Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-16

Ground has been broken at Brigh-
ton for a new Congregational church
to cost $4,000
Steps have been taken by firemen Of
Bellingham, Blaine and Linden to form
q state association of firemen.
Work has been started on improving
the Lake Shore drive, the road be-
tween Eatonville and Kapowsn.
The annual stockmens convention
and sale of purebred stock will be
held at okanogan March 20 and 30
More than forty-two blocks of con-
crete sidewalk will be laid at Hoquiam
as soon as the weather becomes stable.
Joseph Johns, seventy-five years old
and one of the pioneer residents Of
Puyallup, is dead, following serious
illness.
The Gle Elum school district has
voted $4,000 in bonds for the purpose
of building a gymnasium and eight
class rooms.
Among the new postmasters nomin-
ated last week were Alon2o E. Emer-
son at Ellensburg and Mrs. Blanche a.
Sines at Chelan.
The farmers elevator at Cashup,
near Thornton, was destroyed by fire
of unknown origin. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
More building was started in Everett
during February than in any other
month in its history, the value being
placed at $324,770.
Orchard experts estimate that the
apple crop of the Walla Walla valley
this coming season will be A per cent
better than last season.
The codfishing plant and interests
of the Pacific American Fisheries at
Anacortes have passed into the hands
of the Brown Fish company
Improved public roads in Washing
ton, not including those added last
season, now total 23,S24 miles, ac-
cording to census taken by the Uni
ted States bureau of public roads.
The contract for the construction
Of the orphans home to be built at
Vancouver by the Knights of Pythias
of Oregon and Washington will be let
April T. The first unit will cost $780,
600.
More than 100000 worth of shoes,
originally destined for imperial Russia,
but now held in storage in Seattle
warehouses, were held by Federal
Judge Cushman to be taxable by the
county.
Walla Walla wheat growers who
have farms in the light land section
state that in many instances from 20
to 40 per cent of the land must be re-
seeded Much grain was frozen out
during the winter.
Average milk production of the 229
COWS of the Grays Harbor Cow Test
ing association tested during Febru-
airy was S22 pounds, and average but
ter fat production was 31.7, according
to report issued.
Mary Boinski was found not guilty
of the murder of Matt Pulawski by
a jury in Judge Benseiks court at
Montesano. Mrs. Boinski killed Pull
awsld in her boarding house in South
Aberdeen the night of December IL.
Lakes and rivers in Snohomish coun-
ty were replenlshed with $4,000 trout
fry during 1922, Game Warden George
II. Miller announces in his annual re-
port. steelheads, cutthroat, rainbow,
Eastern brock and silver trout were
the species planted.
An appeal from King county to de-
termine whether dealer who sells
powder to contractor who is engaged
in clearing logged.off land has a lien
upon the land for the value OF the
powder furnished was decided in the
negative by the supreme court.
Secretary Work of the interior de-
partment has announced he has direct
ed the reclamation service TO conduct
the investigation OF the proposed
Columbia basis aud Umatlla rapids
reclamation projects, for which con-
gress recently appropriated $15O00O.
Michael Cohen, safety deposit
vault proprietor of Seattle, and
Thomas spelman, an assistant Of
Cohen, were each indicted on four
counts by a federal grand jury as re.
suit of the seizure recently of "A
ounces of morphine in Cohen's vaults.