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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
ACTIVITIES AT THE ASSOCIATION
STATION,

The receiving station of the Vashon
Marketing Association is mighty
busy place these days. seventeen in all
being employed in loading and unload
ing the fruit Our ranches are producing,
This week will end the currant crop.
The Association has sold and delivered
to the Teagarden Products Company
80 tons of fruit, and by the end OF the
week over 200 barrels will have been
packed.
The next fruit that will enter the
procession is the loganberries. The
Association has sold their fruit to the
puyallup and Sumner Packing Co. for
which they will pay 5 cents per pound
+. o. b. Vashon Island. Since they con-
slider this one OF the best deals on the
Island for the year, the directors of the
Association urge that the growers pay
special attention to the picking and
packing of the fruit. The berries
should be picked firm and ripe. The
berries will be picked up by the Vashon
Auto Freight direct from the field, and
delivered direct to the packers in first
class condition
This week starts also the harvesting
of the cherry crop, and large tonnage
principally of Montmorencies, is an
ticipated. These win be delivered to
the Bodle canning plant in Puyallup
AS there is a y cent margin between
stemmed and unstemmed cherries it
will be most profitable to pick the
former While no better Montmoren-
cy cherry is grown than ours, the
market for them is not great Not
because the flavor is naturally bitter
but because the fine flavor and color
is lost by too early picking. Instead
of being picked when the fruit turns
red, it is better to leave it on the tree
for two weeks after it turns.
When ripe cherry is picked without
the stem, instead of bleeding, it will at
once seal, automatically. and in adj
dition to being more easily picked the
fruit in tins condition brings a higher
price.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
what Has Becomc of the Bana2

On July 18th. thirty-seven years ago
a brass band OF fourteen pieces was or
ganized at Vashon Center and furnish
ed more or less sweet music on all fes-
tai occasions for the people of vashon-
Maury Islands for a period of about
seven years
We had at that time about seven
teen miles Of road Ito dignity it by
that namel Anything was a road that
could be negotiated by a one-horse rig.
Tile band praetced once a week, fire.
quently two or three times a week and
the band boys walked an average dis
tanoe Of three miles to band practice.
A niekle's worth Of gas and ten min
utes time would take almost any of our
young men of today to band practice,
but where is the vashon Band?
There are still living eleven members
of the old band organization. five of
them still making their homes i'll the
finest place on earth ito live, and they
viii all be present at the Pioneer So
clety meeting on the 27th, to live over
again for a few brief hours some of the
old days with old friends.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
CENTER NEWS

Mrs E. w WILDER was in Tacoma one
day last week visiting her sister Mrs.
Edith Langdon,
Irene Beard is spending this week in
Seattle, the guest of Mrs. E. c. Allison.
number OF relatives spent delight
full weekend at the C. G soike home.
Those present were from Spokane,
Bremerton and Tacoma
Mr. E. Faull enjoyed 4 visit with cou-
sins from Seattle last Sunday.
Mir and Mrs, Hendricksen and family
Miss Alma and Mr C. Hendricksen,
Mrs. p. Mccormick and son, Eari.en
ioyed a picnic supper at the r.. d. Full
Ter home last Sunday evening. Miss
Mercedes Hanson, OF Magnolia, was al
SO guest
Mrs A. H. johnson was in Seattle
few days last week
The Tregidga girls. Gladys and Myr-
tie are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. w.
Zimmerman, helping them pick fruit.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Therkelsen and
children Of Tacoma are spending the
summer here and have taken the j. II.
Rodda home, south of the Center store.
Mrs w P Morford is reported on the
sick list at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Morford spent
the Weekend at the W. p Morford
home
Mrs, J. Day is able to be up again af-
ter her recent illness.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
Large Crowds to See
Annual Lilly Show

