Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-11-16

Robbers who blew open the safe of
the bank at Johnson, in Whitman coun.
ty, escaped with $1,000. pursued by
citizens. The sound of the blast arous.
ed the townspeople, who exchanged
shots with the robbers as they fled.
A. c. Shives and j. A. Veness have
purchased 100000 feet of timber
from NJ. T. O'Connel and 100000
feet from the Weyerhaeuser interests
near Winlock. The timber will be
cut at the Veness mill south of Win
lock.
An increase Of more than las per
cent in the enrolment at Vancouver
high school since 1916 is shown in
figures submitted by the faculty. The
enrolment in 1916 was 800 and total
OF 755 have entered the school this
year
The state college of Washington
| dairy judging team won first place
again at the Pacific International Live.
stock exposition at Portland. Two
years ago the Washington state col.
lage team took first place and last
year second.
DR.. Howard S. Clemmer of Spokane
was elected president of the Motion
| Picture Theater Owners Of Washing.
ton State at the closing session of tie
association in Seattle. Seattle was
named the headquarters for the execu.
tive offices.
The Wenatchee valley is in the
midst OF harvesting the biggest apple
crop in its history. The production
is estimated at $4,000 cars for the
Wenatchee and Okanogan valleys
This is about one.half the estimated
apple production of the state.
Plans for improvements on the Lew.
! iston.Clarkston interstate bridge to
cost $4,000 We're agreed upon by state
officials of Washington and Idaho in
conference ut Spokane. Washing
ton will contribute $4,000 and Idaho
will spend $25OOO on the bridge.
| Prison-made products should not be
allowed to enter into competition with
goods manufactured by free labor, de-
clared resolution adopted at the SEES
siOnS of the seventh semi.annual as.
sembly of the Women's Legislative
Council of Washington, which was
held in Seattle
Virtually all the clays to be found
in deposits OF the state OF Washing
ton are described, and their uses are
outlined, in book just published by
the University of Washington Press,
written by Hewitt Wilson, professor
OF ceramics, entitled "Clays and
Shales of Washington" The book is
an exhaustive study of the clay
resources of this state
Commissioners Of Yakima county
went to White Bluffs to investigate
roads and plan with the Benton coun.
ty board route from Yakima to
Priest Rapids and arrange for main
tanning it. The one selected is the
Waite Bluffs Yakima road and at the
| intersection with tne White Bluffs.
Priest Rapids road the route will
| turn TO Priest Rapids instead of White
, Bluffs.
/ Reofferings of bond issues, authoriz,
ed by new elections in most instances
held since the supreme court decision
interpreting the 1923 serial bond law
which invalidated most of the then
pending issues, again are reaching the
state finance board upon acceptance
of the states bid.
A resolution addressed to the state
| public service commission, protesting
taking off Sunday passenger trains on
the Northern Pacific Central Washing
ton line, and asking the commission
| to force the company to resume the
former Sunday schedule, was passed
by the Davenport commercial club.
The three-fold election of CITY,
school and port commissioners at
Everett on December presents nun.
erous complications, according to
County Auditor Adrian Hilbert. The
| law provides the elections shall be
held at the same time, but makes no
provision for new machinery to handle
the balloting.
War department plans to retain in
definitely at Camp Lewis division
headquarters and approximately 1000
enlisted men against an existing
strength of 100 in the present gar.