Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-02-24

arrivals in January of 1921, with a
total tonnage Of 1882.
Maj. Carlos p. Munson, general in
spector of the U. S. veterans bureau,
after inspection of the buildings of the
public health service hospital at Walla
Walla, said that it is likely that pa
tients can be admitted after May /.
BY that time, he said, 16t patients
can be taken care of there.
recruise of the timber in the east
ern ranges of Thurston county is to
be undertaken within few weeks by
experts in the employ of the county
commissioners. The cruise is expected
to double the timber valuations in the
county and to add over million and
a half dollars to the county's taxable
property.
The Washington relay carnival will
be held in the stadium of the univer-
sity of Washington on April 30, ac.
coyding to announcement of Darwin
Meisnest graduate manager of theI
university More than 100 athletes,
representing nearly every college west
of the Rockies, competed in the carni-
val last year.
Governor Hart will be importuned
to get the work on the 171a miles of
the Olympic highway lying between
point 52 miles northwest of Quin-
ault to Queets, under way this year,
by delegation of Hoquiam men head
ed by NJ. NJ. Kelley of Queets. it is
estimated the work will cost 5000, O00I
and the state, county and federal aid
fund for the year is approximately
$2S7,OOO.
Machinery for making motor license
plates will be installed in the state
penitentiary at Walla Walla by April
|, and carload of steel material for
the plates will be on hand to start the
work, according to | l.. Lockney, en-
gineer in the department of business
control. The plant will cost about
$4,000 and will turn out all 1928
license, plates in connection with the
new industrial plan for state institu-
lions.
One thousand cases of bourbon
whisky, seized as Sumas a week ago
by customs agents and ordered held
by Prohibition Director Roy C. Lyle,
was released by the director on orders
from Washington. The customs de-
partment, however, is still investigat-
ing. The shipment is an even carload,
sent from Kentucky to British Column
bia. Director Lyle was informed that
this car was one of five for which
permits had been granted by the ma
tional prohibition commissioner Di-
rector Lyle has recently refused per
mits to export 1880 cases of whisky
through ports in this state to British
Columbia, on the ground 1t was being
sent north to supply bootleggers.
The initiative bill to reapportion the
legislative districts of Washington,
which State Senator L. B. Palmer Of
Seattle threatened to file after his
efforts in the last Legislature to Sc
cure consideration of a reapportion-
ment bill failed, was filed Feb. IA by
A. L. Fuller for Mr.. Palmer. ?almers
bill reduces the senate from AZ to q
members and house from 81 to &c. At
| present King has senators and II
representatives; in the smaller legis-
lature proposed by Palmer it would
! gain one representative but only have
six senator's. Under Palmcr's bill.
King county would have 2S.5@c of the
membership in each branch, now ii
has 1870 in the senate and 1850 in
the house. Ever since statehood each
county in Washington has been grant
ed one representative though frequent,
ly several counties were joined in a
single senatorial district. But Pal
mer's bill ignores this rule; in fact
he ignores county lines pretty gen,
orally Douglas county, for example
is cut into three pieces and placed in
as many representative districts Parts
of Spokane and Pierce counties are
taken to piece out districts in other
counties, though King remains intact
in its 6 senatorial and 1S represents
tive districts. Eastern Washington s
representation is cut deeply by Pal
mer For example in his proposed
Sixth and Seventh senatorial districts
there now are seven senators, In
Northwestern Washington he makes
one representative district out of three
counties that now have four repre-