On next Saturday afternoon and
evening, and for several hours on Sun
day, the third annual lily show OF the
Vashon Lily Club will be open TO the
hundreds OF visitors who each year
visit this wonderful display of flowers,
So greatly has the fame of 1t spread
that each year the Seattle Times
features it as one of the outstanding
affairs of its kind, in small way. IN
this section of the country.
About four years ago the Vashon
Lily Club, the first one in the United
States was formed. The membership
consists OF only those who are interest
ed in the growing of lilies for COM
mercial purposes.
Through the activities of the
organization the reputation of Vashon
Island as a spot ideally suited for the
growing OF lilies has been spread over
the entire nation. While the growing
Of lilies for profit is a SLOW business
the growers here have about reached
the point where they will begin to
realize on their investment of money
and labor. There is no doubt that
through the activities of this club, anq
the consistent work they are doing
that 1t will not be many years until
Vashon will mean to lily growers what
Bellingham today means to tulip
growers.
on Saturday and Sunday. make ii
q point to take a few hours off, ano
visit the lily show at the Community
Home at Vashon. If you have not
attended previous show you may, fol
few moments have the sensation that
you have suddenly been transported
but that feeling will soon pass, ana
you will then be- able to appreciate
just what our neighbors are doing in
raising flowers Tor both pleasure and
profit One lily show is enough to
make enthusiasts of even the most
luke-warm.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
Monday Was Peak of shipping Activil,


Last Monday marked the busiest day
the Vashon Auto Freight has had this
season. All day and night its trucks
were plying between the Island and va
rious points on the mainland delivering
fruit to the canneries and cold storage
plants, and bringing back more barrels
and crates, that still more fruit might
be shipped 1t looked like prosperity
for every one concerned.
During the day at least 30 ton of
freight was moved off of the Island.
with a reserve OF three additional
trucks not in use
Conservatively it is estimated that 10
ton of fruit was shipped, while at least
20 additional ton of freight was moved
in either direction. Three carloads Of
fruit from q community the size of ours
is no mean amount for one days bust
ness, and when we consider the amount
that moves during the entire season, we
realize that we play no small part in
supplying the nations demand for fruit.
Since fruit, to reach the packer in
prime condition must move the day it
is picked, it is an interesting matter to
consider just what the modern method
Of transportation by auto freight means
to both producer and consumer
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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
Local Man Has Enviable Reputation

This week the statement was made by
one OF the state food inspectors that on
Vashon Island, B. D. Mukai was pro-
ducing the most perfect pack of fruit
in the entire state. Despite the fact
that he has been told repeatedly
that he needed only three men to in
spect the fruit as it is conveyed to the
barrels, ..ir Mukai has seven men at
work to see that nothing but perfect
fruit is packed
He refuses to take any chances. and
Consequently is turning out pack as
nearly perfect as is possible to produce.
One does not require pencil and pap
er to figure out what this means, not
only to Mr. Mukai. but to all who are
packing berries on the Island BY the
exercise of similar care the other pro-
ducers will also reap the profit of this
reputation.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
Mrs. Earth Celebrates Birthday

Although many of US celebrated the
Fourth of July, not many OF us cele-
hrated it in the manner in which Mrs.
Earth did
Seventeen relatives and friends gath
cred at her home on last Thursday to
help celebrate the seyentyfifth birth
day of this splendid old mother. Mrs
Earth, in spite of her years, is much
younger than many who have not cele
brated nearly 50 many birthdays, She
is still able to do the work about her
house. and is one Of the Island women
vino goes regularly to the market in the
city
Among those gathered to do her hon
or, and to give gifts of love and respect
as well as material gifts we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Archer Ida zarthl, and
their sons, Arthur and Elmer, of Ia
coma, Mrs Minnie Gamble and daugh-
ter. Dorothy, of Seattle, Mrs. Louise
Ames and son, Sandy, of Auburn, and
the four sons. Martin, John, Ed and
Carl, all of Vashon Island
In the past twenty five years of resi-
dence on the Island, Mrs Earth has
made many friends, who sincerely wish
for her many more active. useful years
and happy birthdays
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
oRTHopEpIc NOTES

The Vashon orthopedic Auxiliary
will meet Friday, July 18Th with Mrs
Wilmon Tucker at Burton.
Mrs. Tucker is a member OF the
Broadway orthopedic Guild and is
much interested in the work on the
Island.
Both the Vashon and the Portage
Arxiliaries are invited as well as ali
friends OF the Orthopedic
A silver tea will be served.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
THIRD ANNUAL SHOW OF THE
VASH0N ISLAND LILY
ASSOCIATION

