White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-29
Washington News

up recently. Stone AIDES, stone knives,
elkhorn wedges, tools of deer horns,
hand hammers, bone alIs, stone scrap
ers, anchor stones and stone sharpen
ers are among the treasures found.
These have all been classified by F.
S. Hall, director of the museum at
the University of Washington. They
have been added to the museums
vast collection of data and relics Of
the Coast Salish Tribes, the name by
which the Indians of the Puget Sound
are designated.
SEATTLE.-Sent by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and Commerce of
Japan to study the lumber industry in
the United States, including taxation
and transportation, problems relating
to the industry, and the subject Of
reforestation, S. Takayama, an official
of the Japanese government, is in Sc
attic. After study Of his work in
the Pacific Northwest, he will go to
the lumber states of the Mississippi
Valley and the South. Mr.. Takayama
will visit lumber mills of Western
Washington and Western Oregon and
in the Inland Empire.
OLYMPIA-Another tract of H.
822 acres has just been received by
the state from the federal govern
ment, the selection list conveying IT,
tie having just been received by State
Land Commissioner G. V. Savidge.
This is part of block Of 10000 acres
which the state is to receive from this
forest under the terms of the land
reimbursed for common school lands
lost by the formation of the Rainier
National Forest. The balance of the
tract will come to the state as soon
as the examinations for mineral are
finished. The land lies in the upper
reaches Of Ahtanum Creek, about rs
miles west Of Yakima.
WENATCHEE.- Under decision
made by Police Judge Porter, throw
ing an ink bottle at a man, who Is
using profane language in the pres
ence Of women, Is not disturbing the
peace, but rather preserving 1t. Claude
Felts, hotel owner, who was charged
with this offence, hitting j. A. Stout,
of Seattle, in the head, was dis
charged.
SEATTLE. - The steady develop
ment Of the electrical industry, and its
excellent outlook for 1924, serve but
to reflect general prosperity through
out the entire country, in the opinion
of H. ]. Gille, general sales manager
of the Puget Sound Power &, Light
Company, who is just back from six
weeks business trip to New York,
Baltimore, Boston, Chicago and other
eastern cities.
Business is so good from east to
west that politics can't stop It," said
Mr.. Gille. Usually presidential year
brings SO much political excitement
that business suffers-but no chance
Of that this year Even the present
upset in connection with the oil leases
Is having no appreciate effect. Pol
itics Is being discounted as perhaps
never before.
"The Pacific Northwest is coming In
for more and more favorable consider.
alton in the East. They know back
there that we are going ahead with
big developments-such as the Puget
Sound Power &c Light Company's ex-
penditure of $6,000,000 this year and
next to build on the Baker River q
$4,000 horsepower hydroelecrtic plant
Electricity is the industry that Is
behind other industries, so the need
evidence Of industrial growth and de-
velopment throughout the Pacific
Northwest"
LONGVIEW.-At an election held
recently, II directors of the Longview
Chamber of Commerce were selected
They are: Leith Abbott, Dave Boice,
]. w. Collins, G. r. Hammond, Fred
Hess, Hamilton Higday, B. l.. Lam
buth, Ray V. Ling, l.. HI. Mason, j., M
McClelland, S. M. Morris, r. F. Morse,
w. A. Saunders, J. H. Secrest, r. A.
A. Smith, George West, and r. e.
Williams
SEATTLE.-"In the Zone of Fill
tered Sunshine" by Erwin l.. Weber,
industrial engineer Of Seattle, is an
exhaustive analysis of climatic condi-
tions in the Pacific Northwest, COM
pared with those Of other parts of the
world. The author cites the declara-
tions of numerous authorities that the
North Pacific Coast is one Of the four
regions of the entire world where nat
ural conditions are ideal for human
life and progress, and by means Of
charts and statistics demonstrates the
reasons underlying this fact.
KELSO.-To determine who shall
be responsible for the operation and
maintenance of the Kelso bridge, man
damus proceedings against the City Of
Kelso and Cowlitz County will be
started soon by George e. O'Bryon
and William Stuart attorneys appoint
ed to roceed with the matter for the
Chamber of Commerce.
CIEHALIS.- Charles H. Briffett,
superintendent of the State Training
School, reports that the general aver
age milk production of their herd for
1923 was 10000 pounds per cow The
herd is grade one. In addition to
furnishing 276 boys at the school with
milk, the girls training school at
Grand Mound ia cunn1ied Thora arc