Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-26

ACROSS COWlllZ river at Ranule have
been ordered prepared by County En-.
gineer Greene.
A newspaper press which will quad.
ripple its output has been ordered by
the Longview Daily News The press
will print 16-page paper at speed
OF 10000 an hour.
Washington expects to spend So.
100000 through its state highway de-
partment on roads this year Toward
this wofE the federal government will
contribute s1,527,OO2, and $1,000, 600
will be expended on county and local
road authorizations.
The Coyle Construction company
has started work on a contract to
grade six miles of the North Bank
highway from Prindle to Skamania.
The contract price was $4,000 for
grading only. and the work will be
completed this summer
The American Nitrogen Products
company of Seattle has notified the
Muscle shoals joint congressional com.
nittee that 1t expects to submit a bid
for the lease of the property. TIL is
the first bidder formally to notify the
committee of its intentions.
The early blooming record OF "a
years was broken this year by prune
trees in the orchard OF A. A. Quarn-
berg OF Vancouver. The trees were
in full bloom on March IS, and the
earliest previous record was In 1900,
when the blooms opened March 81.
The University OF Washington an
nounced that regardless OF results in
races against the University OF Cali
fornia in Seattle April 3, the Husky
varsity and junior varsity crews will
participate in the intercollegiate re-
gatta on the Hudson river June rs.
A silver loving cup has been offered
by the Tenino aerie of Eagles to the
boy In the senior class of the Tenino
high school who. at the end OF the
year, is declared to be outstanding In
leadership, scholarship and citizen,
ship. The cup will be awarded an
nually.
A story comes from an lndepend.
ence logging camp near Centralia, to
fha of w Uahhnr
camp foreman, was walking along a
trail he stepped on a bear, dorman;
In winter sleep. He killed the beast
with an AK. The bear weighed 100
pounds.
Because there are 100000 out of
tune pianos in the United States the
nation Is in danger OF losing It's must.
cal ear" Charles A. Deutschmann OF
Chicago. president OF the National AS
ISOLATION of Piano Tuners. told the
members OF the organization In an adj
dress at Spokane.
Fifty-yoar franchises were granted
by the Grays Harbor county commits
sioners to the Puget Sound Power &
Light company for running light and |
power lines on the Senzell road near
Elma aud to the Hoquiam Water com
pany for giving water service in Wood.
lawn addition to Hoquiam.
Sheriff C. w. Studebaker OF Cowltz
county resigned to devote his time to |
his position as manager In this terri. /
tory for the National Pole company, /
whom he has represented for number
OF years. Clarence Dunbar, chief dep.
uty, was named sheriff. Studebaker
served two terms az sheriff from 1915
to 1919 and was elected In 1922 and
was serving the fourth year OF his
present term.
The Charles Il. Mccormick Lumber
company has purchased the Silver
Lake Railway a Lumber company rail.
way line extending from a rolway at
the Cowlitz river south OF Castle Rock.
Into the Mccormick company timber
east Of Castle Rock. including Bald
win locomotive. two small donkey on.
gInes and other equipment The deed
covering the transfer names consid.
GRAFTON OF $4,000.
Bank deposits from taxes received
by Charles NJ. Hastings. county treas.
urcr OF Lewis county. totaled $685..
1921. Heavy taxpayers included
s2is,43s.9s; Carlisle
Pennoll. sis.970; Northern Pacific
Land company. s72,O2ISi The Nil.
waukee and Long Bell made half pay.
ments The Northern Pacific paid up
wards Of $4,000 under protest and de-
clined to pay close to 100000 pending
court action.
The University Of Washington fell
heir to a halfmilIion.dollar art collec.
tion and 100000 building to house
the collection. when the donation Of
Horace G. Henry. Seattle banker.
was accepted by tho board Of regents.
Henry's collection, representing the