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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
BERRINGERs TO LEAVE

As result Of the conference of
the Methodist church held at
Puyallup last week the Rev. J, II.
Berringer, for two years pastor
of the Vashon Federated church,
was assigned to the Gilman Park,
Seattle, pastorate for the ensu-
ing year. The family will leave
shortly for that place to enable
Mr.. Berringer to take up his work
Immediately. 1t is expected that
the board of missions of the Pres
byterian church will assign min
lister Of that creed to fill the pull
pit at this place for the coming
year. Until a permanent pastor is
assigned the board sends a speak
er for each Sunday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
CAN YOU WRITE?

If you think you can here's your opportunity For
several months the merchants of Tacoma have been holding
Southwest Washington Day the third Wednesday in each
month.
GExceponal bargains have been offered the visitors, but
great has been taken make the bargains of such
that they will harm the business of Southwest Wash
ngton merchants.
GThere is doubt but that both Tacoma and Southwest
Washington cities have benefited by the holding of the South
west Washington days. but in order to get idea to what
the people of Vashon auy island think of the idea Baauw
Hppe-Baauw lnc of Tacoma offering prizes for the
best letter What Think of Southwest Washington Day.
These letters be long short the writer may de-
sire For the best letter prize of $500 cash will be offered
for the second best two years subscription to the News
Record and for the third best years subscription to the
NewsRecord All letters must be written ink and address,
ed to contest Manager Baauw ppeBaauw, Inc Tacoma,
Washington The contest closes September 80 and winners
will be announced in the second October issue of the News
Record and the winners viii receive their prizes Immediately
thereafter.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
EMPLOYS ANOTHER MAN

The Vashon Island Eggery this
week added to its force of en-
ployes by the addition of W. Logs
Crosby of Seattle, who will have
charge of the feed department.
Mr.. Crosby is an experienced man
in this line and is able to give val.
liable advice to poultrymen in re.
gard TO the best methods of feed
ing. The company has added to
its fleet of trucks until it now has
three on the island-one heavy
truck for hauling feed and two
lighter machines for the handling
Of eggs.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07

A flower show, directed by the wo
men of the civic club, was held il
Dayton Saturday.
More than $50 pioneers of Chelar
county attended the annual reunion
and picnic at Monitor.
The third annual convention of the
American legion auxiliary will be held
at Olympia on September 1S, Ii and
is. .
Phillip Diede, Everett contractor
was fatally injured in the woods neal
Startup when tree fell and struck
him.
The taxable valuation of Pend
Oreille county was increased $S4S, ,4SO
over last year by the board of eQuali
cation.
Delegates representing w. c. T. o.
organizations at Edwall, Davenport,
Wilbur and Almira held convention
at Wilbur.
The fourth sale of Alaskan and 81.
berian furs held in Tacoma this year
resulted in 31,557 pelts bringing ap.
proximately 100000.
One hundred and thirty acres of
wheat, together with the combine out
fit, were burned on the farm of H. N.
Wilcox near Waterville.
Peach growers of Wapato find the
Elbertas Of finer quality than for
many years. Packs of 35 and 40 are
common in all orchards.
Increase of the automobile theft de-
tail of the Seattle police force from
three to six men was announced by
Chief of Police w. B. Severyns.
Figures compiled at Walla Walla
show that since opening of the auto
camping park on April 1 more than
$500 cars have been registered.
Yakima fruit warehouses are so
crowded with pears that there is
practically no space to store peaches,
though such storage is badly needed.
Whitman county farmers have
adopted the policy of discharging
any man found who carries red card,
signifying membership in the |. w. w.
A spectacular fire OF undetermined
origin destroyed the apple packing
plant and warehouses of Baker & Co.
at White Salmon. The damage is es,
timated at $4,000.
The best authentic oat yield of the
season for the Pullman district is that
obtained by Robert Lyle, eight miles
west of Pullman, who reports an av.
erage of 1O2 bushels an acre.
The Washington Water Power com.
pany is constructing unit to its ST
milkameen power plant. The unit will
double the capacity of the plant,
bringing it to 1900 horsepower.
Forest fires are raging in many
parts of western Washington, Lieuten-
ant J. P. Powell, commander of the
361st air squadron, 96th division, de-
clared after flight from Camp Lewis
to Vancouver.
Major Evan Bstep, who was dis.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
RELIEF SOCIAL.

