Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-04-22

Plans to revive yachting along the
Pacific coast will be discussed at .
reorganization meeting of the Pacific
Power Boat association at Seattle Mll
10 Yachting and power boat men IF. III
all Pacific coast ports have been asked
10 attend.
L. II. Darwin. state fish commission
er, has notified the Lewis county game
commission that 25O,OG0 silver uolt
fry, assigned to the county. Will be
ready for delivery between May Z ID
10. The trout were hatehed at the
state hatchery at Dryad.
An increase of approximately s2s. 900
in teachers salaries was granted by
the Centralia school board at a special
meeting and April "a was set as the
date for a special election to authorize
an extra tax levy OF mills TO provide
1 FUNDS 10 meet the increase.
The Spokane County Triple Alliance
has gone out Of existence. At a meet
ing attended by is accredited delegates
it was decided by vote of II to 10
dissolve and turn over all papers and
assets to the political committee Of
the Central abor Council.
Joseph VIII. g. former internal
revenue officer OF =. .i., was found
not guilty by jury in federal court
at Tacoma on a charge Of using his
office to extort money. Immediately
following he was rearrested on a
charge of perjury during his trial.
To further accentuate the interest OF
Lewis county farmers in the sheep in
dustry, E. NJ. Hubbard, an expert from
the extension department of the state
college, Pullman, in conjunction with
County Agent e. T Flagg, is holding
a series of meetings at various Lewis
county points this week.
The Skinner & Eddy Shipbuildins
company OF Seattle has announced the
signing OF a contract to build 1880
ton oil tanker for Knute Knutsen. head
of powerful Norwegian shipping in
terests. The vessel, the contractors
stated, will be the largest merchant
steamship ever built there.
George F. Vanderveer, counsel for
the !. W. W. in the northwest. will be
tried in the superior court OF Clarke
county during the April jury term on
a charge OF holding unauthorized con
versation with prisoners in the county
Jail vanderyeer was fined in justice
court but appealed to the superior
court and demanded jury trial.
Strikes and lockouts should be for
hidden by law. compulsory arbitration
and mediation should rule In industry
and any court or commission set up 10
handle industrial disputes should be
elected rather than appointed. accord
ing to IS per cent of the persons re-
plying to questionnaires sent out by
the Associated Industries OF Seattle.
Rev. George Il. Kline of Spokane
was reelected elder of Spokane district
of the Free Methodist Columbia River
conference, in session at Walla Walla
The Rev II. f. Krieder OF Walla Walla
WAS reelected elder of Walla Walla dis
trict. Cloyerland. Wash, and Sum
mitt, Idaho. were taken out OF the Wal
la Wslla district and added to Spo-
kane district
Hay prices at Prosser have gone sky
high within the past two weeks. The
sudden appearance of Alberta buyers
In the district tributary TO Prosser has
crowded prices upward until practical.
ly the entire visible supply has been
sold and offers as high as s35 per ton
has been made foY No. l hay. lnas
much as It will be about two months
before the new crop is ready for mar
ket, 1t ls predicted by many that the
price of hay will reach $40 by June l.
Senator Wesley L. Jones, at the In.
stance OF NJ. l.. Dean, chief of the dl.
vision of horticulture of Washington
state, called the attention Of the In.
dian office to the existence of San Jose
scale and other pests In the orchards
on the Yakima Indian reservation ir.
rigation project. Mr.. Dean said the
state authorities were not authorized
TO enter the project and 1t was neces-
sary that something be d6i.e to protect
orchardists outside, but near the prof
ect. The chief OF the federal bureau OF
entomology promised to give attention.
What Is pronounced by experts to be
genuine oil sand has been penetrated
by the oil drills on the north side Of
the hills 1S miles northeast Of Prosser.
This accords with the predictions OF
biologists OF national repute who e1-
amined the field Thus far oil has no,
materlalized. although the signs are
steadily improving Gas in sufficient
quantity to supply Spokane. Portland,
walla Walla Yakima and the Puget
Sound district has been flowing from
at least two wells and plans are under
discussion fer piping this gas to the