Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
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FOR OUR BUSY READERS
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

the erection of a 4OXl00 building for
fish hatchery at Hood and one OF
larger proportions at Cooks.
Mrs. Grace Wenli, aged 26, died at
a hospital in Colville as the result Of
burns sustained in the explosion of a
gasoline stove in her home.
Splendid specimens of black bear
and bobcat, mounted life size, have
been added to the state department
of agriculture's exhibit. The bear,
400-pound animal killed recently by
Hunter William Wright near Glen.
wood, Klickitat county, was known
to have killed $500 worth of domestic
animals in the last six weeks of it's
life.
Unless the federal fish weir at the
lower end of Lake Quinault is remov.
ed, the entire salmon fishing industry
of the Quinault Indians will be wiped
out in few years, says w. B. Sans,
superintendent of the Quinault Indian
reservation. The future Of the in
dustry ard the welfare of the tribe
depends upon speedy removal of
the weir, he said.
One of the worst forest fires of the
season is raging in the mountains four
miles northeast of euler in Klickitat
county. The fire started near Kings
mountain more than week ago and
was surrounded by fire line. 1t
broke out and has burned over a
large area of valuable timber. The
state and forest officials both have
crews fighting the fire.
Production of lumber mills in the
northwest for the week ending Sep
TENDER 16 was per cent above nor
NAL, according to the weekly lumber
review of the West Coast Lumber.
mems association. One hundred and
twenty-five mills reporting to West
Coast Lumbermens association manu-.
featured S9,374,992 feet OF lumber;
sold 70,S3S,O97 feet, and shipped TO-
S65,196 feet.
That the Mason County Power COM
pany was merely sQuatter on a sec.
ton of school land on the Skykomsh
river which the city of Tacoma sought
to condemn for the Lake Cushman
power project was the decision of the
supreme court in affirming the lower
court of Mason county, Judge Wright,
who held that the power company has
no legal title to the land or water
rights claimed, and was not entitled
to any damages. The land is school
land and title still rests with the state.
the court found.
Five trustees of the Benton-Franklin
inter-county bridge between Pasco and
Kennewick were named at a meeting
of the stockholders held in Walla
Walla. The bridge will be open for
travel October 7 and the formal dedi.
cation will take place October 81, with
Governor Hart as the principal speak
er Trustees named were John NJ.
Crawford, Allen Reynolds and Ben
Grote of Walla Walla, D. c. Eaton of
Waitsburg and R. f. Pratt of Kenne.
wick. f. w. Grove of Walla Walla
and Harry Demuth Of Pasco are the
holdover trustees.
Prosecutions for violations OF the
law against unqualified persons sign.
ing initiative petitions should be
brought where a plausible showing
of lack of criminal intent cannot be
found, Acknowledgement Thompson
has advised Osee W. Noble, prescott.
ing attorney of Stevens county.
Thousands of signatures of unregister.
ed voters and many instances of dupli.
Gated signatures were found on initia.
tive petitions filed with the secretary
OF state this fall and lists of such
sgners in their respective counties
have been sent to prosecuting at
torneys.
Telephone rate increases averaging
81 per cent, covering all lines of the
Pacific Telephone G Telegraph com.
pgny in the state and the Home Tele.
phone G. Telegraph company of Spo.
kane were provided in tariffs filed
with the Washington department OF
public works by James T. Shaw OF
San Francisco, counsel for the two
companies. The new rates, which ap.
ply to local service, but not to long.
distance tolls, are designed to become
effective November /. Mr. Shaw de.
clared that the increases were lusi.
fled to enable the companies to earn
an adequate return on their invest
ments.