Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-27
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DR.. e. T. Mathes, Bellingham, ad.
dressed the Davenport commercial
club recently on diversified farming.
He told what diversified farming had
done Cor Whatcom county and said
he believed it would be the salvation
of eastern Washington.
State Senator Cox of Walla Walla,
lay delegate to the general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
has been honored by being given
position on the board of managers of
the Methodist Book Concern, a $780,
100000 corporation.
]. X. Mccormack, president OF the
Security national bank of Palouse, was
chosen president of the Washington
Bankers association at the final ses-
sion of the three.day convention held
in Olympia. II. w. McPhail of Ray
mon was chosen vice president.
VIM. Carlisle, head of the Carlisle
Pencil Lumber company, died at the
home of his son, w. A. Carlisle, at On.
alaska, following an extended illness.
He was seventy-two years OF age. Mr.
Carlisle was one of the best known
lumbermen in the United States.
Holders of the remaining 1923 pota.
to crop in Yakima territory have form.
ed pool "for orderly distribution of
the product" and have named the G.
NJ. Copp company of Yakima distribut
ing agent. The pool, it was claimed,
embraces 240 of total of 269 cars in
Yakima storage, and considerable
portion of the 104 cars in Seattle cold
storage.
All Mount Vernon mourned at the
news that its war hero, Joseph Berg,
Jr, was one of the As victims of ex.
plosions aboard the Mississippi last
week. He was one of the two Mount
Vernon men who won distinguished
service medals during the World war
and was twice wounded while serv
ing in the A. Il. F.
In the warfare on predatory animals
&c state, federal and cooperative hunt
ers made an aggregate bag during May
of two stock-killing bears, six bob.
cats, 256 coyotes, three foxes and one
raccoon, averaging 10 predatory ami
mails to each man, according to the
report compiled by DR.. Glenn R. Bach,
predatory animal inspector of the bio
logical survey for this district.
Appointment of one relative to hold
held in a recent ruling of the state
supreme court of Washington to be an
evasion of alien land laws by the
prosecuting attorney The decision up
held a ruling made in King county re-
fusing the application of Frank 7. Flu.
jimoto, a native born Japanese minor
to have his father appointed as his
guardian to administer land decided to
him by an uncle.
An increase of 47O42 in the number
of motor vehicle licenses issued to
May 81, 1924 as compared with the
corresponding period in 1923, is re-
ported by the director of licenses. On
May 81 of this year 16S,1SS license
plates had been sent out. Private
automobiles showed an increase OF
4153S and trucks an increase of more
than 5000. An increase of fifty-five
licensed dealers was also noted, there
being 7SS licensed dealers in the state,
Signed petitions for initiative and
referendum become public documents
as soon as they are examined and
initiated by registration officers and
are thereupon open to inspection by
any interested citizen, according to an
opinion of T. j. L. Kennedy, corpora.
ton counsel of Seattle delivered to
City Controller Carroll. The question
arose in connection with protests by
promoters of the school bill and the
Bone power bill, who were unwilling
that the opponents of these measures
should have access to the initiative
petitions.
Kenneth Ross MacLean of Tacoma
answered the sensational divorce com
plant filed by Mrs. MacLe,Sa on June
I, in which she accused her husband
of smothering their year-old daughter
to death in Brunswick, Me-, hotel
last February. General denial of al
allegations made by his wife are con
tained in the answer which was flee
here in the superior court OF Pierce
county. NacLean states in his answer
that the infant met her death acct
IDENTIFY while in the custody of her
mother and after MacLean had LEFT
the hotel for the night He asks that
the case be dismissed.