Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-02

Nao OiueISu dl u specldl meeting OF
| the board of county commissioners
who declared an emergency existed,
since the unsafe condition of the wood
en- span necessitated the closing of the
bridge. The cost will be about s4O,-
600.
Eighteen head OF Hoistein cattle
were found dead at the base of cliff
on Mount Purcell east Of Randle last
week. They were owned by Joe Moor
croft, RandIe pioneer. Apparently
they had huddled under huge tree
| during a recent storm when the tree
vas struck by lightning, hurling them
over the cliff.
All but seven of the 5S Rotary clubs
in Washington and Oregon, the pan
handle of Idaho, British Columbia. and
Alaska, were represented in Longview
in the annual executive council OF
presidents and secretaries held last
week Seven past district governors
are included among the 200 Rotarians
and their wives attending.
Members OF Kiwanis clubs from
three Pacific northwest states and two
Canadian provinces were in Spokane
last week for the largest convention
in the history of the district. Because
of the rarid growth in membership
and the increase in the number OF
clubs, proposal was before the CON
vention to redivide the district, which
now contains seven districts.
Shingle mills OF the Barr Shingle
company and the Blue Ribbon Prod
ucts company at Kalama resumed op-
erations last week after weeks shut
down because OF demands Of EN-.
ployes for an Increase in wages. The
demand was met by the employers,
who state that recent rise in the
price OF shingles makes 1t possible.
The increase is about cents per
thousand.
Contracts totaling s5O2,75S for state
highway construction, half OF which
will be expended on two sections of
the North Bank highway along the
Columbia river. were awarded at
Olympia last week by the state high.
way committee. The North Bank con.
tracts will carry construction of the
highway around Cape Horn, some OF
the heaviest construction the state has
ever attempted
To Cnalaska, the sawmill town Of
the Carlisle Lumber company, 16 miles
southeast of ChehalIs, goes the honor
of having Grand champion girl baby in
the Southwest Washington better ba-
bies department Gale Annette Griggs.
sixmonths old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James Griggs of onalasko. was
the highest ranking baby In n total of
S75 that were examined. This child
scored 99ia per cent.
c. l.. Wrenn Of Sara will harvest
200 pounds of extracted honey from
one hive Of bees, he doelafed lie al
ready has extracted 1GG pounds and
viii remove the honey twice more this
season, he said The hive Is very
s,rcng. and the number OF bees Is es.
t.mated at 100000. Mr.. Wrenn OK.
poets to harvest 1900 pounds of ex.
tracted honey from II stands which.
at current prices, will bring 1925.
Plans have been completed for new
100ton hleached sulphlte pulp mill
which win be constructed on the site
OF the old A. j. West sawmill property
at Junction City, a mile east of Aber
deem, II was announced. The new
plant will be operated In connection
with the Wost min aud the concern
will be known as the West Lumber &
PUN company The first unit will
employ about $50 men at the outset.
More than 100 forest fires were
kindlod by the lightning storm which
swept this state last Friday. according
to rrorts coming into the office OF
State Supervisor OF Forests George c
JOY. Forty fires in Chclan county
we're reported by a. II. Sylvester. su
pervisor Of the wenatchee national
forest: 10 we're reported In okanogan
county by H. r. vane. district fire
warden; nine fires were reported in
WhatconL
Production OF 12O mills reporting 10
the West Coast Lumbormens associa.
ton for the week ending August 20
was lg3Ggs5e5 feet. new business TO
aled 123.67s.O50 feet aud shipments
aggregated 12i.61S.52G feet. The re-
port OF the preceding week OF f2i
mills showed production at 115.ib9,.
1ls feet. salas 12s.e9i.69s and ship.
ments 1l4sSI,OS3. denoting an In.
crease Of approximately 100000 feet
Ia production. l0.00Oo0O feet In ship
r1ntr end slight decline in order
for this week.