White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-12-12
Washington News

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United States Army airplanes belong
Ing to the 321st Observation Squad
ron, Vancouver Barracks, recently
were marooned in an open field near
the town of Skamania, forty miles
east of here on the Washington side
of the Columbia River, where they
were obliged by the fog to make
forced landing while returning from
Corvallis, Ore, to Vancouver. The
squadron flew to Corvallis to attend
the Oregon Agricultural College foot
ball game. With the exception of
one of the planes, which suffered
broken propeller, none Of the ma
chimes were damaged. The planes
will be brought to Vancouver as soon
as weather permits.
| ANACORTES. = Mrs. Ed Wilson
died recently from the effects of burns
received the day before when she
started fire in the kitchen range
with kerosene, an explosion follow
ing. She was 3S years old.
CHEHALIS.-Little hope is ex-
pressed here for the recovery Of Lo-
rem Carrie, 6yearold son of William
Garbe of West Chehalis, who was
wounded by the discharge of a 20
calibre rifle held by Harold Belts, 9.
The bullet accidentally fired by the
slightly older boy, penetrated the
Gerbe lads right side and plunged
downward to the left hip. Police are
Investigating.
SEATTLE.-Follow a telephone
cases of liquor valued at 100000 at
Kenmore, Is miles north of Seattle,
on Lake Washington, Is deputy sher-
ifs with three trucks, left immedi-
ately to bring the contraband here.
SPOKANE. = AS a long-distance
swimmer and fancy diver, Mrs. Geo.
NGil, Spokane girl, has won the at
tention of swimming enthusiasts. She
holds records made at Loon Lake,
Hayden Lake and other resorts. When
Lottie Mayer brought her mermaid
troop here, Mrs. Neil was called upon
to assist in the diving features. She
has won several silver trophies as the
result of her ability in the water
SPOKANE. - A 15-day suspended
Jail sentence was given Edna Wink
Ter, and w. p. Wrinkle was discharged
on charge of vagrancy growing out
of their arrest recently The case
against Ralph Smith, high school boy,
charged with disorderly conduct, was
continued, providing the case Is not
handled by the juvenile court in the
meantime. 1t was charged by Officer
Bernard that the youth was found
early one morning in an automobile
in company with another boy and two
young girls.
Enthusiastically Northern Pa
cific coal train coming down the Yak
ina Canyon, hurtled itself along the
roadway, IL miles west of here, tear
ing up about a thousand feet Of ties
and splitting five loaded cars along the
track. A wheel on the forward car
broke and before the train came to a
stop enough coal and other material
were spilled to keep both wrecking
crews on the division busy nearly ten
hours. Ellensburg and Pasco wreck
Ing trains responded. Other railway
employees along the line were called to
help In the meantime transconti-
mental trains Nos. and were routed
over the c., M. & st. p. line from
Lind to Easton. The wreck happened
in one of the worst places along the
line, where hills rise steeply from the
track. No one was hurt. At first 1t
was thought here that there had been
slide at Hillside, station one mile
west of where the wreck occurred.
STANWOOD.-The new ferry con-
Meeting Oak Harbor and Utsalady Is
to be running early this month, &C
cording to Island County commission
ers. At Oak Harbor representatives
from adjacent territories recently met
and talked over the proposition Of
constructing bridge over Deception
Pass, and having road built the en-
tire length OF WILDLY Island going
south where 1t would connect with a
ferry to Everett, making wonderful
scenic drive and opening the country
to dairymen and berry growers.