Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-02
Washington News

PARADISE VALLEY. - Fourteen
powerful malamutes reached Paradise
recently-and 1t was paradise for
those huskies. After suffering the
boredom and heat of long, tedious
journey from somewhere $50 miles
north of Nome, again Toasted their
eyes on the frozen wastes OF what
they believed was their own North.
land, and they were glad. They had
arrived at Rainier National Park,
their future home. Even Kakisenoruk,
their Eskimo keeper, smiled broader
smile than usual, He felt more at
home there, too. So he hitched up
his huskies to a dog.sled at Longmire
Springs for International News.reel
and let them do their stuff. Barking
Ioyfully, they started up the mountain
towards Paradise Inn, for they had
two lady passengers-quite novelty
for dogs from the uncivilized North.
KELSO. - The Northwestern Elec-
tric Company's 100000 power plant
on the Lewis River, rs miles east of
Woodland, will be located in Cowlitz
County, officials of the company have
announcved. The Lewis River d.
vides Cowlitz County from Clarke
County, and the topography Of the
site is such that the plant will be To-
Gated on the Cowlitz side. A crew OF
100 men is employed clearing the site
and on other preliminary work, and
a large engineering party is in the
field, Fifteen hundred men will BIO
employed in construction work for a
period of about two years.
WALLA WALLA.-Work of exam.
lining children in six grade schools
for physical defects has been COM
pleted by Dr.. ]. P. Kane, health Off.
Ger. About 5000 were examined. Be-
tween rs and so per cent were found
in need Of dental attention, so per
cent have bad tonsils and defective
ceryical glands, and goiter trouble
was found in about IS per cent.
OLYMPIA.-An order by the de.
partment of public works denied the
application of the Telechronometer
Company for installation of telechro.
nometers in the Everett exchange Of
the Puget Sound Telephone Company,
and the companys request to be per-
mitted to rebate and refund to sub
scribers the amount of difference be-
tween the actual payment under the
measured rate shown by the telechro
nometers and the fiat rate was al.
lowed. The hearing developed that
the measuring instruments, although
the theory upon which they are used
is sound, are not sufficiently perfected
and were inaccurate.
ETHEL-Recently Mr.. and Mrs.
S. D. Shoots, respected pioneer resi-.
dents of Ethel, where they have made
their home for the past 20 years, cele.
brated their golden wedding anniver.
sary. Mr.. and Mrs. Shoots were mar.
ried at Wilmer, Mimi, where they
lived previous to coming west. A
bounteous dinner was served, there
being rs people, including in addition
to immediate relatives, limited mum
Der of close friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shoots were the recipients Of a num-
Der of beautiful and appropriate gifts
in commemoration of the event.
SEATTLE. = Reports from Dean
Spencer of the University of Wash
ington, and his wife, announce that
the former was seriously injured when
the 500 Line observation car plunged
into the Chippewa River recently.
Mrs. Spencer received only slight in
juries. Their baby girl, 6month-old.
was hurled from the seat upon which
she was lying and killed. The acct
dent was due to a broken switch,
causing the cars to leave the tracks
near trestle, through which they fell
go feet to the icy waters of the river,
causing the death of eight passengers
and the injury of seven.