Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15

% IN seattle the first three months
OF this year By the emergency fleet
corporation in alterations on its new
JapaneseLuilt steel steamships. includ-
ing the conversion Of the vessels from
coal burners into oil burners
A diNng district OF approximately
1000 acres is sought by owners Of land
lying between the Coweeman river
and Owl creek between Kelso and Car
rolls The land is OF the greatest
fertility Il reclaimed. but at present
Is useless except for grazing.
More than 1000 rabbits were killed
in a drive near Burbank. thousands
of the Dummies escaping because the
shooters ran out of ammunition. Forty
thousand shots were fired. Within the
last months $4,000 rabbits were killed
in drives in counties bordering the
Columbia river.
As the result Of complaints recently
made to the prosecuting attorney. Pas
co poolFoom propr!etors have been
notified that the law prohibiting nj.
nors IN their places OF business viii
be rigidly enforced, and as conse.
quence all persons under the age of
p years will be refused admittance.
Emery Dillingham;, logger, whose
wife was found dead with a bullet in
her head in the Dillingham; chicken
house. at Wickersham, gave himself
up to officers at Sedro- Woolley. It
was said by officers that Dillingham;
said he accidentally shot his wife while
attempting to kill a rat in the chicken
house
Trial Of II alleged I. W. w, charged
with muiter in connection with the
Armistice day shootinss in Centralia.
November IL, will be held in Monte.
sano. Judge John NJ Wilson of Olym-
pia, sitting in the Grsys Harbor coun-
ty superior court at Montesano. de.
cided The trial was sent to begin
January 25
Grays Harbor lumber shipments dur
ing the mast vesr to,oiol m. - :,
SOO,0O0,OO0 feet In addition to this.
Harbor mills shipped about 5000 cars
Of shingles and several hrndra, oax- -
box sbooks doors n,aro sonod,na,
boards and other finished forost nro
ducts The total unr,bor % ,,,,hor
laden cars leaving the harb,r ia ror,h
" estimated at On 600
Reorganization Of tho hsrl,r,,n, eno
kane g Inland rmnire ro,lwa, $50,
has been effected urdor ,ha o..nor
shin Of the bond.boIdors win 10 l.,
corporation Of fwo oor,narias oanitat
ICED at $4,000 o0o and ., oooo -
spsctlyely and with a looai hoar,; .,
trustees The two nev cornoro,io,s
are fine Spokane G Eastar, po,,.,....
Power oompanv and tho I,io,d NJ,
pire Railroad comnany
Consolidation has inst hoor of,oos
ed of three If the hest know, soo,oo1
backing rnmDapfnS pf tha uorthuaut
the Pioneer Packing comnanv onerat'
ing clam and Salmon cannorv a,
cordoya. Alaska. th,. Non Reach Pal.
ing works. operating in Aberdeen aad
the Pacific Fish G. Packing comnony
of Aberdeen and Moc,loa Tho oor.
selidated company viii me tte name
of the Pioneer Packing comnsrv
A boyeott ON notatoes win re
quest that housewivaa ,,m,t tho con
sumption of that nrodrct /, ,ho,r
homes. NAV result from tho rico IN
potato prices which want into effec,
in Spokane From price Of s895
and 81 so ner 100 mounds teu weoks
ago potato prices have gono 70 s.95
and $3.50 hundred ono,ed mr. sno
kane markets In small, iots nota,a.,
are selling at air nounds for o. non,s
Seattle was tw,ce bonoroa hv ,ha
Washington irrigation ,ns,,,uto IN cas-
sion at spokane wba, u Z paIna =,
thai citv was o,octad rrosidon. - ,ha