White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-27
Washington News

near ucTc, we're pldyAu6 III q 0oANFA'
when It caved in. Raymond Browns
body was not recovered until after
life was extinct. Two of the other
boys were covered to the waist.
KELSO. - Josef Washington Hall
ntive of Kelso, who writes under tne
name of Upton Close, visited keise
recently, on his way to Seattle. from
where he sails for an around'tne-Worio
trip, OF which he will write for the
Putnam syndicate. He spent several
years in the Orient as war CORE
spondent. For short time he was a
special lecturer at the University OF
Washington and recently has been on
the Lyceum platform. His first book,
"The Land of the Laughing Buddha,'
will be published by Putnam's this
fall.
SEATTLE.-Ed Sundsby, convicted
by a superior court jury on charge
of selling moonshine liquor to high
school boys, was sentenced recently
to serve from one to five years at
Monroe reformatory by Judge ]. I.
Ronald after motion for new trial
had been denied. Attorneys for the
defendant served notice of appeal,
Sundsby,s conviction was obtained by
Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Patterson,
who introduced at the trial testimony
by number of boys from 16 to 10
years Of age. They told the jury that
Sundsby' had sold them moonshine at
the st. Lawrence Apartments.
WENATCHEE.-Alb Amos, 81.
of Dryden, pried open small can Of
liquid he intended to use in spraying
apple trees, the liquid flew into his
face. He staggered and after few
moments died. The can had been
heated and vapor formed which ex-
ploded when struck by air, is the
theory advanced here.
HELTON.-Funeral services were
held here for Mrs. Martha Purdy La
than, native daughter of Mason
County, who died in Tacoma. She
was the daughter of Franklin Purdy,
who settled on what is how the Sko.
komish Indian Reservation at the
mouth Of that river, at about the
same date, 1860, as Thomas Webb To-
Gated across the river, which is still
the Webb farm. When the govern
ment made peace with the Indians
that side Of the river was made a
reservation and the Purdys were To-
Gated across the river above the Webb
land.
TACOMA. = The accident which
caused the death of Earl o. Hummer,
Portland tourist, while visiting Mis-
qually Glacier in Mount Rainier Ma
tional Park recently, is declared to
be the first of its kind in the history
of the park. Hummer, with his wife
and mother, were sightseeing about
the site Of the glacier when Hummer
and his wife were suddenly struck
down by boulders hurting from the
snout Of the glacier. Hummer sns
tanned a fractured skull and other In
1uries and died at Longmire Springs,
where he was taken after the mother,
sole witness Of the tragedy, had sum.
moned aid. Runners wife suffered
severe bruises and decorations. but
was reported out Of danger at this
writing.
CHEHALIS.-Three carloads Of the
1924 peel Of cascara bark have been
shipped out of Chehalis to- eastern
markets. Under the price of II cents
a pound that is being paid for bark
this year, large peel is being deliv-
cred from various parts Of the coun-
try.
KELSO.-The warehouse of the Nc
Hugh Construction Company near
here, with three large trucks and ma
chinery contents aggregating in value
$4,000, was entirely destroyed by fire
recently.
LONGvIEW.-A number Of Long
view citizens cooperated with work
ers from Skamokawa Sunday in clear
Ing part of the Beaver Creek route Of
the Ocean Beach Highway of pun
cheon and made other improvements
In the road.
EDWALL.-Fire of an unknown ORR
gin did approximately 100000 worth
OF damage here recently, when 1t de-
stroyed warehouse Of the Seattle
Grain Company. 100000 bushels OF
wheat, hardware store, and two res
licences.
YAKIMA.-Two. spots of Colorado
beetle infection in the Wapato dis
trict are giving the district horticul-
tural Inspectors Office trouble. A
deputy inspector has been put in
charge of the situation, and is using
heavy arsenate Of lead sprays with
reported success. The worms are nu-
merous in one field, where 600 were
picked in less than an hour.
SPOKANE. - The Central Labor
Council has Endorsed the peace plan
Of the Christian Science Monitor which
would conscript all wealth in case OF
war, the same as the man power oil
the nation.
Logging Company Gives