Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-16

ton will not be submitted to congress
until the December session, it is an
nounced.
/ The contract for construction of n
bridge and fill across the Colville
river, about four miles north of Col
vile, was awarded by the Stevens
county commissioners to Thayer
Brothers, Chewelah, for $25OO. The
bridge will be a 72.foot truss span,
Reforestation in the northwest this
| year has included the planting of more
than 1000 acres by the United States
forest service, according to J. f. Kun.
mel, assistant district forester. The
young trees have been mostly set
out in denuded territory in the Colum-
ba and Rainier national forests.
Threats that they would bring TO-,
600 |. w, W. to Grays Harbor coun-
ty" We're voiced by Elmer Smith, form,
er |. W. w. attorney, and James Row
an, an alleged I. w. w. organizer,
when Grays Harbor town officials pre-
vented the two men from delivering
addresses in several communities.
After smashing into a truck and
completely demolishing his new motor
! cycle, Egidio Missi a farmer living
near Snohomish, hanged himself After
the wreck Missi obtained rope and
tied one end TO his neck and the
ether to a bridge and jumped off the
structure. He was found dead short.
ly after.
Appeals taken by eight dentists
from action of the state dental board
and the department of licenses in re-
fusing them licenses to practice upon
results of their examinations were dis
missed by Judge John NJ. Wilson in
the Thurston county superior court.
Notice was given OF appeal to the SUI
preme court.
There is notable decrease in sal
aries paid to buyers and heads of de.
partments, while wages paid to oper-
ators and office employees have re-
NAMED practically the same, accord
ing to the report of Mrs. Delphine M.
johnson, supervisor Of women in in
dustry, made to Edward Clifford,
| director of labor and industries.
Petitions signed by 1875 property
owners of Wahllialium county, asking
for the immediate opening of the
Ocean Beach highway route in Wah-
kiakum county to connect with Cow
litz county's road to the county line
have been presented to the Wahkia-
KUN county commissioners with the
request that an emergency be declared
Protest to President Coolidge
against the prospective removal of
Ill neuro-psychiatric patients from
United States veterans hospital No
SO (Cushman hospital at Tacoma to
the new veterans hospital at Amer
lean Lake was telegraphed in a petit
ton sent the president and signed by
1876 OF the 100 patients at the Cush-
man hospital.
The date of hearing of the complaint
of the Northwestern Live Stock Ship
pers Traffic League versus the vari-
Gus railroads of the state before the
department of public works has been
postponed from May u to June 5, by
the department The complaint chal-
lenges the interstate freight rate on
live stock, and also asks elimination
of the bedding charge which the roads
make for cattle shipped.
Settlement of the Kelso bridge col
lapse damage cases has been arrang,
ed and $6S,O0O in damages were allow
ed by Judge Card of Pierce county.
Plaintiffs in these cases were Eliza
Huntington, Kate NJ, Barr. Augusta
Johnson and Mile Hail. whose hus,
bands lost their lives in the disaster;
Roderick Mcdonald and James I. Pen
nell, who lost sons, and William Sui
Ivan and R II. oswald, who were in.
jured.
A state conference OF representa-.
tiyes of agricultural and commercial
bodies in Washington at Seattle up
held fumigation fees charged auto
mobile travellers from California. The
conference also requested that the
state department Of agriculture spend
whatever funds deemed necessary to
combat the California foot and mouth
disease epidemic, The conference yot.
ed to ask the legislature, which meets
in January to appropriate $4,000 to
pay for quarantine enforcement
Officers of the Columbia river dis
trict home and foreign missionary so.
ciety of Baptist church were selected
at the tenth annual convention at Ia
coma as follows Mrs, Edker Bur
ton of Moscow, Idaho, reelected presi-
dant. Nre II n CDp,nton Caottlo