White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-27

IdVOrlng Tue Improvement OF the Cot
tonwood road to the Blue mountains
for use Of campers and to make It
easier for forestry men to reach the
hills and fight fires.
The Longview Public Service COM
pany has been granted a permit by
the interstate commerce commission
for the operation Of bus service be-
tween Longview and Rainier, Or, over
the Longview Columbia river bridge,
which is now nearing completion.
John Nathan Hatfield, 81, who
fought Indians, storms and starvation
during the great "Oregon movement"
of 1859 to reach Salem, died at Spo-
kane last week. He had been resi-
dent of Washington nearly go years,
having settled on land near Waits
burg.
H. H. Eickhoff, head Of the Eickhoff
food products corporation, stated that
5000 acres of land in the Walla Walla
district have been plowed for planting
of beans next year and added that his
company will stay in the field until it
proves that beans can be grown prof
itably.
Bellingham and other Puget Sound
districts outside Of Seattle are looking
forward to a reduction in lighting
rates, following an announcement of
the Puget Sound Power & Light COM
pany. The cuts are to be effective
March /, according to A. w. Leonard;
| president.
L. Brophy of the United States air.
port engineering staff was at Castle
Rock recently assisting Ellsworth
Price, air transport weather observer
at Castle Rock, in installing and adj
justing a ceiling light" to be used
| in connection with the Castle Rock
airway station.
The run of steelheads, which usual
ly is well under way at this time Of
the year;shas been very light so far.
Commercial taking of this fish is not
permitted in waters other than Indian
reserves until January IL. Quinault
and Queets Indians have been taking
about a ton a day.
Prunes sent to market from the
Walla Walla district and others in
the northwest must be properly ma
tured in order to bring repeat orders,
F. e. Mojonnier of the Walla Walla
Hothouse Vegetable company stated
on his return from a 67-day trip to
eastern and other market points.
Concrete construction on the Ocean
Beach highway bridge across Coal
creek, west Of Longview, has been
completed and grayeling of stretches
between Longview and Stella will re-
| quire only about six more days, &C
cording to Pat Winston, in charge of
the graveling crew. The highway
then will be ready for use to Stella.
Importance of the poultry industry
in Clark county may be gagged by
the fact that more than carload Of
eggs week are being shipped from
Vancouver by the Washington Coop
erative Egg and Poultry association
and part Of the membership through
the Woodland branch, Manager Wheel
er stated. A car holds 600 cases, or
$4,000 dozen.
Millions of feet Of logs brought
down the Cowlitz river as a result of
the recent rains are damned in the
stream at Rocky point where the Sill
yer Lake Railway and Lumber COM
pany has sheer boom. The COM
from the jam into the boom and no
loss of logs is expected as the river
is now stationary.
| Miss Gladys Dodge of Silver. lake,
Cowlitz county entrant in the lation-
| al health contest for All club mem
bers at Chicago, had the distinction
of being among the eight girls from
whom the winner was selected, DIR.
| s. 3. Nelson, director of extension
for Washington State college, advised
Kelso recently. Her exact ranking
| has not been learned.
Clearwater people were without any
means of transporting cars across the
| Queets river for two days last week
as the result of the freshet Of Friday.
A ferry has since been put into serv-
ice. Many persons from the district,