Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-10-07
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Cowllta county for road work during
1922, according to budget estimates
Charles Mantz, aged %, died In a
Walla Walla hospital OF injuries sus
tanned IN an automobile accident near
Dixie
The Methodist church at Sara, seven
miles northwest Of Vancouver was
burned to the ground by fire Of UNI
known origin,
George j. hlbrrs, prominent Contrac.
tor, who built the first paved road in
Washington, is dead at his home in
Chehalis, aged II.
1t costs the state OF Washington
$4,000 year to supply inmates Of
the state institutions with smoking
and chewing tobacco.
Michael Kenney, last OF the pioneer
Indian fighters Of the early sos cele.
bratcd his cighty-ninth birthday in
Walla Walla last week.
A net earning of S35l2 by the street
railway in Spokane in August, 1920,
was changed to deficit of $S321 in
August, 1921, due to jitney operation.
Damage ranging from 20 to 80 per
cent of the apple crop of the Spokane
valley was reported by growers as a
result of recent heavy wind storm.
According to announcement at Spo.
kane, the Northwest Wheat Growers
association has established a branch
office at London, England to handle
European grain exports.
To date, 1S4,440 automobiles have
been licensed in the state of Washing
ton and the amount received from H.
censes aggregates $2,S45,3OS22, a gain
OF S9S,95S,O2 over last year
Dramatic incidents OF the Lewis and
Clark expedition to the northwest will
be depicted at a spring pageant to be
staged at Natatorium park, Spokane,
during the second week of June, 1922.
Last year milk valued at approx
mately SI3lS,594 was sold in the state
of Washington, according to reports
received in the dairy and livestock di-
vision of the state department of agri
culture.
The state school board has ordered
plans prepared for the erection of Sc.
attle's eighth high school, to be known
as East high school, The first unit,
costing about s65O,OOO. will accommo.
date 1850 students.
Unemployed men of Spokane are re-
fusing 80 cents an hour for apple.pick-
ing in the Spokane valley and refusing
$3.50 for digging potatoes, according to
o. e. Mitchell, director of the city free
employment bureau.
Renewed efforts to have the Wallula
cutoff built between Walla Walla and
Umatilla are now under way. This
road, if built. would be about 25 miles
long and would be short cut from
Walla Walla to Portland.
The International Mill C Lumber
company, which owns a sawmill at
Ethel on the National Park highway,
has built grade for spur that will
connect with the Cowlitz, Chehalis &
Cascade railroad near La Camas.
The first industrial development of
a number of projects in and near Nor.
ton has been announced by ]. NJ Bell
of Tacoma, formerly of Morton A
coal project is to be developed at once
and which will be shipping 800 tons
daily within six months, according to
Mr.. Bell.
Clara E. Van Etten of Olympia,
prominent club worker, republican
campaign orator and Turkish relief
worker, was appointed special expert
for the veterans bureau at Washing.
ton, D. c., after two months training.
1t is expected that Mrs. Van Etten will
be assigned to the northwest.
The Long-Bell Lumber company
whose recent extensive purchases OF
Washington timber holdings have in,
Dictated large operations by that con.
Germ, has established camp at Wild.
wood is miles southwest of Chehalis
where 300 men are making their head
quarters. The company has very ex
tensive holdings in southwestern Levi,
county and it is planned to make Q
complete cruise of the timber, map the
topography of the country and. obtain
all data necessary to enable opera
lions to be carried on most economi
cally and effectively when operations
actually begin.
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