Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

A joint conference of trust Officers
OF Washington ano Oregon will be
held in Tacoma March 26.
The town plat OF Olequa has been
vacated by the Cowlitz county com
missioners due to lack of development
Rapid progress is being made by the
Western Construction company in the
erection of Centralia's new S325,OOC
hotel.
The heavy run of smelt continues in
the Lewis river and fishermen are TAX
ing 100 or more boxes from the river
daily.
The value of building permits is
sued in Vancouver in February total
ed s24,5i9, compared with S5S,9S5 in
February, 1926.
The American Bank OF Ritzville,
wiich failed two years ago, will pay
out in full this month, Lyman Burnam
receiver, states.
Using the silk cord from her bath.
robe, Mary Sullivan, "a, hanged her.
self OIL the stairway at her rooming
house in Seattle.
]. T. Roberts, prominent contracto,
and builder, So years ola, died Satur
day in Spokane, where he had lived
continuously since 1873
Mrs. r, o. Dunbar was elected presi,
dent of the Thurston County Pioneer
and Historical society at the annual
meeting held in Olympia.
Master and journeymen BARRIERS of
Longview have reached an amicab!e
agreement on working hours and
averted threatened strike.
A modern brick building recently
completed by Washougal grange of
Clark county was dedicated Friday
with appropriate ceremonies.
Resignation of the Rev. a. L. Derby
of Peshastin, state chaplain of the
American Legion, was announced by
legion headquarters in Seattle.
The new increased tariff recently
filed by the Montesano Telephone
company has bpsn ordered suspend
ed by the state department Of public
works.
A modern firsproof theater, con
crete, brick and terra Gotta construc
ton, so by $50 feet, with a seating
capacity OF 73O persons, Is being erect.
ed at Camas by the Community In
vestment corporation.
Rev. c, r. Swanson, of Semitic was
reelected president Of the Lutheran
Columbia conference Tor his 18th term
at the first business session of the
Both annual convention Of the organ
ization at Mount Vernon.
Contract was awarded for the new
tw0.story building which the s. H.
Kress company OF New York win build
at Aberdeen. The Greene Engineer
ing company of Aberdeen won the
contract with bid Of S75,000.
Edward w. Stetson, United States
immigration inspector nj Seattle. was
arrested on San Francisco federal
grand Jury Indictment accn5lng him
of conspiriug with five Chinese to
smuggle narcotics into this country.
John Mitchell of Vancouver, u. c.,
was killed Instantly aud Arthur Ward
of Brush Prairie, was injured serious
ly when they we're struck by choker
cable al tho cnmr Of the ostrander
Railway ami Timber company at oB-
trander.
A house bill, authorizing cossion 10
the city Of Vancouver of strip Of
land paralleling tha Columbia river
within the Vancouver military ressrva-
tion, wag adopted by the senate The
land ls to be dey,lopel into q hlghwny
by IT, city
The tide gateu on PUGET island, To-
Gated directly across thc Columbia
river from cnthianet viii be rebuilt
DikIng distfic, 30 of wan siaknm
county lei the contract for the work,
which represents ap expenditure Of ap.
prodmatoly $4,000
W. H. Koough wag killei by a aup
posed premature hlas' - min
north * colHlle boIas operated is
The Fidelity Mining company Of spo
kane.
Marriage Licensees issued At Van
couver in February fll eight beloT
ihe number issue! ia February. 1876
ne total was t57. compared with 1sE
1926 The total for ths two months
1927 was s4e, compared With 359
= 1926 a gain q
p T. brewster. marshal nt Sultan
: niles east o. ~ vreit, was saot
trough the LETT lung b. an unid snit
ed man whom he had placed under
Tea; and died two hours iatcr in g