Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-13
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS


attend joint teachers institute at
Vancouver high school, March IS to
20.
The fishing season in Clarke county
this year will open April Is and close
November 80, according to announce.
ment by the Clarke county game COM
mission.
The children's ward in the Long
view Memorial hospital, on which
construction is expected to start I'M
mediately will be equipped by the
Cowlitz Shrine club.
Over 300 acres of prunes in Clarke
county were signed up for the Wash
ington Growers Packing corporation
in little more than two weeks. The
contracts are for five years.
In an explosion which rocked the
King county Jail at Seattle, Clarence
High, trusty, was seriously burned,
the Jail furnace wrecked and heavy
steam boiler Jared out of line.
A not unusual sight along the Cow.
ltz river this season is the bald, or
American, eagle, which comes from
the cliffs and crags Of the Cascades
to feed upon the smelt in the river.
Bounties totaling S945 We're paid
out of the Cowlitz county game fund
in February for So predatory animals.
The largest payment was $40 for
cougar killed on the upper Lewis river.
C. P. Giles, n, of Anacortes, pioneer
shingle mill operator and civil war
veteran, who was run over by Seat.
tle.Tacoma interurban near Orillia,
was electrocuted from a fall upon
charged rail.
A 100000 loan, the proceeds of
which are to be used for building a
dormitory, science building, gymna.
SUM, refectory and heating plant, has
been authorized by Gonzaga univer-
Slty dt SpokaHe.
State cash balance of S13,329, ,693.67
with receipts of $265,1S1,S1 and dis.
bursements in warrants paid Of ST..
800, 0,454.12 for the week ending Feb.
ruary rs, was shown by tie weekly
report of State Treasurer Potts.
The bill authorizing an agreement
between the states of Washington,
Idaho, Oregon and Montana affecting
the disposition and apportionment OF
the waters of the Columbia river and
its tributaries was signed by PreSj-
dent Coolidge.
A heavy run of smelt that started
in the north fork of Lewis river con.
tinues with no evidence of let-up
Farmers and town people are taking
laying in supply of the little fish by
drying and sailing.
The weekly lumber review of the
West Coast Lumbermen's association
showed that 100 mills reported for the
week ending February 2S the manu-,
facture of 100,414,S67 feet of lumber;
sale of 95,00O,10S feet and shipment
of 1O6,951,3S2 feet.
A temporary reduction was made in
the force of employees at the Spokane,
Dnrt1 Q, a
yer. About 10 men in the machine
shop were laid off and 80 in the car
shop. The men will return to work
in about three weeks.
The ends of three filters at the Kel
so filtration plant ware blown out
Wednesday night, and officers are in
vestigating to determine whether due
to carelessness or maliciousness. All
indications pointed to the latter the
ory, according to officials.
State lands and timber valued at
S114,15775 will be offered for sale
April Z, Clark V. Savidge, commission
er of public lands, has announced, The
appraised value of timber to be offered
t. S71,231.5O uplands are valued at
$1O,295,64, and tide lands at s32,627.61
Modification OF the application for
water rights on the Wynooche river
to waive objections against develop
ment of water supply system for
the city OF Aberdeen was filed with
the state supervisor of hydraulics at
Olympia by the Grays Harbor Rail-
way & Light company The power
company some time ago filed an ap
plication for permission to develop a
S1,250,OOO hydro-electric plant on the
WyDooche river on practically the
same site as that chosen by the city
for combined power plant and wa
ter supply system.
A new maintenance policy for
Clarke county paved roads has been
adopted by the county commissioners.
Instead of periodical repairs two men
with light truck grader, brooms and
shovels will patrol the 70 miles OF
pavement continuously, repairing the