Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-03-11


been confined 10 the house for sew.
eral days.
Albert Abrams don't seem to en-
joy knee work very well, Been
helping Mr.. Hunt plant strawber
ries.
Pete Nystum is doing fine
piece of clearing up the stumps he
blew out ON the Petersen lois IN
Beulah Park.
Mrs. A. G. Moe aud son Gordan
we're over TO Port Orchard visit
ng her daughter, Mrs. Rude, last
sunday and Monday.
Mrs. c. A. Renouf was called to
Seattle on account of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. c, A. Butler, taking the
ilu. We trust all goes well.
Mr.. NJ. Danielson has his new
chicken house about finished. It.
was built according to his own de
sign and style. Will accommodate
about 400 Leghorns.
b. A. Hunt has been digging and
setting out 1900 strawberry
plants over on the Doyle ranch the
past week. and more TO follow.
The ranchcrs are contracting their
berries at nice prices this season.
Word to friends from Mrs. Ray
iseeman says she has been very i'll
with the flu. Her daughtcr Miss
Grace, came home from school
with severe ease of scarlet fever.
and Mrs. Lceman took the disease
also, so the combination made
things look dangerous. Glad to re-
port, however, that she is recover.
ing.
Harold Rude and Henry Steen.
two well-known Vashon boys, also
Herbert Lund of Port Orchard.
have established large shngle
mill at Port Orchard, called the
Triple II Milling Company. The
boys are doing well. They have
sold some 100000 shingles already
and have contracts on hand for
100000 more. Can sell all they can
make al $500 per 1000, and have
plenty Of fine cedar to work up.
Donald Dunn says he's mighty
glad we don't have any union
working hours on the Island. Up
at 500 a. M. rustling all day and
until II 100 p. m, with ranch worl,
and looking after ineubators !;
sleep am hour, up again al 90 IA,
m; all o. k, sleeps two hours up
at 3 100 a. m. another sleep. then
up for all day. Amt it a regular
merry go round these chicken
hatchers enioy9 Mr.. Dunn took
off a nice hatch of 700 chicks from
1900 eggs. Not so bad for a tender
foot at the business.
Mr.. Geo. Wall was down at the
store getting rid of cash and
checks. He said, This darned
store is the worst place ever saw
to relieve a fellow of his cash. |
would like to look dollar in the
face a minute or hear one jingle in
my pocket for day or so. But
alas, that bland smile the clerk,
Mr.. Axel Petersen favors you with
lit 5 too killing as he extends
box OF nickel smokers to you,
after he has got all your money.
.Of course, good manners compels
you To say thanks for the ex-
change. Mr.. Walls reports that
his father, Judge Walls, has a fine
crop of lettuce and string beans
coming on. The Judge always is
ahead Of the game with his crops.
Another one of our FAIR yclng
ladies has been "took in. Miss
Ruth Abrams was quietly married
to Capt. Christ Anderson he S
the fellow we tried 10 shoe way
last summer at The Scandinavian
lutheran church in Seattle. The
honeymoon was spent with her sis
ter, Mrs. Anderson, in Bellingham.
They came TO Cove last Sunday.
Pretty wise or cute, all right, as
they motored to Vashon Heights
in the afternoon TO visit her broth
er, Mr.. Abe Abrams, thereby es-
Gaping a charavari the young peo-
pie around Cove and Colvos had
all planned il they had remained
in Cove Hearty congratulations
and best wishes all Coveites ex-
tend to you and your husband.
Mrs. Anderson.