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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
Our Tax and Road
Problems Discussed

In the talk given before the
Commercial Club last week and
referred to briefly in our last is
sue, Commissioner Frank Paul
spoke about the value of the 40
mill limit on property tax levies.
The measure is to be initiated
this year and passed upon by the
voters at the fall election. Peti-
lions favorimg such action are be-
ing prepared for signature and
will be in the hands of the voters
shortly.
Mr.. Paul showed that the tax
upon real property in some places
not too far away has been pri-
hibitive and he felt sure that the
only way to insure even a fair
chance of prosperity in the future
will be to place such a limit upon
taxation.
Two points in this connection
were made by the spealoer-one
was, that if efficient public service
is desired it is best to give the
public servant the smallest sum
of money with which the work
can be done or the material pur-
chaelad. The other point was,
that if more money is needed
than the 40 mills will raise, some
other way will be found to raise
it besides levying on property and
thereby discouraging investment.
The motor vehicle and gasolin5
tax were discussed fully and the
speaker showed how the amount
received. from this source was in
creasing at a tremendous rate and
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
v ASHTON HEIGHTS.
Mrs. l.. Morgen DebbIcr, chairman
publicity committee Improve
ment Club.

A most delightful meeting Of
the VaShon Heights Rose Culture
Club was held at the home of
Mrs. George Schmidt onThurs-
day Of this week. After the reg
ular business meeting in which
definite plans We're made TO beau
tify various places on the paved
highway most delightful pro
gram followed.
Henrietta BroSseau and Marjo,-
lie Bridgeman gave two piano
duets, Miss Bros>em also gave a
piano solo. Miss June Cowan play
ad most delightfully."- on the vio-
lin and Mrs. DOebbler contributed
with a piano solo. Mrs. Schmidt
used st, Patrick decorations in her
most daintily served refreshments
The club will meet with Mrs. EaS-
Textbook ON April 3.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
School Elections
Claim Attention

Next Tuesday is school election
and the voting place in this Wash
ON precinct will be the Ntws-Rec,
ord office.
Three matters of importance to
some of our readers are before us.
In some districts the question of
consolidation will be voted on. In
this district the matter Of $4,000
bonds to- take care of an old inter
eSt-bearing obligation, and in all
districts the election of a trustee.
Being new on the Island it will
probably mwise for us to say
much concerning consolidation,
other than TO urge all interested
to vote-not their selfiShness but
their real unprecedented conviction
in the matter, and we hope they
have studied the whole situation
in an opcn-minded way before
they have arrived at this convic-
ton.
The matter of voting for the
bonds in this district is matter
of simple justice to the district
and the school board who have
been worrying along-trying to
handle the debt with interest
hearing warrants on the general
fund when it should be cared for
by bonds to be absorbed finally
by the building fund.
The only candidate for school
trustee so far as we can learn in
this district is c. E. Bragg. Those
who know Mr.. Bragg believe he
has the best interests Of the dis
trict at heart and that he will
assist in giving the district a fine
business administration.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
CAMP FIRE NOTES

Come on FolkS-and-Smile! !!
Bring your smiles to the Smile.
Social and have n grand time.
This social is given for the benefit
of the VaShOn Public Library,
which the Wa.a Wahca Camp Fire
Girls have taken charge Of
Did you know that there was
such u thing as a Library at Wash
on? Probably you didn't, but
you know now. 1t is a room in
the back part of the Y. M. C, A,
building, just at present it is in
a terrible shape. Vashon wants
a library-nccds one, and we
Camp Fire Girls are going to do
everything that we can to have it
put in good condition--and we
want you all to help us and coop
crate with us.
Everyone is welcome to this So
cial. We want to see all of you
who read this at the old Metho-
dist church with all your friends,
on March 10, Monday, at 8 p. m.
Admission free Refreshments 10
cents and up.
Remember the Scout Rally,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

