Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-04-06
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE news

sociation, including territory from
Union Gap to Benton county, has
been organized with about one hun
dred members.
One thousand wild horses from
central and northern Washington
We're delivered last week to the
American Products company at Yaki-
ma to be turned into fertilizer.
The Colville home beautiful" CON
test opened April and will end
September 1. Three prizes will be
awarded by three judges, who will
view the property at intervals during
the contest.
Winlock school board is having
plans prepared for the new gymna.
sium and community building. to be
erected on the high school grounds,
patrons having recently voted $4,000
for the purpose.
With two business days remaining
in the month, March building permits
issued by the Spokane building in
spector's office have climbed to SiO1.-
591, as compared with s2S6.2g9 in the
same month last year
Yakima apple growers, representing
a tonnage OF $4,000 boxes, met in
Yakima Saturday and voted 100 per
cent in favor of organizing along the
lines of the North Central Washing.
ton Growers association.
Mrs. Sarah Anne Davis, Sc. died
Monday at her home near Colfax.
where she had lived 40 years. She
was born at Rhonde Valley, Wales.
and came with her husband to Whit
man county A years ago.
Falling into the Chehaiis river at
the General Package company plant
in Aberdeen, Oscar Laakonen. TO,
pioneer resident of the Grays harbor
district. was drowned last week. Laa-
konen had lived in the Grays harbor
district for 80 years.
DIR. L. A. yeatch. chairman of the
publicity committee of the Longview
Lions club, sponsoring the annual
Easter egg hunt, announced that the
event will be held April S on the
blocks west of Hotel Monticello
Twenty-six Longyiew firms, two
from Kelso ana two from Seattle to
date have taken space for the manu-.
facturers exhibit to be staged al
Longview April 6, 7 and by the
women of the Community church.
Who wants to buy a courthouse?
Chehalis has one that originally cost
around $4,000, with paved streets
and wide cement sidewalks on three
sides OF the lot. which is 1O0x100
feet in size The board has fixed
minimum price of $4,000 on the prop.
erty.
A mouthless carp weighing five
pounds is among the exhibits in the
rooms OF Vancouver chamber Of com
merce. The fish was caught in
trap Evidently the fish sustained
life by absorbing food through its
gills. which were normal, fish ex.
perts say
A statement OF the actual profits
derived from two cows over period
of 20 months was made last week by
X. NJ. Morris, an ardent supporter of
the Palouse cheese factory The two
cows earned s5OS net profit for Mr.
Morris during the period All the
milk was sold to the Palouse cheese
factory and was subject to their
weighing and grading.
Officials OF the Harris Manufactur-
ing company OF Stockton. Cal. are
comforting with the Waila walla
chamber of commerce concerning the
moving OF the plant 20 that city. The
company makes harvesting machin.
cry.
c. f. nlrge aud his three children
we're badly injured at Pomeroy Wed
nesday when their automobile collid
ell with horse and cart with such
force as to throw the animal into
the back seat of the auto onto its
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