Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-22

lO35SO,GO2 feet, Production was "a
per cent above normal,
The state OF Washington, through
the induslrial relations committee OF
the department OF labor and indus.
tries collected s47,346.97 In back pay
for workmcn engaged In Industries OF
the state during the last three months
of 1923, reports recently compiled by
Edward l.. Clifford, director OF the
department show. A total of 500
claims were handled.
Daughters of the American Revolu,
ton, California chapter, San Francis
co, have adopted resolutions request,
Ing congress to direct that the name
Mount Rainier" be removed from the
maps issued by this government and
the name Mount Tacoma be substi.
tuted and that like changes in the
names OF Rainier national park and
national forest be made.
Three accountants have been named
by State Auditor G. w. Clausen to
audit the books of the city of Seattle's
$ll,O00,OO0 hydro.clectric project on
the Skagit river. Mayor Brown Of Sc.
attic said that he wished to ascertain
II there had been waste of public
money in the construction of the Ska.
git project and for that reason asked
for an official audit of the books
George H, Kinman, inspector in the
Spokane city health department was
elected president of the Pacific North
west Association Of Dairy and MIX In.
spectors at its convention in Spokane
Charles r. Waske, also an inspector IN
the Spokane health department, was
elected vice.president. George S. Hen.
derson, Seattle, was reelected secrc.
tary-treasurer for the sixth consecu.
tive time.
Willis e. Mahoney, mayor of Tekoa,
was elected temporary chairman of the
democratic state convention to be held
at Seattle May 2 by the democratic
state central committee, meeting in
Spokane. The vote cast for James NJ.
Cox for president in 1920 was made
the basis for representation in the
convention, each county being entitled
to one delegate for every 100 votes
cast for Cox.
A committee Of five, representing
the cranberry growers of southwest
ern Washington, has been appointed
to consider plans for the creation Of
comprehensive marketing organiza-
ton. The appointments follow re-
cent meeting at Ilwaco, at which all
the growers of that section and north.
western Oregon were represented The
committee is composed of Fred L..
Peterson, chairman; A. c. Bloomer,
VIII Marchant, Anton Lundquist and
Mrs. w. C. Morden, all owners of cram
berry marshes on the llwaco peninsula.
A quantity of iachinid flies have
been received by Professor Trevor
Kincaid Of the University of Washing
ton from the United States govern
mental laboratories in France. They
will be used to destroy the earwig.
The newly arrived iachinid flies are
small parasites of grayish hue and
about one.fourth as large as the aver
age house fly, declared Professor Kin.
caid The flies attack the earwig
through its second generation, laying
its eggs on the body of the earwig.
When the eggs hatch the earwig host
is destroyed by the young, being eaten
as food.
Governor L. r. Hart and Land Com.
missioner c. V. Savidge were notified
last week that the states filing on
S9,455 acres of land in the Ahtanum
area, Yakima county, section of the
Rainier national park had been ap-
proved by the interior department
with the exception of twenty small
tracts on which the geological survey
shows there are mineral prospects. A
new examination will be made Of these
tracts and if not actually mineralized
they will be given the state. This area
is part of the land exchanged by the
federal government to compensate the
state for loss of granted lands in forest
reserves.
Three blocks of land in forest re-
serves of Okanogan county were
thrown open for filing by the state of
Washington last week and will be I'M
mediately selected by Land Commits
sioner c. V. Savidge as a part of the
indemnity lands being transferred by
the federal government to make up the
43S,249 acres lost by the state in
federal forest reserves. The Okan.
ogan tracts as originally indicated for
selection by Land Commissioner
Savidge were: French Creek area, s.
6S6 acres; Loup Loup area, i0056