White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-10
Dunn & Henderson, who have a con.


months during the early summer, the
county engineer said.
The market train which will be in
Walla Walla May 10 will bring the
state college there on wheels, A. w.
Hasten, county agent, stated at the
weekly meeting of the chamber of
commerce recently. There will be six
full carloads of stock and farm prod
ucts, and the train will be an educa'
ton in itself, he stated.
Pear, prune and cherry growers will
suffer heavy loss If the cold rain con-
tinues several days, Chaplin A. Mills,
district horticultural inspector of
Clark county, said Recently. The trees
are in full bloom and week of good
weather would insure good crop, but
the yield will be reduced materially
If the rain continues for ten days.
One person was killed and two in.
jured seriously in Vancouver in April,
according to the report Of Police In
spector Thompson. Fifty-seven men
were arrested, fines and costs imposed
in police court totaled $7O4, IL automo.
biles were reported stolen here and
ten automobiles were recovered by po.
lice. Lodging was given to 1T men.
Growth of all vegetation is slow this
year, and farm work is at a standstill
because of rain, farmers report from
all sections of Clark county. The sea-
son is latest in several years, and few
locally grown vegetables are reaching
the market. Spring blowing is in
progress on the highlands, but low
lands cannot be worked until the
ground dries.
The tiny seed Tokepoint oysters
planted in Willapa harbor March ~
by the Bay Point Oyster company, al
ready have had surprising growth,
samples displayed at Aberdeen show.
The seeds, smaller than an adults
little fingernail, have reached size
of an inch or more and should be at
least three inches in length by the fall,
it was stated.
The bureau of lighthouses Of the
department of commerce unofficially
has signified approval Of the proposed
plan to establish an airport at Low
Divide near HoQuiam. Officials state
that they believe the proposed airport
would have considerable value for
planes, but explained that the depart
ment could not condition the field, as
it's work was limited to fields on reg.
ular anyways.
The BogachieLHoh link of the Olym-
pic highway, the northern part of the
unfinished gap in the peninsula loop,
will be finished by fall, according to
George H. Northrup, Jefferson county
legislator, who made a tour of the
right-of-way last week. All but about
three miles Of grubbing and grading
has been completed, and work is be-
ing rushed to finish the grade to the
north shore of the Hob river.
A gross of $1,OOO,OOO was paid out
to members of the Winlock station of
the Washington Cooperative Egg &
Poultry association for eggs during the
year 1928, according to George w.
Heyworth, manager. Sales Of feed to
members aggregated 100000. In ad-
dition to money received for eggs, the
members disposed Of $4,000 worth of
broilers and hens. The Winlock sta
ton employs from rs to 125 people.
Oregon and Washington state Off
Gals, together with business interests
that operate delivery trucks on inter-
state routes, met in Olympia May Z
in an effort to work out an agreement
under which trucks may go from one
state to the other without paying Ii
cense fees in two states. The confer
ence strove to make satisfactory
Interpretation of conflicting laws that
were passed by the recent legislatures.
Some of Washington's state parks
will be opened under private manage
ment, while some will be kept closed
as the result of Governor Hartley's
veto of an appropriation Of $15O,O0O
for maintenance of the states 20
parks. The state parks commission
has so decided. With no money avail
able for salaries, Harry Young, super
intendent of parks handed his resigna-
ton to Chairman Savidge, which was
accepted.
Lemuel Hershe1 worked all last year
on Selah ranch, saved his money
and banked it in his pocket until he
had $500. Then he resolved to resign,
burn his old clothes, buy second
hand car and travel After burning
| the old clothes and DOMINIC new he
| discovered that he had forgotten to
remove his roll from the pocket Of the
overalls he had burned. He. abandoned
his tourist plans, got his old job back
and resumed work.
The value of buildings in Vancou-
yer for which permits were issued in
April, totaled $1O2,125, as compared
with SS1,910 for permits issued in
April, 1928. Nearly all of the permits
were for new residences, as the value
of repair work was only S2360.