Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24


Edward y. Smith ~, d.cd in b
lingham from bucns received when a
gasoline stove exploded while he was
sleeping.
A young doe deer wandered in the
Kittitas valley from the foothills and
in attempting to jump fence near
Ellensburg broke its neck.
Justice Mcintosh, member of the
supreme court since 1918, was elected
to the position of chief justice for a
twoyear term, effective January TO-
1927.
One man and his fishing boat are
missing and two other boats are
wrecked as the result of a sudden
storm which swept Willapa harbor
last week.
Kittitas county commissioners Will
receive bids January is on sS25,OOo
worth of Kittitas county bonds, the
funds to be used in paving 20 miles OF
county roads
Up to December of this year re
ceipts at the Port Angeles postoffice
were S4O,391, which entities the office
TO go into first class at the beginning
of the next fiscal year.
After much debate the freeholder
commission, now meeting 10 revise
the Tacoma city charter, voted to
change the age limit of city candidates
from 25 as it stands at present. to
the legal age of 2l
The coming session Of the legisla'
ture will be held in the old chambers
rather than in the incompleted new
building, it was decided at the meet
ing OF the capitol building committee
in Olympia recently.
Miss Alice II. Lindberg, 10, of Brem-
crton, died in Pullman of typhoid fever
following meteorological experiment
at Washington State college last
month in which she accidentally in
oculated herself with the germs
The cornerstone for the Aberdeen
Salvation Army hall was laid With i'm
pressiye rites in Aberdeen last weel,
The Army hall was donated by Joseph
D. Dabney Los Angeles oil millionaire
who formerly lived In Aberdeen.
Clyde Hulford, a mill employe OF
Bellingham, purchased small touring
car Of popular type for rs cents. lie
drove II away under its own power.
This was said to have set low record
price in Bellingham for automobiles.
For the first time in the history OF
Grays EIorbor county, so lar as rs
known, an opossum was caught by a
trapper. when Robert crinlaw found
young one dead 10 one Of his traps
about six miles up the Wynooche river
from Montesano.
General Iamea a. Drain. who served
as Acknowledgement Of this state 20
years ago aud since then has fought
in the world war and held the offce
OF commanderiuohlei Of The American
legion, returned to Spokane last week
TO make his home
A. n Blood. assistant Grays Harhor
county engineer and cHoiiy engineer
Of Aberdeen aad HoqdIam, was Killed
when an automobile IN which he was
riding plunged ovef q 30ioui bank on
this Olympic highway three miles
north of Quiicene, Clallam county Dr..
o. r. Austin also OF Aberdeen driver
Of the car, and Mrs Austin and Mrs
Blood were unhurt although the car.
after rolling over once, pinned them
ali beneath g.
Nr and Mrs Il. Barsiow who re.
side az Cinebar. 30 miles cast " Che
halls. celebrated their seth wedding
anniysfanry recently a. lha home
their daughter Mrs Phoebe De NOR
OF Chehall4 Sir Harslow viii b. 90
year. nld July 81. ne1l
Christmas presents ia the form oi
psfoles and discharges have been "a
tended by Governor Hartley 60 80 in
mates Of the state penuenfiary and
state refonnatory. effective Dteomhaf
is. 1t whs announced from tte nifie,
Of the aecetary rs slate.
Appropriations taiaiing $4,000 inf
operation and mala'enanra of ludnr
hospitals on the aane anl Yatau
reservation war lclal q in The iI
ter.or department iafpnai'0n il
which passed tho house oi rpf6aaat
tiyss last week
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