Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-07

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cember will reach figure in excess
OF S5 per esnt better than the record
set last December. according to Post
master Philbrick.
An earthquake shock severe enough
to cause few of the citizens to rush
from their homes was felt in Wenat-
chee last week. Ceilings we're cracked
in some buildings.
Olympia business men, at lunch
con last week, subscribed one-fifth Of
$4,000 necessary to bring a $4,000
paper plant to Olympia and took steps
to raise the balance.
Robbers pulled a triple burglary in
Ridgefield last week. and escaped in
a light truck with more than $500
worth of merchandise, ranging from
a radio set to wearing apparel.
l. ]. Dohner, OF Wenatchee. who re-
turned from trip to the east recent
ly, stated that he found many sections
of the east where western apples were
arriving in an overripe condition.
Nelson Willis OF Tacoma, "a years
old, is under arrest in Olympia,
charged with running down horse
being led by :. boy and speeding on
without offering aid. The horse was
killed,
Fire Chief Dallas Jenkins of Wenat-
cheo made report fcr 1926 showing
the total loss by fire to be SS,il7,
There were riftyfiye fires during the
year and the loss is less than for
many years.
The Ephrata chamber of commerce
holiday decoration committee report
ed that the streets were not decorat-
ed this season because trees that had
been provided for that purpose had
been stolen.
c. N. Christensen, iS, was killed in
stantly last Monday when he missed
his footing and fell 80 feet in the
workings OF Wilkeson Coal and Coke
company at Wilkeson. rs miles south
east Of Tacoma.
Fred Hatch. nineteen, OF Yakima,
received as Christmas present, an
appointment TO the United States ma,
val academy at Annapolis. The ap-
pointment came through Congressman
John W. Summers.
Everett Meeks, "a, and unmarried
was killed underneath load o: logs
which lie was hauling on sled neai
Deer Park, 40 miles north of Spokane.
The LOAD became loosened when Che
team was frightened and ran away.
JOINT committees OF the Aberdeen
and Hoqulam chambers OF commerce
dispatched to legislators, army engl.
neers and Secretary Hoover demands
that relief in the form OF bar dredgine
be accorded Grays HIarbor harbor al
once.
The Interstate commerce comnis.
sion authorized the Northern Pacific
railroad TO cease operations on It's
ocosca branch of five miles in Grays
Harbor county The railroad estimat.
ed that ii lost $4,000 in operating it
in 1873
Twelve Poison logging company
camps around HoQuiam reopened last
week at full capacity, after brief
ehutdown for the chratlnas holidays
The Immediate continuation og logglng
operations by one Of he largoat oper
ating concerns In the Grays IIarboi
district Us given as ar doafo
stobl operating conditions aud a
steady log market
Two steelheads. one weighing 81
pounds II ounces and tba other weigh
or weishng 10 pounds d ounces were
pulled from the cowlitz river at Win
lock last week. The winter run ol
steelhcada in the CnWlit2 aud Lewll
rivers has started.
More than oueihrd OF tie repro
sentatlyes-olect 10 the coming sule
Legislature arc agricuiur.als. OF ID,
o7 house members 81 listed thoui
selves aa iatmers only orefonrth
of the Representatives in the last leg
islature were agrieuliuriats.
The population Of iIeguiam aa ia2lI
draws to close 10 1885 accordine
to an estimate compiled here seven
years after The hst decenninl censua
The city had a population Of iOO5s
in 1929 Urban population viii raise
the HoQuiam Figure to 10000. It has
been estimated.
Salaries OF city officials and their
assistants. with lim Of payment
were fixed by the Wenatchee city
commissioners who passed an orii.
nance embracing these matters. The
lgures range from sa00 per annum
o $4,000. not Including the city health
department.. which ia almost $500