Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-10-28
WASHINGTON news
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Principal Events Of the Week
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started.
The American Legion post at Cen
tralia held a three days show, ''The
Days OF Forty-Nine," at the armory
last week.
-Four hundred cars OF apples were
included in the shipment of 76S ears
OF fruit and vegetables sent out from
Yakima last week.
vader voters Saturday carried a
school tax for general purposes by a
vote OF "a to 65. A special 2-mill levy
for Fairgrounds was lost by a vote OF
81 to 80.
With what is considered a success
ful administration to her credit, Mrs.
Bertha X. Landes, mayor of Seattle,
has announced her candidacy TO sue
coed herself.
The Commercial Air Transport COM
pany, through its manager, A. r. Scott,
announces that it would construct
three airplanes in Everett, beginning
in a week,
OF the six bids opened at Ellensburg
Monday on the clearing of the 2l1-aere
site OF the Kittitas high line irrigation
project, the General Construction COM
pany of Seattle was lowest, sS6,s25,
Between 200 and 800 groeers. from
all parts Of the state gathered in Ia.
coma last week for the 2Sth annual
convention of the Washington Retail
Grocers' and Merchants association.
Fremont Troubneck of Marysyille,
81, is in an Everett hospital with seri-
Gus gunshot wounds received when
his gun was accidentally discharged
while he was hunting grouse near that
city.
Interstate bridge tolls will remain
as at present. So voted the bridge
commission at an adjourned session
in Vancouver last week, ON motion Of
Stanley Myers of Multnomah county,
Oregon.
Group No, 4 of the Washington State
Bankers association, comprising the
territory between Tacoma and the Co.
lumbia river, held its midyear meeting
in Centralia last week, attended by
about rs,
A, S Wilson was given the contract
last week for grading and grayelins
two miles of the Emil West road in
the cowiche valley, at a cost Of s1l,-
600, The work is to be completed by
December 10.
II, A. Davies. Port orchard pioneer,
Go, died al the Virginia Mason hospl-
tai in Seattle, after an illness of only
a few days, Davies came to Seattle in
1883, and Joined the Klondike gold
rush in 1897.
Miss Lillian cnverley, %, was in.
stantly killed and her companion.
Claude Rae, suffered a broken leg and
internal injuries Sunday morning in
an automobile collision eight miles
south Of Everett.
Walla Walla city commissioners
have adopted ordinances fixing the
budget and The tax levy, and gave two
readinga to m ordinance 20 issue s6b.
600 In refunding bonds to take w the
city hall obligations,
Tom Nesbit, Yakima restaurant man.
was crushed to death under his car
Sunday afternoon when II was wreck.
ed and overturned after u collision
near Wapato with an automobile dFly.
en- by Frank Lowther
welin wuiln was selected for the
next meeting place Of the Northwest
Association OF Credit Men, which
elosed US session in Lonsview last
week The dato Of the next conyen-
ton was NOT announced.
Actual production OF paper at the
now rumwatur Paper mills VIA begin
the letter paFl OF this woak The ma.
chlnery has been placed ard Is ln read.
inesa 20 be tested md thoroughly con.
ditoned before the expected grind
The HniahinE touyhaa ore hrlns liy.
ea tHo lnlerior ~ the Caaile tapater,
Vancouver gs50.ooo rlay houso pre-
paral,ry 10 tho opening next week.
r1is ,ein ba- Gao rr,atest event % the.
suioal aud motion picture history OF
Vancouver
October % has been fixed as the
date ior dedication OF the eew two.
story Masonic temple in pe El The
ceremonial viii Or under aasnloos OF
Grand indee Officers and lodros in
southwest Washington have been Boz.
vitcd Go attend
Kids were called recently By state
Highway Engineer Humes on loui
contracts Tor November s. Including
suriatiue with concrete the shoulder
on tho Pacific highway between rsge.
ma and Reiondo 90 Kips and Fierce