Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-04-20
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

dependent lines in Washington and
Oregon, including the Puget Sound
company, operating in Snohomish. Is
land and Skagit counties.
Snohomish County Pioneers asso-
citation and John Wannebo Post Span
ish War veterans, will put on three
day Fourth OF July celebration in Ever
EFT, it was announced recently. An
Indian pageant, carnival, parades, band
music and other features are plan
ned.
Fayoring development of a publicly
owned hydro-electric plant for Clark
county, Pomona grange, at meeting
held in Vancouver recently. adopted
resolution asking that the county COM
missioners appoint a committee to in
vestigate the feasibility OF the pro-
posal.
Rev. Joseph NJ Cataldo, S. j., 80,
founder of Gonzaga university at Spo-
kane and prominent figure in the
development OF the Inland Empire.
died at Pendlcton, Or, last week.
Father Cataldo had been member OF
the Society of Jesus for more than
Is years.
Plans are being completed to clear
up and landscape the grounds around
old Fort Rains near Stevenson. Peter
Burkland, who has been instrumental
In getting Fort Rains completed, and
also donated the grounds upon which
the old fort was reconstructed, is back
of this movement.
For the first time in years, If not in
history. an Okanogan county bank was
successful bidder for school bond is
sues. Bids of the Citizens State bank
of Omak, offering a premium OF few
dollars on each issue, were accepted
by the Pateros school board for $780,
900 bonds and the Okanogan school
board for $4,000
Chaplin A. Mills, state district hor-
ticultural inspector, advises all prune
growers in the state to plow their or.
chards before the trees bloom as the
best means of combating brown rot.
The rot develops from prunes left to
rot on the ground in the fall and
plowing these under prevents the
spread of the infection.
The contract for dismantling the old
steel bridge on the Pacific highway
at Salmon creek, on a part OF the old
route between Vancouver and Salmon
creek, has been awarded to II. l.. Ste
vens for S2250. The material will be
removed to a point on the Jaggy high.
way, where it will be reassembled over
the east fork of Lewis river.
Assets OF the city of Spokane as
shown by the annual report OF City
Auditor Arthur Burch, filed last week
with City Clerk Dirkes. are s3O,OSs,-
sos, an increase in the year OF $3.50.
49i. Liabilities aggregate $500, 1856.
an increase In the year of $3.50 ,031,
due chiefly to new water bond Issue
of 100000 for main extensions.
Wilbur business houses were closed
last week during the funeral of VIII
liam Lauritzen. prominent pioneer.
who died recently Mr.. Laurltzen, who
was rs, was president OF the Grain
Growers Warehouse company. of the
Farmers Meat company and of the
Federal Farm Loan association Of VIII
bur and a leading wheat grower OF
that region.
The first bridge to span the Queets
river, a 355-foot cable suspension. was
opened to traffic last Thursday, The
bridge is for pedestrian travel only
and crosses the Queets near the ferry
at Harlow creek. 1t is one OF the long
est Of its kind in the state. Residents
OF the Queets and Clearwater districts
rushed the span to completion recent
ly following the wrecking of the ferry
some time ago by huge log jam.
In Saturdays special school election
the proposal to consolidate districts
2O3 and 2t7 carried at Toledo. The
vote In 217, Toledo district, was very
light, but is votes being cast, OF which
IA were for consolidation. At the
schools in 2O5 the vote was as follows:
Fifty-six votes we're cast OF which SO
were for consolidation. At previous
election some years ago the plan to
consolidate lost by overwhelming op.
position in 2O3.
Tillman Peterson has been elected
general superintendent of all Bremen
ton schools at a salary Of $4,000 8
year. He takes the place of Professor
u. II. Wolfe. who resigned because Of
conflict between two factions in that
city.
by a vote of 361 to 1877 the state
democratic convention held in Spo
me last week Instructed its delegates
The democratic national convention