Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-03-23
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news

tion announces an increase in its cap
ital stock from 100000 to 100000,
1t is cooperative concern.
Longview's first spring opening will
be held March 90, and will include an
automobile display, civic parade and
& benefit dance for the baseball team.
The new Evergreen Community ho-
tel was formally opened in Vancouver
last Saturday The feature OF the
opening was banquet for $50 invited
guests,
Plans for cooperative purchase OF
purebred Guernsey cattle have been
made by Fern Prairie grange and a
committee is at work gathering prices
and other data.
The state OF Washington, with bid
of Az per cent at part, has purchased
the 500 900 Selah district school bonds
issued for the purpose of erecting a
new building.
The Ryderwood school board has
announced the appointment of j, H..
Miller as superintendent TO succeed
Glen G. Hill, whose resignation takes
effect June 30.
Machinery is being installed at the
plant OF the p. and II, Brick and Terra
Gotta company at Elma, and early
operation of the plant is announced by
the management.
Membership in Vancouver chamber
of commerce has been increased TO
40, the largest in its history, and the
drive is still in progress, Z. ]. Berry,
president, announced recently.
Plans for the giving of another
bench show this spring by the Grays
Harbor Kennel club have been aban-
doned, d. p. Pearson of Elma. secre-
tary OF the club, announced recently.
DR.. Oscar A. Tingelstad, one of the
outstanding educators OF the Lutheran
church, has accepted the appointment
as president Of the Pacific Lutheran
college at Parkland, south of Tacoma
Walla Walla's oldest citizen cele-
brated her birthday anniversary last
week. Mrs Mary Pickett, resident
of that city for the past forty-fiye
years, is one hundred and one years
old.
The Carlisle Lumber company re-
sumed operations Tuesday at its mill
at Onalaska following three weeks
shutdown, the result OF short circuit
burning out all the motors in the
plant.
Announcement was made recently
that employing printers OF Portland
Tacoma and Seattle will hold con.
vention In Centralia April rs, when a
northwest organization will probably
be effected
port recently. when thp chamber OF
commerce approved plans OF its avia-
tion committee, to spend about $500
In putting the port commission fill in
condition for a landing fold.
Mrs. Bertha K Landes, Seattle's
first woman mayor was decisively de-
feated for reelection last week by her
opponent, Frank Edwards Edwards
polled 5a,03S votes to Mayor Landes
a9,s9g. giving him majority of 1874,
the largest ever accorded mayoralty
candidate in the city City bridge
building, involving nearly S2.0OO.OO0,
carried by huge majorliies, as did a
bond issue for another 100000 grain
elevator for the municipal port.
The Oregon Washington Railroad y
Navigation company mailed to the var.
ious county treasurers OF Washington
state an aggregate Of sl,Oi7 1926, GOV.
ering 1927 taxes on properties of the
railroad and its subsidiaries in the
state.
Automotiye traffic is now able to
travel over snoqualmie pass from ihf
west as far az Camp Duncan, lou
miles east OF the summit and the pail
through the five feet OF snow has been
widsned sufficiently to allow two cars
to pass.
The Oriental Limited. crack train
on the Great Northern run betweei
Seattle and Chicago, struck large
rock on the tracks near Dryden Sat
urday afternoon and the engine turned
over Only the engineer was hurt
City officials Of walla wallo have
adopted the ordinance setting aside
on additional $4,000 for creek 'sadg
ing An equal sum already has been
spent The food OF last Sunday has
brought in more gravel, which Off.
cieis state must be removed.
The report ~ Auditor Rae Of th'
Interstate bridge at Vancouver shoc
IN Increase OF s57s2sG in net receipi
/ from the bridge for three months