Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-04-13

SATURDAY Dy ueIsySu DidSt at lHe
Strong & Mcdonald construction camp
on the Olympic highway, approximate
ly 10 miles north OF Hoquiam
Nine independent telephone com
panies of Oregon and Washington are
to be merged into an $S,0OO,0O0 cor
poration, which will be headed by
Charles Hall OF Marshfield, Or, and
w. N. Winter OF Everett, Wash.
The Easter school vacation of Mar
garet L. Erdahl, 10, and Herbert L.
Brodahl. IL, ended fatally last week.
A raft on which they were adventur-
ing on pond at Milton. near Tacoma,
capsized and they were drowned.
Bellingham bought 1OOO-gallon
American-LaFrance pumper for its
fire department last week. The pump
er will be delivered July l and will
pump 1000 gallons mintue at 12O
pounds pressure and will cost S13,500.
The Skamania county May festival
will take the shape of pageant, de-
veloped from the history of ihe coun-
ty. Skamania figured strongly in the
history OF the west. The pageant will
show this development from pioneer
days.
Walter r, Rowe, Yakima. has been
appointed by Governor Hartley re-
gent OF Washington State college to
serve the unexpired term of \. Dun
can Dunn, drowned in a ferryboat ac-
cideut recently. His term ends March
9, 1929. +.
Postal receipts at the Vancouver OF.
flee for the first quarter OF 1928 to-
tailed $1i4iS.4S, compmcd wish So
1896, ain increase OF SJ543S, accord
ing to the report of Assistant Post
master Gutenberg. Receipts in March,
1928, totaled S4991.53.
Entiokatchee, booster organization
for the Wenatchee blossom festival,
April 27 and 2S, is out to sign up 1000
members in order that the financial
end OF the festival will be assured. a
membership costs SO. the money go
ing into the festival fund.
Totaling $4,000, Auburn building
permits for the past month broke
several years old record. Nearly the
entire amount consist OF the S65,OOO
permit issued to the Steele Motor
Service, Inc. Auburn building permits
usually run around $4,000 month.
Remaining apple storage on April l
in the Yakima valley was 1,79G cars,
against 1000 cars on the correspond
ing date in 1927, and Wenatchee stor-
age was 1928 cars, against 9l6 cars
last year. according to Yakima Valley
Traffic ana Credit association figures.
On petition of residents OF the Ka-
lama and Cloverdale school districts,
County superintendent w. o. Powell
sci April 2l as the date for consoli-
dation elections in the two districts.
Two years ago it failed to carry in
Cloverdale district by a narrow mar.
gin.
Theft of about 1900 pounds OF cop
per wire belonging to the Pacific Tel
cphone & Telegraph company and val
ued at s2iO was reported recently to
the Yakima sheriffs office II was
taken from the roadside near Gle
Elum. where linemen had left it over
night
One hundred new street signs are
being erected in Montesano by the
local Active club, The signs will GOV
err practically all parts OF the town,
and will be the final preparation ON
the part of the city for the forthcom-
ing establishment Of free mail de
livery.
Postal receipts In Aberdeen for the
first 1928 quarter reveal a substantial
| gain over the same period last year
according to Postmaster Powell. Total
receipts for the quarter were s2i,
iSS So. This is S125s or 5l3 per cent
above the total figure for the first
quarter Of 1927.
a friendly suit to test the authority
Of the board Of Cheney Normal school
in proceeding with the sale Of $3.50,
coo In bonds for purchase OF new
dormHury and construction Of a new
building was instituted in the supreme
court at Olympia recently by Attorney
General John H. Dunbar.
Winifred Moore, l2. Of Yakima. lost
both legs last week when she skated
into freight train and was thrown
under the moving wheels. The child
was on roller skates and had been
holding 10 the moving cars to obtain
motion. Her right foot was crushed
and her left leg cut off below the
knee
Forbes & Wilder. Olympia have re-
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