Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
WASHINGTON STATE
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

The monthly meeting OF the Pacifit
Northwest Passenger Agents associa
ton was held at Spokane.
The second annual northwest polo
tournament will be held at Vancouver
in May instead Of October,
Democrats of Clarke county met a,
Vancouver and organized McAdoC
club, with membership Of 200.
The Colville forest office reports
that grazing applications for 4S5s
cattle, 70i horses and 2l,750 sheep
have been received.
Storage for more than 100000 boxes
of apples is provided in the Okanogan
district, according to figures compiled
by the district horticultural office
Tacomas efforts to change the
name of Mount Rainier are denounc.
ed in resolutions adopted by the trus
tees of the Olympia Chamber of Com
merce.
A complaint that he stole bath tub
on moving from an apartment he re-
Gently rented resulted In the arrest
at Seattle of Sam Morgan on charge
of grand larceny.
o. Clausen, 80, who was crushed be-
tween two logs while employed in the
Bordeaux camps Of the Mason County
Logging company, succumbed at the
hospital in Olympia.
Grays Harbor County club has been
organized at Elma, to hold an Amer.
lean Kennel club licensed show in
connection with the Grays harbor
county fair in September.
II. L. Owens, age 81, pioneer of the
Okanogan region, died at his home in
Okanogan. He was one of the most
widely known of early settlers OF
north central Washington.
Meetings of the Holstein, Jersey
and Guernsey Breeders associations
of Grays Harbor county and Of the
Grays Harbor Cow Testing associa,
ton were held at Montesano.
Failure of the Exchange bank oil
Waitsburg was announced by the state
banking department. John p. Duke,
state supervisor of banking, has taken
charge of the affairs of the institu.
ton.
Receipts and expenditures of the
state treasury were practically balanc'
ed for the week ending February 2S,
receipts being S55S,56S and e1pendi.
lures $521,S6S Total cash balance
was S12,744,SS3.
Posses from Elbe, Mineral and Nor
ton, together with deputy sheriffs
from Pierce and Lewis counties were
searching for an armed maniac who
terrorized number of Elbe residents
and escaped after revolver battle.
Hearing has been advanced by the
supreme court to April IA next on the
appeals of the Home and the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph companies
from decisions of the federal district
court for western Washington in rate
cases.
The State Historical society of the
University of Washington, represent
ing student and alumni sentiment
from all parts of the state, has added
the weight OF its influence to the pro
test against change in the name OF
Mount Rainier.
A large tract Of land in the White
River valley was ordered escheated
to the state of Washington by de
cision of the superior court in Seattle
The court ruled that S. Katsumo was
holding the land in violation of the
alien land law.
Hearings will be held regarding pro
posed changes in wheat grades al
Walla Walla, March 20; at Pullman,
March 81; at Spokane, March %, and
probably at Seattle, March "a, accord.
ing to Director E. L. French of the
department of agriculture.
For the death of crows, magpies
ravens, hawks and eagles the Franklin
county game commission has offered
rewards of 5 cents each for the old
birds and 1 cent each for the young
qses. The birds are considered a.
menace to young pheasants and quail
James Allen, state highway commits.
sioner, has published call for bids
on 1876 miles of state road No. g
Olympia highway between Elma and
McCleary). The bids will be opened
at Mr.. Aliens office in Olympia on
March %. This is federal aid pro
ject.
Federal approval of the quarantine
proclaimed by Washington prohibiting
the importation of live stock from Cali
fornia was indicated in telegram re
ceived by Governor Louis F. Hart from