White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-09-12

State Highway between Ellensburs
and Yakima. The canyon route re-
duces the mileage between the tive
cities from A to 81 miles, and Ia
stead OF rising over one of the high
est divides In the state, the old road
climbing to an elevation of 1000 az
proximately. or about 1000 feet h,sh
er than the summit on the Snoquai
ME Pass road, gives practically :.
water grade all the way between the
two points. The new road will ais
be notable scenic route.
WENATCHEE. - Late rains Inv.
materially improved conditions -
the sheep ranges for fall feeding, but
green grass is scarce and lambs will
be shipped from two to four weeks
earlier than usual. Shipping has
been In progress for more than a
week. Many local sheepmen have
contracted here for 9 and 10 cents a
pound, f. o. b. shipping point, fat and
feeder lambs together.
BURNETT. = Smothered under d
rush Of several hundred pounds of
coal after he had been struck on the
head by falling rock, e. o. Stitts.
"a, Pacific Coast Coal Company miu-
err was smothered to death at Bur
nett recently, according to advices re
ceived here. Stitts has wife and
very young child living in Seattle.
OLYMPIA. - Depredations upon a
flock of valuable chickens owned by
William Kendell, about two and one
half miles northwest of Eatonville, in
the Chop Valley, Pierce County, by
coyote, within two hours after the
federal hunter, who had spent a good
part of month clearing the district
of coyotes had moved out, occasions
wonder in the Biological Survey Of
flee here, whether the coyote had beer.
keeping tab on the hunter or whether
it was some drifter that had just come
in over the hills. Anyway, after bag
ging seven coyotes and finding no
more signs, Hunter ]. H. Stevenson.
who had been camping near the Ken
dell place with his dogs, left early
one morning to take another job, and
at $3.50 a coyote got into the flock of
pedigreed White Leghorn hens of
Kendell's and killed 26 of them, Bit
ing them through the back, apparent
ly just for fun. Word was telephone,i
to DR.. Glenn R. Bach, predatory ami
NAL inspector, who, with Assistant
Harold Dobyns, visited the scene and
identified the tracks as those of a
coyote, and another hunter will be
sent into the district soon. Kendeli
valued his hens at $40 each.
SEATTLE Clinging to the bottom
of an upturned canoe on Lake Wash
ington, Evelyn Anderson, 10, and L
J. Troens, 26, narrowly escaped
drowning before their cries for help
were heard. They were nearly ex
hausted when George P. Osborn ar
rived in his rowboat and pulled them
ashore. The two told the police they
lived on Vashon Island.
EVERETT.-David M. Clough, ",
former governor Of Minnesota, and
president Of several lumber mills
here, died Of heart trouble. Mr.
Clough was resident Of Everett for
20 years. Mr.. Clough is survived by
a widow and a daughter, Mrs. R. H.
Hartley, wife of Colonel Hartley, Re
publican gubernatorial candidate.
KELSO.-By deed recorded re.
Gently at the county auditors office,
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
takes over 1858 acres of timber lan'i
in the Toutle River district in North
east Cowlitz County from G. L. Blu
land, Castle Rock banker. The tim
Der is known to cruise better than
100 ,0OO, 900 feet. The price was $109,
900. Buland has owned most of the
timber for 20 years. The Weyer
haeuser Company already owned
most OF the timber in that district AND
has 100000 acres of timber land tribu'
tary to the railway lines, which its
subsidiary, the Cowlitz Development
Company, is building into the Cowee
man, South Toutle and Toutle dis
trict The timber will be brought to
rail and water at Kelso, and there is
much talk that the Weyerhaeusel
Company will soon start construction
of large mill in the vicinity.