Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

The seventh annual convention or
the Pacific Northwest District Luth
eran league was held at Centrala.
The 26th convention of the Colum-
bia district Luther league was held In
st. Paul's Lutheran church at Van
| couver.
The Seattle municipality has pur-
chased two downtown lots and is plan
ming to build a new city hall IL stories
high and to cost s1,60O,000.
Receipts of CowlitL county offices
for the first six months of 1926 totaled
| S21, 1886 and the total receipts for
| the year will break all former records
Accidentally coming in contact with
q wire carrying 1000 volts. Harry
Woods was killed instantly while work
| ing on a telephone pole at Aberdoon.
! The state school superintendent re-
ports the Medical Lake school for de-
fective children filled to its capacity
Of 500 and 400 names on the waiting
list.
| To formulate plans for an economic
survey OF the Columbia basin project,
George c. Kreutzer, director OF reclan
alton economies In the department oil
the interior. will arrive in Spokane
Friday.
Contract for the construction Of the
new Northern Pacific freight terminal
at Spokane, to cost 100000. has been
awarded to Edward ]. Duningan OF
St Paul, who will start work imme-
distely.
An extra tax Of 10 mills was defeat
ed at special school election held In
Bucoda. The proceeds Of the levy
were to have been used for an addition
to the new Bucoda school and for the
purchase OF equipment.
The state supreme court has ruled
that the city OF Seattle must pay to T.
X. Isitt $4160 as the result OF col
lision beween streetcar and 1sitt's
automobile In February last year. isitt
was badly injured in the collision.
The city OF Snohomish has applied
to the state supervisor OF hydraulics
for permission to appropriate 80 sec
ond feet OF water from Pilchuck river
| %. anil nj tho do.
velopment ID estimated ut 3250.000.
The Cowlitz. Chehalis & Cascade
railway, Chehalis' local railroad line,
Saturday extended Its passenger, ex.
press and freight service over the com.
pieted portion OF It's extension to Sal
KUN. rs miles southeast OF Chehalis,
Contract for two bridges on the
Ocean Beach highway route WAS
awarded to u. Nygren OF Seattle. who
was given the work on his bid OF s2S,-
s4s. The bridges are over Salmon
creek and Naselle river In Columbia
county,
Wallace Cioyes Gaines was convict
ed by u superior court Jury at Seattle
Of numbering his daughter Sylvia, 20,
and the penalty was fixed ut death
Ivy hanging. Gaines collapsed after the
verdict was read. John D. Carmody,
lefense attorney. announced that IN
ppeal will be taken.
Permission was granted by tho In
ArstDte commerce commission for the
Washington state department of public
works to intervene in behalf Of the
Great Northern railroad in It's petition
10 obtain use OF Northern Pacific rail-
road tracks TO gain access TO Jointly
owned Seattle terminal facilities.
The bodies OF Mrs. Ada Marringer.
so. owner and operator OF Seattle
hotel, and +. II. Seymour. 60. were
found In the hotel office in Seattle.
A pistol was clench.d In the right
hand OF Seymour who lay few feet
/. from Mira. Marringer. Police said II
was case OF murder and suicide.
Emil Backlund ex-carpenter OF the
Z freighter Eldridse, and Elick Thomp-
son, former boatswain on the steamer
. whestland Montana. were charged
5 with frat degree murder In two open
indictments returned by the federal
srand Jury at Seattle. Backlund ia
1 charged with the death OF Captain
4 John II. McNichol OF Seattle. who died
. In Japanese hospital May 10 from
gunshot wounds. Thompson is accus
ed OF killing Francisco Paredes, sea
man. June is.
Extension throughout the season o.
A the current rate on apples from thii
country to Great Britain was reported
TO Cunard Steamship line headquart
ers at Seattle Rates are 30 cents I
box for ordinary storage. and so cent?
for refrigerated storage.
The Boeing Airplane company OF Sc
!. attle. after constructing planes for th'
government for ten years. announced
y that 1t would soon begin construction