Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

". The Prune Growers Cooperative
has estimated that the 1927 crop will
bring the growers about 100000
During the year closing April l, the
Washington State Elks association
gained 20 members while there was
u decrease in membership throughout
the nation of 1926, Victor Zednicll,
secretary of the state association, an
nounced. The total membership OF
the state association on April l OF
tits year was 1868 as against 23,6l3
last year.
State timber appraised at S354i-
G4iS5; tide and shore lands at S21,-
46453, and upiands at S1S,77125, will
be Offered for sale by the state laid
department September G, Land Com
missioner Savidge has announced.
The offerings are located in Il dir
ferent counties, descriptions of which
are available at the offices of county
auditors.
Sales of the Whatcom County Dairy
mems association were $1,353, ,694.57
| during the first six months OF this
year, according to the semiannual re-
port OF Accountant r. II, Gould. Sales
| increased 3.72 per cent over the pre-
yious six months. A total of 36,1S6,.
| 7S9 pounds of milk were handled in
the half year. and manufactured into
butter and other products.
Plans for oiling two miles of Grand
view streets have come to a sudden
halt with the discovery by the city
council that the cost OF oiling and
maintenance of oiled streets will ex-
ceed funds available for such purpose.
The two miles have been put in shape
for oillng and carload of oil Is on
track, but the. council is unwilling to
carry the experiment further.
The deer hunting season in Cowlitz
county has been altered materially,
| County Game Warden Leichardt has
announced. II will be from Septem-
Der IL to October l. with a limit Of
one buck deer, instead of for all of
the month of October, as was the case
last year The bear season will be
from September 16 to January l with
no limit.
Lewis county came in for the lions
share of the work In six state highway
improvement contracts awarded by
the state highway committee, four OF
the ioba taking in 29ia miles of road
In that county, more than 25 miles be-
ing on the National Park highway
One paving contract on the Pacific
highway in skagit county also was in
cluded. Total bids for the SIX Jobs
amounted to S152,GSli6
| ], c. Palmer of Seattle, chemist and
bacteiiolosiat for the food. drug and
inascilclde ndmnislfation Vi tie de
partmont of agriculture, arrived in
Yakima recently to take charge OF q
laboratory 10 30 established for analy
sls Of spray residues OF fruit during
The shipping season The work is be
ing dono by the government as O rr9
teetlon against interference with the
shipment and sale Of fruit due to re-
mains Of poison sprays
Pgojnciiou Of 122 mills repairing &c
tho Wosi Coast Lumhermens nssocia
ton for the week en0ing August ,
was i27T75 179 feot nav business re
forted aggregated fO7 sO3.50O feet and
shipments totalod 1O5.S7i,0i0 feet
The sume number Of mills reporting
The precadins week produced lis 61s.
7i5 feet sold lil.3,s,l50 and shipped
1iL2s5,5s9, Indicating an increase ol
over 50O0.0O0 feet in output and sharr
declines in both orders and shipments
Paving or the Vancouver Salmon
Craok cutoff WAS started Thursday by
Albers6n. Cornell Bros 4 Walsh, and
sill BE- rushed 10 completion, w. A
9chwaFs. state district engineer, said
| The distance ia "a miles and the paw
ing will be finished BY December /
Though the road will probably not bs
| opened uiil January l a dangerous
s.retch of the Pacific highway will be
eliminated ahen lila work is oomplet
3D. Repayiug throuEh Woodland, ons
mile. viii BE- started next week.
Net receipts On the interstate bridg,
% July set a new high record. accord
ng 10 The report Of Auditor Alex Rae
ad az the monthly meeting OF ths
ierstate bridge commission in Van
ayer The total was ts0.6e0I3
nori0ss last week removed from tn,
Ight lung of little Marie wherry. %
Y4klma, ! years 1ld four pieces o.
smut ahieh bid been cmbsddet
Gro for abow two weeks Mari.
lIed 90 cry while eating peanuts
sarArd aome Of the pieces int,
| af lungs.