Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-09
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEIl 5

W z. Schimpff, sales manager, which
showed fair profit on the berry crop
Of last year. Member growers. how
ever declared they would not stay
in the exchange unless at least 80
per cent OF the growers joined.
Contract has been made by the
Grays Harbor county commissioners
for clearing, grading and graveling
about two miles of the county road
leading to the Aberdeen water de-
partment's headworks in the upper
Wishkah valley. Peck & Emerson of
Hoquiam obtained the job at $4,000
Dismissal by the King county court
of an action brought against Maude
Sweetman, representative in the state
legislature for the 44th district, Seat
tie, charging her with attempting to
influence prospective jurors in Grim
inal case brought against certain
Chinese for gambling. was affirmed
by the supreme court.
Work on the $4,000 Taholah-Mo-
clips highway will be started in July
when money appropriated from indian
funds by the present congress be-
ZONES available and contracts award
eA. w. B. Sans, Superintendent Of the
Quinauit reservation. announces. Mr.
Sans said that the government engi-
neers have practically completed their
survey OF the route.
The supreme court upheld the Kit
sap county court in awarding c. Hau-
gen and eight others damages agere-
eating approximately $4,000 from the
First National bank OF Poulsbo for Sc
curities and money taken from the
safety deposit vault of the bank in a
robbery in 1922. Damages were
awarded on the grounds that the bank
had not properly sateguarded the val
uables.
Protests against terms of proposed
sale OF five shipping board vessels
operated by the Admiral Oriental
Steamship company from Seattle TO
the far east were voiced at a meet
ing OF Seattle chamber Of commerce
trustees. The proposed contract was
scored as allowing INC successful bid
der to reduce saiinss from SO to
II a year and to remove two ships
from the Seattle run
After Ii years OF activity the okan-
ogan County Livestock association
changed its name 10 the Washington
Cattle and Horse Raisers' association
at the annual meeting held IN okano-
gan. The association represents TWO
national forests. $1,000 acres OF state
grains land. large portion of the
Colville Indian reservation and the
county at large, There are Il active
groups in north central Washington
affiliated with it.
washington's fishing season opened
April 1. Game officials estimated that
nearly 10000 persons angled in state
streams. The limit is 20 fish or not
more than Is pounds. and no fish un-
der six inches. It is unlawful to fish
within 400 feet Of n game fish trap
or mouth of stream; TO use live
minnows for bail east OF the Cascade
mountains; to use fresh salmon eggs
above natural barrier or waterfall
or to use a light.
Bringing the total amount Of money
received from the issuance of auto
mobile licenses for the four month
period ending March 81 up To s4.53s-
27l, automobile license receipts for
the month of March amounted to
s3Gi2t3, il is shown in e statement
issued by W. G. Potts, state treasurer.
Receipts for the present year are
within approximately 500 o00o oi those
Tor the entire year OF 1925, a compar-
ative statement showg
G. y Short. president OF the board
Of trustees Of the Ellenshurs state
Normal school. received O. letter from
Governor Hartley expressing Ais de
sire that appropriations of the recent
Legislative session. io,aling s3SS0T De-
not expended as the governor regard