Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-10-07
SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news

Grain seeciDg in the Illickitat couI
ty wheat belt was followed by severe
hours OF rainfall last week, The raj
came at most opportuhe time to Civ
the new crop a good start.
Automobile license plates are being
turned out at the Walla Walla penlten-
tiary at the rate OF about 5000 pairs
daily and 100000 of the 100000 pairs
ordered have been completed.
A 3-year-old son of Walter Holman,
living at Twisp in Chelan county ac-
cidentally shot his year-old brother
through the head while playing with
loaded pistol Sunday morning.
An effort is being made to install
modern lights on Main street from
Third to Tenth streets in Vancouver
as an entering wedge for light sys-
TEN in the entire business district.
Kelso was host October 2, 3, A and
5 to the annual grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythias of Washington and
to the grand assembly OF the Pythian
Sisters. More than 500 were in at
tendance.
Roy c. Lyle, prohibition administra-
tor for Washington, Oregon and Alas
ka, is ineligible uuder civil service
regulations for reappointment to his
POST, it was learned authoritatively
last week.
Youthful enthusiasm for auto racing
cost the life OF John Davis. IA years
ola OF Mabton, last week, when the
"bug" in which he and two other boys
were driving around an old racetrack
overturned.
Lewis county's new jail, built at an
expense of S32,5S9 and which is the
latest type OF construction, will be
ready for occupancy by the end OF
this week. 1t has quarters for 60 to
10 prisoners.
The Washington State Field trials
club will run its annual trials next
Saturday and Sunday on the Kittitas
valley courses northeast OF Ellensbure,
where the annual contests were held
in 1924 and 1925.
One central purchasing committee
hereafter will buy all supplies for the
five public cafeterias in the Yakima
public schools and Superintendent Da.
Wis believes the change will effect a
material saving in cost.
Seattle Elks at meeting last week
approved unanimously the proposition
to build u 21-story home to cost ST.
100000 The contract will be let in
about GO days and the building will
be completed next year.
Complete analysis of the timber sup.
ply in Pacific county is being prepared
by Max Schafer, secretary of the Ray.
mond chamber of commerce, in con
neation with his program of obtaining
complete data on all county resources,
The city OF Woolley has ac-
CURED the northeast corner OF Wood
worth and Murdoch streets as a site
for a new city hall. However, no ac-
tion toward building the hail will be
taken at present by the city fathers,
1t is understood.
a final payment of S7i,5o9 on the
1926 prune crop was mailed last sat
urday to members Of the Washington
Growers Packing corporation. making
a total gf si5s,2i4 for the entire crop
OF sisS,001 pounds The overhead
was the lowcst OF ANY year since the
association was organized. W. II
wood manager, said
Construction of concrete paving
across the sections Of the Pacific high
way north and sopih from Kaiama
that wern pIultcl 20 permi, settling
Of nna severe gar8 ago, viii he com
pleted ihia yak unless rainfall pre-
vents.
with ihe clos OF registration books
two W e.s as, tAt roster OF eligible
voters ln tbealeen Is POO short of the
record ST. 'r l32l The total at pres
ent is 5'1 arl.nst a peak OF 662l reg
isterei 4s he municipal elections
that yaar
Irrigation water was shut OFF from
the Tieton canal for the season, ac.
cordlne to the reclamation offices in
Yakima The sunny side canal supply
will continue until about October Is.
When a shackle in the sky line at
schafer Brothers National camp in
southeastern Grsys Harhor county
broke and tell last Friday. Lee Gaddis
was killed instantly and I'd Murray So
badly injured as to oause his death
shortly afterwards
Prune pickers in the vicinity Of
Proebstel several miles from Vancou-
yer have reported seeing a snow-white
Jay among a flock Of blue jays, living