Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-07-29
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences OF Past Week Briefly
Compiled For Our Readers

Professor II. T. Lewis, for six years
head OF the department Of economies
in the University of Idaho, has ter
dered his resignation, to become head
OF the department Of foreign trade IN
the University of Washington.
o. c. Graves Of Seattle was elected
president for the ensuing year, and
Spokane selected for the 1927 conyGn'
ton city by the first annual conven,
ton Of the Washington Retail Cloth
iers' association, held In Tacoma.
Despite the protest OF Iowa farm
ers and business against the renewal
OF the fourth (Ivy) division from Camp
Dodge to Camp Lewis, the division
will begin entraining August Is, ac'
cording to information received in Ia.
coma
City Treasurer ]. 8. Clark of Pull.
man paid 1924 for an old general fund
warrant issued on April 10, 1894, In
payment for the city's first street
sprinkler. The principal was only
s455, the interest being $3.50, or nearly
twice the principal.
The new road from Wallula to Bur.
bank will be completed by August 25,
j. w. Hamilton, state highway engi.
neer, states Mr. Hamilton said that
work is being done on ten contracts
on the Inland Empire highway between
Pasco and Spokane.
Date for final hearing and distribu,
ton Of the estate of the late ex-Gov.
ernor Miles c, Moore Of Walla Walla
has been set for August 81. The net
value of the estate for distribution is
$4s4.116, on which an Inheritance tax
of s9761.79 was paid.
Rents of houses and apartments will
go skyrocketing within the next 90
days, Spokane real estate men assert.
The percentage Of increases will range
from IL to 25 per cent, and will affect
all dwelling places that are for lease,
according to realtors.
For rent, only to families with chill
dren," reads sign CT the dwellings
owned by H. L. Neslin of Wa!la Walla
and Mr.. Neslin adds that he will give
his tenants a months rent free for
every child born to them while they
are residing in his houses.
A strong effort is being made by
the Ritzville commercial club to assist
in completing the 14-mile stretch of
road between Washtucna and Lyons
Ferry, which, when completed, will
make an improved road from Spokane
to Walla Walla via Ritzville.
Walla Walla growers are being ask.
ed to spray their apple trees the first
week In August and again the last
week in the month to insure protection
from codling moth. Spraying is ad-
vised several days later in Waitsburg
and still later around Dayton.
The board of county commissioners
Of Klickitat county have sold at par
the bonds for Improvement OF an 81a
mile stretch on the Evergreen high
way, extending from the corporate lin.
its of White Salmon to Mt. Brook,
which is on the main trunk road.
The grain belt of the Big Bend coun.
try, which includes Lincoln, northern
Grant and Douglas counties, is suffer
ing from its fourth year Of partial
drought and the yield this year is es-
timated now at about 80 to 35 per cent
of what has been considered normal
crop.
Seventy-two thousand, six hundred
and fifty.eight acres of Yakima reser
walton land are under cultivation this
season, according to crop census
compiled by L. NJ Holt, superintend
ent of Indian service reclamation work
This is an increase of more than 1000
acres since last year.
A district employment bureau IN
der the supervision of the United
States department of labor will be
opened at Wenatchee to distribute help
to the orchards of north central Wash
ington. The cost OF conducting this
office will be borne by the Wenatchee
Valley Traffic Association.
The report of the state treasurer for
the week ended July II shows total
cash balance in state repositories of
$4,000, S69.44 The public highway
shows an overdraft Of 5000, 713.72. High
balances include the permanent high.
way fund with 1854, OS2.66 and the
motor vehicle fund of s1,550,61O.&2.