Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-05
WASHINGTON STATE
Brief NEWS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled fer information
of Our Readers.

More than 500 attended the first
annual reunion of the Masonic lodges
of the Spokane district at Wildwood
high school last week.
The Southwest Washington Fair as.
sociatlon's total receipts for It's last
years business were S3o1sS.ol Elk.
pendltres totaled S29951O6.
Mary Laraway, age 10, OF Spokane
was severely burned about the body
when clothing she was wearing at a
Halloween party caught fire
Seattle spent ss7Ooo,ooO last year,
ran into debt 100000 and owes S7l-
100000, according to report of the
United States department of com
merce.
First shots in a war OF United
States marines against mail bandits
were fired at Easton, 60 miles south
east of Seattle on the Northern Pa
cific railway,
A large barn on the old studebaker
place in what is known as Jimtown'
north OF Castle Rock was DESTROYED
by fire OF undetermined origin. The
barn was full OF hay,
With revenue Of s2.O0o,ooO in sight
for next year. regents Of the Univer-
sity of Washington announced that
the faculty will be enlarged and a
building program put under way
The Clark county auto park at Van
couver to date shows a profit for the
year OF s259O3, according to Deputy
County Auditor Calendar Receipts
totaled S1sO1 and expenditures 1881.
Damage 10 apples in the September
25 freeze was not as heavy in Walla
wslla county as in many places in
the northwest, according to F, G.
Robb OF Washington. D. G., specialist
The walla Walla chamber Of com
meree has been notified that plans
for the completion Of the Burbank
wing dam. closing the Snake river.
we're approved by the war department
October 90
The Ceutralla high school debating
team lost its first debate Of the sea
son and the first since 1928 to Ray
mond high school at Raymond. The
centraIia school had record OF II
straight victories
William Bush. sheepherder Of Col
fax, was killed Saturday in an auto
mobile accident two miles south of
Rosalla. His shepherd dog had to be
roped before anyone could touch the
body Of It's dead master
Throe COWS belonging TO Q. L. Whit
ney were elocjroeuted when they came
in contact with high power electric
wire attached TO two poles which tel
on his farm near here The wire was
said TO be of asOO voltage
a truck being driven to Longyiew
by Charles Wilson OF Rainier, Ore
burned and Mr., Wilson sustained mi
nor bruises whom a small bridge
caved in while the truck was or it.
Insurance covered the loss.
The Good Government League is an
other Spokane club to announce is
iutontion Of taking tree in the stand
OF virgin timber the Washington State
Federation of womens clubs wants
to set apart as state park
N L. Tooker, who returned from a
ten.dsy trip over the northwest, esti
mated that the boxed apple crop OF
the walla walla district will be 10000
carloads below early estimate es @
result OF the September frost
Municipal authorities were puzzlsd
at Seattle over the weighty problem
Of whether to perfume the city's gas
oline supply on whether TO color Il
like circus lemonade 10 prevent city
employees riding at public expense.
Niuety-niue per cent Of the personal
property tax levied in 1928 On proper
~ in Incorporated towns in CLARK
county. and 97 per cent OF the tax in
country districts. has heen paid, Coun-
ty Treasurer Eshelman amounted
Freezing temperature hit Spokane
and for six hours the mercury was
below the s2-degree mark Tho cold
est temperature was 26 degrees a
low mark OF 90 degrees was also re-
corded OF Yakima, while waila waila
reported So
Improvements 10 the school rlani
at Glenoma, in eastern Lewis eoguty
have been completed at a cost Of
about s22.bo0 Heating veptilatng
and sanitary equipment have been In
stalled In the school, and q new sym
uaslum erected
Apples are moving faster out OF The
Northwestern states than last year
Total shipments from sl the boxed
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