Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-12
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news

! thsdttTS IN seattle, POrtlanu ana Othe
/ Pacific northwest cities last summe
to the Pacific Northwest Theater com
4 pany.
Several hundred dollars worth o
merchandise alleged to have beef
stolen from Centralla stores, was re
! covered and two women, Mrs. ANN
Gallow and Mrs. Charles w. Duncan
are under arrest as the result of
search made at Centralia lodgini
house.
A cedar box 16 inches long,
inches wide and inches deep, will
hinged cover, divided into three com
partments, filled with select walnuts
prunes and filberts grown in Clarl
county, was presented to Queen Mari,
OF Rumania by the Vancouver cham
Der of commerce.
James T. Binford, who was con
Nicted of manslaughter because Of
the death of a woman In an automo
bile collision in South Bend last Sep
tember, has won an arrest of judgment
on the ground that the information
filed did not allege facts sufficient tc
constitute misdemeanor.
Advance ticket sales for the Wash
ington State homecoming game with
Oregon at Pullman November 10 are
the heaviest in the history of the
graduate managers office, according
to Earl V. Foster, director of student
affairs. More than $4,000 alumni fans
and students are expected for the
event.
The department OF public works is.
sued an order resembling the certifi.
cate granting Lloyd's Tourist Travel
company permission to operate inter.
state passenger and express service
between Seattle and Los Angeles on
the ground that the liability and insur.
ance policy filed by the company was
not In proper form.
Announcement was made OF the
resignation OF Charles Il. Auker az
manager of the Walla Walla Gardens
association and his appointment as
manager Of the Milton Cooperative
Fruit Growers association OF Milton
and Freewater, effective January 1.
Mr.. Auker has been manager OF the
gardeners association for six years.
Complete revision OF the tariff
schedule OF the Harbor Island Dock
& Warehouse company of Seattle was
filed with the department of public
works by W. Muirheed manager OF
the company. An increase on this
handling of window, art and plate
glass and of latll is shown, but the
rest OF the changes effect reduction
j. S. Waugh, Aberdeen merchant
who at receivers sale In Tacoma
purchased a string OF Washington r.
A. Pitcher Dry Goods stores for 800
600, probably will not operate any of
them, he says. He plans to dispose
of the stocks OF all the stores. The
stores are located at Everett Bremen.
ton, Tacoma. Monroe. and Aberdeen.
Democratic leaders OF Cowlitz coun.
ty, who had forecast large demo.
cratic vote this year because OF the
great influx OF southerners with tho
Long.Bell Lumber company. were dis.
appointed by the results. The demo
cratic vote was in proportion TO tho
vote Of former years. the election be
ing overwhelmingly republican except
for the election OF G. u. Dill as sheriff
The makeup OF the Washington
state Legislature appears settled with
81 republicans and nine democrats and
one progressive In the house and 40
republicans and two democrats In the
senate The membership OF the 1927.
1928 house. all new. was split over
policies OF Governor Hartley and
neither the republicans following him
nor those opposing him had a major
ity.
Orders booked for future delivery
Of lumber last week showed de
crease OF 21.5s21sl feet. compared TO
the previous week. according to the
weekly report OF the West Coast Lum
hermen's association. The orders BOOB.
Ell last week totaled 9O.s10.ss2 feet
There also were decreases in produc
tion and In shipments. Production
last week totaled i14.0651ss feet and
shipments totaled i01.sis.4s0 feet.
W. j. Zimmerman. president OF the
Wells Brown company o..
Portland. was injured fatally when
his automobile skiddcd At a turn d.
The Pacific highway near Ostrander
lie died in the Longvisw hospital.
Presidents and representatives OF
The boards Of trustees OF the thre,
Washington state normal schools met
in annual conferences in Seattle anf
discussed Standardization of salarIes