Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-14
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

Aberdeen general hospital for $4,000
8. D. Truitt, farmer Of Adams
county, states that on his ranch ex
ceiient oil Indications have been struck
at Il depth OF 1874 feet. A SHORT dis
lance away new hole developed
strong Indications Of gas.
w. J. Holman, past potentate OF Al
RAIDER temple Of Portland, Or, and
general chairman OF the 1920 shrine
committee, was elected temporary
chairman OF the Association of West
crn Shrine temples, organized at &
meeting In Tacoma last week. Under
the plan Of organization all shrine ten
pies Of the western states will be In.
vitsd to affiliate.
While draining spring on his ranch
/ short distance west Of Oroville, e. G.
Martin was startled by gas breaking
cut Of the excavation, followed by a
scum OF oil trickling through the drain
10 the storage water tank.
Tacoma taxpayers are going after
Pierce county commissioners to cut
down the automobile bills against the
county. Pierce county paid s42,6S0 for
automobiles and upkeep of the cars H.
1920, or an average Of SILT day.
For the first time in the history Of
the city, Tacoma's bank transactions
passed the billion-dolar mark in 1920.
The transactions for the year totaled
$l,00l, 1897 ,141.31, a gain OF more than
S26,o00,00O over the previous year.
Charles Sotcum. member of the
Puyallup tribe OF Indians, is dead at
the age Of 10 years. He was a cousin
of Chief Seattle, after whom the city
Of Seattle was named. Soticum was
one of the head men" OF the Puyallup
tribe.
The Centrala city commission Tues
day held hearing on the proposed
creation Of an improvement district in
the business section of Centralia for
the installation of ornamental lights
The estimated cost of the improvement
is $4,000.
Chief Ranger Mann at the Columbia
forest headquarters at euler is busy
with crew of carpenters finishing a
large barn on the new headquarters
ground acquired last summer. Next
summer a $4,000 bungalow will be
erected for the chief rangers home.
At meeting Of the women's legis-
lative council of Lewis county the
council indorsed bill to be submitted
TO the state legislature by Judge Rey-
holds of the Lewis county superior
court, providing for the establishment
of parental schools throughout the
state.
AS a result of meeting Of bankers,
business men, farmers and dairymen
of Ilwaco, a carload Of purebred Guern-
seys consigned to different farmers
and dairymen of that section will be
imported into Pacific county in the
early spring. The gathering number
ed upward of 70.
Approximately 200 lumbermcn, mem
bers Of three lumber organizations in
the east, will visit Tacoma January
20. The visiting parties will include
delegations from the Wood Preserv.
ers' association, the Tie Producers as
ISOLATION and the Mountain States Re
tail Lumber Dealers association.
Increase In the monthly payment of
awards to workmen under the state
industrial insurance act, and the con
solidation under one commission of
the Industrial insurance department,
the medical aid board and the state
safety board, are urged in the biennial
report of the Washington state indus
trial insurance commission.
County commissioners, representa-
tives Of commercial organizations
and men interested in the development
of good roads from all parts of the
state met in Seattle last week to at
tend the conference arranged by the
state development bureau of the
chamber of commerce to recommend
a program of highway work to the
coming session of the legislature.
The election of f. J. Wilmer, indie
pendent, Of Rosalia, as senator from
the ninth district, to succeed c. c..
Copeland, designed, was conceded by
his opponents following Il special cleo
ton held Friday in Whitman county,
Winners plurality is estimated at 4
to l over his opponents, w. f. Morri-
son, republican, and G. G. Lincade,
democrat. Copeland resigned to enter
the government medical service.