Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-02
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS
by fire nearly in May.

DR.. Elwood Mead, federal commits.
sioner of reclamation. will be asked to
view from an alrplane the lands pro-
posed TO be included in the Columbia
basin project. it was decided at a
meeting OF the Columbia basin COM
mittee of the Spokane chamber of COM
merce.
Award of the contract for erection
of new gymnasium at Washington
State college. Pullman, to Conley &
Conley OF Spokane was announced
Their bid was s264,O99 for the It's by
200 foot building. Cost of the build
ing is to be met by 5000 900 student
fund raised for the purpose.
Luke S. May, Seattle criminologist,
was unanimously reelected president
OF the Northwest Association OF
Sheriffs and Police. meeting in Spo-
kane. l.. V. Jenkins. Portland chief of
police, was unanimously reelected
vice-president and Clarence 4. Long
warden of Washington state prison,
Walla Walla, was again chosen secrs-
tary-:reasurer.
j. t. Dobson, Mud bay rancher, an
swered a distress call from his chick
ems, expecting to encounter a skunk
or some such small animal. Instead
he was met by large mother bear
which started for him. Dobson emp
tied both barrels of his shotgun at the
bear, but the animal kept coming. Be.
for Dobson could get away the bear
tore off his overalls, clawed him deep
ly about the hips and chewed his right
hand badly.
Special agents Of various fire in
surance companies OF the Pacific
northwest at their semi.annual meet
ing In Olympia elected Charles Wend-
ling OF Seattle as president to serve
until the January meeting. Others
chosen were: Vice-president, A. A.
Ferns OF Portland; second vice.presi
dent. ]. Edward Johnson of Seattle;
third vice-president. l.. N. Brainard of
Portland; secretary-treasnrer Harold
vogel OF Seattle.
John Francis Dore. Seattle attorney
and probably the most prominent and
successful criminal lawyer In the state
was charged by the state board OF law
examiners with dishonesty In his prac-
tice, acts involving moral turpitude
and disrospect for court orders in
complaint In disbarment filed with the
clerk Of the supreme court. Dore's
alleged acts In his conduct OF two re-
cent cases before the courts OF King
county form the basis for the charges
There was n noticeable decrease in
production, new business and ship
ments for West Coast Lumbermen's
association mills for the week ended
June 10, compared with the record
made in those items for the week pre-.
yious, according to the weekly com.
paratiye report issued by the nssocia.
tlon. The report showed iO4 mills last
week produced l09. .961 .eO2 feet OF lum.
her. New business totaled 114,7S3..
1873 feet and shipments totaled 1Ol,.
iO5,s17 feet.
Apportionment to counties OF 81 f.002,
1851 OF state school funds for June
was announced by Josephine Corliss
Preston, state superintendent. King
county receives {s56.O75.os, or more
than one-fuurth OF the total. Other
large appurtionmeuts are as follows:
Pierce, si03,0O269. Spokane. 500.
1890; snohomish, s5b.77OOs; Yakima,
s50,27l7i; Whatcom. s3s.Ogil;
Grnys Harbor, Ss5.023.0S: Lewis. s3s,-
4o5.Oi; skagit. s27,O2s.2s; Clark. va.
s99s6; Whitman. s2i.7s1.75; Thurs.
ton. s2O,6i9s0; walla walla, s2O,.
561.2f.
Al meeting Of Seattle port com.
missioners plans and recommendation
for changes in the city grain elevator
we're adopted. The intended altora.
tions will double the receiving and
shipping capacity OF the plant Col.
onel George K. Lamplng. president Of
the port commission. stated that ar.
rangcments had been made with
wheat exporting firms providing for
the shipment of between 5000 600 and
10,000,000 bushels OF wheat through
Seattle during the coming season. The
work, which Is to cost approximately
100000. starts Immediately
The Northwest Cannera' association
announced at Seattle that 5,7Sl, ,45s
cases OF fruits and vegetables were
canned In 1925 in Washington, Oregon
aud Idaho This broke the record,
which had been set with 5.025,s24
cases in 1924.
The priced blusback salmon have
started their run up the Columbia river
and fishermen are reporting fair
catches The run Of salmon this year
has Laeu far hefow norn.at &, a.. 20.