Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-02-10

closing session of its annual meeting
IN Spokane. Nels Nelson, New West.
minister, B. c., was elected vice-presi.
dent. II. c. Browne, Portland, Or, for
seven years secretary-treasurer of the
association, was reelected to that Of.
flee.
The busiest piece of highway in the
state is that between Tacoma and the
old Indian reservation bridge across
the Puyallup river, details of traffic
census taken last summer and fall
and just made public by the state
highway division show. The report
showed an average of 1890 motor We.
hicles daily travelling over this piece
of road
An appeal to the supreme court
from the action of Superior Judge
Askern in sustaining the demurrer of
0. S. Larson in the case in which the
latter is charged with having accepted
deposits at the Scandinavian-Ame
can bank at Tacoma after he knew the
institution was defunct will be taken
by the state, according to Prosecuting
Attorney Selden.
Those who sign initiative and refer
endum measures Unfortunately are
subject to arrest and prosecution. The
law on this point provides that the
signer must not only be a registered
voter, but must affix precinct number
and addresses exactly as described.
Last year 600 careless signers were
obliged to explain why they had sign,
ed petitions Illegally.
Grays Harbor clam canneries will
begin packing during the first week
in March, with approximately 1900
men and women on the beaches and in
the packing plants All the beaches
from Moclips to Westport will be work
ed by diggers from March /, the be-
ginning of the season, to May 81, its
close. No price agreement has been
completed yet between the diggers and
packers.
Three Indians of the William Penn
family related to the young Penn In
dian who year ago saved the lives
of the two survivors of the wreck of
the barge Pirrie when he found them
wandering near Cape John
son, are dead of the influenza on the
Bogachiel river James Reed, forest
ranger, reported the deaths and said
that many other Indians are i'll with
the disease.
Within the next quarter of century
western Washington will be raising
S25,eOO00O worth of apples and pears
Director e. L. French of
the department of agriculture pre-.
diets. His department has started
to clean up the old western
Washington orchards, tear out non
trees, put others in good
condition and to substitute varieties
Of fruit suitable for this climate.
The Western Lumber company is
to open a logging camp
alongside the Northern Pacific rail
way two miles from Pc Ell. Construc.
ton Of the necessary buildings for
the camp will be started at once. The
Yeomans Lumber company Of Pc Ell
Is taking up its old logging road
along Stone creek preparatory to ex.
tending its system up the Chehalis
river to tap more distant timber hold.
ings
e. V. Kuykendall, director of the
department Of public works, has been
notified of his appointment as chair.
man OF the motor vehicle transporta.
ton division of the National Associa.
ton OF Railway Utilities commission.
ers. Vance H. Cleland, supervisor of
public utilities. has been appointed on
the committee of public utility rates
md Frank Spinning supervisor of
transportation, member of the public
ownership and operation committee
Farming at all the state institutions
will be under scientific direction in
the future and very little will be left
to chance In the selection of crops
TO be raised Director u. l.. French
Of the department Of agriculture and
J. w. Pace, who becomes director of
he department of business control on
April /, are preparing to make soil
analysis Mt different state institution.
Al farms, collect all the available data
On the character of crops that do best
IN different localities and select the
places whore poultry raising and berry
will pay best.