White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11
Washington News

TACOMA-T. N. Henry of Tacoma,
who several months ago announced
his candidacy for the Republican NOM
nation for acknowledgements, has
withdrawn his name from the list Of
candidates. Mr.. Henry declares he
has decided not to file for office.
PIE ELLA fire, started by spark
from the yarder in the logging camp
of the Yeoman's Lumber Company,
few miles southeast of town, recently,
spread rapidly from the dry under
brush into the standing timber sur
rounding the camp, and despite the
efforts of a large crew Of men who
fought valiantly throughout the night
to prevent the spread Of the flames, 1t
Is estimated that two million feet of
timber was destroyed. At an early
hour the following morning Of the fire
gentle rain began falling, and in
creased during the day to a steady
downpour, effectually checking fur
Their progress of the flames, and re-
ducing the present fire hazard in this
section. Growing crops of all kinds
will be greatly benefited by this time
ly rainfall, which terminates an I'M
precedented spring drouth.
CHEHALIS.-County Agent f. d.
Yeager has received word from b. A.
Slocum, apiary specialist from the
State College at Pullman, that an
alarmying percentage of the bees in
Lewis County are diseased Mr.. Slo-
clum recently made an inspection of
the bees and from the figures 1t was
found that 1868 per cent of the bees
are affected
LONGVIEW. - Announcement of
mammoth four-day celebration Of be-
ginning of operations Of the Longbell
Lumber Company's west fir mill was
made recently. The exact date when
saving will commence has not been
determined, but it will be within 30
to 40 days, and will be announced
soon.
CENTRALIA. - Three persons, in.
Guiding bride and groom, all colored,
were drowned in the Skookumchuk
River at Bucoda near here, recently.
They and two other negroes were at
tempting to cross the river on log.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Simpson, bride and groom, and Gil
bert Freeman, were recovered an hour
later. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Bradshaw
were rescued.
WALLA WALLA.-Betwee Is and
20 harvesters have started operations
In the light land sections. Farmers
from that district were in town re-
Gently completing their crews. Many
of the outfits, however, are small, re-
quiring but two men in their opera
ton.
EAST SEATTLE. - Whipped by
strong southwest wind, flames of I'M
known origin swept over so acres OF
valuable timber and heavy brush land
III LuG ohLI ClHe bOuILClA cHu VI NIOl-
Ger Island recently. twenty-five resi-
dents of the island men and women,
risked death by suffocation while
fighting the fire In a dense pail OF
smoke. Back-flring, they saved sew
eral threatened homes, but after six
hours of undiminished efforts, they
succeeded In bringing the blaze under
control.
LONGVIEW-The Longview School
census, just completed under the SUI
ervision of S. N. Miller, shows to-
al Of loo persons between the ages
of and 81, as compared with APP
proximately 400 persons of school cen
sus age in the district year ago.
PORT ANGELES.-Shipment of
manganese ore from the Fairholme
mine through the port Of Port An
geles became reality recently when
three big trucks unloaded cargoes of
the black ore on the Owens &c Nichols
dock here, after a 31-mile haul from
the mine. Two round trips day will
be made.
OLYMPIA. - Application for water
rights on the Queets River, in Jeffer-
son County, contemplating the con-
struction of a million-dollar hydro
electric power plant, was received re-
Gently by Marvin Chase, supervisor Of
hydraulics, from the Grays Harbor
Railway &c Light Company Of Amer
deem. A concrete diversion dam, so
feet high and 700 feet long on the top,
would impound the waters Of the
Queets, short distance below the
confluence of the Clearwater.
SOUTH BEND.-A dead whale 80
feet in length was washed ashore re-
Gently in front of the Carruthers
ranch on Willapa Bay.
SPOKANE. = Permission has been
granted by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way to the Kanaka Channel Mining
Company to go ahead with the devel-
opment of what is known as the Ka-
naka channel to the Kanaka Channel
Mining Company, according to r. G..
Mcleod, president. The Kanaka
channel is an early bed of the Fraser
River.