year on Marry with the Nelson's.
Since leaving here he has been
quite sick. Little friends here will
be glad to know that he is now
recovering slowly at ST. Joseph S
hospital and wants so badly to
be out to play once more.
Mrs. Lokel of Fcrnheath enter
tanned a number of friends at a
luncheon, Wednesday last. The
adde's spent the afternoon in a so
cable way and report having had
a lovely time.
Mrs. Stone Of Burton was an
outside guest for the occasion.
Mis-. Tom Ogilvy will entertain
the Woman's Cooperative Club
at hr home Thursday, March 10.
The ladies of the entire colmmuni-
ty are urged to come. A cordial
welcome awaits all. The ladies eff
the club are endeavoring to help
in every way all Of our comImnni-
ty needs and at this time are
getting their work planned to
make this a successful season for
the club. Trusting that our com
munity too may prosper by their
efforts in the near future.
1.-TWO accounts of the entertain
mcnt at Maury hall were sent
in last week. 1t happenc1 that
the account sent in by the Bur
ton correspondent arrived fir 4
and was set up before we saw the
one in the Maury letter. We did
not have time TO set both of them
Editors.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
Rev. Birch Assists
Publicity Campaign

Dear Editor Often one is too
close to see good perspective
which was true as to my visit to
your Island.
Since leaving your bounds, |
have had time, and distance to
view, and review, and | must
confess | met some of the finest
people ! have ever met.
One could not look in upon
that Commercial club amid not
be impressed with the force of
the men present.
Then what solitude, mingled
with rumble of wheels, and close
touch with two fine Cities, one at
either end of the Island, with on
ly short sail to their fine mar
ketS.
feel sure that Island is one of
God S gifts TO men in these days
when inventive genius tries to
discover places, and climates for
homes, and activities, such as
your land and location offer for
many sorts of satisfaction in the
programs Of man.
When God piled up those little
hills, and pushed up the dirt out
of the salt walter, and cut those
fine channels winding around the
hills, and leaving such picturesque
settings for the finest roads I have
seen any place, with drainage
leaving only pure waiter tiltering
through Gods own system of wa
ter power, purified by fine air,
filtering through sands, rocks,
and falling over miniature preci-
pieces through labarynths of rock.
No wonder age seems to laugh at
Father Time.
! shall enjoy the banquet Sat
urday night at Burton high
school as | have that marked on
my slate.
Here's to the population Of
Vashon Island. May her old folks
grow young, and may her young
folks expand with the fine Of
ferings rendered them from the
hands of the school teachers so
well selected for their most i'm
portant task.
CHESTER BIRCH
Gent Del, Bremerton. Wash.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
N Office

Saturday, March Is, will bo
cleanup day at Vashon cemetery,
Everyone that owns lot or haa
loved ones buried there or any
one Interested are requested to be
on hand that day with, scythe,
rake or hoe, The ladies are in
vited to be present ana furnish
dinner for the men.-Sauurlay,
March Is.
S. j. HARMELING, Pres.
w. d. GARVIN, Sccy.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
N NOTICE

There viii be public speaking
at Vashon Center, |. O. 0. +. Hall
on Monday evening, March 10.
at s o'clock. by R. A. Ellington,
Pomona, Master of King Cunty,
and Andrew j. Gage, deputy mas
ter Washington State Grange.
They will take up some Of the
present problems OF The flrmer
and tell what is being done in
the Cooperation movement.
Come and hear what they have
to say,
Free entertainment.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
THE SEASONS IN VASHON

Some one said, "Write!'
| said, "What shall | write?
My heads empty"
She said, "Write about March
on Vashon Island. y
March" said, "VaShon does
not remind me of March.
March is cold and blustery;
March is nagging and scoldin9
-VaShon has no March.
"Vash0n sometimes weeps-
that is April.
"Vashon mostly smiles-that,t
june
And that S all.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
COVE
BY C. A. Renouf

