Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-12-10
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FOR our BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

Elon Smith, under arrest In Tacoma,
has confessed to the bombing of the
Frank r. Shong home in Seattle on
the morning Of October rs.
Approximately half the lumber
plants in southwestern Washington
are closed down owing to market con.
ditionB for lumber and logs.
| A wage reduction of so cents day.
affecting the entire force of workmen;
was announced by the general man
ager Of the Tacoma smelter.
Citizens Of Cowltz county will vote
on Issuing $760,GOO bonds December
l6 for constructing comprehensive
road system over the county.
About 100 men have been laid off at
the Great Northern shops at Hillyard,
the result of an order announcing a
decrease OF 10 per cent in the crew.
Rapid progress is being made on two
miles Of bitulithic pavement in Pros
ser. Drinking fountains will be in
stalled at the principal street inter-
sections.
The Tacoma light and water depart
ments made large net earnings during
the year just closing, but the munich
pal railway system shows a deficit Of
$1379449I
BY reaching height of 1900 feet
above sea level at Spokane recently,
NJ. B. Manner, former army aviator,
claims the coast record. He was in
the air IS minutes.
Bodies Of 20 victims of the wreck Of
the barge w. j. Pirrie, which sunk
on Cake Rock, off the Washington
coast, have been recovered and buried
on the beach near Cape Johnson.
W. c. Carpenter, federal labor direc-
tor for Washington, estimates that
there are 10000 men out of work in
western Washington and 5000 In east.
ern Washington, including $500 in
Spokane.
Farmers of southeastern Washing
ton are warned that unless immediate
action Is taken looking to the eXtinc-
ton OF the blacktail rabbit, thousands
of dollars worth OF crops will be de-
stroyed by these pests.
The St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber
company OF Tacoma began December
operations with a wage cut of cents
hour. Word Of the cut was posted at
he mills and received no open opposi
ton from the employees.
William Ross, an S2-year,old pioneer
Of Washington, Is dead at Aberdeen.
His life was tinged with romance, he
having been captured by Minnesota In
dams In his youth and having lived
with them for many years.
The Satsop fishery In Grays Harbor
county will not only break all records
This year for salmon eggs, but will be
made the greatest hatchery on the Ia
cific coast Between $4,000 and $780,
900 will be spent on the plant next
year.
Export trade from Tacoma In Sep
TENDER gained 100000 over August,
Roscoe NJ. Drumheller, collector Of
customs for the district, has reported,
The total exports from Tacoma dur.
ing September were valued at 1922
942, and the whole districts exports
we're valued at s9,256,973.
The Chehalis Valley Good Roads
.ssociation has been organized for the
purpose of securing a primary state
highway from Grand Mound to Elma,
A ton OF jackrabbits taken in a rab.
bit drive near Spokane recently, has
been turned over to the Salvation
Army to be distributed to needy
people.
Sixty farmers OF Columbia county
representing half million bushels
OF wheat met Saturday at Dayton and
decided to stick tight and pay no
obligation unless absolutely necessary
until wheat has reached $3.50 a
bushel."
Sweeping changes In the public
school organization of the state with
a tendency toward uniformity, both as
to administration and support, will be
presented for the approval of the legis,
lature through bill being drafted by
the Washington school code commits
sion.
Despite the low condition OF the lum.
Der market, unprecedented prosperity
for the timber industry, and especially
for Grays Harbor during the year 1921
was the theme OF an address before
the Kiwanis club of Aberdeen deliver.
ed by A. j. Morley, prominent lumber
man of the county.