Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-28
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FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

Sons of Herman of the state held
their seventeenth annual convention
At Everett.
Permanent organization of the Kit
titas County Poultrymen's Association
has been effected.
Though forest fire conditions are
improved, State Forester Pape has
denied the applications Of two state
highway contractors for special per-
mits to burn debris accommodating in
their road clearing operations. The
fire situation is too dangerous to mod
ify in any degree the states order
that no burning permits be issued
until after rain comes, Mr.. sape said.
The gas boat B. & W., which went
ashore near Fort Candy, in the Colum.
bia river last March, with a cargo
of liquor aboard was ordered sold
and the proceeds turned over to the
government by decision of United
States Judge Edward E. Cushman at
Tacoma.
After testing samples to determine
its bacterial contents, the state depart
ment of public health has announced
that the waters of Lake Martha are
contaminated and unfit for culinary
and drinking purposes. The locality
Of birmingham gets its supply from
the lake.
The Vancouver fire department was
called out to fight caterpillars that
We're becoming a menace to the big
trees in the city park. Streams of
water were played upon the trees by
fire hose and literally millions of the
caterpillars were washed to the ground
and destroyed.
Crops grown en- the Yakima reserva-
ton lands this season will be worth
in the market s7,100,000, according to
the annual forecast by L. M. Holt, SUI
pervising engineer of the Indian de-
partment in the district. The reserva.
ton includes this year $3.50 acres
under cultivation.
Striking railroad shopmen are re.
strained from picketing or congregat-
ing about the shops and other proper.
ties of the Great Northern railroad in
Seattle, Everett, Skykomish and else
where by temporary injunction sign
ed by Judge Neterer of the federal
district court in Seattle.
Obligations incurred by the creation
and development Of an irrigation or
improvement district are general, and
all lands within the district, whether
owned by the district, county or in
divduas, are subject to taxation and
equally liable for the Indebtedness, the
supreme court has decided
With three companies engaged in
laying concrete pavement on the 20.
mile stretch of the Pacific highway
between Kalama and La Center that
road will be completed this fall, leav-
ing the Kelso to Kalama highway the
only portion of the road that is not
paved between Kelso and Portland
Seattle's water borne commerce has
more than doubled in tonnage since
June year ago, according to statis-
tics compiled by Port Warden Fred NJ.
Lathe. Lathe's figures show that the
total import and export business last
month was 552,105 tons, valued at $751;
569,436 as against 243,24S tons valued
at SS1, 4SO,274 for June, 1921.
A temporary restraining order en-
joining strikers on the Great Northern
railway in eastern Washington from
maintaining piCkets about railway
property or otherwise interfering with
traffic on that line and charging in
timidatlon is being used in dealings
with new employees was signed at
Spokane by Federal Judge Rudkin.
Tacoma business men, called togeth.
er by Charles B. Hurley, president Of
the Columbia basin league, discussed
plans for raising a quota of $4,000 In
the third congressional district, which
comprises Tacoma and southwest
Washington. This money will be used
to finance the educational work to be
carried on during the next two years
for the promotion of the Columbia
basin irrigation project
Seventeen trains of the Northern
Pacific railway directly affecting the
mail service of Puget sound, have been
discontinued because of the strike sit
uation, Several other trains OF this
company were discontinued, but with.
out present effect on the mails. The
Great Northern will continue all trains
for the present, but postoffice authori-
ties have been notified that curtail.