Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-19
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

DOnuS tOf SlOUUUo HOspItal " loi
Angeles.
Dion Kecfe, So, resident OF Walla
Walla since 1872, died at his home
in that city.
A county census Just taken gives
Longview and its enyirons 4946; Kelsc
6007, and Cowlitz county In excess OF
$1,000.
The Longview, Portland & Northern
Railway company has started con
struction of its own telephone line
from Longview to Ryderwood.
Four hundred pounds of butter were
stolen by thieves who broke into the
Cooperative Creamery at Winlock. A
truck was used to haul away the but.
ter.
Tacoma's historic Glide rink was
destroyed by fire Friday. The pavil'
ion recently was remodeled at cost
of $4,000. The loss was estimated al
$4,000.
The store building and office at the
Victory mine northeast of Centraiia
were destroyed by fire, entailing q
loss of about $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Announcement has been made that
the Pacific Power e Light company
will expend S1O7,c0o in the immediate
vicinity Of Waila Walla next year, the
work to start January /.
Thomas Walton. convicted of the
murder of s. p. Burt, fellow con.
vict, in the state peritcntiary at Walla
Walla October Z, 1923, was hanged at
the penitentiary Friday morning.
The Clarke county commissioners
approved n resolution approprating
$1,000 as nucleus for fund with
which to build Il monument in the
county park to veterans of the World
war.
Chief Caesar Williams, hereditary
chief Of tho Warm 8 ,'irss Indians
and for many years Indian policeman
for the Yakima reservation, died. IN
Yakima at hospital following a sur,
gical operation.
1l,
meeting place for the annual conyen
tion of the Episcopal diocese of Olym
pia February and 4, waeu bishop
will be elected to succeed the Rt. Rev
Frederic Keatcr.
The Seattle cchool board is to be
petitoled to pc nit community use
by young people of high school gym,
nasiums for dancing nd other recrea,
tional purposes, III -: supervision of
Parent-Teacher organizations.
Clyde Burke, serving from 2 to Is
years at Monroe reformatory on q
grand larceny charge, was wounded
and captured short distance out Of
Monroe after he had attempted to
shoot reiormatory guards with a rifle,
The Walla Walla county commits.
soners have created two new voting
precincts in Walla Walla and two new
ones in College Place, as a result of
ho OF nj hn 10 80 al
tion. This will make 81 precincts in
the county.
All previous records Cor high winds
In Seattle were broken when 6S.
mile southwest gale passed over the
city, smashing windows, blowing down
signs, Christmas street decorations
and disabling telephone telegraph and
light wires.
Claire Bowman of Tacoma has been
chosen as director of the state de.
partment of labor and industries, and
will assume his duties January IA,
when the new state administration
takes office, Governor-elect Hartley
has announced.
Lack of funds in the 1924 budget
of the department of public works
of Tacoma caused Commissioner j.
W. Silver to lay off 1902 men who have
been employed on street work. Only
81 men were retained for the remand
er of the month.
The worst high water situation in
two years was experienced by the ter
ritory bordering the Nooksack river,
when extra heavy aims and warm
winds melted the SHOWS and trans.
formed the usually tranquil stream
into raging torrent.
Creation of selection board and
an issue of Sl,500,00O of 30.year state
bonds for the purchase of virgin tim.
Der stands and other scenic areas will
be proposed to the 1925 legislature by
the Washington state mark policy com.
mittee, It Is announced
Lumber mills Of the Pacific north.
west are flooded with purchase orders,
according to q review OF the West