White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-06-17

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Convention activities for Washing
ton Odd Fellows reached a peak in
the staging of parade last Tuesday.
The parade was considered to be one
of the largest and best appointed held
in the state for several years. Nearly
5000 persons were in line. The next
grand lodge will be held at Walla
Walla.
A wide gap in the animal kingdom
has been closed in Hoquiam by the
adoption by a mother terrier of two
raccoon pups recently taken from
their wild haunts by Hoquiam hunt
err. The dogs puppies died at birth,
and she readily took to caring for the
tiny "coons," treating them as her
own offspring.
High school diplomas were awarded
at exercises in Aberdeen last week to
162 students, comprising the largest
class in the history of Weatherwax
high. school. The largest senior class
heretofore graduated was the one two
years ago, which numbered 26 less
than the present group. Last year 1873
were graduated.
With only As opposition votes and
with 1928 votes cast more than suffi-
Gent to give the so per cent Of the
last general election vote required to
validate the election, the $4,000 mu-
nicipal bond issue for the Swantown
and Westside sewer construction in
Olympia finally passed at the third
election on the question within two
! months.
! A rem nstrance against the pro.
posed modern lighting system for
Vancouver business district, signed by
100 property owners, was filed with
the city council and the matter was
laid over for two weeks to permit
City Engineer Shumway to check the
remonstrance against the petition.
Plans call for 255 lights, which will
cost $83,5O5 to install.
Eighty-four Of a total of $40 COWS
in the Cowlitz County Cow Testing
association each produced over fifty
pounds of butterfat during May, ac-
cording to George Hoyer, tester. Nine
COWS had a production record of over
seventy pounds of fat, with the high
COW, registered Jersey owned by
Archie Lee Lewes of Woodland, pro-
ducing S2.49 pounds during the month
While the 1927 legislature added
300 new chapters to the laws of Wash
ington, only 286 Of them went into
effect last week, and of these, 1T
were revisements and repeats of obso-
lete laws, so there are consequently
but 100 new statutes to worry the good
citizens. Twenty-three of these car
ried emergency clauses and were Of
fective with the governors signature.
Before the year closes the Clark
county game commission, under per-
sonal supervision of Game Warden L.
| e. McCurdy, will have planted more
than 100000 trout fry in various
county streams. Alrady $4,000 east
ern brook and steelhead fry have been
planted and 425,000 more are ready.
Plans are to obtain 100000 cutthroat
and rainbow eggs in the near future.
That Clark county has the champion
eighth-grade student of Washington is
the belief Of r. A. Roberts, principal
of Minnehaha school. Jane Palmer,
IL, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Palmer of Minnehaha, writing in the
May state eighth-grade examinations,
won 1874 credits out Of possible 900,
or SO 1-3 per cent. Diplomas were
given to 1853 Clark county students
who took the examinations.
Prospects for fair prune crop in
most sections of Clark county are
good, according to w. H. Wood, asso-
citation manager. The yield will be rs
per cent of normal and the quality
will be above average as the prunes
will be large. In the Zelda and Sara
districts the yield will be light due to
winter kill but in other sections there
will be full crop. The drying season
will be nearly one month late, which
will increase the danger of loss by
fall rains.
Several changes made in the Wash.
lngton game code by the last legisla-
ture went into effect recently. The
price of the combined state hunting
and fishing license was raised from
s10 to SIS. Taxidermists must pay S.
a year to practice in the state and
raw fur dealers are taxed $40 year.
Persons purchasing licenses will be
required to report In writing the mum.
Der of game birds, game fish, game
and predatory animals taken during
the previous year. All persons over
the age of 16 years must have Ii
cense to fish and hunt and all persons,
regardless of age or sex, must have
license to hunt.
Application for certificate to oper-
ate a freight and express service from
Spokane to Ephrata was filed with the
department of public works by Green
lee Bros. The new firm will be known.
as the North Central Auto Freight
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