White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-06

versary at Walla Walla, as member
of the bar. He has been prominent In
Washington legal and political life
throughout that entire period.
The 10th semi-annual convention Of
district association No. Of Odd Eel.
lows, comprised of 16 lodges in Clark.
Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties, was
held at Zelda, few miles southeast
Of Ridgefield, last Saturday.
Skamania county game officials will
feed deer in big game preserves de.
vastated by forest fires this year. A
supply of hay will be taken to head.
quarters of the Washougal river be-
fore winter SHOWS blockade roads.
Owing to an oversight of the last
legislature Washington state college
will not be able to erect new buildings
during the next two years. The legis-
lature appropriated $2,119.6S6 for oper-
atoms but nothing for capital outlay.
The Washington Boxed Apple Blu
reau has authorized the advertising
committee to expend $4,000 for adyer-
Using exclusive of the Christmas cam
paign. Further advertising will be
conditioned on the collection of more
funds.
AS the result of cruise made dur.
ing the past two years double the
amount Of standing timber in Yakima
county will be put on the tax roll.
The cruise shows 615,441,000 feet OF
timber as compared with 3O8,703,000
now on the roll.
Discussing the general scarcity of
water throughout the state, Supervisor
Bartholet reports that even the gla-
ciers on the upper reaches of the
Methow river have disappeared, for
the first time since white men came
into the country.
Remarkable results have been OBJ
tanned by j. G. Hansen of Ahtanum
with new variety Of oats. The yield
was $50 bushels to the acre from land
that had never before produced more
than 100 bushels. The variety is
known as the Kama.
The county commissioners of Ben
ton county have Cancelled taxes on
22,467 acres of irrigation district lands
for the reason that irrigation districts
are not taxable. The lands have a
valuation of $20O, $3.50 and the Cancelled
taxes amounted to $9156.
Yakima will have the annual meet
ing Of the Washington state farm bu-
reau, probably on January 30 and 81
and February 1, and the headquarters
of the organization before that date
probably will be located there. accord
ing to officials of the organization.
Construction of the Aurora-avenue
bridge in Seattle, which is to span
Lake Union, and which will cost be-
tween 100000 and $5,000,000, was
assured when the state department
of highways awarded contract for
two water piers and two anchor piers.
| Garage and service station men
were warned recently by w. g. Cole
man, Walla Walla prosecuting attor-
ney, to discontinue the practice of is
suing tickets for gasoline which can
be redeemed for blankets, the action
being in violation of the trading stamp
law of the state, he said.
| An acute shortage Of water in the
Camas Prairie mountain farming dis
trict near the base Of Mount Adams
in western Klickitat county is causing
a serious problem for stockmen in the
locality. Wells on many ranches have
gone dry and cattle are being driven
many miles daily for watering in the
| streams.
The new automobile stage route on
the Vancouver-Yacolt line has been
changed, and now reaches Yacolt by
going northeastern the Heisson bridge
over the east fork of Lewis river. The
route is the main line travelling via
Fargher Lake and Amboy to Yacolt,
farthest north incorporated town in
Clark county.
Four persons were injured by ex-
| plosion of ammonia fumes in the en-.
CINE room of the Horticultural Union
cold storage plant at Wapato. The
explosion came when an electric
switch was opened to shut down the
compressor engine. The blast tore
out one wall of the engine room, and
second explosion was followed by
fire, which Wapato firemen extin-
guished quickly.
A total of 1924 automobile licenses
were issued in Clark county this year,
compared with 1908 vast year, a gain
of 1878. Licenses for 1890 were avail
able at the auditors office the first
Of the week, and all motor vehicles
must have new licenses by January l.
Auditor Stretching will continue his
policy Of collecting licenses outside
Of Vancouver and will start December
at Washougal. One or more days
will be spent in each town in the coun-
ty where there is bank.
Plans for the unwilling of monu
ment on the Whitman college campus