Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-08-12
Washington State
News Of Interest
Important Occurrences OF Past Week Briefly
Compiled For Our Readers

supervising harvest operations on his
200-acre ranch. Mr.. Wheeler ex
pressed surprise at the growth OF
Prosser during the last year and
stated that the Yakima valley is one
of the most prosperous districts he
has ever visited.
Governor Louis F. Hart sent tele.
gram to Senator Warren G. Harding
asking that, If he is elected presdel&
he will name as secretary of the in.
terror a man from the west who is
familiar with conditions In this sec.
ton, it was announced from the gov.
errors office. The governor also sent
letters to II other governors of west
err states asking them to take similar
action.
Private water companies are entitl-
ed to make a charge for fire protec-
! ton, irrespective Of the quantity of
water actually used to extinguish fires,
was the decision Of the public service
commission rendered in the case of
| Pittock. Leadbetter Lumber company
ct al, of Vancouver, Wash, against
the North Coast Power company
Dan Radovitch, whose wife was
found hanging to bannister in her
home near Silverdaie last Monday,
was charged with first degree murder
by Prosecutor H. E. German of Kitsap
county, following the verdict of ply
sicians that the woman died of a
broken neck, but that the fracture
was too low to have been caused by
hanging.
Operation of Seattle's municipal
street railway system will cost $7O6,'
| 9O2 less in 1921 than in 1920, accord
ing to an estimate by the city council
| budget committee. The reduction was
| effected, it was said, through the elm
| nation of number of offices and pc.
sitions, and in economies not affect
|
| ing the character of the service to
patrons.
Captain |. M. Howell of Tacoma,
| Washington's secretary of state for
| II years, died without dime. Liter
| ally he was broke" AS n result,
| Mrs. Howell, his widow, is now ar
ranging to go to work to support her
self and her young son. She will take
| a position as clerk in the very Of
! flee in Olympia that her husband man
| aged so many years.
Fruit shippers Of the Wenatchee dis
| trict are entering strong protest
against the recent ruling OF the inter
state commerce commission which in
creases the freight rates on apples
from 25 to 1914 per cent. If the pro-
posed increase goes into effect it will
mean that fruit growers of that dis
trict will have to pay from $1,350000
| to $1,S75 900 more in freight rates this
year than last it was said.
There may be suspension Of side
walk work in Walla Walla and delay
in the completion of highway paving
| Jobs unless the threatened shortage
OF cement is relieved For several
weeks the highway contractors have
been borrowing from each other in an
effort to keep all contracts moving,
but unless a large number Of carloads
arrive very soon there will have to be
extensive shutting down of work
Decision of the United States cham.
Der of Commerce to make Seattle
headquarters for new northwest
district of the organization was an
nounced through the Seattle chamber
| by Paul GLADSTONE, secretary OF the
western district, with offices In San
Francisco. Establishing direct com.
munication with the head offices in
the national capital. this step will give
two days quicker service than has
been possible when going by way of
San Francisco.
During the month Of July Thomas
and Meservey recruised 47,274 acres
of timber land in Cowlitz county
which cruised 2,443,OOO,OOO feet or a 70
per cent increase over the old cruise
of 1869, OOO,O 900 feet on approximately
the same ground. About 100000 acres
OF timber land have now been re-
cruised, or about half the timberland
of the county and the increase on the
entire area totals 81 per cent. The
new cruise on these 100000 acres is
4270OO,OOO feet compared with A.,
21,OOOOO0 feet under the former