White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-11-01

and Mrs. Everett R. Small In Yakima.
The death of Norma Small, aged 8.
came just about two weeks after the
passing of her sister Helen. Physi-
clans have been unable to trace the
source of the infection.
Members of the Washington dele
CATION in congress hold out little hope
for additional assistance in fighting
the wire worm pest. The petition OF
the Yakima chamber Of commerce for
such assistance, however, has been
put before the proper committees and
the department of agriculture.
County commissioners of Walla
Walla Walla county, in session re-
Gently, took no steps to rebuild the
two cattle buildings destroyed by fire
at the fair grounds, stating 1t will be
many months before they are needed
and the work can be done next spring.
The loss is about $4,000, and there was
$4,000 insurance.
A general construction contract was
awarded to the Fulton Construction
company of Ellensburg for the cree
tion Of one-story modern clinic for
doctors. The structure is to contain
IS rooms, deliberately equipped and to
be of modernistic design. Work is to
start Immediately with completion set
for early spring.
A crew Of 1926 persons is employed
at the Chehalis cannery by the Ma
tional Fruit Canning company of Sc
attic, which is operating the plant on
a pack of apples. It is expected to
can between so and 60 carloads Of ap-
pies during the next six weeks, the
fruit being shipped to Chehalis from
the Wenatcfee district.
In meeting of the Washington
State Chamber of Commerce irriga-
ton district commission in Sunnyside,
conditions of the districts of the state
were reviewed and the procedure to
be followed in an investigation out
lined. A check was made of the 100
districts in the state and only 25 were
found to be in financial trouble.
Formation Of the North Pacific
Grain Growers Cooperative associa-
ton, planned to enable wheat growers
of Washington, Oregon and Idaho to
gain benefits under the federal agri-
cultural marketing act and the fed
eral farm board, entered its final
stage in two-day meeting of the or
ganization committee in Walla Walla
recently.
Fatal injury of Louis Birkell, II, in
an argument over radio interference
with young neighbor was revealed
in Seattle with the death of Birkel at
q Seattle hospital. AS the result of
the alteration Emerson Price, a.
| year-old neighbor, who was said to
have struck young Birkel, was ordered
held for the coroner's office by Cor
oner Jones.
All records for the season were
broken recently when $40 cars of ap-
pies were shipped out Of the Wenat-
chez district, making $500 cars for
the season. OF these 5,517 went out
during the first twenty-three days of
October. Five cars of pears also were
shipped, making 721 cars for the sea-
son, also one mixed car, making III
for the season.
DR.. M. D. Showalter, state superin-
tendent Of public instruction, and
Professor w. r. Davis of Whitman
college will be the principal speakers
for the joint institute Of Clark and
Cowlitz county teachers at the Long
view high school November Is. The
teachers of Wahkiakum and Skaman-
ia counties have been invited to at
tend the sessions.
District Horticultural. Inspector
George T. Mcfarland of Chehalis has
practically completed his inspection
Of the 1929 cranberry harvest in the
Willapa and Grays Harbor districts.
The crop from the Willapa Harbor
boys is estimated at 21,000 boxes and
that of Graylands at 5000 boxes. The
yield is about one-half that for 1928
but the quality is excellent.
The Hillyard shops of the Great
Northern railway will construct 1906
new steel underframe boxcars, begin
ming January /, general offices II
Spokane have announced. The Grea
Northern also has begun the erection
of new boiler shop that is expected
to provide quarters for construction
of boilers for six new locomotives t.
be built at Hillyard next year.
Driven forward by a heavy wind
forest fire threatened the mountain
: village of Gold Bar, but died out jus
, before reaching the town. The east
bound oriental limited, Great North
ern railway passenger train, was he'll
up by the blaze. A bridge at Devil
Elbow, on the Stevens pass highway
burned, blocking all traffic over tn
pass. Approximately 400 men wer
J. fighting the flames.
!. The Clark county green prune GRO
was below normal this year but weatl
q er conditions were favorable, and vii
!. tually the entire crop was saved an
the weld Of dried fruit was about u