White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-23

Gl0rlan Butter OF Wenatcnee, senior
in the college of fine arts at the Uni
versity of Washington, is winner of
the Mu Phi Epsilon scholarship in
music awarded annually to the out
standing music student.
Condor Wells Of Spokane, graduate
of the University of Washington, en-
route to the Orient on the steamship
Lincoln was instantly killed when the
impact of wave hurled him against
a bulwark, breaking his neck.
The Mount Adams Fruit company
shipped $4,000 packed boxes Of d'Anjou
pears this season. ]. G. Schenaur,
manager, reports that this is 10000
boxes more than was estimated. This
is the largest dAnjou orchard in the
world.
A total of 1902 automobile licenses
were issued to Clark county residents
up until last week, an increase of 6SS
over the number issued over the same
period last year. AS 1929 licenses will
be available December 1, only few
more will be issued for 1928, Auditor
Strickling said.
The Longview city council paved the
way for the installation of a 100000
candle power air beacon there by the
nov ant fol fr,, nj
the lease on the Longview airport
from the Longview Aircraft corpora
ton. 1t is expected that work on the
beacon will start Immediately.
H. M. feathers, WOODBURY. poultry
man who owns Lady Jewell, for two
years worlds champion hen with 1886
eggs to her credit, has received word
that he has the high hen with 318
eggs in the international contest just
held at College Station, Texas, with
all breeds from the United States and
Canada in competition.
Machinery is being installed in the
building erected in Vancouver for the
Union Bag company and the plant will
be in operation soon. The building,
which adjoins the plant of the Column
bia River Paper Mills company, con-
tains $4,000 square feet of floor space
and cost $4,000. About 100 men and
women will be employed.
The Chicago Bridge & Iron works
received contract from the Van
couver port commission to erect a
100 ,O00-gallon tank on a high tower
as reservoir for the port commissions
industrial water works, for which a
we'll was recently completed. The
tank and tower, which will cost $500,
will be completed in 80 days.
Purchase Of a controlling interest in
the Farmers Telephone & Telegraph
company of Wenatchee, by the Stan
dard Telephone company Of Delaware
and plans for adding the Farmers
system to the interstate Utilities COM
pany of Spokane were made known at
Spokane by w. Earle Phinney of Chi
cago, interstate company president.
Fl. w. Jackson, ex-chief of police of
Longiew, has filed formal resigna-
ton with the mayor of the city, and
formal acknowledgment of the receipt
Of the resignation was made at the
last council meeting. Mayor Gibbs
dismissed the chief several weeks ago,
and the council was scheduled to have
approved the action, but the accept
ance of the resignation will be all that
is necessary.
The Northwestern Electric company
has petitioned Cowlitz county commits
sioners to vacate the main Lewis river
road for about IL miles as step to-
ward clearing the way for development
Of the proposed power project on the
north fork of the Lewis river. The
company proposes to build dam 230
feet high in Shirttail canyon, IL miles
above Woodland, which will create a
lake IL to Is miles long and flood the
road.
Sheriff w. L. Daley was host re-
Gently at the new $4,000 Jail which
has just been completed at Colfax. He
served cider and doughnuts to- hun
dreds who came to inspect the new
building. The first floor is used for
living quarters for the sheriff and his
family; the second floor is occupied
by the sheriff's offices, juvenile de-
tention room, women's ward, padded
cell and other miscellaneous rooms,
and the top floor is the mems jail
Only such supplies as will be needed
in operating the interstate bridge as
a toll bridge for six weeks more will
be purchased by the bridge commits
sion, it was decided at the meeting of
the commission held in Vancouver re-
Gently. Although final arrangements
for transferring the bridge to the
states of Washington and Oregon have
not been completed, it was understood
that toll collections will be discon-
tinued January /.
Robbers who entered a poolroom in
Ellensburg early Sunday morning by
breaking rear window got away with
lot of guns, watches, field glasses
and other goods besides s11 in the
cash register.
The population of Vancouver was