Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

SlV,lEO Tic llloL hiho hiohtto W '''
year.
Thieves entered both of the Kalam
high school buildings during the las
week end and made away with a mum
ber Of articles.
Renewal of rain Is causing the farm
ers of Clarke county worry, as a larg
per cent of the county potato croI
remains In the ground.
Edgar Bryan, SO, expresident ant
secretary Of the Washington Stat
Pioneer association, died in Seattl
after a prolonged illness.
Trust company resources In Was
ington for the year ended June 3
were S46,OO7,34S, an increase Of SIS
7S5,243 over figures for 1923.
William Henry Hall, 81, an inmat
of the Yakima county poor farm, GU
his throat with razor and was deaf
when found a few minutes later.
Mrs. Clara U'Ren, so, a native O
Wisconsin and leader in educationt
and civic advancement in the state q
Washington, died at her home il
Seattle.
Property owners on every bushes
street in Port Angeles have petition
ed the city commission for the crea
tion of curb lighting system in tn
business district.
Large shipments Of frozen ant
picked fish are being made to Eng
land and France by the Doty Fisl
company of Kalama, according to Fl
E. Poole, manager.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has received authority from tn
interstate commerce commission t
construct a r15.mile extension nea
Shelton, Mason county.
Blewett Pass was officially close'
Friday with announcement to that ei
feet from Sam Dowell, Chelan ant
Douglas county supervisor for th
state highway department.
Facing a payment Of S1,145,52
March l for bond interest and redemp
tion, Seattle's municipal street raj!
way is to go on warrant basis Decem
Der 25, railway officials announced.
Two trains, each averaging 80 cars
are bringing about 400 200 fset of fl
logs daily from Ryderwood, center o
the Long Bell Lumber company's log
ging operations, to the company's mil
in Longview.
Coupeville is to have new electric
light and power plant and service, &C
cording to filings oi rate and regula
tion schedules mace with the depart
ment of public works by the Wild
by Light G. Power company.
Between Is and 20 men were beins
sought by posses of loggers in the
forest near SnoqUalmie falls after the
band escaped with more than $70(
from the Snoquainie Falls Lumber
company office, near SnoQualmit
Falls.
Protest against the reduction in hea
units proposed by toe Puget Sount
Gas company under new tariff filet
with the state board of public work.
is expected to be made by the Everet
city council jointly with Monroe ant
Snohomsh.
With completion of the official can
vass of election returns, it was fount
that Sam B. Hill, Waterville, demo
crat, incumbent, defeated j. Edwart
Ferguson, Wenatchee, republican, b!
$50 votes for congressman from the
fifth district.
Because an eight-foot fall of snow
four weeks ahead of the average sea
son halted delivery of winter foot
supplies to the Lone Jack mine, OF
Mount Baker, the crew OF SO mer
was forced to abandon the mine ant
mush its way out
Two nights of rain and thawing re
moved the snow and so saturated The
ground that streams are beginning t
flow from surface water in the Paloust
country. The country has not ha,
such soaking for years in the fal
and before freezing.
When blood transfusion was pre-
scribed to save the life of C. A. Thomp
son, theater manager OF Pomeroy, wht
is i'll in a Walla Walla hospital, Pom
eroy business men came forward Ell
masse and offered enough blood tc
start small flood.
Quarantine regulations governing
the foot and mouth disease situation
in California were modified in al
order issued by Il. II. Gloyd, state
director Of agriculture, so as to place
absolute prohibition on the importa
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