Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-06-09
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

believed to have been drowned when
a rowboat in which they were attempt
Ing to cross the river was overturned.
| Notice is given that the Washing
| ton Water Power company OF Spokane
has purchased the Intermountain Pow.
or company, which was originally or
ganized to furnish electrical current
to the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway.
Donald b. Stevenson, railway brake.
man, has confessed to the police that
he killed A. A. Almour, Seattle sales.
man, whose body was found in the
woods near Stanwood Armour was
killed with club during fight be-
tween the two men.
Fred w. Blum OF Tacoma, engineer
! Of work train of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad, was cleo
trocuted while making repairs to the
motor locomotive OF which he was In
thhi Ht dtSlucHl OCCullSu dpoul
eight miles from Cedar Falls
Nearly 10000 more automobile lie
ense plates had been issued by the
department of licenses up to June l
this year than In the corresponding
period last year, according to Director
Fred ]. Dibble. There we're 180.S13
plates sent out by the department
during the first five months of this
years.
Six large forest fires and numerous1
smaller ones In western Washington
and several small fires In eastern
Washington cast pail Of smoke over
the state last week and were reported
to have caused heavy damage to tim
Der and destruction of logging camps
and buildings, according to reports to
Fred q Pape, supervisor of forestry.
About 1000 men employed In Grays
harbor mills will benefit by a wage
Increase of 25 cents a day which be-
came effective last week, according
to an announcement from the Aber.
deem headquarters of the Loyal Legion
Of Loggers and Lumbermen The wage
rise eliminated from meeting of
Grays harbor mill operators last
month. This wage rise will increase
the monthly payroll on the harbor
about $4,000.
The production of lumber by the
mills Of the West Coast Lumberme ems
association gained per cent during
the past week when it reached IL per
cent above normal. The report issued
| by the association for the 1875 mills
of the northwest shows that new bust
ness was 10 per cent above produc-
| ton and shipments per cent below
i new business. During the week the
association mills manufactured 91,30S,-
22O feet; sold 1O0,5S1,197 feet, and
shipped 92,59497S feet.
Greater efficiency and economy in
the handling OF county business may
be assured by repeal Of the state law
which now limits the tenure of any
county officer to two successive terms.
! This is the conclusion reached by Of
ficers and members of the Lower the
! Cost of Government league, which is
planning for state convention Of
taxpayers organizations to be held
some time before the session of the
| 1928 legislature. Demand for repeal
of this law is expected to be on the
taxpayers program.
The United States bureau of fish.
cries in Washington is planning the
construction of new fish hatchery
Cooks. Skamania county. The build
ing will be l60x40 feet and much of
1t will be Of concrete. Plans also are
under way for new hatchery build
ing on the White Salmon river In
Skamania county to take the place
of the old building now in USE Moth.
ing but salmon will be propagated at
these two hatcheries. The state has
a trout hatchery at Stevenson.
With the price of jute bags rising,
the department of business control Is
planning to move more than 100000
sacks that have been In storage in the
warehouse at the state penitentiary
for year or more. 1t Ia likely they
Will be thrown on the market within
the next few days. The law requires
that the sacks, If sold prior to June
l, must be apportoned to counties,
but after that date they may be sold
in open market The sacks cost 10 1.2
cents apiece for materials, but last
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