Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-13
WASHINGTON STATE
Brief NEWS items
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Robert ]. Robertson was confirmed
by the senate as postmaster at White
Salmon.
Ernest Durrwachter of Gle Elum
was elected captain of the 1925 track
team OF Washington state college.
August Maugg of Walla Walla is ser,
/ iously i'll MS the result OF being bitten
by a spider while in the mountains.
Everetts new automobile tourist
camp has been opened to travellers,
and offers every convenience to visi-
tors.
Fire of unknown origin caused dam
age estimated at $4,000 to the plant
OF the Mckee Printing company of
Spokane.
The 1925 convention of the National
Foreign Trade group will be in Seattle,
it was decided at the convention held
in Boston.
Washington state ranks 18th in the
Union in wealth, according to the
United States bureau OF census fig
ures, with an estimated wealth of So
122, 4O5,OOO.
With only 90 fatal accidents in in
dustry reported to the state depart
ment of labor and industries for May
the lowest record for many months
was attained.
Police records show a total of 100
auto accidents in Walla Walla in the
last four years. 1t is estimated that
about one-quarter OF the accidents are
not reported.
Dairymen of the Enumclaw district
have Just completed the organization
of new cow-testing association.
There are a total of los members who
own 1885 cows.
Two men lost their lives in fire
in mine No. s of the Northwest I'm
provement company at Roslyn. The
fire did no serious damage to the mine
it was reported.
While walking into Everett along
the Great Northern tracks west of that
city, Louis j. Johnson, AZ, resident OF
Barring, was struck and killed by
passenger train.
Seattle is to have woman as
mayor on occasions of Mayor Browns
absence from the city, Mrs. Bertha
Lands having been elected president
of the city council.
The plant OF the Hauser Lake Lum-
Der company on Hauser lake, east of
Spokane in Idaho was destroyed by
fire. 1t had a daily capacity of 49,
600 feet of lumber.
Ore that contains $1,000 in gold to
the ton has been struck in the Eagle
mine, according to a report from Che
saw. a truckload leaves Chesaw every
day for the smelter
Washington state college won the
northwest conference baseball cham
pionship when the Cougar team won
from the University of Idaho at to
s in an thinning game.
Several automobiles we're sacrificed
at Spokane by the Great Northern
railway in a demonstration of what
occurs in collisions between automo-
biles and railroad trains.
Ray O'Brien, former president of the
Northwest Finance company, now in
bankruptcy, was found guilty at va
kima on a charge of classifying the
financial reports OF the company.
A jury in superior court at Colfax
returned verdict of guilty against
Arthur D. Howard, charged with grand
larceny in connection with sale of
stock of the Apex Petroleum company.
Thomas DUNCAN, E. D. Holbrook and
<AHultM StIlbtlt luSllDtI6 VI lllb hBlSD
port commission, were charged with
and misfeasance in petit
ton for recall filed with the county
auditor
White pine forests of eastern Wash.
ington are growing in demand with
the slump Of the lumber market in
western Washington, according to
Clark V, savldge, commissioner of pub.
lie lands.
A. H Johnson, county assessor has
found four fullgrown silver foxes and
nine young ones in Walla Walln coun.
ty. They are being assessed at the
rate Of $500 each for the old ones and
5000 for the young ones.
Following five.weeks shutdown
due to the unfavorabe lumber market
the Dubois Lumber com
pany OF Vancouver, has resumed oper.
alton and will continue to run as long
rs the lumber market will permit.
Construction of a $4,000 plant for