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VOLUME IV, DOCKTON ’ Mrs. Hansen is enjoying a visit from her brother, Mr, Petersen, from Minnesota, Miss Inga Nyland of Puyallup visited on Sunday with her sister, Mrs. John Swanson, Mr. Theo. Berry has purchased a fine new truck, which he is using for making deliveries around Dockton. At the port election held at Stuckey’s hall on Saturday last, 34 votes were cast, W. 8. Lincoln beirg elected with 19 votes, My, Hix, sr., and Mr. Rhulen are the proud owners of two tractors, Mr. Hix is using his machine for logging and Mr. Ruhlen has his for plowing. The shipyard is advertised to be auctioned on Monday, Dec. 15th, Here's hioping the sale will take place this time and that work will be resumed soon. Miss Martha Malmberg of Bur ton spent Saturday and Sunday visiting with the Misses Signie and Bllen Bjorquist and attended the sale at the schoolhouse on Sat urday evening. Miss Anne Larsen visited on Sunday and Monday at the Lan ders’ home at Southern Heights, and attended the birthday party of Mr. Daniel Landers on Sunday. Mrs. W. 8. Bentley, who has been visiting with her parents for some time, left on Saturday even ing with Mr. Bentley for a two weeks' trip on the Tacoma East ern road, where Mr. Bentley is working. The **Sunshine Girls' Club, un der direction of their leader, Mrs, Halsan, held a bazaar at the school house on Saturday evening for the benefit of the church, $46 was the amount taken in from the dif. ferent booths. The fish cannery is in operation again after being idle for a couple of months. The codfish that was brought dbwn on the steamer “Dora’ early in the Fall is being made into bricks and packed for Eastern shipping. My, Knute An dersen is manager of the place, and those having employment there are Mr. and Mrs. Middle coff, Mrs. Fred Harrison, and Mr. and Mrs., Knute Andersen., The M. K. Ladies’ Aid society met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Bjorquist. Final plans were made for the sale that is to be held on Saturday evening, Dec. 13, at the Dockton hotel, for the benefit of the ehurch. Everyone is urged to keep the date in mind and come and enjoy a good pro gram and good eats. Remember, Dec. 13th, at the Dockton Hotel. COVE We do not like to slight or over look the ladies, especially the yvoung ones and such ——— guess we better not express an opinion —the editor would cut it out. She is not in some respects all S———-- exactly, yet in other respects she is awfully S————— We forgot. Miss Florence Sigrist is spending the Thanksgiving vacation from school duties with the home folks. They say if you want to get on in this world you've got to *‘toot your own horn.”” Some folks have Tots of help. Mr. B. Moore is the man. They are the best alarm clock ever invented. Regularly at 7:00 a. m. they waddle down fto the kitchen door. No more sleep for Mr. M. What is the cause of all the noise? Ducks. Pete Newstrom, one of the old timers around Cove, is back once more after some four years look ing after the Anderson ranch across the Sound. He is up to his For a business education inves tigate Success Shorthand School, Seattle, Wash. Keep in mind the movies this Friday evening at Y, M. C. A. hall. Expert vulcanizing at Rendall’s, THE VASHON ISLAND RECORD old tricks, too, Been doing lots of “blowing up’—not Coveites— stumps, on the Petersen lot in Beu lah Park. Well, what Pete don’t know about blowing stumps is not much left to learn, As they say down South, * Mas sa Frank Sigrist he be a powerful worker.” You would think so if you saw him out at daylight put tng up that new woodshed-—lay ing shingles these cold, frosty mornings. e sure is, Mr, Joe Raisbeck enjoyed a nice Sunday dinner with Mr, and Mrs, Z. Wittemore, his son-in-law. They came over from Seattle to see the old ranch once more. There is some sweet with this bit ter cold weather, The children of Columbia school are having a mer ry time skating and sliding, H. Paulson says they got their teach er, Miss Olson, out one day to give her a sleighride on the pond-—and lidn’t do a thing but dump her ff, Great laugh they had. We surely have every reason to be very thankful that we don’t have to depend on the