White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-09
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

Flames of unknown origin burned
four wood frame buildings in Belling
ham last week.
A dahlia show will be held Septem
Der and 10 by the Clark County Flor
al association in Vancouver.
William F. Mcmahon, one of the old
est pioneers of the White River val
ley, died at Auburn last week.
Harvest in the Walla Walla valley
is between rs and so per cent com
pleted, according to grain men.
With early indications of heavy
run, the Grays Harbor salmon season
was officially opened last week.
Michael Abrams, who had almost
reached the age of 100 years, died in
hospital at Spokane following sur
gical operation.
The work of driving 5000 piles for
the Zellerbach Pulp and Paper COM
pany's plant at Port Townsend was
started last week.
Losses approximating $4,000, partly
insured, were sustained at Fall City in
blaze that destroyed confectionery
and garage last week.
Pouring of concrete at the Lowden
end of the Lowden-Whitman station
paving job on the Inland Empire high
way was started last week.
The first of 600 tons of structural
steel to enter the new 100000 Ho-
GUAM river bridge Hoquiam was
swung into place September 2.
UP to date this year the citizens of
Walla Walla county have paid s1,245,-
344 in taxes, according to report of
G. C. Douglas, county treasurer.
The annual three-day conclave of
the order of De Molay was held in
Wenatchee last week with delegates
from thirty-two chapters present.
At a special election held at the
town hall in Ridgefield last Saturday
by Ridgefield consolidated school dis
trict No. 80, an extra tax levy Of
mills was authorized.
Traffic control is in effect on the
Pacific highway north from the Wood
land bridge, where paving work has
been started on the contract to rebuild
about mile of paving.
An estimate of $125,O00 appears in
the tentative Port Angeles budget for
a new city hail. The matter will prob
ably go to the voters at the city cleo
ton on December 5.
Camas was crowded last Friday night
with people from all over Clark coun-
ty, who assembled to celebrate the in
stallation Of modern lighting system
in the business district.
Mrs. Katherine Bolon, who would
have been 101 years old had she lived
until Christmas, died Tuesday in Seat
tie. She had been resident of Ore
gon up to two years ago.
When Mrs. Violet Eaton arose at
Seattle Sunday morning to adjust the
covers on her 5-weeks-old daughter
she found the babe dead, having been
smothered during the night.
A fire of undetermined origin de.
stroyed restaurant In Burlington last
week. The loss to the building and
contents amounts to approximately
$4,000, partly covered by insurance.
An information charging Mrs. An
tonia Susan of Kennewick with first
degree murder of her husband, Frank
Susan, 61-year-old rancher, was filed
In the Benton county superior court
recently.
George Emerson and George Hand
ley, youths employed by Ernest Cup
were killed when wheat truck they
were driving was struck by Great
Northern passenger train at Espanola
last week
After having been closed since July
4, all of the camps Of the Schafer Bros
Logging & Timber company started to
work again last week in response to
general shortage Of logs in the
Montesano section.
Heavy road machinery was moved
to the aviation field on the United
States veterans bureau hospital site
near Walla Walla last week, and work
Of putting the grounds in shape for
fliers was started Immediately.
County Game Warden Chester LEIGH
hardt has completed placing 10000
bass brought here from Lake Union,
Seattle, in Cowlitz county waters.
Seven thousand Of the fish were plant
ed in Silver lake, 1000 in Martins
slough between Kalama and Woodland
and 1000 in sloughs near Longview.
Sunday was big day in the Mount
Adams foothills for hundreds of per-
sons in the huckleberry fields above
Goose lake. The fruit Is plentiful this
year and pack horses to bring it down
the trail to Goose lake or to euler are
at a premium.
Between $500 and 5000 men went
back to work last week with the open
ing of all association logging camps
in the Everett district, following the