Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-12
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

ings in Chelan were closed.
The annual meeting of the state
wool growers association will be her
at Ellensburg January 16 and II.
Cotton has been grown successfully
in the Yakima valley for the past
three years by Miss Anna Enge' of
Buena.
A Western Washington Older Boys
conference was held at Hoquam Fri.
day with about 800 delegates in at
tendance.
j. D. Taggard of Waitsburg was
elected president of the Washington
State Horticultural association, meet.
ing in Wenatchee.
At meeting of the Waterville coun-
Gil an ordinance was introduced to bar
tobacco advertising on billboards or
other public places.
About 800 delegates attended the
opening of the Goth annual convention
Of the Washington Horticultural asso-
citation at Wenatchee.
]. c. Smith, 67, one of the earliest
pioneers of Grays Harbor county, died
at his home in the Chehalis Valley
between Montesano and Elma.
Overwhelming defeat met the pro-
posed $4,000 park bond issue in the
city election in Olympia Tuesday, the
vote standing 4S3 for and 1851 against.
The Ryan Fruit company has just
completed extensive improvements at
Its Chehalis plant, which now repre-
sents an investment of $4,000 The
plant has a 12-carload capacity.
A. r. Gardner, editor of the Nenne-
wick Courier-Reporter, will be private
secretary to Roland II. Hartley, gov
ernor-elect, c. e. Fitzgerald state re-
publican chairman has announced.
The Yakima Red Cross has shipped
"a Christmas boxes to veterans under
treatment in Cus'..--7 h., ital at Ia
coma. 1t also will send hoXes to the
Walla Walla and American Lake hos
pitfalls.
A Seattle high school, three grade
schools and several University G
Washington buildings besides Mear
hall, University audito, iunl. should be
remodeled to reduce fire hagards, &C
yEording to Fire Marshal ..aing.
To November Is this year Washing
ton shipped 2S0j cars of potatoes, il
comparison with 1928 to November II
year ago. Thc 1924 crop is esti-
mated at 6,6640O bushels. in compari-
son with crop OF 1000 bushels in
1923.
Lionel Edward Grow, IS, son of a
prominent Utah family and great
grandson of the builder of the Mormon
temple, was shot and killed after he
attempted to escape with $4,000 in
cash from the Kent National bank al
Kent.
Work of clearing the site for the
proposed $4,000, 900 hydro electric pow
or plant of the Northwestern Power
company on the Lewis river near Yale
is progressing rapidly and already
about $4,000 has been spent in pre-
liminaries.
Lois Taylor, senior in the Kalama
high school, won first prize offere
annually by the Wasiing;c: State w
c. T. U. for the best essay on ten
perance subjects written by hig,
school students in the state. Tn
prize was s15 in cash.
Exceptionally quiet was the wee
ending November IS ~i,n tGe state
treasurer's office, receipts hsing but
SOS, 92470 and expenditures by war
rants paid and suspense fund checks,
s24S.39475 leaving the total state
cash balance S11, ASS ,GSTS5.
The state supreme court has up.
held the Gray8 Ha. Dor County cour
In ruling that the bond issue OF 81
100000. authorized by the electors o.
the city OF Aberdeen on December !
1928, was void because II Involved
the financing of two separate projects
The Wenatchee Suuthc railroad
which had permission from the inter.
state commerce cc;r.:ias'cu TO con.
struct new line in Washington state
has received an extension of time
until July / to begin the work. The
original order required the railroad
to undertake construction before Jan
uary /.
An cfter Of 10000 was made Novem
Der 81 TO Tom Dobson, commissioner
and William A. Gaines, chairman OF
the King county board of commission
ers, In an alleged effort to illustrate
the election Of Ewing D. Colvin AZ
prosecuting attorney to succeed Nal
col DCu.l5, incumbent, and super