Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-10-27
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences OF Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

factory at Toppenish will begin It's
annual run on october 10.
The I7ih annual convention of the
CowlItz Baptist association was held
in Vancouver, with As delegates pres
ent.
A 5Ofoot launch containing liquor
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000 was
captured on the Stlllagaumish river
near stanwood by federal officers.
James j. Davis, secretary of labor
in the cabinet of President Harding.
will make two speeches in this state
prior to the election in behalf of Sen.
ator Poindexter.
Governor Hart has announced that
he will ask the 1923 legislature to
pass a budget law which would make
it impossible for any state official to
exceed his budget estimate.
Two interesting community fairs
were held in Pacific county last week,
one at Menlo in the Willapa valley
and the other at Chinook, on the Co.
lumbia river side of the county.
Albert Reynolds, age twenty who
was injured while stealing ride on
the Great Northern freight train. as It
was entering Lyman, died in the Bur.
lington hospital at Mount Vernon.
Requisition directed to the cover.
nor of Oregon for the return to Spo-
kane of William Murphy, alias vii
liam Mccarthy, wanted for highway
robbery, was issued by Governor Hart
The first light frost of the season
was recorded at Walla Walla Friday,
one week later than normal The frost
appeared in exposed places only The
average date Of first frost Is Septem.
Der &c.
Inland Empire lumber mills are
more seriously affected by the railway
car shortage than at any time in the
history of the lumber industry in the
district, according to reports from
mill operators
Eswin Hall, the mems dormitory of
the Ellensburg State normal school,
which was partially destroyed by fire
recently, will be completely restored
and will open to accommodate stu.
dents early in December.
h,1o IL,
the close of business September 80 was
SS,S09,1SS.45, q decrease Of approx
mately s11S,OOO from the preceding
week, according to the weekly report
of the state treasurer to the state
auditor
Maior-General Charles Morton, COM
handing officer of the ninth corps
area, will be In Walla Walla the last
Of the month to inspect the reserve
officers training corps at the high
school. Approximately 800 boys are
enrolled in the corps.
The Grays Harbor port terminal,
midway between Hoq1iam and Aber-
deem, will be protected doubly from
fire. Arrangements have been made
with Fire Chiefs Tamblyn of Aberdeen
and Crawford of HoQulam whereby
both departments will answer fire
calls.
Harold Ahola, %, was acquitted at
Stevenson of completely in the killing
Of w, E. Rorison, IS, Clarke county
deputy sheriff, who lost his life Aug.
ust in battle with Paul Hickey,
moonshiner, three miles north of
Stevenson. Hickey was killed Ahola
was arrested after the shooting.
With a docket crammed to capacity,
the state supreme court opened its
October term of nine weeks Monday
Because of the congested condition OF
the docket no civil cases filed after
September IS could be placed Grim.
inal cases filed later were crowded in,
however, the law providing that they
should be given preference.
The Walla Walla Valley Railway
company, indirect subsidiary Of the
Great Northern, has announced p!,ua
for another rail line in the heavy
orchard district between Milton, Or,
and Walla Walla. The new line will
run south of Walla Walla. 1t will be
about four miles in length, to be con.
structed at an estimated cost of $780,,
600
Cancellation of all proposed rate in
creaees contained in schedules filed by
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company September 20, for all cities
IA the state except Seattle, Tacoma,
and Spokane, was contained in a
notice received by the department OF
public works from James 7. Shaw,
general counsel for the telephone com.
pany.
Piusburg. Pa, is to receive the first
carload OF this years crop of Clarke
county prunes. The carload was sent
out by the Washington Growers asso
citation oF Vancouver Another car