White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-03-02
WASHINGTON NEWS
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Principal Events Of the Week
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contract.
Benjamin Irvine, "a, prominent con-
tractor Of Everett for years, died at
his home there last week.
The Wenatchee- Okanogan Coopera-
tive federation held it's annual meet
ing in Wenatchee last week.
A eve in the band of McGuffie &
Stewart on Status creek, gave birth
last week to four lambs. In the same
band go pair of twins made their ap-
pearance in one night.
Formation Of the Grays Harbor Air
ways company at Aberdeen, new
concern to manufacture three-pas-
senger metal and spruce monoplane,
was announced recently.
The North Pacific conference Of
Seventh Day Adventists held the quad
rennial conference of the four north
west states at College Place, near
Walla Walla, last week.
A sunken garden with four terraces
and lily pond AZ by Is feet in the
center, is being built by Albert Scha-
fer of the Schafer Brothers Timber
company, in Montesano.
Baby Gallon Phelps owes his life to
the bravery of his sister, Edith, ten
years old, who jumped into the icy
waters Of the Wallace river, near Gold
Bar, and dragged him to safety.
Washingtons' canned fruit pack fell
from 3,153,483 cases in 1926 to 1885,
891 in 1927, according to figures which
have been compiled and made public
by Ira Case Of the state department Of
agriculture.
w. A. Cooper, employe of the Long
view city parks, has caught 62 moles
in the city parks and parking strips
in the past five weeks. In the four
months of trapping last year he
caught 400.
The Northwest Association of Ice
Industries, at the closing session Of
it's ninth annual convention, in Cen
tralia elected F. NJ Raymond, Yakima,
president of the organization for the
coming year.
A delegation of $50 members Of the
Ellensburg Elks lodge went to Gle
Elum last week on special train and
held the regular lodge meeting in the
northern Kittitas county city, follow.
ing an annual custom.
The Cowlitz county auditors office
has paid 43 predatory animal bounties
recently, of which 80 were for wild
cats at SIS each and II for coyotes on
which the bounty is Sc, making total
of 1926 paid in bounties.
Consolidation of the National Bank
of Cheney and the Security National
bank became effective Monday. The
new bank will be called the Security
National bank and offices will be in
the Security Bank building.
Mrs. Ellen Monroe Flett, the widow
of John Flett, one Of the most widely
known pioneers of Washington, died
at Tacoma, aged 90 years. Mrs. Flett
came to Washington in Hudson's
Bay wagon train in 1874.
Newly elected directors of the Grays
Harbor Dairymen's association, at a
meeting in Montesano, chose w. j.
Bern of the Wynochee district for
president during the coming year, his
fifth term in that office.
Plans are nearly completed for Ray
mond's Spring Style show, according
to the merchants committee of the
chamber of commerce.. Friday and
Saturday, March % and "a, have been
set for the enlarged program.
Chief of Police Gillespie Of Cosmo-
polls and his two sleuths, comprising
the Cosmopolis force, were routed re-
Gently at the Jail when tear gas
bomb which the chief was examining
was accidentally discharged.
Mayor Higgins of Vancouver has
appointed Councilmen Ceilings and
Chamberlain and himself on a com.
mittee to investigate a proposal to
build city Jail and fire station on q
lot adjoining the Legion building.
The open season for taking steel
head salmon in the streams Of Klicki.
tat county tributary to the Columbia
river will be changed. opening Janu
airy and closing November 30. The
trout fishing season will open April
IL and close November 80. Formerly
the season for taking steelhead salmon
was opened January to February 2S
and then closed until April Is.
A 100000 masonry and steel school
building will be built at Cowlitz mis-
sion II miles southeast of Chehalis
to be completed by September l, &C
cording to announcement by J.. DeFor
est Griffin, Chehalis architect, who is
preparing plans.
i Construction work has started on q
grange hall. for Puget Island. The
building will be SO by go feet in size
one story high and will provide q
kitchen and dining room as well as
an assembly hall. The work will be
completed before summer.
After the average girl reaches a