Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-09-16

September 90 is the date set for the
dedication Of Centralias new armory.
Six thousand names are yet on the
delinquent poll tax list of Spokane
county.
Fifteen automobiles were destroyed
in a fire that consumed u frame garage
in Olympia.
Harner & Meldrums alfalfa meal
mill burned at Grandview The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Up to September / more than 49,
600 automobile operators licenses had
been issued in the state.
Up to September l, 20,65O automo-
biles have been licensed in Spokane
county and $315,693 in fees collected.
Preliminary figures on Spokane bud
get estimates for 1922 show a reduc-
ton of 25 mills from the 1921 tax
levy.
Spokane city valuations have jump
ed from $7S,5OS,327 in 1920 to $751;
51S,973 this year, exclusive of rail-
roads.
Uriah Brothers, pioneer of Clarke
county living near La Center, was
kicked to death by horse Thursday
evening.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Columbia River Presbytery was held
at Onalaska Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday,
The Washington Fruitgrowers' asso-
citation will raise fund of 100000 for
advertising purposes by assessing each
box of apples 1 cent.
A forest fire in Klickitat county that
has prevailed for several days, has en-
tered a heavy body of timber and is
burning with renewed activity.
The report of the Olympia police
Judge shows that S94S.O5 was collect
ed in fines during August as against
$777.7O for the month of July.
Gerald Jerome, II, and Arthur
Anderson, IA, were drowned in Green
lake, near Seattle, when the canoe in
which they were riding overturned.
Seattle led all cities insthe northwest
during 1920 in the payment of life in
surance policies, companies meeting
death losses to the amount of $1,732,-
591. :.
County commissioners have decided
to reject all bids to lease the King
county ferry system and will continue
to operate the system as a public
utility.
An ordinance will be placed on the
ballot at the Seattle municipal election
next May providing for a 3 cent car
fare and tax levy TO take care of the
deficit.
The better babies contest at the
Elma fair this year was one of I'M
usual interest. There were SO entries,
eight prizes being awarded in four
classes.
0, 2. Skinner, prominent Walla
Walla real estate dealer, has been sem
fenced to six months to Is years in the
state penitentiary on charge of grand
larceny
An order lowering gas rates approx
mately 10 cents thousand feet in
Vancouver, effective September Is,
was issued by the department of pub
lie works.
Cowlitz county commissioners have
decided that all county prisoners shall
hereafter be compelled to work on the
county roads under the supervision Of
the sheriff.
Nicholas B. Oliver cousin of Presl-
dent Harding, died at Walla Walla
Sunday night, aged So. He had been
A resident of the Walla Walla valley
since 1906.
State contracts for road improve
ments and construction of bridges in
eastern washington amounting to
S555,O0O were let Saturday by the state
highway committee.
improvements and additions costing
$4,000 have been made this summer
to the Western Washington fair
grounds. The fair will be held at
puyallup, October to 8.
Chester r. Hoyey, attorney of
Ellensburg, has been appointed justice
Of the state supreme court by Gov.
srnor Louis f. Hart in succession of
Justice Wallace Mount, deceased.
The Donovan Lumber company of
Aberdeen was the first mill on Grays
Har'bor to resume night work since
the shipping strike in May. The com.
pany has put on an extra shift of 1876