boys. young mon
and business men, and with prospects
for membership Of 200.
Spokans's Central Labor council.
while indorsing the good intent behind
the overalls movement, has declared
that the solution is to be found not in
overalls but in old clothes.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the plant of the City Mill-works COM
pany, In Tacoma, and for time threat
ened to spread to other industries. The
loss was estimated at 100000.
The Columbia Basin OIL company
has bought thnee carloads of drilling
machinery. an s0foot derrick aud 1000
feet Of casing In California and 1t IL
en- route to Alfalfa, where an oil we'll
10 to be drilled.
The city of Toppenish has won on Its
petition for a second grade crossing
over the Northern Pacific tracks. The
case was twice lost before the public
service commission but was carried to
the superior court and won,
The sundry civil bill reported to the
house by the appropriations commit
tee provides $4,000 for maintenance
and construction of the Okanogan ir-
rigation project in Washington and
| 1851 900 for the Yakima project,
State Treasurer w. w. Sherman an
nounced the appointment of c. w.
Hinton as deputy state treasurer to
succeed George Hall. who recently re-
signed to become manager OF the
| Olympia Building and Loan associa-
ton.
Started by volley fired by de-
tachment of United States marines
from the marine corps recruiting Of
flee In Seattle, Ray A. Wilson, form
er marine, at noon Saturday began an
attempt to run from Seattle to New
York city.
The Crown Paving & Construction
company, a Canadian concern. was
awarded the contract to construct the
paved road from Walla Walla to the
state line for s272.071.3O The road will
be of concrete with Z 1.2.lnch center
and 6 inches on the sides. It will be
Is feet In width.
Four men were instantly killed and
"a others injured, two possibly fatally,
when runaway logging train, operat.
ed by the North Bend Lumber COM
pany. was derailed at curve three
miles from North Bend. The dead are:
Joseph Finnigan, William J. Hsilwood,
John Sundqust, timberworkers. and
Harry Fleming. engineer.
Land Commissioner Savidge an
nounces that 1t has been decided that
cascara bark may be sold from state