Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-22
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

ence VIII start Immediately an inten.
sive drive to raise $250,O00 for the
College Of Puget Sound, at Tacoma,
according to decision at the Goth an.
nual conference in Vancouver The
money will be raised in order to get
II $250,OOO endowment from the Rookie.
Teller Foundation, which has offered
that sum on or before December Z,
1923.
Shipping In the foreign trade out OF
Tacoma did not show much Of gain
over the previous month, the report
for June, just issued by Willard T.
Harrison, collector Of customs Of the
district of Washington, shows, Col.
lections at Tacoma held about normal.
The export trade from Tacoma Is
valued at S2,O22,612 for June, the re.
port shows, with imports at $1,32l,549
and collections s55,72114.
Establishment Of the large Long
Bell tent city in school district No. |,
south of Kelso, has increased the at
tendance in that district so much that
they could not be accommodated in
the school building of the district
The Long.Bell company management
has completed arrangements with the
Kelso school board by which the stu
dents from the Long-Bell camp will
be permitted to attend Kelso high
school.
An order extending the quarantine
on the growing of black currants over
the entire state because OF ehe spread
of white pine blister rust was issued
by e. L. French, director of agricul.
ture, with the approval Of Governor
Hart. The order directs district horti.
cultural inspectors to seek out, con.
denim and order destroyed all black
currant bushes growing in their dis.
tricts. Pine blister rust the depart
ment has found, breeds more readily
on black currant leaves than on any
other plant, and from that spreads
to the pine. Without the black cur
rant on which to breed the rust can.
not spread.
Considerable activity is being evil
denced along the Willapa river be-
tween South Bend and Raymond. This
section is being deepened by a gov
eminent dredge which has Just finish
ed filling in considerable land in Ray
mond. The county is building bulk
head along the north bank of the river
from Raymond down the stream to a
point opposite South Bend and the
dredge will fill in behind this to form
the grade for road, which will even
the ocean beach. The state is build.
ing a new steel span across the river
at Raymond. This structure will cost
S150,000 and approaches and grade will
bring the cost up to much higher fig.
ure.
Names of 10 applicants for tracts
in the state soldier land settlement
area at White Bluffs, selected in a
drawing held by Dan A. Scott, director
of conservation and development, and
]. c. Scott, project manager, were an.
nounced as follows: Robert L. l..
Boggs, Seattle; Arne Hole, Everett;
James Stone Fiske, Mohler; Horace
E. Boss, Alder; Ernest CanCy Wick,
zillah; Frank August Damon, Pros.
ser; Frank d. E, Biart, Winthrop;
James Winnie Coffman, Walla Walla;
Harold byron DoaS, College Place;
Walter Joseph Elliott, Roslyn; Lewis
l.. Averill, Chehals; Edward Homer
James, Wiley City, and Henry Els.
worth Dopps, outlook. Ine appi.
cants are to appear at White Bluffs
Saturday, September 80
Five per cent of the traffic is de,
stroying roads that are perfectly good
for the other 95 per cent according to
President Terris of the Washington
State Good Roads association, which
was in convention at Ellensburg.
President Terris strongly advocated
prohibiting heavy trucks on highways
in competition with railroads. Sta.
tstics show, according to Mr.. Terris,
that the trucks, which are in the min.
ority, are bringing ruin to the roads,
thereby working hardship on the
overwhelming majority Of the traffic
Governor Hart informed the conven.
ton that IL the Washington legisla.
ture adopts the program of the state
highway commission, the Pacific high.
way will be completely paved in Wash.
,ngton next year. The paving may
oven be finished by August /, 1923.