Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-28
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings In and Over
The Puget Sound State

Irving Whitehouse, head OF the de-
funct brokerage firm of Irving White
house & Co., of Spokane, was convict
ed OF grand larceny In connection with
the affairs Of his company.
School directors Of the East Selah
district are considering closing their
system In few weeks, because they
will then have exhausted the available
funds for running the schools.
A band Of robbers attempted to
break Into the La Center State bank
but were driven away after shots had
been exchanged between them and f.
+. Myers, president of the bank.
The coming season will see the
heaviest tourist and homeseekers
travel Of any summer In recent years,
Is the prediction Of A. j. Dickinson,
passenger traffic manager OF the Great
Northern railroad
More than $50 Dokkie delegates rep.
resenting lodges from Bellingham to
Vancouver met In Aberdeen In connoc.
ton with the visit there of Gus Meese
Of Spokane, imperial prince of the
Dramatic Order Knights Of Khorassan.
The residents OF the lower end of
Pacific county have subscribed $4,000
to apply on road which will be built
from MCGOWAN, a ferry point opposite
Astoria, on the Columbia river, to the
famous North Beach district along
the ocean.
Detailed englnee;in surveys of
Kllckitat, White Salmon and Lewis
rivers to determine which is the most
feasible for hydro-electric develop.
ment, will be undertaken by the North
western Electric company as soon as
practicable.
A track and field meet and declam.
atory contest In which schools from
every part Of Clarke county will parti-
cipate will be held May 10 on the
athletic field Of the Vancouver high
school. The preliminary meets will
be held May S.
The Tacoma municipal light depart
ment will construct this summer a
steam-generation electric plant to oper-
ate from steam purchased from the
Consumers Central Heating company
and produce maximum of 5000 kilo.
watts Of energy.
Quarantining orders, because Of the
dangerous spread of rabies, were is
sued by the state department of agri.
culture and the state health depart
mont covering all of Yakima and Kit.
titas counties and the northern portion
of Benton county
Compulsory military training will be
continued at the University of Wash.
ington, 1t was announced by the board
OF regents of the university. Abolition
Of the course was asked by the state
committee for the reduction Of arma.
ment by International agreement.
Samuel Hill of Seattle, host to Gen.
eral Jotfre and his party, was present,
Cd with the resolution passed by CON
gress thanking him for his valued
services" In promoting the new bond
OF friendship between Canada and the
United States, az represented by the
portal at Blaine
Commissioners OF Whatcom count!
are not permitted to authorize the paw
Ing of one.half mile of Donohue road
within the corporate limits OF Sumss
upon petition signed by property
owners but may aid or assist should
the city authorize the improvement At
torney General L. l.. Thompson advis
ed Loomis Baldrey, county prosecutor
The opinion held thai such action
could be taken only in reference 10
permanent highways.
F. e. Pape, state supervisor Of for.
estry, has gone to Washington, D. c.,
to attend a conference of federal for.
estry officials and state foresters to
work out new basis for the distribu-
ton of funds under the Weeks law,
which provides for federal fund for
the protection Of timber along navig-
able streams.
Unless Indians are allottees of the
federal government and remain under
the jurisdiction of the government
pending receipt Of fee simple patents
to their allotments, they are amenaDle
to the state compulsory school law,
Acknowledgement Thompson has adj
vised q. NJ. Tardy, federal Indian
agent at Nespelem.
Six girls escaped from the state
school for girls at Grand Mound. The
girls attacked the woman attendant