Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-08
WASHINGTON STATE
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Trays iiarDor county rose rapidly.
Enrolment in the public schools of
Spokane in January was 14,4S9, a de.
crease of 1874 compared to January,
1929
The town of Edmonds in Snohomish
county may be forced to close its
schools on April because of lack of
funds.
Plans are under way to hold the
Washington state democratic conven.
ton in Seattle late in April or early
in May.
Automobiles valued at more than
$4,000 were recovered by the motor
division of the Tacoma police during
January.
January police court records for
Spokane showed less than half as
many arrests for drunkenness as in
January, 1923.
II. w. A. Tramm of Adna was re-
elected president of the Lewis County
Guernsey Cattle club at the annual
meeting in Chehalis.
Seattle bank clearings, building per
mits and real estate transfers for the
first month of this year all record
substantial increases
Plans for new labor temple were
considered by a committee Of the
Everett Trades Building association
at meeting Sunday.
Herbert Blankenship was injured ia
tally near McKenna while attending a
moonshine still when the pressure tank
of his outfit exploded.
Wheat shipments out Of the Walla
Walla valley showed p big increase
during the last two weeks and selling
has been more active.
Real estate activities took sud-
den squirt at Bellingham when several
big deals were announced along with
plans for new business blocks.
One thousand Yakima fathers and
sons are to attend the annual banquet
given by the Young Mems Christian
association in Yakima February 20.
DR.. ]. Allen Smith, professor in the
University of Washington, who was an
economist with a national reputation,
died suddenly at his home in Seattle.
Proposals for union of poultrymen
of the upper Yakima valley with those
of nearby districts below Union Gap
are the subject of negotiations be-
tween the districts interested.
The fifth annual convention of the
Pacific northwest branch of the As
sociated General Contractors of Amer
lea was held in Spokane under aus
pieces of the Spokane chapter.
Detailed information concerning the
Columbia basin irrigation project is
to be furnished to Secretary Works
fact-finding commission at the request
of members of the commission.
Governor Hart announced that he
had filed with Secretary of State Hin
lile his acceptance of the resignation
of Percy L. Sinclair as senator from
Wahkiakum and Pacific counties.
Benjamin F. Barge. widely known
throughout the state as founder of
the State Normal school at Ellensburg
and as pioneer resident of the Yaki-
ma valley, celebrated his Goth birth
day at Yakima.
School directors from all parts of
the state attended the two-day con-
vention at Olympia called annually by
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, state
superintendent of schools. About
eighty were present.
Two men were shot dead, third
man died later and a woman was
wounded perhaps fatally. by man
believed to be Owen Hudson, who es.
capped to the hills after having terror.
lied the countryside east of Ephrata
A smelter at Tacoma, owned and
operated by the American Smelling
& Refining company. recently enlarg-
ed. may be still further increased IN
capacity, Frank H. Brownell of New
York, vice-president of the company,
has announced.
With sales of eggs and poultry in
1923 totalling sligo ,95s39 in net re.
turns, the Watcom county branch of
the Washington Cooperative Egg &
Poultry association made up Al per
cent of the sales of that organization.
ii was announced.
One hundred Tieton waterusers are
willing and able to meet irrigation
charges due from them this season,
according to the annual report of
Floyd Foster, association secretary
The amount of uncolected charges is
s4,S3S below the total of that item
one year ago.
That ID Ia up to the county commits.