Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-06-01
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
OF Our Readers.

peonies and sweet peas to predomin-
ate.
Airplanes from various parts of the
northwest were in Wana walla satu
day and Sunday to take part in the
two-day air derby and circus.
c. H. comprey, So, Of Black Dia-
mond was seriously injured in a cave
in of the voof in the new Great North
ern tunnel at Scenic last week.
James NJ Birmingham, 81, pioneer
Aberdeen merchant and G. A. R. vet
eran, died last week at the Old Sol
diers Home, orting, following a brief
illness.
The cornerstone Of seattie's civic
auditorium was swung into place Sat
urday afternoon in the presence Of
Mayor Bertha X Landes and Mayor
elect Frank Edwards.
Plans are under way for the estab
lishment OF q junior college at Yaki-
ma and campaign will begin at once
to sign up $50 to 200 students to enter
such an institution next fall.
Samuel II. Miller well known sunny
aide pioneer celebrated his Goth birth
day by taking a trip to the mountain
district of the upper valley to view
the great government dam at Rimroek.
May is marked the opening OF the
new 100000 canning plant OF the Puy-
allup & Sumner Fruit Growers asso-
citation at Puyallup The plant is now
busy on rhubarb and strawberries will
follow.
Ralph Reed Jr.. a son of City De-
tective Ralph Reed, and billie Lsmer-
eux IA, son of d. Lamereux of Lyn.
den, were drowned Sunday while
swimming in squalicum creek near
Bellingham.
A crew OF 41l men, including both
skilled and unskiHed workmen, is EN-.
ployed at the site of the Weyerhaeus-
er Timber company's new mill at
Longview Work is progressing rap
idly on the mill b1ildings, although
no machinery has been installed as
yet
Seattle will be headquarters for the
reorganized and enlarged West Coast
Lumbermeu's association, under the
direction of Col, w. b. Greeley, former
United States forester. now secretary
manager Of the association. 1t was an
nouuoed by J. d. Tennent Longview,
president.
Telephone messages from the town
OF Naches, 70 miles northwest of Yaki.
ma, reported that the town was burn.
ing Several garages and stores were
in flames, the whole business district
was threatened, and the entire male
population was making fight to save
the town, the message said.
Donald Ensley, Il, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. c. Ensley of Onalaska, is in
Chehalis hospital dangerously hurt
when he was gored by bull The
brute tore through a fence from
pasture in which it was confined,
charged the boy and cut his body bad.
~ before the lad was rescued
June . was announced as the date
for Centralla's annual rose show to
be held under the auspices OF the Civic
club Ribbons will be awarded for
first second and third places A floral
display will be held in connection with
the show, in which speciag attention
will be paid to flowers other than
roses.
The Southwest Library association
held ita annual convention in Contra
la last week and elected Mrs Eva
Henderson Of South Bend president
for the coming year, Miss Hazel Lewis
OF Puyallup, vlce-president, and Mrs.
Lester Byrd, Kelso, secretary. Next
years meeting will be held at He
GUAM
Jack sibel 10. a messenger. was
near death in hospital in Walia Wal
Ia from serious burns he received
when his motorcycle burst into flames
and crashed into curb The fire
Is believed to have started when the
storage battery generator burned out
and the oyerheated motor OF the ma.
chine isnited the gasoline.
Refusal OF the government to CON
tinue payments OF tuition for Indian
children attending schools IN reserva-
ton districts win affect about SlS,0oe
10 $4,000 which certain districts have
received. The governments attitude
Is said to be based on q clause Ia the
state constitution binding the state TO-
furnish free education 10 AN children
There are 90 Libraries in the state
OF Washington with l.02i00O books on
their shelves ami an annual circula-
zion OF 100000 J. So mtt state