As noted in previous News Record, this
show win be held in the vashon Club
House, Saturday and Sunday, July 13
and IA
Flowers for entrance, as also noted,
will be received from to II Saturday
Please be prompt and carly as possible
It is hoped that many, if not all
growers on the Island may compete
in one or more classes.
Visiting hours beginning Saturday
at P NJ, Sunday 10 A. Nj. to 4 P. M
Admission free.
Light lunches served for small
charge
MRS. SADIE WOODS.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
vASHoN AND VICINITY

j. B. Satterbo arrived home this week
after about two months spent in the
middle west, He was accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs o. A. Raaun, her
their homes ON the Island They left
Minnesota about two weeks ago, and
have had most wonderful trip. Mr..
Satterbo said that the two days spent
in Yellowstone proved to him that he
knew very little of this wonderful lana
! in which we live.
Bob Middling Is slowly recovering
after his weeks of illness, and was able
to spend part of Monday afternoon out
on the porch. 1t will seem good to see
Mr.. Middling back on the job once
more and he will be equally glad He
says he will never again be tired Of
working
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Beattie and
Jane spent the Fourth visiting the Les
lie family.
! Mrs. Harry Snyder OF Tacoma, has
been spending the week on the Island,
visiting among friends.
Marguerite McCrary is spending the
week at Port Orchard visiting her un-
Gle and aunt, MIR, and Mrs. e. England.
Don Thompson speiit Sunday in Sc
attic visiting his pld college chum,
Bob Cayers
Mrs. Hugh Armstrong visited Mrs.
Grace Beall the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey Taylor spent
Sunday with Island relatives
Garner Kimmel and his good wife
stepped out Tuesday and attended a
banquet at the Winthrop Hotel in Tao
oma They report fine time.
Paul Billingsley has completed a $50
foot pier at his summer home on Quar-
termaster Harbor. He has beautiful
new 36 foot cruiser yacht, and two
speed boats equipped with Eltos
| Mrs. Wallace Beall entertained a
group of Edith's small friends at the
Wednesday matinee of the SHOW
Boat"
The comments concerning the Show
Boat are extremely favorable. From
all reports it is the best sound picture
shown here so far.
Bob Weiss who this week submitted
to a painful operation on his nose.
refuses to be like other folks. He
neither staged a fit OF hysteria nor
tainted just simply sat and watched
the whole performance, by using a
mirror.
Robert Smith is i'll at Providence
hospital. He will undergo an operation
within 4 few days, after which he will
no doubt be greatly improved in health
Mr. Smith is one of our splendid older
residents and we all feel sorry to heaf
of his i'll health and trust he will
speedily recover
Rev Halsey carstens has returned
from his vacation
Joe Lindstrom is again able to be
about after hard wrestle with
pneumonia. He returned home Satur-
day, after having been confined to a
hospital in Tacoma for about two
weeks. Although very weak he is re-
covering rapidly
7
Despite the dry weather the golf
course is shaping up as rapidly as
could be hoped The water system is
working splendidly, and the grass
J has all the moisture necessary for
} rapid growth Dan Kenney, the pro-
fessional employed by the Club, began
giving lessons this Thursday morn
ing, and is ready to take on all would
be professionals
w D. Brinton will be on the Island
Friday evening to meet with the road
committee Of the Commercial Club to
listen to their pleasure in the matter
Of road work on the Island for the
coming year.
Mr.. Burton of Colby is spending q
few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-07-11
Rev. stookweIl DO prnnch

Next Sunday July IA Rev Frederick
H. Stockwell of Philadelphia will
preach at the regular morning service
at the Presbyterian church.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
MEN WITH GUN
GET FREE RIDE

Two tough characters whom Balti-
more harbored last night are in
Washington today. according to a
Baltimore motorist who said he was
pressed into service to bring them
here.
The Baltimorean, who said his
name Is Joseph Blank, rushed into
the Second precinct station at . a.
m, and told what police termed
some wild story"
Blank was peacefully driving along
Baltimore's streets shortly before
midnight when the two men con-
fronted him. One had a pistol.
I'VE want to so to Washington
and you're going to take US there, I"
said the man with the "gat." Blank
did. The men left his car at Fifth
Street and Rhode Island Avenue
Northwest and the motorist began
looking for the nearest police sta
tion.
A squad from the precinct searched
the vicinity of the intersection
where the men left Blank, but with
out success.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
80 YEARS.
SFIREMAN /
IN D. c.

