Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-01-20
WASHINGTON News
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events of the Weak
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Of Our Readers.

Joe Weity was reelected president
Of the Chelan County Poultry associa-
ton at the annual meeting in Wenat-
chez.
w. II. McCrabbe of Conconully who
has stocked private lake with brook
trout, last week shipped 100000 trout
eggs to Japan.
Alaskan reindeer meat is to be tried
out in the mess of the Bremerton
nevy yard to see if it can win place
on the navy's ration menu.
Mrs. Anna Slater Jones, sc, the first
white child born in Bellingham, died
Saturday night at her home near that
city, where she was born in 1861.
Wall Walla city commissioners hope
to be able to open bids for the main
part of the sewage disposal plant sys
TEN ON February Is, ii is announced.
Plans are under way for reorganiza-
ton of the Centralia chamber of com
merce, disbanded last week following
resignation of its board OF directors
All schools in the state OF Washing
ton observed January 16 as temper
ance and good citizenship day in com
pliance with an act OF the legislature
Of 1928.
Damage estimated at 100000 had
been inflicted at Gle Elum by flood
waters of the Gle Elum river, which
was Overlooking It's banks as the re-
suit of melting SHOWS.
Announcement was made recently
of the formation OF the North Central
Washington Growers association.
non-shipping concern having in mino
the promotion of the interests of the
fruit growers.
Yakima county farm organizations
have appealed TO Governor Hartley to
have the state aid in solving the pota.
TO marketing puzzle. II is not practic
able to ship the product because OF
the low prices.
Two OF the 10 pupils of consolidated
school district No. 81. injured last
Thursday when a heavy stage crashed
into school bus at Scatter Creek,
five miles south OF Tenino, are near
death In a hospital at Olympia.
The executive committee of the
American Bar association, in session
at New Orleans recently. selected Sc.
attic as the place for the next meet
ing. The association will be in con
vention there from July 23 to 2S.
The farmers union has opened
store at Chelan. 1t Is selling feed, fuel,
groceries and tires. The feed and
fuel is being stocked in the old trans
Ter building on Woodin avenue. and
the groceries and tires are being sold
in the Crow Brothers store.
Toppenish pos;office employees who
opened the office one morning last
NCth dthi n. w nltCt pOSiludb-
ter, dead upon the floor at the back
of the work room. w. NJ. Drake, dep
uty coroner and undertake., was
called and pronounced the death sui
eide.
A contract for the sale of 57,32S
acres OF timber land in Cowlitz and
Lewis counties and of the timber On
1909 acres OF land from the Weyer-
haeuser Timber company to the Long
Bell Lumber company. was filed at
the Cowlitz county auditors office re-
Gently.
With all streams flowing from the
Blue mountains bankfull, Transports
ton between Walla Walla and other
towns south OF the Snake river was
seriously crippled. Stages to Pasco,
Poheroy and colfax were unable to
operate because of washed out bridges
and highways.
Traffic ever North Bank highway
has been limited to vehicles Weighing
not more than one-half ton by The
state highway patrol. Clearing of the
nine-mile stretch between Carson aid
Cooks has been under the personal
supervision OF State District Engineer
scharaz and Maintenance isngirs
Mckenzie.
On February 10 at the Ellensburs
offices OF the reclamation service viii
be opened bids Tor construction OF
the Kittitas diversion dam In the YAK.
ina river near Easton. and for con.
struction Of section OF the main Kit.
titas irrigation canal earthwork. lining
and tunnels. Construction OF the dam
will necessitate diverting the Yakima
river from its present channel while
the work is going on. and most OF the
work will be done during the fall and
winter OF this year.
The mldwinter conference Of the
executive board OF the Washington
State Federation Of Women's Clubs
vas held In Ellensburg last week