Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-06-29


waterway in Tacoma recently.
The bid Of the state of Washington,
par and 40 per cent interest for an
issue OF $4,000 OF Vancouver school
bonds. was accepted by the school
board recently. The money will be
used to build the new junior high
school at Thirty-second and Main
streets.
The Vancouver city council at the
regular meeting last week let CON
tract for improving East Twentieth
street from Broadway TO Reserve. to
Gus Kuyach. on bid of ss3s0.S1, the
Improvement 10 consist of grading.
crawling and laying concrete side
walks and curbs.
The Pasco-Kennewick bridge over
the Columbia river was reopened for
traffic last week after being out of
commission II days due to washout.
The bridge handled approximately 4oo
cars day during May Increased
tours, traffic is expected TO swell
that number this summer,
Z Erdman. drilling contractor en-.
gagged in sinking well at Electric
park in Aberdeen for the Grays Har.
Dor Railway & Light company, was
slightly burned when natural gas.
seepiug from a SOo-foot casing, ignited
ana spurted up the we'll The flame
shot several hundred feet into the air.
County Treasurer Bender of Clark
county received $4,000 in 1921 and
1928 for property acquired by tax fore
closure and resold. The net profit to
the county was S17,5S7. Property sold
in 1927 brought $11,30S5o with net
profit OF s1S6O5S Sales Tor six
months of 1925 totaled s31.71S.5o with
net profit of S15,72675.
Arrangements are being made for a
Fourth OF July celebration and picnic
at the Central Ferry bridge across
Snake river. The invocation will be
given by the Rev Mr.. Hicks, Pomer-
oy: the grafton by County superin-
tendent L. T. Babcock. Colfax. and the
Declaration OF Independence will be
read by A. G. Farley, Pomeroy
Mrs Sylvia Jane Wilson, who was
born while John Quincy Adams was
president and who as woman OF So
crossed the plains to old Oregon with
her husband and six children, while
the civil war was at its height, cele-
brated her Tooth birthday at her home
in Puyallup last week. More than
100 descendants gathered at the fam
lily home to celebrate the event.
Aroused by the explosion OF fire
crackers, c. Deliinger rushed to his
little store near Fishers TO find that
his stock of fireworks was going up
in smoke Someone had bored a large
auger hole through the wooden shut
ter before the display window and
touched off the fireworks. Prompt
action saved the building. but the
stock was ruined by fire and water.
Ridgefield was visited by heavy
electrical storm with vivid lightning
and a drenehing shower early Thurs.
day night, the second within week,
The rain caught some hay which is
down in this part of Clark county and
will further damage the cherry crop.
especially the early varieties. which
are cracking badly In some orchards
about two,thirds Of the crop is so
damaged.
The cannery of the Washington
Canners' Cooperative at Vancouver
will probably not start until pears are
ready to pack. as the machinery can,
not be installed in time to handle
cherries. and the cane berries will be
packed in sugar and frozen, the same
as strawberries. w H. Wood, mana
ser. said As there will be only few
drieys fired this fall the pack OF can.
ned prunes will be heavy
showing net profit Of S92,14S.51
in tho six years Of its operation the
port Of Grnys harbor has issued
summary OF Incomes and disburse-
ments The report sets forth that of
s1.o5O0ol in bonds sold since 1921,
when the port development had It's
inception 100000 has been retired
and an additional 100000 in paper
will be redeemed July + Thus half
the bonded Indebtedness Tor the port
project will have been retired in six
years
II = Adams, assistant attorney gen.
erh, suggests in an opinion TO Chas
W Greenough Spokane prosecutor.
that abatement proceedings be lnsti.
tuted BY county horticultural agents
against orchard owners refusing to
comply with the statutes This course
was recommended in preference to the
uronpsed arttnn Of the SnokHna conn.