White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08

in Spokane and together with the new
equipment represents an investment
Of about $4,000.
A big section of Deming glacier on
Mount Baker broke loose a few days
ago and went crashing down the noun.
tain side, gouging out the channel of
the creek fed by it, tearing out mile
of logging railway on the middle fork
Of the Nooksack river and blocking I'D
that stream.
Experts are to be summoned into
Aberdeen's fight on mosquitoes, ac-
cording to city officials. Because of
the growing prevalence of the pest
there, despite efforts on the part Of
Boy Scouts and the street department,
more aggressive and scientific at
tack is being planned.
A bottle containing sulphuric acid
and oil exploded in the Johnson school
laboratory at Winlock, when Janitor
Warne unwittingly poured water into
the mixture. Superintendent H. G..
Hambloom suffered severe cuts about
the face from flying glass and two
windows were blown out.
The Pashastin Lumber and Box fac
tory was totally destroyed by fire-last
week. The loss will aggregate $780,
900 in lumber, buildings and machin-
cry, all covered by insurance. Wenat-
chez, Cashmere and Leavenworth sent
assistance to Peshastin, but it was i'm
possible to save the property.
Interest in the proposal to have
Kamiak butte, the mountain which
lies at the highway juncture Of the
towns Of Palouse, Colfax and Pullman,
set aside as state park, was aroused
recently when delegation of Palouse
citizens visited the chamber of COM
merce and discussed the proposal.
The executive council of Rotary In
ternational Of this district, including
SO. clubs in Alaska, western Canada,
Washington, Oregon and Idaho, will
hold three-day convention in Long
view August g. ~ and %. 1t Is ex-
pected that about $50 delegates will
be in attendance at the convention.
The Cowlitz county strawberry crop
this year will be three times larger
than last year. Deliveries have been
swamping purchasers. The Columbia
River Canning company has already
handled over $50 tons, or 100000
pounds, of berries, barreling HOO bar
re1s. The company has paid out $751;
500 to berry growers to date.
Building material for temporary con-
struction is being assembled, spur
tracks have been laid and fence loca-
lions staked out by engineers at the
site Of the Weyerhaeuser mill on the
Columbia river front In Longview and,
although no announcement has been
made, 1t is expected that operations
will be started shortly after the July
holidays.
Harvesting Of the largest crop of
strawberries ever known in the part
of southwest Washington is now we'll
past the peak. Not only has the yield
per acre been exceptionally heavy, but
the new fields that have been planted
within the past two or three years,
due to the prevailing high prices for
1924, 1925 and 1926, have brought the
acreage to large total.
District Horticultural Inspector Geo.
T. Mcfarland of Chehalis has issued
warning to strawberry growers to
bait at once with poison to combat
further spread Of the strawberry root
weevil, which is now reported to have
made it's appearance in a large num-
Der Of the fields in southwest Wash
ington. Spread Of the weevil is said
to be much more serious than at any
previous time In the history Of the
local strawberry industry.
Voters of Clark county will be given
an opportunity to express their senti-
ment on the sale Of the county's share
Of the interstate bridge to the state for
S250,000 at special election to be
held some time in September, it was
decided by the Clark county commits
sioners. The legislature at its last
session provided the fund for this pur-
pose, to be expended in the event
both Clark and Multnomah counties
joint owners of the bridge-agree to
the removal of the tolls.
Appointments Of three new members
of the state board of education, replac-
ing members whose terms had expired,
were filed by Governor Roland H.
Hartley with Secretary of State Hin
kle. w. M. Kern, city superintendent
of schools in Walla Walla, succeeds
George B. Miller, Aberdeen; A. A.
Schoffen, principal of the high school
at Laconner, Skagit county, succeeds
A. X. Military, Chelewah, Stevens coun.
ty, and Carl w. Morgan, Lincoln coun.
ty superintendent succeeds e. G. Bow
ersox, Wenatchee, Chelan county SUI
perintendent.
G. M. Granger, district forester in
charge of the Columbia National for.
est reserve, has ordered $4,000 acres
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