Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-09

The annual district convention of
retail grocers will be held in Everett
March %.
Mrs. John M. Connors, a pioneer of
Anacortes, died in that city, aged
eighty-four years,
William Seavey, a pioneer of Port
Townsend, died in that city, aged
seventy-two years.
The estate of Fred S. Stimson, who
died at Seattle November "a, 1921, has
been appraised at s554,417.
The herring industry of Washington
Is said to add an annual revenue of
$450,0OO to the state treasury.
BY defeating Cheney and Ellensburg
the Bellingham normal won the state
normal school debate championship
The bricklayers' and masons union
of Spokane has increased It's wage
scale from 50 to $40 day, effective
April l.
The Lincoln county checker tourna-
ment to select the champion player
of the county will be held at Wilbur
March 15
Postmasters nominated by President
Harding include Alonze E. Emerson,
Ellensburg, and Andrew ]. Cosser,
Port Angeles.
John W. Denny, pioneer resident
of Seattle and cousin of Arthur A.
Denny, founder of Seattle, died at his
home, aged rs.
At farmers-merchants dinner held
by the Hoquiam commercial club a
campaign to build 100000 five-story
hotel was started.
Walla Walla county commissioners
have voted franchise to the Walla
Walla Valley railway company TO build
spur track at State Line,
High school students in Washington
have increased from 1000 to $4,000
since 1890, according to Edwin Twit-
meyer, state inspector of high schools.
The state of Washington will raise
for road purposes in 1923 $75O,OOO
more than in any previous year as the
result of the increase in the gasoline
tax.
An electric light company has been
formed at Edwall, near Harrington, to
furnish the business and residence dis.
tricts with light generated from bat
teries.
Frank A. Moore, who operates a
radio broadcasting station in Walla
Walla, picked up message from Ban
doeng, Java, half way around the
globe.
Jack Palmer, former deputy sher-
iff of Snohomish county, was fatally
injured at Seattle when his high-pow
cred automobile ran into a curb and
was totally wrecked.
Homer Skidmore, eighteen, may die
and several firemen suffered from the
effects of smoke following disastrous
100000 fire which gutted the Tull G
Gibbs furnishing store in Spokane.
May Bartlett Baker and Madge
Shera, both of Tacoma, have been
awarded national Girl Scout medals
for exceptional scout work, the first
of their kind ever awarded IN the
northwest.
In order to put the Wenatchee post
Of the American Legion on better
business basis, eliminate the overhead
and to have a home it can call its own,
the post has decided to erect a build
ing in Wenatchee.
Miss Elizabeth Trukositz, a young
teacher in the domestic science depart
ment of the Spokane schools, is the
sole heiress to the S2S,OOO estate left
by John Powers, a Civil war veteran,
who died February 10.
Radio messages were received in the
Bellingham coal mines at depth OF
400 feet below the surface by mem
bers of the Northwest Washington
Radio club, who conducted expert
ments there recently.
The Puget Sound Power and Light
company and the Pacific Northwest
Traction company will eXpend Sl25,OOO
this year in Whatcom and Skagit
counties in improvements to the power
lines and railway service.
OF the 9O5 school chlldr5n of Clarke
county examined during luary and
February by Miss Mabel Jarrett, coun.
ty nurse, 2S9, or more than fourth of
them, had physical defects, according
to j report prepared by Miss jarrett.