Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-17
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in And Over
The Puget Sound State

Z. OYtoby Of San Anselmo, Cal, who
was decided s12l 900 worth Of timber
land In Cowlitz county by her mother
Just before the latters death.
The Electric Power company OF Van.
couver, has filed application with the
federal water power commission for
a permit to construct four diversion
dams, conduits and power houses as
as follows; Below the mouth of Cedar
creek above Cresap's ferry, at Swift
creek, and above the mouth of Muddy
river in Clarke, Skamania and Cowlitz
counties.
The June crop report for Washing.
ton as issued by G. S. Ray OF the fed.
eral bureau Of crop estimates forecasts
total wheat production considerably
larger than that OF last year and an
oats crop somewhat smaller than that
grown in 1920. Barley production will
be but little more than that of last
year, while the rye crop Is expected to
be much larger.
II definite plan of tax revision,
understood and aggressively support.
ed by the people. can be devised either
by the governors tax commission to
be appointed shortly or by Governor
Hart himself, the expense of special
session Of the state legislature Is justi.
fable and one should be called for
December or January, members of the
King county legislative delegation de-
clare.
Work on the Wahkiakum county
sector Of the Ocean Beach highway
was begun last week when steam
shovel tore It's way into the hillside
and began loading dirt into flatcars for
a fill Of about 1000 feet. It will be
several months before the contractors
complete the work as far as Deep
river and several years. before the
entire road is opened. Much of the
road requires heavy cuts and fills.
More than 100 families in the Queets
and Hob watersheds, awaiting the
completion of the proposed Olympic
highway extension from Lake Quin-
ault, to give them an adequate avenue
| to Grays Harbor markets, will be
waiting for the next Is years at the
present rate of progress Of the state
road crew, F. w. Matthias, secretary
Of the Hoquiam Commercial club, told
board at their meeting in HoQuiam.
A committee was appointed to investi-
gate.
Keeping step with the general move.
| ment back to normal charges, the
Northwest Towboat Owners associa-
ton, operating all over Puget sound,
has filed with the state department
OF public works a reduced tariff bill
| which cuts charges from 10 to 80 per
cent. On log-towing, one Of the largest
| items Of sound business, 10 per cent
cut was made The same rate applies
vessels is reduced 80 per cent, while
towing steam or sailing craft is cut
10 per cent.
Progress Of the work of the Grays
harbor port commission in dredging
and filling at Cow point, the first Of
the projects on which work has been
started, is noted in figures issued. In
the last month $4,000 cubic yards of
earth were moved into the Till, or a
total of 5O4 900 cubic yards in the two
months the electric dredge has been
working. A new channel is being dug
for Fry creek and water will be diver.
ted into the slip between piers l and
Q. clamshell dredge is digging the
channel. The Grays Harbor Construc-
ton company will start soon the work
of bulkheading the remainder of the
Cow point project.
Complaints by coal mine operators
and representatives or the 2SOO miners
who have been idle since the closing
down of nearly all commercial mines
of the state March 16, following dis
agreement over new wage scale, that
the city of Seattle discriminates
against Washington coal, were heard
at Seattle before the special commits
sion appointed to seek an adjustment
OF the controversy. Members of the
city council and other city officials
were called into the conference. One
complaint was that the city light de.
partment's auxiliary steam plant at
Lake Union burns about S1,000.O00
worth of California fuel oil year,
and it was urged that the city in
vestigate the proposal to convert the
nlant into n coal burner