Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-22

coma and Portland IL now open for
travel.
Fourteen blocks of streets in Tekoa
are being paved by the Standard AS
phalt company
Motor vehicles thefts are decreasing
In Oregon, according TO Joe Keller,
formerly state parole officer.
The plant of the Grays Harbor Lum.
Der company at Hoquiam has com.
menced night shifts beginning Sun,
day.
The United States customs office
force at Aberdeen has been increased
with six deputies from Seattle and
Tacoma.
Passenger service on the Northern
Pacific railroad between Belingham
and Seattle will be resumed in the
near future.
The entire pear crop of the Ska.
mania county fruit district has been
purchased by New York city buyers at
$l.75 to 1925 box
At n meeting of the commissioners
of Columbia county program of econ.
omy was adopted which will reduce
the taxes about $4,000 annually.
The Vancouver school district has
retired $4,000 in school bonds this
year. in addition to keeping up the in,
terest on the remainder, which is
10000
A total apple crop Of 2S,35S,00O
bushels for the state Of Washington
this year is estimated by G. S. Ray,
statistician for the federal department
of agriculture.
There were 1929 claims for indus
trial insurance filed with the Washing
ton department of labor and industries
in August, the largest number in any
one month in the history of the de-
partment.
John Eyle, Indian, who wrecked his
big car and that of Ernest Dubois, in
a crash on the Pacific highway was
sentenced at Vancouver to pay fine
OF $1,000 and to serve year In the
county Jail,
Plans are being completed by staff
of the Long-Bell Lumber company en-,
gineers for mammoth storm and san.
itary sewer system for their commun.
lty, which will be built southwest of
West Kelso.
A. V. FawCett, mayor of Tacoma,
has announced that he will endeavor
to induce the Tacoma school board
to provide a glass of milk free of
charge to every school child under IA
years Of age every day.
A. e. Crane, driver of the stage
which was struck by q train at Kent
August 8, when ID persons were in.
iured, has been permanently barred
from employment as a stage driver in
this state by order of the department
Of public works.
Deputy Fish Warden Sunmala ar.
rested the owners of 10 fish traps near
the mouth of the Columbia river on
charges of fishing for salmon the Sat
urday evening and Sunday morning
preceding the opening of the fall sea.
son at noon September 10.
Civil service examinations were an.
nounced for October IA to select post.
masters for Pc Ell and Woodland. Two
postmasters have been named as fol,
lows: Nina II. Linn, Bremen, Lewis
county and James w, Morgan at May.
town, Thurston county a new office.
The order of the department of pub.
lie works fixing a schedule OF non
discriminatory rates on logs moving
intrastate, resulting in reduction of
gross returns to the railroads esti.
mated at 100000 annually, was af.
firmed by Judge D, F, Wright in SUI
perior court at Olympia.
Tying up more closely the co.opera.
tive work of the bureau of biological
survey, and the extension division of
the state college of Washington, the
two agencies Jointly are issuing a
poster bulletin for widespread dis.
tribution, urging farmers to help free
the state from crop.destroying rodent
pests.
james Z. Mahoney convicted of
murder OF his aged and wealthy wife,
Kate NJ. Mahoney, in April, 1921, was
sentenced in superior court at Seattle
to be hanged at the state penitentary
at Walla Walla, December l. Ma.
honeys counsel gave notice of an ap
peal to the supreme court of thu
! United States.