Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-11
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR our BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

1t cost $l.53 a day during October
to provide food for family OF five
IN Seattle, according to statistics an.
nounced by the Loyal Legion OF Log.
gers and Lumbermen.
Patients may enter the new United
States public health hospital at Fort
Walla Walla some time in January,
Alexander Blumberg, supervising
architect has announced.
Representatives Of churches and
civic organizations at Seattle announc.
cd plans for mass meeting on the
night of November II to ratiry the
limitation Of armament project
The jury at Salem, Ore, trying Mrs.
Elizabeth Grebe OF Spokane, charged
with reckless driving IN running down
C W, Fem, auto stage driver last
summer disagreed and was dismissed
Cash receipts from the crops in
Walla Walla this year will exceed So
$4,000, according to latest figures.
The principal crop is wheat, from
which about $6,OOO,OOO will be realized.
Edward Conley aged Z, is in a Sc.
attic hospital with fractured skull,
following an accident in which he
dived into the path OF speeding auto.
mobile to save the life of a pet puppy.
A contract was let to A. n. Barrett
to build bridge across the Klickitat
river at the mouth Of Surveyor creek
by the Mount Adams Highway asso-
citation. Construction will begin at
once.
A course in domestic science for
men students at Spokane university
was recently established. One hun
dred men are taking turns at prepar-
ing food, waiting OH tables and wash
ing dishes.
A fatal accident occurred near Cen
tralia at the Walville mill, when a log
train jumped the track, splitting its
load and one of the logs striking T.
zock, who was standing nearby Death
was instantaneous.
A copper vein about 80 feet in width
which can be traced for distance OF
more than two miles, has been dscov-
cred in the upper Quinault and is now
being tapped by a Hoquiam copper
mining organization.
The box factory of the Laurel Box
company near White Salmon burned
to the ground the night of October
q. About 100000 apple boxes and
many thousands of feet of box lum.
Der also were consumed.
One Of the largest pumpkins seen in
western Washington for many years is
on display in the office of the South
east Washington Fair association in
Chehalis. 1t is 22x2S inches in size
and weighs ninety.five pounds.
This week is odd jobs week" in
Spokane. The committee on unem-
ptoyment issued an appeal to the pub.
lie to help relieve the distress of men
unable to get work by having their
annual repair work done at once
The United Construction company,
at work on the Pacific highway be.
tween La Center and Woodland,
practically has completed all team
and truck work and about three or
four weeks work for a steam shovel
will finish grading. A number of
dangerous curves have been elimnat.
ed and the highway widened at var.
ious places.
About 800 acres Of orchard formerly
owned by the Moses Coulee Fruit Land
company has been taken over by the
Wells & Wade Fruit company of We.
natchee at a price of 100000.
The contractors have nearly com.
pleted the White Salmon-Snowdon
highway from White Salmon north to
Mountain Brook The grading is done
and about one mile remains to be
graveled. When completed this will
be one of the finest roads in IIlickitat
county.
The magnitude and Importance of
the Pacific Northwest Fruit exposition
to be held at the Bell street terminal
in Seattle, November 21.26, have been
recognized by the transportation COM
panies with a grant of reduced round.
trip rates from all points in Washing.
ton, Oregon and northern Idaho.
To obtain right of way for the
North Bank highway near Bingen in
Klickitat county condemnation suits
have been started against Theodore
Suksdorf, Louise Suksdorf, his wife,
and Pauline Waidt, In one action and
against John P. Egan and Margaret
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