Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-05

delivered 70 ereameries-
Earl Mansfield and George Holm
berg. employees at the Hicks zawmill
at Underwood Wash, were injured
when their automobile went off the
North Rank highway on a hairpin turn
md plunged 25o feet into the canyon
Of the White Salmon river.
Members of the Washington Grow
/ ers' Packing corpoyatIon have deliver
ed 100000 pounds Of the 1925 crop
Of Clark county prunes to the packing
! plant in Vancouver and about 1000
900 pounds remain to be delivered,
W. H. Wood, manager said,
Five hundred Chinese pheasants
have been released in Cowlitz county
by Justus Muk. deputy game warden.
and Chester Leiehhardt, game warden.
One hundred OF the birds were re-
leased in the vicinity Of Kelso Castle
Rock, Longyiew, Kalama and Wood.
land, respectively.
I The state supreme court struck
from the record arguments before it
in ease in which authority of the
state capitol commission to award
contracts for SisS,OOO in furnishing
the new capitol in Olympia is in ques-
tion. Rehearing of the arguments was
set for next Friday
Heavy rains in the Pullman vicinity
OF The early part OF last week brought
the total for August, September and
October TO 79s inches, or within 10
inch of the record established in 1898
or SIS inches With four days to go,
/ it is possible that the 2s-year-old rec
ord may be beaten.
( A plunge in the cold water of the
Chehalis river in Aberdeen proved
fatal TO Phillip Bohmar of Cosmopo-
lis, As boom man for the Grays
Harbor Commercial mill BONNER slip
ped on log week ago and fell
into the river, He was rescued, but
contracted pneumonia and died
( a field Of so acres just outside the
city limits OF Longview to the south
east has been sci aside for an air
plane landing field, it was announced
by A. NJ. Tracy, commander of the
Longview American Legion post,
which has been taking the initiative
in having landing field established.
I Harley Fleetwood and Merton and
Max Curry have established small
sawmill on an sO-acre tract belonging
{ to Fleetwood in Rose valley. east OF
Kelso, to cut the alder timber on the
place. The mill is operated with
/ tractor and cuts $500 feet OF lumber
daily Three carloads OF alder have
already been cut and shipped
University OF Washington regents
have no authority to allow vacation
OF university lands for road building
by county or city unless full market
value Is obtained for the property,
Attorney General Dunbar held, The
regents committee on lands had
asked II the board had authority to
allow vacation OF certain land in Kit
sap county for building Of county
road without obtaining compensation
for the land
An ancient two.ton fire bell, IN.
tolled for many years, in a tower in
Carkeek park on Lake Washington.
delayed iorgflye hours acquisition by
King county Of the park. which is to
be included in les grsut OF Sand Point
to the United States government as
flying field Morgan j carkeek. rep
resentative OF the Seattle Historical
society. objected to signing a deed TO
the county unless assured that the bell
would be cared for aud returned to the
society. It's owners.
The public schools Of Washington
have kept pace with the continually
rising standards OF Instruction in com.
mon and higher schools and still
stand In the first rank for efficiency,
a position they have held for several
years This statement was made by
Mrs Josephine Preston, superintend-
ent Of public instruction. IN her I'D
dress at the Joint teachers Institute
Of Whitman. Spokane Pend orenIe
and Franklin counties in The Central
lchristiou church at Spokane.
A proposed Law for presentation to
the next state Legislature that win Ia
clude measures to prevent deiaulting
of local Improvement district bends
Iand remove needless restrictions on
city improvements was being draitet
Ilu Taroma by a committee appointed
IRt recent local Improvement district
conference In Aberdeen Members OF
ihe committed are Mayer George l.
eamer and CITY Engineer n. W. Az