Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-17
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

George Wheeler, who was born in
1858, died suddenly Sunday at Ellens-
burg, where he had lived since 1871.
A board of mining engineers to act
as advisors to investors was formed
at Seattle by the Seattle Mining Mems
club.
The first straight carload of aspara-
gus was loaded at Walla Walla Fri
day and rushed by express to Minnea-
polls.
The Seattle & Rainier Valley Rail-
way system, which Seattle has con-
sidered buying, has been appraised at
$1,045.547.3O.
A. e. Lawson of Spokane, secretary
of the state fair, is in Yakima to begin
the active work of preparing for the
1925 exhibition.
Prospective umpires in the South
west Timber baseball league this year
will attend school for umpires at
Longview on April 10.
Bert Greer of Dayton was instantly
killed when his automobile overturn-
ed on the state highway between
Lewiston and Spalding
Charles Palmer, deputy sheriff,
landed the biggest chinook salmon
caught in the Cowlitz river this year
when he caught 4S-pounder.
Merchandise valued at nearly $1,000
was stolen from q store at Oakdale
in Whitman county, the robbers haul
ing their loot away in truck.
w. E. Paulhamus, who was gravely
i'll at his home in Sumner, is report
ed slightly improved Mr.. Paulhamus
is suffering from pernicious anemia.
Alvaro Obregon, former president of
Mexico, is expected to attend the 18th
annual national foreign trade council
convention at Seattle June "a, rs and
26.
The state normal school at Belling-
ham opened its spring quarter April
| with registration of approximately
1000. The enfollment has since reach
ed HOO.
Charles M. Cloud, ex-president of
| the Kiwanis club and ex-councilman,
was unanimously elected mayor of
Aberdeen to succeed A. C. Hopkins,
who resigned.
Hundreds of educators, including
many nationally known specialists, at
tended the 9th annual convention of
| the Inland Empire Education associa-
tion at Spokane.
Fruit growers of the Entiat valley
are forming community Organization
| and propose to build S65,000 three
story brick preceding and cold stor-
age plant at Entiat.
Despondent because his wife died
last February Jake Hanson, 33, we'll
| known Kittitas valley farmer, killed
himself with shotgun at his ranch
| home near Ellensburg
Bids for the air mail contract be-
| tween Seattle and Victoria, B. c., are
| to be submitted by May 80, according
to Carl F. Egge, general superintend
ent of the air mail service.
Recall petitions against Mayor Todd
of Kelso were filed by Ronald Moore,
manager of the campaign against
| Todd. The petitions contained 636
names of registered voters.
Mrs. Anna Sam, so, resident of
| Tulalip Indian reservation, was killed
when she was struck by a Great
Northern northbound passenger train
at Marysville grade crossing.
Ore assaying 22S ounces of silver
and 81 per cent lead has been un-
covered on the property of the Venus
Silver Mines company in the Deer
Trail district in Stevens county.
Dick Purser, a Canadian, who is
part Indian, has confessed at Port
Townsend he killed Chris Jordan in
June, 1921, unraveling four-year
mystery, Sheriff Chase annuonced
| Representative of the Washington
Water Power company from Wilbur
Reardan, Sprague, Harrington, Odessa,
RitzviIle. Lind and Davenport, "a in
number, attended banquet at Daycn-
port.
Puget island in the Columbia river
near Cathlamet, is threatened with a
typhoid fever epidemic. according to
information received. Five members
of one family and three others are
known to be afflicted.
James A. Drain, national command
er of the American Legion, will visit
the Washington State American legion
convention at Port Angeles, August 13,
Ii and 10. he announced in letter
received at Seattle by Lloyd G. Hill,
state legion commander.
The Longview chamber of COM