Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-19
STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State


spent in Seattle in the purchase OF
supplies for japanese relief work.
Olive street and Olive way in Seattle
have been changed to Harding way
under an ordinance OF the city council
Lewis county taxpayers will pay
S3S9,217.21 to the state of Washington
on an assessed valuation of $25,167,.
61S..
The dry kiln of the II. H. Martin
Lumber company of Centralia and
100000 feet of lumber were destroyed
by fire.
w. B. Dudley, pioneer resident of
Yakima, has announced himself as a
candidate for mayor in the coming
city election.
William Alexander Lord, Sc years
old, who was with Phil Sheridan on
his memorable Shenandoah campaign,
died at Everett.
The consolidated tax levy of the city
OF Spokane for the coming year has
been placed at GOA mills, as against go
mills levied in 1922.
The Consolidated Paper corporation
Of Tacoma has purchased the Russia
Cement plant at Anacortes and will
operate a paper MILL
Emanuel Secord, president of the
United States Radio corporation, lost
$4,000 in diamonds at Seattle when he
was held up by footpad.
Upon his pleading guilty to charge
OF manufacturing moonshine whisky,
Gus Callias was fined $500 by Justice
L. B. Bignold Of Montesano.
Last week three steamships, one
motorship, one tanker and two tugs
grounded along the western coast of
Washington and British Columbia.
Aaron F. Anderson, lumberman of
Seattle who died recently, left an es-
tate of S1,25O,1 according to an
appraisement filed in superior court.
Recent forest fires in King, Pierce,
Skagit and Snohomish counties are
estimated to have cost the lumbermen
OF those counties more than $225,000.
A quarterly dividend of 100000 was
disbursed by the Premier Gold Mining
company Of Spokane. This makes
S1,300,000 paid in dividends this year.
Opal Kerr, IS year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Kerr. of Hillyard,
suburb of Spokane, died as a result
of burns she received when she light
ed fire with kerosene.
Automobile licenses in the state of
Washington this year to October
have brought into the treasury the
sum of S3,S21,726. King county leads
the state with S1,O31,OS1.
"Pickett," gray Percheron stallion
bred by Herbert Kruger of Colville
and exhibited at the Spokane Inter-
state fair; has been sold to Adolph
Johnson of Yakima for $4,000.
By unanimous vote the Pullman
chamber of commerce extended an in
vitation to state Y. NJ. C. A. officials
to hold the annual older boys confer
ence in Pullman next spring.
Earl Hackett, 10, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Hackett, living on a farm
three miles south of Chehalis, was
shot accidentally by his brother,
Lloyd. 16, while the two were out hunt
ing.
Due to the heavy fruit crop, the
Chelan county horticultural office ex-
poets to have the second largest pay
roll of any concern in Wenatchee this
month. The inspection force numbers
about G5 men.
Carpenters are now completing a
number of new cottages at Govern
ment Mineral Springs in skamania
county Increased business of the past
season resulted in an over flow of the
cottages available.
Accidental injury claims numbering
23S were presented to the Washington
state department of labor and indus
tries during September, an increase of
s per cent over September, 1922. Fatal
tiles numbered 26.
City Engineer ]. L. Stannard of Ia
coma has practically completed detail
ed plans and specifications for the
Lake Cushman power project dam.
Bids for construction will probably be
called for by November l.