Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-11-16
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR our BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

r!son are announced in letter from
John w. Weeks secretary Of war, to
Frederic Shaw, chairman of the board
OF county commissioners of Pierce
county.
Removal Of the general embargo on
terminal No. ! Of the port Of Grays
harbor, which was imposed October 3,
has been announced by Port Manager
Petors. This embargo was imposed
because of the congestion on the docks
during the early part of October, when
a number Of vessels which were sched,
uled to load were delayed because OF
the Japanese earthquake.
Due to the great number Of Chinese
pheasants slain during the open sea.
son, the kittitas county game com.
mission Is considering plans for curb.
ing shooting next year, according to
w. q. Crowley, chairman of the com.
mission. A recent ruling of the state
Encouragement prevented searching
of cars without warrant, and accord,
ing to scores of complaints reaching
the game commission hundreds of
birds were Illegally shot.
The most complete schedule of doc.
tors fees in the world is being circu.
lated by the department of labor and
industries as the result of several
years of research and investigation.
The schedules, which are beng mail.
ed to doctors doing contract work for
the department under the medical aid
provisions Of the Industrial insurance
act, have been approved by the state
medical association and will be used
for all state industrial cases.
Experiments will be conducted to
determine the adaptability of sodatol
for use in clearing logged-off lands at
a farm at Lacey, under the direction OF
George R. Boyd OF the bureau OF public
roads, United States department Of
agriculture. Sodatol which is to be
offered by the national government at
$500 hundred in carload lots, is a
modified explosive made of TINT and
sodium nitrate, and is intended as a
cheaper substitute for dynamite.
Washington's delegates to the an.
nual meeting of the Western States
Reclamation association to be held in
Salt Lake City on November 81 were
named by Governor Hart as follows:
Arthur D. Jones, N. w. Durham, Fred
Adams, w. Fl. Cowles and Roy R. Gill
Spokane; o. L. Waller, Pullman;
Rufus Wood and Frank Schultz, Wen
atchee; Dan A. Scott ard Marvin
Chase, Olympia; Ralph Williamson,
Yakima, and John Langdon, Walla
Walla.
The year 1923 will break all previous
records in the northwest lumber in.
dustry for production, shipments and
sale, it is indicated in a report made
by the West Coast Lumbermens asso,
citation, showing the comparative data
for the first A weeks of the year,
compared with figures for the same
period of each of the past three years.
The figures show that production this
year is 20 per cent above last year,
SO per cent above 1921, 80 cent above
1920. New business this year is 81
per cent ahead Of 1922. SO per cent
above 1921 and 70 per cent above 1921
and 10 per cent above 1920. Ship
ments this year are running "a per
cent above last year, % per cent above
1921 and Sc per cent above 1920.
A record-breaking production of ap.
pies and potato crop about equal
to the average are being harvested in
Washington, it is indicated in the
November crop report of the depart.
meut of agriculture issued by C.. S.
Ray, field agent at Spokane The com.
mercial apple crop of the state Is
placed at 27225,000 bushels. as com.
pared with last years crop of 21,312,.
900 bushels. The total crop is esti.
mated at 30,940,O0O bushels, compared
with total crop last year OF 25,67S,,
900 bushels. A potato yield of $50
bushels an acre is estimated compar.
ed with las bushels last year. Re.
duced acreage gives crop of $780,,
000 bushels, compared with 9,425,0 600
bushels last season. The states pear
crop, with 90 per cent of full pro,
duction, is estimated at 2,25O,OO0 bush
els. Last years crop was 1,70S. O00
bushels. The grape crop is set at g..
$4,000 pounds, with SO per cent of 8
full crop. Last year the crop totaled
$4,000 pounds.