White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-08
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Mrs. Martha Rison. 20. Tumwater
resident since 1890, died recently.
Parents of the students won the
vaccination war at Bellingham when
1900 children failed to report to school.
Piles for the new big plant OF the
Consolidated Plywood & Lumber COM
pany at Aberdeen will be driven this
week.
Funeral services were held recently
at Chehalis for Mrs. Charlotte Sim
mons Koontz, 70, one of Washington's
Oldest residents.
Mrs. Mable Stevens, so years old,
was fatally burned at Seattle when
her clothing caught fire while she was
standing in front of a heater.
Winston Churchill, 2O-year-old Seat
tie messenger boy, was drowned when
he fell through the ice while skating
on Mud lake, five miles southeast OF
Renton.
Assets of the Bank of Colville, now
in process of liquidation, are found by
the receiver to total $SO9,24O, suffici-
ent to pay all depositors 100 cents on
the dollar.
Dividends totaling more than $4,000
were allotted during 1928 to the HOO
stockholders of Lewis-Pacific Dairy
mems association, with headquarters
at Chehalis.
John T. Casey, Seattle attorney, was
killed and nine passengers on Ia
coma-bound auto stage were injured
| in an accident on the highway near
Des Moines.
| Floyd Beverly II of Buena Vista was
killed instantly when his skull was
| crushed against the top Of heavy
door while his father was backing a
truck out of his garage.
| With $50 men on it's payroll, the
| Bellingham coal mine is producing
more coal than at any time in its his
| tory. 1t recently made record hoist
of 1920 tons in eight hours.
Stockholders of the Cowlitz-Clark
Dairymen's association are planning
the construction of a modern dairy
plant at Woodland, the present facili-
| ties being found inadequate.
| With 80 acres planted and an aver
age of 1925 tons to the acre, Martin
Martinsen, farming near Bellingham,
received returns of $4O42.35 this year
from his crop of sugar beets.
In addition to being president Of
the Washington Good Roads associa-
ton, Clifford L. Babcock of Tacoma
has been elected president of the
Washington Historical society.
Forced into ditch by hit-and-run
driver, Rodger Sheraton, IS, son OF
Frank Sheraton, president of the Sc
curity National bank at Everett, was
killed two miles east of Sultan.
l. G. Hockett of Lewiston, Idaho, has
arrived in Yakima to become president
of the Yakima gas plant, recently pur.
chased from the Pacific Power & Light
company by the Union Utilities, Inc.
Steady increase in Port Townsend
population has made the present
school accommodations far from ade-
quate and the school board is planning
to spend $4,000 for new buildings.
John Lopan, of Seattle, 3S, connect.
ed with the Pacific Coast Coal com
pany, is in critical condition as the
result of cave-in at the company's
Longview public schools remained
closed Thursday and did not resume
until Monday morning because of the
deep snow and hazardous condition of
the roads over which the school busses
travel.
Earl O. Myers, ex-marine of Spo.
kane, declared killed in action in
France 10 years ago, has appeared in
Spokane and is claiming $4,000 es.
tate left by Mrs Lucy A. Myers, his
mother.
The 1929 tulip festival will be held
on May 8, 10 and II, reported Presi'
dent j. K. Paxton, following cabinet
meeting. An industrial and auto show
is planned in connection with the fes
tival this year.
A $4,000 colonial brick house will
be built at Pullman this spring for the
state college chapter of Kappa Kappa
Gamma, national women's social
group, it was announced by Wilma
Scott, Ritzville, president. This will
be the seventh house built at Wash
ington state college during the last
few years by national sororities. The
new house is to be completed by Sep
TENDER 1.
Seattle started it's drive for $40,
100000 record-smashing building veal
by rolling up total of $3,0S5,910 tr
permits during January, according tt
figures compiled by the building de
partment at the close of business Jan
uary 81.
Game Warden Ziegler Of Skamania
county, who has launched campaign
against men who are alleged to be
killing deer in large numbers in the
forests along Wind river, arrested j