White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-09-07

A barrage of flying glass and con.
crete flung by lightning bolt slash.
ed the jugular vein of Mrs. Ella Poor,
3S, living near Tekoa, during an cleo
trical storm and punctured her face,
arms, hands and abdomen.
Cowlitz county entries in the log
rolling contest at the Western Wash
ington fair at Puyallup September II
to % will be Bob Craig. 17-year-old
Kelso lad, who recently defeated Matt
Dillon, former worlds champion.
The contract for the new $4,000
addition to Olympia's postoffice build
ing will be let September 81 in Wash
ington, D. c., according to word re-
ceived by Postmaster Frank S. Glen.
The 60-foot addition will relieve con.
gestion.
Complete free text books throughout
the grades, junior high school and
senior high school will be furnished
by the Longview school board this
year. Last year free books were given
to grade students, and for part Of the
junior high work.
Egg receipts at Winlock are hold
ing up we'll during the summer sea-
son, with prospects assured for stead.
lily increasing receipts from this per-
iod forward, and the increasing sup
ply of pullet eggs marketed is more
than enough to offset the loss of egg
production through the culling of old
hens.
The opening day of the Clark coun-
ty fair has been designated as Grange
day, and IL subordinate oranges in
Clark county each will have an exhibit
of the leading products Of the dis.
trict. A silver cup and cash prizes
will be given the grange having the
largest number of members in at
tendance the first day.
The Allen Packing company can
merry at Longview will start canning
pears early this week when pear ship.
ments from the Yakima valley will
commence arriving at the plant. ALI
the local Bartlett pears that are avail
able will be purchased also. One hun
dred or more people will be employed
at the cannery during the pear sea
son.
A. S. Cody has received letter
from the department of public works
stating that engineers from that de
partment will visit Chehalis and Cen
tralia soon to investigate the local
situation with reference to formal con
sideration of joint telephone rates be
tween the two cities. The formal
hearing will be held locally about
October 81.
Six hundred and fifty men are now
employed is construction activities al
the Weyerhaeuser Timber company
mill site on the Columbia river al
Longview. Fourteen carloads of ma
chinery have been installed in the
No. 1 mill, which will cut fir exclu
sively, and two carloads of machiner!
have been installed in the No. 2 mill
which will cut both fir and hemlock.
Oiling of the Inland Empire high
way between Lowden and Pasco will
be completed within three weeks
Work is being done between Walluls
and Pasco. For putting on the last
coat of heavy oil crew working neal
Ellensburg will be put on the job. Only
half the roadway will be oiled at 8
time and traffic will be kept from
the freshly oiled surface until it has
hardened.
The first smoke of a new industr!
for Grays harbor poured out last weel
from the giant stack Of the Gray
Harbor Pulp company's mill at He
GUAM as boilers and various machines
in the huge installation were givel
their first operating tests. The fir
ing up was believed to presage earl.
opening of the big mill, although com
pany officials declared that as yet n.
date had been set for start of opera
lions.
Apple shipments from the Wenat
chez valley during the 1929 season
totaled 15,075 cars, according to Der
L. Baker, secretary Of the Wenatche,
Valley Traffic association. Apple ship
ments from the Yakima valley for tn,
same period were 11,661 cars, MI
Bakers report shows, 1888 cars les
than last years. Wenatchee valley
shipments fell off 1853 cars. Wine
saps constituted 38 per cent of tn
crop in the Wenatchee valley and 4
per cent in the Yakima valley.
At the recent annual meeting of tn
Southwest Washington Pioneers as
ISOLATION held at Rochester, Mrs. Mar,
Jane Mills Brown of Gate was chosel
mother" Of the organization. Mrs
Mills great-granddaughter, Haze
Kelly Brown, crowned the venerable
lady with wreath Of western flow
ers as the crowd cheered. Mrs. Brow
| vas the oldest nioneer woman at th