Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-28
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

constructing bridges over large rivers
in time of war, army engineers com
menced Monday constructing a wood
en- truss bridge valued at $4,000 over
the Elwha river, fifteen miles west
of Port Angeles, at point known as
the cable crossing, Elwha ranger sta.
ton.
The home of Sheriff Mike Moran in
Republic was dynamited, but the
sheriff and his wife and two children
escaped injury. The explosive evil
IDENTIFY was placed under a rear corn
er and its force tore away the side
of the building. The family's sleep
ing quarters were on the opposite side
of the house.
Deposits received on the last day
before the Scandinavian-Ameri
bank of Seattle and the Citizens bank
of Georgetown were closed must be
considered as general deposits and
held with the other assets of the in
stitutions, the supreme court decided
in two en- banc opinions reversing a
judgment of the King county superior
court.
H. v. Mooring of Seattle, a federal
prohibition agent, was critically shot
] hyyp Nf in, IItN
who followed him after a party of
which he was member had visited a
poolroom in Cosmopolis. Elmore Todd
and H. H. Smith, operators of cigar
store in Cosmopolis, were arrested.
The other two men from the auto
\ mobile escaped.
E. v. Kuykendall, director of public
works, announced that he had request
ed state commissions of other states
to join in urging that added revenues
earned by the American Railway Ex-
press company from increased traffic
since the close of hearings in the ma
tion-wide express rate case be con-
sidered by the interstate commerce
commission in determining new ex-
press rates.
Discovery of the first case of an
thrax in Washington was announced
by DR.. ]. H. Martin of the state de-
partment of agriculture, speaking be-
fore health officers of the state hold
ing their annual convention at Spo-
kane. DR.. Martin said that disease
I in herd of Jersey cattle, four miles
out of Walla Walla, has been diagnos-
ed as anthrax, dangerous infection
capable of being transmitted to hu.
mans.
Trustees of the Seattle chamber of
commerce have indorsed proposal
that the state parks committee take
whatever steps are possible and neces
sary to secure the preservation of a
portion Of the rhododendrou fields
The report states indiscriminate pick
ing is threatening the state flowers
destruction and that the parks com
mittee could, with the consent of the
property owners, lease certain rhodo
dendron lands and post them against
the plucking Of flowers.
County commissioners and engi
neers of Washington closed their an
nual convention at Wenatchee with
election of officers. T. 3. Beeman
King county, was elected president
of the engineers; John Duff, Chelan
county, vice-president, and r. L.
Greene, Lewis county, secretary-treas
urer. The commissioners elected Tom
Dobson, King county, president; h.
]. Cantonwine, Walla Walla county
vice.presdent; j. A. Miller, Whatcom
county, secretary-treasurer. Belling'
ham was chosen for next years meet.
ing place.
Cooperative marketing organiaa-
| tlODS OIL lue 1dClllC HOIluNcSt uuil'
died 4,S45,424 bushels for growers in
Washington and Oregon in the season
just closed, according to the official
audit of the books of the Northwest
Wheat Growers, Associated. This or
ganization was the sales agent for the
Washington Wheat Growers associa
ton, Spokane, and the Oregon Cs
operative Grain Growers, Portland
both contributing wheat to the pool
in the following amounts: Washing
ton, 2,4S1,619 bushels, or 51.2 per cent
Oregon, 2,363,SO5 bushels, or iS.7 per
cent The statement shows that So,
S4S.538 was returned to the head Of
fices of the associations, apportioned
Oregon, S2,S52,7S6.