Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-08-04
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

Shortage OF railroad cars Is begin,
Ing to be felt on Grays Harbor.
william G. Mcniece has been no.
appointed postmaster at Carson, Ska.
mania county.
Grays Harbors third annual tennis
tourney has been set for the period
between August 6 and rs.
The thirteenth annual conference OF
the Pacific Northwest Library associa.
ton opened at Olympia Sunday.
The citizens military training camp
opened at Camp Lewis Thursday with
an enrolment OF approximately $50
men.
Contrary to report, the Clspus valley
section OF eastern Lewis county has
not been closed to campers on account
OF the dry weather
The new Elks' home at Anacortes
will be opened for the first time
August D, when a class OF eighty ap.
plicants will be initiated.
Drilling by the King OIL company
on the Clearwater river in Jefferson
county has been stopped by forest
fires, according to reports.
Reports from Hoquiam mills indi.
cate that never in their history have
they been so busy supplying lumber
for local home building as during the
last few months.
Increases of pay ranging from SIS to
$50 a month are recommended for
Seattle city employees in report
filed with the city council by the civil
service commission.
Records at the state peniteptiary
show 1890 convicts on the rolls, &C.
cording to Warden Pace. or these,
however, 444 are on parole, leaving
TAG in the institution.
Ten pool halls and cafes were raid,
ed at Vancouver as a part of the cam
paign against slot machines. The ma.
chimes were confiscated and will be
destroyed by court order.
Walla Walla county commissioners
have announced that the office of
sanitary inspector will be abolished.
The work will be taken over by the
state department Of health.
Governor Louis +. Hart was notified
by Charles q. Hughes, secretary Of
state, that his majesty's ship Cape.
town, British light cruiser, would
be in Tacoma December 1 to 5.
Spokane traffic officers are to be
put into khaki uniforms as result
OF reports that fake speed cops" have
been stopping cars and levying fines
on the highways, without formal trials
The Pacific highway, which is being
paved from La Center to the northern
boundary of Clarke county, is schedu
led to be completed by August Is, fully
80 days ahead of the date set in the
contract.
A race meet in which many of the
best horses Of the northwest circuit
are scheduled to be entered will be
held in Vancouver September 2, 8 and
under the auspices of the Afifl
Shrine patrol
Mayor A. F. Fawcett of Tacoma has
threatened to initiate a municipal
milk distributing system If retail deal.
ers put into effect their announced
rise in milk prices from 10 to 1917
cents a quart.
Chief William Tamblyn of the Aber-
deem fire department has issued
statement to the effect that he will
refuse to issue permits for burning
refuse in the city limits until after a
heavy rain has fallen.
The ferry st. John, which formerly
operated between Vancouver and Port
land, has been purchased by the Long.
Bell Transportation company from
Multnomah county and will be used
on the Kelso-Ranier route by that
company.
Joseph Thomas will present his
resignation as sheriff to the Kitttas
county commissioners, according to
announcement made by Mrs Thomas.
Mr.. Thomas has been appointed travel
ing guard for the Washington state
penitentiary.
Wheat yield in the Walla Walla
valley is spotted this year, according
to statements of farmers. Some fields
are returning a normal yield while
others are falling far short of normal
Foothill ranches ordinarily yielding S5
bushels are turning out %
Colonel Edward H. Schultz, United
States district engineer at Seattle,
was notified of his promotion to the
post of United States engineer for
the north Pacific division to succeed
Colonel j, b. Cavanaugh, who retires
shortly from the service. Colonel Cav.
anaugh's headquarters is at Portland,
Oregon.