Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-03-18
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Complied for
Our Readers.

to the contractors OF the city
The triple alliance nominees for
school directors at Raymond have been
decislvely defeated by vote Of 729 10
2Ss.
Within the next 30 on 80 days goo.
900 silver trout will be distributed in
Thurston county by the game commits.
sion
Ycggmen blew open the safe in the
pos,office at Rainier secured $3.50
in cash and government stamps and
escaped.
w s. Taylor, an aged man who dis
appeared near Alfalfa was found near
Burbank after officers had searched
two days.
The war department has authorized
The adiutant general OF Washington TO
organize number of new national
guard units
Due In part TO the demand created
by khaki clubs the price Of oyeralls
and work trousers has been increased
So a dozen by Spokane manufacturer.
Purchase OF the Kelso water system
by the municipality and the issuance
OF $4,000 in per cent utility bonds
have been authorized at special elec.
ton.
Samuel Merritt, civil war veteran
and Spokane's oldest man, died at the
Broadway sanatorium in Spokane al
the age of 100 years one month and
~ days.
Steam shovel and dredge men OF Spo-
kane have been granted pay increase
averaging 20 per cent. Dredge opera.
tors will now receive 5000 per month
and board.
Governor Hart formally welcomed to
citizenship over 200 newly naturalized
citizens Of alien birth at banquet
given by Seattle business and profess.
sional men.
Owing to their dislike Of doing moth.
ing except hunting out stills and chas.
Ing moonshlners, Deputy Sherlffs
Sears and Whltmore OF Pierce county
have resigned.
June a. 25 and 26 have been set as
the dates for the state convention Of
Eagles which win be held In vancou.
yer. Over 5000 delegates are expected
at the convention
Boys and Girls club leaders OF Mon.
tana, Idaho. Washington and Oregon
will meet at Spokane March 81 for a
meeting of the Northwestern Club
Leaders association.
During last year the Yellow Pine
Box & Lumber company of wenatchee
made and delivered 5000 fruit boxes.
Between 100000 and 100000 will be
manufactured this year
The Washington Water Power com
psny has been asked by the business
men of Lamont to run line from
Sprague to Lamont to furnish light
and power for the town.
Free city mail delivery for Charleston
ia in prospect on July ], Representa-.
tive Summers OF Washington believes.
as result of conference with post
office department officials.
The Walla Walla Board of Ednca-
ton, unanimous for raising teachers
salaries has called an election for
April 6. It asks for a levy of s55 900
additional to meet the situation.
A conference of Washington school
teachers, originally set for March %
and 23 by Mrs. Josephine Corlisa Pres.
ton, superintendent of public education.
has been advanced to March 20. 81 and
%
The body Of Daniel Murphy, wealthy
pioneer OF Seattle and father of Harry
Murphy, well known newspaper car
toonist. has been found in the bay at
Seattle. 1t is thought to be a case of
suicide by drowning
Walla walla high school won the
basket ball championship of the Inland
empire at the conclusion OF the an.
nual tournament at Spokane, by de
feating Pullman Is to IA, in one of the
best games OF the meeting.
A new movement is on foot at whit
man college whereby a sinking fund
is to be raised for the benefit OF an
infirmary where students are to be
given financial aid and medical at.
tention in case of sickness.
shingle mill manufacturers Of GrayE
Harbor have been served with notice
by the shlngle Weavers union that un.
less an Increase OF 31-2 cents a thou.
sand is granted to sawyers and pack
ers a strike will be started.
Several Seattle women's clubs have
promised active support to Fred C.
Brown. King county prosecuting at
torney, in his campaign to get a $4,000
appropriation from the special session
! Of the legislature to extradite deserving
husbands.
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