Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-09-17

Captain Howard v4ushan. so years
old, one Of the first to operate boats
on the Columbia river east of the Cas-
cades, died in Weuatshee hospital.
C. L. Longwell of wenatchee last
week shipped carload of pears to
Seattle to be loaded for Hangkow,
China. $50 miles IN the Yangtse river.
Pile driving has started at Belling-
ham for the foundation of the S175,-
600 tissue paper factory being CON
structed by the Pacific Paper Mill
company.
The first school fatality OF the year
was recorded at Wallula, when Robert
Burdett, aged 9, was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Rev. o, d. Haines
OF Everett
Seattle has become the 18th city in
America to have 100000 telephones
and the first one north of San Fran
cisco and west OF Minneapolis with
that number.
A building permit has been issued
at Beliingham for the cCnst u ion of
the 100000 Mount Baker theater.
North American Theaters will operate
the new playhouse.
A levy OF AZ mills, required to raise
the tentative current expense budget
for Clark county for 1927, was adopt
ed by the commissioners and is the
lightest levy since 1917
A broken rail near Windy Point tun.
mel in the Cascades caused the ditch
Ing of five cars of tke Great Northern
transcontlnental passenger train. No
one was seriously injured.
The appointment OF Il. d. Hodge, of
Tacoma, 10 the PIorce county Judge.
ship vacated by the death OF Judge
Govnor Teats, was made public at the
office of Governor Hartley.
The state board OF tax equalization
finished its schedule of hearings Fri
day but will remain in session for
another 10 days in making decision
on the various cases heard.
George NJ. Nell, rs, was rescued by
party Of Quinault Indians who found
him after he had wandered almlessly
and without food or water for nine
days in the Raft river country.
A five year s45OOOOO Improvement
OF Rainier National Parl; near Tacoma.
and roaas which lead into IT, has been
outlined by Asahel Curtis of Seattle,
chairman Of the parks advisors
Sale of flour mill In Tacoma of
the BalfourGuthrie company. known
as the Crown mills, to the newly or.
ganized Fosier.Rogers Milling com
pary YVES announced at Seattle.
olympIa's special election on the
proposal to annex the nelghborlng
suburb OF rumwater and also extend
the present corporate city limits In
other directions met with failure.
Appointments to the state board OF
health ure Dr iames II. Eagan OF
Tacoma ~ samuel CalblcIs Of Ever.
EFT, DR., John O'shoa Of Spokane and
Dr Clarence A. Smith o. Seattle.
Three members OF the Gath cavalry,
Tacoma National Gunrd unit, giving
exhibltion drills and games At the In.
teratate fair AZ Spokane, were sent to
the hospital as result Of accidents.
Warren A. Peterson OF Tacoma was
almost insanity Killed in logging
camp near Yim whom cable from
n donkey nc snapped and struck
him on the hcal iroaturine the skull.
a LOGGING camp will be built 10
miles oad ol Oslrander In the weyer
bacoH n"anys holdings
A fou- m.la csians.on from the Cow.
ll'z be- eomrapys railroad
Is nus ull by Hanson and
Eva
nearly ten min
~ stopped thr
mnrl mggA 35 mill
,or ata- art9rsu horrible
njue sd Olympia Harbor Lum
.or conpany plant from which he
died
On their way homo from school.
Raymond Won Pelt and Daniel Algcr
stopped to play on raft In Green
lake at Seattle The raft tipped, toss.
Ing both boys into the water Pelt
drowned while Alger swan ashore
Tho body OF Peter Glondoman. 7s. Of
Toledo, supposed to have jumped Off
ma Pacific highway bridge at Toledo,
uas recovered from the cowlitz river
one mile below that city at the mouth
Of Bin creek.
Carl Moroiak 10 years old. Is In a
Puyailnp hospital suffering with frac.
ared ribs and other Injuries received
Nh.n fosced to umu from a train