Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-04-20

Aberdeen's annual cleanup. paint
up" week will he held April 22-29, ac-
cording to announcement OF the cham
ber of commerce.
Pursuant to an act of the Legislature
the state has decided TO the port of
Vancouver all unsold shore lands On
Vancouver lake
The Walla Walla county Parent
Teacher association was organized re-
Gently with Mrs. w. NJ. Davis of Col
lege Place, president.
William NJ Mason, Bickleton sheep
man, has been brought to Yakima.
He was suffering from what was dag
nosed as spotted fever.
Seattle's per capita fire loss during
1927 was the lowest in the history of
the city, S1.36, according to the annual
report of the department.
Austin Carey, 40, was instantly kill
ed last week when struck by log in
the lumber workings of the Samish
Bay Lumber company at blanchard.
James r. Dickinson, S6. who came
to Dungeness from England in 1859,
died in Port Angeles hospital last
week, after an illness OF two weeks.
A fire Sunday at the Poison Log
ging company's Camp No. near Ho-
quiam entirely destroyed the commits
sary. office, bath house and one bunk
house.
George Dodman. Al, steam shovel
operator for the Saginaw Timber COM
pany, died in an Aberoeen hospital
last week. He was crushed beneath
the shovel dipper.
A cold storage plant with bins cap
able of holding 1000 tons of potatoes,
power sorters and refrigerating ma
chinery, is under construction at Sun
nyside by Roy Fits.
+. C. Sloan of the Washington-ldaho
Seed company is spending a week in
Walla Walla county signing contracts
with foothill farmers TO grow beans
and peas for canning.
A meeting OF the Grays Harhor
Poultry association to honor Leslie
Sorenson. new county agricultural
agent, and Robert Cowan, departing
agent, was held in Elma last week.
Work of grading Centralia's airport
was started last week and the field
will be ready for use in several days.
Construction of hangar is included
in the plans for Improvement of the
field
A fire of incendiary origin early
Friday morning destroyed the poultry
house, 1900 laying hens and 1900 baby
chicks belonging to Kenneth Keesee
near Marysville, entailing loss OF
sS5oO.
A committee OF Puyallup business
men has secured summer camp foi
the boys and girls OF Pierce county
on an island at the east end of Lake
Tapps, a 22-minute drive from Puy
nllup or Sumner.
Yakima had 1896 cars OF apples in
cold storage April and had shipped
9di3 cars, making total crop of II,
1870 cars. according to the monthly re
port of the Yakima Valley Traffic ant
Credit association.
The Northern Pacif!c-Great North
ern depot at Auburn was damaged tt
ths extent of $500 last week when 9
box car that was being shunted into
side track jumped the rails ant
crashed into the building.
Award Fairbanks, sculptor, who was
selected to carve the figure of the
pioneer Mother" for the $4,000 Craw
ford fountain to be erected in Esther
Short park in Vancouver is working
on the statue while studying in Eu
rope
Yakima rrutt shippers want frui
and vegetables left out OF the McNary
IIaugen farm aid bill The Yakim'
/ valley Traffic and Credit association
has taken steps to lay the matter be
fore the Washington delegation in eou
cress.
Fire Of undetermined origin las
week destroyed two buildings at Ii
Center, on the Pacific highway.
Joe Massaro. formerly a prosperou
uerchant Of Port Angeles but witt
left to take Carusos place in song
dom. is dead In that city, havinI
hanged himself because Of dlsappoint
ment in securing a contract
Announcement was made at RaJ
mond recently by a, G. Basil that h
had let the contract for construction
OF modern theater building. to b
completed between August 1 and IL