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

organized a 100000 corporation to
equip an airplane factory and operate
an airmail route from Seattle to Jun.
eau, Alaska A survey of the proposed
route will be made in March.
A force of 1926 men was put to work
at Everett last week when the Eclipse
lumber mill resumed operations after
having been closed down for several
weeks. The mill will run day and
night shifts on six-day week.
The Lambs club of Spokane played
five-hole golf match last week on
the ice at Liberty lake, the first time
this has been done, either in the Unit.
ed States or abroad. Golfers were
carried to the lake by airplane.
William Ewing. 33, son OF a prom.
inent Skagit county farmer, is under
arrest at Sedro Woolley charged with
being the owner of the elaborate moon.
shining outfit from which bonded Ii.
quor" was being manufactured.
Cowlitz county logging operations
were suspended last week and mills of
the Kelso vicinity were shut down be.
cause of the heavy fall of snow Satur.
day and Sunday. More than 5000 men
were idle awaiting warmer weather.
Wenatchee is going to have an H.
story modern hotel, costing at least
100000, it was definitely announced
by the West Coast Hotel company,
which has received a charter follow
ing the filing of articles of incorpora-
tion at Olympia.
County Agent lett of Wahkiakum
county conducted demonstration of
blasting powder on Puget island, op-
posite Cathlamet. recently. A large
group of farmers attended the demon
stration on the WILDLY farm. Two
kinds of powders were demonstrated
the grange powder and giant powder.
An appropriation of 100000 for work
on the Baker lake road will be sought
by Skagit county, following action by
the county commissioners, who have
sent petition to the state highway
committee. Federal officials have al
ready promised to expend 100000, pro-
viding like amount will be given by
the state.
The Whitman-Latah Fair association
is in it's best financial condition since
the inception of the bi-county exposi.
ton, it was brought out at the annual
meeting of the directors at Garfield.
The annual secretarys report was
read and showed the fair enjoyed
larger patronage this last fall than
for any previous year.
Father John Eagan, priest Of the
Roman Catholic church at Vancouver,
was robbed of $500, the collection for
the day, by an armed man who called
at the rectory. After obtaining the
money the robber locked Father Eagan
and his housekeeper in the office and
fled in an automobile, leaving behind
.3S-caliber revolver.
One-half million baby chicks will be
Matched in Skagit county during the
present Matching season, according to
a checkup made at various hatcheries
recently. At the Washington Coopera-
tive Chick associations hatchery at
Mount Vernon, 10000 chicks will be
Matched, while at the Murdey hatchery
$4,000 eggs will be placed in the incu.
bators.
Mrs. Clara McCarty Wilt, first grad
uate Of the University of Washington,
died at Tacoma recently at the age of
II. She was born at Steilacoom in
1858 and was the only graduate of the
class of 1876 from the state university.
She was also the first woman to be
superintendent of schools in Pierce
county and she brought the first type
writer to Tacoma.
The last surviving widow of Chief
Joseph, Indian warrior and leader of
the red rebellion that ended in 1882
with the surrender of Joseph and his
followers to General Howard, died at
Nespelem on the Colville reservation,
it was reported at Wenatchee. Her
name was "Wah-Win-Ti Yah-Le-Ka-
Set" and she was reputed to have at
tanned an age exceeding the century
mark.
Enough Cowlitz county dairymen
have signed for membership in the
Cowlitz County Dairy Herd Improve
ment association to insure the contin-
uance of the work for next year, the
majority of this years members sign.
ing for the coming year. The COWS of
the association are known to average
considerably more in butterfat produc.
ton than those that are not tested
through the association. 1t has been
found that a minimum of 300 pounds
of butterfat per cow is necessary for
a profit, reports of George Hoyer, test.
er for the association, disclosed.
Construction of toll bridge, esti.
mated to cost S10,OOO,O0O, across Pu-
get sound at the Narrows in Tacoma,
| would he authorized Under a hill intro.