White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
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In vancouver ldSJ week.
Seven physicians have applied for
the office of Whatcom county physi'
clan for the next four-year term.
The Cowlitz county game commits
sion has received 100000 cutthroat
trout fry from the federal hatchery
at Striker, Mont.
More than 1900 delegates attended
the twentieth annual meeting of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards held in Seattle last week.
A falling tree crushed Lewis Flor.
ence, IS, to death in a fire-fighters'
camp in Mount Baker national forest.
The youth was a cooks assistant in
the camp.
Lewis Romans, mechanic in the
plant of Puget Sound Power & Light
company at Bellingham, was instantly
killed Saturday when he fell IL feet
from a ladder
A warrant for $4,000 has been
drawn by the state auditor for the
purchase of bonds of school district
No. 300 on cambridge island for new
building construction.
At a special election in consolidated
district No. I'll an extra 5-mill tax
levy for school purposes was author
lied. The district comprises Pc Ell,
Mccormick and Walville.
Washington's orchard and farm
crops in the aggregate will return to
growers between $13,OO0,000 and S15,-
100000 more this year than last, ac-
cording to recent estimates.
The Coffman-Dobson Bank and Trust
company of Chehalis celebrated its
forty-third anniversary last week. It's
president, N. B. Coffman, has been it's
active head since it was founded.
w. ]. Bright, member of the G. A.
R., is the newly elected commander
of the Associated Veterans of Grays
Harbor county, replacing Hubert Kra-
mer of Elma, whose term expired
The Smith sawmill at Vesta, 20
miles southeast of Aberdeen, burned
to the ground last week. Several mil
lion feet of stored lumber was saved
after a hard battle by the mill crew.
Superintendent Wiedman reports
that last year 6677 students were en-
rolled in the Bellingham city schools,
compared with 1904 in the previous
year, net gain of more than 5 per
cent.
One-third more apples will be ex-
ported to the Orient this year than
last and the price will be higher, ac-
tor at Yakima for the American Fruit
Growers.
and installed as president of the
Washington State Elks' association,
at the final business session Of the
annual convention held in Aberdeen
last week.
The Washington apple conditions
declined during the month and esti
mates were reduced 100000 boxes
The Washington commercial crop is
figured at z1,36O,000 boxes, against
26,65OOOO boxes in 1926
Russell Bush of Woodland left las
week for Toronto, Canada, where he
will enter the $4,000 marathon swim
over 21-mile course, the race being
sponsored by the Canadian exposition
and to be held August 81.
Budget estimates for the city Of
Kelso were considered at last weeks
meeting of the council. 1t is anticipat
ed that the 1928 city levy will be re
duced about mills from the levy fol
1927, which was for 29.14 mills, be
ing unusually high due to number
of special levies.
Plans are under way for big re
union of all the pioneers living along
the Columbia river in both Oregon anG
Washington, above Portland, on Sun
day, August 81. The Stevenson cham
Der of commerce will act as host tc
the visitors in the county park at the
west side of town.
Adoption of the west loop location
of the Olympia highway between the
nuooto and tho H0h riyars was IMAM
imously approved by the state high
way commission recently. At the same
time support was pledged to place il
the highway budget for the next leg
islature provision for construction Of
bridge across the Queets river al
the present location of the ferry al
Varlow crossing.
An allotment of $44,242 has beer
made the state Of Washington for CO
operative forest protection during the
current fiscal year under the Clarke
McNary reforestation act, according tt
the district foresters office.
Erection of home for crippled
children was unanimously approved
by Washington Elks in session at thu
annual state convention in Aberdeen
last week. The proposed home will
be located on Lake Ballenger, nea
Seattle, and immediate construction
was favored.