White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-26
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.


The Snohomish County Kennel club
will stage dog show as part Of the
North Pacific fair at Silver lake on
August 16 to 18.
The Kelso library board has under
consideration plans for new building
to house the city library, which has
outgrown its quarters.
Washington states six permanent
funds now hold s27,509.211. rejecting
a steady growth. according to the mid
annual report of the state treasurer.
Carrying passengers at cent a
pound proved popular at the CONNER
cial airport in Vancouver, and three
airplanes were busy for about five
hours.
Dan Morgan, Northern Pacific flag
man at Yakima. died of injuries he
received when he was hit by the en-
CINE of an incoming west-bound pas.
senger train.
When the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Boatsman near Onalaska was
burned recently each of them suffered
severe burns. But little Of their fur
nishings was saved.
The st. Francis hotel at Vancouver,
which was damaged by fire March
JIG, will be remodeled and opened as
q hotel this fall, ]. H. Bourn, who has
purchased the building, announces.
The 1929 summer camp of the Mt.
st. Helens council of Boy Scouts
opened at Lake Merrill recently with
more than 60 scouts from Cowlitz,
Clark and Skamania counties enrolled.
Walla Walla county commissioners
have authorized improvements at the
courthouse to cost between $4,000 and
$25OO, acting on suggestions Of Judge
John L. Sharpstein of the superior
court.
The new Pacific highway bridge
spanning the Kalama river, which has
been under construction for several
months by the Gilpin Construction
company, was opened to traffic last
week.
A new 20-inch water main extend
Ing from the reservoir in East Vancou-
yer to the main on Broadway at Thir-
teenth street has been completed,
and there will be no shortage Of water
nor curtailment of sprinkling this
year.
With two sawmills burned, third
threatned and valuable timber lands
and several homes menaced, every
available man in the Colville district
was being rushed to check fire rag
ing through the tinder-like forests east
of that town.
Following long delay for prepare
ton of plans and specifications, bids
have been called for the new high
school building at Morton. These will
be opened Thursday, July Is. Esti-
mated cost of the building is reported
to be around $4,000.
The first straight carload Of toma-
toes handled by the Walla Walla hot
house vegetable company was shipped
last week from the Freewater plant.
The quality of the crop was reported
excellent, with prices fair. About 100
carloads will move this summer.
A water system consisting of two
wells with electric pumps capable OF
lifting 1000 gallons of water minute
100000 gallon steel tank and com
plete distributing system is now II
operation in the old steel shipyard al
Vancouver, which is occupied by sew
eral industries. M
The midsummer picnic of the Wash
ington State Historical society will be
held at Lewis and Clark State park
IL miles southeast of Chehalis on the
Pacific highway, Saturday, July ~
During noon hour a picnic dinner viii
he enjoyed. General James M. Ashton
of Tacoma will give an address or
Lewis and Clark and their expedition