Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-11-17

Tor mayor OF olympia at the city pri.
mary election.
Fire in the normal building of Wa!la
Walla college at College Place did
about $500 damage.
George Christensen of Stevenson,
democratic state chairman, is expected
to be the only democrat in the senate.
The annual convention Of the Wash.
ington State Chamber of Commerce
will be held in Tacoma, December
and 6.
Lack Of freight cars has caused the
partial shutdown of the Ohio and Dia,
mond Match companies plants in Spo.
kane.
Rebekahs of the Grays Harbor dis.
trict to the number of 400 attended
the semi-annual convention at Ho.
quiam.
Three thousand kilowatt units OF
electrical energy were added last week
to Tacoma's big hydro-electric plant
at La Grande.
approximately $1,OO0,O0O is being
spent by Seattle's municipal street
railway this year on track repairs and
reconstruction work.
All punchboards in cigar stores
candy counters and pool rooms of
Aberdeen were banned by an order is
sued by the chief of police.
The town council of Okanogan has
been asked by the Parent-Teacher as,
ISOLATION to pass an ordinance closing
all public dances at midnight.
Farmer.laborites, uniting with demo.
Gratis, captured one senate and five
house seats from Pierce county in last
weeks election, returns indicate.
Republican candidates, most of
whom were up for reelection, won 16
of the II Spokane county offices by
commanding majorities in the cleo,
ton.
One of the unexpected results of the
Clarke county election was the cleo
ton of young woman to the office
of justice of the peace in Fruit valley
precinct.
Ten states in the United States are
represented in the fourth annual 365.
day egg-laying contest started last
week at the Western Washington ex.
pertinent station in Puyallup.
Mayor Charles A. Fleming of Spo,
kane has announced that Spokane will
within a few days initiate move to
call state convention for the adOp
ton of new state constitution.
Army engineers for the war depart
ment will conduct a public hearing
at Everett November "a, to get the
views Of interested parties regarding
Improvement for the harbor of Everett
Thurston county voted solidly in
favor of creating a port of Olympia
district to include the entire county
Thirty-nine out of 40 precincts gave
i460 votes for the creating of the
port and 1915 against.
Governor Louis F. Hart, in accord.
ance with the custom of setting aside
the last Thursday in November for a
day Of thanksgiving, has issued a
proclamation declaring Thursday, No
vember so, Thanksgiving day, a legal
holiday.
The largest wheat crop grown in
the northwest this year, that of George
Drumheller of Walla Walla, and con
sisting Of 100000 bushels of club, has
been bought by the Pacific Coast
Elevator company. The price was MOI
announced.
Tapping the huge Boeing timber
tract in the east Hoquiam and upper
Wishkah valleys, the Greenwood Log
ging company hauled its first train
load of logs last week from the camps
ten miles up the east Hoquiam river
to tidewater.
An ordinance presented to the Van
couver city council would compel al
stage companies operating out of Van
couver to build brick terminal build
ings which must be situated on stree
corners and have minimum flool
space of 500 feet.
A new military school for boys Il
being built near spanaway, Tacom,
suburb, at cost of 100000, and vii
be ready for occupancy by the frs
Of the year The school, which is be
ing built by the Dominican sisters
will be known as st. Edwards hall.