White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-22
WASHINGTON NEWS
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Principal Events of the Week
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meeting.
The 21st annual state convention of
county clerks was held in Wenatchee
last week with "a present.
e. o. Harrington, Malaga rancher,
was killed at Malaga, near Wenatchee,
when his automobile was struck by a
Great Northern freight train.
Yakima was selected as the conven.
ton city for 1928 by the synod OF
Washington Presbyterian churches, in
final session at Everett last week.
Mona Maxine Martinson, Z, daughter
of Mrs. Hans Martinson of Bickleton
died from burns suffered when her
clothing caught fire while she was at
tempting to light fire.
Glea Dodson, II, of Stevenson, gave
her life in futile effort to save he1
companion, Margarine Smith, 9, from
drowning in deep slough formed by
high water from Rock creek.
valley farmer, was killed Monday
when he fell from a load of hay on
his farm on the upper Ahtanum, strik
ing on his head and breaking his neck
John F. Carlson, employed at the
Lincoln Creek Lumber companys
camp at Calvin near Centralia, was
fatally hurt last week when he was
struck in the abdomen by a choker
hook.
The remaining assets Of the failed
Exchange Bank of Waitsburg were
sold at auction Saturday to Henry Zu-
ger for $14,500. Dividends totaling 35
per cent have SO far been paid to de.
positors.
Ridit wheat on the Samuel Loney
place west of Walla Walla is running
40 bushels to the acre, according to
reports. This is an exceptional yield
for land in this section, grain men
state.
The third shipload of machinery,
and the final one of paper machinery,
was received at Longview recently for
the Longview Fiber company's pulp
and paper plant rising on the Column
bia river front.
Charles Hermann, Washington pio-
neer, was instantly killed last Mon
day morning when he was struck by
a Great Northern train near Edwall.
He was deaf and did not hear the ap-
preaching train.
Snohomish county board of equaliza-
ton declined to reduce the assessment
of the Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany on 1854 acres of land. The valu-
alton was increased from $5,49O in
1925 to $4435O for 1928.
Increase in lumber exports from the
Port of Olympia is indicated by the
June report just made by Port Man
ager Ernest c. Gribble. Approximate.
ly 11,S59,276 feet of lumber were dis.
patched on eight ships.
w AiAiOo VdIoou, ~, VI
was killed last week when the team of
horses he was driving ran away and
threw him from the top of load of
hay. He was hurled against stump
and the horses trampled him.
After being supposed citizen OF
the United States for 60 years, and
voting like anybody else, Archie Badly
Morrison, 67, Of White Swan, has dis.
covered that he must be naturalized
in order to homestead and vote.
Lakewood, small town north of
Everett, suffered a $4,000 loss last
Saturday night when fire, started
when robbers dynamited safe, de.
stroyed general merchandise store,
four residences and rooming house.
Raymond, the 11-year-old son of
Clark Brumbaugh Of Chelan, was bad.
ly burned about the face and chest
and suffered the loss of two fingers
and thumb when dynamite cap
with which he was playing exploded.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the Grays Harbor county
fair, which will be held from Septem-
Der to at Elma. This years exhibit
ton will be larger and finer than ever,
according TO announcement made by
G. H. Palmer, secretary.
Longview observed it's fourth birth
day anniversary last week. On July
IL, 1923, Hotel Monticello, named in
honor of pioneer settlement on what
is part of the present city site, and
of the Virginia home of Thomas JEFF
ferson, was dedicated. In four years
Longview has grown from pasture
land to city of 10000 people.
Figures made public by the Dutch
consulate in Seattle showed that $685.
429 boxes Of Washington apples went
to Holland last year. Rotterdam took
more Washington apples than any
other European port, the report show.
ed.
A new trail over the summit of the
Cascade mountains will be completed
by the forest service this summer. II
will go up Granite creek to connect
with trail leading from Bridge creek
on the Chelan side through Rainy
Pass.