Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-02-18
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

adopted Loyal Legion OF Loggers and
Lumbermen's wage scale.
The Spokane Typothetae, employing
printers, has raised several thousand
dollars to fight strike Of job printers
expected there May |, according to in.
formation given out by ]. l.. Turner,
secretary Of the organization.
Tacoma lumbermen believe the est.
mate Of $10000O,00O timber loss by
storm on the Olympic peninsula has
been exaggerated greatly. While they
admit that the damage there was
heavy. they say the figure set appears
to be excessive.
On his first visit to Tacoma, II. e.
Byram, president of the Chicago, Mil.
waukee & st Paul railway, accom-
panied by Fl. B. Earling, yice-presi-
dent in charge of the office at Seattle,
arrived there to look over the com.
pany's property.
Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Everett
and Portland stores have been robbed
of goods valued at more than $780,
900 by well-organized gang of shop
lifters, according to the Seattle police,
who believe they have in custody the
leaders of the alleged ring.
In the hope of devising some means
of salvaging the S,OOO,OOO,0O0 or more
board feet of timber blown down in
Clallam and Jefferson counties by the
storm Of January 20, party of ma
tional and state forestry officials left
Seattle to make survey of the situa,
ton.
The Walla Walla. county commits.
sioners have decided on new system
Of maintenance for state highways.
Three patrols will be established, one
each at Touchet, Walla Walla and
Waitsburg. Each will consist Of two
men with truck and necessary equip
ment.
Elmer Harding, 80 years old, shot
and killed his brother, Carl Harding,
his own wife and himself at Spokane.
Harding shot his brother and wife and
then killed himself at a hotel when
the brother emerged from room to
which his wife had denied him en-
trance.
Lumber production, orders and ship
ments continued low in the state Of
Washington for the past week despite
the fact that other lumber producing
regions reported increased business,
according to the weekly lumber review
issued by the West Coast Lumber
mems association.
w. J. Van Skike, a rancher found
guilty by jury in superior court Of
manslaughter in connection with the
death at Spokane Of Mrs. 8. S. Kirk,
patrick beneath his automobile De,
cember 10, was sentenced by Superior
Judge Webster to a term of five to
10 years in the state penitentary.
According to men posted in the whal
ing business, many if not all of the
whaling stations on the north Pacific
coast will remain closed this summer
Whale oil, like many other oils, is
down to a rock-bottom price now, and
the markets hold but little promise. II
this condition does not improve it Is
said the whalers will not put out to
sea the coming season.
The Pacific county commissioners
voted, at the request of delegation
Of prominent citizens from Ilwaco and
vicinity, to set aside $4,000 to com
plete a first-class road from the ocean
beach near Sea View to MCGOWAN in
consideration of ferry being run by
Captain Elfing of Astoria between
that city and the north bank of the
Columbia at MCGOWAN.
A temporary restraining order, en-
JOINING luG Clly VI Ocdlllc llOil pay
Ing interest on the S15,O00,0OO utility
bonds by which the street railway
system was purchased from the Puget
Sound Traction, Light & Power com
pany in 1919, until wages, operating
expenses, depreciation and sums due
the general and other city funds are
paid, was issued by the superior court
at Seattle, on petition Of IA taxpayers
Governor Hart and three state of
ficlals with him, on their way to in
spect damage done in the Olympic
peninsula by the storm of January 20
had n narrow escape from plunging
In their automobile, off the bridge
over the Quilcene River, The steer
ing gear OF the machine broke, and II
plunged into the barrier at the side
of the southern approach to the bridge
Several boards were broken from the
barrier, which stopped the machine.