White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-01-25

shore of Lake Quinault set aside as
a state park. The area involved in
the proposal comprises some 900 acres
of the finest timber in that region.
Part of the machines at the plant Of
the Great West Hardwood Chair
Manufacturing company were started
In trial run and it is planned to have
the plant in operation soon, official an.
nounced. Twenty machines will be
used in shaping the wood for chairs.
Building construction in Kelso for
1928 made gain Of approximately
$4,000 over the preceding year, ac-
cording to w. H. Richardson, city engi-
valueneer and building inspector.
The value of 1928 construction was
S27S,6S9, compared to S1S2,913 in 1927.
The Introductory portion, four pages
long, of the biennial report of Mrs.
Jsephine Corliss Preston, retiring state
superintendent of public instruction,
was unnecessary, Governor Hartley
told her in a brief note and he in.
structed Jay Thomas, public printer,
to leave it out.
Fire destroyed the Jerry wheat stor-
age house, four miles south of Asotin.
The warehouse stands approximate.
ly 100 feet from the milling plant,
valued at 100000, but this was saved.
Loss to wheat and building was esti.
mated at $4,000. The cause of the
blaze has not been learned.
The sheriff of Lincoln county has
often been called to investigate bur.
glaries and catch the thieves, but re-
Gently they sprang new one on him.
J. S. Driscoll, Reardan merchant. said
that someone had entered his store
and returned drygoods, tobacco and
shoes that had been stolen from him,
but not missed.
Investigation of the rates charged
by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company to local patrons and move
ment to obtain 2 per cent gross
revenue tax on the company's bust
ness in Kelso, such as that which is
paid by the telephone company in
Longview, were initiated at the meet
ing of the Kelso club recently.
Possibility that within week a
drive for the establishment of ST.
| 100000 sugar beet factory at Spokane
would be started through contract of
5000 acres to be planted in beets to
feed the factory was revealed by M.
F. Mendenhall, former head of the
Mount Spokane Power company, at a
farmers luncheon in Spokane.
| Figures were shown at the annual
meeting of stockholders Of the Wash
ington Growers Packing corporation
in Vancouver by Manager w. H. Wood
that the corporation packed 874,171
pounds of prunes this year, despite a
light crop and the fact that the Wash
ington Gamers Cooperative handled
large quantity of green prunes.
The worlds largest chamber of com
merce banquet was held Wednesday
night when 4021 persons sat down te
tables scattered throughout the Inland
Empire. In order to meet the large
number of applications for seats at the
annual dinner, officials decided to
make it a radio affair over KHQ,
Spokane's highest powered radio sta
| ton.
The first fishing fleet base on Grays
harbor will be constructed in Hoquiam
Immediately by the city as the result
of action taken recently by the city
council. The haven will be financed
entirely by the city and will be main
tanned for the benefit of trollers who
wish to establish their headquarters
there during all except the active fish
ing periods.
The schools Of Grays Harbor coun
ty observed Wednesday, January 16
| the anniversary of the adoption of the
18th amendment to the constitution
of the United States, with programs
on temperance and good citizenship
| Mrs. Amanda Mathews, deputy coun
ty superintendent of schools, announc
ed. The day is set aside by law for
this purpose.
At the meeting of the tentative
Lewis County Izaak Walton league
chapter, held recently in the office
of County Game Warden Otto j
Beusch, the proposed constitution and
bylaws were adopted. Under the
plan, each of the eight chapters in
the county will have three representa-
tives in the organization. Another
meeting will be held February IL.
Cold weather, accompanied by low
hanging clouds and much frost in the
air, has been causing rural telephone
lines and power lines to sag and snap
in some parts of the Klickitat valley
wheat belt. Transmission lines of the
Pacific Power & Light company have
been broken down with ice coating
Company officials state that steel wire
will be extended where low hanging
clouds usually occur.
The annual report of Tom Casey
Walla Walla fire chief, filed with the
city commissioners, showed the total