Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-15
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences OF Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

cate headed by Il. II. Rollins & Sons,
for $3,OOO0OO in veterans compensa-
ton bonds The bonds will bear in
terest Of per cent, with total
premium of SA6,14O. The same syndl-
cate retains until September 1 an OPP
ton on the remaining 100000 of the
$11OOO,OO0 issue authorized by the
legislature
The office Of county agent may be
re.established in Clarke county II plans
of the state extension service at Pull
man are carried out, The agent re.
signed more than a year ago and the
county commissioners refused to ad.
vance the necessary money for con.
tinulng the office Many OF the grow
ers are in favor of having the office
re.established and if the commission
ers are agreeable there will be coun.
ty agent appointed next January.
Hereafter convicts released from the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla will
not wear the identlcally patterned
suits and single type shoes hitherto
provided them, according to an an
nouncement made by ]. w. Pace, as.
sistant director of business control
Mr. Pace said they would go back
into the world attired in neat, vary.
ing suits and attractive shoes Of diff.
ferent styles. This clothing, the Off
cial explained, may be made in the
prison shops at no greater expense,
and will enable the men to leave with
out having the mark Of ex.convict
stamped on them.
The state fisheries board has an
nounced through the office of director
Of fisheries and game, Ernest A. Sea.
borg, that after July 20 no person, firm
or corporation shall take salmon with
any means except hook and line in
any of the newly created preserves"
of Puget sound. In addition to the
above rulings, which are promulgated
under the code giving absolute auth
GRITTY to a fisheries board to regulate
food fishing, the board has ruled that
there shall be no fishing even with
hook and line in the waters of Puget
sound for salmon from August rs to
September 10, inclusive, and from
October 26 to April 80. inclusive.
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Dor county road bonds, the last of the
s1,20O,0OO issue voted In 1919, was
made by the county commissioners.
If Aberdeen and Hoquiam can raise
rs men for naval reservist cruise
by July II, destroyer will be sent
to Grays Harbor to pick up the quota.
Tacoma bakeries have asked the SUI
perior court for an injunction restrain
ing the unions from interfering with
their operations and printing black
lists.
euler, according to F. H. Brundage,
supervisor of the Columbia national
forest, will be developed as head
quarters for the Mount Adams ranger
district.
While participating in a Sunday
school picnic at a grove on the Palouse
river, Earl Logan, 13-year-old son of
James Logan of Washtucna, was
drowned
Wheat throughout the Walla Walla
valley is smutty and farmers are be-
ing urged by insurance men to take
all precautions possible to prevent ex-
plosions
That lumber for building purposes
has dropped from 80 to 70 per cent
since February, 1920, is shown by
prices quoted by Aberdeen retail lum-
Der dealers.
The first ascent of Mount Rainier,
the second highest peak in the United
States, for this season, was made last
week Henry Fuhrer, Swiss guide, led
a party of five men up the peak
Effect of the marine tie-up continued
to be felt with increasing force dur
ing June as reflected in lumber clear
ings from Grays Harbor, which we're
more than 100000 feet under May.
Since May l, when announcement
was made that federal land banks
could resume business, the Spokane
bank has received 1861 new applica-
lions for loans aggregating $6,36O,OOO.
o. Kohleep and E, J, O'Shea Jr.,
deputy collectors of internal revenue,
have received orders to close the
Walla Walla office indefinitely and re-
port at Spokane to help in the excise
tax drive
The outlook for large crop OF
apples is promising in the White Sal
mon and Underwood fruit districts.
Several new apple houses are being
erected at Underwood in anticipation
of heavy yield,
July 10 is the date for the annual
excursion of Cowlitz county farmers
to the western Washington expert.
ment station at Puyallup and County
Agent Blanton is making plans for