White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-10-21

first nine months of 1927 were greater
by more than $4,000 than for the cor
responding period of 1926 says M. w.
Mark, assistant postmaster. The re-
ceipts totaled s11O,2S1O3, as compared
with s1O7, 1868.
John Edward Tolliver, 81, was killed
instantly near Greenleaf, Skamania
county, when an engine on the Ska
mania Logging company railroad
jumped the track and rolled over on
him. The engineer. v. R. Huck, leaped
clear of the engine.
Immediate completion Of the brick
pillars at the entrance to Montesano
by placing lights on top of them and
red bulls eyes at the base Of the col
umns planned by the Active club of
Montesano, was announced at the
meeting Of that body last week.
Conservation of game and game fish
was the principal topic before the an
nual convention of game commission
ers and game wardens of the state,
meeting in Yakima recently. William
B. Weaver of lone presided. About
Is delegates were in attendance.
A young bald eagle, crippled in one
wing from bullet wound, was caught
in Jefferson square, near Hotel Month
cello, in Longview, by park employees.
The wing spread is about Az feet.
The bird was turned over to city fire
men who intend to keep it as mas
cot.
The Cowlitz county game fund has
a total of $1S,29S.61 at this time, of
which $11,553.85 was received this
year, report by County Auditor H.
D. Renner shows. A small part Of
this sum, less than $1,000, is due the
state of Washington as the states
share of hunting license payments.
Because he had his hand at the back
Of his head when a dynamite blast
exploded recently, S. A. Brashear, en-
ployed in Pc Ell Lumber company
camp No. q, is alive. While waiting
for the blast Brashear held one hand
at the back of his head. The explo-
sion hurled a piece of rick which hit
his fingers, severing them.
The largest pulp and paper mill in
southwest Washington and the first
in Cowlitz county is nearing compile
ton on the Columbia river water
front in Longview. 1t is 100000
plant of the Longview Fiber company,
which is expected to start producing
100 tons of pulp and as many tons of
finished product daily in early Octo.
Der.
Douglas fir lumber cut at Ryder.
wood, and manufactured in the Long
Bell mills at Longview, will be used
in the reconstruction of the famous
frigate Constitution, now at the Bos
ton navy-yard. An order for 143,S4t
feet of deck beams, ceiling and deck
ing timbers was received from the
United States navy department by the
Long-Bell Lumber company last week
With the northwestern Italian dried
prune output shortened by rain to a
total of not to exceed 40,000,000
pounds, no large amount remains to be
sold. A good volume of business was
done before the crop was grown, the
trade then believing there would be 8
normal production. The sales aggre
gated about SO,OO0,OOO pounds, which
leaves only 100000 pounds in the
hands of packers and growers.
Plans were completed recently fol
building an airplane landing field OF
the course of the Ellensburg Golf ant
Country club just northeast of Ellens
burg. County road crews will breal
up the ground for 2OO0-foot runwa!
next Tuesday and on the following
day, as great community project, Ell
lensburg business men and farmers
will donate their services to remove
rock and help put the field in condi
ton.
Spring wheat production in Wash
ington with preliminary estimate o
1876 bushels per acre from the 5000
acres planted, is indicated to be 10,
| 10000 bushels, reports G.. S. Ray o
the federal division of crop estimates
This is higher than any yield during
the past ten years, with the exception
Of yield of % bushels in 1923. Spring
wheat production in 1925 was 20,790,
900 bushels, while the average of thu
past five years is 18,252000.
The total prune crop of Clark coun
ty will not exceed 100000 pounds
about half of the early estimates, w
H. Wood, manager of the Washington
Growers Packing corporation said re
Gently. This loss was not equally dis
tributed, as in some sections no at
tempt was made to harvest the frui
because of the size and adverse wealth
er conditions. In other sections tn,
loss was small. Two million pound
| have heen delivered to the association