White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-26

Steele, fire warden.
The third annual northwest Indian
congress will be held in Spokane Sep
TENDER 20, 81 and %, it was announc-
ed by Paul G. Wapato, president OF
the congress, following his return
from two weeks of conferences with
Indian leaders on the coast.
The annual picnic of the Southwest
Washington Pioneers association was
held at Rochester last week. The at
tendance was estimated at 1000, the
largest in the history Of the organiza-
ton, being composed mostly of early
settlers and their descendants.
Rainier National parks 1927 tourist
mark was again eclipsed for the third
time in as many weeks Sunday when
total of 6677 people and 1916 cars
were registered at the four park en-
frances. This is one of the largest
single days traffic records in history.
With 879 votes for bonding the city
VI OlI 1oWuocAu lOi ucW WoIOA
system and only five votes against
it, new plant for the city is assured.
The proposed water improvement is
estimated to cost 100000 and will be
capable of delivering 100000 gal
Ions daily.
Entries for all departments of the
annual Grays Harbor county fair to
be held in Elma September 1-5 are
coming in at such a pace that G. H.
Palmer, secretary, is predicting the
biggest fair in Harbor history. This
will be the 18th annual fair of which
Mr.. Palmer has been in charge.
A 75-pound Royal Chinook salmon,
landed by A. Aarhaus near the mouth
of the Humptulips river, about ten
miles west of Hoquiam, has been de-
clared the largest salmon to be taken
in Grays harbor waters in years. The
| giant Chinook was landed with light
troll tackle after a vicious fight.
The school in the Sara district,
seven miles southeast of Ridgefield,
and one of the first to commence the
| 1927-28 term in Clark county, opened
last Monday with good attendance.
| The school will close during the prune
harvest, which will be earlier this sea-
work as usual.
Samuel j. Humes, state highway en-
gineer, said when he was in Ellens-
burg recently that his department
will cooperate in a plan to have the
new steel concrete bridge across the
Columbia river at Vantage, 33 miles
east of Ellensburg, dedicated Septem-
Der 8. This is the opening day Of the
Ellensburg rodeo.
Francis B. Hubbard, for many years
a leading figure in Centralia's indus
trial and civic life and prominent in
northwest lumber circles, died last
week. Mr.. Hubbard served as the
first president of the Centralia cham
Der Of commerce and had been presi-
dent of the Southwest Washington
fair since it's establishment in 1909.
Flow of water to the Kalama river
hatchery will be shut off September
to permit repairs prior to the sal
mon Matching season and Chester
Leichhardt, game warden of Cowlitz
county, announced that 100000 cut
throat trout fry now in the feeding
troughs at the hatchery will be plant
ed in waters of the county before that
date.
poles and wooden piling from Tacoma
to points in California, Nevada, Ari
zone and New Mexico should be found
unreasonable, and reduction ordered
to the level of those existing on fiji
, lumber, according to a recommends
ton submitted to the interstate com
merce commission by George w. Cuj
Zis, attorney-examiner.
The Cowlitz county game commits
. sion has fixed the following open sea
son and bag limits for game during
. the fall hunting seasons. The mos
important change is fixing of the oper
season for deer from September 16 tt
September 30, instead of during the
month of October as in the past, will
: limit of one buck deer with visible
horns. The open season for bear hunt
= ing will be from September Is to De
cember 81 with no limit.
The output of the Oregon Packing
company plant in Vancouver this yea
will fall far below the output las
year because Of the scarcity of fruit
With the exception of Strawberries
: all fruit yields in this territory wer,
below normal. The yield of cherries
S was not more than 80 per cent of nor
r NAL. Bartlett pears crop will be abou
s 60 per cent of a normal crop. Thu
e canning season will be unusually shor
t as it is not probable that any apples
will be canned this year. =.
g Mrs. Madge Milino of Mukilteo, g.
a years old, died at Everett Sunda.
s morning from burns received Frida,
s when her clothing caught fire from ,
e match with which she was attempting
I to unite knot in her apron strings
A permit for $4,000 hydro-electri