Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-03-04
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

suiu tlldb law QlTeClluS the apOll-
ton of diaphanous dresses. short
skirts and high heels, as presented
in the Washington legislature, was
totally unnecessary. They held that
the girls, themselves, were regulating
/ their dress far better than any law
could control the matter
A special study course is being
given for all the rangers in the Wash.
ington district under the direction Of
the Portland office of the United
States forest service. A series of 1870
questions dealing with grazing, fire
fighting, lookout system, telephone
construction. timber sales. recreation
and sanitation and other subjects has
been prepared.
| An increase of 10 per cent over the
annual lumber cut of the past three
years Is indicated for 1920 in incom.
plete returns from mills in Washing
ton. Sixty-four Washington mills re-
port an increase of 174,OOO,OOO feet
over 1919. Returns from IS Washing
ton mills with capacity Of from 5000
| to 100000 feet annual capacity
shows decrease of 100000 feet
Revenue from the Spokane traction
company's street cars in January
amounted to $44.599. while expenses
Of the company were $46,606, accord
ing to figures compiled by officials
| Of the company and submitted to
Mayor Fleming. The figures show
that the company operated at a loss
Of $2l07 during the month Passen
gers totaling S35,s05 were carried
At least 100000 will be spent on
paving the North Bank highway east
| of Camas in the next two years, II
the state will accept the proposition
made by the Clarke county commits
sioners. The commissioners adopted
a resolution that they would expend
$4,000. or any part thereof, to be
matched by state or federal aid, pro-
viding this amount was received from
tolls OF the Columbia river interstate
bridge.
Police of all cities In the northwest
have been asked to assist in the
search for Herbert J. Johnson, be-
| lieved to be the man who broke
rh ~ Of l,,y,c IN,
wait at the spot where George A.
hoffman, ex.mayor of Olympia, had
beer ordered to deposit $4,000 under
threat contained in a letter that I'M
less the money was forthcoming Mott
mans general store at Olympia, one
of the biggest in western Washing
ton, would be blown UP with dyna-
mite.
| New freight tariffs on fir and cedar
lumber and shingle shipments to
Omaha and Chicago from Pacific
coast ports agreed upon by represen-
tatives of trans-continental railroads
meeting in Chicago are a distinct
disappointment and unsatisfactory"
R. W. Vinnedge, president of the
West Coast Lumbermen's association,
declared In statement at Seattle.
|! The proposed tariffs, as announced
by western representatives of the
roads established rate of 661a cents a
hundred pounds to Omaha and 70
cents to Chicago.
Life Imprisonment was recommend
ed by the jury at South Bend which
convicted j. Fred Welch on a first
degree murder charge growing out
OF the explosion on the dredge Beaver
In which four persons lost their lives,
dredge operator; Blanche. IT, HIS
daughter; Eigel Christensen Of Port.
land and John Javre of Astoria died
when the dredge was blown up at the
mouth of North river. Christensen, In
his dying statement, accused WEIGH
of the crime and also charged WEIGH
with beating him while they were In
the water after the explosion.
Argument was heard by the su.
preme court on the constitut!0nality
of the emergency clause OF the civil
administrative code passed by the
present session of the state leglsla-
ture. The case was heard by the full
membership OF the court and was
taken under advisement at the con.
clusion of argument. The attack on
the validity OF the measure is In
volved In petition filed by the state
federation of labor through William
Short and Fred b. Norman asking
that writ of mandate be issued Of
recting the secretary of state TO fill
petitions for referendum process on
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