Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-29


hospital purposes on Fort Walla Walla
reservation were rejected by Washing.
ton authorities, and work will be done
by force account under government
supervision.
More than 30 Cowlitz county citizens
motored to the Western Washington
experiment station at Puyallup for
Cowlitz county day. They found the
demonstrations at the station interest.
ing and helpful.
No grounds for rumors of ill.treat.
ment of disabled war veterans under
care OF public health service officers
in the Western hospital at Fort Stella.
COON could be found by committee
which visited the hospital.
Bridging Of the East Hoqulam river
above its confluence with the main
llOQuiam river will be started by Grays
Harbor county commissioners just as
soon as the war department passes on
the plans as submitted to them.
A public reception and welcome
home was extended by Tacoma to
Hugh G. Wallace, ex-ambassador, upon
his arrival in the city Sunday night
from Paris, where he spent four years
IN the country's diplomatic service.
The forest district comprising Clarke
and the southern parts of Skamania
and Cowlitz counties is comparatively
free from the conditions which usually
start forest fires, according to V. II.
Brewer, supervisor of the district.
More seafaring men are visiting the
Tacoma Seamen's Institute at present
than for some time past, according to
the monthly report of Superintendent
Harry Ferneybough, of the institute.
During June 40 sailors registered at
the office.
Under decision just handed down
by Judge jeremiah Neterer of the
United States district court, liquor on
a vessel must be manifested as ships
stores and upon arriving at an Ameri-
can port must be locked under govern
ment seal.
Within 30 days not jitney will be
left on the streets of Seattle, Carl Il.
Reeves, superintendent of public utili.
ties, Las predicted following the news
that the state supreme court had up.
held the right of cities to regulate
motor buses.
A woman found dead on a highway
near Seattle, believed to have been
struck by a motorist who failed to
stop, was identified as Mrs. Catherine
Okun, So years old, who lived near
Kent. Pieces of broken headlight
lens were near the body.
Captain Henry Marden, veteran Pa
cific coast steamship master and pilot
of the steamer Governor when that
vessel sank off Port Townsend last
April l, died at hospital in Seattle
after an illness of several months. He
was born in Stockton, Me-, in 1853.
An unusual honor was conferred up
on members of the Junior Livestock
Breeders association of Klick1tat coun-
ty, when the board of county commits
sioners named six of the members TO
act as superintendent and assistant
superintendent of different livestock
departments of the Klickitat county
fair The association is composed OF
boys.
Z. B. Benn, who has been recon.
mended by Senators Poiudexter and
Jones for United States marshal for
the western district of Washington,
has received more than 100 applica.
lions for appointments to the seven
or eight positions within his jurisdic.
ton.
A minimum wage scale of Sl4.50 a
week for women in public housekeep-
ing was recommended when conferees
met at Olympia for the first time UNI
der the administrative code with the
state welfare committee. This is a
reduction from the prevailing scale
which is SIS a week.
c. II. Hoyey of Ellensburg was chos.
en- president Of the Washington State
Bar association in session at Olympia,
for the coming year, succeeding Otto
B. Rupp OF Seattle, w, j. Willard was
reelected secretary treasurer. The
seven vice-presidents will be selected
later by the president,
A. f. Salzman of Ridgefield has
written Washington State college ask
ing that two carloads of picric acid
be allotted to Clarke county for stump
blasting and land improvement pur.
poses, according to h, j, O'Conpell, sec