Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-12-17

The paving Of the Camas-N Vancouver
road was completed last week, and
will be allowed to set until January 16,
when the road will be opened to the
public.
With wheat prices on, the upgrade,
many Washington towns are expert
encing a flour buying movement that
threatens to deplete stocks Of mer-
chants.
The Omak Railway company plans
to build railroad to the sawmills and
box factories 20 miles east, the road
to connect with the Great Northern
at Omak.
Explosion OF a 5O-gallon steel tank.
filled with oil, fatally injured Theo-
dore Raun, proprietor of garage at
Seattle. and partially wrecked the
building.
The Spokane & British Columbia
Railway company has filed application
to abandon its IS miles of railroad in
Ferry county between Danville and
Republic.
Forty acres of land east of Elma,
bought from L. W. Moore by H. D.
Russell, will be put into berries and
will be one Of the largest berry farms
in the state.
Alex McGibhon, a wood contractor.
~ years old, was shot and instantly
killed at Seattle in quarrel over a
theft of chickens by Pete Colaghino
section hand.
Bernard Day, II, and Philip Wallace,
IS, have admitted to the Seattle police
that they were responsible for series
of holdups and burglaries recently
committed in asd around Seattle.
Washington and Oregon have the
lowest infant mortality rates Of any
states in the union. according to 3
re,ort received from the United States
public health service statistical
bureau. According to this report Of
every 1000 infants born alive in Wash
iaaton and Oregon, only So die before
ij'aining the age Of l year.
Enoch Anderson, aged a, left gool
hall at Anacortes Two weeks ago with
large sum of money in his posses
sion and has not been heard from
since. His relatives fear foul play.
Brigadier- General Henry D. Todd
Jr., accompanied by his wife, daugh-
ter and son, has arrived at Camp
Lewis. General Todd will assume com
mand of the 31st coast artillery bri-
gade.
Mrs. Mary Fedwang, believed to
have been aged 109 the oldest woman
In this state, was found dead in her
shack on the Duwamish waterway be-
low the Spokane-street bridge in Sc
attic.
The Seattle city council passed an
ordinance effective in 80 days which
increases the metal token fare on the
municipal street railway system to
S1-3 cents, the cash fare remaining
at 10 cents.
w. NJ. Donnell of MADEIRA, Cal, has
offered reward of 500 for recovery
of the body OF his brother Charles
Donnell, who is believed to have com
mitted suicide by drowning in the
Chehalis river, December /.
Declaring that unemployment is one
of the most pressing problems con-
fronting the city government Mayor
! Caldwell, of Seattle, has issued a call
for conference of officials to discuss
means to relieve NJ situation.
Hal Virgins, assistant traffic ex-
pert for the Washington public ser.
vice commission, has accepted the
position of traffic expert for the Ore
gon public service commission. He
will leave for Salem about February 1.
Extremely high tides occurred on
WllGpa harbor last week with ter
rifle southwest wind and torrentIal
rains. Logging camps throughout tho
district we're unable to operate be.
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