Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-28

Seattle church people are helping
to pay the costs OF the King couuty
grand jury session. Seattle people
jlhave hitherto been puzzled by the
continuance of the Jury session long
past the time when the county appro.
priation for the purpose was known
to be exhausted.
A bill to pay George Turner, ex.
United States senator from Washing
ton, $699.93 as compensation for serv-
ices as counsel at the international
Joint commission during November,
1922, was introduced in the senate by
Senator Jones. The bill also provides
for reimbursement for expenses in
CURED by Mr.. Turner in making the
trip from Spokane TO Washington and
home again.
! Appeal has been taken to the Thurs
ton county superior court by the
Northern Pacific Railway company, in
the first of the PREPARATION cases arts
ing under the log rate order of the
state department of public works es.
tablishing the uniform mileage basis
for log transportation on all railroads
in the state.
Washington's lumber industry will
have its biggest year in 1924, accord
ing to early indications on the Atlantic
coast and in the middle west, where
fir is rapidly becoming the favorite
building lumber said R. B. Allen, man.
ager of the West Coast Lumhermen's
asFociation, on his return from Wash
lngton, D. c.
Robert, age 2, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Decota OF Cromore in va
kima county, was round dead by his
mother when she returned to the
house after rounding up some turkeys
on the ranch. She had tied the baby
in high chair with towel which
caught the child under the chin as
he slipped down in the chair, strang-
ling him.
Work on the North Bank highway,
which when completed will extend
east from Vancouver along the north
bank of the Columbia river via White
Salmon to Yakima, will continue all
winter, R. M. ellis, district engineer
for the state highway department, has
announced. The work is proceeding
in satisfactory manner. With COM
pletion of the stretch near Cascades
the highway will be open for travel
IS far as White Salmon, and by June,
lGillis believes, it will be open as far
as Lyle.
Plans to build up the dairy industry
Of the Yakima Valley were made at
meeting in Yakima of growers and
business interests. They contemplate
4 course of special instruction by ex-
iperts, over a period of at least ten
years, in order, it was stated that
the valley may have maximum Of
Jun IlSi Nluoo bttli NoNo tlilN lilt5il
class dairy nen. A. Il, Lovett, coun-
y agent, said records of the state
college showed that 45 per cent of the
LARRY cows in the Yakima valley now
are Improbable.
An opinion putting an end to
proposition OF the Clarke county game
commission at Vancouver for the clos
ing of all lakes and streams in the
county to the taking of food fish dur.
ing the period when the catching of
game fish is prohibited, has been
rendered by Assistant Attorney.Gen-
aral Anderson. The opinion stated
that to answer the question 1t must be
assumed that the proposed closing on
food fish was during the open season
established by the state fisheries
board Steelheads have been classi.
lied by the board as food fish, with
he open period set between January
10 and March 10.
Judgment for S323O was filed at
Wenatchee for the Wenatchee District
Cooperative association against A. j.
Thompson. This is one of the suits
that has been tried for testing the
validity Of contracts entered into by
the cooperative body with its mem.
bers. A number of them are alleged
to have attempted to evade this con
tract and have sold fruit elsewhere
In all cases to date, the court has up
held the contention of the associa-
ton that members have no right to
sell or dispose of any fruit grown
by them during the life of the con.
tract to any dealer or agent without
permission Of the association