supply of oul during the spell of weather ve are passing through. We sit ozily around our warm stoves vith little thought of the suffering imd death perhaps in our broad land during this terrible coal strike. May the end soon come, Axel Petersen forgot all about is store duties one day last week, Believes in “‘shopping early,’’ as hiey say, Over to Seattle he goes, No wonder he takes a whoie day. S 0 many of those nice little nieces of his to wmake happy for Christmas. Got to have a pretty long pockethook besides. Vale, Buy her a set of Py-ra-lin Ivory for Christmas. Butler Drug Co., Second and James, Seattle. P ——————— ( | : LISABEULA ll —— e % Mr. and Mrs. Goff visited on Thanksgiving day with relatives in Seattle, The Art and Embroidery Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Page on Thursday, Deec, 18, Mr. Bateson of Sedttle and son Cornelins of Portland were out at the home place for a few days last week., Mr. and Mrs. Swanson enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs. Swanon's parents, Mr. and Mrs, (3. Hiersch. Mr. and Mrs. Page had as Thanksgiving guests her two sis ters, the Misses Brown of Tacoma. and Mr. John Stewart., Nelse Christensen is getting on fine and is expected home in a short time. The doctors succeeded in saving two of the fingers on the injured hand, which was so badly lacerated when his gun was acei dentally discharged. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins of South Dakota have been visiting the F. Bullard family the past week. Miss Bonnie Parish, Mrs. Bull ard’s sister, accompanied them on a trip to Whidby Island. She will return to South Dakota with Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, that being her home also. Mrs. M. Hampton died in Seattle last week at the home of her son, where she went for medical treat-| ment almost 4 year ago.. A gener-| al breakdown was the cause of| her death. Mr. Hampton is cunl-; ing out to the home place for a/ few days, and then will go to the | home of a daughter, Mrs. Pic-| thorne, near McMinville, Orvgon.' Read the advertisements. Ad-| vertisements are always ‘‘news.’’| WANTED i Twelve or fifteen head of youn;:i stock. Will pay cash and the high- | est market price. Anything from four months old to two years old. R. B. Hayes, Portage. Phone Blk. 1153. 38-9.0-1 If you have arything to sell or trade or want anything, try an ad. in The Record. Expert sawfiling at Rendall’s. ! N, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1919 VASHO ! BURTON Mr. and Mrs. Frank Enochs spent last week visiting among Ta coma antl Seattle friends, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, both of whom have been ill from lagrippe, are recovering, Mrs. Small has been quite ill, Mrs. Chas. Tavlor spent Monday visiting friends in Seattle, A number of Burtou folk at tended the Masonie exercises at Center on Wednesday evening. A reception for Chaplain and Mprs. Thorne was held onThursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mes, . Vye. My, and Mrs. S, A. Bixbhy and danghter Irma of Sedro Woolley were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mrs. Whitfield, Mrs. Armstrong entertained at dinner recently Mr, and Mrs. Shemaldine, Mrs, Gleason and Murs, Tubbs, Mrs. Gleason and son Kenneth have returned to Burton after an extended absence for the benefit of Mrs. Gleason's health, Mr, Erol Brown leaves this week for Canada, where he goes to take a government position as superin tendent of an experiment station., His family will go later, We wish them the best of success, Plans for a niee Christmas pro gram by the Sunday school are progressing, and the committee expeets to have a good evening’s entertainment of Christmas music and other suitable features, It will be held on the Sunday evening be fore Christmas. The open meeting of the Mis sionary Society will be held in the church on next Thursday after noon, It is planned to have an in teresting speaker and to make the occasion both pleasant and profit able, The Woman's Club ‘meets next Tuesday at the home of Mrs Geo, Parkes. Mrs. Steinmetz will read a paper on ‘‘Scientific Manage ment in the Kitchen,” and roll call will be answered by ‘‘Helpful Hints For the Home.”’ The address which was to have been given by Mps. Overton G, Ellis of Tacoma on Friday has been postponed until some time in January. Mrs. Ellis will speak on “‘The Aims of the Daughters of the American Revolution.”’ The meeting at Portage on Fri day last at which a woman’s club was organized, was very much en- Joyed by the Burton delegate, A wonderful luncheon was served, and the address given later by Mrs, Clarke, state president of the Woman's Legislative Couneil, was excellent. Woman's clubs of this Kind are organized for the social and eivie betterment of a commun ity, and much good is accom plished, for, as Mrs, Clarke said, “The women don’t know when they are beaten, and consequently they usually succeed in any at tempt made to bring about better conditions.”” We shall note with much interest the progress of the new club, of which Mrs. A, ). Marsh was elected president and Mrs, Witherow see.-treasurer Two young men from Bremerton it was reported Monday perished in the waters of the Sound off Blake Island when their canoe overturned, They were sighted by the erew of a passing steamer, but before help reached them they sank beneath the waves, Doubtless they e¢lung to their cap sized eanoe until utter exhaustion and ¢hill compelled them to loose their hold. MAURY CENTER Mrs. Pitts mother is making her a visit this week. Mr. Pitts has added a foll. blooded Guernsey bull to his herd of fine stock. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hayes on Dee, 3rd. All doing well, Mr. and Mrs, L, M. Earnest and son Frank returned on Monday evening from a trip to Scattle, We of Maury Center are very proud of our teachers. I'll say, they make things hum. Several children were sent home from Maury Center school on ac count of whooping cough this week. Miss Rjehardson and Miss Ka dish were visitors in Seattle last Saturday. Miss Kadish remained over Sunday. Mr. Shockley has made up his mind that it is cold enough here; s 0 he will postpone his visit East until Spring, Come out, one and all, on Sat urday night, and see how many smiles you can bring. We may sing ‘Smiles:”" no telling. The 13th, the box social night, you know. The Maury school children are gaining half a pound a week, more or less. You see they have hot soup or chocolate for lunch, made by some of the older girls; and SHOPPING OR HOPPING? R e Y We didn’t get to tell about our Thanksgiving guests because we heard about it too late, Mr, Mer ry entertained his mother and sis ter, and Mr. Earnest had as guest a Mr. Hubbell, whose wife is with her son in Spokane, where he is ill in a hospital, RURAL CARRIER EXAMINA. TION ~ The United States Civil Servies Commission has announced an e¢x amination for the County of King, Wash., to be held at Seattle on January 10, 1920, to fill the posi tion of rural carrvier at Rellevue, Portage and Seattle, and vacan cies that may later oceur on vural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned eounty. The examination will be open only to etizens who are actualiy domi ciled in the territory of a post office in the county, and who meet the other requirements set forth in Form No, 1977, Admission of women will be limited to the widows of U, 8, soldiers, szilors or marines, and to the wives of U, S, soldiers,sailors or marines who are physically disqualified for examin ation by reason of injuries receiv ed in the line of militavy duty. This form and application blanks may be obtained from the offices mentoned above or from the Unit ed States Civil Serviee Commis sion at Washington, D, C. Appli cations should be forwarded to the Commission at Washington at the carliest practicable date, NICE HOLIDAY GIFTS Overstuffed forniture and nice rockers from Waldron Co.'s Furn iture Dept., Cobb Bldg., store 1309 Fourth, Seattle, | . PORTAGE | G et ety oot ottt verems 4 | Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hazelhurst spent the week end at home. Dr. W, W, Mattson of 'l‘ncmnu‘ spent Thursday with relatives in Portage. 1 Mr. Morrow has been spending | a few days at his home, *‘East View.”