Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-05-04


ago.
Lewis Neumeier, aged 3S, employed
as brakeman at the Turyey logging
camp near Tenino, was killed when
he slipped and fell between two log
ging cars.
May "a and 25 have been announced
as the dates for the annual Yakima
music festival. 1t will be held this
year under the auspices of the Yakima
National Guard.
Goldie Burns, 90 confessed to police
in Spokane that she was the brains
of more than score OF drug store
and taxicab robberies in Seattle, Ia
coma and Spokane.
Sixty-five thousand dollars worth OF
new buildings, comprising two-story
rectory and a one-story parish hall,
are to be built by ST. James Catholic
Church of Vancouver
Total 1927 receipts of the Olequa
toll bridge, spanning the Cowlitz river
at Olequa, were s12,962 50, according
to report of Charles E. Huber OF
Portland, Or, secretary,
William Crimmins, 70, died in Sc
attic Saturday from injuries received
when struck by Shell company gas
truck, making the 32d traffic death in
that city since January l.
The season in the national forest
area of the Blue mountains around
Walla Walla is about normal now, AL
bert Baker, forest ranger said on his
return from the hills last week,
L. n Plamondon, T. c. Blue and G.
F. Plamondon of Woodland sold to
New York buyers 2600 pounds of pep
permint oil This leaves only 400
pounds of the 1927 crop to be sold.
Yakima valley "old Boys Of the
civil war we're entertained by the boys
of the American Legion at banquet
in Yakima last week The event will
mark the birthday of General U. S,
Grant.
Seattle union carpenters stand five
to one for the five-day week in their
craft This was learned last week in
the final count OF the vote on the is
sue, cast by 1000 carpenters in a refer
endum
seattle's population, including some
adjacent communities which are con
sidering being annexed by the city,
was estimated at more than 5t2.42S by
II. L. Polk company, directory census
takers
Crippled with rheumatism, George
Anderson, 63, lost his life Monday at
Tacoma when he fell head first in the
mud OF a waterway near his home
at low tide and was unable to extricate
himself
More than l3 per cent Of the steel
to be used in the construction of tho
ten million dollar cruiser at the Bre-
merton navy yard has been discharged
by freight ships in the past several
months
Two hundred and fifty new resi-
dences must be constructed in Port
Townsend within The next eighteen
months, TO take care Of the additional
industrial population assured by the
increased paper manufacturing plans
oil the National Paper Products com
pany. zellerbach corporation subsidi I
ary. according to recent estimate
Approximately 300 Baptists OF west
ern Washington will assemble in Aber
deem May Z for the annual tbree-day !
convention OF the west state associa
tion. Or C. o. johnson. pastor OF
the First Baptist church at Tacoma.
sill preside.
A second grain elevator. even larger |
than the 375,0OObushel elevator being !
completed nov on The public port
property on tbe Columbia river. Is in
prospect Tor rsngyicw, according TO
a statement by 7 p Fisk. attorney
far tine port
Although the vote was rs TO p In
favor Of bonds, saial school districts
bond election las. saturday failed be-
cause the ballots Nora found to be not
in leral form Another election will
be held.
Mrs. Henry Berehnl %, saved her
9-months-old child from a fiery death |
10 her home az Spokane when a can
II gasoline exploded. but ia doing so
suffered fatal burns and died Monday
ia a hospital.
Erecilon of s50o00 memorial
building az Fort Lewis to perueiuate
tAe memory of The NIactyfirst Diyi-
lion and ns organizer is planned by
tae Mai Gen Henry A Greene Mem
orial association
Tohias SENT, young farmer at