Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-01-19
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR our BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

POT lne year ltZZ tne report OF VeB-
sci movements at the port of Tacoma,
Just completed by Harbormaster Row.
land, shows that 1341 vessels arrived
and 1923 departed. The total tonnage
In arrivals amounted to 3,252,O69 tons
and departures 3,32O.52O tons.
China Is the market for Walla Walla
valley flour and between 40 and so
carloads have been contracted to be
shipped this month and next from the
Eureka flour mills at Walla Walla,
Manager Welk of the mills announced.
Other mills of the valley have also re.
ceived orders.
Washing out Of fifteen-foot con-
crete culvert two miles south Of Nc
Cleary on the Olympia highway caused
automobiles to detour via the Kamel-
chic road between point south Of
McCleary and Olympia 1t will be
several days before the culvert can
be reconstructed.
Acquittal Of w. L. Stauffer, James
Fryett Ruth Fryett, ]. L. Cook and
Fred G, Robertson, and disagreement
on the eight other defendants in sub.
ornatlon of perjury charges resulting
from trial of Maurice P. Codd for mur-
der last spring, was announced by
the jury at Spokane.
D. L. Callicrate, engineer of the Bur-
bank irrigation district, announces
that the district is awaiting only fed.
eral approval before going ahead with
a temporary dam across the Snake
river at the Five-Mile rapids for irri-
cation purposes. Estimated cost OF
the improvement is $4,000.
Sheriffs from all over the state
gathered at Olympia Monday for tho
twenty.fifth annual session OF tho
Washington State Sheriffs' associa-
tion. The convention closed Wednes.
day and delegates left for Portland
to attend meeting of the Northwest
Association Of Sheriffs and Police.
George F. Nicholson, chief engineer
and executive secretary, and H. D.
Fadden, promotion agent of the Sc.
attic port commission were delegated
to attend the transcontinental rate
hearing in Portland January 16, at
which rates on. vegetable oils from
coast ports to Chicago were discussed.
A payment of 100000 On the 1929
prune crop was sent cut last week to
members of the Washington Grow
ers' Packing corporation, which in.
cludes nearly 500 prune growers In
Clarke county. The payment is the
second. The first amounted to $275..
900, making total payments to date Of.
S405,0O0.
Logging operations In the recentlyl
purchased Quinault Indian timbei|
tract north Of Moclips have been start
ed by the M. R. Smith Lumber & Shin
gle company. The company has built
nOouI hlNO AhiACo VI ~ ldSh llOlh MOCllpa
and will extend the line as the logging
progresses. The timber consists OF
about 3OO,O0O,O00 feet.
The Oregon Packing company, q
subsidiary of the California Packing
corporation, which operates large
cannery at Vancouver. will conduct
survey Of Clarke county fruits during
the next three weeks and If the con.
ditions warrant, will build large addi.
tion to its plant 1t was announced by
P. ]. Burk, manager.
The body Of ]. S. Goldsmith, OK.
manager Of the Schwabacker Brothers
company of Seattle and one of the
most prominent of the pioneer busi-
mes men Of that city, was found in a
shack at the end of the Lander street
wharf. The county coroner in an
autopsy determined that Goldsmith
had committed suicide.
The King county grand jury, which
has been in session for the last six
weeks Investigating alleged vice condi.
tions in Seattle, returned report In
which 1t was declared that law en-
forcement conditions In Seattle "are
not worse than at certain times In the
| past" General charges "along the lins
Of vice" were declared exaggerated.
|
Paris.--The international program
of the Fascist government at Rome
will prevent Italian fulfillment Of the
Washington conference agreement for
Limitation of naval disarmaments, said
Rome dispatch to the Midi. The
Fascist demand unlimited liberty in
a. I.I.,