White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-08-24

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William Baker, entomologist of the
western Washington experiment sta
ton, was in Cowlitz county recently
assisting D. B. Leonard, county agent,
in organizing farmers to fight the flea
beetle which is damaging potato fields.
Fishermen back from the Tucannon
river section near Walla Walla report
a plague of grasshoppers. Luckily
they did not appear until the wheat
was too ripe for them to harm. They
have stripped foliage from trees and
leaves from vegetables.
| In order to prevent loss Of bottles
and to insure against loss on charge
accounts, Clark county milk dealers
may adopt the ticket system in distrib-
uting milk. This system will obviate
the need of increasing the price Of
milk and cream, dairymen say.
The number of students enrolled in
Walla Walla county schools last year
was greater than the year before, &C
cording to the annual report of Miss
Fannie Dunwoodie, school superin-
tendent. Registration was 6235 COM
pared with 6155 for the year before.
Car loadings for all destinations at
Washington points for July totaled
71,697 against total of 69,359 year
ago, according to report filed by the
department Of public works. 1t shows
total of 592,1O5 cars loaded in this
state in the first 80 weeks of the year.
Grasshoppers have invaded Garfield
county to such an extent that peach
trees along the Snake river have been
stripped of foliage and fruit accord
ing to visitors from Pomeroy. 1t Is
said that automobile drivers along the
river road are forced to wear goggles
because Of the insects.
The seventh annual convention of
the Columbia Basin Irrigation league
was definitely set for September IA at
Wenatchee. This, 1t was said, will be
the most important meeting held by
the men who are interested in irrigat-
ing the vast tract Of arid land in
southeastern Washington.
Postal receipts for the first seven
months of 1923 show a gain of 1914
per cent over the corresponding per-
Tod in 1927, Postmaster A. A. Bousquet
of Wenatchee says. Since the reduced
rates on air mail went into effect on
August there has been a 300 per
cent increase in the sale of air mail
stamps.
The Lewis river highway has been
re-opened to travel at Cape Horn after
having been closed for few days so
that the face of Cape Horn could be
blasted off to provide base for the
highway. A successful blast was dis.
charged and the road crew has clear
ed away the rock and put the route in
passable shape again.
An exhibit at the Southwest Wash
fngton fair that will be of especial In
terest to dairymen will be that under
auspices Of the Lewis County Herd
Improvement association, to bring out
the merits Of grade COWS that are on
test A COW must have record of
at least $50 pounds of butterfat to
make her eligible to entry.
The huckleberry season is now in
full swing, as evidenced by the hordes
Of Indians pouring into the Mount
Adams country. Bucks in full regalia
are gathering for races and sports at
their racing field beyond the Twin
Buttes ranger station. Whereas they
used to make the trip in wagons or on
horseback, they now arrive in auto
mobiles.
The county commissioners of Kick
ftat county are asking taxpayers to
approve an emergency issue Of $4,000
in warrants to be charged against road
funds in district No. 8 of western
Klickitat county for surfacing and
crawling four miles of permanent
highway between Husum, and the
Trout Lake valley from Seeley's saw
mill to Trout Lake.
Grain fires in eastern Washington
have already this season cost the
farmers and insurance companies ap-
proximately 100000, the greatest loss
of the last six years, according to De.
putty Fire Marshals H. D. Shoemaker
and e. M. Aughney, who we're in Pull
man the first of last week, after
spending 70 days surveying the fire
situation in Whitman county
The years apple crop in the We
natchee district will be from 20 to Is
per cent more than last years yield,
District Horticultural Inspector Har-
ter has announced. He estimates that
between 10000 and 10000 cars are on
the trees. Last year shipments totaled
ops cars of packed apples. He said
there will not be 90 large a percentage
of export sizes es in 1927, but the
crop, as whole, is far above the av"
erage.
Paving ~ miles on the st. johns.
Manor road has been completed by
the Olympic Cor7truction company OF
Longview and the work of graveling
the shoulders Is being rushed. The |
road will be open for travel early in