White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-06-29
WASHINGTON NEWS

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Plans are being made for a Fourth
OF July celebration in Waterville with
horse racing feature of the program.
In addition TO real snappy ball game,
street carnival is to be held.
Eastern capitalists have purchased
large tract of land at Lilliwaup Falls,
where they will build a great summer
hotel and resort. The hotel will con-
tain 900 rooms. Summer cottages; ten
mis- and golf grounds will be other at.
tractive features for the tourists
A launch IS feet long, with a rated
speed of 18 miles an hour. arrived at
Seattle last week from Norfolk, Va,
to be used by Willard T. Harrison, col
lector of customs, in catching rum run.
ners. It is to be manned with picked
crew of inspectors and is to watch the
waters of Puget sound for Illicit car
goes from British Columbia.
After considering bids submitted on
June for construction of the legisla-
tive building of the capitol group, the
state capitol committee again rejected
all bids. as was the case with the bids
submitted May 8. The committee made
no announcement as to future plans
and gave no reason for rejecting the
bids, other than that they We're not
satisfactory.
Each year the Garfield County Pho
neer association presents chairs to the
man or woman who have held the long
est continuous residence in the county
and this year Mrs. Eliza Bentley, pio-
neer of 1876. and John W. Ball, pio-
neer of 1874, received the gift chairs.
Attorney c. w. Jewett was elected
president of the organization for the
ensuing year.
The cut of lumber is decreasing in
all the eastern states; in practically
every state west of the Great Plains it
is increasing. says the forest service,
United States department of agricul-
ture. The principal source of softwood
lumber for the entire nation will soon
have shifted to the west coast and the
average freight cost paid by the home
builder or manufacturer will have ad,
vanced to new and higher level.
The state highway committee has
decided in favor Of Milton citizens in
establishing a new route on the Pa
cific highway between Tacoma and Sc
attic. Tacoma business men had pro
tested against this routing. The de
cision was based on the fact that the
Milton route is the shortest and has
the best grades, it was said Grading
from Tacoma to Des Moines is to be.
gin this year, but no paving will be
done this biennium.
Highways from eastern Washington
are in excellent shape and there is
heavy travel over the Yellowstone
Trail, the Vantage Ferry route and
over the Sunset Highway. Many trav.
elers arriving over the paved Pacific
highway from California are being dt
rected eastward through Washington
at Seattle. There are considerable
number of eastern Washington. Idahe
and Montana people now "summering'
on Puget Sound.
One hotel complete-from bathtub
and kitchen sink to lace curtains and
parlor lounge-will be rolled from Chi.
cago over the western prairies and
mountains to Longview. Wash. The
shipment will go by special train of Is
cars, and will be placed in its final
resting place, the Hotel Monticello,
Longview. The coffee shop and hotel
barber shop will be included in the
transfer The total valuation of the
equipment is 100000. The hotel will
become part of a specially built city
which the Long Bell Lumber company
formerly of Kansas City, is erecting
in it's big lumber tracts in the north
west
New Drivers Licenses.
The department of licenses expects
to begin the issuance of the new
drivers license for the two-year per.
iod, beginning August l, sometime
this week, or as soon as it is possible
to secure the necessary printing. The
new licenses will be on index card
boards instead of on thin paper as
used during the last two years. New
application blanks are being sent out
now for general distribution to the
motoring public.
Still Bar German.
The teaching Of German will be re-
stored in high schools of the state
only where an authorized petition
from the district board is presented