White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-03

Graham recently pulled his eighth
steelhead salmon in two days from
the "big hole" in Mill creek, near fire
station No. 2, within few blocks Of
the center of town.
Wreckers are demolishing the old
| First Christian church building at
Kelso which served that congregation
for 40 years It originally stood on
the city park site on Pacific avenue
and was moved to its present location
about Is years ago.
The sum of $4,000 set aside for a
survey of the Mount Adams loop high
way by the Indian affairs bureau will
be used instead for minor construc-
ton along the road, according to in
formation received by Representative
| Summers of Washington.
Rev. G. F. Trimble, who has been
superintendent Of the Oregon-Wash
ington Pythian home at Vancouver for
four years, has rendered his resigna-
ton to the board Of trustees, to be
effective June 80. Mr.. Trimble desires
to take UP other work, he said.
Contrary to the erroneous notion
that has become current around Mon
tesano, there has been no change in
the predatory animal bounty law, and
bounties will continue to be paid by
the several counties as before, accord
ing to County Auditor Campbell.
Waste discharges from the Grays
Harbor Pulp & Paper company's plant
in Hoquiam are binding, manning and
killing food and game fish in Grays
harbor, 3. S. Alvey, chairman of the
county game commission, charged in
statement issued at Aberdeen.
The largest apportionment for the
support Of Clark county schools, re-
ceiyed this school year, is being dis
tributed by County School Superin-
tendent Krebn. The total is $685.
254.38. The state contributed $685.
1884, and Clark county contributed
$42,516.34.
The power dam being built across
Lewis river, 38 miles from Vancouver,
by the Northwest Electric company,
will flood the cemetery at Ariel, and
SO bodies, some Of them buried 40
years ago, are being removed to new
cemetery III miles north of the Ariel
postoffice on county road.
The unusual circumstance of horse
crashing into an automobile occurred
in Longview recently. when mount
from riding academy, with Miss Ma
belle Griggs up, got beyond control
and collided with an automobile driven
by Mrs. John Bailey, wife of Police
Sergeant Bailey. The side of the car,
one fender and door handle were
damaged.
Don Phillips Of Seattle won the air
race to the Grandyiew airport from
Yakima. His time was ~ minutes,
| one minute faster than that of Don
Monroe, also of Seattle. Six planes
made the race and took part in the
performance put on after their arrival
| for the entertainment of big crowd
! from Grandview and adjacent country
at the dedication of Grandview airport.
Large catches of the famous blue.
black salmon, Quinault river salmon,
are reported by Indians Of the Quin.
ault reservation, according to w. B.
Sans, Indian agent. The season opened
a few days ago, and Taholah Indians
report the catches so far this season
as far above those Of several years
past, and that the run this season
promises to be one of the largest in
history.
Sam Birch, London, England, called
Frank Stubbs, Yakima, by phone re-
Gently. Hello, Stubs, this is Lon.
don," said Birch. 1--WE want $65O,OO0
worth of those Yakima apples" Cali
right, I'll send you 400 cars" said
Stubbs. The contract covers three
years for Jonathans, Winesaps and
Newtowns and some Winter Nelis
pears. A $4,000 cash payment is to
be made May /.
Packing plants and canneries at
Vancouver are being prepared to han
die one of the largest fruit crops ever
grown in Clark county as bumper
crops of pears, prunes and strawber-
ries are predicted by fruit experts.
Cane berries have produced below nor
NAL for the last two years but are in
fine condition this year, and fair
yield of blackberries, loganberries and
raspberries is expected.
A general reduction in rates to home
commercial and retail light and power
consumers was announced before the
Aberdeen council by W. w. Briggs,
ice-presfdent and general manager OF
the Grays Harbor Railway & Light
company. The new rates, which pro-
vide for service as low as TX cents a
kilowatt hour, are said to make Ger
tain classes of service lower here than
in any community Of similar size in
the country.
Richard Lytel of Yakima, Junior in
the college Of fine arts at the Uni
versity of Washington, has been
awarded the Fontainbleau scholarship