Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-12-30
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NAION III AhAhllAet ANtoA WYNN
Mike KEGS. Everett cafe proprietor.
was killed Friday night on the Pacific
highway when his automobile skidded
and plunged SO feet down an embank-
ment
BnIs presented to the Walla Walla
city commissioners last week showed
total cost of the new fire station re-
Gently completed and occupied to be
s12OS4S5
]. F. schreiner has been elected
president OF the Yakima County Cow
Testing association. B. D. McKelheer
was made vice-president and James
Garretson. secretary.
Thieves broke the cash register OF
to Elks' temple in Aberdeen last week
ana escaped with about 5000 in cash.
A greater amount in a cash register
drawer was overlooked.
While attempting to clean a rifle
in his home at Almira, Martin Kruger,
the son OF Mr. and Mrs. A. G Kruger.
was fatally injured when the gun was
accidentally discharged.
Attempts to reopen KXRo, Aber-
deems radio broadcasting station,
which was closed some months ago,
are being made by Jones & Jones, Inc,
Aberdeen realty concern.
Herman e. Reeder 50, connected
with the Bloedel-Don lumber mills
at Bellingham, died Wednesday just
an hour after having been taken i'll
in the plants planning mill.
A franchise granted by the Douglas
county court to Il, E, Buell. for the
construction of toll bridge over TIE
Columbia at Brewster has been held
valid by the stste supreme court.
Blackberries that can be eaten like
bananas. several bites to each have
been grown in Ferndale by F. N
Block. Most of Blocks berries meas
ure the length of mans thumb.
Hill Williams was elected president
OF the Pasco chamber Of commerce at
last weeks meeting OF the organize
ton Earl James. yice-president for
the past year, was reelected to that
position.
During the past year Yakima county
has expended more than 100000 on in
digent relief, poor farm. county hos
pital. soldiers relief and other welfare
work Mothers pensions amounted to
s15,44O.
Santa Claus visited $500 Christmas
trees in Walla walla, it was estimat.
ed. twenty-five hundred trees were
shipped in from the government forest
reserves and 1000 came in from the
surrounding hills
Fire destroyed the sawmil Of the
Cascade Lumber and shingle company
in snohomish last week, with an esti-
mated loss OF 100000 The blaze
was believed to have been started by
dust explosion.
A complete canvass of the votes
from 200 unions shows that James a.
Taylor OF Seattle has been elected
president of the Washington Fedora
ton Of Labor over Harry NJ. Cali by
u vote OF $3.50 to s9l2.
Work on the Marcus Whitman hotel
building at Walla Walla stopped lat
week and will not be resumed until
weather again permits pouring OF con.
crete The basement, main and sec.
ond floors have been poured
The Columbia aud Cowlitz Railway
company and the Woyerhaeuser Tim
Der company have filed an application
with the Kelso city council for per
nit to erect poles and lines along
their railway through part of West
Kelso
Or. and Mrs. c. E. Richmond OF
Yacolt were found guilty by Judge
Blair of Clark county on a charge Of
refusing to send their daughter. Q, to
school They were fined s47eO each.
including costs. total Of ss5sO, and
ordered to start the child to school
at once
For years the chamber Of commerce
OF walla Walla has sent to school
children all over the United States
information about Walla Walla for
use III school Until last week not
one child had written 10 thank OH
cials ior the courtesy The mail ons
day last week brought a few words
OF thanks from hobby shorb, lola.
kansas school boy
Mayor S. r. Gray of PuyaIlup lost
the middle finger on his right hand
lust week when 1t came In contact
with a circular saw used on construo-
ton work at the new plant Tor the
Fuyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers
association.