White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-05-16
Washington News

present jury system was pronounced
by Judge Calvin s. Hall before the
Seattle Bar Association recently.
Judge Hall advocated system Of jury
selection in which the three senior
judges Of the bench would act as jury
commissioners to determine which
talesmen are qualified to serve. He
also urged law permitting women to
abstain from jury service at their per-
sonal discretion.
WALLA WALLA. - Mrs. Elizabeth
Freeburn, nearly SO years of age, be-
lieved to be the oldest resident Of
the Walla Walla Valley, died recent
ly at College Place, suburb. She
was born in Indiana in 1925, coming
to Walla Walla in 1881. She is sur
vived by seven children, So grandchil-
dren, 112 great-grandchildren, and Is
great-great-grandchildren.
TETON CITY.-One hundred and
twenty rattlesnakes were killed re-
Gently on rocky hillside near here
by Harry Conrey Of Yakima. The rep
tiles had left their den to sun them
selves. Conrey says that he means to
get those that escaped by using poi
son gas to drive them out of their
hole. He has the rattles and three hui
man witnesses to testify to the truth
Of his story.
ILWACO.-Wilson Graham, ma
tive of Illinois, aged SO, died here re-
Gently. Mr.. Graham came to the Pa
cific Coast from Kansas 40 years ago
and settled in Ilwaco, and has been
a continual resident here since that
time. He was one of the Oldest fish
ermen on the Columbia River, and
was largely successful In this pursuit.
He leaves a wife and two daughters
WALLA WALLA.-With a total
subscription of $19,15O. the faculty
of Whitman College practically
doubled its quota of $4,000 in the
Whitman financial campaign for ST.
100000 of additional endowment. Ev-
cry member Of the teaching staff con
tributed to the fund.
SEATTLE.-G. o. Guy, pioneer Sc
attic druggist, opened new drug
store on Pike Street recently. This
celebrates his 18th birthday and the
50th anniversary Of his start in the
drug business. Guy still retains his
store at Second Avenue and Yesler
Way.
YAKIMA.-Oklahom Indians, roll
ing in wealth from their oil leases,
are heavy buyers Of the best North.
west fruit, according to o. K. Conant
president of the Yakima County Hor-
ticultural Union, who has just re-
turned from Wichita, Kan. The
whites, he learned, were content with
cheaper grades Of fruit.
YAKIMA.-A deer, believed to be
one of three animals that spent the
winter near the Nelson Bridge, in the
Naches, north Of the city, drowned in
the Congdon irrigation canal recent
ly. The body, still warm, was taken
from the canal by Mob Hill residents.
VADER. - Temporary connections
have been made between Vader and
Ryderwood with the Northern Pa
ciflc. Two huge mallet engines are
expected soon to be used in hauling
on the heavy grades between Ryder
wood and Longview. Steel rails are
also being laid for 16 miles Of log
ging spurs which were graded by the
Grant Smith Company. Slides are
hindering the work, but 1t is hoped
that the cuts and fills will soon reach
their angles of repose." Three mil
lion feet of logs at Ryderwood are
ready for shipment to Longview. Ry-
derwood is about equally distant
from Chehalis and Kelso.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS passen.
ger stages, operated by the Anacortes-
Mount Vernon Stage Company, were
destroyed by fire recently. Firemen
were soon on the scene, but the tops
and the bodies of the vehicles were
burned, with loss Of $4,000. Fire
men believe the blaze was started by
short circuited battery wire.
SEATTLE.-Standing up in his
canoe near the University crew boat
house, on the shores of Lake Wash.
ington, Cecil Saunders, Ia, was
drowned recently, when his canoe
tipped over. His companion, Gene
Hatton, chung to the canoe and his
life was saved.