Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-25

tempted to halt it with his hands. The
machine hurled him to the street and
one of its wheels passed over his body
He slowed the car sufficiently to per
init a passerby to leap on and apply
the brake.
Sandy, Or, relatives OF Everett
Browning, surprised murder victim.
have notified Aberdeen police that
they will pay $500 reward for informa.
tion leading to the arrest and cOnvic.
tion of Browning's slayers. Brownings
body was found on hill near Ho-
GUAM in April 1925, with bullets
through the heart and head.
The state supreme court has affirm
ed the Lewis county court in denying
the Central Labor Temple association
the right to demand payment of the
$1,000 new labor temple trust fund
from w. F, O'Day, ex-treasurer for the
Central labor council. under whose
auspices the subscriptions for the
temple were collected several year.
ago.
Frank Harper Craddock, assistant
!, engineer OF the department OF public
works AZ Olympia, is in Montesano to
start a survey of the water system OF
the Puget Sound Power & Light com,
pany. which supplies the town. This
survey is for rate-making purposes and
Is being made at the Joint request OF
the city of Montesano and the com.
pany.
Miss Anne Mulheron. Portland. was
elected president OF the Pacific North,
west Library association at its closing
session at the Big Four Inn, 40 miles
east of Everett in the Cascade noun.
tains Other officers are: First Vice.
president, Ralph Mum, Seattle; sec.
0nd yice-president, Margaret Clay, Vic.
tOria; secretary-treasurer Constance
Ewing, Portland.
The department of Washington and
Alaska, Grand Army of the Republic,
in session In Seattle, voted to hold its
1927 convention In Wenatcheo and to
invite the national order to hold an
encampment in Seattle next year. j.
II. Shaw OF Sedgwick post, Spokane,
was elected department commander,
succeeding w. j. Baker of Everett.
Edward C. Warner OF Everett was
named senior yice-commander.
The Pacific Bridge company OF Port
land has completed the second of the
wo steel spans over the CowltH river
near It's mouth. The bridge is part
OF the Longyiew road to the Pacific
highway, which is being constructed
by the city Of Longview at cost OF
approximately 35OO,OOO. The east ap-
proach to the bridge is about 75 per
cent complete. The west approach
was completed some time ago. The
paving on both sides OF the bridge Ia
all laid aud In the process OF curing,
with Indications that the three and
ane-half miles short cut will be open
Tor travel on the scheduled date,
July l.
The state highway commission has
awarded the following highway i'm.
provement contracts: Lincoln county
Constructing concrete slab bridge
over Cottonwood creek on state road
No. 2, east OF Davenport, to Louis
Delevik of Spokane, s319S. Whatcom
county Grading and draining about
SS miles Of state road No 1 between
FerDdale and Dakota creek, with 49,.
500 cubic yards OF excavation. to
George A. Banderett OF Ilryn Mawr.
at s57,bs4. Klttltas county -surfacing
with crushed gravel 9.S miles Of state
road No. ? between Gle Elum and
Little creek and the surfacing with
gravel of g,3 miles Of state road No. 3.
Ellensburg vest and south; and ST.
miles Of state road No. 7, Ellensburg
east, TO + s. Bishop Of Seattle at
s2s.375 Lewis county Constructing
a concrete bridge on state road No.
north Of Centralia. TO d. Nygreu OF Sc.
attic at slGzl7 skaglt county Con
slraction Of l1i0.foot wooden side.
walk on skagit river bridge. state
road No 1. to Paul Neilan of Seattle
az S25so Klickitat county -Resurfao-
Ing with crushed rock or gravel of IS
miles Of state road No. 8. between
Lyle and Warwick. 10 George " Haz-
ard Of Stevenson. at sls.4
/ Theodore y Bruener Of Aberdeen.
attorney for sandsrson & Porter. have
filed a number Of condemnation suits
ia superior court al Chehalis IN con-
nection with the first unit Of the ss.
100000 hydroelectric power plant 10
be built near Mayfield by the Federal
Light & Traction company. Ultimate
plans ot the sanderson a Porter In
1 terests contemplate an expenditure OF
upwards Of S20000, 900 in the Coslitz