Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-17

given to CowlitZ county farmers in
10-pound lots for experiment.
Tacoma will entertain the superin-
tendents of schools of all counties Of
the state on April 80, following the
conclusion of the annual meeting of
the superintendent to be held in
Olympia at the call of Mrs. Josephine
Corliss Preston, director of education,
April 27 to 80.
Plans for the Identification of a
crescent-shaped lake, TX miles long,
in the heart of Longview's residential
section, to begin Immediately, have
heen announced by R. A Long, chair
man of the beard of directors of the
Long-Bell Lumber company, and
founder of the city. The work is to be
a personal gift from Mr.. Long.
Major Joseph Jacobs, Stirling B..
Hill and w. C. Morse, Seattle engi-
neer, are surveying municipal hy-
dro-electric project in the Skagit river
at Gorge creek in the Cascade noun
tains for development Of additional
power at proposed expenditure of
SS,000,O00. On their report the Sc
attic city council is expected to base
its decision as to what will be under
taken.
Joe Pfenning and NJ. w. Gallagher,
Portland ex-policemen; Arthur Belit-
ski, Albert Collins, John Brodala and
Henry Haberman, charged with con
spiracy to violate the prohibition laws,
by possession, transportation and sale
of intoxicating liquor, were held to
the federal grand jury at Tacoma by
United States Commissioner Kerwin,
at Vancouver, with bonds fixed at
$1,000 each.
Unfavorable conditions for winter
ing range sheep and the absence Of
grass on the spring ranges, which
materially decreased the lamb output
this year. also will affect the wool
clip in Klickitat county, according to
results obtained from the shearing
of three bands at Sundale and Good
noe stations on the main line of the
Spokane, Portland G. Seattle railway
in eastern Klickitat county.
Analysis by the Smithsonian institu-
tion of the stomach of cougar sent
to the organization for that purpose
revealed that the animal was the one
which killed the Fahlhaber boy near
Brewster last winter. Hair was found
which, when compared with that pick
ed up where the boy was killed, was
declared identical. Two pieces OF blue
denim cloth also were examined, and
they tailed with overalls the lad was
wearing at the time of the attack
Reduction of taxes in Washington
by the generally recommended pro-
cess of curtailing public expenditures
will have to come through force Of
example and by moral suasion, ac-
cording to the only possible inference
to be drawn from the figures of the
division of municipalities, in the of
flee of the state auditor These
figures contained in the annual state
ment, now in the hands of the state
printer show the extent to which re-
ductions made by the state in the
last two years have been more than
offset by the increases of other tax
ing units, with the net result that
taxes are higher this year than in
1924 or 1923, and expenditures of tax
money will be heavier. In the last
two years the state has cut its tax
bill by $3,271,672,47. During the same
period the county, city and district
tax-levying bodies have increased
their tax bill by $3,S92,5SS.45.
Highway improvement contracts in
four counties were awarded by the
state highway committee at Olympia.
Three paving jobs, one bridge and
2.5 miles OF new, construction were
included in the awards. In Walla
Walla county, On the Sunset highway,
the T. NJ. Morgan Paving company Of
Seattle got contract for paving four
miles between Walla Walla and Mil
creek and one mile between Walla
Walla and College Place, at a total
contract price of S17O,7SS.59. The
Colonial Building company of Spo-
kane obtained a contract for construct
ing a reinforced concrete T-beam
bridge 221 feet long on the Sunset
highway between Falls City and Sno-
qualmie in King county at S26,596.
Halleran Bros. of Olalla received
contract for clearing, grading and SUI
facing with gravel or crushed rock
about 2.5 miles Of the Sunset highway
in King county between North Bend
and Tanner at $24,i43.65. In Skag.t
county, Norris Bros. of Bufliugto
got contract for paving 1,63 mile
between Anacortes and Swinomis
slough on the Anacortes road at SAC
41S4O. Miley & Fox of Everett oil