Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-10

Fire destroyed the Allen building
two-story brick office and store
building in the business section Of
sunnyside The fire started from a
bakers oven The loss to the build
ing is $4,000 and to contents $1,000.
Dates of the national air races
awarded to Spokane by the National
Aeronauic association, have beer
fixed as September % and "a. it was
announced by Major Jack T. FancbeT,
commander of the national guard ava
tion unit there
Excitement not on the program was
afforded at Camp Lewis when tire dc
stroyed the 10th field artillery officers
club building just as Major-General
William J. Snow. chief OF field artil
lery OF the United States army, was
about to review troops of the camp.
\ sizzling hulk and charred timber
were all that remained of the 1856
ton motorship City of Nome, at Amer
deem. Ship and cargo were all but
completely destroyed by a fire which
broke out in the engine room ana
raced through the freighter despite all
efforts to check it.
Cowlitz county has a total area OF
/ 1890 acres, according to the Heald
Menery company survey which show,
! approximately 100000 acres privately
owned, 6O.SOO in the Columbia nation
al forest, 72,4S1 acres state. school
aud granted lands and 447O acres IN
reserved government land
Bert L. Baker. secretary of the Traf
dc association. reports that there wer
only fiftysix cars OF apples left in tho
Wenatchee district June /. There
were sixty-three ears one year ago
Shipments during May were 1853 cars
compared with 27S one year ago. Total
shipments TO date are 17,427.
Senator Barclay. chairman of the
joint legislative committee appointed
to purchase additional land for III,
penitentiary after consultation with
Representative Davis, the only other
member of the committee residing
east OF the mountains, has called
meeting of the committee for Friday
June II.
The Clark county commissioners
have adopted the plans prepared by
| County Engineer Daako Tor the i'm
provement with hard surface pave
ment, OF seven miles OF road from the
end OF the pavement on the St Johns
road to a point north of Manor, and
approved a resolution to make the i'm
proyement
The first raw material to be used
by the Loneyiew Fiber company in
the production Of paper at its plant
now under construction on the Colum
bia river front in Iongview was taker
to the plant site last week. and tive
one-cord trucks will continue to haul
material from the Long-Ben plants
night aud day.
Like a bombshell out OF clear sky
the resignation Of the state fisheries
board was announced recently by Gov.
crnor Hartley Due to a controversy
that CAME before the board on an i'm.
portant phase OF It's worl. and Inability
TO agrco, members OF the board asked
that their designations he accepted
effective june is.
wish an attendance of several
thousand people from all parts of tn,
Yakima Valley smnyslde celobruted
It's annual "Forl Day" Miss Lucille
Banning was queen of the occasion
Edna Wallace Of Outlook was awarded
the major prize OF $50, given to the
owner OF the most tumbledown nivvaI
to reach the grounds under It's own
power
oJo.Jo" snake charmer for two
years with the ~ sler Carnival com
pany now playing at sunnyside. died
OF suffocauon due 20 the bite Of o. rat
tlesnake that he had placed to his
mouth in the course OF a performance
Tie was bitten sluaroly through thc
middle TO the tongue. which began 60
swell Instantly. and soon closed his
throat
An educational program among
school children on the dangers of
blasting caps was launched by the de-
partmcnt OF labor and Industries. n.
sector Clair bowman said that bune
tins secured through the Institute OF
makers of explosives n Sew Yorb
were being mailed TO every school
PRINCIPAL county aud city saperintoud
emit n Tho state
Tragedy followed Vac graduation en-
terieinmlut OF enc uda school at ITO
bart. So miles from Semitic when Eve
schoolboy attors died after benr over
como by carbon monaside eas wbll
ehanr.he clothes ir d small sinet