Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-03-09
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

/ School district No 81. south I'll liar-
rington. and the Harrington city dis
: trict. have voted to consolidate. ac-
cocding TO Carl w. Morgan, county
school superintendent.
DIR. John P. Munson. 81, director of
the department of biological science
at the Ellensburg Normal school since
1889, and a lecturer and author on
biology, died there last week.
/ While hunting seals last Friday In
Quilcere bay. Louis Shields OF Port
/ Townsend, IL years old, was fatally
wounded by bullet accidentally fired
by Laurence Maddox. companion.
Fred Flslin. Ahkanum valley ranch
er. about three miles from Tampico,
was killed by accidental discharge of
his rifle as he was crawling through
IA fence while hunting IA coyote. re-
Gently.
| Nick Carson. farmer living on the
Little kalama eight miles from Wood
| land lost his house. household goods.
chicken house. 325 chickens and $50
in moecy. which he had Just borrowed,
by fire.
The Northwestern Mining associa.
tion has pledged itself to support the
Columbia basin irrigation project in
.he first OF series of resolutions
adopted at its 33d annual convention
held in Spokane last week
Free homesteads for settlers IN the
diminished Colvllle Indian resrry ,tion
are proposed in bill introduced in
congress by Representative iiiit. Set
tiers who have already paid Tor Then
lands would be reimbursed
At a special meeting of the Cheha'
| lis city commission orders were given
for immediate construction of a han
gar capable OF housing the largest
ships. at the recently acquired Che
| halls municipal aviation field.
Sunnyside irrigation district water
users plan court action to enjoin col
lection of levy OF 81 an acre annn-
ally for three years TO pay Sl65.000
delinquent assessments due the gov
ernment on lands declared to he worth.
less,
The annual meeting of the Thurs
ton County Pioneer and Historical so
ciety was held in Olympia recently,
and the program was largely to oh
serve the 18th anniversary OF the or
ganization OF the territory of NASH
ington.
The annual meeting OF the Washing
| ton State Cattle and Horse Raisers'
association will be held in Okanogan
April instead OF April 3, as previous
ly announced. Two hundred men in
terested in the raising and marketing
CT livestock are expected to be- pres
out
Yakima church workers, including
minister's and laymen, will organize
the Churchmen's Service club next
week with q memberships limit OF Ion
and membership in It Pr,testan,
church as one of the requirements
Weekly luncheon meetings are plan
ned.
Director of Licenses G. K. Maybury
has announced the issuance OF SiO,SS2
motor vehicle heenses during the first
three months OF the current year,
compared with 297.61O for the same
period last year With speeding up
Of delivery of new model ears and
good weather In eastern Washington
Maybury expects license applications
to show large ii.cs ese.
Spokane postal receipts last month
set new February mark. the total
being s96Si5. according to Postmas
ter smith This exceeded by si7OS
the February. 1927. receipts, and was
the biggest February In the history OF
the office
February proved a record.breaking
month in HcQuiam, according to the
city engineers totals. The records
show 80 permits representing a value
OF S244.745 in new construction, or
more than three times any former
February figure.
Work OF pouring concrete for tse
new History Marcus Whitman hotel
at Wallo Walla. suspclatd just before
Christmas. was resumed this week
and the structure is expected TO rise
at the rate OF a story a week.
With fewer apples to be marketed
than were on hand one year ago. and
record OF large shipments during
February. the Yakima market reflects
an increased confidence that all rel
naming stocks will be disposed of
early before the close Of the shipping
season.
Salary Increases that will add about
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