Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-18

Fifty.two physicians and surgeons
have been granted certificates to prac
tice in the state of Washington, BY
the department Of licenses
An ordinance setting March l for
a special election to authorize bonds
for 100000 to pave Morgan street was
passed by the Davenport city council.
Eastern Washington postmasters
confirmed by the senate include Retts
NJ. Richards, Finley; Charles A. Fled.
Ter, Newport, and Hugh NJ. Thompson,
Selah.
William T. Laube of Seattle and
Mrs. Harry John Miller of Everett
were named assistant managers OF the
Coolidge campaign for the state Of
Washington.
Births in Pullman and the terri
tory Immediately adjacent were 100
in 1928, according to figures compiled
by the registrar of vital statistics
while deaths were %.
The two banks of Snohomish show
an increase Of nearly a quarter mil
lion dollars in deposits in the last
year, according to financial state.
ments of the institutions.
Announcement was made at Walla
Walla of the sale by George Drum
heller of more than 100000 bushels of
wheat to the Jones.Scott company on
a basis TO SIS cents bushel.
From August "a, 1921, to November
30, 1928, the War Fisance corporation
approved 81 applications from Wash
ington for loans aggregating $685..
SGT, according to the sixth annual re.
port.
A controversy which may be far
reaching in effect concerns the right
of the seventh infantry band to ac-
cept invitations to play in Vancouver
over the protests of the musicians
union.
The total amount of taxes collected
in Clarke county in 1928 was $1,041,-
6i3 out of S1,143,S49 to be collected
leaving balance of S102,206 delin-
quent January l, according to County
Treasurer Eshelman.
One hundred and twenty-eight mills
in Washington and Oregoi reported to
the West Coast Lumbermen's asso.
citation that last week they cut co.
170,472 feet of lumber, sold 17,1S6,76S
and shipped 70,9S0,037.
Announcement of the employment
of j. G. Wray Of Chicago, a public
utility engineer, for an investigation
into telephone valuations and rates in
this state was made by Assistant At
torney-Gensrai Raymond L. Clifford.
For the purpose of determining the
date and place of the democratic state
convention, the state central commit
tee of the party will meet in Spokane
about February Is, it was announced
by Clarence D. Martin of Cheney, state
chairman.
Draft of an initiative measure de-
signed to give municipalities authority
to own and operate telephone systems,
to be proposed for submission at the
general state election this year, was
completed at Seattle by Thomas ]. L.
Kennedy, corporation counsel.
! All past records for the sale of state
timber We're broken in 1923, when ST.,
229,036 was received from this source
Receipts from the sale of uplands
were but $152,427, while sales of tide
lands added S27,G93 to the state ex.
chequer. Grand total of sales were
S1,4O9,157
Application made by the city of
Vancouver to the supervisor OF ny
draulics at Olympia for permission to
take water from the south fork 70
Lewis river, is the first step in an
effort to construct gravity municipal
water system for the city The pro
jected pipe line will be 80 miles long
and cost approximately S45O,O00.
j. w. Shaw, ex-postmaster, who has
been cruising Clarke county timber
land for Assessor Palmer has cover
ed 27,720 acres with total of 614,
1885, 900 feet of standing timber, at a
cost of 1925, about liz cents an
acre. The net gain was 1S4,339, 900
board feet, or gain in assessed valu.
alton of $92,170 and net gain in
taxes of S5991. The estimated amount
remaining to be cruised is S34O acres.
Tic cruise included contour maps and
land classifications.