White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-11
Washington News

city, a6 result OF the Long-Bell de-
yelopment at Longview. Population
is growing rapidly In addition to a
big building boom.
Owing to an extensive newspaper
advertising campaign being conduct
ed by oyster growers, Olympia's ia
nous oyster, once considered lowly
sea food. is developing into ma
tionAl epicurean delight; market for
these oysters has shown great growth
in recent months.
Traffic accidents In Seattle during
the Christmas week were very nu-
merous. There were I'll accidents,
one person killed and 81 persons in
jured. The police have promised a
more thorough investigation of every
traffic accident. Harsh penalties
should be put on the offenders wher
ever possible.
The federal penitentiary on Nc
Neil Island is overcrowded, yet there
are between IS and 40 persons await
ing sentence in the United States
District Court. Federal Judge Ne
terer recently delayed judgment up
ON two prisoners until word had been
received from Washington. D. c., as
to where new prisoners were to be
sent.
At the annual meeting Of the board
Of directors of the Pacific Interna-
tional Livestock Exposition, held in
Portland recently. q. A. Stuart of Sc
attic was reelected president. AL
the other officers were reelected.
Reginald H. Parsons of Seattle was
elected director, succeeding the
late C. L. Hawley.
The postoffice at Lopez, Wash, In
San Juan County, was burned re-
Gently. The postoffice was located
in the Lopez Trading Company build
ing, which went up in flames. The
loss was small, as the office safe, in
which practically all the money,
stamps and other valuables were
stored, fell into shallow water over
which one end Of the building stood
when it collapsed, and later will be
salvaged.
To hold floating school in Arctic
waters for the next two or three
months, the federal bureau of educa-
ton power schooner Boxer" left re.
Gently for the North. Twenty Alaska
Eskimos and Indian youths, eight OF
whom were brought South for view
Of Puget Sound, on the schooner's
last voyage, will comprise the class
Of students and portion of the
crew. They will study navigation,
engineering, wireless and allied sub
jects.
Mrs. John Dobson died at Colum-
bia City recently. She was daughter
: Of a line Of Nova Scotia and Wash
} ington pioneers. Her age was SO.
She was native Of Nova Scotia.
and came to Puget Sound in 1888;
her husband died in Columbia City
three years ago. She is survived by
two sons, County Commissioner
, Thomas lDobson Of Seattle, and Will
7 liam Dobson Of Yakima, and a daugh-
t ter, Mrs. Fred Axey of Columbia
7 City.
!, The Great Northern Railway Com.
pany is preparing q folder featuring
dude ranches" and similar resorts In
the territory traversed by Its system.
Many so-called dude ranches" have
sprung up in the Northwest. They
really cannot be classed as resorts.
but places where those in search Of an
outdoor vacation or to acquire robust
health may obtain accommodation
and engage In recreation at reason
able cost. F. w. Graham, assistant
agent Of the railways agricultural de-
velopment bureau at Seattle, is list
ing these dude ranches and similar
resorts and will be glad to have -infor.
nation of this kind that will be USE
!, full.
Through the efforts of County
> Agent A. e. Lovett and number of
leading farmers Of Yakima County, a
| program of work has been mapped
| out for the year 1924 Included in
/ the program is work on orchard
, problems, increased interest in dairy
ing, better cultural methods for al
, falfa and seed corn, and study OF
preparation. grading and packing
! farm products.
Project for 100000 electric pow
. or plant development on the Sultan
River in Snohomish County by the
. Stone & Webster interests. was re-
vealed by the application for water
appropriation received by Marvin
Chase, state supervisor of hydranl-
. les. Application was made for the
Puget Sound Power & Light Com
pany of Seattle. by A. w. Leonard as
, president.
The new site for the grounds of
the North Pacific Livestock Show
; Association has been selected near
Silver Lake, few miles south OF
Everett. The grounds will extend
ZOO feet along the Interurban car
line. The work Of clearing the land
will soon begin: and the directors OK.
pect to have the grounds with the
necessary buildings in readiness for
the 1924 show.
Ezra Meeker Celebrates His Ninety
third Birthday
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