Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-06
WASHINGTON STATE
Brief news Items
Principal Events Of the Week
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their appearance in Yakima county,
Charles Nygord, 50, for IS years one
of the most prominent residents OF
South Bend, died at hospital in Ray.
mond
The governors of Washington and
Oregon watched the closing perform.
ance of the Pioneer Pageant at Wala
WQlla.
The plant of the Oregon Packing
company at Vancouver opened for the
season June l for a $O.day run on
strawberries.
AT commencement this year the
state college of Wa arlington will grant
349 degrees and diplomas, compared
with $40 last year.
The Hursh,Sinclair oil refinery, one
mile north of HIllyard has been COM
pleted at cost of S125,O00 and will
soon begin operations.
A permit for S1,O00,OOO temple
which is to be erected by the Seattle
aerie, No. /, Fraternal Order of Eagles
here has been issued.
c. w. Clausen, Washington state
auditor for the last 20 years, an
nounces his candidacy for reelection
on the republican ticket.
Road work in the Mount Adams for.
est reserve is under way and the road
from White Salmon to Goose lake will
soon be open to traffic.
A contract has been awarded for
construction of an $4,000 building for
the Pacific Telephone G Telegraph
company at Wenatchee.
Approval of the purchase by the
state of more than $2OOO,0OO worth OF
bonds of the city of Seattle was given
by the attorney.general's office.
Six thousand reservations have been
received from tourists who will visit
Mount Rainier this season. according
to Thomas Martin, manager of the
National Park company.
With loss estimated at $4,000,
the original plant of the Watson
Woolen Mills at kirkland, across Lake
Washington from Seattle was destroy
ed as the result of a fire.
Seventeen single mills of the Puget
Sound district manufacturing red
| cedar shingles formed an organization
at Seattle, naming it the Puget Sound
Single Manufacturers association.
The government has called upon the
biological survey for help in Kidding
Smiths island, near Olympia, of
plague of rabbits The Sc acres was
made bird refuge by President Will
son.
S. S. Busch, formerly Yakima coun.
ty superintendent of schools, died
after an illness of eighteen days, caus-
ed, it is believed, by over-exertion at
farm work during the recent hot
weather.
Peter Teodato, a Seattle contractor,
and his wife, Adele, were instantly kill
ed when Milwaukee train crashed
into their automobile at Cavanaugh's
crossing, between Maple Valley and
Renton. !
Three hundred and twenty.six stu
dents received diplomas or certificates
at the annual commencement exer.
cises of the Ellensburg normal school,
the largest class in the history of the
institution.
Fatally stricken with heart disease,
]. L. Backman, 70 years old, was taken
unconscious from the wheel of his
automobile in Seattle after his car had
sweryed onto the sidewalk and crash.
ed into police patrol box.
One hundred and twenty carpenters
of Skagit county donated the work Of
constructing the summer home of the
Skagit county Camp Fire Girls on the |
120-acre site donated by the Skagit
County Shrine club on Samish island.
Clarke county's outlook for a fair
prune crop is as good as any section
on the coast, is the opinion of William
H. Wood, manager of the Washington
Growers Packing corporation. The
crop will average about so per cent of
last years output.
The WILDLY Island Transit com.
pany has established freight truck
service between Oak Harbor and |
Coupevine to Anacortes and on to
Mount Vernon, giving the Island coun-
ty towns freight connection with the
northern mainland cities.
Charles o. Briffet, superintendent |
of the state training school at Che
halls, accompanied by two instructors
and fourteen members of the school
orchestra, were greeted by hundreds
Of Port Angeles people at an enter.