Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-09-03
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS

inspection tour along the PacEic
coast.
State Senator Fred w. Hastings, Sc
attic. chairman OF a joint house ant
senate committee to ferret out oh
solete and useless laws and provide
for their repeal, has announced thai
more than 700 such statutes would be
presented to the next legislature fol
repeal.
Secretary OF State Hinkle has an
nounced that because printing OF
ballots had started in some counties
withdrawal oy George F. Cotterill OF
Seattle as a candidate for the demo.
cratic nomination for United States
senator in the primary September IA
is Invalid.
Necessary legal steps are being
taken to effect a division of the Okan.
ogan irrigation district, federal pro
ject, into two separate districts. An
election will be held September l on
the formation Of the southern unit, to
be known as the Okanogan recIama-
tion district.
Commercial fishing on the Colum,
bia river closed Wednesday noon for
the fall closed period extending to
September 10. Estimates OF the pack
for the year indicate an output of 275,-
900 full cases of canned salmon, as
compared with 100000 cases in the
1925 season.
Famed by high wind. fire swept
over more than 1000 acres OF stubble
land on the Mil creek-Russell creek
divide in the Walla Walla country.
An early morning shower halted the
blaze. Some fencing was burned. and
little hay. but otherwise little dam.
age was done.
A big reduction In gas rates lor
large consumers In Tacoma and
Olympia was provided In tariff I'll.
ed with the department, OF public
works by the Tacoma Gas & Fuel
company and the Olympia Gas COM
rany. divisions OF the Mountain States
Power company.
The certificate OF II. T. Niesen,
operating passenger and freight serv.
Ice between Tacoma and Spanaway,
WAS Cancelled by the department of
public works because Niesen failed to
file his quarterly report and pay his
eross revenue operating fee for the
quarter ending June 30.
Ora McDermith. consulting engineer
OF the kittitas reclamation district
has been named a consulting engineer
for the United States bureau of rec.
lamation by DR.. Huber, Work, secre.
tary OF the Interior. His work will
be to pass on various project improve.
ments or on the feasibility OF new
projects.
Gifts OF approximately $40 acres of
land lying on the north side of Moran
state park on Orcas island were re.
ported by ]. Grant Hnkle. secretary
of the state board. The additional
land, which brings the area OF the
park up to about 5000 acres, Will
place the Twin Lake section wholly
within the park.
Because OF many complaints on the
length OF the Pacific highway detour
between Tenino and Centralia, on ac
count OF construction OF new route
for the highway for az miles north
OF Centralla. the state highway de
partment Is rushing the north end OF
the new road and expects by Septem
ber 25 to open the highway as far ms
Ford's Prairie school.
Bids on six road countracts to be
awarded September IA have been au
nounced by the state highway com
mission. The jobs to be considered
are as follows: Cowlitz county. clear
ing and grading 81 miles Of the Ocean
Beach highway between German
creek and Coal creek slough. Cow.
litz and CLARK counties, paving plank
gaps on the Pacific highway between
La Center and Kalama snohomish
county. grading and paving 2 Of a
mile Of the Pacific highway near Is
land school house Grays Harboi
county. resurfacing four miles OF the
Olympic highway in the vicinity Of
sequim. Pacific county. constructing
reinforced concrete tide gates in the
Chinook river between Ilwaco and
Chinook on the ocean beach highway
The saw and shingle mill Of tn,
Willapa Harbor Shingle company
about three miles west Of South
Bend. was burned TO the ground. The
Lsclalre tie mill on the Gerlach plae,
on the South willspa also burned will
loss Of about $1,000
Contending that railroad freigh
r.tes charged on shipments of plss