Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-08-19

P'Ni"'H'Hb III lcpuDllCdll pOltlCS, drop
ped dead in grain field at his ranch
at Mud bay, as result of a heart
stroke due to the heat and overexer-
ton.
For brief space of time Thursday
Walla Wallas main street contained
more gold than many placer miner
found in a whole week. Where the
nuggets came from no one seems TO
know, but there were hundreds OF
them and several persons filled pockets
while one woman filled handkerchief.
Matt Jeppson has been missing from
his mountain ranch near the Little
Meadows in Walla Walla for two
weeks and neighbors, fearing he has
met with foul play have organized
searching parties to seek him in tho
Leavy timber.
Soattle's silk imports this year bid
| ffir to break the record of 1919, whel
| l6,040 tons of raw and manufactured
silk came through this port. Govern.
menL figures just issued establish the
fact that silk is one Of the few imports
which show an increase over last year.
When bills are rendered against the
medical aid fund for medical treat
| ment furnished injured workmen, the
division Of industrial insurance of the
department Of labor and industries can
lawfully reject such bills, according
to an opinion issued by Attorney.Gen-
eral Thompson.
Resumption of coastwise shipping
between California ports and Grays
Harbor the last week Of July is re-
Elected in the July shipping report for
the port Just completed. Total ship
ments for July We're 24,533 900 feet,
carried in 20 vessels, gain of almost
100000 feet over June and 2,5OOOOO
over May.
4 purported dying statement of
woman who was reported to have de-
clared that she shot down Reno
Hutchinson, general secretary Of the
Young Mems Christian association at
Spokane in 1906, was said by police
to have shed light on a murder mys-
terry that has baffled the Spokane Of
ficers for Is years.
A million and a half bushels Of 1921
wheat have been sold by Walla Walla
growers since harvest started it is
estimated by grain dealers. Price for
No. 1 wheat has been steady from %
cents to 81 and most of the wheat has
been sold at prices ranging from 95
cents to 81, depending on the grade
Smut has cut the grades somewhat.
A school district is entitled to ap-
portionment of school funds based up
on the attendance of all children In
that district even if the children do
not attend the public school, but a
private school in the same district,
according to an opinion given by At
torney-General Thompson to Jose
phine Coriss Preston, superintendent
of public instruction.
The minimum wage of 1920
week, fixed by the industrial welfare
commission September II, 1918, for
women above the age of IS years in
any industry during the period of the
war, is no longer valid since the sta
tus of war no longer exists. This was
the opinion given by Attorney-Gen-
eral Thompson in reply to Delphine
NJ. Johnson, supervisor of women in
industry.
The Washington apple crop now
gives promise of total production of
2453S,OOO bushels as compared with
100000 bushels in 1920, reports G.
S. Ray, of the bureau Of statistics.
Peaches made n slight improvement
during July, the condition figure being
60 on August l. The forecast is now
1886, 900 bushels. The pear crop. based
on a condition G5 per cent Of nor.
nal, August I, Is placed at 100000
bushels.
a rate war between towboat opera.
tors on Puget sound is being precipi.
tated by number OF owners charging
less than the legal rates on file with .
the department of public works, nc.
cording to information received by the
department. Director Z. V. Kuykcn. |
dali has directed these towboat oper.
ators to cease violating the provisions
Of the filed tariffs or making any
changes other than those contained /
in the tariffs on file with the depart
mcnt.
Tam Gibbs, II years old, of Olympia,
has been announced as winner Of a |
first prize OF SIS in a statewide school
essay contest for sixth grade pupils.
Irene Robbins of Yelm won first prize
in the ninth grade Fred Z. Pape, state /
supervisor Of forestry, and George c. |.
JOY, warden of the Washington for
est fire association, have just finished
distributing ten first prizes and nine