Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-11-04

! cliff on the Methow valley highway
near Pateros,
During the past week Ss2 persons
obtained employment through the
United States employment Office at
Yakima. There are still calls for help
in the orchards.
A state census shows that there are
l5.4O7 fewer horses in Washington
than there were a year ago and that
the valuation has decreased s364,2O6
to total of s3,505.249
A Northern Pacific train from
White Swan pasaed through Toppen-
ish last Tuesday with So cars OF po-
tatoes, hay and grain consigned to
points on Puget SQUAD.
The Weyerhaeuser Timber company
started actual construction Of three
lumber manufacturing plants in Long
view on a 677-acre Columbia river
saterfi ont site last week,
lnfantlle paralysis took its first
lower Columbia victim of the year
with the death Of Ladona Ann Smith,
2-yearold daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. j. Smith OF Skamol,awa.
Expenditure of s2,5OOOOO on the
construction of a huge hotel and vau
deville theatre at Sixth avenue and
Olive street is contemplated in nego
tlations now under way in Seattle.
Greatly increased yields were re
oeived in sugar beet fields OF SIiaglt
county this year where water was ap.
piled. sprinkling. flooding and drain
age ditches We're the three methods
used.
AL d. Denne, 32, Everett, was killed
when struck by Great Nosthern
passenger train at Everett as he stop
ped to pat his dog while walking
along the track The dog was not
killed
Enforcement OF the new state law
requiring all ears to come to dead
stop before entering upon an arterial
or state highway was begun in We
natchee by state and county Officers
last week
Miss Emma Harmon, 20, Of zelah
using a small rifle, has bagged one
Of the largest, II not the largest elk
killed in the Yakima district this sea
son She had to fire 1S bullets into
the animal to finish 1t.
j. C. Nieuwenbuys, 55, secretary OF
he Elks lodge of Chehalls, was in
stantly killed at the Union railroad
station in Centralia, when he was de
capiiated when run over by a north
bound Northern Pacific train
Rainy and cloudy weather this fall
las delayed the peppermint harvest
IN the vicuity OF Woodland some
What. because considerable OF th
peppermint oil Is lost when distilling
is done during rainy weather.
Devil nshing In Port Angeles har
Dor Is thriving again, with news that
G cents and cents pound Is belna
received for the octopi In Seattle mar
se.s, whore they are bought by ORR
ntals for meal-time dellcacies.
Definite legal steps toward erection
Of new city hall in Lynden wore
taken last week when the council
published an ordinance calling for
The ubmission to the people OF y20t
600 bond issue for the purpose.
Construction OF new city fire
barn and warehouse al The corner Of
ioron and Garfield streets Ia Aber
leen was authorized recently when
city Engineer q. d Ross granted t.
permit for the $4,000 structure.
Herman Larmen, l6.yearold son vi
Theodore Larmen OF the Ethel ,.s
rict had both hands bpdly ehewed
sunday night when pet hear, owne3
N Mary'a Corner, II miles southoaei
VI Chehals on the Pacific highway
broke 10 leash and went on ram
page.
Tas collections for Clark county
fave tha yaar shown on inrease Of
2o.iol as oanparod win ihe same
'ats bass ylar county rreasursr pan
aor sali a total OF i3oi0i6o2 re-
mains 10 be collected out nf total
ron Of sil63sigas
The firsi stap toVari proyidrs
highway connection ior the WIoy
Grove district a i50opere tmei % laha
soyon miles west ol LongyIev on tbe
Columbia river was started lasl week
when Deputy county Engineer i'nvoli
made a survey Tor The most feasible
route
Five of Yahima's pfoftis5t sirl.
uearing ssshes with chamber of cons
mercs anl Northern Pacific mIlasf
insignIas around their white uniforms
lw1l give Yakima apples 90 27oO day