Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-28

A saving of $4,000 year to Tia,
coma consumers of electric power and
commercial lighting viii be effected
by new ordinance amending present
municipal rates which is being drafted
r. ne city attorney for presentation
city council. The new revision
aake the rates for electricity act
the lowest in the country.
me Chewelah chamber of commerce
sponsored raising the debt of district
No So OF the Union high school dis.
trict which prevented sale OF bonds
for the high school, recently offered.
Virtra whole amount was rails.
iular cash subscriptions
efforts of the committee
among the business and
men
John n. Keller Of the Retail Credit
association Of Portland was chosen
pres the Pacific Northwest Re.
tai Mems association at the
an ention in Spokane. o. NJ.
sly resident of the Tacoma Re.
ia Mems association, was nam.
ed resident to succeed Mr..
Keller. Portland was chosen as the
1927 convention city.
Work on installation of a new water
system at Tahola and construction Of
the Tahola-Moclips road will be start.
ed July l, drawings OF both projects
having been sent TO Washington, D.
G. Tor final approval according to w.
b. Sans, superintendent of the Quln.
auIt reservation Money for the pro
iects has been appropriated and the
plans have been tentatively approved.
During the four-month period he.
ginning January l and ending April
80 1926, there were 1922 fatal and
non.fatal accidents in the extra hazard,
Gus Industries of the state, as compar-
ed with 1853 such accidents Tor the
corresponding period in 1925, or de-
crease of 1881 industrial accidents. re.
ports Martin FlyzR, supervisor OF
safety in the department of labor and
industries
The second complaint in one week
that coast guard boats on Puget sound
fire upou pleasure launches when ON
the watch for rum runners when I.
when J Won Herbert reported to Cap.
tain Dodge Of the coast guard that
Von Rerborg reported at Seattle to Cap.
was bombarHad The complainant Is
Of The motion picture thcatm firm OF
Jensen 6 Won Herberg, Operating
throughout the Pacific northwest
At least Is carloads Of apples, ship
ped by setting organizations Of the
northwest. have been repaeked in or.
der to wipe excess spray residue from
Ire fruit according to L, Il Worth.
Icy Of die Northwestern Fruit ex.
change. The Okanogan Growers union
win thls yoar stamp each box to show
that ii is prepared in central pack
ing shed. where the apples go through
mecaaaieal wiping machines and are
wrapped Ia oiled paper
Showing an iuereaae O. ltl5 2aO.22
since December 81. 1922. deposits in
Me 25f late bank and trust companies
Of Washington aggregated Sl66.5s5..
57O15 ON April ~. 1926, the dote of
The last cali Htatemelt. 1t is shown
In statement prepared under tho
direction Of II C. johnson, state super.
visor Of banking An compared with
tho statement issued after the call OF
april g. 1925. one year previous, do-
poaiis show an inoreuse OF gl20S1,-
1889
state land and timber sold at pub.
lic auclons throughout the state May
3 noted tho 9ate nearly 100000 more
than tue slime proportys appraised
figure according To- d ropor. issued By
Land Comm loaar sayidge The zap.
lands appraised %, Sg8036ag. broaeht
in s8GG3923, whilo the timber sold
Tor Silt5o5s5, afier being appraised
at sllAt9325 sboreland sales nated
s9a5oio. which made the ataiea total
benefit }l5fG0i9s, compared 90 fho
appraisal estimate I'll tihls920S.