Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-23
WASHINGTON State
BRIEF news ITEMS
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

| me annual convention Ol llhciH
Idaho and eastern Washington Bap-
lists was held at Walla Walla.
Work has begun at the penitentiary
at Walla Walla on sewage disposal
system. A septic tank is being INSTALL
ed.
The port of Grays harbor this month
retired 100000 in bonds of the Jan
uary, 1928, issue, leaving $15O,O0O of
that issue outstanding.
The movement to abolish all un-
slightly billboards along the highways
of the nation was indorsed by the Van
couver Woman's club.
Four destroyers Of the Pacific coast
fleet have been assigned to Grays har-
Dor for the annual Splash celebration
during the week of July A.
Dry and windy weather in north
eastern Washington brought about a
serious forest fire condition in Stevens
and Pend d'Oreile counties.
An ordinance providing for regula
ton of dairies and placing them un-
der supervision of the health officer
is contemplated at Davenport.
The Kelso port district is facing
recall election, threatened by the
Kelso chamber of commerce, working
in cooperation with organized labor.
The Eagles $4,000 temple was dedi-
Gated at Gle Elum with delegations
from Seattle, Snohomish Kent, Wenat-
chez, Yakima and Ellensburg present.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the two-story general merchandise
store of Thomas Brothers at Columbia
River, causing loss estimated at S25,-
900.
The western Washington Baptist
convention, closing its 37th annual SEES
sion at Centralia, elected R. S. Moody
of Seattle president for the coming
year.
Dredging operations will be carried
on night and day on Grays Harbor by
the dredge Culebra. The dredge will
have special equipment for working
at night.
Spokane leads 60 cities of the Pa.
cific coast in the increase in build
ing permits in April, according to the
national monthly building survey OF
S. w. Straus & Co.
Reports received at the Spokane Of
flee of the federal forest service in
dictate easier conditions as to various
forest fires burning in northeast
Washington and northern Idaho,
Livestock men from all over Whit
man county, representatives of com.
mercial organizations and farmers,
met at ColfaX to discuss forming a
Whitman county fair association.
Harry B. Doane of Longview, age
SO, died in the Kelso hospital follow
ing a 35-foot fall from the roof Of the
| fuel house under construction at the
Long-Bell Lumber company's mill site.
Paul Alexander, young man, was
fatally injured when his clothing
caught in a belt on a gravel mixer,
used in county roadwork near Yakima,
and he was thrown into the machin,
cry.
Adoption by the North Pacific Mill
ers association of a resolution op.
posing the McNary- Haugen bill to
stabilize wheat prices with govern
ment capital, was announced at Sc
attic,
Contract for laying sanitary and
drainage sewers in East Hoquiam has
been awarded by the city commission
to Holmlund & Forsberg, on a bid Of
$4,000.
special ship, probably an Eagle
boat, will be assigned to "Hoquiam's
/ Own" third division of the Grays Har-
| Dor naval reserve battalion, accord
| ing to word received by officers of the
| division.
Sand Island located in the middle
of the Columbia river opposite Ka-
lama, has been leased by the Kalama
American Legion post for ten years
/ and will be transformed into an amuse-
ment park.
A meeting of committee of Clarke
county dairymen with members Of
the Vancouver chamber Of commerce
was held at Vancouver to discuss
/ plans Tor county cooperative dairy
association.
Senator Wesley L. Jones introduced
bill in congress authorizing the Uni.
ted States mint to coin 100000 spe.
cial 50-cent pieces concentrating the
Tooth anniversary of the founding of
| Fort Vancouver
Opal Smith, three-yearold daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. o. Smith of Kelso,