Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-02-25
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

Gently held O meeting at White Sal
mon and perfected an organization
which will be known AZ the klickitat
Wool Growers association.
For killing Patrolman Stevens in q
pistol fight January IA. Ward Dan
ielB. G. A. Brown and Lewis Madsen
have been found guilty at Seattle Of
murder In the first degree.
Since taking office on January 10.
Sheriff Clarence Long OF Spokane
county has seized IA Illicit stills
Fines at Spokane assessed upon boot.
loggors amount to $1,000 weekly.
From $4,000 to $4,000 will be
added to the states income annually
through tho action OF the state board
Of finance In raising the interest rate
Of state deposits from 2 to 8 percent
What 10 said TO be the lowest price
for common dimension lumber since
before the war has been secured In q
contract by the city Of Spokane for
more than 100000 feet at s25 q thou.
sand.
Harry Williams. aged 81. has con,
tossed To the murder OF John Bate,
Spokane fireman. whose body was
found In an automobile near that city
recently. It Is thought Williams Ia
insane.
Fire at Elma starting in the rear
Of bowling alley destroyed all but
three buildings In the block bounded
by Main. Third. Waldrlp and Fourth
streets, entaillng q loss In buildings
and merchandise estimated at $50, 1000
TO $4,000.
Paul Schaefer, former teller In the
North Side State bank Of Seattle.
pleaded guilty to charge Of embexzl-
ing $4,000 Of the banks funds and
was sentenced to serve five to is years
In the state peniten.iary. The North
Side bank was recently closed by order
OF deputy state bank commissioner.
Orders have been received at the
Spokane federal immigration office
for the deportation to Denmark of
Count Viggo Won Holstein and his
vito. 1t was announced. They were
taken into custody about five weeks
ago and have been In jail since that
time In default Of $4,000 bonds each.
Elliot Wood Michener. aged IA, was
arrested at Northport charged with the
theft OF liberty bonds and treasury
certificates valued at $14,600 from the
trunk of his father, C. B. Kitchener. at
Occur d'Alone. Idaho Bonds and Ger.
tincates worth $14.50o were found on
the lad when he was taken into Gus.
tody.
Columbus w. ShRfer OF Hoqulam.
formerly Of Olympia and secretary
Of the Washington State Bar asso,
citation for 10 years. died in Port
land hospital after long illness. He
WAS 40 years old. He was state law
librarian at Olympia for 20 years, past
exalted ruler of the Elks' lodge and
q member of other orders.
Spokane schools will be short $780,,
900 for the payment Of teachers sal
cries, and from SO to rs teachers In
the elementary and high schools will
be lost next fall unless the state leg.
islature makes provision for higher
school levy, or unless the city again
resorts to a, special election for grant.
ing the board Of education power to
raise the levy for teachers salaries
A. r. Masrudsr, dairy specialist OF
the Washington State college extern
sion service. In company with County
Agent Blanton. was instructing farm
srs of Cowlits county In dairy cattle
feeding methods last week.
Notes amounting TO $4,000 or SIS.
900, taken by safe crackers a few
days ago from the Meyers Shepley
department store at Ritxville, were
found Saturday behind a billboard by
boys playing hide and seek.
Woolgrowers of Washington are
planning to market their product as
cloth instead OF raw material. thus
eliminating the marketing charges OF
middlemen. as the result OF report
made by special committee com
prised Of Dr. 8. B. Nelson OF Wash
ington state college and William His
lop aud r. A. Balsch, Spokane.
The executive committee OF the
Walia Walla farm bureau, representing
most OF the farmers OF the county, hai
adopted minimum wage scale fol-
spring work which is far below prices
paid last year. The scale follows:
Single men, $40 month with room
and board. married men. $50 to Sc