Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-09-16
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FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

Because Of the urfavorable .iumber
market and large surplus stocks, a
general suspension of lumber mills in
eastern Washington and northern
Idaho has been decided upon by the
Timber Products Manufacturing asso-
citation.
Bids were opened September u by
the school board of Pacific county
district No. II for the erection of a
teachers cottage adjoining the school
at Walville. a cottage for teachers
is also being erected near Forest in
Lewis county.
Husband and wife were killed when
an automobile skidded and turned
over near bridge over the Snoqual
ME river about 80 miles from Seattle
They were Mr.. and Mrs. H. Z. Bow
erman, who lived on ranch near Sno-
qualmie Falls.
Warden Potts of the state peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla. has announced
that in the future all automobile IL
cense plates used in the state will be
made at the penitentiary. The prison
force will also make metal tags OF
other sorts for cities and counties.
Whitman county won the wheat
championship of eastern Washington
and northern Idaho at the Spokane
interstate fair, defeating Walla Walla
county, Washington, and Kootenai
county, Idaho. Seven blue ribbons for
grain displays were won by ]. r. Or
rock of Sharon.
Seattles import and export trade
with Germany totaled $6S1,S79 the first
seven months of the year, as compar-
ed with nothing in the same period
of 1920, according to compilations from
the monthly reports Of Port Warden
Fred NJ. Lathe. The figures indicate
that the total for the year will reach
$1,00O,OOO.
The Centrala water department in
its report to the department of taxa
ton and examination covering opera
tons for the month of July showed a
profit of $2333.GS. A net earning for
July of $flS0.76 was shown for the
city's light plant and a net profit of
$l4,6OO.3S for the seven months end
ing August l.
The marble lobby of the Temple of
Justice at Olympia, banked with floral
offerings, was the scene of the funeral
of Justice Wallace Mount, member of
the state supreme court, who died Sun
day. Approximately $50 persons, in
Guiding many state officials and as
sociates of the late justice on the
bench, we're present.
Washington state crops of wheat,
oats and potatoes are slightly larger
than was predicted on August l, ac-
cording to the September l crop re-
port issued at Spokane by G. S. Ray,
of the federal bureau Of markets and
crop estimates. The barley crop has
shown small decrease while the
apple estimate is the same as on
August /, the report states
At the Spokane session Of the Co.
lumbia river conference Of the Metho-
dist church it was reported that more
than $4,000 was raised for general
benevolent purposes during the year,
Harry Ditmer, G1, a fisherman who
lived in n boathouse at the mouth Of
the Lewis river, committed suicide by
nooting himself in the head with a
3 CALDER revolver. His act was at
ributed to dependency over family
trouble.
Federal Forest Supervisor r'romme
has received five applications from
hunters and trappers in Washington
for permission to construct trappcrs'
cabins in the national forest. These
cabins will be built in the forests on
the north and west slope Of the
Olympic mountains, in the upper
watersheds Of the Hon. the Dagashlel,
the Elwha and the Dosowalllps, where
there is snow the year round. There
are around 70 wolves and 200 cougars
in that section Of the country.
An executive order from President
Harding has been received by Cover.
nor Hart in which he announced the
changing Of the boundary Of the Gig
harbor military reservation. The
lands which consist of AGO acres, woro
reserved by an act of April g. 1901, for
military uses, but nrc no longer need.
ed for that purpose and have been
placed uular full Jurisdiction Of the
department OF tine Interior by the war