Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-01-13

Nphooihutioi VI tHc Scdtlc meT-
chants exchange with the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and CONNER
cial club has been effected.
Road bids covering more than 16
miles, and for number of bridges,
has been called for by the Grays Har-
Dor county commissioners.
Five masked men entered the pool
hall at McCleary and lined up 40 men
against the wall. robbing them Of
about $1,000. The robbers escaped.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds Of Clarke county prunes have
been sold In Holland by the Washing
ton Prune Growers association of Van.
couver
George W. Hlleary, Northwest Pic.
neer died recently at his home near
Omak. HILLARY crossed the plains to
Oregon with his parents in 1852, when,
IL years old.
Reports from the state treasurer's
office show that 1858 per cent of the
taxes throughout the state had been
collected up to November 80 last, leav-
Ing delinquency Of 1877 per cent.
The Walla Walla AID club has I'M
animously Endorsed the proposition to
bond the county for $125,OOO to com.
plete the paving of the state highway
from near Dixie to the Columbia coun-
ty line.
Michael Cavanaugh, an employe of
the Seattle city light department, was
instantly killed when an electric light
pole on which he was working broke,
throwing him to the pavement, 80 feet
below
Miss Mary Sutherland, assistant
home demonstration leader of the
state college at Pullman, will hold a
series Of nutrition institutes in Wala
Walla, Waitsburg and Alfalfa this
month.
After residence of 40 years In the
Spokane valley, Anthony Ham, aged
81, is dead at his home near Moab. He
was one of the first settlers in that dis
trict and had acquired large amount
of land.
Representative Johnson of Washing.
ton has been appointed a regent of
the Smithsonian institution to sue
coed the late Representative Elston Of
California, who committed suicide two
weeks ago
The halibut catch of Seattle fisher
men for the year 1921 totaled $780,
700 pounds, or 5S45 tons, according to
figures compiled by John Lokken, Of
fee manager of the Fishing Vessel
Owners association.
Martin Beck, president OF the
Orpheum vaudeville circuit, has an
noupced plans of his company for the
immediate building of new theater
In Seattle to seat 5000 and to cost
HOt 1888 lHan 9ioU,UUU.
To reproduce the escape of the no..
torious bandit, Roy Gardner, and the
search for him at Castle Rock, a
motion picture company that is en-.
gagged in pl oducing films of Gard.
ners career at law violation visited
Castle Rock and with the assistance
Of many of the officers and special
agents who helped in the hunt for
Gardner, films Of his acts near Castle
Rock were made.
Okanogan county representatives
conferred at Olympia with officials Of
the department of conservation and de-
velopment in an effort to enlist state
aid in the proposed 10,00O.acre irrga-
ton project near Riverside.
Senator Jones and Representative
Summers will appeal to the interior
department for relief of settlers on the
Wapato irrigation project in Yakima
county, who are having difficulty in
meeting their construction charges.
An average milk production of 1898
pounds and butterfat production of
31S was recorded for the POI COWS of
the Grays Harbor County Testing as.
ISOLATION tested last month. OF this
number, As cows produced 40 pounds
or more of butterfat.
Motion of the Washington State
grange for temporary injunction re-
straining William Bouck and other Of.
ficers of the Western Progressive
grange from making use of the word
grange" has been denied by Superior
Judge Ronald at Seattle
In an effort to broaden the Pacific
northwest products movement, north
west manufacturing centers will com
bine with Seattle in holding an In