White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-22

DR.. w. 3. Park, commandant of tn
United States veterans hospital a
Walla Walla, was informed by DR.
John w. Summers, congressional rep
. resentative, that construction Of {
, long-needed infirmary at the hospita
will be started about September /.
The roundup of cattle preparation!
to the first marketing of beef moving
OF stock to summer range near Noun
Adams, has been started by cattle
men in the Camas Prairie section
: Herds are pastured on the hills neal
the Big Klickitat river in the spring
Officials of the Yakima Humane so
ciety voiced strong condemnation o.
the sealing of Yakima horned toaG
in the cornerstone of warehouse al
Beach. can inhuman and barbarous
example of moron cruelty" DR.. M. G
Ramaley, president of the society
said.
Reduction of SO 1-3 per cent in the
rate of industrial insurance for the
fruit industry and operators of fruit
warehouses has been granted by the
state industrial accident commission
according to information received by
the Yakima Valley Traffic and Credit
association.
Demand for irrigation water on the
Wapato project during the month of
May, set a new high record, accord
ing to L. M. Holt, district supervising
engineer for the United States Indian
irrigation service. There was total
of 120,00O-acre feet diverted for $4,000
acres of land.
Five hundred and fifty-seven COWS
were tested in the Cowlitz County
Dairy Herd Improvement association
during May, averaging 1892 pounds
of milk and 1921 pounds of butter
fat. Eighty-five COWS produced over
so pounds of butterfat and 2O8 pro-
duced over 40 pounds.
The Cowlitz county board Of educa-
ton will adopt arithmetic textbooks
for grades three to eight, inclusive,
and geography textbooks for grades
four to eight, inclusive, Friday. The
adoptions will be for five years for
districts outside of incorporated cities,
which, as a rule, make the same adop-
tions.
Growing grain in the Goodhue Hills
section and Sundale localities along
the Columbia river in Klickitat coun.
ty matured rapidly during the hot
weather in May and some damage was
reported by hot east winds. Harvest
ing operations will begin early this
year and an exceptionally good yield
is Locked for IN the e, 70. locality.
After Hollis Bryan, Sc, had stood
staring out Of his window in Seattle,
for several hours, neighbours decided
something was wrong, called police
and then discovered he was dead.
Coroner Jones said Bryan died of
heart disease while standing, remain
ing in that position due to lack of
reflex action ef the nerves. 49,.
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Clarence Glenn, manager of the
Grays Harbor Cooperative Egg asso-
citation at Aberdeen, has been awarded
certificate of special merit by Wash
ington state college. Mr.. Glenn receiv-
ed the award last week at the state
college commencement exercises for
his work in building up the egg and
poultry industry in Grays Harbor
county. - ~; ~: ssa'"
The Olympic Construction company
of Longview will complete laying
pavement on the st. Johns-Manor
road in Clark county about August Is,
County Engineer Deako said. Work
was started 1900 feet north of Salmon
creek and the crew has completed
nearly two miles towards Vancouver.
About 800 feet of concrete pavement
10 feet wide, are being laid daily.
The tunnel for Aberdeen's $1,6OO,-
900 industrial water system from the
Wynooche river is now about two
thirds complete. More than 10000
feet of the bore has been finished.
Two sections of 5000 feet have been
completed and the hard rock crews
of the Seims-C Carlson company of Spo-
kane, contractors in charge, are now
concentrating on the final wall ha-
tween shaft No. and the outlet at
VanWinkle creek.
According to reports from Hoquiam,
the "blueback," or Quinault salmon
run has fallen far short of the expec-
tations of Indian fishermen on the
lower Quinault river and shows little
sign of Strengthening before the end
of the season. But few fish are being
taken each day and packers and fish
ermen alike will suffer, it is said.
The price Of 85 cents per fish, the
highest ever offered, is expected to
prevail until the end of the run.
Directors of the Centralia chamber
of commerce last week voted to spon-
sor one Of the events in the air circus
to be held in Centralia August 9 in
connection with the annual depart
ment convention of the American
Legion.
An effort by civic and business or
CARNATIONS of Hoquiam and Aberdeen