Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-06-03
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

festival vii be held in Vancouver Sep.
TENDER 1G, II and IS.
The Clarke county game warden has
planted 100000 eastern brook trout in
Clarke county streams.
The first cutting OF alfalfa In the
Umatilla district will commence In 10
days. The crop 10 said to be unusually
heavy.
Because of the inability OF Spokane
business men to agree on membership
no fair price" board will be establish
ed there.
The state reclamation board is dis
cussing the opening of the first unit
OF 10000 acres Of the Metho.Okanogan
irrigation project
The Washington Baptist congrega-
lions composing the western district
held session at Aberdeen with 100
delegates In attendance.
Shortage of paper hangers and paint
ers at Walla Walla has delayed the
opening Of the American Legion head
quarters another month.
The mayor of Seattle has been ad.
vised that certain appraisals made of
the municipal street railway before 1t
was purchased by the city cannot be
found.
Sixty residents Of Tacoma narrowly
escaped death near Port Ward when
they were trapped mile from shore
on blazing launch with heavy sea
running.
The body of Roy Dunno, % years old
of Fallbridge, who was drowned May
8, with William Darling, at Cello Falls,
was found in the Columbia river at
Washougal.
The business men of Raymond have
asked the city council to pass legisla-
ton requiring sawmills to do away
with open fire pits and substitute fire
proof burners.
Governor Hart says he will ignore
charges made by William Short OF the
Washington Federation of Labor that
the governor is opposed to an adequate
wage for women.
The Aberdeen high school has again
been closed on advice Of City Physician
Kline. The closing period is ten days
on account of additional cases of small.
pox among students.
The city council OF Chehalia has d.
cided not to ask for recount Of the
census by the federal government. The
census only gives a population of less
than 5000. The local claim is 5000.
Plans to charter special train to
carry Washington republicans to the
national convention at Chicago were
abandoned because of failure to obtain
advance reservations for convention
seats.
A body practically identified as that
of Ole Hanson, alleged to have been
participant in the Armistice day muir
ders at Centralia, has been found near
oakville. 1t was evidently a case of
suicide.
Frank Troeh, of Vancouver, coast
champion trap shot, is the highest
standing shot in the country for 500
tournaments He has shot in 500 events
and he has the remarkable average
of 96.S3.
A strong effort is being made to line
up the farmers and laboring men of
Franklin county with the nonpartisan
league, and the state headquarters OF
the league have been moved from Seat
tie to Pasco.
Farmers along the upper Tucannon
In Walla Walla county have closed the
stream to fishermen. Campers and
sportsmen are blamed for several fires
and the shooting Of several hogs and
cattle last year.
According to Tacoma fishermen the
treaty between the United States and
Canada will put purse seine fisher
men of the sound out of business with
the exception of fall salmon fishing,
which is done in the upper sound.
To compete with other western roads
20 carriers have requested the state
public service commission to recon-
mend to the interstate commerce COM
mission reduction in present rates.
The commission will make the recon-
mendation.
Notice has been filed with the public
service commission by the Wenatchee
Valley Gas G Electric company that on
June Is the rate for electric power for
pumping Will be raised from s36 to
$40 per horsepower during the irriga-
ton season.
Three dollars and up to So bushel
has been received by Il. e. Starkey of
Prosser for carload lots Of corn. Ow-
ing to the number of prizes won by
Starkey in national contests his corn
has been in great demand by seed
companies.
The existence of soviet from