Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-08-18

me llrSt woman candidate Tor NOM
nation on the congressional ticket in
the state of Washington, Minerva Il.
Troy, democrat, of Port Angeles, has
filed her nomination.
John William Wells, SO years old,
farmer three miles southeast of
Ridgefield, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with AS caliber revolver
Rufus Arland's herd of 81 tIolsteins
IN Grays Harbor county averaged 972
ounds of milk-3l7 butterfat for
the month of July, according to the
association test Just made public.
Contractors from Portland, Spokane,
Tacoma, Seattle and other cities in
the northwest will inspect the work
Of constructing the hydro-electric
plant on the Skagit river near Seattle
on August 80.
Included in the congressional ap.
preparation for rivers and harbors for
the fiscal year 1923 is the sum of
10000 allotted to Washington ports
md harbors, according to dispatches
from Washington, D. C.
Following an illness dating from
few days after his Tooth birthday an.
niversary, nearly two months ago,
Rufus j. Newland died at the Masonic
home in Puyallup. He was born in
West county, Virginia, June 20, 1922.
Unusual gain in shipping at Tacoma
over last year was noted in the report
Of Harbor Master Rowland. This
shows that 101 deep water vessels en-
tered Tacoma this year, with a ton
mage amounting to 170,140 tons, with
departures 1913 and tonnage 272,093.
Choice of three sites In Grays Har-
hor county-one near Montesano and
the other two near Elma-has been
offered through the agency of the
Aberdeen chamber of commerce to
the Brotherhood of American Yeomen
for proposed national children's
home.
Reductions in freight charges on
eggs to points east of Chicago, an.
nounced by the transcontinental rail.
reads, means saving of $4,000 a
year to western Washington shippers,
according to H. E. Willis, manager of
the Washington Cooperative and Poul.
try association.
Tourists from outside the state are
more careful to obey the highway laws
OF the state than the home people,
in the opinion of l.. D. McArdle, head
of the state highway patrol, who has
been checking on the tourist traffic
and highway violations during the
summer months.
More than 200 packages of seed
have been given out to Grays Harbor
residents by +. S. Alvey of Elma, grow.
er Of some famous early sweet corn,
which has set the record for this sec.
ton of the country. The corn is ban
tam, but comes a month earlier than
other golden bantam.
Commercial fishing in Grays Har-
Dor waters started Saturday. The
season will be open for 20 days, clos
ing within the first Is days of Sep.
tha Ia Ia,
tory of the harbor Most of the fish
caught will be taken with gillnets. as
few traps are yet in order. Silver
salmon are running in such numbers
off the harbor that the expected catch
Of black salmon is being threatened.
His launch abandoned In a heavy
log, Frank Stanley, fisherman, sup
ported by a life preserNer, swan to
safety at the north jetty Of the Grays
Harbor bar. Shanley's log, his sole
companion on the fishinj trip, drown
ed in the surf.
Rattlesnakes are so nsnerous in
orchards in the Major cNs;G and other
districts of the White salmon valley,
where rocks abound, thai they are be.
coming menace and constant watch.
tulncss is necessary, especially in the
case of tourists who camp along the
roads or near streams.
The LongBell Lumber company has
awarded a contract to the Consolidat.
ed Construction company which is en-
gagged on n paving contract at Kelso,
to make fill which will straighten
out curve in the Kelso.Long.Bell
road About 5000 yards of dirt will
be required for the fill.
Farmers of the Walla Walla valley
are completing harvesting operations
this year much sooner than usual due
to a shorter crop and less amount Of
straw to handle Reports are that in