White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-04-26

buttons from the enlisted men. It Is
for children of the military population,
of whom there are 200.
| No early potatoes have been planted
IN Clark county this year and local
new potatoes will not be ready for
| market before August, Charles H.
Greedy, potato grower and buyer, said
recently. Despite light crop farm
ers will not be able to dispose Of their
1923 surplus, and a smaller acreage
will be planted this year.
Superintendent Fenby Of Rainier ma
tional park has promised the Yakima
| chamber of commerce to investigate
locations for bridge across the upper
Naches river, and If conditions justify
will include a recommendation in his
next budget that bridge be built.
| The improvement is desired by the
Naches Recreational association.
/ During the first IA shipping days
of April, 1888 cars of apples of the
1928 crop were shipped from Wenat-
chez, bringing seasonal shipments to
21,OO0 cars. If the same rate is main
tanned for the remainder of the month
about 700 cars will be moved, leaving
$50 cars in storage May /, Bert Baker,
| traffic association secretary, declared.
To raise funds to meet city water
fund warrants, the Yakima city COM
mission took initial steps toward pas
sage of an ordinance for the issue Of
| $4,000 in city bonds, which will be
advertised and sold to the highest bid
der The bond issue will increase the
city's Indebtedness to $1,287,300, as
against an assessed valuation of $751;
674,96O.
Aberdeen's $1,000,000 Industrial
water system is ready for business.
Finishing touches were put on by the
builders on the various units of the
system. Seims & Carlson, Spokane
contractors, who dug a three-mile tun-
mel for the pipe, have withdrawn their
crews and are now moving equipment
out. The system is ready now to de-
liver 100000 gallons daily.
The Woodland service club, with
"a men attending the meeting, refused
the proposal Of the Cowlitz county
commissioners to sell the county fair
| grounds at Woodland to the town of
| Woodland for 81. Members declared
that the fair is and should be coun-
ty project and that if the county would
not undertake it's support Woodland
should not be asked to do so.
Shopping bags of new type, made
from heavy paper, cardboard and ply
wood are being turned out in quanti-
ties at Vancouver by a group which
has ordered a special $4,000 machine
and expects to produce $4,000 bags
a day within the next year. The bag
is said to be of exceptional strength,
yet light and durable. The output for
the last few months has been 500 a
day.
Children of the Jefferson school
district of Walla Walla face happy
summer. The city commission has
! ordered plans drawn for 40 by 60
foot wading pool at Dreamland park,
bids to be opened in two weeks. The
children formerly waded in a pool in
this park but the water was contain
mated and the pool was closed to
them. The new one will be fed by
city water.
The doors of the American Security
bank in Vancouver were closed recent.
ly and the bank is now in the hands
of the state banking department for
liquidation. According to G. S. Moody,
assistant state director of banking, the
banks reserve was below the legal
limit and the assets are of such a
character as to preclude realizing a
sufficient sum to bring the reserve up
within reasonable time.
Coyotes have been unusually bold
this year in their attacks on lambing
flocks in the Grand Dalles district
along the Columbia river in central
Klickitat county, according to Leo F.
Bruno, who states that his losses from
the attacks of predatory animals have
been greater than for the past five
years. Bruno states that the beasts
pay no attention to scarecrows or to
light beacons, making it necessary to
corrall all sheep at night.
Another step in the construction OF
Centralia's million dollar hydro-elec
trio plant on the Nisqually river was
!; taken by the Centralia city commits
sion when the city clerk was instruct
ed to call for bids for the building OF
a 9k-mile ditch. The bids will be
opened May Z. The ditch will start
at point on the river near McKenna
and end at point near Yelm, where
J the reservoir and power plant will be
, located. The estimated cost of the
ditch is 100000.
5 Lester Pearne of White Swan has
been elected president Of the Indian
commercial club at Wapato, with Joe
Dan of Toppenish vice president, Miss
Ruth Holt of Toppenish secretary, and
William WINNER Of White Swan
3 treasurer.
Lewis county commissioners will