At the annual general meeting
of the Cove community hall as
ISOLATION, Saturday, the following
officers were electd for the en-
suing year:
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

gave as his firm conviction that
the state should split with the
counties $3.50 on this revenue.
king county paid in last year
81 100000 on these two items and
if half of it had come back to the
county it would have been only
fair and made a world of differ
encP in local tax burdens.
The second main division of
Nh Raul's address was on the
matter of public loaa,,, particu-
larly roads on the island. The
speaker showed on this point tina.
he had made a thorough study Of
the question, as he evidently had
of the other matters presented,
and he told in detail just what
could be and would be done in the
near future ON the different
roads in which the Island folks
are Interested. His report i'll gen
eral was most encouraging and it
seems that very soon every part
of the Island will be- connected up
in a practical way.
In closing, Mr.. Paul spoke in a
constructive way of the wonder
full climate and scenic beauties
which make this part of Washing
ton the worlds summer play
ground and urged the CONNER
cializing of these natural advm-
tages to draw the large amount Of
tourist traffic this way that can
be easily secured thru consistent
and tirelesS effort toward scenic
highways and proper publicity.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

President, w. Covington; vice
president. C. A. Renouf; secreta-
ry, w. Doyle; treasurer, V. Gro
Sier; trustee, Hal Rowen.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Misses Mary and Ida entertain-
ell Mr., Burrough' S County Supt.
of Schools at dinner before his ad-
dress at the high school on Tues
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bragg.
gere also guests. Mr. Burroughs
was guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bragg
for the night.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Mr.. Giberso is trying to make
dehaters of some of us; | hope he
succeeds.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
SCHOOL NOTES

The Music Class under the di-
rection of Miss Wang is starting
work on an operetta titled "'rhc
Gypsy Rover"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Mrs. Joe Seiger and Mrs. Ray
Pmkham are being entertained
next Thursday at the home of Mrs
MagnuSon in Seattle.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
COMMERCIAL CLUB

II. Ill. Miller, Pres.
Mrs. w. d, Covington, Vice p.
w. G. Whitfield, Treas.
w. Coy, Meredith, See.
Committees on
Finance Y. Hansen, w. l.
Crosby, Geo. B. Schmidt, Douglas
McClint0n
Transportation-C. L. Woods.
w. c. Whitfield, Harry Lee, j.
NJ. Ogilvy, +. J. Shattuck
Membelship-R. w. f. Martin,
E. j. Shattuck, B. c, Saterbo,
Peter N, Smith
Publicity-Alex Stewart, J. A.
Lindstrom, Bob Middling, Mrs. L.
Stevenson, c. l.. Garner, Douglas
McClinton, Lloyd Marsh.
School Committee Onot named)
New mdustries-EIarry E. Kea-
ting
Program-Peter N. Smith
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Last Friday night a game was
played with Burton on their floor.
The score was 17-13 in their favor.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

1t was decided to temporarily
reduce the initiation fee to five
dollars foT a limited num."Hr Of
new members. Any friends wish
ing to join us sShould take ple.lpt
advantage of this offer and send
in their application to W. Doyle,
VaShon RID. Isolation OF com
muniticS in these days of quick
transportation, is a thing of the
past 90 that we are in effect all
close neighbors, enabling the folks
from any part of the Island to join
MS in social intercourse. The fea-
lures this month are a dance this
Saturday and, birthday social
the four.n Saturday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Some of our readers are ealing
for the COVE NEWS Here's
hoping that Cove is well repre-
scented in next issue.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

If you should hook out on the
play ground at noon any of there
fine spring days, you would see
everyone from the first grade to
The seniors in the high sch0ol
playing that popular game, base
ball.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Mrs, Sarah Colgrove has re-
turned to her home at the Heights
after several months in California.
Mrs. Colgrove entcrtamS her sis
ter Mrs. IIawS, of st. Adams. Me-.
who expects to spend the summer
here.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

The NeIwsRecord's special hob
by is gathering NEWS. Please.
cooperate with us in getting
the NEWS.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

We are having hour moons now,
but even an hour does not seem
long enough.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Mrs. G. H. Howard paid the
News Record office pleasant
:all on Friday morning.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

0. E. S. Social Club will meet
in the Masonic hall at Portage, ON
Tuesday afternoon, March II, at
2 o'clock.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

There is a joker in the forth
coming election in the shape Of
consolidation with Vashon. a petit
ton to that effect was sent in and
the joke is that there was no IN
vitation to that effect from Va
shon, as | understand.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

