Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-04
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State


salmon season until the first of Decem.
Der was made at a meeting OF the
Aberdeen Kiwanis club fisheries COM
mttee.
Highway work in the state of Wash
ington is to be held at the minimum
until federal funds are made available,
according to James Allen, supervisor
of highways.
Marion M. Churchill of Seattle was
instantly killed near Ellensburg when
his automobile skidded and crashed
through the railing of bridge over
the Yakima river
Unemployment throughout Wash
ington has shown a marked improve
ment recently, according to William NJ.
Short, president of the Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
According to contracts already
made, more than 100000 bushels OF
wheat will be shipped from Seattle
before January l. This will supply
the cargo for 80 steamships.
Sale of approximately six thousand
acres of logged Off land in the vicinity
of Humptulips to an Oklahoma man,
who intends to stock it with cattle
for the beef market, is reported.
completed organization of four sec
lions of rs members each for athletic
activities in community service. A
fifth section of 25 members is being
organized.
The Union Bridge company of Port.
land and Seattle has secured the con-
tract for building the bridge across
the Columbia between Kennewick and
Pasco, and machinery is being shipped
from Seattle. y'ses.
Directors Of the West Okanogan Val
ley irrigation district have adopted a
budget for 1922 operation and improve
ment calling for an expenditure of $780,
O26. The assessment has been fixed
at $3.50 an acre.
After an order issued last week by
the county commissioners to stop all
Pierce county ferry service, due to
lack Of funds, arrangements were be-
gun for their continuation under pri-
vate management.
Purebred livestock entries from
eight states and two Canadian PROV
lnces, aggregating more than $500 an
imals, were received for the Western
Royal Livestock show held at Spo-
kane, October 81 to November 2.
Elks of Colfax and Pullman are con-
templating the purchase of 100 acres
near Pullman on which will be located
picnic grounds, golf links, tennis
courts, baseball fields and every re-
quirement for a pleasure ground.
Resolutions favoring submission at
the next state election of an initiative
measure adopting the 1910 plan of
school taxation, whereby the state
would raise 80 mills for every 10 mills
raised by the county for school work,
were approved by the Washington
Educational association at its closing
session at Bellingham. Another reso-
luton favored the organization of a
state board of education vested with
the power of appointing the state
superintendent of schools.
Eight cases have been filed against
the United States shipping board
emergency fleet corporation, operator
Of the Sloan shlpyard in Olympia dur
ing the period Of the World war, seek
ing judgment on cancelled orders.
Sale Of 437 acres OF land in Ben
ton county, owned by normal schools
Of the state, was approved by the
trustees of the Centraia State Norma
school. The land is part of large
tract to be opened to settlement by
World War veterans under law pass
ed by the last state legislature.
Asa B. Thompson of Echo, Or, wa:
appointed secretary of the 18th distric
federal farm loan bank at Spokane
to take office November /. At thu
same time the resignation of Turne
Oliver, as registrar of the bank, wal
accepted and l.. j. Birdseye Of Spo
kane was named to succeed Mr.. Oliver
effective November IL.
f. NJ. Simmons of Puyallup, and G
w. Simmons Of San Francisco, thu
only survivors Of the famous Gillian
company's expedition to the Columbi;
river in 1874, and the Oldest livinl
pioneers of Washington, have just con