Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12

spruce pulp board, started operation
at Longyiew last week on small
scale. About carload of filters will
be manufactured weekly at the start.
Downtown Aberdeen presents new
appearance now with the removal of
all power poles ron the sidewalk
edges. Transmission lines have been
shifted to the alleys in the course of
4 $4,000 development program of the
Grays Harbor Railway & Light com
pany.
A carelessly tossed cigarette cost
the lives OF 81 farm horses near Pres
colt last week. The fire occurred
while both men and horses OF har-
vest crew were eating. The horses
were chained to feed racks when
loose feed was set ablaze by the Gig
arctic.
Pioneers stand for all that is rugged
and best in our national life, they
made America posable, they conquer
ed the wilderness pf Washington. de-
clared Clark V, sayidge. state land
commissioner in the principal address
TT the Old Settlers picnic at Ferndale
last week
In attempting to swim through
drop in the Outlook lateral OF the
Sunnysde canal while bathing last
Thursday evening, Glen W. Brown.
field, 26, was hurled against pole
and instantly killed. His body was
recovered about soc feet below the
drop two hours later,
Estimates made by grain dealers at
Walla Walla indicated that approxi-
mately 100000 bushels of the 1928
wheat crop of the Walla Walla valley
has been either sold or contracted
for. Figuring ON the basis of crop
estimates made previously, this is
about one-fiftb of the crop.
A permit for a S25O.O0O municipal
water supply and power plant for the
city of Snohomish was issued last
week by Supervisor OF Hydraulics K.
X. Tiffany, allowing 80 cubic feet per
second from the pilchucls river nine
cubic feet per second OF which will be
used for development oil horsepower,
Washington's unique highway"
sign has been stolen for the second
time. Standing at the edge of the
sea the sign has informed tourists
thnt China is 6OQ0.S miles to the west
and the a. s. A. 90 miles To the east
| Souvenir hunters are believed to have
| appropriated the marker both times.
| Prominent yakima orchardsts who
have inspected the Kelly Price or
chagd near solah, where betwes9 400
aud 900 bats this season have destroy
cd the ooddlius moths ana kept the
fruit absolutely free of worms, viii
unite in asklag Tho state horticultural
department TO assist IN stocking I'LL
pplo and pear growing districts in
Ao state with bats,
Wasbingtou motor vehicle lieense
rlcelpla for 1927 az the end OF July
had gone $4,000 over the total for
he cntIfo year 1926, according to the
aonthly report issued by Charles w.
linton. assistant state treasure E1
ceipia amounting TO $iii.s46 in July
brought the tax total for 1897 up to
! s5.395 SS2.95. The total for the year
1926 was sS,s2l,1GS,57,
Yakima fruit shippers will not be
in the northwest fruit shippers coun
Gil this season Il. A. perham, chair
man OF the district organization com
mitlee, announced that the shippers
had decided to abandon all plans for
Joining the organization because Ii
had been found impossible to sign up
the 10000 cars of fruit considered nee
essary to make the organization ef
fectiye.
The CoSlitz County Cattle Testing
association has completed its sixth
month Of this testing year with 10
COWS producing more than 500 pounds
OF butterlat to date The association
has 5is cows, Of which 500 were test.
ed this month ont Of 20 herds. The
average per cow for the month was
7iO pounds Of milk and 29.2 pounds
OF buitoriat There were III cows
that produced more than 40 pounds OF
rat and so cows mere than 50 pounds
,oF July
Contract for construction of the now
dining hall and kitchen for the state
school for the deaf at Vancouver. a
brick aud cement structure. was lei
last Thursday by Olaf l., Olson. dIroc.
tor Of business control, to o, II.
Springer OF kaiama, at $4,000.
Greater Seattle has a population ol
i72,f2s. This total is based on an
estimate in the new directory OF r
L. Polk & Co An ihoreasa OF 34.565