White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-05
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

One of Seattle's first school teach
ers, Mrs. Caroline M. Sanderson, dled
at her home in Seattle week. She was
nearly 81 years old.
The new Tenino fruit and vegetable
oannery, which will place line OF
'HT9O" brand goods on the market De
gan operations last week.
The Ellensburg- Canyon highway has
been the scene Of 10 accidental deaths
this year and immediate improvements
are contemplated with view to max
ing it safer.
The ninth convention of the state
American Legion was held in Spokane
last week, the largest ever held. Air
planes dropped bombs, bugles sound
ed and 60 posts answered call.
The Eagles lodges Of Grays Harbor
county are planning to hold JOINT
picnic at Schafer state park in the
Satsop river valley, Sunday, August
Fl, 1t was announced at Montestano.
The United Fruit Growers associa-
ton is the name adopted for the or
ganization of Rochester and Grand
Mound berry growers, which will be
completed at a meeting at Rochester
on August 9.
The Johnson G Clark sawmill at
Tenino was. destroyed by fire last
week, entailing loss of $4,000. The
flames also consumed about 100000
feet of lumber and 10000 feet of lath,
stored in the yards.
Railroad men report 1872 carloads of
wheat shipped from Walla Walla since
July 1. OF this total about so car
loads were of new wheat. Total ship
ments of new and old grain were
around $4,000 bushels.
Threshing returns froa wheat fields
In the Harrah district, Yakima reser'
walton, have shown up to an average
of 70 bushels an acre for a field OF
45 acres. An 80-acre field gave an
average of Sc bushels.
Mrs. Dora s. Lewis, dean Of women
at the Cheney state normal school,
has accepted a position as dean OF
women at the University Of Hawaii
for next year and has been granted
years leave Of absence.
Well over 1000 singers, representing
20 German and Swiss singing socie-
ties of Pacific coast cities from the
Canadian to the Mexican borders,
we're in Tacoma last week for the
great Pacific Saengerfest.
The fourth election held for that
purpose last week resulted in passage
of the $4,000 bond issue to finance a
school building for the Orchards Sifton
consolidated school district. The vote
was For, 205; against, 119.
Miss Irene Cumberlin, 80, the first
school superintendent of Kittitas coun-
ty died in Ellensburg last week. She
also was one Of the pioneer school
teachers of the valley, coming to
Ellensburg from Iowa in 1880.
A contract was let last week at
Olympia for the graveling of the North
Bank highway from Washougal to IN
derwood. The contract calls for lay
ing 29,500 square yards of gravel
at $2O,269.7O. This will complete the
highway through Clark and Skamania
counties.
Checks for $4,000 or the final IL
per cent to depositors in the Waits
burg Exchange bank were mailed out
recently by Lyman Burnam, receiver.
The bank closed about three years
ago with S185,OOO on deposit and the
payment gives depositors 100 cents on
the dollar.
For the first time in three years the
women's department of the Grays
Harbor county Jail at Montesano is
empty, according to Jailer Jack Ding
man. The Jail has held considerable
uuulD5I VI WOIIieu uuIlu6 tHS past
three years, mostly for breaches of the
liquor laws.
The new Cougar Smith bridges over
the Turnow branch of the Satsop
river is now completed. This road
eventually will be extended to unite
the west and middle Satsop, or Deck
erville, roads and will open up con-
siderable amount of good land for
settlement.
Governor Roland H. Hartley an
nounced that he had appointed joseph
Edward Lease of Centralia as mem
Der of the board of regents of the Uni
versity of Washington. Lease sue
ceeds Mrs. Ruth Karr Mckee of Long
view, resigned. His term will run I'M
til March, 1929.
Northern central Washington is pre-
pairing to harvest one Of the finest
apple crops, with respect to quality
ever grown in the district. The Of
fetal estimate is 15,108 cars, but
other estimates run as high as 10000
cars.
Ten highway contracts, totaling ap-
proximately $1,000,000, were awarded
by the state highway committee last
week. Four of the 10 contracts award
- ora ~, tho Gr,prof highway oact