Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-23
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for information
of Our Readers.

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The 1928 state annual convention Of
the National Congress OF Mothers and
Teachers Will eouven in LOngview
and Kelso.
Hugh Currie. 81 years old, pioneer
logger Of Shelton, died there last week
With his brother. 90. now living in
Seattle, he came to shelton in 1854
Mrs. Corintha Land, who crossed
the plains in 1870, oied at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. H. b Allen, in
Walla Walla last week, aged SO years.
Sheep trains from the west and
north we're consolidated into m train
at Wenatchee last week, ana a train
load of t~hirty-eight cars rolled for Chi.
cago.
Nearly all newspapers of the state
were represented al the ~forty-first an
nual convention OF the Washington
State Press Association, held in We
natchee last wee,-.
Rain has stopped threshing in the
Othello district. Farmers will do more
fall seeding this year than for the past
10 years, as conditions are excellent.
The state board of equalization has
been requested by the Chicago. Mil
waukee G St. Paul to cut its valuation
from s5O,OOO.OOO to s2O,OOO.OOO or s25,-
OoO. 1000.
The Northern Pacific has requested
the state board OF equalization to re-
duce its valuation from S1S1, SOC, 900,
as fixed by the state tax commission,
to sGO.OOO,0O
Lake Chelan is now twenty feet
above its former level, according to
Cyril Debrish, engineer in charge of
installing the butterfly valve in the
penstock of the power dam.
Three miners employed in Mine No.
Z OF the Northwestern Improvement
company at Gle Elum were trapped
last week by a caye-in, and one OF The
victims was not accounted for.
Fire. believed to be of i%ncendiary
origin, destroyed a $4,000 prune dry
er belonging to Max Resch. a farmer
living in the Lake Shore district. The
loss included 600 boxes Of prunes.
"The Castle" will be the name of
the new S15o,OOO theater in Vancouver,
which is nearing completion. 1t is
planned to open the theater. which
will seat 1850 persons, on October 8.
A course in game farming will be of
fered at Washington State college this
fall, for the first time. A study of the
general principles in the conservation
of wild life will be included in the
course.
Progressive citizens of Auburn, Al
gona. Buckley, Enumolaw, Orting,
Puyallup and Sumner VIII organize a
Puyallup Valley Boosters association
TO advertise throughout the United
States.
The work OF repairing the damage
from the disastrous cell house fire at
the state penitentiary at walla walla
one year e has beSn completed and
the conyiots are well housed for the
winter.
Fields IN the vicinity OF Wilbur have
been soaked to n depth Of more than
ak inches by recent rains. Standing
prlng grain is d mayed some. but the
ground will be in excellent condition
for fall sowing.
noy,strotlon in mo uuhllc schools
Of Elmo etoy4 nm inerease Of about 10
nor cont nj n rh school increase Is
obopt twenty. v,bi,e Grade school regis.
tration shows 4ae an increase of 40
over the same time last year.
washinyton,s timber never
will no oxbausted nj tbo ratio sclen.
tiftc reforestation 10 belne nut into
nractice nv tho h,e timber and mil,