On Friday evening, September
q, the ladies of the Federated Aid
will hold a social in the Metho-
dist church for the purpose of col
lecting old clothes and shoes for
the Near East relief. The ladies
desire to secure about 1000 pounds
Of clothes and the admittance fee
will be bundle of clothes or
shoes. Everyone is invited to as
SiSt in this work.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
MACHINE EXPERT HERE.

J. Lange, salesman and expert
machinist for the Merganthaler
Linotype Co., was at Vashon on
Thursday of this week, making an
official inspection of the machine
in this office and making neces-
sary adjustments. However, the
day was givten over to him and as
ii result no composition work was
done during the day. The amount
Of news matter is therefore cur
tailed considerably.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
CONSIDER DocKToN ROAD

The county engineer has fled
his report in the matter of the
A. j. Stuckey road at Dockton and
the hearing was set for October
the hearing was set for October
%. This is the substitute road
offered Commissioner Paul in lieu
of the waterfront road which he
had hoped to provide for that
community.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
MISS SWANSON Welded.


One of the seasons loyliest
weddings was solemnized Monday
at high noon when Miss Irene
Swanson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Swanson of Burton, and
Mat Upgenorth of Tacoma were
united in marriage. DIR, H. A.
Stub of Seattle read the marriage
service.
The house was beautifully dee.
Grated with asters and dahlias in
pastel shades. Kenneth Van HOUSE
sang ~ Love You. " The wedding
march was played by Mrs. G.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
POOR ROADS TAKE TOLL
FROM AUTO DRIVERS.

IF we had concrete surfaces tc
drive upon we could pay tire tax
of 67@o and still spend more mon,
ey for tires than is required for
our present road Surfaces" says
II. h. Phelps, highway engineer
at the State College of Washing.
/ ton.
Within the last year there has
been an organized effort made to
reduce taxes, which are agreed to
be too high all over the country" "
he continues. In many places
this effort to reduce taxes has
taken the form of an assault up
on the taxes being levied for good
roads. "
He points out how experiments
have proved how a gallon of gaso-
line is needed to haul one ton IA
miles on earth roads q miles on
gravel and 81 on concrete.
1t is interesting to translate
these figures into the cost of gaso-
line per mile for travel for the av-
erage automobile" he continues.
Taking the weight Of an automo-
bile at IA tons, with gasoline
costing 20 cents a gallon, each
mile of travel would cost 2 cents
for gas on earth roads, cent and
a third on gravel and only nine
ty-one hmdredths of one cent on
concrete. In other words, when
the car reaches the end or the
concrete and starts down a gravel
surface, the extra gasoline requir-
ed costs as much as a tax of 6 %
cents per gallon. And when it
reaches the end of the gravel and
starts down the average poor
earth road, and added cost of 10
cents per gallon is the travellers
tax caused by the poor road.
"Thus these figures prove that
our poor roads place a gasoline
tax upon us three to eight times
as great as the tax the legislature
placed on gasoline for good roads.
And this poor road has the added
disadvantage that we receive no
returns from its expenditure.
This gasoline tax of 6 to 10
cents a gallon placed upon us by
poor roads is not the only tax we
pay to poor roads. Definite fig
ures are lacking but experience on
Palouse gravel indicates that such
roads are extremely hard on tires.
They also place on us taxes of un-
known magnitude because of the
added repairs required, and the
shorter life of automobiles used
upon poor roads as compared with
those run on good road surfaces.
Estimates made by automobile
dealers show these taxes to be just
as high as the poor road gasoline
tax and the poor road tire tax,
But neglecting them entirely, we
still have such large taxes to pay
to poor roads that we should have
no hesitation in continuing our
good roads taxes for the purpose
of abolishing our much larger
poor roads taxes as rapidly as pos
sible.'
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
LADY SHOWS GREAT TALENT

During the absence of Carlton
Fitchett, humor rhymstr of
the Seattle Post-1nteifgencer,
his place is being filed by Mrs. G.
Lucille Butler. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. C. A. Renouf of the Cove
district. Her lines sparkle with
with and humor and are on par
with Fitchett's best.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-07
SCHOOLS OF ISLAND
REOPEN FOR WORK
New Superintendent and Two
New Teachersin Wash
on High School.

