Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-21
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR our BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

Yakima was host to county auditors
and treosurers Of the state, who helt
their annual convention there.
The safe in the grange store al
Yelm was blown by yeggs who made
their escape with cash to the extent
Of about $3.50.
The Washington state schools fol
the blind and deaf both of which are
located in Vancouver, have opened fol
the fall term.
Men arrested in the I. w. w. demon
stration at ColfaX recently and who
are serving n 30.day sentence, have
gone on hunger strike.
Mrs. Louise Dewey, age rs, mother
of Mrs. w. S. Schell, was burned tc
death when the Schell home at La
mont was destroyed by fire.
Permanent installation of unit oi
the American Institute of Banking
will be effected in Chehalis at a meet
ing to be held September %.
A forest fire in the Baker river dis
trict of the Washington national for,
est, which started last week burned
over an area of about 1900 acres.
The Oroville Canning company's
plant at Oroville is operating at full
capacity about IA hours a day, the
daily output being about 500 cases.
Net earnings by the Spokane water
system for the first eight months of
this year totaled S99,43S above operat.
ing costs, interest and depreciation.
The expenses of running the Clarke
county government during the com
ing year and providing for all th.,
road work and bridge repair will total
close to S7GO,OOo.
The cost Of placing men and WON.
en- in August by the municipal labor
bureau at Spokane was 1SM cents as
compared with 2O12 cents for the
same month in 1922.
Immediate erection in Seattle of the
finest ice cream plant in the West,
at cost of 100000, was announced
by F. " Fisher, president OF the Sc
ottIa Jpa Croo,, cDr,nop,,
1t will require $1,94O,615.96 to pay
the expenses of the city of Tacoma
next year, according to the budget ap-
proved by the city council.
Resolutions asking law to make
taxes on automobiles payable at the
time licenses are given for motor We
hiclcs were unanimously passed by
the state convention of county treas
urers at Yakima.
The Star Fruit company, a coopera-
tive concern at Bingen organized by
Bingen and White Salmon growers,
has begun packing apples. Members
Of the company will pack about 1O0,-
600 boxes of apples.
Il. A. Slocum, bee specialist of The
extension service of Washington State
college, held two bee schools in Ste.
ven% county one at the apiary Of Ike
Cranston, Rice, and one at w. S. Lib
bys apiary, near Colville.
Counties that will have exhibits at
the state fair at Yakima include
Lewis, Clalam, Benton, Asotin, Ska
git, Ferry Spokane, Jefferson, Kitsap
and Pierce, according to a statement
by II. P Vermilye, state fair secre.
tary.
Percy L. Sinclair, state senator, will
stand trial for his alleged part in CON
cealing the tottering condition Of the
Southwestern Washington bank at Il
waco from the state bank examiner.
Sinclair is now at liberty under bond
of $4,000.
Mrs. Agnes R. Fletcher, matron at
the state penitentiary at Walla Walla
for the last six months, has resigned
and accepted a place with the public
health service. Mrs. Paul Carter will
act as matron, Warden Clarence Long
announced. She has been assistant
Director r. V. Kuykendall of the de-
partment OF public works, is holding
a series of conferences with farmers
and business men in the district south
Of the Snake river, to agree to plans
for gathering evidence in support of
their demand that railroad rates to
Puget Sound cities be reduced to the
Portland level. The state department
of agriculture is cooperating with
Director Kuykendall and officials of
his department.