Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04

Wa favorable, 10 is, in Fairyiew,
and 8 to in La Center. This makes
the tenth consolidation of country dis
tricts in Clark county and more Will
follow, Superintendent of Schools
Krohn has announced.
Lewis county commissioners adopt.
ed resolution recently appropriate
ing S65,000 from the county current
expense fund for use in the purchase
of furnishings for the new courthouse
in Chehalis. Work on the new court
house is nearing completion and it is
hoped to have it ready for occupancy
within the next 80 days.
AS the initial step toward obtaining
for Tacoma a new S2,000.000 water
project to meet both manufacturing
and domestic needs, city officials ap-
piled to the state supervisor OF hy.
Graulics for permission to divert water
from the Puyallup river and Kapowsip
and Voight creeks into Lake Kapow-
sin. thence into huge reservoir.
All officers of the Western Washing
ton Fair association were reelected
at the annual meeting of the board of
directors OF the association in Puy-
allup recently. Those elected were
w. A. Linhlater, Puyallup, president;
1 Tlr I
dent; A. L. Bartel, Puyallup secre.
tary, and w. A. Miller, Puyallup,
treasurer,
Puget Island and her neighbors eel
ebrated the advent OF the telephone
on the island with dinner last Sat
urday night, which was served at the
| Central school house. The island has
both local and long distance service
and power lines ara now being strung
across the territory which will bring
electric current for light and power
at an early date.
Six hundred farmers gathered at
Burlington last week for the annual
meeting of the Skagit County Dairy
mens association Reports showed
the association had experienced its
most prosperous year, A gain In bus
mess Of $4,000 over 1925 was shown
Net worth OF the organization was
set at SiOS,Oo615. which includes a
surplus on hand Of s115,S9L29,
Total resources of ~ domestic saw
ings and loan associations in Wash.
ingtcn for the year ending December
81 was SS90Ol ,l62, II was shown in a
report issued by w. l.. Nicely. super.
visor of the division OF savings aud
loan in the department of efficiency.
This Is an increase since December
a. 1925 of s12.S55.562, when the re.
port showed resources OF S76,1i56OO.
| Practically the same board of trus.
tees and the same executive officers
as during the past year were elected
last week at the annual meeting OF
the Yakima Fruit Growers' assoca.
ton. held in Yakima. H. T. James ia
president, y u. knight, yice-presiden,
William Mckinney. secretary; J. Wal
ter Hebert. troasurer and manager,
The association now has 7is shipping
members, representing an orchard
acreage OF S313 acres.
The annual meeting Of the Wash.
ington Cooperative Ege and Poultry
association wa, held in Seattle laat
week with 1900 OF the 1000 members
In attendance The total volume OF
business Tor the year 1925 was siif
cG2, 900 as against slO.9Ge.O 900 for the
previous year Seven hundred aud
forty thousand cases of ,ggs wera
marketed as asninst 100000 in 1926
and approximately 100000 pounds oi
poultry was sold during the year.
Although there we're increases IN
production and shipments Of lumber
1 by i0i west coast mills last week,
compared to 103 mills tho previous
week. there WINS notable decrease IN
the total number Of new orders book
ed. The report tor the week ending
January % showed production total
ing S91s547s feet compared TO 81.
sll.5lG feet for the previous week;
sh pnauts totaled eit0i.1s5 feet com
pared to a total of st.267sig feet the
previous week, whlle new orders
booked last week tolaled 9GGos 6ig
feet compared 10 0sa20.05f the pre-
yloui week. according TO The weeklg
report Of ibs wost Coast Lumber
mems association
although Washington is a new state
and its resources are only partly de-
v Hoped. Il ranks tenth among The for
tgeisht states lu average per capita
= income. according 70 a research Of
per capita wealth and purchasing COW
of in this state by the publicity De
PERTINENT % the state chamber o. com
p rce. based on figures oi the L s.
d pattmenf of agriculture The aver