Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-15


announced by the University of Wash
ington. The enrolment is twice that
OF 1918.
Bellingham's financial condition is
said to be excellent, its bonded in
debtedness having been cut during
the past few months from s452,00 to
s25O,OOO.
Terribly burned when her clothing
caught fire while she was standing
at the cook stove in her home in Spo-
kane, Mrs. Mary Tippett died of her
injuries.
Walla Walla city will have the
same tax levy. 1871 mills, as last year.
but the receipts will be much higher
owing to the increased valuation OF
city property.
Arthur Oaks of Kalama almost sue
ceeded in catching a deer which had
been driven into the Columbia river
from the Oregon shore near Goble,
from his boat.
The Rev Albert Atwood, 81, early
day Methodist minister in Seattle and
other parts OF the northwest, died at
the home Of his daughter, Mrs. A. w.
Hoppock in Seattle
The memorial to the soldiers of the
91st division, to be erected at Camp
Lewis, will be in the form of stad-
ium modelled after the Doughboy stad-
ium at Fort Denning, Ga.
WoodrO Furneth, 10, died last week
at Tacoma, and his mother, Mrs. Iver
Furneth and his brother, Kenneth, s,
We're not expected to live as the re-
suit of eating home cured salmon.
Closing of the Il. L. Smalley drug
store at Walla Walla last week brings
to an end the oldest drug store in the
state OF Washington, having been
opened SO years ago by Dr.. j. II. Day
approximately 1000 students are
now enrolled at the Belllngham nor
NAL school. Four hundred freshmen,
the largest number in the history of
the school, have passed the intelli.
genoe test.
The Brookfield Quarry and Towing
company of Astoria purchased an is
sue oi 81 600 worth of seven per cent
bonds Of Glking district 13 of Cow
liz county at price OF $50 Oh zach
500 par value.
A session Of the standard training
school for Sunday school workers of
the Puget sound conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will be
held in the First church of Vancouver
October 10 to 10.
Buroham & Green completed the
new bridge across Mulholland creek
on the upper Coweeman road last
week and the bridge is now open to
traffic, replacing bridge that had
been condemned.
While residence in Charleston was
burning early Friday morning bur.
glars broke into drug store there
and carted away safe Weighing 200
pounds and containing s1Oo in cash
and valuable papers.
Washington residents numbering
l23.3 visited Rainier national park
during the 1926 season. government
officinls announced. For the year
ended September 30, there were ld1..
1876 people registered at the famous
mountain resort.
Tho Wolyerton Auto Bus company
has filed an application with the de.
partment Of public works to re-astab-
llsh auto freight service on the penin.
ula between Port Angeles aud Point
Ludlow and TO extend freight service
IN to Seattle.
J. D. Ross. superintendent of the
municipal lighting system at Seattle,
waa issued a permit at the Noun,
Baker forest office at Belllngham for
he extension of seattle's railroad
nom Gorge creek to Canyon Diablo,
distance OF iour miles.
The old log house, built in 1916 by
Richard coylneton, an empioye OF tn,
Hudson's Bay company, has beer
moved from where 1t stood, near tn,
present site OF Orchards. to Levericf
park on tho Pacific highway at th'
northern limits Of Vancouver
Sessions Of the grand lodge Of the
knights OF Pythias and Of the grant
temple, Pythian Sisters, ended in ia
coma with installation Of officers
Kelso was chosen without opposition
for the 1927 convention, the time be
ing set for the first Monday OF Ocso
Der.
The Harris Logging company haI
filed suit in the Lewis county super