Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-14
WASHINGTON STATE
BRIEF NEWS items
Principal Events Of the Week
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county are iuahiue cANNllthN PADhlNoo
Mayor j. A. O'Laughlin and Council
man NJ. Quasnell of Mckee City, have
resigned their official positions
The first Coolidge For President
club in Benton county was organized
at the commercial clubrooms in Ken
newick,
H. L. Owens, pioneer of Washington
and one of the most widely known oil
early settlers, died at Okanogan, aged
81 years.
Baptist churches Of the Wenatchee
district are arranging for their 21st
annual convention at Waterville or
March IS.
Resolutions that will result in the
destruction of every plank sidewalk
in Chehalis have been adopted by the
city commission.
The Spokane G Eastern and Inland
railways have begun placing the years
allotment of 10000 ties month
earlier than usual.
Seattle shingle manufacturers and
wholesale dealers report large in.
crease in single sales the last week
over the past three months.
Mrs w. E. Boone, 81, pioneer OF
| Washington, died at Seattle. Mrs
Boone came to Washington from New
York, settling in Olympia in 1865.
University of Washington's debat
ing team won a 2 to decision at Sc,
attic over team representing Leland
Stanford Jr. university, California.
Motor vehicle license collections for
February totaled s5O9,211,s5, bringing
the total collections for the new Ii
cense year so far up to S3,225, 4S7.5O
Walla Walla wheat men estimate
that 20 per cent OF last years crop
has been shipped out of the county.
Wheat production last year was s.,
1884 bushels.
Damage estimated at $4,000 result,
ed from an early morning fire at Ho-
quiam which destroyed the plant OF
the Hoquiam Manufacturing company,
makers OF doors, window frames and
molding.
But four Japanese farmers remain
on Indian lands in Yakima county, ac.
cording to Major Evan Estep, super
intendent of the Indian agency. Last
week IS families left, their leases hav.
ing expired March /.
Weather conditions are so favorable
that the lamb crop this year is bet,
ter than in years, according to f. c.
Burlingame of Walla Walla. The in.
crease is far above 100 per cent, be,
cause of SO many twins.
The Modern Woodmen camp at
Rosalia entertained visiting members
of the order from Spokane, Fairfield,
Tekoa, Oakesdale and Garfield, at one
of the largest fraternal meetings ever
held in Whitman county.
Henry Makela of Astoria, Or, has
received contract from the Crown
Willamette Paper company for the
construction of 81 miles of logging
railroad up the Elokoman river and
Buck creek near Cathlamet.
Four Everett lumbermen have pur-
chased large interest in the North
Pacific Lumber company mill at Bur
nett on Burrard inlet, near Vancouver,
B. c.. it is announced. The consider.
alton was said to be $4,000
The Harrington city council has
awarded contract to the Pacific
Water Works Supply company, Sc
attic, to furnish 1880 feet of two, four
and five inch pipe to be used in an
all.steel system of water pipes.
Skagit county high school track
meet is scheduled for Mount Vernon
for May 10, Seven high schools, Ana
cortes, Edison, La Conner, Hamilton,
sedro-Woolley, Burlington and Mount
Vernon will enter teams in the meet.
The schedule OF the Southwest
Washington Timber league, of which
Kelso, Chehalis, HoGham, Aberdeen,
Cosmopolis and Elma are members,
was drawn up at meeting at Elma
Sunday, The season will open April
20.
G. II oberteuffer boy scout execu,
tive for the Spokane district, has an.
nounced his acceptance of appoint
ment as regional boy scout executive
for the four Pacific northwestern
states He succeeds c. X. Warner.
resigned.
Clarke county has an annual in.
dustrial and commercial payroll, ex
elusive of heads of concerns and Of
fees, of sI439,OOG, according to
figures announced by c. c. Hutchins
secretary of the Vancouver chamber OF
commerce