White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-08-02

result that imports and exports show
a decided gain in both tonnage and
monetary value over the same period
Of time last year.
Two women prisoners, Mrs. w. H.
Mason and Mrs. Cora w. White, who
had been placed in the county jail at
Kelso by Sheriff G. B. Dill to accom-.
modate the Kelso police, who have no
place to imprison women, set fire to
the bedding in the women's. ward after
damaging the plumbing and doing
other damage.
The prune harvest this year will be
about ten days late, w. H. Wood, man
ager of the Washington Growers
Packing association, said recently, and
will not start until about the middle
Of September. This, growers believe,
will be an advantage as the first rains
will be over by that time and the
weather will be favorable.
The Battle Ground Cooperative
cheese factory has mailed $16,S64.5O,
covering the balance due the last Is
days of June, to their patrons. The
concern pays twice a month. The
total amount paid their patrons for
milk was $20,630.83, the difference be-
ing for haulage, feed and cheese pur
chased during the 15-day period.
Rental of quarters in other buildings
as courthouse annex" was consid.
cred by the Yakima county commits.
sioners, to bring together offices now
located in various quarters outside of
the courthouse, and other offices
which it may be necessary to house
elsewhere than in the county building
because of increasing congestion.
Pear and cherry trees in western
Jefferson county, north of Lake Quin-
ault, are being attacked by pear tree
slugs, according to word brought to
the county agriculturist's office in
Montesano by George Lanphere, upper
Quinault rancher. Lanphere states
that several trees belonging to his
neighbor, L. L. Clark, have already
been killed.
A program for the expenditure of
about $1,25OO00 which Clark county
will roooivo II, ton uaorc for Wood h,,iJd.
ing under the farm-to-market act is
being worked out by the county COM
missioners and Engineer Deako. The
first years allotment to Clark county
will be more than 100000. The money
is being raised by an additional cent
a gallon tax on gasoline.
In the last year the horse and mule
population on farms in Walla Walla
county has shrunk 1900, and the value
of gas-powered and other machinery
on the farms has increased $4,000,
according to figures made public by
County Assessor j. l.. Riley. There
are 4785 work horses and 41O5 mules
on the farms now, and one year ago
there were 1900 more horses and 700
more mules.
Articifia1 propagation of oysters in
Willapa harbor is assured of success
because of recently completed expert
ments which prove that the oyster
"seed" may be developed and grown in
tanks, according to officials of the
Bay Point Oyster company, now en-
gagged in the oyster business on the
harbor. The success of experiments
paves the way for untold expansion
of the industry, they claim.
The White Swan State bank near
Yakima, with deposits under $4,000
and capitalization of $4,000 closed
it's doors recently. G. S. Moody, as
sistant state bank supervisor, who ar
rived to take charge of the assets
said business in the district was in
sufficient to support the bank, found
ed about 10 years ago. He said the
first payment to depositors would be
made in about four months.
An unexplained explosion in the dy
namo room of the Hillview Single
mill at Montesano trapped Nick vi
dich, Waterman, in the wood room and
away from the whistle so that it was
necessary for him to jump through a
window and go through the adjacent
field back to the road before he could
spread the alarm. The loss is estt-
mated at about $65,OO0, including the
mill kiln and more than 100000
shingles ready for shipment.
Razing of Camas' second landmark
within a week was started recently,
when wrecking crew launched crow
bar activities on the old building erect
ed in 1885 at the corner of Fourth and
Clara streets. 1t was one Of the city's
first business houses. Occupied by
every type of establishment. from
saloon to hotel, the building was Is
years ago the scene of one Of Camas'
few Swallowing episodes, and in the
'90s, provided meeting place for the
William Jennings Bryan free silver
crusaders.
With 40-ton steam shovel and the
ruins of 26-foot county bridge at the
bottom of Toppenish creek five miles
south of Toppenish. all travel over