Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-05

Study of factors which might be
considered in planning housing devel
opments at Camp Lewis still is hold.
ing up final decision as to putting into
effect the S1OOOOOO program author
lied by congress- for that camp and
which constituted the largest single
item in the army housing bill
j. D. Farrell OF Seattle, vice-presi.
dent of the Union Pacific railway and
president of the Seattle Lighting com.
pany, announced that he had accepted
regency of the University of Wash.
ington, offered him by Governor Ro-
land H. Hartley. He replaces John
T. Heffernan of Seattle, resigned
Twelve arrests OF alleged violators
of the migratory bird act were made
last week in the Grays harbor district
by Ray C. Steele, United States game
warden. Hunters, discouraged be-
cause ducks are not plentiful, evil
IDENTIFY were shooting protected birds,
he said, and large numbers of shore
birds are being killed in this way.
Country stores" at which prizes
are given away to holders of lucky
numbers. issued with tickets of admis-
sion to theaters. are Illegal, the SUI
preme court said in affirming deci.
sion of the King county superior court
declaring that John DAM and S. u.
Maine conducted lottery in holding
country store" in Seattle theater.
Governor Roland H Hartley ap-
pointed Clarence ID. Martin of Cheney
and S. A. Perkins of Tacoma as mem
bers OF the Cascade tunnel commits
sion, to work with John p. Hartman
! of Seattle on the inspection OF the
feasibility of the project and make
/ report. The commission will serve
until 1t has finished its work and is
ready to report.
Semiahmoo, on the American Can
adam border, where Samuel Hill OF
( Seattle maintains one Of his three Pa
cific northwest mansions, is to be
Queen Marie's first stop after she
leaves Hills Seattle home, November
8. Queen Marie is to be the second
European notable to stop in Hills
home, being preceded In 1922 by Mar
shall Joffre OF France.
Last week showed an increase OF
nearly 100000 feet of lumber pro.
duced by 10S mills of the West Coast
| Lumbermen's association, compared
with the record for the previous week,
! according to the weekly report of the
association. Production last week to.
tailed 114,162,121 feet, new orders
booked totaled 11O,7S6,O7s feet, and
shipments totaled 94,O09,6O7 feet,
! State Treasurer Potts refused to
honor warrant for s72.5O drawn
against the capitol building fund in
payment of desk bought by the
committee from the Book Store OF
Olympia, one of the firms awarded
contracts for the furnishing of the
new capitol building. Potts declared
that in his belief capitol construction
| funds were not to be used to buy fur
niture. and that the committee was
not authorized to purchase furniture.
| ID. ]. Collins OF Tacoma was named
chairman of committee of the Man.
| ufacturers Association OF Washington
TO represent the organization at the
next session OF the legislature. Other
members are Fred Shoemaker, Il. Il.
Lantz. A. b. Howe, and Thomas Car
stems. Tacoma; L. r. Powers, Spo-
kane. j. h. Stentz, Olympia, and
Charles II. Frye. Seattle. The asso-
citation. It was announced, will con
tlnue TO fight to require prison made
goods to be so labeled.
o. Calderhead, supervisor OF trans
portation in the department OF public
works, left Monday for Chicago to at.
tend a meeting OF three rate chiefs
appointed by the interstate commerce
commission TO consider facts for a
formal hearing on docket which
would revise practically the entire
structure on which railroad rates are
row founded. The formal hearing OF
the docket is to be held in Omaha.
Neb., January II. After the Chicago
conference. Calderhead Is to attend
the annual convention of the National
Association OF Railway and Utilities
Commissioners at Asheville, N. c.,
November . to II.
Judge Carey of Colville has reopen
ed the case Of T. z. Gose and others