Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-30

| Professor c. E. MagnuSson, dean OF
the college Of engineering, University
of Washington, will attend the first
world power conference to be held in
London, England June 30 to July II,
as one of the representatives Of the
i educational iIItitutions Of the United
States.
Application for appropriation Of
water on the Gle Eium river has been
made to Marvin Chase, state hydraulic
engineer by Toilet Lands and S. D.
Price of Tacoma, for use in mining
operations in northern Kittitas county.
Estimated cost Of water development
/ is $4,000.
Sustaining the order of the state
/ department Of public works, the inter.
state commerce commission has re-
fused to permit railroads operating
out of the Yakima and Wenatchee val
| leys to put into effect a new schedule
| of rates on carload lots Of fruit and
vegetables.
Harry Cast, WILDLY island resident,
died at an Everett hospital of burns
suffered when he used kerosene to
! hurry slow kitchen fire. He was
! the fifth victim of the tragedy, his
four children having been burned to
death when the resulting fire destroy
ed the Cast home.
| Preparations are being made at
Camp Lewis for mobilization of more
than $500 troops Of the regular army,
national guard and students Of the
citizens military training camp, which
will take place there next month.
Militia of six western states will take
part in the June maneuvers.
Crops of an estimated value of be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 we're destroy
ed, serious damage was inflicted to
several farms, and drought danger
threatens thousands of acres under the
| Sunnyside unit of the Yakima reclama-
ton project as result of fifty-foot
break in the walls of the Sunnyside
canal near Sunnysde.
A resolution by Clarence C. Dill,
United States senator, to change the
name of Mount Rainier to Mount Ia
coma, which was adopted by the sen
ate April q, was referred by Repre-
sentative Sinnott of Oregon, chairman
of the house public lands committee,
to the United States geographic board
for comment and report.
Puget sound lumber sales showed a
considerable increase over those of
previous weeks for the week ended
May II, according to a review issued
by the West Coast Lumbermen's as
sociation. The review showed that
! the production for the week was &C.,
G9613S feet for 122 mills, which was
II per cent above normal.
Spokane's new dwellings accom-
modated 375 families in 1928, as com
pared with 517 in 1922 and 1872 in
1921. Seattle took care of 1886 fami-
lies in new dwellings, in 1928, the fig
ures for 1921 and 1922 being 1861 and
1920, respectively. Tacoma shows
almost no fluctuation in new homes
over the three years, being S43 in
1921, SG2 in 1922 and SCI in 1923.
The construction of a bridge over
the Cowlitz river to connect Ryder
wood and Vader with Cowlitz county
was discussed at meeting of Cow
litz and Lewis county commissioners
last week at Vader. Delegates from
Vader, Cougar Flats, Olequa, and Win
lock met with the commissioners at
Olequa ferry, After considering sew
eral sites, il was decided that the most
convenient place would be at Olequa
Extensive offerings of state lands
for leasing will be made during May
and June State Land Commissioner
Savidge having arranged dates for
the offering of 2G,O96 acres, as fol-
lows: Benton county, May 81; Kit
titas county, June ID; Benton county,
June 81. Leasing will be by public auc.
ton conducted by the county auditors
at the front door of the courthouses
the same as for the regular state land
sales.
Properties of the Puget Sound Pow
er & Light company, with an estimat-
ed value of $2,0OO000, were seized by
| Matt Starwich, King county sheriff
and notices posted that they would be
sold at auction from the front steps
of the King county courthouse June
10 unless the company meanwhile pays
the taxes levied for 1919 on the munic.
ipal street railway system, the prop,
erty of the city OF Seattle. The total
of the tax demand, With interest fig.
ured to June 10, IS SG55,956
Mrs, Lanora Wakefield of Ana.
cortes was elected president of the
state chapter of p. L. o.. in conven,