Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-30
WASHINGTON STATE
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Eighty acres of wheat was burned
on the place of Frank Snyder, nine
miles north of Pendleton.
Kazimir Kuzomicka. 40, was killed
instantly in logging camp near Vesta
Then his skull was crushed by log.
A fort of the United States army
at Fort Worden, was threatened with
destruction by a forest fire for "a
hours.
With about so delegates in attend
ance county auditors and treasurers
oil the state held their convention at
Bellingham
Peter Egge OF Longyiew received a
contract TO build 1.35 miles OF new
road in Salzer valley east OF Chehalis
for s62915S.
The March Construction company
of Spokane will build the $50 miles
of the ClydeBadger Hollow highway
in Walla Walla county. for S40,305.
Prosecutors of Washington. in an.
nual convention at Everett, discussed
remedial changes in the criminal code
covering conditions on the highways.
Peter Crockatt, ex-member OF the
faculty OF the University of Oregon,
was killed instantly when his automo-
bile left the highway west of Dayen-
port
Aberdeen was unanimously selected
as the, 1927 convention city OF the
United Spanish War Veterans of the
department of Washington and Alas
ka at the state encampment at Wenat-
chez.
Hite linus of Kalama, prosecuting
attorney, was elected president of the
pioneer branch of the Cowlitz County
Pioneer and Historical society at its
second annual meeting held in Long
view.
Resignation OF A. l.. Porter. since
1908 secretary OF the Western Retail
Lumbermen's association, which he
organized. was announced at Spokane
Roy s. Brown, traffic manager. sue.
ceeded him.
I ]. Il. Agnew, general manager OF
the Seattle fur exchange. reported ut
tho rlnaa Of a t,pr dov ou,tion ~ IA 10
concern that nearly 1900 lynx were
sold at an average price Of Si7. The
rest lot brought s27.
Edwin McKirahan OF Vermont was
elected national president OF the
Young Peoples Christian union OF the
United Presbyterian church, In session
at Seattle. Miss Myrtle Patterson OF
Pennsylvania was named general sec
rotary.
Fir from the northwest is gaining in
popularity in the middle-west states.
is the statement of Il prominent re.
tail lumber dealers OF Kansas and
Oklahoma who were in Longview on
II trip through this section To acquaint
themselves with lumber conditions.
The Pacific Northwest Tennis asso-
citation held it's annual meeting at Ia.
coma and reelected officers for the
ensuing year as follows: Henry +.
Gray, Portland. president; Ben T. Lew.
is Seattle, president; +. II. Car,
dinal, Vancouver, h. C.. secretary.
treasurer.
Within another month salmon
hatchery operations will be started
by The state OF Washington on the
Lewis ard cowlitz rivers. thus mark
ing the first major steps in the plan
to concentrate more Columbia river
salmon propagation work on lower
tributaries
Attorneys for Wallace Cloies Gaines
demanded in superior court at Seattle
that clothing and an automobile be.
longing to Gaines and seized by state
Ne1'hAH N' iNNAA ufh " HIS WIG A2NlntS
goes on trial August 2. charged with
numbering his 22-yearold daughter
Sylvia, June i6
Six Pacific northwest manufacturers
of veneer plywood completed an or.
ganlzation at Seattle to institute an
Industrial cost study and Increase
their markets. Tie concerns we're:
Portland Manufacturing company.
Portland, Or: Harbor Plywood com.
| pany HoQuiam wash; Macksll Paine
Veneer company. Vancouver. Wash. /;
Walton Veneer company. Robinson
Manufacturing company. Everett.
Wash. and Elliott Bay MIN company.
Seattle.
a total of 1858 was paid out In Grays
Harbor county for predatory animal
bountios during the three months end
ed June 3d. according to a report is.
sued by W d. Campbell. county audi
tor. OF the sum $3.50 was Cor IS Wild.
cats. 50 for three coyotes and $50 for
three cougars