White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-09

Twenty-six inches of snow covered
the road at the summit OF Snoqualmie
pass last week, but reports received
at Yakima indicate that cars were
however, that motorists should equip
themselves with shovels and put on
tire chains.
Charles Lundy, Is, trapper, has adj
mitted to Mason county officials that
he killed Marius Christensen, 46, Ia
huya trapper, whose body was found
in lonely swamp near Shelton. Lun.
dy is being held without bail in the
Mason county jail. pending filing OF
formal charges against him.
Completion of preliminary negotia-
tions for the sale of all holdings OF
the Puyallup Valley Home Telephone
company, one Of the largest privately
owned telephone companies in Wash
ington, to the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company was announced
recently by John King Sr. of Puyallup,
president of the concern.
There has been steady decline
since July in the number OF marriage
licenses issued at Vancouver as COM
pared with last year. The total num-
Der issued this year in November was
1876, compared with 224 last year. The
total for IL months this year was
1918, compared with 2444 for the same
period last year, loss of II.
When the lighting plant in Allen
Schwartz garage in Randle blew up,
the building and three automobiles
were destroyed by fire that followed.
An air pressure tank that was hurled
against the postoffice gave Mrs. P.
K. Harrington, postmistress, a scare
when it hurled the contents of a bed
room across the floor and did other
damage.
Building permits to the value OF
$97,295 were issued at Vancouver in
November, compared with $20,244 in
November, 1925. The largest permit,
$4,000, was for an apartment house.
The total value of permits issued this
year up to December 1, was $1,31S,-
1880, compared with $S2S,657.70 for
the same period last year, an increase
Of s4S9,5O9.SO.
Total apple shipments for the pres
emit season to December 1 will exceed
| 10000 cars from north central Wash
ington, and will compare with little
more than $4,000 one year ago at the
same date, with the last few days esti-
mated. One year ago there were about
$500 cars of apples held in storage in
the district, and this year storage
holdings will be somewhat higher, it
is believed.
State highway patrol officers have
recommended to the state highway
committee that Chuckanut Drive,
scenic approach to Bellingham on the
Pacific highway, be closed to traffic.
Water six to eight inches deep, rush
ing over the highway in places, and
many rocks as big as automobiles,
washed down by recent rains, have
made the hill road almost impossible
and extremely dangerous.
Organization Of the Pacific Coast
Cement company as a subsidiary OF
the Pacific Coast company for con
struction and operation Of a 100000
cement manufacturing plant at Seattle
was announced recently. The Pacific
Coast company will haul limerick
from southeastern Alaska to the pro-
jected cement plant in Seattle and will
purchase two shipping board boats OF
5000 tons each for the purpose.
Pilchuck river reached the highest
known point in its history last week
and many houses and several roads
near Everett were flooded. The B1
cycle Tree, located east of Snohomish
famous for more than two score years
succumbed to the ravages of FLOOD
waters. The tree was fourteen feet
in diameter, and had high archwaJ
which bicyclists passed on path in
the old days before the auto supplant
, ed pedal-driven machines.
An attempt to use merchandising
box as rowboat proved fatal last
week for Oresta del Chicca, 81, owner
of a chicken ranch south of Tacoma
, when he was drowned in eight feet o.
) water in small winter lake within
sight of the Fort Lewis highway. Chic
3 ca started to paddle across the lake
in the mortar box to get his rowboat
2 which was on the other side. Whe1
he was about rs or 80 feet from shore
z his makeshift craft began to sink.
, The percentage of large sizes IL
3 prunes grown this year by member
3 Of the Washington Growers Packin,
3 corporation is the highest since 1921
! making it possible to pack larg'
number of Christmas boxes, five ant
+ ten pounds, using only 20-30 sizes, OF
3 ficers of the corporation said recently
], The demand for small boxes of prune
!. for Christmas trade is increasing, an,
q the wide distribution of these gif
boxes make them valuable advertis