Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25
CONDENSED SYNOPSIS
OF LATE STATE NEWS


Just issued by State Treasurer Potts
The period just ended closed with
s14,544.963, while the previous period
closed with s1i.391,S72.
DR.. c. C. Dobbs, Kirkland dentist
was jailed again at Seattle, following
filing of =. a second murder charge
against him. Dobbs had been at lib.
e.ty on s35OOO bail on justice court
charges OF first degree murder in con
nection with the staying of Letitia
Whitehall, girl dental patient.
Nearly 400 fruit growers from az
over northern central Washington
were present at two-day economic
conference at Wenatchee called by
County Agent Chase to map out a
program of marketing production for
the district. which comprises Chelan,
Douglas. Grant and okanogan coun.
ties.
Growers in the Touchet Gardena
district of Walla Walla county have
sold and shipped approximately 1000
cars Of alfalfa hay, according to sur
vey OF the hay situation made by A.
W. hasten, county agent. All remain
irg supplies have been contracted for.
Hay is being loaded on cars at Touch
ct at s13 and $3.50 ton baled.
A model bungalow, demonstrating
species, items, grades and patterns of
west coast woods, was constructed
by the west coast lumber trade extern
son bureau, Seattle, on the roof of
the Winthrop hotel, Tacoma, in prep
aration for the Western Retail Lum-
bermen's association convention in
that city, Thursday, Friday and Sat
uFday.
A company of Union Pacific railroad
officials, including the president, Carl
R. Gray. inspected the Cowlitz. Che.
halls G Cascade railway, directed by
President Brown of Chehalis, head OF
the line A special train took the Wis
tiers to the end of construction at
Cowlitz river. Thence an automobile
trip was made to the Cispus river
country.
The Nippon Shipowners' association
in a letter received by Grays harbor
shippers, declared that all vessels fly
ing the Japanese flag may discontinue
calls at this port if the harbor channel
is not deepened. The frequency with
which vessels are bar-bound at Grnys
Harbor was given as the reason for
the contemplated action. A measure
is now before congress for the I'M
provement of the channel.
Proposed freight rate Increases be.
tween Portland and Seattle and other
Oregon and Washington points were
ordered suspended until June rs by
the interstate commerce commission.
The suspended schedules propose to
revise the class rates between Port
land, Seattle and other Oregon and
Washington points, on the one hand,
and points in southern Washington
and northern Oregon east of Portland,
on the other hand, which would result
generally in increases.
Contracts were awarded by the state
highway committee for about 7.4f
miles of clearing, grading and drain.
ing of state highways. The contract
for about ~ miles of the North Bank
highway between Toppenish ridge and
LOgy creek in Yakima county was
awarded to John Hampshire of Grants
Pass. Or, on bid of S25,565.5O. For
21. of a mile OF construction on the
Ocean Beach highway at Chinook riv-
er dixie in Pacific county, the contract
was awarded TO the Brookfield Quarry
& Towage company of Astoria, Or,
on the low bid Of S.1,770.
Applications causing power and wa
ter development undertakings aggre.
eating expenditures of s1,SOO,OOO we're
filed at the state hydraulics office by
the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam
Hoquiam seeks 100 second-foot ap.
propTiation from the east fork OF the
Humptulips river for a domestic and
industrial water supply system esti-
mated TO cost St.5O000O. and requiring
a 1O,0OOacre foot reservoir and 2e
miles of pipe line. The Aberdeen I'LL
ing outlines a $500 900 manufacturing
and domestic project requiring 95
second foot appropriation from the
same stream.
The Washington Coast Publicity bu
raau. consisting of representatives of
all the commercial clubs in Pacific
county. met at South Bend and voted
to raise funds for the printing and
distribution of the same folder that
was in use last year
New tariff supplements materially
reducing rates on milk moving from
Washington points, interstate. dis
t1nces of more than loo miles. were