Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-18
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS Of INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
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of Cur Readers.

Eugene Thomas of Walla Walla was
named president OF the wenaha Cattle
and Horse association.
Fire destroyed the mems dormitory
of whitworth college near Spokane
with an estimated loss OF 500 GOO
The vader school district of Cowlita
county voted sSOe0 in bonds for cor,
struction of new school gymnasium
Governor Hartley honored the
reputation of the governor OF Oregon
for the return of Albert Brownlee,
wanted in Lane county on murder
charge.
a revised charter for the city Of Ia
coma was adopted by the voters OF
that city. No radical change in city
government was provided by the new
charter.
George Waino. 10, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Waino of Kelso. was killed
at the ostrander Railway & Timber
eompanys camp when he was hit by
a hanback, line.
Bids for the repair of Centralia's
new reservoir, which cracked last
June when water was turned into it,
will be opened March 20. Estimated
cost is about $4,000
According TO George C. Jewett, pres
ident of the Spokane Federal Land
bank, that organization sold 80 farms
in the month of February, the sum in
volved being s112.5SO.
Consolidation of the Columbia State
bank of White Salmon, Klickitat coun
ty, with the State bank OF Lyle was
announced by Harry C. Johnson, state
supervisor of banking,
The tentative budget for mainten
ance of Vancouver schools for next
year. as approved by the school board
totaled S21sOOO. a slight decrease as
compared with last year.
County Engineer Deako filed with
the Clark county commissioners a fay
orable report on the proposed drain
age district No, 10, lying east and
north of Manor The district contains
1s94SG acres. The project will cost
s72S9sO.
The cowlitz County Sportsmens as
sociation is working for the estab
lishment of small game preserve for
waterfowl on low ground adjoining
Silver lake, where it is proposed to
spend about $500 in planting wild rice
for feed.
Two petitions signed by 100 house
holders Of Vancouver, asking the coun
ell to ADOPT an ordinance to compel
dog owners within the city limits to
keep their dogs on their own prem.
ises without tax or license were pre-
scented to the council,
Fay Shields, %. of Tacoma, was
killed. and Irene Lucas of Aberdeen,
was seriously injured when an auto.
mobile in which the t@o girls were
driving to Aberdeen from Tacoma
crashed into truck aud trailer at a
crossroads two miles east of Monte.
sane
The Qucets and Clearwater districts
Of Graya lIarbor county viii have tele.
phone connections with the outside in
the near future. Lines viii be put up
by the forestry service along the high.
way from Lunch creek to Clearwater
More than 100 families viii be served
by the lire
Ruling that mutual telephone asso.
ciations. while not Immediately under
the jurisdiction Of The state depart
ment OF public works, must pay state
sees and make reports on exchange
phone calls made with tho lines Of
other phone companies. was made In
an attorney generals opinion at olym-
pin.
An order Of necessity condemning
property on the upper skagit river in
eastern Whatcom county. was signed
In superior court at rockingham on
petition Of the city OF seattle which
seeks rghtof-way for transmission
limos and a railroad to- Diabolo rgityon