White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-08-31
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week CoIIectedf0r
Our Readers.

The annual fall flower show OF the
Lewis County Savings & Loan assocl-
alton has been set for August 30 and
81.
Funeral services were held at Tu-
lalip reservation for Mrs. Sam Buda-
wah, 100 years old, who died last We'd
nesday.
Grain crops in the Orchard flights
district of Klickitat county have been
garnered and a big fruit crop is IN
prospect.
Kiwanians of the northwest assem-
bled in Aberdeen 1000 strong for their
annual district convention, which was
held last week.
At the graduation exercises of the
Cheney normal school recently, 3l6
diplomas were awarded by President
R. T. Hargreaves.
Work has been started on the two
miles of the Ocean Beach highway be-
tween Nassa Point and Cathlamet, IN
Wahkiakum county.
The public schools of Colfax will
open Wednesday, August 20, with
corps of 80 teachers under H. A. ELLIS,
city superintendent.
T. e. Zimmerman manager OF the
Marcus Whitman hotel at Walla Wal
hot will
ed as first planned, September L.
The state treasury showed balance
of S1S,34s,O54.7O for the week ending
August 16, according to report of
Charles w. Hinton, assistant state
| treasurer.
Grain crops are being harvested in
the Camas Prairie mountain farming
district Of western Klickitat county
near Glenwood. A big crop is being
obtained.
Longview is making an energetic
effort to secure recognition as port
of entry so that boats bound to and
from that port would not have to stop
at Astoria.
Grays harbor's third golf course was
opened to the public Sunday, August
26, when the new nine-hole 3100-yard
course two miles west of Elma was
opened formally.
Several tons of loose straw were
burned on the Wright farm south OF
Probstel last week. The exhaust from
a gasoline engine, operating baler,
caused the fire.
Approximately $4,000 has been rails
ed in Sedro-W oolley for new city
hospital. The, structure will cost $4O,-
900 and bond issue may be floated
for half that amount.
The Puget Sound navy yard is now
open to visitors for the first time since
| the beginning of the World war. Here
tofore persons wishing to visit the
yard had to secure passes.
With hot weather, peaches in all
parts Of the Yakima valley are ripen-
ing rapidly and the United States en-
ployment office in Yakima was swamp
ed with orders for pickers.
A hardwood sawmill, said to be the
first on Grays harbor, will be in op-
GRAFTON at South Montesano within a
week, it was announced by L. j. Esses,
who is backing the project.
Sheep men in Columbia county are
suffering unusually heavy losses in
their flocks from bears, one man, R.
A. jackson, reporting loss of 26
sheep last week in a single night.
Fire of unknown origin Sunday night
destroyed the large grain warehouse
of w. o. Marshall at Cornell together
with 100000 bushels Of grain. The
loss is estimated at more than 500.
900.
The congregation of the Baptist
church at La Conner occupied their
new building for the first time last
Sunday. The new church has just
been erected to replace the one burned
last February.
The Ritzville Congregational church
which has been closed for IL years
has been sold to the Ritzville Women's
club, who will remodel the building
into a clubroom with seating capac
ity of about $50.
Construction in Pa1ouse of $50,
900 plant for the Washington-1daht
Seed company, which will bring to the
Palouse district new outlet for its
pea crop, is announced by S. W. True
Spokane contractor. Work already Ii
started on the plant, expected to star
operations within 80 days.
The greatest crowd that ever at
tended the Southwest Washington fai
swarmed through the gates Frida!
afternoon after business had beef
\ suspended for the day in the twill
2 cities, that being Chehalis-C entrali;
D day.
E The newly opened cannery at thu
state prison at Walla Walla is turning
, out local products rapidly, all O
which will be used in the various STATE
institutions this winter. Most of thu
i, products were raised on the prison
:, farm
I Airplane travel promises more swift