Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-12-03

been reported at Elberton, but all are
mild.
Roy Il. Carey has been appointed
postmaster at Hartline by President
Wilson.
Building permits in Spokane for the
first II months of this year have pass.
ed the S2,900,OO0 mark.
Robert Steffen, age s. son Of Robert
Steffen of Meskell, is dead as the re-
suit Of kick from a horse.
Prosecution of fake doctors and doc.
tors not licensed under the state laws
has been started at Tacoma.
Farmers of the Eufaula district, a
few miles west of Kelso, have organ.
lied the Eufaula farm bureau.
Karl Krummell has been appointed
postmaster at Adna, Lewis county, and
Clara A. Didwell at Brooklyn, Pacific
county.
Engineers OF the United States recla-
nation service have started their in.
spectlon of the Columbia basin irriga.
ton project.
Precautions against the spread Of
diphthCria, which has invaded the
town, have caused the closing of the.
Puyallup schools.
The Washington Union Coal com
pany at Tono is running its mines on
full time in order to supply an unusual
demand for its product.
Fire last Sunday virtually wiped
out the business section Of the town
of Ashford, at the foot Of Mount Rain
Ter. The loss is $4,000.
A total of $500 cars of apples have
been shipped out of Wenatchee to date
and shipments are going forward at
the rate Of about so cars daily.
Three masked men held up Taco.
ma Japanese store at the point of re-
vtivers and obtained currency and
bonds estimated to total $4,000.
Owing to unsettled market condi-
tions, the Menefee Lumber company
has suspended operations at its Win
lock mill until about February 1.
The authorities at Prosser arrested
three strangers suspected of being
there for the purpose of supplying To-
cal addicts with contraband drugs.
John Simons, well known Indian,
who fought in the wars of '55 and sc,
died In Puyallup last week. He was
born in Pierce county 103 years ago,
William NJ Inglis, for seven years
colonel Of the old Second Washington
infantry, National Guard, has received
commission as major in the regular
army.
Several thousand vacancies still eX-
list at Camp Lewis despite the fact that
recruits are arriving daily from al
most every section of the United
States.
When an automobile overturned on
the highway near Tacoma and plunged
into a ditch containing two feet OF
water, Elmer Riley of Seattle was
drowned.
Detective H. Fox OF the Everett
police department was shot and killed
by an unknown man for whom Snoho-
mish and King county officers are
searching.
The continued unreasonable rains
are causing apprehension to potato
growers in the vicinity Of La Center
as late potatoes are beginning to rot
In the fields.
By a vote Of approximately 4 to
the school district of Montesano has
voted to issue $4,000 in bonds to build
an addition OF eight rooms to It's unit
school building.
Ellis Lewis Garretson imperial po-
tentate OF the Mystic Shrine OF North
America, has returned to his home in
Tacoma after lengthy journey
through the east.
Suffering from a nervous break
down, ]. E. Pinkham, president of the
J. L, Pinkham Lumber company of
Seattle, shot and killed himself at his
homo In that city,
Corporation Counsel Meier of Seattle
has completed work on bill for
amendment OF the state constitution
to permit the merger of King county
and the city of Seattle.
The before Thanksgiving day rabbit
drive at Warden was the greatest ever
held in southern Grant county. over
800 hunters took part and more than
5000 rabbits are said to have been
killed.
AS result of contract recently
signed with w, r. Wells owner of q