Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-05-27

has announced the appointment Of vii
liam u, Nicely, for the past four years
superintendent OF Davenport schools
aH deputy state superintendent, the ap
poinlmen, being effective June ].
Mayor Caldwell of Seattle has declar
ed that he believes tho city was hun
coed" In It's purchase OF the street rail
way lines OF the Puget Sound Traction
Light u Power company last year for
&l6,O00,0 900, and has taken the first steU
In the investigation OF the transaction
Cessation of Jtney bus operations
In Seattle Saturday, due to arrests oil
drivers for failure to comply with new
regulations embodied In an ordinance
passed recently, brought In more thar
$500 above the average daily receipts
OF SeattIc's municipal street car sys
tam.
Howard Patience OF Spokane waH
elected grand chancellor OF the domain
OF Washington, Knights OF Pythias, a,
the closing session OF the thirty.sev.
enth annual convention OF the Wash
inston grand lodge at Seattle, Spokane
was chosen as the meeting place of the
1921 convention.
The two.year-old daughter Of Walter
SnodgraBs was killed. the father was
fatally injured and died and Mrs Snod
grass and a seven.year.old son were
badly injured when an automobile
truck which Mr., snodgrass was driy,
ing was struck by southbound Great
Northern passenger train near Valley
The most rousing celebration Grays
Harbor has had since the "harbor
splash idea took form number Of
years ago Is promised by the Aberdeen
post. American Legion. in the pro
sramme for this year Four torpedo
boat dastroyers have been promised
the harbor by the federal government
While masked man held up two
employees Of the institution with q
revolver, four other men broke into
the basement storeroom at Firlnnds
the Seattle municipal tubercular SAM
tarium, early Sunday morning and
stole nearly $50 gallons OF whisky
valued. at current bootleg" prices, al
more than $4,000.
A temporary injunction directed
against Local $50 of the international
Brotherhood Of Transfers and Chauf
feurs, Steblemen and Helpers of Amer
lea, restraining Its members from in
terfering verbally or otherwise with
the men employed by several ice, fuel
and transfer companies, was Issued al
Spokane by Superior Judge Oswald.
The industrial welfare conference
called to consider minimum wage
for women employed in the manufac
turing industry, has recommended tc
the welfare commission the establish
ment OF minimum weekly wage o.
SIS, being the estimate OF the confer
ence of the lowest wage adequate tc
supply the necessary cost of living and
to maintain the workers In health and
comfort.
Increase of the fare charged on Seat
ties municipally.owned street railway
system was forecast when It was an
nounced at the conclusion Of meet
ing Of city officials called by Mayor
Hugh Nj. Caldwell to discuss the finan,
cial situation of the car lines that an
ordinance fixing the fare at cents
with an additional charge of l cent 10,
transfer, will be adopted by the city
council. The present fare is s cents,
Policeman Frank Prezinger OF Taco
ma narrowly escaped death when a
COW switched her tall about his neck
He attempted to milk the COW in the
city pound. Resenting his efforts, the
COW swung It's tail sharply and started
10 race around the enclosure The tail
twisted three times around the patrol
mans neck and tied itself in knot
Patrolman Prezinger was blue In the
face when fellow policemen arrived
and rescued him.
The Crescent Single company'a
mill, the last of the Kelso shingle
plants In operation, shut down las,
week on account of the unfavorable
market and car conditions. The other
two mills of Kelso and the Barr
Single company's plant at Kalama
were already closed, and the Columbia
shingle mill at Kalama has also shut
down Nearly all small mills in the
vicinity are closed. Date of resump.
ton is dependent upon more fav.
orable condition Of the market.
To revise the school laws of the state
of Washington so that funds shall be
more equitably distributed among the
districts, commission of six members
has been named by Governor Louis #.
Hart. The members are: Mrs. Irene
Reed of Shelton Alfred Lister of Ia.
coma, brother of the late governor
Joshua Green of Seattle. w n Kerp