Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news

me annual toufHaAIeAt OI tDS sun
nit Ski Club has been set for Sun
day, February IS. at the clubs fine
course just north Of Gle Elum,
Rabbit growers around Centralia
held a meeting at the Ford's Prairie
grange. and organized the Washing
ton Rabbit Growers association.
Arthur Appel. 12-year-old Spokane
lad, was probably fatally burned last
week by the explosion of gasoline
can he was using to start fire.
Construction OF the new zellerbach
Paper company's pulp and paper mill
1T Hoqulam viii be started within six
weeks, according to company officials
Thirty-four milk goats, belonging to
j. D. White, a farmer near Vancouver
were destroyed by German police
dog before the renegade was diseov-
cred.
Elma's high school debating team
9as announced winnor of the south
vest Washington section in the direct
rimary debate series that closed last
eeek.
Weather conditions have stiffenad
.he Yakima alfalfa market and pro
ducers were receiving SIS ton for
No. second cutting and SIC fer No.
/ first cutting.
Cornty assessors gathered at olym-
pia syom mos; Of The counties through
out the state for the 2sth state copven-
ton voted the selection Of Spokane
as the 1928 convention city
The Clark county commissioners
will be asked 10 levy an assessment
against land in dll,ing district No 3,
vaaeouyerShiliapoo lakes, to pay
debts incurred in preliminary work
III the project.
with low temperatures prevailing
iger the northwest last week. the
2ubtfu! honor OF being the coolest
ity went to Ellensburg, whore the Of
icial thermometers drop halted at
80 degrees below zero.
Operations will begin within the
lext two weeks at a new shinsle mill
5oing erected on salmon Greek, near
Toledo. The plant win be equipped
with two machines and will have a
ally capacity of 75,Ooo
A 100000 municipal water system
Is proposed by the city Of Aberdeen
for which four applications were filed
With Supervisor OF Hydraulics r. X
Tiffany for appropriation OF waters
rom Grays Harbor streams.
A curfew ordinance requiring chn
lren under seventeen years to be off
the streets by $3.50 y. nj. unless &C
ompanicd by parents or guardians or
While on a legitimate errand or brai
loss, was passed recently by the Aber
leon city council.
Game birds of the Kittitas vale,
are finding 1t difficult to scratch oui
4 living with a foot and Il half oi
snow covering the ground, and gam,
officials are calling on farmers to 60
operate in providing feed and to ro
port flocks that are known to be IL
ant.
Snow last week covered the grom,
Ridgorield TO a depth of eigh
uches, the heaviest since 1927 The
iawmil OF the Rldgeiield Lumber
company on Lake river was shu
down on account Of the storm ant
about So men were thrown out o
work.
A gain Of SiGe8.74s.G5 was made Ii
the cnah balance for state funds. TO
the week ending January H. over IN
previous week. according to tho re
port of state rroasmer Potts Thu
balance January 10 was Slg.l9a.7aI
and for the following week sl4.l62
1896.
sale of federal timber In the olym
pic national logoot during the caleu
iar year 1896 netted the federal gov
ernmeut a total of 100000 Thes
saloa, made only to four large losgiui
concerns involved approximately 9e
ooO0oo lea; Of timnqr
Tho spportionment Of state soho,
unds, amounting 20 sSa5. 5.t991L m
uouuced by Josephine Cor.iss Pros
ton. supervisor OF public instruction
lives TO King county 3Gs.9586i Wit.
| Spokane county receiving the aoeou
largest amount, 520,eoU42, aud Pierc,
county third, with s2T1ooOl.
-Four mon were killed and eIgh
thors Injured wi u a scartold col
lpsed over dam buinF construete,
taGllnoa canyon. on the Elwha river
rs milca southwest OF Port Anseleg
tha mon ypar. tlovfne auntrote c1r