Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-29
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rotary of the National Clarke County
Farm Loan association.
Ivan G. Bishop, overseas veteran and
Whitman college graduate, was recon-.
mended by Senators Jones and Poin.
dexter for the consolidated position of
register and receiver of the Vancouver
land office. Bishop formerly lived at
Walla Walla. c. G. Hathaway was
recommended for assayer at Seattle.
The hop growers in Washington
have filed protest with the depart,
ment of public works, to the effect
that the present railroad tariff in this
state and Oregon provides for $4,000
pounds of hops to constitute a carload,
when they cannot load that number of
pounds into car, although they are
required to pay the rate on that
amount. The department will inves.
tigate the situation and If it finds con-
ditions as stated, it will return to the
old rate which calls for $4,000 pounds
TO carload.
With attorneys representing the com.
mercial bodies of all the larger Pa.
cifiC northwest cities and San Fran
cisco and four transcontinental rail-
roads lined up for a battle royal, the
interstate commerce commission and
the Washington state department of
public works began a joint hearing in
Seattle on protests filed by shippers
against north Pacific freight bureau
tariff No. lib, proposing a radical up
ward revision of railroad distributive
freight rates In western Washington
and portion Of western Oregon.
State and federal authorities are
marshaling their forces at Tacoma for
a renewed and more scientific war on
bootleggers. S. F. Butler, assistant
field superintendent of the federal pro.
hibition enforcement department, with
headquarters in San Francisco, Is in
Tacoma going over the records of the
local office and preparing plans for
the launching afresh of Uncle Sans
drive against illicit liquor. Butler pre-
pared to transfer the office of the fed
eral prohibition department in this
state to the complete control of the
state prohibition director.
Major Noah Shakespeare of Everett
was elected commander of the United
Spanish War Veterans, department Of
Washington and Alaska, at the annual
encampment at Everett. Other Of
ficers were chosen as follows: Fred
w. Tempes, Vancouver, senior vice
commander; Frank N. Mclean, Taco
ma, junior vice-commander; Fred l..
Ballou, Ellensburg, department in.
spector; Rev. Will Getty, Seattle, chap
lain; Joe Schlauser, Mount Vernon,
marshal; DR.. c. o. Lindner, Spokane,
surgeon; Judge Walter M. French,
Charleston, judge-advocate. Yakima
was selected for the 1922 encampment.
approximately 1000 coal miners and
their families were affected by notices
mailed out by operators, requiring that
those on strike vacate by the end of
August all houses situated on property
Owned by the companies. Efforts to
arbitrate the strike, which has tied up
every commercial mine in
the state since last March, were sud-
denly halted last week, when officials
of the United Mine Workers, acting on
Geographic advice from their national
headquarters, refused to submit to a
referendum vote of the state member
ship the proposal of state arbitration
to reduce wages about 20
per cent. The strike had been caused
by notice from operators that pay
would be cut between 90 and 81 per
cent.
The Walla Walla city commissioners
have voted to call second election
on the proposed bond issue for water
works improvements. Bonds were vo.
ted in December, 1919, to put in a
new pipeline to the city, extend the
line into the Wenaha forest reserve
and construct reservoir, all at a cost
of 100000. The bonds We're to bear
5 per cent interest. They We're sold to
the Union Trust company on an agree.
ment to pay per cent, but the attor.
ney of the company says this will he
Illegal unless revoted. 1t is considered
doubtful whether the people will vote
bonds at per cent especially as the
proposed improvements now cannot be
put in for less than 100000, The
date of the proposed election has mo-,
vet been set.