Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-15
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

transportation OF logs over paved
streets of the town.
William A Smith, 76, died following
injuries sustained last Monday when
his automobile was struck by North
ern Pacific passenger train at grade
crossing at Winlock. The auto had
stalled on the railroad track and Mr.
Smith was trying to push it off when
the accident occurred.
Gross collections from the gasoline
tax up to the end of September have
brought into the state treasury s1l,
2l4,596,10, according to report given
out by State Treasurer w. G. Potts
The total of refunds amounted &c
S479,340.31, making the grand net re
turn to the state SO, ,255.79.
The Kelso city council Monday
night adopted the budget for 1927
which provides S66,3196S, or about
$1,000 less than last year, for the op
Grating expenses OF the city. Revenue
from sources other than taxes is esti
mated at s24,5G5, leaving the balance
to be raised by an 1s-mill levy.
Arrangements for additional hangar
space at the chamber OF commerce
aviation field are being completed by
Verne G.. Gorst of the Pacific All
Transport, holders of the Seattle-Los
Angeles air mail contract, to house a
larger and speedier plane for use on
the flight between Vancouver and
Medford, Ore.
Southwest Washington hotel men
will incorporate into non-profit shar
ing organization as the next step, fol
lowing their recent caravan tour in
promoting an extensive advertising
campaign and the issuance of public
ity booklets for the western section
of the state, II was announced by hotel
men in Chehalis.
Cash and investment bonds held in
the six permanent educational ele.
mosynary funds aggregate s23.SSi,
120,l1, 1t is shown in statement is
sued by State Treasurer Potts for
the period ending September 80, while
the accident fund. from which indus
trial insurance pensions are paid, has
bond investment OF s7,515,65O.
AT the 10th semiannual district con
vention of the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen, held in Tacoma
delegates representing five western
Washington districts and more than
1000 Four-L members went on record
as fnvoring adoption by the state OF
Washington OF some plan for yoca'
tional training for men lncapacitated
as the result OF industrial accidents.
A delegation comprised of W. ID.
Dubois, Allison Burnham, Russell
Case, George Caldwell. II. G. Camp
bell and ]. II. Atkinson went to Olym.
pia last week bearing petitions signed
by 5000 residents OF Clark county,
asking that proposal to sell Clark
county's share OF the bridge to the
state of Washington be placed on the
ballot for the election November 2 to
be voted on in Clark county only.
The prune market In the Pacific
northwest is in better condition today
than It has been at this time OF the
year for several years, w. II. WOOD,
manager OF the Washington Growers
Packing corporation. declared. With
virtually no carry-over of last years
stock and two.thirds of the 1926 crop
sold for Immediate delivery, the situ.
alton could not be improved on, he
asserted. About 20.O00,0O0 pounds Of
the northwest crop remains unsold,
with II months to go, he said.
The week ended October 2 showed
a decrease OF more than 100000 feet
in the production Of lumber by LOG
mills of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association, and decrease OF more
than 60O0,OO0 feet in orders booked
Tor future delivery, according to the
weekly and comparative statement is
sued by the association, Shipments,
however showed an increase Of near
ly 100000 feet Production totaled
1t1,s55.S33 feet, compared to i17,35l-
502 feet for the week previous, and
new orders booked totaled only 1872
691.7i1 feet, compared 20 1O9.161s17
feet during the previous week.
When the beef cattle came off the
Yakima and Okanogan county ranges
last month and we're driven to mar.
set the state took its first dividend
off the big land exchange with the
federal government. whereby cattle
Grazing lands heretofore owned by the
federal forestry bureau we're man
aged by the state land department
Permittees vino Erazed their herds in
state-owned Okanogan county terri
tory paid }24i3 for the seasons priv