Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19
WASHINGTON STATE
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

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David Leland Spalding was nomiuat-
ed by President Coolidge for register
Of the land office at Seattle.
February lumber shipments over the
Port of Grays Harbor terminal We're
low. amounting TO but 5.391,02S feet.
A meeting Of the Pacific northwest
advisory board of the American Rail
way association is scheduled for March
&c at Spokane.
Contracts agsregating s174,sol Tor
the construction OF an addition to the
olympia high school have been award
ed by the school board.
The senate adopted without record
vote measafe appropriating s69'VOo
fer construction of road throush Mo
clips Indian reservation.
sherman Taylor, TO- a religious re-
cluse. was murdered at Tacoma by an
unknown person who killed his victim
with one blow OF hammer.
The meeting OF the American LIE
gion for the fifth district, comprising
Cowlitz. Clark and Sksmania counties
will be held in Relso in April
An invitation has been extended by
the okenogan Commercial club to the
Washington Press association to hold
its annual summer meeting in okan-
ogan.
Construction of the $4,000 home Of
the Centralia aerie OF Eagles is pro-
crossing rapidly and March rs has
been set for the laying ol the corner
stone.
Heavy majorities in favor CT pro
posal for the erection OF a public audi
torium and 100000 school bond is
sue we're shown by returns in the
city and school elections at Spokane.
Early catches OF CLAIMS on the Grays
harbor beaches indicate successful
season: The diggers have been at
work few days, but their catches so
far have been good, despite unfayor-
able tides.
Many pioneers attended the funeral
at Seattle Of ex-Federal Judge Han
ford. who died in Honolulu February
2s. The home OF Judge Hanford. who
died at "a, was in Seattle from the
age Of years.
one hundred and two mills reporting
to the West Coast Lumbermen's asso-
citation for The week ending March 8
manufactured 99Ig1,7O4 feet OF lum-
Der. sold 1O9.s5i,5Ol feet. and shipped
los. 81, SS6 feet
NJ G. Teuneut. 40, steel manutae-
turer. was elected mayor of Tacoma
over his sOyeur-old opponent. A. "
Faweett. Faweett, who is completing
his fourth term of office. was defeated
by more than 5000 votes.
State parks ara this year to be open
ed April j, it was decided at a meet.
ing Of the s'ate parks committee.
which resulted in Harry A. Young, ~
perinteudent OF parks being ordered
to have the state plots ready by that
time
As a result Of the wrcckng Of the
steamer Haraisan Maru at the en-
trance 60 Grays harbor large quaint
ties of flour aud lumber have been
brought by the coast currents into
wiilapa harbor and also strewn along
the ocean beach az far south as Long
Beach
A bin authorizing appropriation OF
100000 for construction Of road in
the northern part OF Mount Rainier
national park. 80 miles southeast o.
Tacoma. has been introduced In con
gress by United states Senator Din Of
spobane. The read would be approx
motely Il miles long
Clearing and grading fdr q iismtI,
extension Of the Silver Lake railway
& Lumber companys loggins Ioal
starting at a point about five mile.
east OF Castle Rock and running NORTH
has been started by The Mccormick
Lumber company which Is using ih,
Silver lake line In its logging opew
lions.