Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15
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OF Latte STATE NEWS

With mild weather prevailing, rec
ord crowds attended the annual Sc
attic poultry show.
The 1927 meeting of the Western
Washington Education association will
be held in Longview.
A. r. Cruikshank of Kelso was re-
elected president of the Cowlitz Coun'
ty Sportsmen's association.
John T. Condor, dean of the Uni
versity of Washington law school, died
from heart attack in Seattle.
The Wenatchee District Cooperative
association held its harvest home festi.
val for members and friends at Wenat'
chez.
A joint state convention of Wash.
ington and Oregon jewelers. associa'
tions will meet in Longview April 26,
27 and IS.
Robert NJ. Lawrence, assistant pur.
chasing agent of the Alaska Steam
ship company, shot and killed himself
in his bed in his home in Seattle.
Seattle's bank clearings during 1925,
s2,2O5, 4,62S3S, established new
high record Clearings in the previous
high year, 1920, We're s2,072, ,63s s,436,00.
The department of the interior an
nounced at Washington, d. c. that pre-
paratory construction has begun on
the Kittitas high line and is being
pushed rapidly.
A. H. Gordon, ex-superintendent of
the Kelso water department, was
found guilty of Misrepresentation OF
public funds by jury in superior
court at kelso.
A total gain of $1,675,5S4.39 in de-
posits of the respective banks and saw
ings and loan associations in Olympia,
over the deposits of 1924, is contained
in reports just made public.
An older boys conference was held
in Vancouver and was attended by
$50 boys above Is, from the section
extending from Castle Rock on the
west to Stevenson on the east.
Gains by both the Walla Walla saw
ings and loan associations were made
in 1925, according to reports made
public. Both companies declared divi-
dends on the basis OF 6 per cent.
The 1925 pack of canneries in the
northwest will be about 5,000,000
cases, an increase over 1924, it was re.
ported by operators at the session Of
the Northwest Gamers association at
Seattle.
Miss Effie Shaw, age 90, because of
whom Cecil Snyder, Spokane, killed
himself in the city hall at Charleston,
committed suicide by taking strych-
nine in her room at the Potter hotel
in that city.
All of the 727 men and 3S officers of
the two battalions of the seventh in
fantry, stationed at Vancouver attend
ed the exercises held in honor OF the
12Sth anniversary of the organization
of the regiment.
One hundred and three mills report
ing to the West Coast Lumbermen's 9
association for the week ending Jan,
uary 2, manufactured 45124,G59 feet
of lumber sold 7O,67S,27O feet and
shipped 69,O14,99 feet.
To discuss the proposal of putting
two trains daily to Portland, Or, by
way of Longview instead OF Kelso,
over the tracks OF the Longview &
Northern, hearing has been schedul-
ed for January 25 at Kelso.
August 10, 20 and Il have been set
as the dates for the 1926 joint state
conventions Of the American Legion
and the legion auxiliary in Longview,
it was announced by Hugh Robertson,
commander of the Longvew post.
Director of Business Control Olaf
L. Olsen flatly denied the report which
gained circulation about the state
house earlier in the week that he
would resign from state employ after
adjournment OF the special session.
Washington growers who failed to
protect themselves early on seed po.
tatoes are now paying fancy prices,
according to market reports Certified
seed from outside districts is finding
ready sale at sS5 a ton, the report
states.
During the special session of the
Legislature S22 bills were introduced
in the senate and 324 in the house. OF
this number 227 were passed by both
houses, and "a either definitely re.
jected or indefinitely postponed after
some consideration.
The state highway commission
awarded a contract for construction OF
n huge steel and concrete span across
the Columbia river at Vantage ferry
to kuckenberg & Whitman of Port.
land, Or. at n bid of SG2S, 49G25. There