Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-09-10

the rich Cowlitz valley will he dis,
played.
While swimming with two younger
cousins in the Sunnyside canal, neaI
Gfandview, Hirshel Burns, 49, was
drowned.
A countrywide baby show will be
leading feature of the prune harvest
festival TO be held in Clark county
Dwight Parish, director, announced.
The Cowlltz County Good Roads as
saciation was formed in Kelso recent,
ly. A. L. Gibbs. Longview mayor
was named chairman and a. d. By
ram secretary.
The third annual flower and vege.
table show of Longview was held Fri
iay and Saturday, September 8 and
:. sponsored by the Longview Garden
club,
Arrangements for the distribution
of Washington apples through farm
ers' union channels in several mid
vest states have been completed, It
was announced in Spokane, as the re-
ult OF a two months trip through
hat section by S. o. Pool, manager of
he Farmers Union Fruit and Pro
luce association.
The Clark county prune harvest
will end this week, w. II, Wood, as
sociation manager, said. Members
of the association will have about g.
100000 pounds of dried fruit and the
total for the county will be about o.
100000 pounds, he said The crop
would have reached 100000 pounds
il all of the prunes could have been
saved.
Gerald Smith and Charles Dow, ayi-
ators OF Seattle, arrived at Lummi
island, near Bellingham, and started
sowing seed from an airplane over
about 2OO0 acres of land which was
burned over by forest fire this year.
Between seven and ten tons OF seed
viii be scattered on the island TO pro
vide feed for deer and other wild ami
mails.
Placing the slow drivers Ia the same
category with the drunken driver and
the road hog" us potential producers
OF traffic accidents, William Cole, SUI
neryisor of the state highway patrol,
declared in Olympia recently in gen.
eral discussion Of the work OF the pa
trol that steps are being taken to
eliminate the traffic hazards. uncon-
sciously created by the fifteen mil
ers."
About 80 per cont of the logging
camps in the Columbia river district
are in operation present, according
TO reports gathered by John T. Dou-
gall, manager OF the Columbia river
loggers information Bdreau. Recent
rains have subdued the forest fire sit
uation TO such an extent that opera
lions can be safely resumed. although
logging camp operators are exercising
caution.
Lumber mills of the West Coast
Lumhermen's association last weel,
shipped more lumber than was pro
duced, Il being necessary 10 use 'nr
surplus stock to supply the demand
according to the weekly and compare
i've report Of the association. The
report showed that 1Os mills shipped
1f,lS61s7 feet while production to
aled but ii1ii3,1oi feet. Order'
booked for future shipments to,alet
lOs,57ss9i feet
The hunting season for deer and up
land birds opens In Cowlitz county
October /. The deer season 10 fol
The entire month Of October, with th'
bag limit one buck deer with visibl'
horns The bird season is from DC
tober 10 IL with a limit OF eigh
birds day and not more than elgh
in possession unless they are tagge'
by the game warden the day they arl
hot Not more than two Chimes
9heasants. two blue grouse. three na
tive pheasants. five Hungarian par
tldres or five quail may be shot Il
one day The bear season is iron
October / to November 80
Bids for the Improvement Of tw
% ectlons of highway in eastern Wash
Ington and one in western washlngio
we're called for by the state highwa
committee ;or opening September p
! Tenders were asked on the folIowin
D. contracts: Grading. draining and pay
Ing with concrete about one mile q
the Inland Empire highway near Kei
newlck, Beaton county Clearing, graz