The Womans Cooperative Club
If Maury will mee,awith Mis-. Tom
Ogilvy. Thursday, March ID, "a
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

Remember the Scout Rally,
March IA, Vashon Gym.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-07

], Daniels late secretary of the
navy in the Wilson administration
has been mentioned as a probable
cadidatc for president Mr.. Dan
iels will stand a good chance Of
election should he run, having a
Clean record unsullicd with oil, an
efficient executive of pleasing per-
Sonality.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

biz. This Mutt and Jess Smith
game is dead; Jess Smith he took
dose Of lead. Now Wheelers pick
ing Harry's bones, while Henry
Cabot Lodge he groans.
With spotlight turned on Harry's
sins, you can't ask Reds to uuash
their grins. You must excuse them
if they gloat, for Roxie Stinson's
got his goat. And Calvin, who is
awful canny, must watch or they
will get his nanny. Seeing the
wreck, / sure am vexed to know
whose number they'll get next.
Wilson, the statesman out of
school, did surely kill his party's
mule. Now Under Wheeler's awful
roast, the G. o. P. gives ND the
ghost. And while the public holds
its nose, this Wheeler throws it to
the crows.
Keep hist'ry straight. It must
be sed: faint Reds but Daugherty
that's dead.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

He laffs the best who laffs the
last. The Reds can nail that to
the mast. There's Daugherty, the
chief red killer, who NV is sorrily
the filler of front page news from
Washington about the crooked
things he done. Some senators we
sure should thank that Daugherty
has walked the plank, and fell into
the Scandal Sea, where he can drown
for all of me, or suffocate in Shiny
ooze, composed Of oil, fight-films,
and booze.
The Reds car rise and say: "Well,
Welt How has our roaring fat.
friend fell"
From chasing Reds, he's took to
heels and is emitting doleful squeais
about his honor and his name. while
they is showing up his game. Red
hunting musta bin his mask, while
it appears that his real task was
feathering Jess Smiths nest and
his by wholesale dealing in graft
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

"and then what?D
Gee, it was late already. so the
man took us home and even carried
the money for us. Gosh, it was
swell, daddyl And on the way he
told him about the twenty-five thou
sand school kids that had no clothes
And just in that one part of Berlin.
You see. pop, l knew that but I for
got to say it in my speech, / was so
nervous.
"And the man said It must be
awful for the Riddles there. And
pop, on the way home he bought
'Dutchy' and me an ice cream soda.
And, oh boyl it was goodi''
well, Johnny" his daddy said,
keep it up. Read a lot and study
and some day you'll be a speaker.
And then you can help not only
German children-but the children
all over the world"
And Johnny Red said "Holy
Catsl"-but he was as pleased as
anything.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

each state Of Europe is ruined
after war of seven or eight years;
each one has done more than its
ordinary forces can accomplish. The
states do the same as individuals;
each one wants to go beyond his
power. II has been often asked
what becomes of these prodig1,us
treasures during the war and the
answer has been that they are bur
led in the Golfers of two or three
thousand individuals who have prof
tied by the public misfortune. These
two or three thousand persons en-
joy their immense fortunes calmly
at time when the rest of the people
must groan under new taxes, to pay
a part Of the national debts. p
Voltaire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22
HOW JOHNNY RED MADE A
SPEECH
By BULLY SAYLES

