Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-02-19

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Howard Crozler came very near
meeting with serious accident
last Sunday while splitting wood.
One stick cleaved so quickly that
the AK caught him on the foot,
cutting through his shoe TO his
foot, making quite a cut below the
big toe. Howard thinks it was a
good thing the AK wasn't very
sharp.
Mrs. C. A. Renouf spent most of
last week in the city. She is be-
ginning 10 feel much At home with
the city folks. Don't know how
long she might have stayed If c.
A. himself hadn't got so lonesome
had 10 90 after Mrs. II. They
both returned on Monday,
We had an auction at Cove.
something out of the usual line
neither cattle, horses, household
goods nor lands. The big fir trees
on the Beulah Park grounds.
Slessrs. Petersen and Rindal were
the successful bidders.
There is Il man up near Steen s
mill with more handles to his name
than the Car of Russia: Frank
John Henry Louis Phillip, etc. We
thought il ought 10 be Yacob, ="
as we once knew man by that
name who was AN awful breezy
Fellow. That S what, NJ. Wabe-
nick is all right.
Mr.. i. A. Hunt was taken with
a very severe attack OF stone in
he kidney last Thursday even,
ing. which brought on commissions
and vomiting. Looked serious AT
one time. DIR. Ireland injected two
loses of morphine before Mr.Hunt
had any relief from the pain. He
came home on Saturday evening
feeling worse, and Sunday was
compelled to call the doctor again.
who gave him d thorough purging
and now Mr.. II. wants five or six
meals a day, so we think he is on
the road 10 recovery We wish to
thank the neigbbors for kindly ia
vors extended.
The Scandinavian Methodist
folks Of Cove have been holding
meetings for several weeks Of
much interest. Last Thursday the
Rev. l.. Thellstad of the Ballard
NJ. Il. church spoke in English to
the full capacity of the church in
Cove. He is a very interesting
speaker.
There was something of circus
on Mr.. Bert Moore S ranch one
day last week. He was trying TO
plow with a hillside plow, using
Mr.. Dunn fine buckskin team.
Mr.. Moore started out rather soft
and pleasant at first "Gid-apl
Whoa. Gid-ap Whoa Whoa !
Back "a stone) Gid-apl Whoa
Goldurn You. get III there Gid-api j
Whoa l(first round, corner) Whoa !
Back Gid-apl (louder) Whoa 4
Gid-apll Darn you'll Back Il Cal
root). Gid-apll Whoall (another
roundl. Gid-apll" Nicely started
and something happened stump
or a boulder or something. gave
way; he had the reins around his
meek; up he few; thought he-was
going to land in Renouf's orch
ard and such a Whoa he LETT
out. Now TO listen the blessed day
through to such a plowman Mr..
NJ. is a barber by trade) was
enongh to make a horse laugh.
Bat Wen give MIN credit for be-
ing a slayer. " fIe finished the
Job, all right.
MIR Wallace Beall was over to
Che Hunt ranch locking for logan
berry plants. We wanted to know
what he was going to do with all
the small fruits be is setting out.
Some time ago over 20 acres in
Strawberries; just finished plant
ling 27 acres tc red raspberries last
week. We used 10 know Wallace
as kid; was some worker then
but seems to he going a rather
swift gait nowadays.
Last Friday when called to Va
ishon bv nv nephrW : sickness