Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-04
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FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

made in the property Of the Dominion
Silver Lead Mining company, seven
miles north Of Colville.
The seasons first forest fire in the
mid Columbia developed Friday in
heavy timber on the range northeast
of White Salmon in Klickitat county.
Governor Hart has reappointed a.
X. Millay, Valleyford, and named Il. c.
Bowersox, Wenatchee, and George B.
Miller, Aberdeen, to the state board Of
education.
Bids on the Washougal diking pro-
ject the second largest ever attempted
In Clarke county will be called June
l. The estimated cost Of the drain
age is s12O,OOO.
Federal prohibition agents in Seattle
confiscated liquor valued at more than
$4,000 and arrested IA persons, two
of whom are charged with being lead
ers of bootlegging ring.
A firetruck, running to fire in Sc
attle. struck a street car containing
60 passengers, knocked it from the
track, smashed all the windows and
seriously injured seven persons.
Older girls from Clarke, Skamania
md rowlitz oountioc convanad In Won
couver for three-day session under
the auspices of the Western Washing
ton Association of Sunday Schools.
Despite the walkout of longshore.
men and transport workers shipping is
not delayed to any extent in the Puget
sound or Grays harbor districts, ship
ping men and port authorities say.
An old boxcar, painted inside aud
out and fitted with seats, is serving as
schoolhouse in the Liberty district Of
Walla Walla county There are 16
pupils, nearly all children of railroad
men.
The Smith Coal company has filed
articles of incorporation with the
Lewis county auditor, capital stock be-
ing fixed at $4,000. The mine 1t is
proposed to operate is located near
Mendoza.
w. f. Chessman was blinded at
Dayton when he opened bottle of
ammonia that had been standing in the
sun and exploded in his face. One eye
is gone and there is little hope of saw
ing the other.
Victoria L. Trumbull of Seattle was
reelected president of the women's
legislative council of Washington,
which met there in annual session.
Mrs P T. Peterson of Waila Walla
was chosen secretary.
On the North Bank highway between
Goldendale and Major creek, the state
highway department has four crews at
work-at White Salmon, Lyle, Golden.
dale and Rock creek. Klickitat county
ia also making some improvements on
the Goldendale-Lyle road in the Happy
Home section.
The supreme court has dismissed
dtsbarment proceedings against Harry
j. Dunham, Spokane attorney. The
State Bar association examining board
had charged Dunham with unethcal
conduct and recommended that he be
suspended from practice for period
OF six months.
Governor Hart has appealed to
sportsmen of Washington to discon,
tinue the use of automatic shotguns
or to have such guns altered to limit
the loading capacity to two shells, in
the interest of unselfishness, good
craftsmanship and the preservation OF
game birds for the future.
A highway building program in
Clarke county by which the state will
require Clarke county to provide at
least S145,OOO from the interstate bridge
fund and possible additional $4S,5OO
has been proposed by the state high,
way board at Olympia and is believed
to be certain to be adopted.
Captains Raymond D. Belt, seventh
infantry; John L. Mckee, fifth infantry
brigade; William F. Rehm, seventh
infantry, and Jefferson NJ Stewart
seventh infantry, all at Vancouver Bar
racks, have been ordered to Fort Ben
ming, Ca, for duty as members of the
officers class at the infantry training
school.