Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-16


by Forbes p. Haskell, Jr.. Guy e.
Kelly, Thomas MacMahon and F. D.
Oakley. who had charge OF the banks
Two pieces Of gold as thick as q pin
and an eighth Of an inch long were
found In the gizzards Of geese she was
preparing for serving In her cafe at
Twisp by Mrs. c. Prior. The geese
were raised on creek near Twisp.
The Clarke county fish hatchery on
Cold creek has been filled to capacity
by the receipt Of 3O0, 900 eastern brook
trout eggs from tho state hatchery
at South Tacoma. A shipment OF l50,.
600 eggs was received recently from
Montana.
Second degree assault charges placed
against Ford Kenny, Jr., 1s, OF Alder.
wood Manor, who shot his father, Ford
Kenny, In the mouth, December 3, In
defense Of his mother. were dismissed
by Prosecuting Attorney Roscoe at
Everett.
All persons who have purchased
liquor from bootleggers are guilty of
conspiracy to violate the prohibition
law and are subject to arrest, was
the announcement made at Seattle by
Thomas p. Revelle, United States dis.
trict attorney.
Eastern brook trout will nc longer
be planted in Grays Harbor streams,
according to Jack Winslow, county
game warden. Thousands of these
trout have been planted during the
past few years, but the results have
been discouraging.
According TO word received from
Okanogan, a large female cougar, be.
lieved to be the one which killed
Jimmy Felhaber on December II near
Olema, Okanogan county, was killed
by Wash vanderpool, rancher, 1s
miles from Olema.
The Lewis county commissioners
have granted franchise to the Puget
Sound Power & Light company to con-
struct and operate light and power
line In the Hannaford
valley, northeast of Centralia. The
franchise is for period of 25 years.
Application filed by James Camp
bell, Of Seattle, asking for permission
to divert water from etreams on the
Olympic peninsula for electric
development were cancelled by Marvin
Chase supervisor Of hydraulics, for
failure to proceed with development
work.
The Silver Lake Railway & Lum.
Der company purchased 122 chains of
second class tidelands lying In front
Of its holdings on Carrollton channel,
above the mouth OF the Cowlitz river
at the appraised value of $707 when
they were offered by the state land
Cascade Blossom, for three years
holder of the worlds record for Hol.
stein cows in the 2e5 days division,
died at the ranch of her owners, Todd
and Sons, near Yakima. She was
eleven years old. Her greatest pro-
duction was 27.619 pounds of milk and
l,12S.55 pounds OF butterfat In one
year.
John H. Dunbar, state attorney-gen-
eral, will leave for st. Louis Thursday
to appear In an action brought by rail.
road companies operating in the west
and south to enjotn the express COM
pany from putting into effect import
ant reductions In rates. Mr.. Dunbar
will represent the state and the depart.
ment of public works.
Guido Grassi, Al. convicted OF killing
three Italians in Aberdeen November
10, 1928, was sentenced In superior
Souit III WouteSduO " Uc HduB6u dt
Walla Walla penitentiary February IS.
This was the second time Grassl re-
ceived sentence to be hanged, the
state supreme Court upholding the YER
dict Of Jury in December, 1928.
Directors of the strawberry branch
of the Washington Growers Packing
met In Vancouver and
elected John Scholl and j. l.. Davis to
the board for three-year terms. The
report of Manager Wood for last year
showed that the growers received a
net price Of rs cents a pound for
Marshall berries and 7.l5 cents for
Magoons.
The right OF the state fisheries
board to set aside such waters As it
deems fit as fish preserves was up
held in an en- banc decision handed
down by the supreme court, affirming
the Skagit county court. The ruling
of the board to prohibit fishing. ex-
cept with hook and line. in certain
waters adjacent to WILDLY island was
opposed by George N. Mcmillan and