White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-17
Washington News

SPOKANE.-Calcium chloride as q
dust settler for unpaved roads will
be tried in the Inland Empire, accord
ing to Frank Guilbert, of the Spokane
County Good Roads association. "Cal-
cium chloride has been tried and
found successful in the east and at
Glacier National park, and they are
trying it on the Coast" said Mr.. Gull.
bert. It has proved more successful
than oil In these localities and l be-
lieve 1t should be successful here
Oil forms a crust on the road which
eventually develops into ruts and is
damaging to automobile tires. There
Is only one objection to macadam
roads and that is dust. Calcium
chloride looks like a solution Of the
dust problem with the macadam road.
The association has been in CORE.
spondence with manufacturers of the
calcium chloride compound and be-
leves that 1t will secure some of the
chemical to try on Spokane county
roads,"
PORT TOWNSEND. - Beginning
with July the poultrymen of Jeffer-
son county will buy feed in carlot
shipments. The first carload pool
was for % tons and arrived July 1.
Eighteen Of the % members Of the
Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry association included orders
in this first carload. The present con-
sumption of poultry feed in this Sec
ton is about so tons per month. As
young stock grows, the amount Of
feed will increase. Under the pres
emit plan feed will be delivered F. O.
B. Port Townsend at the same price
formerly paid in Seattle. The saw
ing per ton will amount to $500 or
more. Eggs will still be shipped
local in small lots" but it is be-
lieved that soil and climatic advant-
ages will more than Offset this factor.
RAYMOND.-A countrywide picnic
for farmers and business men of Pa
cific county will be held August 30.
The Menlo community has been ten
tatively selected as the place. The
picnic, an annual affair, is held in a
different community each year so
that all may have a fair opportunity
to attend.
WALLA WALLPAPERS are under
way to hold a county fair here for
three days during the second week in
September. 1t will be held under the
auspices of the County Farm Bureau
with the cooperation of other civic
organizations. A one-day community
fair will be held at Burbank under
the auspices of the subordinate
Grange. 1t will be held the week pre-
ceding the county fair.
YAKIMA.-A large number of Yak
ina county farmers attended the first
annual field day held at the Irriga
ton Branch Experiment Station at
Prosser July 10. A schedule was ar
ranged whereby the Yakima delega-
ton attended as a group, with cars
joining the caravan at various COM
munities along the way. Experiments
in irrigation practices, field crops,
soils, horticultural crops and pastures
were studied.
MOUNT VERNON, wash.-Thirty
demonstrations in growing alfalfa
and sweet clover are being carried
out in Skagit county this year. Acre
age of alfalfa approximates total
Of so while that of sweet clover is
about ten. Some sweet clover is be-
ing tried out as pasture crop. Ar
rangements included in the demon
stration are checks on carrying ca
pacities per acre. Both white and
yellow blossom varieties are being
tried.
PORT ANGELES-At the close Of
the school year total Of $50 under
weight school children had been
brought up to the required weight.
They will be awarded health accom-
plishment certificates by the Exten-
sion Service of the State College.
This work was carried on through the
State College, the county agent, A. w.
Holland, and the Parent Teachers
association, Mrs. Gard has. been
active in this work.
PUYALLUP.-"The game of auto
polo as saw it at the Minnesota
State Fair last year surpasses any
thing / have ever seen for this kind
of attraction" writes Guy Sheldon
the "Donut King" regarding this fea-
ture of the entertainment program ct
the Western Washington Fair, Sep
TENDER 21-27 next. Mr. Sheldon adds:
zone particular feature which makes
it desirable is the fact that you can
always see the ball. 1t is about eight
feet through and when one of the
autos takes a run at it, 1t bounds high
in the air for SO feet or more and
smashed autos, or three or four cars
with locked horns seems to be the
general order of the game. 1t is a
dandy attraction
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