? ‘ Mr. H. M. Harrison, brother of | Capt. Harrison, has purchased tln" T. A. Boring property. | Mrs. Sherry and little daugh-| ter of Seattle have been \'isiling‘ Mrs. Marr and Mrs, Morris during the past week. There are a number of cases of whooping cough among the small children of this vicinity, The cases are light, however, Mr. and Mrs. Innes Hopkins of Vancouver are visiting her par ents, My, and Mrs. R. W. F. Mar tin, Mrs. J. L. Masterson is in Se attle attending her aunt, Mrs, C. Coyne, who is seriously ill. Mrs. Coyne arrived last week from Rock Island, Nlls., and has been confined to her bed ever since, An affair of particular inferest to the community was given at the home of Mrs. A. J. Marsh on Thursday, Dee. 4, for the purpose of organizing the ladies of the vi cinity into a club for general in formation for the benefit of the community. Mrs . Clark, state chairman of the Legislative Coun cil, was present and gave an inter esting and instructive talk and as sisted in organizing. Lunch was served at noon to 23 ladies, fol lowing which Mrs. Clark spoke and the business meeting was held. Mrs. Marsh was elected chairman and Mrs, Witherow sec.- treasurer. The name, ‘‘Portage Query Club,”” was decided upon. The club will meet in two weeks on Thursday. NOTICE For day-old chicks call the Sie grist Hatchery.” White Leghorns for March completely sold out. Can still take orders for February, April and May. And can still take orders for Reds, Rocks and Black Minorcas. Expect to be complete ly out by Jan. 1, so orders must come in soon. Siegrist Hatchery, D. S. Siegrist, prop. Blk 202. Btf NUMBER 8. | VASHON l“‘ll(.n'll'l‘b’l. + I ot gl LTR Mr, Sloan Randolph is clearing the Clarence Bragg property, so that they may be able to build in the Spring. The Rose Club met last Wed nesday at the home of Mrs, Glenn Morgan. The time was occupied in dressing dolls.which will be sold for the benefit of the poor, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. 8. Bonnell write that they are enjoying their tour of Southern Califoruia very much, They were fortunate to es cape this cold wave, The Sound was so rough at Har per and Vashon Heights on Sun day that the ferry Washington was unauble to land and was compelled to wake the run to Portage. The school bus that takes the children from the North End to Vashon school each morning, proved that it was very cold ¢n liesday, as the water iroze in the radiator and tie machine was put out of commission. Some of the children walked most of the way, before they were picked up by Muv, Taylor, NEW CORPORATION FORMED Seeing a future in the growing of small fruit. the corporation un dep the firm name of Beali-Hansen Co., have incorporated with a cap ital of $35,000, The new company is composed of Island men who be lieve that the future outlook for Vashon Island is very promising in the way of raising more small fraits, The company has pur chased at this time a tract of 22 acres in the Payallup Valley, now planted to raspberries, logauber ries, blackberries and strawber ries. And in the advancement along this tractthey expect to get plants for several tracts of land already leased on Vashon Island. They have also purchased 40 acres of land on Vashon Island with the idea of improving sime and plant ing to small fruts. Mr. Magruder Beall will have the management of the company. Mr. L. C. Beall is president and T. Hansen is treas urer, NEW GAS SAVER BEING PUT ON THE MARKET A deviee recently patented is destined to save automobiie and gas engine owners millions of dol lars yearly, according to the pro moters of the Oxygen Regulator Co., of Seattle, The deviee is claimed to supply the preper amount of oxygen to all gas engines avd thereby force complete combustion and save waste of gasoline. The saving they elaim is 25 to 50 per cent. The company has opened up permanent oftices in the Boston Block, Seattle and with a large foree of salesmen out in the field, expect to have “‘one million users in 19217, SPECIALIZING RUGS Waidren Co. make prices and terms that take the trade to 1322 4th avenue, Henry Bldg., Seattle, Neolin soles at Rendall’s repair shop, Portage. Phone Red 1151, Basket Ball Games With Girls and Boys Teams Atburn VS. Vashon At Burton High Gym. Saturday, Dec. 13th, 8 p. m, Admission 25¢ Busses leave Vashon at 7:30 Everybody Come Support Vashon