Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

| IhCre IL Bulu 10 Dc from ~ 10 ~
inches OF snow In the mountains east
md south of Wnlla Walla, most oI
which has fallen recently.
r. A. Kolsay has bought l20'foot
lot in Chelan for $1,000 and will begin
work In the spring on twostory hote
and theatre building to cost 100000.
Harry Collier poultry expert OF Ia
coma, states that Washingtons egg
production this winter has been the
argcst he has ever known, owing t.
mild weather.
Fred ], Croy, 20, was killed at the
Long Bell Lumber company camp al
Ryderwood when he was struck by a
falling limb, which fractured his skull
He was faller.
Federal Judge Neterer during the
Olmsted liquor conspiracy trial at Sc.
attle ruled that the government could
not read from records evidence OBJ.
tained by wire tapping.
David H. Shaw, 65, who died last
week at Coliax, was one of the most
widely known pioneers of eastern
Washington, He had been in the postal
service for many years.
Oscar Nordstrom was badly burned
at Yakima when he rushed into his
blazing home intent upon rescuing his
infant son, who had previously been
rescued by the mother.
The first of a number of conven.
tions to be held In Longview during
1925 was that of the Northwest Con.
crete Products association, which took
place Friday and Saturday.
James NJ. Vernon, n, postmaster at
Everett, died in Washington, d. c.,
where he was visiting his son, Leroy
T. Vernon, Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Daily News.
James NJ. lesson, AZ, was killed at
the plant of the Crown.Willamette
Paper company in Camas, the head
Of steel steam tank exploding and
striking Mr.. lesson on the head.
Mrs. Henry Landes, president of the
Seattle city council has announced her
intention of seeking the office of
mayor, making six candidates for the
position now held by Mayor Brown.
Construction started last week on
group of AZ houses to rise in newly
opened section of Longvtew's east
side, near the Longview, Portland and
Northern Railroad company's depot
The 1925 report of the Walla Walia
Gardeners association, a cooperative
concern, shows dividend of s per
cent on the preferred stock and dis.
tribution of SS237 undivided profits.
H. &. McKenney of Kelso, ex.judge
If the superior court, was appointed
20 the new judgeship for the district
comprising Cowlitz, Skamania and
klickitat counties by Governor Hart.
ley.
uprooting of tree by storm near
Clarks Fork, Idaho, revealed two.
foot vein of silverlead ore declared by
the owner, Compton l. White, to be the
richest strike in northern Idaho in
20 years.
w. c. Gray, 81, who died in Spokane
last week, was Civil war veteran
had been resident of the city for as
years, was member of the first city
council and built the first hotel in
Spokane.
Whatcom county's agricultural and
industrial output in 1925 totaied SS2.-
100000 in value, OF this agriculture
represented S12,545,OOO and lumber
$10O0O,000. Fisheries disbursed ST..
$4,000 for wages.
Russell Tremaine, 10, of Bellingham.
whose parents refused to permit him
to attend school, because he was re.
,uired to salute the American FLAG.
was committed to the Washington chill
dren's home at Seattle.
The state capitol commission has
authorized issuance of Sl,0O0,OOO of
capitol building bonds to finance con.
struction of the new state capitol
building. The legislature at the regu.
lar session In 1925 authorized $4,000
900 for the work and the present bonds
are the first issued under the act.
Ground was broken at Cen,rala for
the construction of the new $50 900
building for the Centralia General Hos.
pltal association. 1t is estimated that
the building will be ready for occu.
pancy in about four months.
While hurrying to the hospital at
! liley with Mrs. j. ]. Potter,
school bus that had struck the woman
ran down and killed Bruce Shell,
years old. The bus was being driven
es% Frank Thompson, school janitor,
The regulAr annual meeting OF the
West Coast Lumbermens association