Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

week, TO encourage Washingtoninns
to help eat the 100000 boxes Of ap.
pies produced in the state.
Attorneys for Mrs. Dorothy Moore
Fields, widow OF First Lieutenant Jay
NJ. Fields, who died as a result OF an
accident at Vancouver September 16,
have filed with Robert u. Brady, city
clerk, a claim for 100000 against tho
city of Vancouver.
A threeday conference to formulate
program of legislation for public
schools OF the state was held in Ia,
coma with representatives from many
parts Of Washington The conference
was called by the legislative commit.
tee Of the Washington Education as
ISOLATION.
Over $4,000 Of unpaid wages due
workingmen from INSCRIPTIONS and In.
solvent employers were collected dur.
ing the II months ended September /
by the wage collection apartment of
the state labor commissioner office
and paid over to the men.
The reorganized industrial welfare
commission has recommended that
labor unions Of Washington cooperate
with those Of Oregon in an effort to
procure reduction Of the 54.hours week
regulation in Oregon, to conform with
the eight.hour day condition obtaining
in Washington.
Declaring existing federal laws en-.
tirely inadequate to curb the growing
traffic in drugs, a federal grand jury
at Tacoma presented report recon-.
mending to congress the passage Of
more drastic legislation The grand
jury indicted 10 persons for illegal
traffic in drugs.
Owing to the fact that some of the
strawberry fields Of Lewis county
have become seriously affected with
the strawberry weevil, District Fruit
Inspector Albert has issued warning
to growers that before selling or ship
ping any plants from their patches an
inspection must be made.
The efforts of the state Of Wash
ington, through State Fish Commits.
sioner Darwin, to propagate the Puget
sound sockeye have proved success
full. The sockeye, which is of Fraser
river (Canada) origin, is the greatest
of all Puget sound salmon runs and
is the finest Of known species.
In an address before the Pacific
Coast Association of Port Authorities
at Seattle, John H. McCallum of San
Francisco, president of the California
state board of harbor commissioners,
declared that Pacific Coast ports are
superior to those of the Atlantic Coast
in location, facilities aud markets.
Prominent building owners and man
ayers of the northwest were guests Of
Spokane during a two-day conference
v hich was held at the Davenport
Hotel. Representative were present
from Portland Tacoma, Seattle, Vic
toria and Vancouver and also from
Salt Lake city and from San Francis.
CO.
After nearly six weeks away from
home with his herd Of purebred Jer-
seys, which he exhibited at the Spo-
kane Walla Walla, Yakima and Puyal.
lup fairs, N. C. Sears has returned to
Winlock. At the various exhibits Mr..
Sears winnings totaled $40 and n
silver cup. The latter was awarded him
at the Puyallup fair for the best young
herd.
Henry W. Stein farmer.labor candi.
date for state senator from the
Twenty.third senatorial district, com
posed of Island, Mason and Kltsap
counties, won his mandamus action
begun in the Thurston superior court
to compel Secretary OF State Hinkle
to place his name on the November
ballot when Judge Wright, after argu-
ments, ordered the writ
A committee of Centralians Friday
went to Olympia and interviewed Of
ficials of the state reclamation service
relative to the proposed dredging Of
the Chehalis river, whtreby many
acres OF inundated land southwest OF
Centrala would be reclaimed. State
officials win look over the project,
after which a survey will be made and
costs estimated. 1t Is proposed to
form district and issue bonds.
Surveying crews, said to be EN-.
ployes of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad, have for the past
month been making a survey along the
west bank of the Columbia river, near
the east line of Benton county The
survey Is said to extend from Han.