White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-02

lOuS udludS0 WAS TepOTL6u.
John D. Ewart, 80, prominent Aber
deem lumberman, who was injured in
an accident at the Roberts Logging
company camp near East Elma, last
week, died at st. Josephs hospital Mr.
Ewart was checking lumber on car
when a rolling log knocked him from
the car and crushed his head.
When attacked by bull while clean.
ing out an irrigation ditch on his
ranch in the Mckee district, last week,
Richard Meyer was knocked into the
ditch. The bull followed him, but
Meyer finally escaped by crawling part
of the way with his head under the
water, until he reached fence.
A new steel span for the Mount Yer
non bridge to replace the wooden span
was ordered at a special meeting OF
the board of county commissioners,
who declared an emergency existed,
since the unsafe condition of the wood
en- span necessitated the closing of the
bridge. The cost will be about $780,
900.
Eighteen head of Holstein cattle
were found dead at the base of cliff
on Mount Purcell east of Randle last
week. They were owned by Joe Moor
croft, Randle pioneer. Apparently
they had huddled under a huge tree
during recent storm when the tree
was struck by lightning, hurting them
over the cliff.
All but seven of the So Rotary clubs
in Washington and Oregon, the pan
handle of Idaho, British Columbia, and
Alaska were represented in Longview
in the annual executive council of
presidents and secretaries held last
week. Seven past district governors
are included among the 200 Rotarians
and their wives attending.
Members of Kiwanis clubs from
three Pacific northwest states and two
Canadian provinces were in Spokane
last week for the largest convention
in the history of the district. Because
of the rapid growth in membership
and the increase in the number of
clubs proposal was before the con-
vention to redivide the district, which
now contains seven districts.
Single mills Of the Barr Shingle
company and the Blue Ribbon Prod
ucts company at Kalama resumed OPP
erations last week after weeks shut
down because of demands of en-
ployes for an Increase in wages. The
demand was met by the employers,
who state that recent rise in the
price of shingles makes it possible.
thousand
Contracts totaling $502,75S for state
highway construction, half Of which
will be expended on two sections of
the North Bank highway along the
Columbia river, were awarded at
Olympia last week by the state high.
way committee. The North Bank con.
tracts will carry construction of the
highway around Cape Horn, some of
the heaviest construction the state has
ever attempted.
To Onalaska, the sawmill town of
| the Carlisle Lumber company, 16 miles
southeast of Chehalis, goes the honor
Of having grand champion girl baby in
the Southwest Washington better ba-
bies department. Gale Annette Griggs
six-months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Griggs of Onalaska, was
the highest ranking baby in total OF
375 that were examined. This child
scored 99k per cent.
G. L. Wrenn of Sara will harvest
200 pounds of extracted honey from
one hive of bees, he declared. He al
ready has extracted 1866 pounds ant
will remove the honey twice more this
season, he said. The hive is very
strong, and the number of bees is es
timated at 100000. Mr.. Wrenn ex
poets to harvest 1900 pounds of ex
tracted honey from IA stands which
at current prices, will bring 1925.
Plans have been completed for new
10O-ton bleached sulphite pulp mil
which will be constructed on the site
of the old A. j. West sawmill property
at Junction City, mile east Of Aber
deem, it was announced. The new
plant will be operated in connection
with the West mill and the concern
will be known as the West Lumber
Pulp company. The first unit viii
employ about $50 men at the outset.
More than 100 forest fires were
kindled by the lightning storm which
swept this state last Friday, according
to reports coming into the office o.
State Supervisor of Forests George G
Joy. Forty fires in Chelan county
were reported by A. H. Sylvester, su
pervisor of the Wenatchee nationa
forest; 10 were reported in Okanogar
county, by H. P. Vane, district fire
warden; nine fires were reported IL
Whatcom.
Production of 100 mills reporting tt
the West Coast Lumbermen's associa
tion for tho waok apdin0 Auouct 81