Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
STATEMENTS BOILED DOWN
FOR our BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

All previous records fer regimental
Workmanship were believed to have
been shattered by the Seventh infantry
in its recent target practice at Camp
Lewis. The figures show that 50 per
cent of the regimental personnel quail
fled as marksmen,
Illegal payments totaling $4,746.S2, /
and Irregularities in payments totaling
$6l040.60 are charged to the King
county commissioners during the year
1921, in a report Of state examiners,
filed with the division OF municipal
corporations and the attorney general,
The last link in the chain of 100
per cent dairymeu's association for
Grays Harbor county was forged when
the Satsop Farmers Dairy shippers
joined the Grays Harbor Dairymens
association. Every big shipper in
Grays Harbor county is now a mem
Der
The bid of the Hobi Logging COM
pany of Aberdeen for the 3O5.0OOO0O-
foot Cook Creek timber unit of the
Quinault Indian reservation was ac-
cepted by officials of the department
OF Indian affairs. The Aberdeen log
ging firms offer amounts to approM-
mately $125oOOO
Mayor Fawcett of Tacoma has an
nounced plan TO stop the street ear
service of the Tacoma Railway & Pow,
er company over several lines and to
induce 800 jitney buses to begin oper-
ations, following the street car COM
panys rejection of his demand for a
return to fiye-cent fares.
All records for water lumber ship.
ments from Grays Harbor were broken
in June, the total amount shipped be-
ing over 100000 feet, the former
record being for March of this year.
with 64,000000 feet. The shipments
for the first half year amount to $751;
545,SS7 feet. This is but 25,00O,O0O feet
less than for the whole year 1921
The second fatality of the season in
the northwestern district of the state
as a result of forest fires occurred in
the Washington national forest near
the site of the hydro-electric plant of
the city of Seattle on the Skagit river
when Roy Goodell of Bellingham was
killed. Goodel was employed as a
fire guard by the forestry service.
A permanent highway district was
formed recently for the Trout Lake
road in Klckitat county, under which
10 miles of highway is to be construct
ed. The resolution and plans have
been forwarded to the state depart
ment for approval. Under this plan
$4,000 federal aid and $4,000 state
highway funds are to be used in fl
nancirg the project.
Initiative petitions for amendment.
of the state workmen's compensation
act and to require jury trials in in
junction proceedings against labor UNI
ions which have been circulated by the
state federation of labor have failed Of
obtaining sufficient signatures to place
them on the ballot at the fall election,
William NJ. Short, president of the
federation, has announced.
With the hide of an exceptionally
large bobcat, brought to Glen r. Bach,
federal predatory animal inspector at
Olympia, came the report of the kill
ing of an animal which this year had
destroyed lambs valued at more than
$1,000, in addition to many domestic
fowls. The bobcat was killed near
Benge, Adams county by Hunter Lee
Land. It weighed about 10 pounds.
Messages of general approval of Gov.
ernor Harris request that logging
camps remain closed until rain wipes
out the present forest fire menace
were received rom loggors in all parts
Of the state, It was announced at the
office of State Forester f. Z. Pape
with indications that quite general
closing would result Tho loggors of.
iered their cooperation in every way
possible, even to keeping their camps
closed a month or more II necessary
Slight decrease in the apple crop es.
innate of the Yakima district and cor.
responding increase in the Wenatchec
district are the outstanding features
of the preliminary crop estimate of
Supervisor of Horticulture G. l.. Rob.
inson for the month of July. The Yak
ina districts apple crop estimate is
dropped from 10000 carloads in the
June estimate to $500 carloads in the
July estimate, while that Of the We
natcheo district is increased from 49,.
900 to 1850 carloads The apple crop
estimate for the state Is 2S,463.