Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-02
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

| primary election September H. that
number of voters having registered
when the city poll books closed.
! County Assessor Hull announced
that he will certify to the state board
OF equalization $2S7 ,S3S755 as the as.
sessed value Of King county property
70" 1920. This is an increase of ST..
| 81! ,295 over the assessed value in
1918.
The Cowlitz county board of equal.
lzation has fixed the average valua.
ton Of timber in the county at 81 rs
cents per 1000 per township. The total
assessed valuation of Cowlit2 county
FOR the coming year will approximate
SlS.O0O.OOO.
Picking Of hops at the yard of the
Klaber Investment company at Klaber,
IL miles southwest of Chehalis, will
begin about September 6.
white collar" workers in stores and
offices in the state of Washing.
ton will be the particular objects for
4 drive for statewide unionization to
begin Immediately, it was announced
by William Short, president of the
Washington State Federation of Labor.
Brigadier-General George b. Dun
/ can, commandant Of Fort George
! Wright, near Spokane, has been order
cd to leave September l for Camp
Lewis to assume command of bri-
gade Of the fourth division recently
transferred to Camp Lewis under the
recent army reorganization plans.
With IS assertions from the JAP
anese crew of the shipping board yes.
sci Eastern Leader and ten from the
anese entering the United States In
this manner since June 80, 1919, was
swelled to $3.50. 1t was announced by
immigration authorities at Seattle.
Right Rev. Frederic w. Keator,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese OF
| Olympia, and Mrs. Keator have re-
turned from England. Bishop Keator
was called to London to attend the
Lambeth conference, called by the
archbishop of Canterbury The con-
ference was attended by 252 bishops
from all parts of the world.
All county organizations of the farm
| er.labor party of the state are being
asked to call their conventions to name
| delegates to the state convention to
| be held in Seattle Labor temple on
| September IA to nominate candidates
for state and legislative offices. The
| county conventions are planned to
to take place before September II.
Because one OF the riveters would
not join the boilermakers' union,
large number of the 1000 men employ.
ed in the G. NJ. Standifer Construction
| corporation shlpyards at Vancouver
| laid down their tools and left the
yard That portion of the yard where
the men went out closed down, but II
Of the departments continued to OPP
! crate.
When bankers of Walla Walla and
elsewhere would only give 80 to 95
per cent for Donahue road bonds and
it looked as If the road programme
might be held up because they could
not be sold at par as required by law
County Commissioner D. C. Eaton
went out among the ranchers of the
county and sold $4,000 worth at par
inside of n week.
Judge John NJ. Wilson OF the SUI
PeriOr court Of Thurston county, Is.
sued writ OF mandate directing ].
Grant Hinkle, secretary of state, to
accept for filing the declarations of
candidacy of j. w. Bryan for state
senator for the 23d district, compris.
ing Kitsap, Mason and Island counties.
Hinkle refused to receive the filing
when II was rendered by Bryan few
minutes after the secretary Of states
office closed at noon, Saturday, August
A. the last day provided by statute for
tilinE Of declarations. Judge Wilson
based his decision upon the fact that
the practice of closing the seCretary's
office at noon on Saturday is establish.
ed merely by custom and without sta.
tutory sanction and cannot be observ.
ed to abrIdge the right Of the public
in transacting business Of certain ma.
ture. In this case the court says the
right OF persons given by statute to
file for office during period to with.
in 30 days of the primary should not
be abridged by any custom of a public
office not clearly authorized by law,