Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-08-12

mittee appointed by the state superin-
tendent, Mrs. Josephine Corliss Pres
ton.
Roscoe Drumheller, collector OF Gus
toms at Seattle, has been asked by the
treasury department to resign, 1t Isl
reported, in order that his successor
may be named without delay. Willard
T, Harrison has been recommended BY
Senators Jones and Poindexter as his
successor.
Resumption of the air patrol service
of forests in this state will be made at
once, 1t has been announced by the de.
partment Of forestry. This work has
been discontinued for some time ow-
ing to the failure of the air service
to receive sufficient supply OF high test
gasoline and oil.
Approximately 400 residents Of King
county who have attempted to defraud
the county and state out of the s.
poll tax by sending in worthless checks
for that sum stand in danger OF i'm
mediate arrest and prosecution, ac-
cording TO notice issued by Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Il. H. Patterson
Robert S. Boyns, president of the
Seattle chamber of commerce and com.
mercial club, announced the appoint.
ment of ], ]. Underwood as Washing
ton, D. c., representative of the cham
Der in charge of the bureau to be es-
tablished at the national capital. Mr..
Underwood will take up his duties i'm.
mediately
The state examination for optomc.
trists was held in the senate chamber
Tuesday, under the direction of Fred
j. DibOle of the department of licenses.
The board OF examiners as appointed
by Governor Hart Is composed of
Frank Kilgore, Puyallup; John A. Cas-.
we'll, Tacoma, and I. NJ. Radabaugh,
Spokane. A total of "a applicants took
the examination.
Warrants drawn on the general road
and bridge fund or any of the road
district funds of the county creating
a liability in excess Of so per cent Of
such funds, where the remaining 20
per cent has not been collected at the
time such liability was incurred, are
void and cannot be paid by the county,
according to an opinion by Attorney.
General Thompson.
Governor Frazier Of North Dakota
and William Bouck, recently ousted
head of the Washington State grange,
will be among the speakers at the an.
nual picnic of Pomona oranges at Point
Defiance park August IL. Those in
charge say there will be between TO-.
600 and 10000 persons present from
Pierce, King, Kitsap, Island, Mason,
Thurston, Snohomish and Lewis coun.
ties
Lumber shipments from western
Washington and western Oregon FOR
the week just closed exceeded produc,
ton by approximately 100000 feet,
according to the weekly lumber review
issued by the West Coast Lumbermen's
association. One hundred and seven
mills in western Washington and west.
ern Oregon reported production at 81.
395, 454 feet, which is 20 per cent below
normal. New business totaled $780,.
2S3 feet, Shipments totaled $685., 532
feet.
Within short time $4,000 will be
available for the organization of the
state highway patrol, according to an
announcement at olympia. The s15.
900 represents a balance above the
$4,000, which by the act OF the last
legislature, must be set aside for col
lection of the auto.drivers licenses,
and $4,000 for highway maintenance.
Patrolmcn will be appointed with
headquarters at Olympia for the dis.
trict west of the mountains and at
Spokane for the dirtrict east,