Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-05-13
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

Tacoma is making over all the cars
on its municipal line so they can be
operated by one man and thus cut
down the monthly deficit now running
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Checks have been received at Walla
Walla from 20 contractors applying
for plans and specifications for the
new waterworks system, bids on which
will be opened May "a.
1t is reported that COL William
i. Perkins of Seattle appears to have
been agreed upon for appointment as
governor Of Alaska and the nomination
is expected to be sent to the senate in
few days. Colonel Perkins, who is
regent at the University of Washing.
on. lived IN Alaska for many years.
| Organization of a southwest Wash
ington baseball league was perfected
at meeting held in Centralia, when
a schedule was adopted. The league is
composed of Centralia, Chehalis, Ray
mond, South Bend, Toledo and Win
lock.
BY a ruling of the attorney general,
| Orville G. Pratt of Spokane, v X.
Froula of Seattle and Minnie D. Bean
of Tacoma, appointed by the governor
to the state board of education, are
not eligible because they do not hold
professional certificates to teach.
Governor Hart, Director of Public
Works Kuykendall, State Auditor
Clausen, Highway Commission Al
len and other state officials made KEEL
so brief visit while inspecting the
/ proposed sites for the new Kelso bridge
and examining the Pacific highway
projects in the vicinity.
Mrs. Anna l.. Corbin, widow of the
late Daniel G. Corbin, Pacific north
west railroad builder, and L. E. Lilge,
her chauffeur and caretaker, were ar
rested in Spokane, charged with first
degree arson in connection with an
alleged plot to burn Mrs. Corbin's $50,
900 home in that city to collect the
insurance upon it.
Belief in Kelso that f. L. Stewart,
cashier OF the Kelso State bank, was
drowned after his disappearance from
the ferry between Goble and Kalama
on the night of March IT, began to
vanish when George Elwood an ar
rival from Los Angeles, said he had
seen Stewart at Hanford, Cal, between
March % and "a.
The Long-Bell Lumber company be
gan the typographical survey of its
timber tract lying in northern Cow
litz and southern Lewis counties and
west Of the Cowlitz river last week
About 20 men have gone into the
woods, and within a few weeks the
company will have four or five field
parties working Several months will
be required to topography and plating
Tacoma shippers through the traf-
| liz aiu ldllOll VI lIC
commercial club will consider joining
with Seattle shippers in a protest to
Senator Poindexter against the intro
duction of an amendment to the in
terstate commerce act for an absolute
long and short haul clause. The Seat
tie shippers have made their protest
known In a formal resolution sent to
Senator Poindexter and other state
representatives at Washington, D. C.
Arrangements have been con.
cluded with the North American fruit
exchange for the marketing of tho
output Of the Wenatchee district Co.
operative association, estimated at
$500 cars Of apples and summer fruit
for 1921. The exchange is to act as
selling agents, not upon consignment
basis. A loan of $1,0O0,OO0 has been
negotiated through Spokane and New
York banking interests by the associa-
ton for the benefit OF members In
growing and harvesting their crops.
Wheat conditions and prospects
throughout the Big Bend country were
better than in any spring of the last
seven years, according to directors of
the Washington Wheat Growers as
sociation, who represent the counties
of Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Adams and
Franklin. Winter wheat acreage was
estimated to be increased by so per
cent; spring wheat acreage slightly
below normal; more moisture than for
from five to ten years; less frost dam,
age than for several years and gen.
eral cut in wages of from $l5 to $40
to be making slow progress, owing to