White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

When the first quarter closed at
the Ellensburg State normal school,
last Friday, President g. P. Short
presented diplomas to a class of 1S.
The second quarter opens January 2.
Whatcom county cooperative poul-
trymen received $44,7O0 Christmas
present, In the form Of a dividend.
directors announced last week. There
are more than 1000 members in the
county.
The Columbia Box & Lumber COM
pany of South Bend is about to lose
its identity. Since 1898 the mill has
been known to the people of south
west Washington as the Columbia Box
4 Lumber company. But now it Is
to assume the name "The Willapa
Harbor Pulp. & Paper mill"
The Vancouver school board has
purchased five acres of land on the
east side of Main street south of and
adjoining a five-acre tract, purchased
several years ago, e. ]. Berry, chair
man of Vancouver school board, has
announced. Work will be started in
April on the first unit of q junior high
school.
G. Starkovitch, 81, was killed In
stantly last week by falling rock in
ruine No. 3 of the Northwestern I'm.
provement company at Ronald, 81
miles northwest of Ellensburg. He
had fired a "shot" In the mine and
was returning to the scene when a
large piece of rock fell on him, break
ing his neck.
| A full "a hours in which the temper.
allure did not vary a degree was re-
ported at Aberdeen by Weather OBJ
server ]. D. Carter for last Monday
The maximum temperature was Al
and the minimum temperature was put
ut the same figure. The variation in
Ihe weather for the day was less than
half degree.
The Clark County National Farm
Loan association is Is times as large
as it was in 1917, M. B. Kies, secre-
tary, announced. Ten years ago, Kies
declared, there were 20 members, ap-
plying for loans totaling $61,750. To-
day there are b33 members, with ST.,
100000 outstanding loans. Only one
loan has been foreclosed, he said.
w. r. Brown, president and man
ager of the Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cas-.
cade railway, the Chehalis local short
line road, has issued notice of the for
NAL opening of the 14-mile extension
Of the road to traffic, dating January
l, 1928. The terminus station Of the
line, on Winston creek, is called Cow.
Itz and is 80 miles southeast of Che.
| halls.
Lewis county commissioners have
granted franchises to the Puget Sound
Power & Light company to build its
light and power lines along parts of
the w. A. Rogers, w. T. Hereford
and j. w. Ferrier roads in southern
Lewis county; also on Spring street,
Hubers addition to Chehalis, and on
the William Johnson and G. A. Bur
chard roads.
The Pasco Growers' association has
just been organized by growers Of
small fruits and vegetables of the
Pasco district, to succeed the Pasco
Cantaloupe Growers association which
has handled the melon crop of the
Pasco and Kennewick districts for
the past several years. Negotiations
marketing man.
Cars Of fruit and vegetables ship
ped from Walla Walla, exclusive Of
the Oregon side of the valley, totaled
1882 during 1927, it was announced by
Wayne Garrett, district horticultural
Inspector. The vegetable shipments
amounted to 1156 cars, including 700
cars Of onions and 1872 cars Of spinach.
Apples and prunes comprised the larg.
est fruit shipment.
Business conducted by the Grays
Harbor Dairymen's association showed
an increase in 1927 as compared with
1925, according to the annual audit
published recently by John F. Murphy,
manager. The period from December,
1926, to November 80, 1927, shows
gross sales of 509,996 pounds of but
terfat compared with 500,516 pounds
in 1926 Total receipts were $312,-
943.73, compared with $291, S44.09 for
the year before.
A reduction in freight rates on ap-
pies and all fresh fruits from 581a
cents by the 100 pounds to 40 cents,
between Wenatchee and Portland, and
from Al cents to 40 cents between
Wenatchee and Centralia and Cheha,
lis, is announced by the Great North
ern railway, according to information
received by the Wenatchee Valley
Traffic association. This reduction
is Of especial Importance as it affects
apples to be distributed out of Port
land, or shipped by steamer. Rates
from other stations in the north cen.
trail Washington district will be re-
duced accordingly, and the new rate