Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-25
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WASHINGTON STATE
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Damage Of $4,000 was done by ire
at Barry, in Douglas county.
Norwegian Lutherans Of Aberdeen
dedicated new church in that city
Sunday.
knights of Columbus of Wenatchee
held their annual picnic at Lake Che
Ian Sunday.
Logging camps in Snohomish coun
ty will probably not resume operations
until September, it is reported.
William McCaw, rs, was killed in
stantly when combine on which he
was working near Prescott upset
Playground attendance in Spokane
in June showed an increase of 1885,
574 over the same month last year.
The 22d annual convention of the
Pacific Coast Nurserymen's associa-
ton will be held in Yakima this week.
The town of Bingen was threatened
with destruction when the Maple hotel,
three.story frame structure, burned
to the ground.
The Davenport council has instruct
ed the health officer to attempt to
have veterinary surgeons examine all
COWS for tuberculosis.
Lewis county's bank deposits were
$8,171, 3O7.13 at the close of business
June 80, according to statements pub
lished by the u banks.
During the last few days about $780,
! 900 bushels of last years wheat crop
has been sold at Walla Walla at an
average price of SO cents.
An unidentified man lost his life in
an explosion and fire which destroyed
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Wit
ner, two miles west of Elma.
The new crop of Walla Walla on
ions has begun to move in carload
| lots and is in great demand, accord
ing to reports from the valley.
William Powner, 65, is dead at
Northport from injuries received when
T, he fell from a moving train. He suf-
| fered broken back and internal in
juries.
| Receipts at the Wenatchee postof-
flee show gain in June of $24.35 over
the same month last year. Receipts
during the first half of this year were
$37,05s.
James B. Metcalfe, so, Seattle
pioneer and the first territorial at
torney.general of the territory OF
! Washington, died at his home in
| Suquamish.
Dayton has been rated as one of the
| best towns in the state from the stand
| point of management and financial
conditions in a report filed by the
state examiner.
Fire caused heavy damage on the
Mauer and Bowman ranch, about eight
miles south of Walla Walla, destroy
| ing between 300 and 500 acres of
standing wheat.
An international anti-crime confer
ence will be held in Seattle July q
to "a, with 800 public officials from
Canada and nine western states ex-
pected to attend.
A five.ton Packard truck, loaded
with surfacing material for state road
work, crashed through the bridge over
the Methow river at Carlton and fell
80 feet into eight feet of water.
Willis Link and Miss Lillian Lee
were drowned in the Okanogan river
at Omak while young Link was at
tempting to rescue Miss Lee, who
had stepped into a deep hole while
bathing.
An explosion in a separator on W.
w. Richardson's farm, two miles north
Of Pomeroy, started fiAi that burned
the machine, feeder, oil tank of the
gasoline engine and more than 1000
bushels of sacked grain.
The Vancouver Prunarians have de-
cided to combine the annual prune
harvest festival with the Prunarian
picnic, celebrating one day, August
10. Esther Short park, Vancouver,
was selected for the celebration.
c. F. Flower, Mabton, presented a
claim for 800 to the Yakima county
auditor for 10 sheep killed by preda.
tory dogs. 1t is said at the auditors
office that these claims are apt to
amount to $1,000 before the season is
over.
An application was filed with the
Clarke county commissioners by G,
w. Cotterell of the Western Light &
Power company for franchise to
erect poles and string wires along
county roads in the vicinity OF Wash.
ougal and Camas.
Clark Savidge, commissioner OF
public lands, has announced that all
OF the 1885 acres of public lands in