Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-01
State NEWS CONDENSED
FOR THE BUSY READER
Digest Of Weeks Happenings in and Over
the Puget Sound and State

A warning to farmers that in buy
ing seed from dealers outside the state
they do so without the protection of
the state pure seed laws and run the
risk of planting foul and infected seed.
Is contained in statement issued
by e. l.. French, director of agricul-
ture.
Major u. j. Griggs of Tacoma and
o. M. Clark of Portland, who last
November went to Japan as members
of a commission appointed by the
Douglas Fir Exploitation & Export
company to ascertain the reconstruc.
ton needs of the districts devastated
by earthquake and fire in September,
addressed the annual meeting of stock.
holders of the West Coast Lumber.
mems association in Seattle Friday.
Announcement was made at Bell.
ingham that the Puget Sound Sawmill
and Single company of Bellingham
had purchased 1889 acres of timber
from the Great Northern railway com
pany in Skagit county. The timber
is near the town of Concrete and con.
sists chiefly of fir. The consideration
was given as 100000.
Joint state hearing with the inter.
state commerce commission has been
set for March /, in the federal court
room in Yakima, by the department
of public works, in the matter of the
new interstate and intrastate rates on
northwestern roads on fruit and vege
tables shipped from the Wenatchee
and Yakima valley districts.
Special consideration is being given
to the grain grading problem in the
Pacific northwest, Representative
John w. Summers of Washington was
advised by DR.. Fl. c. Taylor, chief OF
the bureau of agricultural economics
The department has been making a
study of the question for some time as
the result of complaints which have
been quite general from northwest
wheat growers.
Cutting of a nice, juicy melon was
celebrated in the state treasurer's Of
flee last week. More than S25O,0OO
was disposed Of 1t was the annual
distribution of depository interest to
the various funds of the state. In,
terest appointments, or dividends,
ran all the way from cents to the
teachers retirement fund to SS6,512.S3
to the general fund. All told, a total
of S2S9,033.S0 was divided among sc
funds in the hands of State Treasurer
C. L. Babcock, in proportion to their
average daily balances.
With the idea of creating a state
forest, Clark V. Savidge, state land
commissioner, has filed on 1850 acres
of government land in Clarke and
Skamania counties, east and south OF
the Lewis river and adjoining the
Columbia national forest The land
filed upon will be combined with a
tract of S351 acres purchased by the
forest board from the Northern Pa.
cific Railway company some time age
and 6200 acres already owned by the
state, thus making state forest of ap-
proximately 21,SO1 acres.
Driving of tunnel at the Gorge
creek plant of Seattle's Skagit hydro
electric project, which was to have
been completed September %, will be
finished May /, the board of public
works was notified by the company
doing the work under contract. A
question had been raised as to the
boards right to demand a stipulated
penalty of $500 from the company for
every day over the time named in the
contract for completion. In making
its declaration the company assumed
that the city would lay no claim tc
the penalty.
The largest sale of state timber ever
held will be made February 5, Land
Commissioner c. V. Savidge an
nounces. The appraised value of the
timber to be offered is S6O0,416.23 and
at the same time uplands appraised
at $40,326.55 and tide lands at $40,
264.17 will be sold. The state lands
will be sold by county auditors in tn,
counties in which they are located
Because the regular quarterly state
land sale in January would fall on {
legal holiday, Commissioner Savidgt
provided for special sales dates II
December and February. February.
high valuation mark is all the NOR,
remarkable from the fact that it is ;
special sale date.