Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-20
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news


record beaten by only one month
during 1924. which was the corre-
spending month, when 81 new indus
tries were reported, 1t was announc-
cd BY the Manufacturers Association
Of Warrington.
Approximately 325 wooden vessels
Of the Unitsd States shipping board
lying idle In Lake Union at Seattle.
built during the world war; will be
disposed q TO American buyers at
$4,000 Apiece. less sum estimated
BY the beard to be necessary for re-
oonditses4ng fer service.
John q. oilohrlst, inyentor-manu-
faesursr. and at one time an athlete
Of International fame, was found dead
in bed at his home In South Bend.
Mr.. Gilchrist was the founder and
owner of the Willapa Harbor Iron
Works of South Bend and an inventor
and manufacturer Of Gilchrist logging
tools.
Net toll receipts of the interstate
bridge at Vancouver totaled s22.717.15
last month, an increase of S2947.41
over January, 1924, according to
Auditor Rae. Multnomah county's
share was $13.S41.1S and Clarke coun-
ty received s9227.45 The gross re-
ceipts were s27,524.52; expenses were
$4566.O2.
Twenty-three members on the MIS-
qually Indian reservation will receive
s7S,75O from funds appropriated by
congress as additional compensation
for land taken by the government dur
ing the world war to enlarge Camp
Lewis. The largest amount going to
one Indian will be s5019 and the
smallest 3137S.
The United States shipping board
won its first suit against Seattle war
time contractors when jury In the
federal district court at Seattle gave
the government Judgment for $685.
601.3O against the Puget Sound Ma
chinery depot. The shipping board had
asked for the return of S47S,0O0 In
payment for materials used in build
ing marine boilers.
Fruit shipments from the big pro-
ducing districts Of the Yakima and
Wenatchee valleys, totaling 22,675
carloads, as against 1896 carloads for
the 1928 crop, evidenced in definite
form the general reduction in fruit
crops last fall over the previous year.
The compensating feature of the high
prices favored those fortunate enough
to have fair crops.
The Clarke county commissioners
have instructed County Engineer
Schwarz to prepare plans and cost
estimates for the removal of steel
bridge now spanning the east fork
of Lewis river at La Center, to the
same stream at Heisson on the Battle
Ground highway. The bridge has been
replaced by concrete bridge built by
the state highway department.
Two members of the United States
coast guard cutter No. 267, under Cap.
tain +. D. Dodge, captured John w.
Brown, suspected rum runner, seized
10 cases OF assorted liquors in motor
truck at Williams point on the north
end of Samish island, north of Ana.
cortes and brought Brown in the
truck to Seattle, where he was turned
over to Prohibition Director Roy C.
Lyle.
Property owners Of the Kittitas rec
lamation district, at a special cleo
tion, approved by vote of 755 to
rs Il contract offered by the United
States interior department for con.
struction by the reclamation service
of the Kittitas highllne canal unit of
the Yakima reclamation project. The
plan contemplates irrigatlng 10000
acres of land at an estimated expense
of ss,OOO.OOO.
Guido Grassi, 4G, Italian murderer,
did not hang for the murder OF three
fellow countrymen at Aberdeen
November 10, 1923. A last.minute eff.
fort to save his life gained him re.
prieve when Judge Mills in superior
court at Walla Walla issued an order
Warden Long from carry.
Ing out the execution on the grounds
that Grassi was insane. This will give
the supreme court chance to act
on the case.
One hundred thousand dollars is the
tribute that Seattle and King county
bankers and industrial
firms will pay In 1925 to the efficiency
of "stick.up artists" and payroll rob
bers, 1t was learned from insurance
underwriters. The amount represents
increased insurance premiums for
burglary and hold.up insurance dur