With am enrolment of IS in
the high school and l2S in the
grades, the Vashon public schools
opened Tuesday, September 4
A. Il. Giberson, superintendent OF
schools, comes here from Thorpe
Wash. Miss Thora and Miss
Gertrude Smith are the two new
members of the high school fac.
ulty. E. L. Hardinger, who has
charge of manual training and
mathematics, was here last year.
Il. L. Robinson of Bellingham
is teaching the seventh and eighth
grades. Mrs. Gertrude Kline has
the fifth and sixth, Miss Carrie
Busby, the third and fourth and
Miss Florence Cushman, the first
and second.
A course in French has been
added to the high school curricu.
lum. Music, also, is being offered
the first time for credit.
Football practice has been
started and with some new ma,
terial this year the boys are hop.
ing for even a better team than
last year. The girls are organiz-
ing an athletic association.
Student government is being
tried in the high school this year
Wilfred Reeves, who comes FROM
Broadway high school Seattle
has been elected president; Doug,
las McClinton, vice president, aud
Liv Blekastad, secretary. They
are working on constitution
which will be presented to The
student body for approval. The
Girls club will have a meeting
the first of tn week and plan It's
work for the year.
A great deal of enthusiasm and
interest has already been shown
in the work at school and both
faculty and students are looking
forward to a profitable year.
A football and two pemantS
were presented the first day OF
school by members of last years
senior class who had made the
money from the annual published
last spring. Ward Prigg present
ed the gift and Mr. Hardinger ac-
cepted in the name of<the school,
The Vashon Island Auto Trans
portation company has the con
tract this year for transporting
the Colby and Harper students
from Vashon Heights to the high
school building and the grade
pupils from south cf Vashon to
and from school. Edward Earth
transports the pupils of Vashon
Heights to and from school the
same as last year.
Teachers at other schools on the
island are as follows
Union j, Burton-W. G. Parkes,
superintendent, II. j. Leggett, A
j. Lewis, Ethelyn Shipley, Maude
l.. Gernaey.
Burton grammar school-Ken-
meth j. Van House, principal.
Vera Lamoreaux, Edith NJ. Turn,
er, Ruth Tjosdal.
Dockton-Miss l. NJ. Nelson,
principal, Mrs. Helen Berry, Hell
en- G. DeVoe, katherine LANCER.
Lisabeula-Mrs. Albert Thomp-
son.
Columbian. E. Stafford, prin-
cipal, Clara Dyven, Daphne Haug.
en-, Ruth II. Stafford.
Southern Heights-Charles L.
Fox, principal, Fannie NJ. Brink.
The Kusko times., 1923-07-07
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Bennett James, John Holmgren,
 Charles E Taylor. George w. AL
 brecht, and Edward McArdle and
 Charles Knell, and their and each
 of their heirs, executors, adminis-
 trators, successors in interest, and
 assigns:
 You and each of you will please take notice that the undersigned. a co-owner in placer mining claim No. One above Discovery on Moore creek, in the Mt Mckinley mining and recording pre- cinet, Alaska, has caused the annual assessment work to be done on the above described claim for the years 1920 and 1921, amounting to one hun dred dollars for each year, and for each 5of said years has paid for said work, including the proportion due from the above named parties;
 And you are further notified that, unless you and each of you pay your proportion of the assess snent work done on said ground for each of said years, within ninety days after the last pub ieation of this notice, your and each of your interests in and to said property will become forfeited to the under signed, as provided by Section 1924 of the revised statutes of the United States andsamendments thereto.
 JOSEPH H. SMITH. Date of first publication, June 9, 1923. Date of last publication, Sept. 8, 1923.
The Kusko times., 1923-07-07
PRESS SQUIBS.

