Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
WASHINGTON STATE
Brief news items
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Bucoda's new grade school was
formally dedicated Monday night.
Mrs. Mary Miller, IS, former resi-
dent OF Bucoda died at st. Peters hos
pital in Olympia.
F. w Sanderson was elected mayor
Of South Bend in the city election, de
feating C. A. Coulter exmayor.
Frank Wakefield, Aberdeen carpen'
ter, was accidentally shot in the
shoulder while duck hunting on the
Satsop river.
Means OF stamping out the drug
evil win be considered at an all-north'
west anti-narcotics conference to be
held at Seattle January is and 49,
II. Sutton, of Seattle, was sentenc
ed to 10 days in jail at Medford, Or.
upon his plea of guilty to charge OF
falling to report an automobile acct
dent
School enrolment in Aberdeen fol
the first period shows a gain OF lO
per cent over the same period last
year. according to Superintendent
Miller.
The Cashmere chamber OF commerce
sent carload Of apples to Tacoma to
be distributed to veterans OF the world
war in Cushman hospital and theiI
families.
The Clark county commissioners
have issued necessary orders for the
election December IA OF supervisors
In the nine drainage districts in the
county.
While standing in front of the Par
adise store, 10 miles south of Spokane,
Ben Fiahback was held up by gun.
man, robbed OF 500 and shot through
the arm.
The population OF Olympia is now
$4,000, according to the semiannual
lupIttllOil VI tnc Wy oOt WV
Just completed by the postoffice do
partment.
A nucleus for tr!.county medical
association was organized at Long
view when Lewis, Cowlitz and Clark
county physicians mot ut the Hotel
Monticello.
More than 800 Rotarinns and theii
wives from Southwest Washington
and the olympic peninsula gathered In
Olympia for an annual inter-city Ro
tary banquet.
Failing to make curve on the high
way near Monitor. Sharon Bailey, 20
was instantly killed when his car left
the road plunged down the grade and
struck telephone pole.
The United States forest service
road crow has completed It's work on
the upper Toutle river road between
ST. Helens and Spirit lake and a per
manent grade has been established.
A steel bridge with concrete ap
proaches over the Washougal river on
the North Bank highway near Cana,
has been completed by the Union
Bridge company and is now open "a
traffic.
Toll receipts on the interstate
bridge at Vancouver fell off s4776.6O
in October as compared with septem
Dor. according 10 the report of Auditor
Rae. The total for October was $40.
01375.
A conference for American Legion
posts In the fifth Washington district
consisting OF Sksmania, Clark. Cow
litz aud wahklakum counties, was
hold in the Legion building in Van.
couyer
W. II. Miller, yiea president Of the
First National bank Of RltzvIlle, has
Just closed a deal whereby he becomes
the owner OF 1900 acres Of wheat land
on the main highway between Pasco
and Kahlotus.
Motors were burned out. trees fell
across electric transmission wires and
electric service generally was much
disturbed by combined wind and !
rain rain storm which swept the
Olympia section
a syndicate Of contractors and real.
tors has started the construction OF
thresstory $4,000 modern apart.
ment at Hoqulam. The building will
include 10 apartments aud will have
basement with 10 garages
The commercial apple crop Of wash.
ihgton was estimated al 25.500, O00
bushels November I. according TO a
federal crop report issued at Spokane
This compares with a five-year aver.
axe Of 2i.0si.000 bushels.
Judge Avery, who has been on the
superior bench at Spokane since Judge
Oswald resigned. has given out
statement that he viii surrender the
bench as soon az Charles Leayy, who