Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-06-29
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF Interest
Principal Events of the Week
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trict No. shows 1884 OF school age,
So less than in 1927.
Twelve carloads of berries have
been shipped from the sunnyside dis
trict. bringing the growers returns to-
falling $4,000.
Between 1000 to 5000 carloads Of
fruit wers destroyed by hail last Fri
day in the lower Naches district OF
Yakima county.
Seattle was chosen as the 1929 con
vention city of the Washington State
Music Teachers association. which
held its annual convention in Yakima
last week
A single mill on the chehahs river
at the west end OF Alder street was
destroyed by fire recently that is pre-
sumed to have been started by chiI-
dren playing in the plant.
Said to be the oldest living man
who was born in Seattle, Elwood
Plummer. 10 years old, is visiting that
city this week from Vancouver, Wash.
where he now makes his home.
Work was begun Monday on the
construction OF the huge new Olympic
highway span across the Queets river
in the peninsula wilderness. The
work viii require several months.
Green grapes eaten by the S-year,old
child OF Mr.. and Mrs Reida Blomseth
OF Yakima are believed to nave caused
intestinal poisoning and commissions,
which resulted in the childs death.
Found guilty of driving while
drunk. the Rev Charles Preston, head
of the Spiritualist Christian church
in Seattle and Tacoma. was tined $3.50
and sentenced to spend six months in
Jail
The toll record for 1928 was broken
last Sunday on the interstate bridge
with a total OF $1,000 received from
2S,141 persons, so motorcycles, PAST
two-passenger automobiles and 777S
large cars.
A flyless summer is claimed by the
Sunnyside chamber OF commerce,
which has special committee in
charge OF fly determination cam
paign. Roy Fits is chairman of the
committee.
Three hundred delegates represent.
ing nearly every station ON the North.
ern Pacific railway met at Tacoma
last week in the fourth annual con
vention OF the Northern Pacific Vet
Grams association.
Work of oiling roads in Walla Walla
county began recently when L. Il.
Hessel. Washtucna contractor. put a
crew OF men on the Bryant Avenue
road. A total of 16 miles viii be
oiled this summer.
A wild pea vine, the only one OF
its kind ever found on the continent
of North America, has been discover.
ed on the state college campus 1T Pull.
man by DR.. Harold ST John. associate
professor of botany,
Two hundred acres OF mint are un.
der cultivation in the Sunnyside dis,
trict. The outlook for marketing the
crop of mint oil is said TO be unusually
favorable. Indications point 10 a con.
slderably larger acreage another sea,
son.
A meteor. which fell from the sky
the other night, is being exhibited at
the Hotel Kennewick in Kennewlck.
Curtiss Hanson saw it fall as he was
going nome and says it lit up the sky
as it came down and was warm when
he reached it.
The Hoquiam city council has ae-
copied the bid OF the state 1t Wlsh
ington on 100000 in general obliga,
ton bonds for acquisition OF the exist
ms water system here and Tor SSo.OOo
in similar bonds Tor construction OF
new city han
Veterans OF Foreign Wars OF the
department of Washington held a
three day session In Yakima last week
with 100 delegates present G K.
Christie of Seattle, department com.
mander, responded to the welcome
speech by Mayor w. b Dudley
With the completion OF modern
sawmill plant, with daily capacity of
10000 feet. at Kliokitat the } Noas
Lumber company has announced in.
tentions Of carrying on extensive OPP
eratlons In the timber belt OF western
Kllekitat county A new planning mill
plant, to be operated in connection
with the mill, is nearing completion.
ana additional yardage has been prov
yided Tor lumber piling,
The first SUMMER apples Of the sea
son appeared at the produce houses
in waila wala when a few boxes Of
Beniouheimers were brought in. They