Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-08

suit against the Wenaichea valley GaB
& Electric company. asking for 1864,
900 and interest on i general iaort
gage
Under present conditions II costs
the farmer Sho operates 24o acres
within radius OF six miles Of Pun.
man approximately 1891 bushel 70
raise 3O-buahei wheat according 10
figures compiled by Dean b. G. John.
son Of the state college.
After a flyedRy trip az mount ltaln.
Ter, if6 mountaineers OF Seattle, Eu-
gene, Yakima, Everett and Tacoma,
returned and left for their respective
homes A few members OF the Maze
mas Of Oregon aud the Sierras Of Cal
lfornla were In the party
An idea originating with the Cen
trial Labor council Of PaHco which now
promises to be carried to a successful
conclusion Ia the establishment OF u
social club TO include the entire city,
Committees from the various organi.
zatlons OF the city are at work on
the details.
Workmen have begun clearing the
ground for the erection OF a new fish
hatchery at Chinook, which the Wash
lngton fisheries department will build
10 replace the one now In operation
there The new building Will have
capacity of 100000 salmon eggs an
nually, nearly twice the capacity OF
the old plant
Mayor Il. e. Rogers and Glenn Nor.
man, superintendent OF the city light
department of Centralla. have return
ed from Charleston, where they inspect
ed power plant owned by The Wash
ingtonldaho Light & Power company
and which 1t proposes to inNsll at
Ccntralla for the Sherman county
Light & Power company
Edwin @. Ames. Seattle shipbullder.
was appointed by Governor Hart AZ
a member of the state industrial code
commission to succeed William Short,
president Of the state federation Of la
Dor, resigned The commission now
consists of w l.. Dimmlck, Yakima;
John pattison, Spokane; D. NJ. Evans,
II. A. Moore aud MIR Ames. Seattle,
o. s. Larsen. yice-president of the
andinavian.American bank AT Ia.
coma. has presented to the state a
life-size portrait of the late Governor
Lister The picture is the work Of
Sprague Hathaway, Boston tMassJ
artist, and will hang beside the por.
traits of other governors In the execu.
tive room of the capitol building at
Olympia.
The II alleged l. W. w. accused OF
the murder of Lieutenant Warren O.
Grimm at Centralia, November II, will
not be tried at Montesano This was
announced by Superior Judge John NJ.
Wilson after hearing arguments by
George +. Vanderveer, attorney for
the defense. for change OF venue II
is thought probable the trial will be
transferred to Olympia.
About 35,oo0,00O feet more lumber
was shipped last year from Grays Har-
Dor by water than the previous year,
according to figures compiled. Exclu.
sive of December, which was one Of
he largest months of the year, figures
FOR which are not yet fully made up,
shipments totalled 25S,414,700 feet.
approximately 80 million feet were
shipped during December.
Final estimates of the grain, potato
and hay crops in Washington indicate
a total area OF 3,s15,G00 acres with a
production valued at sl6i,09s, 900, as
reported by G. S Ray, field agent for
the federal bureau of crop estimates.
The area this year exceeds that of
1918 by 100000 acres while the agere.
gate value of the crops is more than
s44.000,O0O greater than last year.
new irrigation project has been
put forward with every prospect of
success. according to the hackers,
who say that If the application for
water rights is approved, the sale OF
the bonds to eastern capitalists is oer-
tain. The plan is to tap the Touchet
river at Bolles and carry the water
through 12-foot canal down the
Touchct valley and onto the lower
Eureka flat. About 1900 acres OF
land are to be irrigated. The cost of
the improvement is estimated at 49,
oOO.OoO.
In an effort to relieve the car short
age which is Gripping the lumber bus
mess in the northwest a large mum
her of cars have been allocated for
immediate service on the three trans
continental lines terminating at Seat
tie, W. c. Kendall, director of car
service OF the railroad administration,
told the Washington congressional
delegation Northwest mills, Mr.. Ken.
dali said. have outgrown railroad facil-