Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-12-17
State NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

cause of the Danger of the falling tim
| hcrS.
The selling Of stock In the Denton
Franklin Iatercounty Bridge com.
| pany, which was organized for the
purpose of building bridge across the
Columbia river between Pasco and
Kennewick has been proceeding quite
satisfactorily.
Demand for the output of the Cow
| litz Valley Cheese associations plant
in Toledo has Increased to such an ex-
tent that the association is contem-
/ plating putting on two new milk
routes. An additional 1000 to 5000
pounds of milk can be used daily.
| Result of study Of the needs and
problems of the small town, ranging
in population from 800 to 5000, in
| the three states of Washington, Ore.
gon and Idaho, have recently been
made public by the Bureau Of NUM-
cipal Research of Whitman college.
Numerous public works are to be
undertaken by the city of Tacoma to
relieve the labor surplus, special pref
erence being given to married men
with dependents. The total cost OF the
contemplated improvements runs to
, several hundred thousands of dollars
Sixty-slx Protestant churches of
Seattle, embracing II denominations,
and associated under the name of the
| Seattle Federation of churches, have
lind up for a fight against what they
| believe the main cause of divorce in
this state; namely the divorce statute
of 1898.
A basketball schedule for the South
! west Washington lnterschoastic
league was adopted at a meeting in
Centralia by the athletic directors Of
the various schools In the league, in
Guiding Centralia, Chehalis, Hoquiam,
Montesano, Olympia, Raymond, South
Bend, Tenino and Aberdeen
The city of Spokane, through Cor
poration Counsel ]. w. Gerashty, has
filed with the public service commits
sion protest against increase Of street
car fares in Spokane to s cents az pro-
posed In tariffs filed by the Washing.
ton Waterpower company and the Spo-
kane & Inland Railway company.
By unanimous decision the supreme
court has upheld the validity Of an
order of the industrial welfare COM
mission fixing SIS week as the mini
mum wage for women employed in
the hotel and restaur mt industry in
the state Of Washington. The decision
was by the court en- banc, tho opinion
being written by Judge Wallace Mount.
A campaign to raise $3.50 900 in
Washington as the state quota in the
national drive to be conducted by Her
bert Hoover to provide S33OOO,OOO for
starving children in Europe will be
| inaugurated December 49, 1t Is an
nounced. 1t is planned to divide tho
state into six districts, each having
a chairman to direct the campaign,
according to the announcement.
Nationwide exploitation of Alaska
and Pacific coast salmon, bringing
salmon as a food to the attention Of
all sections of the country through
an aggressive advertising campaign.
was the decision Of salmon packers
representing all sections of the coust,
who attended n special session in
Seattle of the publicity committee Of
the association of the Pacific fisheries
Prominent members Of the Chinese
Hip Sing Tong, one of the most i'm
portant tOngs in the country, organ
lied in Seattle in 1894, met last week
in Seattle for the third annual con
vention. Delegates were present from
New York .city, Philadelphia, Billings,
Mont. Chicago, Pendleton Portland,
and Astoria, Ore; San Francisco, San
Jose and Fort Blake, Cal; Minneap-
oils, Mimi; Spokane, Wash, sa6
! pniaa Idaho