George Kennon. b5, for 30 years
drove his truck to all the big fires
in the downtown section of Washing.
ton. As boy he came to Washing
ton from nearby Virginia with the
ambition to be a firefighter. and
lived up to his ambition until siis
retirement last August.
Kennon, who lives in the 14D0
block Of Shepherd st. N. W.. was
presented with a gold watch satlfr.
day by Acting Chief Engineer p. ".
Nichelson. Of the District Fire De-
partment, in behalf Of the Engfne
Company No. IL with which outfit
he was connected for more than, Is
years. -
When Kennon first came to the
fire station on Eighth Street between
ID and = Streets Northwest, be
drove two fiery horses. In time
the latest innovation in fire fighting
apparatus arrived with the traction
trucks and up to August Is. when
he retired on account Of physical
disability, he drove the big pumper
housed at No. IL, the last word In
apparatus, driving to three-alarm
fire on the day of HIS retirement.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
$1,000 AVERAGE
D. c. INCOME

washington's $4,000 people, COM
prising 121 $50 families, have a total
annual income Of S56a,s77,s71. ae-
cording to Great Markets OF Amer
ica," a book on markets Just pub
lished by the General Outdoor Ad-
vertislnR Company,
How part of this income IN ex.
pended is disclosed as follows:
Rent, $1O4.2sO,S62; food, $12s,.
645.86O; furniture. Sl8,6O1, ,S57:
laundry, $48 8.476,274; chIldren's
clothing, 7,2O2, ,722, and shoes.
$16,910,324.
Other Capital statistics include:
Banks-National, IS; trust com.
panies. Z: savings, %: total paid-up
capital. $26,101.9S0; total deposits.
$272,597, $40; total resources. $751;
s92, 800; bank clearings, 81 1895, ,062,-
900: number of savings depositors in
national banks, 90,1S2; savings. $42,.
968, 900.
School Statistics
schools-Public, 1854; average at.
ulgOSV, IGdIIAN1SB 41laiSt S1d
female, 2,36s; expenditures, 1859.
767; teachers salaries, $5,242, ,10S;
value Of school property, sag 1886, 900;
parochial, 80; colleges and uniyer-
stiles. 3, American University, Catho.
lie University of America, Gallaudet
College, Georgetown University,
George Washington University,
Howard University, Trinity College,
Washington College of Law, Catho-
lie Sisters College District Of Co
lumbia College, National University
Training School; students, 16,477;
teachers, 1913.
Manufacturing Figures
Census of Manufacturers-N
Der of establishments, 53s; wage
earners, 9,753; wages, 1880, ,067;
cost of materials, $50, 503,9S4; value
of products, $50 ,S26; value added
by manufacture, $50,072 .S92.
Marriages. 1888; births, s,770.
Conventions-7S; delegates and Wis
itors, $3.50.
Parks and playgrounds-597.
Postal Savings System--Number
Of depositors, LII; amount of de-
posit, $361,247; money orders issued,
domestic, $s,446,41T; international,
s152,0s2; orders paid. domestic S1s,-
43s, ,314.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
woman
SHOOTS SELF

Despondent because her "boy
friend" had Tilted her. Miss Goldie
Ness, a 22-year-old waitress, shot
herself early today at her apart
ment in the 1900 block Eleventh
st. N. w.
The girl was taken to Emergency
Hospital and found to be only
slightly wounded. The only bullet
fired from the small caliber re-
volver glanced off Miss Ness tenn,
pie and grazed her left arm.
Miss Ness summoned her former
lover. GA,rge Charuhas, 25, a taxi
driver. and asked him whether he
still cared for her. Receiving a
negative answer the girl picked up
the weapon and attempted to kill
herself.
Charuhas took the pistol away
from the waitress after a struggle
and summoned an ambulance.
The taxi drivers story was cor
rohorated by his friend. Richard
Costello, 45, OF the 2100 block ii st.
N. W.. who accompanied Charuhas
to the apartment.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Beavers Plug Lake
Seepage And Save
Trout Pool

