Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-02

Carlo Susner of Seattle was killed
when an automobile In which he was
riding collided with another machine
on the Olympic highway, IL miles eas
of Port Angeles.
Ed Lardaker, an employe In saw
mill at Everett, was instantly killed
when a log on the carriage he was
riding in the mill yard overturned
breaking his neck.
The American Security bank Of Ken
newick was closed by its board Of
directors due to heavy shrinkage ol
deposits following the recent failure
of the Bank of Pasco.
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the cargo plant and planning
mill of the E. X. Wood Lumber com
pany at Bellingham with a loss esti
mated at more than 100000.
One hundred and six mills report
ing to the West Coast Lumbermen's
association for the week ending Sep
tember 10, manufactured 101,S71,7 ,76t
feet of lumber and sold 109,342,53
feet.
The Pacific Coast Association Of
Fire Chiefs, closing its S2d annual
meeting at Seattle, selected Fresno
Cal, for the next convention and
elected Samuel Short of Oakland
president.
There is no grass on fall ranges for
sheep in the Klickitat country, it is
reported, and unless fall rains set in
soon sheepmen will have to begin feed
ing when they bring their flocks of
of the forest reserves.
The Kelso port commission will
make application to the United States
engineers Immediately for a permit tc
establish docks at the foot of Oregon
way on the Columbia river site recent
ly acquired by the port district.
Lands logged off by the Silver Lake
Railway & Lumber company and the
Ostrander Railway & Timber company
northeast Of Kelso about ten milet
are being burned over so as to avoii
fire danger from the debris next sum
mer.
A forest fire, which was famed by
high winds from a logging slashins
in the workings of the C. B. & NJ. Log
ging company, near the mouth of the
Dosewallips river on Hoods canal
burned about a half-mile into greer
timber.
George Norris, Kelso city engineer
was formally held for trial in the
superior court on charge Of murder
in connection with the death o
Thomas Dovery, after hearing held
before Justice Of the Peace Mccoy al
Castle Rock.
Elma, an eastern Grays harbor coun
ty city, has applied for permission tt
divert ten second-feet of water from
the south fork of Porter creek to aug
ment the city's water system, ant
plans to spend about $4,000 on the ex
tension project.
The foundation has been completed
for the new fog signal and radio sta
tion which the United States light
house service is building at Westport
at the south entrance of Grays Har
Dor, to replace station burned abou
three years ago.
Ralph Knutson Edward Simpeir ant
Bernard Hansen, ages from 16 to Is
Seattle, were sentenced to from t
20 years in the state penitentiary
by Judge w. L. Campbell at Aber
deem, when they pleaded guilty tc
highway robbery.
A. j. Hager, newly elected head o.
the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo
and president of the Hager Lumber
company at Lansing, Mich, declared
in Seattle that forest fires cost the
United States s16,O00,OOO more thi!
year than in 1924.
Hite linus, prosecuting attorney fol
Cowlitz county; Sheriff Studebakel
and Nat r. Smith, mayor of Kelso
after conference with Governor
Hartley and Attorney-General Dunbar
announced that at their request tn,
attorney-general assured them that {
special prosecutor would be appointed
at once to investigate the Thomas
Dovery murder mystery.
Henry Sunnell, 81, pioneer ranch
er of Skagit county, was fatally in
jured when milk truck which he wal
driving was struck by freight trair
as he was crossing the Great North
ern railroad south of Burlington.
A crew from the Grays Harbor coun
ty engineers office has started sur
veying the North river road prepara
tory to the removal of the last thre,
miles Of planking south of Artic. Thi
road will be rebuilt as permanen
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