The modern girl may have her little weaknesses, but she isn't effeminate.- Fresno Republican.
 King Tut seems to have been at the right end of the income tax collection. Wall Street Journal.
 Why. doesn't France threaten Ger many with prohibition unless fhe pays up?-Ntw York Tribune.
 Germany might stabilize her cur rency by leaving it blank on one side to serve as note paper.-Bridgeport Star
 An'Arkansas woman has cremated her third husband. This is what comes of the coal shortage Shoe and Leather Reporter.
 Another explanation of the modern child's manners is that too many wood sheds have been turned into garages Associated Editors.
 Tut. ankh-Amen isn't the first de funct monarch whose tomb has become a source of riches. There is John Bar leycorn- Norfolk Yirginian-Pilot.
 Theorists who try to abolish poverty seldom are able to see that lot of other things must be abolished first Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter.
 What we can't understand is why statesmen never seem so wise in Con .gress as they do on Chautauqua plat form.-Kitchener Ont. Daily Record Eight million more Russians are said to be facing starvation. Lenin seems to be a grand frost as chairman of the committee on refreshments.-Det News.
 The outlook in the automobile trade is excellent. as there are still thou sands Of houses that haven't been mort gagged to buy cars.-Nashville South ern Lum herman.
The Kusko times., 1923-07-07

was willing to sacrifice every other portion vi Alaska to this end.
 That he conferred with Secretary Fall on the project he admits, and it is generally believed that the agitation for moving the capital, the court and cable headquarters to Anchorage has been materially aided by Col. Mears. In view of these facts, it is fair to pre- sume that in working for the consolida- tion of the Engineering and Road com missions he had in view the develop ment of the railroad section, regard less of the rest Of Alaska.
 With Col. Steese at the head of af- fairs, it is generally believed that while the railroad district will not suffer, it will not thrive at the expense of the rest Of the Territory.
The Kusko times., 1923-07-07
Cols. Mears and Steese
 Engage in Fist Fight
Valdez Miner.

The steamer Northwestern, arriving n port yesterday morning from the westward, brought the story of fist fight between Col. Frederick Mears head of the Alaskan Engineering Com miS sion, and Col. J. c. Steese, his suc- ees sor, in which Col. Mears is said to nave come out second best and went to Ghe Anchorage hospital for repairs
 According to the story, Col. Mears, who was recently relieved of his posi- sion as head of the Engineering Com mission through the consolidation of 6he Engineering and Road commis- has been very peeved over the. situa- tion, claiming that he. had no knowl- edge of the contemplated change. until helsaw it in the newspa pers, and alleg- ins that Col. Steese had been cognis- ant of the coming change for months, and had gone so far as to locate route fon railroad spur into the Kantishna country last summer This Col. Steese denied.
 It is alleged further that Col Mears, while Col. Steese was in Anchorage 8 few days ago, publicly attacked the war record of Col. Steese and aues- sionea his ability to operate the rail- road
 It is also said that the project for cons olidating the Engineering and the Rohd commissions originated with Col. Mears himself while in Washington, in the belief that if such consolidation should be made he would remain at the head Of the two commissions and would 5hus be in position to divert a large share of the wagon road appropriation to the building of feeders for the rail- road. The appointment of Col. Steese to the head of the combinations was a wholly unlooked-for event and, it is said, contributed largely to the hostil- ltNof Col. Mears to his successor.
 The building of the Alaska railroad vas a feat of which any man migh we'll be proud, and that Col. Mears was desirous of bringing it up to paying institution is unquestionably true, and | is also unquestionably fact that he
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-15
.FRENCHM MAKE TWENTY
FIVE MILE ADVANCE

London.-A report TINT the French
have advanced % miles beyond the
frontier. occupying Goddelau, in Hesse,
reached London in an Essen dispatch
to the Times. The correspondent adds
that the Germans m%omentarily expect
the occupation of Mannheim.
The return to the Ruhr of\General
Weygand and Minister of Public Works
L%etrocquer to coordinate transporta-
ton without the employment of Ger
man labor finds the railway service
demoralized and resistance generally
strengthened.
"The French may be able to occupy
the Ruhr militarily, but they will never
get anything worth while out of IT,"
said one of the Thyssen directors. Our
workmen are satisfied. We raised
their salaries 90 per cent or February
1 and they now draw 1850 marks an
hour, or 10000 marks for an eight
hour day. We shall raise their wages
again should the cost Of living in
crease"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-15

Lausanne.-It has been confirmed
from reliable official circles that i'm
portant pour parlers are nov hurriedly
proceeding between Paris and London
IN a final effort to arrange a peace
treaty settlement. In view of this,
Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol probably
will not leave Lausanne, as he intend
ed. and Ambassador Grew will not re-
turn to Berne, but win remain in
Lausanne to watch developments.
II is understood here that Ismet
Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation
to the near east peace conference. may
be asked by the allies to, delay his de-
parture IL the negotiations now going
on among the chancellors In Paris. Lon
don and Rome result in an agreement
to resume negotiations.
Ria Muir Bey of the Turkish dele
CATION to the conference said that Tur-
key and the powers had reached IN
accord on the juridiclal question but
that there were still important finan-
cial matters on which an agreement
had net been
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-15
SO MINERS BODIES YET
TO BE RECOVERED

