Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-06-22
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An average of 14h tons OF straw
berries is being shipped out of Wood
land daily, according to recent reports.
The 33d annual three-day conyen-
tion of the Washington Bankers as
sociation convened in Longview last
week.
| Spokane will be host June Il, %
I and 20 to more than 5000 Elks during
their three days state convention in
the city.
Sufficient flow is being pumped
from a 6O0foot well ON the ranch of
Lester Pearne on Simcoe creek near
Yakima to water large hop field
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston,
state superintendent, was the princi-
pal speaker at the dedication Sunday
of the new $4,000 Lacey school build
ing.
Construction work has been started
on brick two-story business block on
Wapato avenue in Wapato. 1t is be-
ing built for c.. C. Bower and will cost
| $4,000.
The Kirkland Packing company at
Kirkland began operations June and
is now packing the largest crop OF
! Strawberries ever raised in that sec
ton of Washington.
Contract for construction of the
school building at Oroville, recently
authorized by vote of bonds, has
been let by the board to Okerlund &;
Hutcheons of Seattle for S35,S63.
An explosion during fire of unde
termined origin at Everett last week
caused damage estimated at $4,000 to
| the Medical and Dental building, the
! largest office structure in Everett.
Starting Monday four new passen-
ger Boeing airplanes will carry pas
sengers between Vancouver and Los
Angeles. A six-passenger Fokker will
be used between Vancouver and Seat
/ tie.
Richard Wayson, connected with
the Milwaukee railway shops in Taco
ma, who had been deaf for ii years.
has regained his hearing following
crash last Saturday evening between
| two motor cars.
The Riverside hotel at Cosmopolis
! burned to the ground recently with
loss of about $500 The building,
containing 20 rooms, was one of the
landmarks at Cosmopolis, having been
built in early days.
The 18th annual picnic of the Alder
| Creek Pioneer association was held at
, Cleveland park, four miles east of
Bickleton last week Approximately
5000 attended. The speaker was Sam
r. Kerfer of Yakima.
Pheam Boyle OF Everett has applied
to the state supervisor OF hydraulics
for permission to take 40 second feet
OF water from the Sultan river in Sno-
homish county for the development of
100000 power plant.
Resignation of virtually all city Of
ficials subject to the mayors appoint
ment was asked by Frank Edwards
when he assumed the executive chair
at Seattle recently relinquished by
Mrs. Bertha X. Landes
A sewage disposal plant to cost $780,
900 will be the next Improvement to
be installed by the Yakima city com.
mission. The project will be discuss
ed with the state sanitary engineer at /
n conference within the next few days
Pullman's population increased by
23s during the 12-month period be.
tween May 1, 1927, and May 1. 1928,
according to figures compiled by Geo
Schroeder. who has completed the an
nual census of school children and |
general population.
Plans for a large and modern bust
ness block to be erected in Yakima
we're announced by Frank Mageau.
building contractor of Los Angles.
who selected Yakima as the place In
which to build. after visiting several
other Pacific coast cities.
A total Of $500 barrels OF strawber-
ries have been packed in sugar and
placed in cold storage by the Wash.
ington Growers Packing corporation
at Vancouver. and the plant will op.
crate in a small way for about ten
days more. This equals the pack Of
last year. Machinery for the can.
ming plant is on the ground and will
be installed as soon as the strawberry
season closes
The Longview Fiber company has
started commercial operations with
It's new 172-inch Yankee type Proud
rinier paper machine, which is manu-