White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-10-26

G. w. Mcintosh, general contractor,
started construction work on the foun.
dations for Hoquiam's new 500, 900
city hall at Eighth and L streets, and
forms are being built preparatory to
the pouring Of concrete for the big
piers which will support the structure.
While the main event"-the dog
salmon runs only just beginning,
particularly on the Nemah and the
Palix, South Bends two %canneries al
ready have canned more than 100
cases Of salmon to date, in addition to
shipping nearly 70 tons of fresh fish.
An estimate places the strawberry
crop in Cowlitz county for the past
season at 1000 tons, representing a
cash value of 100000. Part Of the
crop was packed in barrels with sugar
and shipped east, and part was packed
at the Allen Packing company's can
merry at the Port Of Kelso.
The Vancouver city council has ap-
proved an ordinance which provides
for placing on the ballot at the De-
cember election a proposal to bond the
city for $4,000 to build a combined
fire station and city jail. The old Jail
and fire station at Eighth and Wash
ington streets have been condemned.
A report by Postmaster Leeper of
Yakima Of a census taken by his car
riers showed that they served 1926
persons as compared to $4,000 in 1927.
The report also showed that the mum.
Der of vacant dwellings and apart
ments had decreased since last yea
though a heavy building program was
under way.
Under supervision of the county
health department, a goiter survey of
Yakima county schools will begin No
vember l to determine the extent of
benefit from anti-goiter tablets given
to the pupils. These tablets have been
distributed by school officials and are
intended to provide iodine, lack of
which is said to cause goiter.
Snow fall in the high attitudes sur-
rounding Mount Adams on the Column
bia national forest reserve, last week
caused the general exodus of Klicki-
tat range flocks from summer pastures
to home ranches along the Columbia
river in central and eastern Klickitat
county. Approximately 10000 sheep,
valued at 100000, are being moved
on the hoof to winter quarters.
Plans are nearly complete for a
building to be erected at Camas at a
cost of $4,000 to house machinery
for a cooperative creamery which has
been financed by producers and con.
sumers living in the district Of which
Camas is the center. The plant will
be of sufficient capacity to handle the
present output Of cream in the district
and the building will permit of expan-
sion.
The upland bird-huting season closed
in Lewis county last week. Forum
ately for the birds, the season was
greatly in their favor, as there were
several days since October l, when
the season opened, when it rained so
hard that hunters were unable to get
into the field. The birds took advan-
tage, also, of the wet weather and re-
the number bagged has been probably
the lowest in years.
Streets in rural trading centers of
eastern Klickitat county that must be
used during the winter months for do
nestle traffic, are being graveled by
county road crews working under the
direction of c. S. Mcdowell, county
commissioner. A driveway from the
town to the railroad depot at Roose-
welt is being ~graveled and streets at
Bickleton, inland trading center for
the eastern Klickitat county wheat
belt, also have been grayeled.
The Aberdeen Pioneers association
has unanimously indorsed a resolution
d%enouncing the proposed change of the
city's name to "Grays Harbor'' in
connection with consolidation with
Cosmopoiis. The pioneers toook a
stand as favoring annexation of Cos.
mopolis or consolidation with that
town, but under the name of Aberdeen.
The change has been backed by the
chamber of commerce and will be one
of the issues in the city election next
month.
That the Clark county potato crop
this year will fall far below the nor.
NAL output of 300 carloads is indicated
by reports from potato-growing dis
tricts. Around Ridgefield and other
northwestern sections of the county
the crop will be fair, but in the east,
ern section the tubers will be small
as frost followed late rains too close
ly. With two poor potato years in
succession, farmers are inclined to
cut the acreage to be planted next
year, they say.
Wheat averaged IS bushels to the
acre in the eastern Klickitat county
wheat belt, according to estimates
made at Bickleton since harvesting
was finished. Two hundred and fifty
thousand bushels has been delivered
to warehouses at Roosevelt.