Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-12-30

The second quarter opens January z.
whateom county cooperative poul.
tryruen received S44.7OO Christmas
present, in the form of dividend.
directors announced last week There
are more than 1000 members in the
county.
The Columbia Box & Lumber com
pany of South Bend is about to lose
its identity. Since 1898 the mill has
been known to the people OF south
west Washington as the Columbia Box
< Lumber company. But now it is
10 assume the name The Willapa
Harbor Pulp z PAPER mill"
The Vancouver school board has
purchased five acres of land on the
sast side of Main street south of and
adjoining tive-acre tract, purchased
several years ago f. j. Berry. chair.
man Of Vancouver school board, has
announced Work will be started in
April on the first unit OF junior high
school.
Ia c. Starkovitch, 81, was killed in
stantly last week by falling rock in
mine No. OF the Northwestern I'M
provement company at Ronald, 81
miles northwest OF Ellensburg. He
had fired shot in the mine and
was returning to the scene when a
large piece of rock fell on him, break
ing his neck
A full "a hours in which the temper
allure aid not vary a degree was re-
ported at Aberdeen by Weather OBJ
server J. d. Carter for last Monday.
The maximum temperature was IL
and the minimum temperature was PUT
at the same figure, The variation i'll
the weather for the day was less than
half degree.
The Clark County National Farm
Loan association is % times as large
as it was in 1917, NJ. B. Kies. secre-
tary, announced. Ten years ago, Kies
declared, there were % members ap-
plying for loans totaling s61, $50. To
day there are 5SS members, with ST.
100000 outstanding loans. Only one
loan has been foreclosed he said.
w. E. Brown. president and man
ager OF the Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cas-
cade railway, the Chehalis local short
line road, has issued notice OF the for
NAL opening of the 14-mile extension
of the road TO traffic, dating January
l, 1928. The terminus station of the
line, on Winston creek. is called Cow
ltz and is 80 miles southeast OF Che
halls.
Lewis county commissioners have
granted franchises to the Puget Sound
Power Light company to build its
light and power lines along parts OF
the W. A. Rogers. w. T. Hereford
and j. w. Terrier roads in southern
Lewis county; also on Spring street,
Huhers addition to Chehalis. and on
the William johnson and C. A. Bur
chard roads.
The Pasco Growers association has
lust been organized by growers OF
small fruits and vegetables of the
rasco district, to succee1 the Pasco
Cantaloupe Growers association which
has handled the melon crop OF the
Paseo and Kennewick districts for
the past several years Negotiations
are under way for the employment OF
a marketing man.
Cars OF fruit and vegetables ship
ped from Walla Walla, exclusive OF
the Oregon side OF the valley, tctaled
1892 during 1927, it was announced by
Wayne Garrett, district horticultural
inspector The vegetable shipments
amounted to 1156 cars. including ZOO
cars Of onions and 1872 cars Of spinach.
Apples and prunes comprised the larg-
est fruit shipment.
Business conducted ~ the Grays
Harbor Dairymens association showed
an increase in 1927 asscompared with
l926. according to the annual audit
published recently by John +. Murphy.
manager. The period from December.
1926, to November 30. 1927. show 8
gross sales OF 500 zee pounds OF but
terfat compared with 5OO,516 pounds
in 192c. Total receipts we're 1872.
94S.7s, compared with S2gl.Si40s for
the year before
a reduction in freight rates Oh az
pies and all fresh fruits from 5em
cents by the 100 pounds TO 40 cents.
between wenatchee and Portland, ana
from a cents to 40 cents between
wenatchee and Centralia and Cheha.
Us, is announced by the Great North
ern railway according to information
received by the Wenatchee valley
Traffic association This reduction
IS of especial Importance as IL affects
apples to be distributed out OF Port
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