Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-03-30

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approximately f559 knights Of T py:-
thias from all parts of southwest
Washington will assemble in Aberdeen
April 2S for the semi-annual district
convention.
Prospects for a bumper small fruit
crop in Clark county this year are ex
cellent. L. r. Mcintosh, fruit expert
who is acting in an advisory capacity
to fruit growers, said.
A group of 1900 representative citi.
zens met in Spokane Sunday TO cele-
brate the 92d birthday anniversary OF
the Rev. Father Joseph Cataldo and
his rs years of service in the ministry
Contract for the construction of a
1400-foot tunnel through Campbell's IS
hill in eastern Hcquiam for the Grays
Harbor Pulp company water line. has
been let to Swan Dahlberg OF Port
Angeles.
Executives and convention commit
teemen of the Washington and Oregon
state oranges met in Longview Satur-
day TO make plans for joint session
of the two state organizations to be
held there June II.
After shut down OF several months
to remodel building and overhaul plant
and to install modern cheese-making
equipment, the Western Goat Pro
ducts company of East Standwood, re-
sumsd operations Tuesday
W. E. Vines. owner Of pullic mar.
kets in several west side cites, an
nounced last week the purchase OF
property north OF the Masonic tenn
pie on Fourth street in Yakima and
plans to build q 100000 market there.
The average amount of gasoline
used during 1927 in each automobile
was 477 gallons, while the average
total gas tax paid was s9.54, Director
of Licenses Charles R. Maybury said,
after comparison of gas tax receipts
and the number q motor vehicle
licenses issued.
The old brewery building in Vancou'
| yer extending from Sixth to Seventh
streets on Columbia street has been
leased by the Washington Gamers
| Cooperative and will be remodeled
for combined cold storage plant and
cannery. w. H. Wood, association man
ager, has announced,
Descom Snodgrass, farmer of the
Mount Pleasant district, southeast OF
Kelso, has served for 31la years as
school director in Nebraska. at Ethel
Lewis county. and on Mount Pleasant
He was not candidate for reelection
this year. He has been q director OF
the Mount Pleasant district for %
years.
County Auditor w. ID. Campbell was
directed by the county commissioners
meeting in Montesano last week to
issue calls for bids for the construc
tion of permanent highways No. 81
and 80. which are parts of the pro
posed Pacific c-Beach.Copalis road along
the coast. The bids will be opened
April 16.
"The Boast of the Coast--the Olym
pics has been adopted as central
slogan about which coast advertising
program will he launched for the ex
ploitation of the Olympic peninsula tc
tourists. The slogan was conceived
by Mrs. Rose Holloway of Aberdeen
in contest conducted by the Olympic
Chalet company.
Aphis In the Walla Walla valley are
happy today There are no ladybug'
to combat them Usually ladybugs are
brought to the valley by the automo
bile load and turned loose ON thu
aphls. The roads to the mountains
are so bad that they cannot be secured
and by the time the bugs get ready t'
lily 1t will be too late to do any good
Members of the strawberry brancl
OF the Washington Growers Packinl
corporation voted at the annual meet
: ing in Vancouver last Saturday, to sew
er connections with the packing cor
I poratlon and affiliate with the Wash
lngton Gamers Cooperative, hrancl
OF the growers corporation, which wa
Incorporated recently TO build a can
merry.
J Poultry schools will be held q
Woodland March 81 and at Castl
Rock March 20 by the poultry export
OF the Washington State college es
tension service. w d. Buchanan
poultry specialist. and DIR. G. Fl. Saw
yer, poultry veterinarian for the wesi
/, ern Washington experiment station a
Puyallup. will be the principal instrut
itors.
The government forest service vii