White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
William ]. Eggleston, charged with

at EV6TelLs ldSL july Wdo Aouhu 6uAAeJ
of second degree murder by a super
Tor court jury. Engstrom was shot In
the back after liquor party.
Announcement has been made OF
several additions to the equipment OF
the Longview plant Of the Pacific
Straw Paper & Board company, which
will provide a means of enlarging the
output Of the factory and increase the
variety Of products.
Peter Wallerich and Glenn Reeves,
president and cashier Of the North
Pacific bank of South Tacoma, have
been acquitted on charges OF having
bribed Harry C. Johnson, state super
visor of banking, with S3260 to keep
out competing banks.
Fire starting from the chimney
burned to the ground the home OF +.
s. Drewfs on Prune hill, one mile
northwest OF Camas. Mr.. Drewfs was
badly burned about the head and arms
in an unsuccessful attempt to save
some of the furnishings.
Mrs. ]. A. Keener suffered broken
leg while she was canning peaches
at her home In Walla Walla. She slip
ped on a peeling which had fallen on
the floor. A neighbor some time later
heard her moaning and Investigated.
The Centralia city commission has
adopted resolution designating Off
GERS and polling places for special
election September 80. when bond
Issue of $65O,OO0 for the construction
Of Centralias hydroelectric plant on
the Nisqually river will be voted on.
Otis Hesen, Jr. 10, ex-high school
athlete of Raymond, was the hero OF
spectacular rescue that saved Jack
Hynes, 10, son Of ]. M. Hynes, Ray
mond's chief Of police, from drown
| ing. The boy had been knocked Off
the tug Sunset by an overhanging
cable.
| Gathering Of seed cones from fir,
hemlock and spruce trees in the Spirit
lake and upper Toutle river section is
quite an industry this year. About 40
persons are engaged in the work.
The cones are sold to the LongBell
Lumber company for their nursery at
Ryderwood.
A report of the road and transpor-
tation committee Of the Hoquam
chamber of commerce recommended
that the committee visit the new
Olympic highway from Clearwater
north and investigate the ACCESSIBILITY
Of construction Of turnouts for park
ing space.
Relatives arrived at Walla Walla
bringing the body of Arthur Hitler, AZ,
who died in hospital at Kamloops,
B. c., Of lockjaw. Hitler spent his
boyhood and was educated at Walla
Walla. He had been working in a
garage at Williams Lake, B. c., and
broke his thumb and infection set in.
A narrowing tale Of how she had
edged herself inch by inch along the
slippery side Of log in Samanish
slough, Lake Washington, and finally
managed to drag her number and al
most paralyzed body ashore after she
had been given up for dead by the
Seattle authorities, was told by Miss
Marguerite Fitzimmons, a school.
teacher.
An unusually large blast set off on
the North Bank highway east of Stew
enson, threw large rock, weighing
about 500 pounds, and demolished the
Charles Sweeney home. 1t drove
through two stories and basement
and imbedded itself four feet in the
ground. The family had been removed
to safe place.
Fred Young and his wife, Anna
Young, were arraigned before Judge
Kirby at Longview on charges of
matchmaking and entered pleas Of
guilty. Prosecuting Attorney Hallin
recommended leniency, stating that
they had agreed to make full restitu
ton to Frank Gabel Of The Dalles,
Or, the complainant.
With his destination only few
hundred yards away after a 65-mile
trip with load Of nearly five tons OF
gravel for concrete bridge In the
Naches pass highway, Sumner Whit.
ney Of Wapato, %, was killed instant
ly when his machine rolled over q
bank. Tracks Indicated that the young
man fell asleep at the wheel.
Governor Hartley has moved to
spare Washington from growing
menace of forest fires. In an appeal
through newspapers, the governor adj
vised loggers to suspend operations
called on the peopIe 10 refrain from
starting clearing fires, and requested
tourists to cooperate with forestry
officials. The governor also issued
an official order to close Kittitas coun
ty to hunters. Various watersheds
and parts of state and national parks
have been closed throughout western
Washington.
-Four major forest fires, following
several days OF low humidity, are re-
ported in western Washington The
deserted "Ghost Town" OF Tye at the
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