Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-23
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State


ed at Spokane for aerial bootleggng
were filed in United States district
court there, naming Frank Kepl and
Benton Warner, arrested last month
after an airplane, declared to have
been used for liquor running, had been
forced to land.
To stimulate interest in health edu
cation, and to give opportunity for dis
cussion of problems in physical edu
cation, are purposes Of state physical
education conference which will be
held at the University of Washington
June 81, 22, and 29, in connection with
the summer quarter.
Indian hogs are road destroyers, II
was decided by Whatcom County Com
missioners Baxter, Miller and Brown
after they had made trip of inspec
tion over the Lummi Indian reserva
tion road. They found the road rooted
up in number of places and much OF
the drain tile dug up by the tough
shouted animals.
Timber tests, comparing the strength
of various types of Washington trees
for use as telephone poles. have just
been completed by c. w. Zimmerman
lecturer in timber physics at the Uni.
versty of Washington. The tests were
made in the university timber test,
ing laboratory for the United States
government forest service.
Industrial insurance agencies OF
Washington must pay approximately
$4,000 to Alien Property Custodian
Miller to meet industrial accident and
kindred claims held against the state
by former enemy aliens as result
of the affirmation by the United States
circuit court of appeals at San Fran.
cisco of decision by Judge E. E. Cush,
man of the federal court at Tacoma
several months ago
The Tacoma school board has de.
cided to put before the people of the
district at the coming combined mu-
nicipal election, May s, a plan for
relief of the crowded condition of the
city schools. The plan will include
adoption of the intermediate school
as a part of the school organization
and construction of the necessary
school buildings, financed by bond
issue of s2,40O,OO0.
Demand for reopening the telephone
rate hearings and an entirely new
line of inquiry was made by the Sc
attic Chamber Of Commerce in a
petition to the state board of public
works. The chamber asks the board tc
keep the existing rates in effect until
the whole matter has been reviewed
The petition declares that the people
of the state have had no chance tC
present their side of the case
H. M. Leathers of Woodland has re
Gently established worlds record fol
egg prices. He has an order for three
eggs for an Indiana poultry raiser to
be delivered in June at $50 an egg, OF
$3.50 for the three eggs. These eggs
are from Mr.. Leathers' worlds record
hen, Lady Jewel, a single-comb White
Leghorn, which last year laid 1886 eggs
in II months in contest conducted at
the state experiment station at Puy.
allup.
The tonnage of deep.sea vessels ar.
irving in Tacoma harbor during Feb,
ruary shows an increase Of 33 per cent
over February of 1922, w. G. Rowland
harbormaster Of the port of Tacoma,
states in his monthly report. One
hundred and fourteen vessels, totalling
296,056 tons, entered the harbor the
past month, against SO vessels and
229,S99 tons a year ago. Vessels sail.
ing from the harbor during the last
month were ia OF 324,46O tons.
Seattle banks will not cash the war
rants Of the municipal street railway
to be issued to meet the semi-monthly
payroll on March 81. The city council
was SO notified by the officers of the
Seattle clearing house, the notice be
Ing given thus far in advance In order
that the council may plan to meet the
emergency Revenue losses at the 8
cent fare amounting to around $4,000 q
day since March have convinced the
banks that the railway system will
only run more and more deeply into
debt and the warrants will not be
worth par, j. A. Swalwell, vice.presi
dent of the clearing house association
said,