Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-02-12
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

] "a " 49, v NANA
OF the 20 births at cenIralis during
January. II were females
The quarterly convention Of the Pu.
get Sound Society OF Friends was held
in Seattle.
Influenza cases are decreasing In
number in Seattle. DR.. II. NJ. Reed. city
health commissioner. announced.
Rev jeremiah Dick. for l6 years
Sunday school missionary OF the Con.
gregational church. is dead AT Seattle.
A total OF 1900 Vancouver voters have
Joined the Triple alliance. according
10 an official OF the central labor ooun-
ell.
Investigations in the alleged irregu-
larities in the Pacific coast shIpbuild-
ing program have been resumed al Sc
attic before a federal grand jury.
Fire destroyed the Thompson-Ford
Lumber company sawmill at Kelso-
The loss is estimated at between s4o,-
900 and $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance.
Four famous guns operated by the
146th field artillery recruited mainly
from Washington. Oregon and Idaho.
have been presented to Walla walla by
the war department.
Shipments to date from Yakima
valley points, with estimates OF 200o
cars OF fruit yet remaining in stor-
age, indicate total production of
1917 cars last season.
F. L. Warehouse, 49,. bank clerk,
within half an hour after his arrest
at Semitic, pleaded guilty to an indct-
ment charging him with embezzling
$4,000 from his employers.
A record price for wheat was paid at
Wslla Walla, when Joe Grote, Eure-
ka farmer, bought 5000 bushels OF
Early Bart for seeding. Grotc paid
$3.50 bushel for the grail.
The school teachers of Pasco have
requested that they be given bonus
in addition to their regular salaries.
The bonus asked for approximate 20
per cent OF their contract salaries.
The receiver of the First Interna.
tional bank OF South Bend, which fail
ed three years ago, has declared div
idend OF 25 per cent, and asserts that
another one will be declared shortly.
The Berg-Griggs company OF Tacoma
was awarded contract by the state
board of control for construction OF a
central heating plant at the state in
dustrial school for girls at Grand
Mound for 1890.
A contest of the will OF J. d. Sher-
wood of Spokane, who was killed in a
California automobile accident togeth-
err with his wife. has been filed by a
sister of the wife. w'io claims that the
husband died first.
Two grain elevators and warehouses.
with capacity of 800 900 bushels each,
will be erected a; Moscow. Idaho, and
ColfsI, Wash, this summer by Allo-
way 6 George, Spokane contractors.
according to plans made public.
Dr. F. E. Smith, chief dairy and
fuel Inspector of Seattle. was elected
president of the Parific Northwest As
ISOLATION OF Dairy and MIX Inspectors
at the eightn annual convention of that
organization which was held in Port
land, Or.
The Kelso city council has entered
into an agreement with d. B. Fleck.
owner of the Kelso water system, sub
leot to the approval of the voters Of
the city, by which the city will pur-
chase the Kelso Water company sys-
tenn for $4,000.
A huge electric power house driven
by water damned on the north fork
OF the Lewis river, in Clarke county,
and to cost possibly s5,000,0OO, is to
be built by the Northwestern Electric
company of Portland. If rumors 10 that
effect are true.
The board of Lincoln county com
missioners has granted franchise to
the Washington Water Power company
for an extension of their power trans
mission line nine miles northwest OF
Wilbur. The new line will supply light
and power in a number OF farm homes
in tho territory.
Pending favorable decision by the
courts. stockholders of the Puysllup
and Sumner Fruitgrowers' association
Will distribute a $4,000 melon which
with interest totals $4,000 For the
1919 season, returns to the growers
amounted to s77s,74O at a cost OF oper-
alton Of s721s.
The state sheriffs association. in
session at walla walla, reelected
George Reid OF Spokane president and
elected John l. stringer OF Seattle
vlce-presidsnt; Clarence E Long OF
spokane, secretary-treasurer The next
meeting viii be held in wenatchee,
October 10 Z, 1920