White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-10-05

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Youthful runaways are not the only
ones who have their trouble. So James
E. Carr, So, and Mrs. Jennie Mellquest,
IA, Bellingham residents, discovered
when they left numerous children and
grandchildren out Of the picture and
hurried to Seattle to be married.
An exceptionally heavy yield of red
clover seed is reported on the farm
of N. G. Nielsen, nea Adna. H. r.
Shoultes of Adna, who threshed the
seed, said the yield averaged 957
pounds to the acre from three acres,
this being the first seed crop taken
from the field.
The last carload of prunes intended
for the fresh market rolled east from
the Walla Walla valley recently. There
are still several carloads to go to can
neries in the Willamette valley and
to the dehydrator at Freewater and
some in the east to be sold. The crop
was about 1900 carloads.
The second mystery" explosion in
a week at Spokane rocked the entire
north side and brought calls to the
police and fire departments from all
over the city. Detective Captain Miles
announced the explosion was caused
by a bomb. Fragments Of the infer
nal machine were found.
Clark county dairy herds are re-
markably free from tuberculosis, &C
cording to DR.. ]. M. Smith, v%eterinar-
ian Of the United States bureau of
animal industry, who has been making
tuberculosis tests throughout the coun-
ty this summer. He is making the
first county wide test ever made in
this county.
Changed conditions for growing sea
sons, brought about by reverse eli
matte conditions, will cause apple
blossoms to mingle with snowflakes
instead of blooming with full fra
GRANGE late in the spring, If the &C.
ton of an apple tree owned by Will
liam Jebe at Glenwood, can be taken
as a criterion.
A warning was issued by the Yaki-
ma health department to boil all city
water for domestic consumption until
after the new city water plant is put
into service. Tests have shown &C.
casional contamination, the statement
said. The municipal plant is nearing
completion and water will be delivered
by 1t in a short time.
The prune packing plant Of the
Washington Growers Packing corpor-
alton at Vancouver started last week
as the first dried fruit Of the 1928 sea-
son was delivered from the driers. It
is impossible to estimate the tonnage
of dried prunes, but the pack will he
the lightest in nine years, w. H. Wood,
association manager, said.
Aborigines in the upper Columbia
river basin are busy garnering a sup.
ply of salmon for winter use at Indian
tribal fishing grounds along the Colum:
bia river. Indians on the Washington
shore outfit with supplies at Wishram.
Merchants at Wishram state that the
Indians report a steady and abundant
run of the silver horde this year.
A new municipal water supply for
Stanwood and East Stanwood is eon-
templated in an application filed with
Supervisor Of Hydraulics r. K. TIT.
fany by the Stanwood Water company,
The company is asking for five sec
ond feet from the flow Of springs tri
butary to Hat slough. The investment
ultimately will reach $4,000, accord
ing to the application.
The hunting season for Chinese
pheasants, blue grouse and Hungarian
cartridges opened in Clark county
Monday and will close October Is
Three Chinese pheasants, or three
blue grouse, or a mixed bag of three
birds, to which may be added three
Hungarian cartridges, is the daily bag
limit. The deer season also opened
Monday and will close October 81.
Gored by a Jersey bull, Robert L
Nash died at his ranch two miles
north of Riverside. Nash had gone tt
the pasture to shorten the animals
chain. A few minutes later his son
in-law, Wendell Morse, found hin
tangled in the chain, the infuriateG
bull still butting him. When Morse
endeavored to release the victim, the
bull attacked him, breaking three ribs
and badly bruising his arm and chest
The new Vancouver Junior higt
school was formally christened "tht
Shumway school," as a mark Of appre
citation of the long service, 33 years
OF G. w. Shumway, as city superin
tendent Of schools. The name in terrs
Gotta letters was unveiled, with brie
exercises conducted by E. j. Berry
chairman of the school board. Tit
building, which, with equipment, viii
cost $3.50, 900, will be occupied at mid
term.
Mems and women's wearing appare
was stolen at Vancouver from tn
Washington laundry at Vancouver b.
a thief who entered the building
through the chute used to receive bun
dies Of soiled clothing when the laun
dry Is closed.
The Three Rivers Service corpora