Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20

The Deschutes lumber mill, which
is located at Offut lake near Teninoi
burned to the ground.
Permission to dam McAllister creek
near Olympia, was granted to c. j.
Backus by the war department.
Charles E. Peabody, 60, died at Sc
attic. He was known as founder
of the Alaska Steamship company.
Three airplanes will bring part OF
the Spokane delegation to the state
convention OF the American Legion at
Longview.
The Skamokawa school board will
receive bids August % for the erection
of a new frame school building to cost
about $4,000.
The record of receipts for one
month ON the interstate bridge at Van
couver was broken in July with total
of S59,71043.
James A. Davis, secretary of labor,
will be a speaker at the state con
yention of the American Legion at
Longview on Friday.
1t is now estimated that about half
the prunes in the Walla Walla valley
have been shipped to market. 400 cars
having gone out since harvest opened
Business and professional women's
clubs Of southwest Washington will
hold joint picnic Sunday, at the
Furrer grove. two miles west of Che
halls.
Fire Of undetermined origin destroy
ed the dry kiln OF the Western Cross
Arm and Manufacturing company at
Centralia; resulting in loss of about
$4,000.
The annual picnic of the Southwest
Washington Pioneers association was
held at Rochester and attracted a big
crown vi 'iSitoIs iioHi "ii Ppi''' "a 'Ae
district.
For the first time in 30 days all
fires In the Chelan and Colville ma
tional forests OF northwestern Wash
ington are under control, it is an
nounced.
A tour of the $50 acres of mint be-
ing grown In Cowlitz county will be
made by all interested persons Thurs
day at the invitation of d. b. Leonard
county agent.
Fighting fires in the national forests
of Washington and Oregon in July
this year cost s163, 3,4Ss, according to
II. G.. Whitney. in charge OF the gov
ernment warehouse at Vancouver.
Miss B. NJ. Power OF London, Eng
land. representing the British ministry
Of labor and the Rockefeller founda.
ton. has began study OF wages and
working conditions in this state.
Kelso business men have launched
movement to have Cowlitz county
take over the Olequa bridge, erected
,his year by the oleana Toll Bridge
company, and mako it free bridge.
The Veterans club of Lewis county
with membership composed Of ex.serv.
ice mon Of any war or recognized
campaign of the United States gov
ornment, was organized at Chehalls.
Tile Great Northern railway has ask.
Cd The int arstatc commerce commits.
sicn 10 order the Northern Pacific
railway to grant It the right to use
certain terminal facilities at Seattle
Spring chinook salmon eggs are be
ing taken at the new experimental
fish hatchery established this summer
by the state on Muddy river trt
tuiary OF the Lewis river, p miles
above Cougar
That the cinnnbar district that Is
being opened up nt Morton is the
richest both in quality and available
supply Of any in the United states was
the declaration OF J. G Mason, Seattle
mining engineer
While returning 20 their home In Sc
attic from a trip to san Diego. Monroe
Russell. so, was killed and his son-in-
law, Fred Cox. was seriously injured
when their automobile collided with
strcetcnr at Oakland
A modern theater that viii seat
1890 persons will be erected at Van
.nuver.
orrIn e. Stanley OF Portland
med an application with the state
supervisor OF hydraulics for the appro
priation Of water from springs flow.
ing into Lake Washington for domestic
uses and the irrigation Of his gardens
The 10Th annual session OF the Pa
eific German conference OF the Meth
dist Episcopal church will he held
august is TO p at the Bethel Meth.
elisi Episcopal church in the Lam
BERT district, three miles southeast OF