Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04

Realty dealers OF Grays Harbor.
Pierce, Mason, Thurstou. Lewis. Cow
litz and Pacific counties met in Aber.
deem for a two-day conference starting
Monday
State Senator Metcalf. chairman of
the joint Legislative commission nam
ed to investigate reclamation in this
state and recommend q policy to the
next legislature has been summoned
to Washington, D. c.. to confer with
DR. Elwood Mead, United States com
missioner of reclamation and DR.. HUI
bert Work, secretary of the interior.
Announcement was made at Che
halls by J. Dirkmaat of New York
city that company of Holland bulb
growers which he represents will at
once engage in growing of narcissi
on an extensive scale in the Chehalis
valley near Chehalls. A company with
from $4,000 to 100000 capital will
be Incorporated to handle the PROPOSE
ton.
A band of seven elk planted in
southeastern Thurston county on the
headwaters of the Skookumchuck a
year ago is already beginning to make
its presence annoying to farmers in
LOWS county Farmers in the Han
ford district report that the elk are
growing altogether too friendly and
are visiting their fields and running
crops.
Reports received by the West Coast
Lunbermen's association for the week
ended May % showed that 1O9 mills
produced l15,0l2,279 feet Of lumber,
sold 120,7lS,652 feet and shipped 1885,
674,S3S feet, against ll4,62I4l6 feet
produced by los mills i205G4,13S feet
sold ana 107l75,222 feet shipped for
the week ended May 10, an increase
on all items Tor The current week
Tent eaterpiIlars are investing an
area hear Kalamu in such numbers
that the white fences and posts along
the Pacific highway where the ROAD
runs along the lowland are covered
with brown masses OF them. Between
CAROLS and Kalama wide stretches OF
brush have been killed by them, and
fear is expressed that the hordes may
invade orchards OF the county At
present they are feeding principally on
willows and cotton woods.
Indicating a possible intention OF
constructing n logging RAILROAD from
Preachers slough and Blue slough in
Graya lIarbor county on the Chehalis
river to Primo, distance OF about
20 miles, the Saginaw Timber com.
pany, the Northwestern Lumber CON.
pnny and the Anderson q Middleton
Timber company have applied to the
department OF public works for per.
mission to construct a number OF high.
way ard railroad bridges on the pro.
posed route.
Showing an increase of s5,27o,750, or
approximately 35H per cent over 1925,
the state tax commission has placed
the 1926 valuation OF the personal prop.
erty Of the Pacific Telephone & Tele.
graph company in this state for tax,
ing purposes at s2O,1I6376, The com.
mission valued the personal property
of the Iieme Telephone & Telegraph
company, operating in Spokane and
vicinity at s26G9.S9O. am increase Of
about "a per cent as compared with
the year previous.
Tho state highway CON aittee has
awarded the following road contracts
Lewis county Clearing grading and
draining five miles OF the ocean beach
highway between the south forks Of
tho Chehalis river ana Meskeli to Hen
bricks K Olson Of Chehaiis at s7l, SOC.
sltamania county Construction Of a
4Ofoot span reinforced concrete
through girder bridge ON the North
Bank highway near skamenla, 70 At.
/ wen Brothers OF Port Orchard a, f7Oi5
I Clark and Skumnuia counties Resur
facing 80 miles Of the North Bank
highway WITH gravel between Camaa
and Wind riyer 10 Lon Weicb OF
Goidendale az solt3 skagil county
Paving 02 of mil 20 Telegraph