Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-13
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

engineers Office has started rssur
voy OF the proposed highway from
Grays harbor TO Willapa harbor.
A scvon-room residence and barn
on the old Stevenson place OF tie west
side at Castle Rock were swept into
the Cowlitz river by the caving In of
the bank.
The Lewis river cut new channel
through the Sam Ross and Rudy places
near Woodland, taking about 100 acres
of land out of Cowlitz county and add.
Ing 1t to Clarke county.
Within u short time more than 15O
halibut boats are to leave Puget sound
for Alaskan waters to start season
operations with the opening OF the
halibut season February Is.
Due to heavy rains six slides occur.
red on logging roads at Ryderwood
center of the Long.Bell Lumber COM
pany's logging operations, and caused
curtailment of logging for several
days.
The state department OF public
works will hold hearing at Centralia
February 16 on petition filed by the
O..W. r. & n. for discontinuance of
its mixed train service between Cen
tralia and Tono.
A probable new worlds record in
number of feet Of lumber cut in one
eight.hour shift was established at the
Long-Bell mill at l.ongview, when i9G
logs, totaling 5779G5 feet of lumber,
were cut by the night shift.
Mrs. Olive II. Dunning has resign.
ed as treasurer of Grays Harbor coun-
ty to take effect March l. Mrs. Dun
ming will go to Olympia as a deputy
state treasurer and will be in charge
OF the bond department there.
Saturday, May IL, has been definite.
ly set by c. A. Mason, Tacoma repre-
sentative of d. NJ. Linnard, Inc, lessee
OF Tacoma's S25co,000 Winthrop hotel,
now nearing coAl ction, rs the date
for formal opening OF the big hostelry
Checks for the second payment on
the 1924 prune crop were mailed to
$50 members of the Washington Grow
ers' packing corporation Of Clarke
county. The payment tota!ed $4,000,
making total Of $335,OOO paid this
year.
Mayor Todd lost the first legal
battle in Kelso's municipal deadlock
when City Engineer Norris was ac
quilted by Jus ice Frank Ruth Of
Castle Rock, Of charge of unlaw.
fully retaining the records of the en-
gineer's office.
The Clarke county commissioners
have adopted resolution prohibiting
the use of county automobiles for pri-
vate purposes. The county furnishes
the sheriff, prosecutor, probation of
ficer, school superintendent and asses
sor with cars.
Due to the overcrowded condition
of the Chehalis Grade schools the
school board decided to ask for a
special levy of six mills, which will
raise $4,000, the money to be spent
in adding four more rooms to the
Cascade school
The Grays harbor county commits
sioners have awarded contract TO
the Grays Harbor Construction com
pany for constructed Of two bridges
on the Aberd een.Wcstport road. One
is to cross Charley creek and the other
the Neushkah river
Total winter wheat production in
Washington decreased from 37015,O00
bushels in 1929 to 10 35f, coo in 1924,
says report issued by G. S. Ray,
statisIician of The division of he crop
and livestock estimates of the federal
department of agriculture.
The adverse report of Examiner
Weaver of the interstate commerce
commission, on ;he petition of wheat
growers south of the Snake river for
a parity of rates from that section
to all coast points, will not prevent
the fight continuing it was announced
by Harry Morrison OF Wnlla Walla,
chairman of the chamber OF commerce
committee which obtained the hearing
last summer.
Contracts totaling more than S1i0,-
900 were signed by officials OF 13
Washington, British Columbia and
Oregon fairs with northwest amuse-
ment companies at the close of the
annual meeting of the North Pacific
Racing association at Aberdeen.
Otercharges amounting to S31 1,934.06
made by the Pacific Elevator company
for storing and hauling grain in 1922,
1923 and 1924 will be refunded to grain
growers in the territory south of the
Snake river through the department