Dawson. n. NJ. - The shattered
depths of Dawson. mine No. 1 has given
up 20 dead and two living, so far.
Within the subteranean tomb, 80 min
ers still remain. 1t Is more than a
reasonable certainty that all have per-
ished, according to officials.
Bathed in the warm rays of a daz-
cling sun, Dawson set about the task
of burying her dead. Throughout the
day the rough pine boxes, carrying all
that was mortal of those whose lives
were snuffed out in the disaster. were
borne through the main street Of the
town., out along the winding rustic
trail TO the peaceful, cross-bedecked
hillside, which Is to be their last rest
ing place.
Daniel Harrington, supervising en-
gineer of the United States bureau Of
mines. after a journey through the
damaged mine, declared his search had
revealed nothing to indicate what was
responsible for the blast.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-15
sLAYERs MEET DEATH CALMLY

Hysham, Mont-Nith steady eve
and unfaltering courage, Glenna M.
Bolton and Joe r. Reagan met death
on the scaffold here early on the morn
Ing Of February 9. for the murder of
Irving Keller. undersheriff of Treasure
county. ar the Bolton ranch 30 miles
south of Hysham, Dee. o, 1921.
Bolton was the first to appear. APP
parently without a tremor he took his
stand on the fatal trap and faced the
assembled witnesses. When asked by
Sheriff Isaac If he had anything to
say, he thanked the officers In whose
custody he had been for more. than a
year for their kindness and courtesy
to his mother and sisters, and declared
he bore malice toward no me.
Reagin was brought out about 10
minutes later. He made some remarks
about the snow storm and stepped on
the scaffold with head erect and face
free from signs of fear.
81 hope TO meet you men on the
other side of the blue. so long" was his
answer 10 the opportunity given him
by the sheriff to make a statement
and then just as the black hood was
being drawn over his head he spoke in
a loud voice: Goodbye. men,"
A written statement, warning young
men and boys to "beware of guns and
moonshine,' was handed to the county
attorney by Reagln, as he left the jail.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-15
rs TRAPPED IN
BIG MINE BLAST
FIFTY-oNE MINERS LOSE LIVES
IN ONE MINE EXPLOSION;
"a IN ANOTHER
SLAYERS PAY DEATH PENALTY
Bolton Maintains Innocence to End;
Both Face Death csImIy-Reagan
Makes Written Plea to
Youths

Cumberland. p. C.-Fifty-one coal
miners lost their lives when fire damp
exploded In the second level of mine
No. A of the Canadian Galleries. Ltd.
two miles from here, 1t was estimated
by mine officials after p bodies had
been brought to the surface. One
Chinese miner made his way two miles
through smoke-filled passages TO safe
ty. A report that four others had been
found alive could not be confirmed.
OF the dead. 20 were whites and the
remainder orientals.
Rescue parties worked frantically In
ar effort to reach the men entombed
by the blast. a forlorn hope, for 1t was
apparent almost from the first that
few could escape the deathly fumes
that rolled along the tunnels. Some of
the men were killed outright by the
explosion. and.tons Of debris separated
their bodies from the rescue workers.
The disaster has taken rank as one
of the worst in the history of mining
OF Vancouver island. No explanation
for the explosion was offered. 1t was
stated that the mine was eauipped
with safety devices and that most Of
the lighting and power was, given by
electricity.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-15
last 81 Rhine WATCH and

New York.-New York welcomed
home, Sunday, soldiers of Americas
army of occupation in Germany, when
the transport st. Mihiel arrived at the
Brooklyn army base dock with $50
officers and men, after having disem-
barked larger ~detachments at Savan-
nah and Charleston. T~hirty-five Rhine
land brides and 10 children also were
aboard the transport.
The troops SOC were trailing over
the gangway for the trip to Fort Ham
iIton, where they will be stationed tenn
porarily. The women and children
were taken to a hotel TO await the dis
charge of their husbands. which will be
expedited by army officials.