Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-03
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF late STATE news


in the general election, official re
turns show. In the race for United
States senator, Wesley l.. Jones, re
publican. was reelected with 16i 1870
votes, against 14S,7S3 for A Scott Bull
lit, democrat, or plurality Of 15.347
Following passage by an overwhelm
ing vote of S15,D00 bond issue by
the town of Tumwater. adjacent tc
Olympia. purchase OF 4G-acre tract
bearing springs that flow approximate
ly 100000 day, for water supply
for Tumwater and adjoining districts
is under consideration.
Wapato's city water has been con
demned by Health Inspector II. N
Cassidy as germ bearing. Half doz
en- cases of typhoid have been traced
to it. Heavy rains and the breakdown
Of the chlorinator are held responsible
for its conGition. which is expected to
he corrected within short time.
The state highway department has
set Sunday, December 5, as the defin-
te date for reopening of the Pacific
highway west Of Centralla, which was
recently widened and Strengthened.
Resumption of traffic will eliminate
two detours that have been main
tanned by the state north of Centralia.
Six men, reputed members OF a
kirkland gang. are in the King county
iail as attackers of two high school
girls. Charges against the men were
4 sequel to the discovery November
il of the body OF 14-year-oll Letitia
Whitehall in a slough near Kirkland,
across Lake Washington from Seattle.
One acre Of stumps on the Davolt
farm on the Pacific highway north of
Kclso will be blown up simultaneous.
ly December 10 in a demonstration of
land clearing by the use OF pyrotol
powder under the direction of II. w.
'nllislf Slr'ihiiSt ~ le'ilt 'icui lhs WIN
he Washington siste college extern
son department.
T. w Mccartney, Yakima county
drainage eli neer, was found dead in
bed in his room in the Planters hotel
at Sunny5ide VIII 70 he had put up
for the night. An autopsy held by
W. NJ Brown, county physician, led
TO the conclusion thlt death was caus.
ed by an acute and extensive conges-
ton OF the lungs.
Pr llmira-y steps toward the for.
nation OF manufacturers association
in Longvicw were taken at dinner
meeting OF representatives Of num-
ber Of LonEylew payroll firms. Sew.
enteen manufacturers of the city were
represented. and members OF the in.
dustrial committee OF the chamber of
commerce also took part.
Holding that ordinary city char er
provisions haze no application to
state buildings Attorney General Dun
bar advised Ems1r Rr ull of Wash.
ingtcn state college that the regents
do not need to pay n construction fee
10 the city o. Pullman for a BUILDING
erected on college property but with n
the city limits Of Pullman.
c. simensen of Pasco was tender d
banquet in honor OF his 10th birth.
day. and which automatically relires
him from service on the Northern Pi-
rific railway He has been in the
bridge and building department and
is completing his aOih year with the
railroad For 90 years OF that time he
has been a resident OF Pasco
The secretary of state has certified
the vote cast on the two constitutions
al amendments in the presence OF Gov
ernor Hartley. as Is required by law.
The vote was as follows: For the
amendment increasing legislators sal
sry. 1889. against. 12O,15s; for the
amendment providing for reforesta
tion tax. SIZES; against, 1O7.52t
A shortage Of LOGS will be expert
anced in the Tacoma district within
h. next few weeks unless the mills
curtan consumption or he camps in
crease their production considerably
within the red month Ever since
lao camps reopened at the close OF
hs forest fire season. logs have been
roasumed as fass rs they have been
lduced. The mills were furnished
u they needed. but no surplus has
umulatcd.
Yakima county game commissioners
Q cided to establish a fish hatchery
ct Dumping Lake. \ second may be
'seed at Rimrock- The commission
wiz put in fish stops in the Cong on
81 GIeed bitches and canals. as re-
lrg s;ed BY the companies.
10 permit classification Of property
|Ead iarltion Of intangIhles. in order
st'at "an taxes shall be uniform upon
Iro sams class o, property Lester
&c. Eiee. Spokane repres stativs eiett.