Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-17
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silverdale in Kitsap county is TO
have a water system
The sherifrs report for March show
ed total of IS arrests in Clarke
county,
Longyiew's second annual flower
and vegetable show will be held
August Is.
Net profits of seattle's municipal
Light and power department in 1924
We're S7OO,O9S.
During March Cowlitz county paid
bounties on IS wildcats, 10 coyotes
and one cougar
Building permits issued by the Van
couver city clerk for March totaled
fifty, valued at S73,3S5.
Three residences were burned at
Halter Lake, five miles north of Sc
attic, with loss OF $4,000.
Prune trees are in full bloom all
over the Walla Walla valley. This is
fully ten days earlier than last year.
Alfred Swanson was drowned when
he fell from Milwaukee railroad
bridge across the Chehalis river near
Dryad
Hoquiam city commissioners an
nounced that definite plans were be-
ing made for erection of a city hall
early in 1926,
A drive for membership just COM
pleted by Grant Hodge post of the
American Legion at Centralia, netted
70 new members.
A group of Astoria and Wahkiakum
county citizens have begun drilling
for oil at the mouth of Grays river
in Wahkiakum county.
About $50 delegates from all parts
of the state attended the annual state
conference at Aberdeen of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
Approximately $4,000 will be ex-
pended in Vancouver on improve
ments in telephone equipment by the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Marriage licenses issued at Van
couver during March this year fell be-
low the March record of the last two
years and far below February, 1925.
The potato crop of Clarke county is
delayed and only few early potatoes
of various varieties have been plant
ed on account of the recent cold rams.
A benefit ball to raise fund to
/ be used by Vancouver police in assist
ing men who drift to the police sta
ton for shelter will be given on
April IS.
District association No. s, Knights
of Pythias, comprised of seven lodges
in Clarke and Cowlitz counties, held
its 25th annual convention Saturday
at Kelso.
Out of the lump sum river and har-
Dor appropriation the secretary of war
has allotted $4,000 to be expended on
Snake river in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho.
The Olympic national forest has
received an allotment of $33,6O0 from
the federal forest service for road
and trail work in the reserve the
coming season.
During the month OF March 397 per
mits were issued at Tacoma for build
ings valued at $756,S91 The total for
the last three months is $50 permits
$2,5O2,1S6 value.
With but one dissenting vote, resi-
dents of Longview voted in favor OF
the issuance OF $4,000 bond to pur
chase a site and erect new public
! school for the city.
L. A. Mcleod, Olympia, recently ap
pointed state highway engineer fol-
/ Chelan. Douglas, okanogan and Grant
counties, has established permanent
headquarters at Wenatchee.
The state has started proceedings
to obtain an injunction prohibiting
Walla Walla from dumping unsteril
lied sewage into Mill creek, the Walla
Walla river or any irrigation canals.
Several hundred tulip, hyacinth
daffodil and narcissus blossoms were
on exhibition at the first annua
spring flower show of the Clarke
! County Floral society at Vancouver
Mrs. H. R. odell, wife of Major
H. r. Odell of the military department
at the Oregon Agricultural college a
Corvallis, Or, is dead. She was the
daughter of the late Governor Lister
Excavation has started at Wenat
chez for modern cold storage ant
fruit warehouse for the Wells & Wade
Fruit company. The plant will have
g cold storage capacity OF from 15t
to 200 cars
Plans for a campaign in June t,