Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-21
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news

-yA .l-talSea It44Eu bLt4 Gy4.4 set+
with 1O9 cars the preceding week and
141 cars in the corresponding week a
year ago. Milder weather has result
ed in the better movement.
Tom ], Drumheller of walla Walla
was reelected for the 18th consecu-
tive time as president of the Wash
ington Wool Growers association at
the annual convention held in Yaki-
ma. ]. F. Sears, who has served al
most as long as secretary, was again
named, as were other officers.
For extra funds to erect a high
school gymnasium, the Anacortes
board of education has ordered a spe.
cial election to be held January 2i,
when five-mill levy for the p,aaose
viii be up for approval Sufficient
funds are on hand which with the
special levy. will permit the board to
erect s25 600 gymnasium
The Aberdeen central labor council
and Hoquiam trades and labor council
las jointly petitioned the American
Federation of Labor for charter
hich will combine the two and will
include all labor organizations OF the
county in one council, to be known
as the Grays Harbor County Central
abor council. About 30 unions are
Elected.
With the end of 1926 total of s5,-
23S,iG7 has been received by the state
through Inheritance tax collections
since 1902. the state division Of inher-
ance tax and escheatais announced
.ocently Collections of the tax and
schcatals for 1926 amounted to 1884,
Sl1, which is second only to the col.
lsct!ons FOR 1924. which shattered all
ate records with a figure of 1854
$50.
The Vancouver office of the Wash
~gton Automobile club was notified
lsst week by State District Engineer
p. NJ. Gillis that a heavy slide at
Sand mountain, two miles east Of Car
son, had closed the north bank high
way and that II would be three weeks
before the obstruction could be re-
moved. Sand mountain has been a
source of trouble since the road was
opened.
Following investigation by Dr. A. f.
STUNT. head of the state board Of
health, OF complaints that the dis
charge OF unpnrilied chemical vast
age from pulp mills into the upper
Sound would result in destruction OF
valuable oyster beds, conference
has been called by Charles II. May
bury, director OF fisheries and game
for January a. at the Olympia cham
Der of commerce.
Value OF Washingtons dairy prod
ucts for 1926. according TO the bicnni
al report OF Director of Agriculture
Eric ]. Barnes, exceeded $4,000 600
The various products and their values
we're subdivided as follows. Whole
milk. S1O,7i5 482; SKINNED milk, s1i3.
1870; sweet crenm, SS,O51,9O2i butter
s122ss.269; cheese. s1,13i O66; Ice
aream, S3iS6.597, condensed milk, So.
}99,553; by.products, s9i4,5i0.
shatteriug previous records, re-
celpts for the Interstate toll bridge
exceeded one half million dollars dur
ing 1926. It was revealed at a meeting
Of the bridge commission last week
Twonfths Of this will 20 to Clarh
county and three.fifths to Multnomal
county. The bridge has earned NOR,
than S3.0o000O since Il was opened
in 1917 Four million persons and
two million automobiles crossed tht
bridge last year
Flfty representatives Of western
Washington and Oregon co-oporatiy,
berry grower associations, with off
ciols OF packing interests and tn,
chambers of commerce Of Tacoma
Semitic, ruyallup. Sumner. Vancouver
and Portland and Gresham. Or, me
1T Tacoma recently to take the iniiia
tops for tho organization OF herrl
srowega foundation. which will funo
ION 10 bring together all cooperative
grower associations for stanaardize,
marketing and also develop an affil
4ted promotion organization 90 in
alude not only the berry interests
lut also allied indusirials that prof.
by the development OF the berry In
5ustry.
Farm loans in the Grandyiew dis
rict on January 1 toialed S3S2.ooo, @
rs 00l less than a year ago. accord
ng to reports at the annual meetin.
the Grandview Farm Loan associa
tinn.
The new cooperative hatchery o.
7antralia was opened for busines
st week The first hatch was place
the incubators Monday The in
fa,ors have O capacity of i5.ol