Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-01
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

Bonds totaling $4,000 of the Rich
land irrigation district, have been sold
for the state by Fred W. Agatz, assist
ant director of the department OF con-
servation and development. The bonds
sold for 80 cents and accrued interest
Everett again has a taste Of scent
street car fares starting Saturday, the
Puget Sound International Railway &
Power company having filed tariff
with the department of public works
providing for the establishment of
that experimental rate for 80 days.
r. c, Snyder, supervising state
grain inspector at the Port Of Seattle
is threatened with revocation of his
federal license. The basis of the ac.
ton against Snyder stated in the pro-
ceedngs against him is failure to
grade grain according to the federal
rules.
Col Edward Fl. Shulz and corps Of
engineers, representing the war de-
partment at "A preliminary harbor sur
vcy hearing AT Everett was given data
and figures showing that the valua-
ton of river commerce alone has
reached total of $9O94,O41.72 this
year to date
With only IA few more days to go
and with approximately $3S0.00O of
the necessary 100000 already raised,
the College of Puget Sound endow
ment campaign is moving forward. At
the present rate the goal will be reach
ed by December Z, the closing day, It
Is announced
Construction of two or three large
school buildings for intermediate
grades and for junior high school pur-
poses probably will be asked for in
the school election to be held in the
Tacoma district in May, 1923, it is
announced by Alfred Lister, secretary
of the school board.
A claim that the Pierce county as
SCISSOR had added to the true value
Of mineral deposits on more than
10000 acres Of land owned by the
Northern Pacific railway will be made
in the superior court at Tacoma this
week in an attempt to reduce a S25,-
600 assessment on the properties.
According to word received from St.
Paul, William f. Berry, war veteran,
whose honeymoon was interrupted in
that city when he was arrested on a
forgery charge, will be returned to
the veterans ward of the western
Washington state hospital for the in
sane, from where he escaped last
August.
The cyanide process of fumigatinS
vessels, discontinued several months
ago after three men lost their lives
by its use at San Francisco, was re.
stored at all Puget sound ports Mon.
day. The sulphur pot method, which
was resumed when cyanide was drop.
ped, has been found more costly in
both time and money,
Rates charged by the Oregon-Wpsk
ington Railroad & Navigation com
pany on four carloads of wheat ship.
ped from Dayton to Cedar Rapids, Ia,
in January and February, 1920, were
held to be unreasonable to the extent
that they exceeded Sc cents the 100
pounds. A tentative report was filed
with the interstate commerce commits
sion by Examiner Kephart
e. L. French, director of agricul-
ture, will appeal to the Washing ,on
congressional delegation to obtain fed,
eral aid for Washington grain growers
who are badly in need of financial
assistance to buy seed grain for next
years crops. In the past the banks
of this state have financed the grain
SloNNio, but ONtNtooINN NlOp lhllul 70
in some of the spring wheat country
have made it almost impossible for
the banks to carry the load another
season.
Approximately S1,OOO,OOO is involved
in suit filed in federal court at Ia.
coma by the St. Paul and Tacoma
Lumber company against the Northern
Pacific Railway company. The suit
alleges that thirty.four years ago the
Northern Pacific, in order to obtain
eastbound traffic for its lines, agreed
to haul the logs of the lumber com.
pany from any point in Pierce county
to the mill for 81 a thousand feet
This contract, was violated In 1918
the lumber concern claims.