White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-09-05
Washington News

YAKIMA. = Eastern brook trout,
with which Ahtanum Creek was
stocked not long ago, are dying in
large numbers, because Of some un.
ascertained condition of the water
following the drought which reduced
the stream to series OF pools this
summer.
BELLINGHAM. - Rred Raymond,
10, son of Mrs. Abbie Raymond, a
widow and former member of the
school board, has been appointed to
West Point from this state by Con
gresham Lin H. Hadley. He gradu-
ated from Fairhaven High School and
is member of Company q, National
Guard unit, where he received all his
military training. He will take the
West Point examinations next March.
ROLLING BAY.-On a huge scow
of the Washington Tug & Barge Com
pany, one-story building of the Mo-
ran School was recently towed from
Lake Washington to Rolling Bay,
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85x35 feet and of stucco Curtis
Brothers moved the building from
point near Madison Park to the lake
and placed it on 110-foot scow
ready for the voyage to Rolling Bay.
The building went through the Lake
Washington canal locks.
Pc ELL.-Recently Edith Gugyka.
21a-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Gugyka of Pc Ell, passed away
in Centralia hospital as the result of
burns sustained when she fell into
tub of boiling water at the family
home. The body was removed to the
Sticklin mortuary in Centralia pend
ing funeral arrangements.
ASTORIA. - A cloudburst swept
down upon the summer camp of 81
Astoria Boy Scouts at Arch Cape at
the southern extremity of Cannon
Beach at midnight recently covering
the camp with four feet Of water and
sweeping away many of the boys be-
longings to the sea. In struggling to
dry land, through the darkness mum
Der of the scouts fell into deep water
and were forced to swim for their
lives. All gained higher ground safe
ly. The waters roared through the
camp without warning while every
boy was asleep.
WENATCHEE.-Al large elk, one OF
the four sent from Okanogan County
last winter to roam in the Lake Che
Ian region, was shot by the game COM
mission after permission had been
granted from Olympia. The elk has
been going on rampages near the Will
liams ranch at 25-Mile Creek, chasing
everyone who showed up. Recently
three of the elk swan across the lake
and started to forage on the west side,
one of them picking out the Williams
ranch for stamping ground.
YAKIMA Andrew Flath,
Sunnyside rancher, begged off from
arrest by dry squad raiders recently,
because of the expected birth of his
18th child, he did not put 1t strong
enough. The child was twins. Flath,
who was found running a still, has
previous conviction against him. The
family has been getting county aid.
He will be arrested as soon as his
wife RECEIVERS.
CHEHALIS.-S. L. Back, who for
a number of years past has very sue
cessfully operated the Nelson farm,
across the Chehalis River mile west
of Chehalis on the Donahoe road, suf-
fered big loss recently by fire that
did damage estimated at $4,000. Mr..
Back and his sons were just finishing
the milking of a string of rs COWS
when fire broke out in the hay, pre-
sumably from its being overheated.
The COWS were rushed out of the big
barn and one horse was rescued. Four
other horses, terrorized by the flames,
refused to bulge and we're burned to
death, including one fine team valued
by Mr.. Black at $500. Sixty-five tons
of hay, 1900 bushels of grain, COM
posed of wheat and oats, the silo,