Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-06
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

religious work were made at meet
ing OF district superintendents of the
Methodist Episcopal church from Ore
gon. Washington and northern Idaho,
at EatonviIle.
Production OF lumber by 104 West
Coast Lumbermens association mills
was nearly 100000 less for the week
ended July "a. compared to the week
previous. There WAS /. decrease OF
more than 100000 feet OF new orders
booked, and a decrease OF more than
100000 feet in shipments.
A second payment on the 1929
strawberry crop has been made to
members OF the Washington Growers
Packing corporation of Clark county,
This payment brings the price receiv,
ed by growers up to cents pound
for unhulled and 10 cents q pound for
hulled berries All of the berries were
packed in barrels for shipment in re.
frigerator cars.
The southern Klickitat and Skama.
MIA county apple districts. the harvest
OF which will start this week with
earlier varieties, will produce an es.
timated 635 carloads OF apples and 20
carloads of pears this season. The
apple yield of the districts. which in,
clude Underwood, White Salmon,
Husum, Gilmer and Lyle. reached 400
carloads last year
Construction at the Children's farm
at Lacey has begun. officials an.
nounced. The basement for the first
building has been dug out and forms
for the cement work are laid. The
Dawley Bros. Construction company
has been engaged by the trustees OF
the farm home to make a survey and
submit plans for continued develop
ment of the home.
Reflecting very healthy condition
among the 256 state banks and trus,
companies under control OF the state
banking department, these institutions
on June 30 recorded gain In deposits
OF S2.027. .923.S6 since the April call
for statements, and an increase since
June 30. 1925. OF $4,000, ,77s.70, &C
cording to a report made public by II
G. Johnson, supervisor OF banking.
Preliminary applications for hydro
electric power rights ON the upper wa
ters OF Troublesome creek and Sultan
river In southeast Snohomish county
were filed with the state supervisor OF
hydraulics by ID. w. Stevens OF Seattle
The applications ask for aggregate ap
preparations of 40 second.feet OF water
and for two reservoirs capable of stor.
ing total of 10000 acre feet of winter
X. A. Long, head OF the Long. Bell
Lumber company, and founder OF
Longyiew, announced at Longview
that construction Is to begin before
September / on a $4,000 paper mill
by the Longview Fiber company, Ia
ne in operation by September, 1927
Employing between 300 and 400 men
nd some women; with capacity OF
100 tons of pulp and 100 tons OF pulp
PRODUCTS daily. and with a payroll oi
s950,00O annually,
Wheat harvest In the Walla Walla
valley is about 10 per cent complete
according to an estimate given out by
y, w Hasten, county agent Mr.. kas
ten estimates that the acreage to he
cut this year amounts to between
10000 and 100000. Wheat on the
heavier lands and near Walln WalIa
IN making between 35 and 40 bushels
near Prescott about 25 ON the Eureka
flats between 25 and 30 bushels, and
much lower on the lighter lands,
The state highway committee has
awarded contracts calling for construc
tion work on the following arterisI
highways. Lewis county Clearing
grading and draining 6.i0 miles OF
the National Parks highway GystenI
between Nesika bridge and Kosmos
to 7. J. Sweeney OF Tacoma, at s6s
2a6. okanogan county Clearing
grading and draining slr-tenths of a
mile Of the Methow valley highway
between Methow and Carlton. to J. A
and h. G. Sampson Of Wenatchee, al
1894. kitsap county Surfaclng with
crushed gravel 31.i0 miles Of state
road No. "a. between Charleston and
Kitsap lake, to Edlands Burger oI
Tacoma, at ;5555.
Prosecution for the use Of narcotic,
In their proIessoE is being fought ir
superior court by Seattle osieopsths
who requested an order roslfainIl.,
King County Prosecutor Colvln fna
arreating them for violation Of q stat,
narcotics act.
The Cowlitz county commissioner
have ordered the county engineer
prepare plans and specifications for
| new bridge to spau the Mulhollan,