Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-18
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

Postal savings in Spokane show an
Increase of S41S1 for October over
September Deposits November were
l26,634 higher than in 1920.
The two county bridges over the
Yakima river at Ellensburg, known
as the Upper and Lower bridges, have
been declared unsafe for traffic.
In raid on the steamer Shinyo
Maru at Seattle by customs officials,
500 quarts of Scotch whiskey were
seized, said to be worth about $4,000.
After the livestock show at Portland
the next large exposition of the north
west will be the Pacific Northwest
Fruit exposition to be held in Seattle
November q to 26.
Klickitat county oranges will have
an exhibit Of Klickitat products on dis
play in the basement of the Portland
auditorium during the national grange
convention this month.
Harold r. Quinn, 81, a marine fire
man, was shot and probably fatally in
jured at Seattle, as the result, accord
ing to police, of a fight following a
drinking party in a hotel
Preparations for the annual 1922
field meet for Klckitat county schools
have been made early this year. The
meet takes place annually in May and
will be held this year at Bickleton.
News of the introduction by Sena-
tor PoindeXter for an appropriation of
100000 for a modern lightship for
Grays harbor has been received by
marine men with great satisfaction.
Through alleged laxness on the part
of city officials, no municipal tax can
be levied at Springdale for 1922 The
budget should have been prepared in
September, but was allowed to go by
default.
Public ownership of the street rail
ways of Spokane is the only solution
of the present street car-jitney situa-
ton in that city, in the opinion Of
oliver c Erickson, member of the Sc
attic city council.
Oil seepage, heavier than has ever
flowed from the well, caused the drill
ers at the Alfalfa operations last Fri
day to cease drilling and to begin set
ting the casing to dry the hole and
give the oil chance to flow.
The Washington potato crop showed
decrease on November 1 of Al 900
bushels, as compared with October |,
according to the monthly crop report
issued by the bureau of markets. The
crop is placed at 7,425 900 bushels.
Rather than submit to arrest, J. G..
Shelton, 60, committed suicide near
Colville by shooting himself with a
rifle. He was a homesteader and his
body was found near a still where he
had been making moonshine whiskey.
Lumber production in western Wash
ington has developed until it has
reached point only IS per cent below
normal for mills operating, according
to the weekly lumber review issued
by the West Coast Lumbermen's asso-
citation.
From the appropriation of $4,000
600 set aside for forest roads and trails
In the roads bill signed by the presi-
dent Friday, Washington will receive
for primary roads in national forests
for the balance of this fiscal year,
s1S4S7O.
About 1000 United States marines
will be assigned to duty to guard the
mails in territory In Washington, Ore.
gon and Idaho, under the jurisdiction
of the Spokane postofiice inspection
force, it was announced by c. B. Wei
ter acting postoffice inspector in
charge.
Growers Of prunes in Clarke county,
who are members Of the Washington
Growers association, will receive a
large portion of the returns from their
crop sold by November 20. A large
part of the crop already has been sold
and shipments are being made with
regularity at prices satisfactory to the
growers.
Marked increase in cost of operation
is shown in the state administrative
code department of taxation and eX'
animation by L. D. McArdle, director
OF efficiency, in report covering the
first six months of 1919, 1920 and 1921
This is the first department to show
an Increase.
Opening n bakers war as to prices
Seattle bakery cut the wholesale
price OF pound loayes of bread from s