Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-21

ehant and mayor Il the town OF Al
bi0n. died at a Collax hoslital last
week. Death resulted from a ruptur,
cd appendix.
The worst ice storm in years struck
Whatcom county last week, and
caused great damage to telephone, tel
egraph and power lines 10 the north
OF Bellingham.
The Walla Walla Cooperative Egg
and Poultry association last week
formed an agreement with the Walla
Walla Dairymen's association to grade
and market their products.
fl, S. Wilson and w N. Mosher
have killed 30 raccoons near the
mouth of the Naselle river thus far
this winter. The raccoons live on the
claims which abound there.
Nearly twice as many births were
recorded in Aberdeen for 1926 as
deaths, Births for the year numbered
i47 and deaths PSI. Both represented
increases over the 1925 totals.
Open winter weather has enabled
Clark county prune growers to start
work in their orchards. Pruning is
in progress and spraying will be start
d as soon as the rain ceases.
Riding horseback Tor 25 miles over
IN unbroken trail, John rhrapp, 12
md his sister, IA. reached their moth
si's BEDSIDE in a Wenatrhee hospital
shortly before SHE died last week.
c. II. Frans veteran car inspector
the Northern Pacific railroad at
Aberdeen, was seriously injured when
he was crushed between two box
ars in the switching yard near the
aberdeen depo,
During the past year two railroads
unnlne out OF Dayton shipped 7O2
cars Of wheat, which represents
about two-thirds of the crop raised in
that territory. Fifty cars of livestocl.
we're also shipped.
a modern lighting system will be
installed in the business district Of
Camas as soon us necessary legal pro
eedure can be disposed OF, Mayor
Dobbs announced. 1t will be com.
pleted about June 10.
With a fall OF eight inches of snow
on the level in Wenatchee. and rom
foot to eighteen inches in the Wa
ieryille. wheat district, wheat farmers
lf north central Washington are more
optimistic than for many years.
An original unit involving about
l75 sprinkiers, is being installed in
The east part OF Esther Short park in
Vancouver. The budget appropriation
carried sufficient funds to provide IL
rows OF sprinlklers at 14.foot intervals
The executive board of the Wash
lngton State Federation of Women
clubs met in Kelso last week and pro
posed TO expend every energy in OBJ
tanning passage by the legislature oil
an appropriation of 100000 for main
tenRnce Of an industrial home and
clinic for women.
During the first week in January
this year, 1O2 mills OF the West Coast
Lumbermens association produced
i0aS6,sS1 feet of lumber compared tC
total Of 26,304,OlO feet for 90 mill,
the last week Of December. sold ~.
7625SO feet, compared to 65A2l.874
feet for the week previous ana hay,
shipped Gl0ii372 feet, compared t.
So SS0,O55 feet the previous week. ac
cordirg to the weekly report OF th,
lssociation
The WaIla Walla chamber Of com
merce received notice recently iron
Senator Jones' that the commissioner
of immigration has reconsidefed hi.
decision to abolish the Walla Walk
immigration office and that Il woul,
remain
with 41ii cows in Cowlits count!
signed for tuberculn testing th'
county commissioners made nppiieu
tion TO the state department Of asri
culture for establishment Of the coun
- az tubergulin test area with tesi
ing made compulsory.
The power of the Justice o. pes
Is co-exf .nsige within the county d
which he serves. and Is not cont c'
to the precinct IN which ne IS elec;c
and where he must reside during hi
term Of office Attorney General job
IH Dunbar held i1 q letter to Stat
Auditor c W. Clausen
The Washington state deparimer
- agriculture viii be asked by th
Tahima Valley G.l7l lroWera unIoi
% change the size requirements %
RARE baskets from five and one-hal
-os1 ds to nye poands. The matte
90 De before the coming state grad
nd pack conference