Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-03-02
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

The North Pacific conference of
Seventh Day Adventists held the quad
rennial conference OF the four north
| west states at College Place, near
Walla Walla. last week.
A sunken garden with four terraces
and q lily pond AZ by IS feet in the
center, is being built by Albert Scha-
| fer OF the Schafer Brothers Timber
company, in Montesano.
Baby Gallon Phelps owes his life to
the bravery of his sister, Edith, ten
years old, who jumped into the icy
| waters OF the Wallace river, near Gold
Bar, and dragged him to safety.
Washingtons' canned fruit pack fell
from 3,153,4S3 cases in 1926 to 2,19S,-
691 in 1897, according TO figures which
have been compiled and made public
by Ira Case of the state department oil
agriculture.
w. A. Cooper. employe OF the Long
view city parks, has caught 62 moles
in the city parks and parking strips
in the past five weeks. In the four
months Of trapping last year he
caught 400.
The Northwest Association OF Ice
Industries. at the closing session OF
] its ninth annual convention. in Cen
tralia, elected F. NJ. Raymond. Yakima
president of the organization for the
coming year.
A delegation OF t50 members Of the
Illensburg Elks lodge went to Gle
illum last week ON special train and
held the regular lodge meeting in the
northern kittitas county city, follow
ing an annual custom.
The Cowlitz county auditors office
has paid As predatory animal bounties
recently, OF which SO were for Wild
cats at S5 each and II for coyotes on
which the bounty is So. making total
Of 1926 paid in bounties.
Consolidation OF the National Bank
| OF Cheney and the Security National
bank became effective Monday, The
new bank will be called the Security
| National bank and offices will be in
the Security Bank building.
| Mrs Ellen Monroe Flett, the widow
Of John Flett. one of the most widely
..nown pioneers of Washington, died
at Tacoma, aged 92 years. Mrs, Flett
came to Washington in Hudson's
BAY wagon train in 1874.
| Newly elected direcotrs Of the Grays
| liarbor Dairymen's association, at a
meeting In Montesano, chose w. j,
Fern OF the Wynochee district for
resident during the coming year, his
fifth term In that office.
Plans are nearly completed for Ray
monds Spring style show. according
10 the merchants committee OF the
chamber OF commerce, Friday and
Saturday March 23 and "a, have been
set for the enlarged program.
Chief of Police Gillespie of Cosmo.
polls ana his two gleuths, comprising
| the Cosmopolis force were rcuted re-
Gently at the Jail when a tear gas
bomb which the chief was examining
was accidentally discharged.
Mayor Higgins of Vancouver has
| appointed Councllmen Ceilings aud
| Chamberlain and himself on q com
nittee TO investigate proposal to
build a city jail and fire station on a
lot adjoining the Legion building,
The open season for taking steel.
head salmon in the streams OF Klicki-
tat county tributary to the Columbia
river will be changed. opening Janu.
airy aud closing November 80. The
trout fishing season will open April
IL and close November 30. Formerly
the season for taking steclhead salmon
was opened January to February rs
and then closed until April 10.
A 100000 masonry and steel school
building will be built at Cowlltz mis-.
sion II miles southeast of Chehalis,
to he completed by September I, ac-
cordng to announcement by J. DeFor-
est Griffin, Chehals architect. who is
preparing plans.
Longvlew riremen were forced u
oxtlngulsh a blaze In their own quar-
tors. An oycrheatca .ovn In the bath
room Of the departments quarters L.
tied the room and the fire was blaa.
Ing merrily whom it was discovered
The state highway committee ms
called for bids for clearing, draining
and grading OF 81 miles on the NORTH
Bank highway between Woodward
creek aud Greenleaf, in skamania
county. The contract. for which there
is 100000 available. will be awarded
March 20.
Wire worm study in the yakima
and Walla Walla districts will be al.