Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-10-20
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State


eighty.two wage claims were filed for
collection with the industrial relations
division Of the department of labor
and Industries between April 1921,
and June, 1922. or these, Pip claims
we're settled, the total collections
amounting to $126.725.2S, or an aver.
age OF s332.2O a day.
Under the direction of "Bill' Ma
haffey, the Weyerhaeusef Timber com.
pany has had crew of men cutting
fire trails on the upper Coweeman in
Cowlitz county These trails, In addi
ton to those built earlier this year
while serious fire was raging in that
district, will be material aid in
checking fires next year.
Lumber production in mills of the
Pacific northwest for the week end.
Ing October was 10 per cent above
normal, according to the weekly lum.
Der review of the West Coast Lumber.
mems association. One hundred and
eighteen mills reporting to West Coast
Lumbermen's association for the week
ending October manufactured $780,.
060 feet of lumber, sold 66,636,7 IT'S feet
and shipped 67,SS9, sol feet.
Taking the lead in the fight the
cities Of the state are making against
the proposed increase in telephone
tariffs, civic organizations of Seattle
are launching campaign to crystalize
the sentiment of its citizens into &C
ton. The fight has been started to
resist the application of the telephone
companies made before the state de.
partment of public works for an in
crease of 81 per cent in the rates
throughout the state.
With the declaration that no specific
charges had been made showing mis-
conduct on the part of any election
or canvassing board and that none OF
the affidavits filed show definitely
that any votes cast for Slayton had
been credited to Ohlson, Superior
Judge Askren at Tacoma dismissed the
case Of James w. Slayden, unsuccess.
full republican candidate for repre-.
sentative from the 36th district, who
asked recount Of the primary vote
A. Gibson was given the nomination
by a lead Of one vote in the primary
on September II.
Orders have been issued to eastern
roads to deliver to western carriers
at Chicago within the next 10 days
S400 refrigerator cars to aid in the
transportation of the northwestern
fruit crop. This action followed urgent
kilograms received mainly from Wash.
ington state Senators Jones and Pom
dexter and Representatives Webster
and Summers, who told the commits
sion that it was vitality necessary to
get very large number of refrigera-
tor cars to the northwest at once to
prevent loss of millions of dollars on
the apple crops of the Yakima, Wenat-
chez and Okanogan valleys.
Officials of the state of Washing.
ton will have to show cause why they
should not turn over to the alien prop.
erty custodian approximately $4,000
held for payment to the heirs of men
who were awarded death benefits un.
der the industrial insurance act dur.
ing the last six years. Judge Cush.
man In the federal district court at Ia.
coma denied the states motion to dis.
miss the complaint brought by Thomas
w. Miller, alien property custodian.
The funds in question are due to
about 40 persons in foreign countries
whose near relatives were killed in
industrial accidents before and during
the war. The state has refused to turn
this money over to the custodian.
1t was decided at meeting of the
committee on reclamation of the ma.
tlonal board of farm organizations,
which has headquarters in Washington,
D. c., that Charles S. Barrett, chair.
man of the board and president OF
the National Farmers Educational and
Cooperative union, should leave as
early as possible for the northwest
to investigate the Columbia basin irri
CATION project. The national board
has put itself behind the Columbia
basin project and the purpose of Char
man Barretts visit will be to gather
Information to be presented to mem
bers of the house when the Poindex
ter bill appropriating 100000 for an
Investigation Of the project comes VI
at the next regular session of con
gress in December.