Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-27
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Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

A conference between Oregon state
officials, Portland police, heads of
Washington state departments and
Vancouver police officials to settle
problems arising from Oregon's new
auto registration law was held at the
Clarke county court house In Van
couver.
Officers may arrest a man and go
through his automobile without a
search warrant when there is reason
able ground for belief that the liquor
laws are being violated, the supreme
court held in affirming the conviction
! Of John Hughlett ard Ed Turner In
Whatcom county.
Several units of the fishing fleets
about to depart for Alaskan fisheries
banks are held up in port by the dis
pute over the wages due for the sea
sons work, the Seattle branch of the
Alaska Fishermen's Union having yot-
ed, 1874 to IL, to reject the proposed
sale offered by the employers.
Official warning IVES given Walla
Walla sheepmen by the weather bur-
eau to be careful in view of the colder
weather and protect lambs and sheep.
Lambing season had Just ended in this
locality and shearing begun. The
lambs and shorn sheep are apt not to
survive unless they are well sheltered.
Disbarment proceedings were filed
at Spokane against Fred c. Robertson,
George H. Crandall and Lester P.
Edge, attorneys for Maurice P. Codd In
his murder trial year ago, charges
of unethical conduct in connection
with the Codd trial being charged
| Hearing before the state board of law
examiners were set for May Is.
spurred by demand for lumber, the
mills of the West Coast Lumbermens
association for the week ended April
IA produced rs per cent above normal,
according to recent report New
business was one-half Of l per cent
below production and shipments were
5 per cent above new business. For
the week a total of 114,28S,359 feet
were manufactured; 113,68S,S36 feet
sold and 11S,922,717 feet shipped.
Washington would ultimately receive
something more than s10e,000.006 as
its share OF the money realized from
national fore within its borders un.
der measur, being drafted by Sena.
tor McNary of Oregon to be introduced
In the next congress-. At present the
state is paid 25 cents of every dollar
received for timb r sold from ite ma
tional forests. Thl ,IcNary bill gives
the states so cents astead of 25 cents
for each dollar received,
Annual corporation fees under the
new law going into effect June must
be paid to the state treasurer and the
licenses issued by the dirC3;or of IL
censes as at present, despite the fact
that amendments made by the last
Legislature raising the fees were at
tached to an old law requiring pay
ment to be made to the secretary of
state, according to an opinion render
ed by Attorney-General Dunbar to
State Treasurer C. l.. Babcock.
The state has been denied rehear-
ing in the case brought by the alien
property custodian to collect $4,000
In enemy alien claims from the state
industrial Insurance fund, according to
information received from the circuit
court OF appeals at San Francisco by
Attorney General John H. Dunbar. An
appeal to the United States supreme
court is being considered by the at
torney-general and Edward L. Clifford,
director of labor and industries.
Just where the boundary between
Oregon and Washington runs In the
mouth of the Columbia river Is ques-
ton which again has been brought up
by the recent government drawing for
flshtrap sites Of the Columbia river
shore of Pacific county. The bound
airy originally was described as line
running up the middle Of the north
ship channel and thence eastorly. How.
ever, the channel mentioned has dig
appeared and Sand island, which onco
stood more nearly In tho center Of the
river, is now close to the Washing
ton shore,