Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-02-09
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

The International Highway associa.
tion was organized at Sedro Woolley
by representatives from 10 towns along
the road.
The large farm house, garage and au.
tomobile of John Culp, near Kettle
Falls. were destroyed by fire of un.
known origin.
The store at Nighthawk, near Orc.
vile, owned by w. c. Jones, was de.
stroyed by fire with all it's contents
The loss is $4,000. /.
The estate of John T. McChesney,
former Everett business man, is valued
at S1,04S,117S4, according to the re.
port of the appraisers.
Kuppler Brothers we're awarded 6
contract for the construction of a
thirty-one.room hotel for Mrs. Anna
Mcneil at Port Angeles.
Two bandits entered the Florence
Lumber company's camp near Monroe
Friday night, held up and robbed 20
lumberjacks and escaped.
Washington State college is asking
the legislature for the regular biennial
appropriation of $1,585,OOO and special
appropriations totaling $314,OOO.
Stephen Forney was instantly killed
at Dayton when he fell from the root
of the new high school building, where
he was employed carrying slate.
The annual report of the Whatcom
County Dairymen's association shows
sales in 1922 totaling $1,555,594, an In.
crease of At per cent over the 1921 bust.
ness.
Mrs. Mary s. Bunce, eighty-five
years old, of Wapato, died at the home
of her son, w. c. Bunce. The deceased
woman was pioneer OF the Yakima
valley.
Terence Dewitt, aged SO, Spokane
pioneer, shot and killed his daughter,
Mrs. Della Nelson, then seriously
wounded himself. No reason for the
act is known.
Bert Wickham, head falier of the
Nynooche Timber company, was killed
Friday when he was caught between a
falling tree and stump at the camp
near Montcsano.
The Bellingham central labor council
Is protesting against the present com
mon labor wages, said to range from
$3.50 to SS.4O a day, and will ask a
minimum of $3.50.
A special school Of instruction for
post commanders will be conducted at
the district conference of the Ameri-
can Legion, to be held at Prosser be.
ginning February 8.
Fruit growers Of the Okanogan,
Omak, and Riverside districts met at
Omak last week and formed a unit OF
the Horticultural and Traffic associa-
tion, with $50 members.
Motion for dismissal o! two indict-
ments against ]. E. Chilberg former
president of the defunct Scandinavian
American bank of Seattle, has boen
denied In superior court
AT the annual meeting Of the share
holders of the Winlock Cooperative
Creamery company, it was decided to
build new creamery with double the
capacity Of the present one.
Continuation Of the 1922 Seattle re-
ordbreaking building era throughout
1928 Is forecast by summary of Jan
nary building permits announced by
The city building department
Mistaken for a burglar when he en-,
tered the home of George schneitzer
near Sumner, w w. Van Meter, an in.
surance man of Tacoma, was shot and
fatally. wounded by 5Ghneitzer.
More than half million dollars, or
more than half the total amount col
lected in 1922 from the 1.cent tax on
gasoline, was paid into the state treas.
ury by one company. a report made by
Director of Licenses Dibble shows. II
the present Legislature increases the
gasoline tax to . cents a gallon this
single corporation would collect and
turn in more than $1,0OO,OOO of rev,
enues annually. This would indicate
that it sells about 5O,OOO,OOO gallons OF
gasoline each year Altogether 6S firms
made reports to the director of licenses
during the past year. In December
their tax collection ran from 80 cents
to s36,259 Fourteen companies turn
ed in more than 500 in gas taxes, the
largest four paying s49O6, $sOS9, $1l,
776 and s9s,250, respectively.