Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15
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FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

1 scores OF new laws passed by the
last legislature went into effect last
week when the required 30 days after
adjournment expired.
George D. Conger, e6, head of the
Anti-Saloon league in the state OF
Washington, died at hospital In Se-
attic after a brief Illness.
Eighteen tribes of Indians were rep.
resented at a special meeting of the
Northwest Federation of American In.
dams held in Bellingham
The annual meeting of the North
west Grain Dealers association will
be held In Spokane June IS and 10.
Consideration of the schedule of dis
counts, shutting charges and sack
differential will be taken up at that
time,
Members Of the Washington Grow
ers' Packing corporation, co-opera-
tive organization OF farmers of Clarke
county, are taking their entire yield
of Strawberries to Portland, where
they are selling them at much higher
prices.
The Davenport commercial club
voted to indorse plan for reassess-
ment and revaluation of Lincoln coun-
ty by an expert engineer to do away
with inequalities. The county COM
missioners have this plan under con-
sideration.
Construction of logging roads and
railroads east Of Castle Rock, Cowlitz
county, has been started by the Cow
litz Development company, a new
100000 corporation, preparatory to
opening up large stand of Cowlitz
| county timber.
Motor freight operators from all
parts Of the state were in Olympia
last week in attendance upon a hear
Ing called by the department of pub
lie works looking to the standardiza-
tion of rates and publication of COM
bined tariff and classification.
Formal orders for the greatest naval
concentration the Pacific northwest
has over seen have been issued by
the navy department, directing the
assembling of the entire United States
battle fleet at Seattle, July 81, for
review by President Harding upon his
! return from his Alaska trip.
A new state law aimed at unruly
country dance halls went into effect
last week. The law requires that
each dance hall shall obtain license
from the county commissioners and
that this may be revoked at any time
the commissioners see fit or when
complaint is made by the sheriff or
prosecuting attorney.
James Allen has been appointed
state highway engineer to hold office
at the pleasure of the governor. This
appointment was made necessary by
change in the law passed by the
last legislature, abollshing the office
Of supervisor of highways created by
the code and re-creating the office of
state highway engineer.
DR.. II. L Walker of Ellensburg was
elected president of the Washington
Osteopathic association at the state
convention at Belllngham. Others
elected were: DR.. Henrietta Crofton.
Seattle, first vice president; DR.. A. e.
Archer, Pullman, second vice presi-
| dent; DR.. C. D. Utterback, Tacoma,
secretary and Dr. II. f. Morse, Wenat-
chez, treasurer.
Dedication OF the beautiful new
state park and tourist camp ground,
comprising about 35 acres on the navy
| yard highway on the east arm OF
| Hoods canal about seven miles north
east OF Union Saturday attracted Il big
crowd from Seattle, Tacoma, Bremen
ton and from Olympic peninsula
points. This is the first land bought
for state park purposes under the
new law.
Forty-five hundred bondholders who
subscribed s2,SOo,oOO with which to
erect hotel in Seattle as a com.
munity enterprise have been. asked
by the directors of the Community
Hotel corporation to make the sum s4,-
100000. Decision to ask the larger
sum was taken after bids had been
opened for construction of the build
ing and the lowest was found to ex-
ceed $3,5O0,OO0.