Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-09

queens, on the upper SkoOkumchucls
river. The road will tap one of the
finest stands OF timber in the United
States, estimated to take 80 years to
cut.
Governor Roland II. Hartley with
state officials. mayors and commercial
representatives of score OF Washing.
ton and Oregon cities attended the
opening to traffic OF Longviews new
S45O,OOO bridge and entrance direct.
ly connecting with the Pacific high.
way.
Acting for the interstate commerce
commission, the department of pub
lie work will hear the application OF
the Northern Pacific Railway company
for permission to abandon its line be.
tween Markham and Bay City. The
line is about four and one-half miles
long.
Automobile license plates for 1927
will reach Olympia this week, Charles
X. Maybury, director of licenses, has
announced. The plates for next year
will bear green figures and lettering
on a white background, the reverse
OF this years plates. Issuance does
not start until December 1.
Spokane has been awarded the 1927
national convention of the Service
Star Legion, Mrs. Alice C. French.
state president of the organization, an.
nounced upon her return from this
years convention at La Crosse, Wis.
Mrs. French was elected second vice.
president of the national organization.
The Pine Canyon road, on the Sun.
set highway between Wenatchee and
Waterville, was washed out in four
places, and Knappa's hill, on the Che.
lan-okanogan highway, will be closed
for two weeks at least. as the result OF
cloudbrrsts. Bouiders weighing from
four to five tons were washed down,
1t was reported.
forest area in the Colville ma.
tional forest in eastern Washington
has been ordered closed. The area
consists OF $4,000 acres on the middle
fork OF the Big Boulder creek. The
area is specified as a fire hazard, due
to the forest type and to tho weather
conditions. No one will be allowed in
the area without permit
No more slashing fire permits will
be Issued in Cowlltz county due TO dry
conditions In the woods and the In.
creasing fire hazard No campfire per.
mits will be issued this season either.
Sufficient camping spots with good
fire protection have been set apart In
the forest areas and along the streams
OF the county so that everyone can
find camping spots within these areas.
Joplin & Eldon, Portland contrac.
tors, were the lowest bidders for the
new west side highway project In the
Round Pass section OF Rainier national
park, 1t was announced by the bureau
oi pGDlic relations. department OF agri.
culture The Portland firm bid ss06..
O9i. Work will begin on the project
in about 40 days, and will require three
summers to complete. The road is to
be nine miles long. and winds around
the west side of Mount Rainier.
The old Cowlltz city site on the
Cowlitz river near the Pacific highway
four miles north OF Castle Rock, has
been purchased as a country estate by
II. N. Peabody OF Castle Rock from the
HARDWOOD Lumber company OF Port.
land. Located on peninsula between
the Toutle and Cowiitz rivers, the
tract OF 1853 acres 20 years ago was
plated ana doomed as factory town.
and was considerably in the public
print for number of years thereafter.
For the first time since the Wash.
ington sttae constitution was amended
In 1912, the general election ballot
of next November will carry neither
an Initiative nor Il referendum. In
1914 the first year the law was opera.
tive, dozen such proposals were sub.
mitied' Every two years since then
there have been frcm two to six INF.
iiated and referred measures. The
time for filing initiative and referen.
dun petitions expired July 1. Two lni.
tiative bills were presented to secre.
tary Of state Hinkle during the spring
by ballot title, but neither received
the necessary 10000 signatures.
Plans for construction OF a spacious
club house, a golf course and mum
bcr OF summer homes were announced
when Walter f, Dickens. suporintend.
ont OF Tulalip Indian reservation, stat
ed that Belllngham Masons were sue.
cessful bidders on two tracts OF land
on the Lummi reservation in What
com county. The Bollingham lodge
paid t5525 for one tract OF 1871 acres
and S5025 for a second tract OF if41f
acres. Three.qunrters af mile of