White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-23
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.

G. G.. Hitchcock of Kennewick was
reelected director for the Columbia
irrigation district Of Kennewick for a
term Of three years.
Senator Jones has introduced a bill
in congress authorizing the construc'
ton of a bridge over the Columbia r1V'
er near Kettle Falls.
]. E. Null, Longview city park SUI
perintendent, was appointed city for
ester, a new office created by the city
council, with no pay attached.
The Goldendale chamber Of COM
MERGE and the American Legion post
have joined forces for the establish
ment of an air port at that place.
Reports of the discovery Of gold,
platinum and tin in the upper Elocho-
man country, 10 miles from Cathla.
met, were received last week in Cath
lamet.
Five million dollars will be expend-
ed by the war department in its per-
manent building program at Fort Lew
is, Wash, formerly named Camp
Lewis.
Miss Helen Goldberg, stenographer,
became regular Cowlitz county dep
uty sheriff last. week, succeeding Rob-
ert Turnstall Jr., Kalama, as office
deputy. Turnstall resigned.
Plans for construction of 120-toD
pulp and paper mill in the George
town district Of Seattle were announc-
ed last week. Between $2,5OO,0O0 and
$3,000,000 is to be invested.
Jack and Jill, Longview's pet bears,
who have spent most Of their lives in
an outdoor cage near Jefferson square,
are to have new home in Ryder
wood, 80 miles north Of Longview.
Smallpox is on the increase in the
Walla Walla valley, and DR.. George
Sparkling, health officer, has issued
orders that all school children must
he vaccinated if they remain in school,
Twenty applicants failed and twen-
ty were successful in the dental licens
ing examinations held in Seattle De.
.cember to 9, Director of Licenses
Charles R. Maybury announced re-
Gently.
The residence of P. S. G. Wills,
town water master of Stevenson, was
destroyed by fire last week, which
started from defective flue, and with
it file of The Oregonian dating back
nearly 40 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Barstow of Cine
bar, 80 miles east of Chehalis, observ-
ed the 9th anniversary of their mar
riage, which occurred in Michigan
December Is, 1860. Mr. Barstow is 80
and Mrs. Barstow 83.
The Izaak Walton league expects
soon to have in the Yakima valley
seven chapters and will undertake a
program of activities that will unite
them in furthering the interests of
Yakima valley sportsmen.
Despite the winter weather that has
held sway in the Longview section
since last week, flowers are blooming.
Scotch broom is in blossom in the
garden of Sam Goodwin at Ryderwood.
Roses are blooming in profusion in
Vader.
Franklin county irrigation district
No. 1 elected James flaming, Louis
Kleeb and George Crosby directors
for three-year terms and l. A. Schaf-
fer and George French for the two
year terms at the election held in
the district last week.
Walla Walla city commissioners
recently frightened the traffic regula-
tions when they adopted a resolution
limiting reserved parking spaces for
trucks, busses, stages and for-hire
cars. Heretofore some of the holders
of the reserve spaces have been park
ing personal cars there.
The plant Of the East Hoquiam
Single company was damaged last
week by fire of undetermined orr
gin. The loss was put at $4,000. Two
large dry kilns and two shipping
sheds containing thousands of shin
giles were saved. Most Of the loss is
covered by insurance.
The two mills of the Long-Bell
Lumber company at Longview will
operate through the night of Deem
Der % and suspend until January 2
for the Christmas holidays. Logging
operations of the company at Ryder.
wood will also suspend December %,
but will resume December %, 1t was
announced by Roy F. Morse, general
manager of the Longview division.
The balance due on bonds sold to
pay Clark countys share Of the cost
Of building the interstate bridge was
reduced to 100000 by a draft for
$4,000 forwarded by County Treas
urer Fender to the National City bank
of New York to be applied on bonds
owned by private parties. The state
of Washington holds $4,000 of the
bonds. The next payment will be
made next July and the debt will viz.
tually be wiped out by the time the