Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-02-02
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FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

coma municipal streetcar line, in the
history of the city operation Of the
line, now under the direction Of Com
missioner Silver, was made by Con-
troller Roberts, who showed that dur
ing December the line earned enough
money to cover all actual operating
costs, interest, taxes and other cash
outlay charges, and had nearly $500
to spare.
Experiments which are expected to
save large sums of money in the erec-
tion of power plants and water sys-
tens in the state are being conduct
ed by the hydraulics laboratory of the
University of Washington. These are
tests in the composition of pipe ma
terials to determine what materials
will carry the larest flow of water
at the least cost of manufacture and
installation.
Manufacturers of the state of Wash
ington, and particularly OF Seattle, are
opposed to the state entering into any
industrial activities at state institu-
tions which will compete with any
existing private lines of industrial ac-
tivities, the special house committee
on the state institutional industrial
program was advised by spokesmen for
Seattle manufacturers who attended
committee hearing.
1t is understood at Washington, D.
c., that Representative Webster of
Spokane will be appointed United
States judge for the eastern district
Of Washington to fill the vacancy
created by the recent promotion OF
Judge Rudkin to the United States dis.
trict court of appeals at San Francisco.
A formidable mass of Endorsements
of Mr.. Webster for the iudgeship has
reached Senator Jones.
During the last fiscal year of 1922
more trout We're placed in the waters
of Washington state and more trout
spawn was handled than in any other
state in the union or in any other
country in the world according to j,
w. Kinney, supervisor OF the depart
ment OF game and game fish, During
the year state and county game
agencies placed more than 100,000,O0O
trout fry in state waters.
Canadian officials have pledged
their assistance SO far as they are
able to give it, in a renewed war on
liquor smugglers operating between
British Columbia points and the states
of the Pacific northwest, Dr., R. o,
Matthews, special assistant to Federal
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes an
nounced upon his return to Seattle
from conference with Canadian auth
critics in Vancouver, B. c.
State Land Commissioner Clark "
Sayidge has announced that President
Harding has issued g. proclamation
transferring another one Of the blocks
OF land which the state is to receive in
exchange to reimburse the common
school grant for lands lost by the estab.
listment of the national forests. The
block is part of the Rainier National
forest, lies in what is known as the
Antanum watershed, and contains 3d.
455 acres.
Mayor Fleming of Spokane has wir'
ed to City Attorney James NJ. Geragh.
ty, who is at Olympia, to confer with
Seattle and Tacoma officials and prof
fer Spokane's aid in obtaining a
thorough state department probe OF
gas prices. The Spokane gas com.
pany's annual report shows that profits
were almost doubled in 1922 over
1921, and that although gas sales de-
creased less than $4,000, cost of pro.
duction dropped $4,000, The com
pany made about 10 per cent profit,
according to Its own llgures.
Recommendation Of the wool mar
keting committee of the National Wool
Growers association were accepted by
the associations annual convention In
session at Spokane. The recommends
tlons included: Discontinuance Of con
tracing of wool before shearing;
establishment of regional wool pools
based on freight rate differentials;
storage of wool in United States H.
censed warehouses. with grading by
licensed graders, and with the general
plan of financing wool growers based
on United States licensed warehouse
receipts