Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
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+ ingion aad V:~,:dins facilities fuf tho
SIT y q forest technology not sur.
passed in any university OF The coun.
try, the sum of $25O,000 was given to
the university board OF regents
through President Henry Sl5zallo by
Mrs Alfred II. Anderson Of Seattle
for the erection OF building to be
devoted 20 the study OF forestry and
numbering.
Echoes Of one CT Washington's IA
nous bank embezzlement cases was
heard in Spokane when Norma p Con
row obtained a divorce in superior
court from Spencer Conrow, former
| assistant manager of the Bank OF Cali
fornia, Tacoma, who disappeared in
August, 1922, leaving shortages aggre-
| eating about $4,000.
NJ. A. Gould of Longview and w. X.
Jones OF Cheyenne, Wyo., are winners
OF the contest recently staged by the
| Longview, Portland e. Northern rail
road for design and slogan for the
! new railroad being built from Long.
view to the new town of Ryderwood,
80 miles north. Each man will be
awarded a $25 prize.
To work for selection of the Inland
Empire highway as the next east and
west cross-state road to be consid.
cred in the state highway develop
representing eighteen cities and towns
along the line of the highway from
| lGaston to RoSalia, effected a prelimin-
airy organization at Yakima
Addition of 2S3 acres of prune land
and As new members to the Washing
ton Growers Packing CO poration of
Clarke county in the last sixty days
was announced by W. H Wood, man.
ager of the organization, which is a
cooperative marketing association.
This additional acreage gives the as
sociation total of 3,5O1 acres of
prune land
The Tacoma city council has just
been presented with the engineers
estimates OF cost of developing the
municipal power project at Lake Cush-
man and bringing the current into the
city. Ordinances have been prepared
to put through the council, the pass.
age Of which, it is said will insure
local delivery Of Lake Cushman power
by January 1, 1926. The estimate totals
| $4,630,OOO
For the first time the bureau OF
federal grain supervision, department
Of agriculture, is to institute an in
vestigation OF wheat grades in the Pa.
cific northwest states. On complaints
of wheat growers in those states, pre-
sented by Representative Summers of
Washington, DR.. Henry c. Tyler, chief
of the bureau of agricultural econom-
les, decided that such an investigation
is justified.
Washington alone of the three Pa
ciIic northwest states makes gain
in representation in the lower house
of congress in a reapportionment bill
framed by Representative Barbour Of
California, VINO is slated for chairman
| of tba hnusa cancnc committed NV,,l
| ington receives six representatives
| instead OF five, under the Barbour
measure. This census committee has
cbcrge of reapportionment legislation.
Continued conflict between Mayor
Edwin j. Brown and the Seattle city
council apparently has converted all
but one member Of the council to the
belief that what Seattle really needs
for its good government is a city man
agcr. Eight council members have
just definitely declared themselves in
favor Of the managerial plan and have
announced their purpose to submit the
necessary charter amendment to vote
of the people at the spring election.
Application for permits to construct
three large reservoirs as part of
the Whitestone reclamation district
near Loomis, Okanogan county, have
been received by Marvin Chase state
supervisor of hydraulics. The district,
which embraces nearly 10000 acres,
was organized in 1918 and construc.
ton, which has been in active prog.
ress the past year will be completed
next year. The Horse Springs Coulee
reservoir, to impound 5000 acre.feet,
is under contract let in September for
| $74,45O Blue Lake reservoir, to hold
74O0 acre.feet was contracted at thu
same time for $4,000. Spectacle Laka
reservoir will cost about $4,000,