White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-23

| will start construction of a modern
$4,000 building and warehouse on the
former Satsop Grange site at Satsop.
Rain stopped falling in Walla Walla
after September precipitation rec
ord Of forty-years standing had been
broken. The twelve-day downpour to-
tailed 3.03 inches, eclipsing the total
precipitation of September, 1898, by
| .4S inch.
Cranberry packing on a few bogs
near Long Beach started last week.
All indications are that this year will
be one of the biggest years in the
cranberry industry. If weather con-
tinues favorable there should be
bumper crop.
| A tax raise approximating $4,000
| will be needed for Skagit county next
years, according to the preliminary
| budget adopted by the county commits
| sioners. The total needed for current
expenses will be $232,61229, compared
to $206,444.S9 for this year.
Washington state and the territory
of Alaska are contributing more than
| $1,000,000 a month to the federal gov
| eminent, the income tax collections
for this district show, according to the
report of Burns Poe, collector Of in
ternal revenue, for the year 1927.
Contract for the construction of
grain elevator near the public port
dock on the Columbia River in Long
view has been let to Alloway &
George, engineers and contractors Of
Spokane, on their bid of $371,813. The
elevator will be the first in this sec
ton of the state. Completion is re-
quired by June 1, 1928.
The Hillyard shops Of the Great
Northern railway in Spokane, having
completed under record time $2,40O,-
900 order for 800 steel underframe box
cars, were assigned construction Of
another 1000 Of the cars, work to start
January 1. This order means a 3d.
100000 1928 construction program for
the shops, it was said.
The East End Progressive club pro-
posed the appointment Of commit
tee to petition the forthcoming legis-
lature to form a new county, compris-
ing the territory east of Elma to the
Pacific highway on the east and in
Guiding portion Of Lewis and Thurs
ton counties. The proposal would To-
cate the county seat at Oakville.
/ The new Weatherwax high school
library of Aberdeen, one of the largest
preparatory school book collections in
the northwest, was formally opened
to students last week. The library Is
located in new quarters made from the
former high school auditorium, and
with the addition of 1900 books this
summer, has now approximately TO-
900 volumes.
Paving of the new Pacific highway
between Everett and Seattle, includ-
ing two and half miles of double
track" road from Everett toward Sill
YER Lake, was completed last week.
The project, covering IL miles Of hard
surfacing, represents state expendi-
ture of 100000. The new road will
be opened to traffic along its entire
route October is.
Under sunny skies, nearly 300
Naches Pass boosters, including Gov
ernor Hartley, bivouacked at Tipsoe
Lake last Wednesday. In many ways
1t was a notable gathering, which
made its way from Yakima and from
Enumclaw Those from Yakima went
by automobile, while those from the
west side used their cars to within
eight miles of the summit. From
there they had to hike.
With a prospect of good weather,
prune growers in some sections of
Clark county have taken heart and
are clearing the cracked prunes from
the ground under the trees in an ef-
fort to salvage part Of the crop. In
the Mill Plain and Washougal districts,
prunes in several large orchards will
not be harvested, w. H. Wood man
| ager of the Washington Growers Pack
ing corporation, declared.
Production Of 1913 mills reporting to
the West Coast Lum bermen's associa-
ton for the week ending September
/ 10 was 107,176,343 feet, new business
amounted to 98,343,611 feet and ship
ments totaled S9,695,355 feet. Orders
| showed a slight gain as compared with
the report Of 113 mills reporting for
the preceding week, which sold o.
| 85S,7O3 feet, but production and ship
ments showed sharp declines. Pro.
duction the preceding week was 49,
709,960 feet and shipments totaled 106.-
S21,333 feet.
The G.. Goshen Canning company of
Mossyrock resumed canning of wild
evergreen blackberries last Wednes-
| day, following an enforced shutdown
Of two weeks, due to the continued
rains
A preliminary budget for 1928 Of
| $88,365.42 was presented to the Long
view city council by City Clerk Cry.
derman recently. This figure is near
ly $1,000 in excess of the present