Honest, daddy, l made a good
Speech" Johnny Red was telling his
father. ut was good, pop, but Holy
Cats-I was nervous"
"But how did you 20 to speak
there, Johnny?"
well, pop, we were helping to do
some mailing at the Office Of the
Friends of Soviet Russia and Work
ers' Germany and the speaker who
was supposed to talk at the German
Club got sick, and they didn't have
anyone to speak there. And some
body said send Johnny Red and
they all thought it was a good idea.
"And Gee whillikens, pop, 1 didn't
want to go, but Dutchy'-that's
Mrs. Schmidt's boy that just joined
our Junior Group-said he would go
with me, so / went"
"AlI right, Comrade speaker" his
daddy leased. "But what did you
say?"
well, daddy, l was supposed to
ask for money for the starving chill
dren in Germany. read the letter
we were mailing at the Office 30 /
told the people what was in it. And
honest, daddy, it was awful.
'1n Berlin-that's the biggest
city in Germany, isn't it, pop
eyes," his daddy answered, "but
what about it,"
well, in the part of Berlin called
Wedding, over half the people, six
teen thousand of them, had no food
and the city had to feed them.
"And somebody in the crowd said
they didn't believe it and showed
them the letter.
"And Gee, daddy, everybody
laughed at the man. And then / read
from that letter that these were
facts from the mayor. He showed
that out Of eight thousand babies
six thousand of them didn't even
have clothes. And that two thou
sand didn't even have a bed. That's
a lot, isn't it, daddy And / said,
Gee, that's awful, now isn't it?
sand | said the Friends of Soviet
Russia and Workers Germany were
sending money and food and clothes
and everything to these poor Ger
man kids.
"And then pop, Dutchy got up
Gee, he's got nerves daddyl-and he
said that all of us kids in the Jun
Tor Groups of the Young Workers
League were collecting money and
how we got fifty dollars already by
holding a show. And he dtartIed
passing his hat around and Gee, POP
there was big crowd and we got
a peach of collection"
ibid any refuse to give?" his
daddy asked.
"Oh gosh darn it, Il nearly forgot,
daddy. That man who said he didn't
believe me when I was talking, told
Dutehy he wouldn't give a penny
until he got proof of what was
saying.
but sDutchy' was smart, daddy.
He had the magazine Soviet Russia
Pictorial-you know the one you get
with all those pictures-and he
showed the man those pictures Of the
poor skinny kids all starved. And
the man looked and looked and
looked.
"And then, pop, honestly, he had
tears in his eyes. And he got up
and he made speech and he asked
'Dutchy' to go around again with
the hat, pop, and we got more
money. And daddy, he gave whole
ten dollar bill"
well, WELL" his daddy answered,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22
Youth NeUs
BY HARRY CANNES
History Shows U. S. Child and
Youth Exploiter.

The present tumult over child
labor brings cut the fact that the
United States very early in its his
tory sweated little children in its
mines, mills and on plantations.
While telling the school children
the wonderful opportunities they
have, the teachers entirely over
look informing the future wage
workers that this country has one
of the vilest child and youth exploit
ing records yet written.
In the early English factory sys-
tenn the youth had a most miserable
place; but hard and bitter as was
the life Of the early English youth
proletariat, that of the American
Negro slave youth was far worse.
Charles Dickens need not have
lived in England to have written
Oliver Twist, the story Of an orphan
boy in the dawn of the modern sys.
tenn of production. The early APP
premiership laws Of the United
States permitted parents to bind
out their own children, and the or
phan asylums shipped out great
numbers Of children for long per-
iods of servitude.
American industry was virtually
built up on the labor of children,
youth and women.
Under the technicality Of the
rights of the individual states to
pass whatever laws pleased the mill
owners regarding the conditions of
labor, most of the state governments
protected the bosses in their use
of children and immature youths
for proft-making.
In spite of the high development
Of American industry and agricul-
ture, American factory and farm
owners do not want to part with
what is now considered even by
many who are in favor of the cap
italist system of society as a worn
out and harmful practice.
Child labor was planted on
American soil very early and it has
spread its roots with the growth
of industry. All attempts hereto
fore to do away with it have been
useless. The number of child and
youth workers constantly grows.
At its beginning child labor did
not compete so directly with adult
labor as it does today. The men
worked on the farm or in the fort
ests. The children worked in the
textile mills. Today children and
young workers are used in indus
tries that ordinarily could employ
men and women but which resort
to younger workers because of their
low standard Of living. which means
for the boss he can pay smaller
wages.
Instead of pointing out to the
youth that America has a PERM
cious and loathsome child labor. his
tory and that child labor on a large
scale is distinctly a 100 per cent
patriotic institution, such bodies as
Sammy Gompers and the National
Child Labor Committee in their pro
paganda try to glorify America
and its treatment of the youth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

For information concerning the
Young Workers League Of Amer
lea, address Y. w. L., 1908 N.
State ST.. Chicago, Ill.