Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-24

Planting of thousands OF cutthroat
trout fry in Lake Merrill, mountain
lake In the southeastern part Of Cow.
itz county, has been delayed until the
middle OF May by County Game War.
den Leichhardt as the trail to the lake
Is now impossible because of fallen
trees.
OF five forest patrol airplanes auth
orized for the Pacific coast by the
last session OF congress, one will be
stationed at Camp Lewis or Van
couver, one at Eugene one In North
Idaho, one at Sacramento and one
in southern California according to
dispatch from Washington, D. G.
Matt Starwich sheriff of King coun.
ty, and Thomas ]. Mcnamara, one Of
his deputies, won IA victory in superior
court in Seattle in a $4,000 damage
suit brought against them by Harrison
Coles, Seattle laborer, for false ar.
rest. Coles had received an award of
$4,000 damages in previous trial
Mrs. A. r. Mclean of Portland was
elected president of the Columbia
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society, Methodist Episcopal
church, at the organizations mid.year
conference In Seattle. More than 300
women delegates from Washington.
Oregon, Idaho and Montana attended.
Announcement of the organization
of the Grays Harbor Pulp G. Paper
company, capitalized at $1,5O0,OOO, and
immediate construction of large
paper mill on site on the Wynooche
river, near Montesano, was made by
d. P. Boles of Seattle, representative
of the interests that will construct
the plant.
Sales by mills of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association in the week
ending April II were materially high
er than output and shipments. Book
ings for the week were 109,S74,470
feet, which was per cent above the
output of 1O1 1,97S,762 feet. Shipments
were 1O4 147,792 feet, or per cent
below new business
Forgery of approximately 80 auto
mobile sales contracts to raise $10,-
900 to finance a rum-running ring
was admitted in superior court in Sc.
attic by Ray zbinden, ex-vice-presi-
dent of the Zbinden-Dodge Motor COM
pany. Zbinden received a suspended
sentence of from one to ten years in
reformatory at Monroe.
In spite of vigorous opposition by
the owners of the present ferry at
Maryhill, the county commissioners of
Klickitat county have granted Samuel
Hill, good roads booster, globe trotter
and owner of 5000-acre farm at
Maryhill, license to operate a ferry
from Columbus to the mouth of Span
ish Hollow, near Biggs, Or.
A petition for an injunction to re-
strain continuation of leases between
the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany and 81 firms Of warehouse prop
erty along its right of way in Spokane
was filed by United States District
Attorney Kizer in federal district
court. 1t alleges that the rental
charged is so much below the real
value Of the property that it con-
stitutes violation of the federal act
prohibiting rebates by railroad to
shippers.
Contracts for Improvement Of five
state highways were awarded by the |
highway committee at Olympia. Three
contracts were let on the Pacific high.
way as follows: Clearing and grad |
ing 4.5 miles between Salmon Greek |
and Vancouver in Clarke county to
Johnson Construction company of
Portland, at S156,6S0.54; clearing, |
grading and surfacing 2.76 miles from
Redondo south in King county TO
Coyle Construction company of Sc
attle, at SAT ,653.95; and paving miles
between Dupont and Ponders station
in Pierce county to +. Mcclellan of |
Seattle, at S76,O7751.
Warning against land speculation
within the area of the Columbia basin
irrigation project was issued by Har.
vey Lindley of Seattle, president of
the Columbia Basin Irrigation league |
and Roy R. Gill of Spokane, chairman
of the board of directors Of the league |
They pointed out that under the laT |
of eminent domain of Washington the |
land might be condemned at its fair |
appraised value before, net after. the !
water had been turned on it. They |
also predicted that the policy of the |
interior department, which they said [
had held in the case of other irrigation
projects, would be invoked in the Co |
lumbia basin project whereby individ I
ual holdings would be limited in acre
age and any surplus would have to be
turned over to the department at q |