Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-13

| TTeSluenl COOluBe mas SlBDeu VII
passed by congress, authorizing In.
dian tribes of western Washington to
at Washington, d. c., specific claims
| growing out of treaties made between
the Indians and Isaac /. Stevens then
territorial governor.
Operation of logging and freight
trains over the entire 30 miles Of the
Longview, Portland & Northern rail
way between Ryderwood and Long.
view will start Mar 16, it is announc-
ed. Passenger service between the
| two points will start April l. For
several months freight and passenger
service has been given over the Long
view, Portland & Northern tracks be.
tween Ryderwood and Vader.
A license was granted to the Wash.
ington Irrigation G Development com.
pany of Seattle by the federal power
commission to construct a dam "a
miles long across the Columbia river
at Priest Rapids The project provides
for reservoir of $4,000 acre.feet and
the initial installation of power units
capable of an output of 100000 horse
power. Eventually, it is hoped to
turn out 100000 horsepower from the
project.
Commenting on the past game year,
Chester Leichhardt Cowlitz county
game warden, said it had been a pros.
porous one for the county, and that
| fishing alone had brought 1900 non.
residents. The county game commits.
sioners planted more than 100000
trout fry, and have announced the
purchase of 100000 rainbow and 10O,-
900 cut-throat for 1925. Licenses, fines
for violations of game laws and con-
fiscations approximated $4,000.
Establishment of convalescent
home for disabled children to be erect
ed and maintained by state Elks was
recommended by committee appoint
ed by the Washington State Elks as.
sociation last winter, according to
Walter f. Meier of Seattle, president.
The home would be operated in con.
Junction with the children's orthopedic
hospital of Seattle, using the same
staff of physicians and surgeons. The
proposed institution, the committee
urged, should be constructed near
Seattle.
The Washington food fish law pro.
hibits fishing for steelhead salmon
in streams closed to trout fishing and
| in order to allow steelheads to be
taken during the closed season,
March Is to April 10, the Clarke
county game commission decided to
open the Washougal river from be-
low the Cotterell power plant dam to
the mouth, Salmon creek from the
mouth of Cougar creek to Lake river
| and the north and east forks of Lewis
river from La Center, to their outlets,
to trout fishing the year around.
Federal legislation to regulate the
interstate operation of auto stages
may be the outgrowth of the recent
| United States supreme court decision
declaring portions of the Washington
transportation act invalid, John H.
Dunbar. attorneygeneral, has fore
cast. The decision limits the state in
its regulation of stages to those which
operate entirely within the state. Mr..
Dunbar said. There is no federal leg
islation to regulate interstate bus
operation. The only control the state
can have under the decision is regu.
lation of licenses and speed, Mr. Dun
| bar said.
Plans for the development of the
new town of Alderwood in Cowlitz
county, about two miles south of Ka-
lama, by the Lewis River Pulp & Paper
company, is further evidenced by an
application for water rights just re-
ceived by Marvin Chase, state super
visor of hydraulics. The application
was made by William J. Reid of Ka-
lama in behalf Of the company, for one
cubic second-foot of water from Bybee
creek, tributary of the Columbia. 1t
will be used as the supply for the
municipality, utilizing pipe line of
about mile and half, cost of devel-
opment being estimated at $4,000.
Legal proceedings against the Pierce
county commissioners for railroad
ing" five women to the western Wash
ington hospital for the insane at
| Steilacoom are contemplated by the
attorney-general's office at the request
Of DR.. David Livingstone, superintend.
ent of the hospital DR.. Livingstone
charges that five inmates of the county
poor farm were wrongfully committed
to the insane hospital about the first
of the year and that upon being dis.
charged the county commissioners not
/ only refused to accent them hack at