STEVENSON, Wash, Sept. Is
Q.N.s.).-persistent efforts OF a
colony Of beavers have remedied a
seepage problem in one Of Wash
ington's finest trout lakes which
has thwarted the efforts Of the
county game commission for sew
eral years.
The waters of Goose Lake had
been steadily draining into a fis-
sure in an island despite efforts
of county workmen to plug the
leaks when it was decided to try
beavers. A pair were liberated
there three years ago. They have
raised young each year.
This season the colony built a
dam over the fissure which is
nearly water tight and they are
constantly improving it. The
animals have also discovered an
other hole in the bottom Of the
lake and are making ERpd head
way on that job.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Wisconsin Coach Ired
At Optimistic Reports

, MADISON Wis, Sept 16.-There
is little justification for the op-
timistic trend of advance notices
which have the Wisconsin eleven
classified as one of the strongest
teams in the approaching Western
Conference football scramble. Glenn
F. Thistlethwaite, head coach, is
at a loss to explain why anyone
should expect the 1929 Badgers to
equal last years team in strength
or all-round play
Thistlethwaite has set forth more
than a dozen logical reasons why
his squad, which gathers here to-
day, will be inferior to the 1925
aggregation.
"Why are the sports writers
naming Wisconsin as one of the
favorites when we have less vet
eran lettermen returning than any
of the strong teams in the Confer
ence?" queried the Cardinal grid
chief
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Montgomery All Clubs
Will Go to HagerstOwn

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Sept. To-
Members of the All Clubs Of Mont
gomery county will participate in
the Baby Beef Club exhibit at the
Hagerstown fair, October is. Fifty
Hereford. Angus and Shorthorn
steers, owned by club members from
Montgomery, Washington. Frederick
Carroll, Baltimore and Howard
counties, will comprise the exhibit.
AS an additional feature OF the
live stock show, it is expected that
students from 10 high schools of the
several western Maryland counties
viii appear as judges of the various
cattle exhibits.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16


bride or are seeking sympathy more
from the girl In the office than the
one at home.
Marrying her employer is an am
bition to many q girl, step up
ward" she points out. place in
competition with her a girl who con-
descends to accept man ~ an equal
III not an interier-and the result
is amazing. More and more the
business men are marrying girls
who look up to them"
Nevertheless, the Smart Set writer
believes that most men play fair,
that they seek out companienship in
their offices only when their wives
fail them.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
TWO men KILLED
IN BEER WAR
SHOOTING

NEW YORK, Sept. IA price.
cutting war among rival beer-run-
ming gangs is behind the latest out.
break of gang killing, according to
the theory held by police investigat.
ing the murders Of Thomas Ahearn
and James Batto.
Bootlegging gangs in Manhattan,
the Bronx and Northern New Jersey
are believed to have declared war on
one another. The breweries under
gang control are producing far more
beer than the market can consume,
according to information received by
police.
In some districts, It IL said, the
price of beer has dropped as low as
So a barrel. To lessen production and
eliminate competition, gangs are said
to have opened war to drive out less
powerful rivals.
The killing Of Ahearn followed in
detail the way in which Batto was
murdered. He was found, shot
dead, in a parked auto.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Capacity Crowds Loom,
For Five Pitt Games

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16.-Coach
Jock Sutherland's University of
Pittsburgh football team probably
will play before five capacity
crowds this season, In the games
with Duke at Durham, N. c., Ne
hFasla, at Lincoln. Allegheny, at
Erie. and Ohio State ana Carnegie
Tech at the stadium.
coin indicate that :tsell-outg'' are
virtually assured. It ID likely that
another capacity crowd will see the
Pitt-Allegheny clash. The. colorful
Ohio State eleven. the first West
ern Conference team to appear in
Pittsburgh, will attract more ti1an
$4,000 spectators to the Pittsburgh
stadium.