Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-07-29
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE S1ATElINEIHS

The 20 h annual convention of the
! .gashington Stale Federation of La
bor was held in Centralia last week.
| Officials of the Prosser Coli club
ire negotiating for the purchase of a
ract of bottom land for new links.
The sixteenth annual fair of the
,orthwest Washington Fair associa-
on will be held in Lynden August
,s27.
Fire caused damage estimated at
| 100000 when 1t wiped out more than
helf the town of Govan, west of VIII
| lur last week
John Admunson, tree faller at the
smith & Link mill in the Mount
Book district was killed last week
when a tree fell on him
Yakima's municipal waterworks
system will be in operation one year
from this time, city engineer Charles
Wilson predicted last week.
The Skagit Dairymen's association
has extended its milk route so miles,
10 serve farmers throughout the Ska
git valley, up to Marblemount.
Growers OF hay in the Walla Walla
vicinity went ON record as unit in
favor Of accepting federal grades for
hay instead Of state grades.
The newly remodelei olympia city
nail was declared TO be fire hazard
by Fire Chief Kingsley in letter to
Mayor Johnson, Just made public.
Mayor c. B. Halbert of Wenatche.
lied last week at his home from heart
disease. He was a pioneer resident
and prominent business man.
Three homes were destroyed, three
thers damaged and a family of eleven
@as left homeless as result of fires
N the Aberdeen district last week
Purchase Of a new s13,5oO Ahrens
i7oz l00O-galion pumper to replace the
tire engine destroyed in recent fire
has been authorized by the Aberdeen
liy council.
The Yakima district, which usually
hips about $500 carloads of peaches
i'll have only about 800 carloads this
year, and all these win be sold in
Oregon and Washington.
Five generations and 81 descendant
we're represented at a reunion he'd
iast week at the home OF Mrs. Julia
b. Jones, in Vancouver, marking ner
Goth birthday anniversary.
&. c. Durdle, recently elected Ben.
ton county agent, took up his duties
last week. He win have his office
In Kennewlck, but viii have all OF
Benton county for his territory.
Investigators Of the state depart
ment of agriculture are making a sur
vey of potato fields in the Yakima
valley. to determine the location and
xtent of Colorado beetle infestatlon
Officials representing more than
three-fourths of the 80 counties of the
state attended the annual state con.
vention OF county auditors and county
treasurers held in South Bend last
week.
A fire last @ednssddy at Pasco par.
tally destroyed a meat market, hard
ware store building jewelry store and
damaged the town theater. The loss
1f about $4,000 was said to have been
insured.
J. d. Guthrie, public relations repre-
sentative of the United states forest
service. said that the Dayton-Tollgate
road along the top OF the Blue noun
tains probably would be completed
This year.
Bucking horse contests will be in
Guided on The afternoon programs of
The walla walia couaty fair. septem-
her $40 Racing has been the only
form Of spcgt given during the fair in
recent years.
a total Of sssi29I.7g was appor.
Toned to the th!rty-nine counties in
the state from The state current school
fund. as of July 20, according to state
Supervisor of Education josephine
Corlis Preston.
Construction work will start in
few days on a steel throe.spau bridge
across the Wenatchee river at Cash.
mere st a probable cost Of $4,000 1t
sill scrvu growers on tie north side
# the river
The Syesr.o,d son Of John Rraden,
Wapato raneher, narrowly ESCAPED
death last week in an automobile
crash by MOVING machine knives in
the family car being Jared so they
slashed his scalp and neck The
Braden ear coilided with another or
the road vest Of wa7ato.
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