White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-16

Of the Union bank at Granger, sue
ceeding c. R. Havighorst. who resigned
q week ago. Havighorst, who is mayor
Of Granger. is leaving for California.
Two young bandits last week held
up six employees Of Manning's Tea
and Coffee shop in the Pike Place
market in Seattle and escaped with
$500 in cash after tussle with Alice
solberg, pretty cashier.
She was not obliged to steal, but
she found it so easy after she went to
a store during a Christmas rush that
she was unable to resist the tempta.
ton, according to Mrs. Mabel Logsdon,
of Spokane, Is years, bride, who was
sentenced to serve not less than
year in prison for looting stores of
more than $1,000 in merchandise.
Four men were believed to have
been drowned near Anacortes last
week when their skiff, in which they
carried 1900 pounds of clans, foun.
dered in sudden storm. Joe Sur.
yam, IL, the fifth in the party, escaped
when he refused to board the craft.
Parts Of the wrecked skiff were found
along the beach of Guemes island and
a search was being made for the bod.
les.
The United States cruiser Olympia,
although out of commission at Phil.
adelphia navy yard, is still considered
a sufficiently good ship to be recon-
missioned for first-line service in the
event of war, Secretary Of the Navy
Wilbur told Representative Johnson,
who had communicated to the navy
secretary the desire Of the city Of
Olympia to have the old Olympia per-
manently berthed in Olympia harbor.
One-fifth of the net land area Of
Oregon and Washington is embraced
within the boundaries Of national for
ests, according to statement for the
last fiscal year issued from headquar-
tiers of the North Pacific district at
Portland. There are % national for
ests in this district, covering total
net area of 22,959,074 acres-13, 229, 1863
acres in Oregon, 9,352,103 acres in
Washington and 377,6 O2 acres in north
ern California.
Packing of apples was completed
last Tuesday at Pateros by the Meth
ow-Pateros Growers, Inc, and the fact
was celebrated with an apply harvest
dance. About 100 cars were packed
this year and 200 cars are still in
commercial storage from last years
crop. About 100 cars have been ship
ped this fall, bringing from $1,000 to
$4,000 per car. About 80 people have
been employed in the packing houses
with a payroll Of $4,000 per week.
The 18th anniversary of the installa.
ton of Washington Masonic lodge No.
l, Of Olympia, was celebrated Satur-
day at the Masonic temple. The local
lodge was organized December IL,
1852, when Washington state was a
part of Oregon territory, and ante
dates the state about 81 years. At the
time of it's installation the lodge was
under Oregon jurisdiction and was
then No. 5, but took its place as No.
Washington when Washington became
state.
Checks for total Of $55O,OO0, rep
resenting Is per cent of the deposits
in the Hayes & Hayes bank of Aber-
deem at the time the institution went
into the hands of the state banking
department last Februar..-, will be
mailed out to the depositors Decsmb Der
IL, F. R. Amende. nquidator, has an
nounced. The dividend will bring the
total amount paid to more than ST.
100000, or Is per cent. Mr.. Amende
expects the bank to pay about 70
per cent.
A sharp gain in shipments, moder-
ate increase in new business and q
nominal gain in production is shown
in the latest report of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association for the week
ending December 3, as compared with
the preceding seven-day period. The
ia mills included in the report pro-
duced 117,866,559 feet, sold 1884, 1893
and shipped 108,095,3S9 feet. During
the previous week LIS mills produced
108,167,215 feet sold 9O,634,414 and
shipped 8O,112,26S.
Mayor Fleming was conceded to
have been elected as city commission.
err of Spokane by 16 votes when the
recount of ballots cast in the March
municipal election ended recently.
John G. Argall, whom Fleming defeat
ed by one vote, according to the first
count, challenged the result of the
election for commissioner alleging ir-
regularities in counting. Argalls at
torney conceded victory to Fleming
after hundreds of disputed ballots had
been checked over, and it was agreed
that the court should so enter judg-
ment.
AS climax to the celebration at
Vancouver of the 18th anniversary of
the organization of st. Pauls Lutheran
church, an automobile purchased by