Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-11-02
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

w. Is. Sands, Indian agent on the
| Oaliville reservation, has allotted 800
acres to young Indians who heretofore
have been without land. A crew of
government surveyors is cutting up
the tract into 20-acre pieces.
Positive identification has been made
/ of the four bandits who are alleged to
have held up two employees at the of.
i flee of the Western Union Telegraph
company in Seattle October 2 and
robbed them of $500 in cash.
Dr.. r. ]. Mercer has added seven
pairs of interior Alaska silver foxes
to his farm at Vancouver, and his
brother, G. E. Mercer, is now at Prince
Edwards island, Nova Scotia, nego-
tia,ing for another IS pairs The foxes
are valued at $4,000 pair.
Flour shipments headed the exports
from Tacoma in July, which reached
total close to 100000, according
to figures just published by the Gus
toms collector. Imports totaled ST.
252,23S and collections S95,094
Coming from New Zealand to the
Wenatchee valley to study apple con-
| ditions in north central Washington
and get new ideas to take back with
him, Hura Bensenmann is working on
the A. Battle orchard at Wenatchee.
Application for appropriation of
water for S1,5OO,0OO hydro-electric
power project, utilizing water of the
| south fork of the Nooksack river, in
| Skagit county was filed with Marvin
Chase, state hydraulic engineer, by E.
Clarence Miller of Seattle.
The total worm loss in the entire
north central Washington apple sec
ton this season will be not more than
per cent, and probably nearer per
cent, in the opinion of District In
spectors F. c. Nielsen and ]. w. Mar
shall of the two horticultural districts
comprising this section.
A state organization composed of
representatives of various civic, social
and educational bodies have formed
an organization which will be known
as the Washington State Better Films
association. Paul w. Terry of the de.
partment of education University of
| Washington, was named president.
Action to petition the King county
commissioners to refuse licenses to
roadhouses within the bounds of any
school district when a majority of the
legal voters opposes such establish
ments was taken by the board of man.
ayers of the Washington state branch
of the National Congress of Mothers
and ParentTeachers' association.
Manager Elmer ]. Nelson of the
Wenatchee Skookum Growers reports
that the first Jonathan pool, consist
ing of 22,S16 boxes, or about 30 cars,
was closed on October % with the
following prices, net to the individual
growers; Extra fancy, S1.37, SLIP and
II cents; fancy, SLIP, 81 cents and
62 cents. The entire pool averaged
$1.01 box all grades and sizes, net.
Officers elected by the good roads
convention at Olympia, upon report Of
the nominating committees, were as
follows DR.. p. H. Carlyon, president
pro TEN of state senate president; II.
W. Schultz Of Wenatchee, treasurer
and vice-presidents f. l.. French of
| Clarke county, Claude A. Ramsey Of
Seattle, f. ]. Wilmer Of Rosalia, C. f.
Stinson of Pasco, and Leon Il. Titus
of Olympia.
A committee that for n month has
been trying to raise $775,000 for the
1924 Seattle community fund has de
cideG to reject an offer of dancehall
earrings made through Mayor Brown.
The mayor had suggested that dance
hall receipts for Monday night be con.
tributed and that levy of $500 be
made on Sunday.night dances, which
have been conducted despite an ordi.
nance forbidding them.
Every sack of potatoes shipped out
OF Clarke county by association mem
bers will bear the association brand
and contain card with the growers
number, according to resolution
adopted by the potato growers branch
of the Washington Growers Packing
corporation. The growers believe that
the only way to increase the profits
in potato growing is to form close
association and ship only tubers of
good quality.