Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-04-08
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

the bank was insovent and had trial
date set for April 49,
Old settlers who came to the coun.
try before the Northern Pacific rail.
way was built are holding reunion
at Wcnatcbee. Among them is Henry
Livingston of Tonasket, who is now In
his one hundred and third year.
Friends from all over the northwest
paid their last respects at the funeral
at Walla Walla last week Of Levi An
keny, ex-senator and financier. whose
life in the west SPAWNED II of the n
years of his life. Fully 1900 persons
attended to view the body and follow
it to the grave in Masonic cemetery
by the side Of Mr.. Ankenys wife, who
preceded him about year.
| Exports from Tacoma were valued
at $3.374,94 for January, according to
the report of Collector Drumheller of
the district Of Washington. Imports
| tUtdicu @l,oou,lto. lHc lotdl Uuslucss
for the district in imports was sS37S,-
3S7 and exports $l1,O21,7S6 Develop
;nent Of the cocoanut oil industry in
this district by the customs report
shows the importation Of cocoanut oil
and copra amount TO 100000 pounds
Admission that the Seattle munich.
pal street railway lost $1,236,2S36O In
1920 was contained in the annual re-
port of the superintendent, D. w. Hen
derson, incorporated in the report Of
Major Carl H. Reeves, superintendent
Of utilities, sent to the mayor and
city council. Part of this loss, or
256,670.20, represented delayed losses
from previous years, and $355992 was
accrued losses, but the actual net loss
for the year was $9S6,327.67, according
to the report.
The s11,O00,000 bond issue for pay
ment of the soldier bonus may be near
| ly 100000 short of the amount re-
quired to pay all such claims, accord
ing to estimates of the state board of
control. Five millions of the amount
has already been issued and call for
bids on S6,000,000 additional compen-
sation bonds was authorized. To ex-
coed the original total of s11,000,000
would require litigation In the su-
preme court to determine whether the
bonus act authorizes issuance of more
bonds than the amount specified in the
measure, it was said.
At the closing session at Spokane
of the 23d annual convention Of the
the following officers were elected:
D. A Grout superintendent of schools
of Portland, Or, president; Miss Lena
r. Butts, superintendent of schools at
Wardner and Kellogg, Idaho, vice-pres
ident; James A. Burke, principal of
he Garfield school, Spokane, secretary,
and r. l.. Kirk, superintendent of
schools at The Dalles, Or, treasurer
4. w. Kirk, superintendent of schools
at Oregon City, Or. and Miss Minnie
3. Dean, county superintendent OF
schools of Pierce county, were elected
members of the executive committee.
Secretary of State Hinkle refused to
file the petition for the recall of Gov
ernor Hart, which was presented to
the secretary by Joseph R. Manning
and Mrs. George N. (Frances) Nc.
Laughlin, Seattle. Mr. Manning and
Mrs. Mclaughlin in the petition charg-
ed Governor Hart with malfeasance be-
cause he signed senate bill No. 10,
commonly known as the poll tax meas,
ure. Secretary of State Hinkle refused
to file the petition after he was ad.
| vised by Attorney-General Thompson
that the refusal should be made on
the grounds that the charges made in
the petition were insufficient to con.
stitute malfeasance on the part Of the
governor.
Salaries of the ten directors of state
departments under the civil admins.
trative code, were announced by Gov
ernor Hart, as follows: D. A. Scott
and Edward Clifford, directors re-
spectively, Of reclamation and labor
and industries will receive $4,000
year each. The salaries of e. V. Kuy.
kendall director Of public works; Ed.
ward L. French, director of agricul.
ture; Ralph A. Turner, director of
health; L. D. McArdle, director Of eff.
ficency; T. e. Skaggs. director of bus
mess control, are all fixed at $4,000 a
year. Ernest A. Seaborg, director Of
fish and game; Fred j. Dibble, director
of licenses and Edward l.. Farnsworth,
director of taxation and examination,
will receive $4,000 each.