White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-11-23
Washington News

shown at the Pacific international
Livestock Exposition, held at Port
land, Oregon, during the week OF
November 3 to 10.
Danse fogs all along the Pacific
Coast during the past week have
been delaying shipping to a very
great extent; many ships, for safety,
have remained locked, waiting for
clear weather.
Semi-official recognizance of the
name of Mount Tacoma for The
Mountain has been obtained by the
Mount Tacoma Club by having the
name printed in big letters on maps
printed by one eastern map concern
and the words mt. Rainier" below
in small type. The club has been
organized to carry on the campaign
to convince the National Geograph-
ic Board that the name should be
officially changed.
Hoquiam tourist park was still
crowded with visitors when the city
officials ordered it closed November
10th.
Manitou Park, Tacoma, closed No
vember 3, with a record of having
entertained $500 auto parties during
the season, an increase of over 40
per cent from last years attendance.
In September alone, 116 families
came to Tacoma and established per.
manent residence.
Representative Lin H. Hadley met
the advisory board Of Northwest
Federation of American Indians re-
Gently and informed them that early
in the coming session of Congress he
would introduce another bill to have
the Department of Interior settle
the claims of the Indians which arose
under the treaty of Port Elliott in
1856, of which Chief Seattle was one
Of the signers.
Henry w. Kent, of Portland, AID
B. A. Strawbridge, of Seattle, are
making plans to establish a new lum-
Der mill and woodpulp and sulphite
mill at Edmonds. They expect to
cut from SOO,OOO,OO0 to 100000, 900
feet of timber on Vancouver Island,
where a mill at Quatsino Sound will
export the squared timber to the
finishing plant at Edmonds. The
value of the Vancouver Island timber
is about $1,OO0,O00, and ultimate plans
Of development will demand an ex-
penditure of close to 100000 Bonds
will be issued according to the plan
Of financing.
/ Another hunting fatality has been
recorded. James E. Dyal Of Seattle
after a days hunting was loading
his automobile with watermelons at
Harrah, when he leaned against the
, muzzle of his gun, which was lying
across the seat of the vehicle. The
,, weapon was discharged into his
, body, and he died while being
rushed to the hospital.
ell The board of King County Com
n missioners have virtually assured
|. the King County Game Commission
r the establishment of a 5-acre pre-
o serve near Auburn, to hold and prop
J. agate pheasants, to be liberated II
King County. The commission asked
permission to buy one ton of stump
ing powder from the county, and the
loan of tools and tractors to clear
and level the tract.
The Long-Bell Lumber company
i Of Longview, has awarded to the
s. Stetson-Post company, of Seattle
s. the contract for the planing-mil
8. equipment for the West Fir Mill
IS This is said to be the largest single
IS order of planing-mill equipment evel
e placed. The total weight of tht
n equipment will be $4,000 pounds
n and the cost will be about $250,00O
q The order must be delivered m ,
y period of from to months.
re Edward E. Kelso, of Yakima, on
III Of the early settlers of the valley
r, died here lately, of pneumonia. HI
j. settled on homestead in the sos
Is in the Horse Heaven district. Hi
p. widow and four children survive him
.,s.1
The new ferry from Bellingham t
Orcas Island. is proving of grea
Al benefit to the dairymen and poultry
y. men of the island; they are usin
h. this route to market their products
:. and find that It gives them Quicke