Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-04-22
WASHINGTON STATE
news CT INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week PrietIy Compiled for
Our + eaders.

The Colville Chamber OF Commerce
has recommended concrete paving OF
eight blocks in the city.
The water rights OF wenatchee in
the Squillchuck and Stemitt creeks
have been sold for $4,000.
Civic improvements totaling about
100000 have been ordered by resolution
OF the Newport town council.
Receipts from tolls over the North
ern Pacific bridge are netting the city
OF Aberdeen a substantial sum.
Plans are being discussed for the es
tablish.nent oil dehydrating plant in
Spokane county to handle Gull apples
A heavy rain is reported from all
over the Inland Empire At Spokane
and vicinity 1t was 20 OF an inch in
"a hours.
The first full carload of rhubarb has
left Walla Walla for the coast. This is
eight days later than the first ship
ment in 1913.
Posses with bloodhounds are search
ing the hills near Black Diamond for
George Rasovlch, accused OF the muir
der OF Pete Chelovich.
Preliminary details have been ar
ranged for the 1920 session of the Cen
tralla state normal school, which will
open in June for nine weeks.
Not to be outdone by high school
boys who have adopted overalls as
standard raiment, Tacoma high school
girls will don Bingham gowns.
AT special election of the Grange
ment highway district it was voted to
issue road bonds to the amount OF
100000, by vote Of IS TO 80.
The Elma-McCleary stage. carrying
high school students, ran off the bridge
near Mohneys' prairie, Two yount
ladies were more or less injured
Pine City reports that the warm
weather is putting the grain crop in
more favorable condition. and progress
in spring seeding is well advanced.
An increase Of 1850 to $3.50 teacher
is assured the Chehalis teaching force
for tho coming year, according to q
schedule adopted by the local board.
Walla Walla restaurant men signed
an agreement to remove potatoes from
bills of fare and to keep them off the
menu until they drop to IS hundred
Pullman and the state college are to
have cooperative grange store in the
near future, following action taken at
recent meeting of the state college
grange.
School teachers and supervisors oil
Tacoma have been granted a wage in
crease of s42O a year. The new wage
schedule will go into effect in Sep
TENDER.
The annual session of the Washing
ton conference Of the Free Methodist
church will be held at Centralia from
April 81 to %, with about 175 delegates
in attendance.
William Howard Taft will address
the students Of the state college and
the townpeople of Pullman in the state
college auditorium on the evening OF
Friday, May q.
In speech before the Grays Harbor
really men Herbert Cuthbert predicted
that tourists will spend between $50.
100000 and s6O.OOOOO0 in the Pacific
Northwest this year.
Manuel a. Cardinale, Samuel King
and Ernest Watson three alleged radi-
calls, who were held for deportation.
mysteriously escaped from the imml-
grafton Jail at Seattle.
The Seattle city chemist is working
out a set of gasoline standards which
the corporation counsel will incorpor-
ate in a city ordinance to regulate the
quality of gasoline sold in Seattle.
Rain and cold weather are doing
much damage to gardens near Walla
,yalla. Near wallula numerous wash
outs are reported, and some damage
vas done TO roads in the Dixie district.
William Bates. Sc shot and killed
,iaude Walt, 81; badly wounded his
l9-year-old daughter, beat his wife over
he head with revolver, then shot
and instantly killed himself at Leav.
lnworth.
Thomas H. Phillips, Tacoma, was
elected president of the Pacific Slope
Allied Printing Trades conference and
next years meeting was awarded to
Fresno, Cal, at the session Of the con.
terence in Spokane.
Aberdeens park area was increased
~ 80 acres when the members Of the
council accepted a deed Of gift from
Mrs. Jean b. Stewart of land lying in.
mediafeIy north and west of the north
!de pumping station.
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston. stale
superintendent Of public instruction.
has named May l as public school day
She has asked that county superin.
5endents Of schools take charge OF the