Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-01-27

daughter Sylvia, Smith college grad
uate.
Mrs. Kathryn McKinstry. secretary
of the Ellensburg chamber of com
merce for the last three years and
one of the few women to hold such
an office in the state, rendered her
resignation to the board OF trustees
at the annual reorganization meeting
recently.
beginning a season that will bring
100000 baby chicks out OF its incuba-
tor at LyDden, the local plant of the
Washington Cooperative Chick assocl.
alton started hatchery operations last
week Manager E. G. Park can han
die $4,000 eggs at one time in his big
incubators.
F. A. Coles of Kelso has taken out
a permit to construct building for an
evaporating plant. which will be used
to treat smeits, making it possible TO
ship large quantities of the fish with
out danger of spoilage. Work will
start Immediately, so that the plant
can be used by the first OF February.
Net returns to the Snohom.sh Dairy
mems association members in 1927 to-
tailed ss0S. 407, an increase of $4,000
over 1926. President w. G. Grimm an
nounced. Sales for the year aggregat-
ed sl,662,O00. compared with S1,447,.
600 in 1926 There was a substantial
gain in membership, 500 being the to-
tai now.
An attractive little booklet describ-
ing the wonders of Mount Rainier and
the national park on the mountain has
just been printed by the Rainier Ma
tional Park company. Full Informal
toD on the mountain that built an
empire" and means of getting there
are given in the book. which is hand
scmely illustrated.
The tailoring establishment of Il.
L. Bodgess in the Rivergarden build
ing at the east end of the Kelso bridge
suffered considerable damage last
week, when a freight car on the Cres-
cent Single company siding got out
OF control and jumped over the buf.
fer at the end OF the siding. crashing
into the structure.
Fishermen operating on the Wash
ington side of the Columbia river he.
tween Oak Point and Eagle Cleft will
be advised by the state to move their
equipment to other locations, the or
der being necessary because construc-
tion on the North Bank highway will
necessitate the filling in of number
of fishing locations.
Members of the Washington delega-
ton were advised by the secretary Of
agriculture that he has allotted $685.
S79 for highway work in national for
ests of Washington during the coming
season. OF this. s330,255 is for con-
structing main roads in and adjacent
TO national forests, and s303,624 for
roads needed for administration OF for
ests.
Wearing OF blazers and heavy
sweaters by boy students In class
rooms was blamed for large share
o! the illness in the Yakima high
school, in a report to a meeting OF
public school principals. Girls, more
thinly clad. have better general health
the report said Poor ventilation and
oyerheating were ether reasons given
for school illness.
About 500 members of the Washing
ton Growers Packing corporation
gathered at Vancouver at the annual
meeting held in the Legion building,
The report of Manager Wood on the
1926 prune crop showed total pack
OF 9,19S.3iS pounds the largest in the
history OF the prune industry there
Growers were paid si5S,214.S3, an av-
erage OF 5.002 cents pound
Total 1927 egg receipts at the Cen
tralia receiving station of the Wash
lngton Cooperative Egg and Poultry
association were 34,9ii cases, accord
ing to the annual report OF the organi-
zation. This is gain of 1851 cases
over the preceding year, the third
largest gain in the state. but the local
station was not established until the
latter part of 1926. The peak OF 1927
receipts there was during the second
week in December. when they totaled
g24 cases.
Oakyille high schools debating
team, by winning four decisions and
the votes OF ten judges, was winner OF
the debating contest for southwest
Washington high schools which closed
Friday, according to reports received
and announcement by Superintendent
r. +. Bennett OF Chehalis. manager for
that division. Onalaska, which won
all four debataa was gnqand with do.