Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

Power to execute bonds to the navy
department is not vested on the board
of regents of the University Of Wash
ington. it was held by Attorney Gen
eral Dunbar in letter to Max Hipkoer
acting controller OF the university.
Last October was the best month IN
the entire history of the Great North
ern railroad and the net railway oper
ating income for 1926 will exceed that
OF the test period of 1914-1917 for the
first time since the railroad reverted
to their private owners. Ralph Budd
president OF the Great Northern de
clared at Tacoma.
Members OF the executive committee
of the Columbia Basin Irrigation
league from the four Pacific north
western states gathered in Spokane
Monday to complete arrangements fol
a joint hearing by the reclamation
committees of both houses of congress-
Washington, December Z, on the Co
lumbia basin irrigation bill.
Following a disagreement OF thu
jury in the spring term OF court al
Olympia when he was tried on the
charge of murder for the alleged slay
ing of c. II. Pake, aged night marsha
OF Yelm, Roy Jacobs was released and
the charge against him dismissed
upon recommendation of Prosecuting
Attorney Roscoe r. Fullerton.
A manslaughter charge was filed IL
superior court at Montesano agains
Carl Storm by Prosecuting Attorne,
Graham. He is charged with causing
the death OF Miss Emma Cash o.
South Bend, who WAS passenger IN
the automobile which he is alleged te
have been driving when 1t went of
the Wishkah road north of Aberdeen
George H. Behner dismissed fed
eral prohibition agent, and Art Eel
lows, formerly Behner's unofficial as
sistant, were charged at Seattle with
conspiring TO defeat the national pro
hibition law. Harry Brickman, head
OF the Everett detective department
and Ben Smathers, an Everett trans
fer man, were named as co-oonspira
tors.
Mrs. Henry d. James, Tacoma, re-
tains for five years her lease on viz
tually the only natural gas we'll IL
Benton county. Her old lease ex
PRED Wednesday and for II days ant
nights two friends, II. s. Kneelant
and Bob Hawthorne. kept vigil before
the doors of the state land office tt
prevent others from filing en- tn,
we'll site.
Edward c. Mills. Judge of the Walls
Walla county superior court sine,
1913, announced ho had mailed hi
resignation TO Governor Hartley with
the request that II BIO accepted eff
fectiye November 90. On December
Judge Mills will become head OF tn,
legal department In Los Angeles fol
the United States Fidelity q Gparant!
company.
The democratic central committe,
OF Chelan county has announced thai
recount of the vote cast for Mira
Frank Reeves, democrat, representa-
tive In tho legislature. In her rae,
with Hubert Remley, republican
would be asked Mr.. Remley defeat
cd Mrs. Roeves by 10 votes. accord
ing to the canvass made by the coun
" commissioners.
Ralph Budd, president OF the Gres
Northern railway. announced at So
attic that the first OF six giant cleo
tric locomotives which will be used Oh
the Cascade mountain division Is or
route to tho Pacific coast from ths
east. EloctrlfIcati0n Of 30 miles OF tn,
main line through the mountains from
Goldbar to Wenatchee IL being push
ed to completion, he said.
The Seattle municipal street railva,
system must again suspend cash pay
ments and 20 on the warrant basil
with the payday that falls on Decem
ber 10. Whatever cash may be In tn,
railway fund at that time. and all thai
can be accumulated through tho re
mainder Of December and In January
and February, will be needed for un
usually heavy payments on bond prin
olpai and interest that must be made
by March l.
Denial that agriculture In the Pa
cifio northwest was experiencing AMI
present distress was made at Wash
ington. d. c., by George c. Jewett d
Spokane, president Of the federal lane
bank for district No. 10, embracini
the states OF Washington, Oregon
Idaho and Montana. President Jeweu
said that. on the contrary, the fsrmlns
industry In those states was shown,
an srrtuard tr.rd In rn,tr.af - "a.