Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-16
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

Walla Walla for prune shippers this
year will be continued as a perman-
ent organization to handle all fruit
and vegetable crops OF the valley, it
was decided at meeting of shippers.
Mrs. Helen Stewart, formerly Miss
Helen Keeney of Seattle, now in Cali
fornia. filed suit for 100000 against
the Puyallup Fair association, Puyal-
lup, and the Shell company of Cali
fcrnia for using her photograph in
advertising.
Figures compiled by the Hoquiam
school board for the 19251926 school
year show that the average cost to
EDUCATE Hoquiam school pupil last
year was s6O.95 and the cost per pupil
in the Hoquiam high school was
ss9,37. These figures are $40 less
than those of the previous school year
The Lewis county commissioners
have authorized the construction of a
new building at the southwest Wash
ington fair grounds, midway between
Centralia and Chehalis. which will
house the commercial exhibits. The
new building will be So by $50 feet
and will have 56 spaces for displays
w. H, Wood, manager OF the Wash
ington Growers Packing corporation
OF Vancouver, was instructed to with.
draw from the prune market until the
extent of the shedding In Clark coun.
~ orchards has been determined and
the California market price has been
set, in resolution approved by the
board of directors.
Senator r. N. Stanfield OF Oregon
named subcommittee OF the senate
public lands committee, with himself
as chairman, to begin hearings Aug
ust on the boundary dispute over
Sand Island in the Columbia river
which is claimed by both Oregon and
Washington. The hearings will take
place at cities along the river.
Judgment OF the Thurston county
court in sustaining the state depart.
ment of licenses which prohibited
Rose S. Hagen OF Puyailup from prac-
ticing drugless therapeutics IN this
state. was upheld by the supreme
court. The court upheld the validity
of the law regulating the practice OF
drugless healing. which was also I'm.
der attack.
There was marked decrease In
the production Of lumber for the week
ended July 3. according to the weekly
report of production, orders and ship
ments issued by the West Coast Lum
bermen's association, The production
of 1O2 mills for the week totaled o..
l4Sl56 feet. New orders booked to.
tailed 109,ii0,232 feet. and shipments
totaled 1Oi,7s1.i21 feet.
With student costs lower than those
ot ~ other states Washington's pub
Tic schools We're ranked first for gen
erai eAcei'ency among those in the
United states In survey by DR..
Frank NJ Phillips chief statistician
IN tue government bureau of educa
ton. washington led in the reports
Of four previous yenrs. The annual
cost per student IN this state Is sSl's7,
A proposal TO sell Clark conntya
Interest in the interstate bridge at
Vancouver viii be placed on the No
ycmber ballot by the county commits.
sioners IL the state highway commits.
son shall suhmit concrete proposal
o. purchase or u Il appears to be a
puhlle demand that the measure be
submitted TO vote according to ros'
o'ueioh approved by the commission
ers'
J. Walter Ilebert OF Yakima was
elected president Of the pecific North.
west Boxed Apples, inc. OF Washing
ton, Oregon ana Idaho meeting In
Seattle N W Moggett Of Wenatchee
a. n $. Stosle OF Hood River, Or,