White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-03-15

Both houses have passed the meas
ure providing for an additional one
cent gasoline tax to be used in the
construction of farm-to-market roads.
If this is approved by the governor.
the total gasoline tax in the state will
be cents.
Fishing licenses must be renewed
by those who want to fish for bass,
catfish and crappies, the Clark coun-
ty game commission announced, as the
1928 licenses expired March /. The
game fish season does not open until
April Is.
George Hallet, lieutenant in the
aviation section Of the army, with four
years of teaching and commercial fly
ing, will conduct flying school at
Kennewick. The landing field will be
built at once on land south Of the
city, recently purchased by the coun-
Gil.
James G. Newbegin, secretary-man-
ager of the Newbegin Lumber com
pany of Tacoma, and prominent Pa
cific northwest lumberman, was elect
ed mayor by the Tacoma city council
recently to succeed Melvin G. Ten
nent, whose resignation was accepted
February rs.
A few minor improvements and bet
terments will be made at the plant of
the Washington Growers cooperative
at Vancouver, but there will be no
enlargement this year, Manager Wood
stated. The plant will be overhauled
and put in shape for the opening Of
the berry season.
The Vancouver city council recent
ly approved an ordinance providing
for license fee of $3.50 year for each
truck operated by garbage collectors.
The work is open to all who pay the
license and comply with regulations
in the matter of providing dump out
side of city limits.
A new building being completed for
st. Mary's academy on Cowlitz prairie,
near Toledo, at a cost of 100000 will
be dedicated May 26. Bishop Edward
ODea of Seattle will deliver the dedi-
catory address. The annual closing eX-
ercises Of the academy will be held
in connection with the dedication.
At the quietest school election held
in Elma in many years voters of con-
solidated school district No. 118 of
Elma voted four mill tax levy for
the continuance of the music depart
ment of the schools. The measure was
opposed by nine with So in favor. The
levy was the only matter voted upon.
School district Sc, Walker school,
out in the Snake river district, near
Walla Wall, usually has heated school
elections and the recent one was no
exception. This year the election was
decisive, w. M. Evolt, Lou Shelter and
Ed Stone being declared 15-to-6 win
ners over Mrs. Kate Beeson, j. d.
Beard and r. l.. Brock.
BY vote of 534 to 145, voters of
Ellensburg consolidated school dis
trict recently authorized bond is
sue of $185,000 for the construction of
q new junior high school and the de-
velopment of adequate Fairgrounds.
In the new junior high school will be
an auditorium to seat 1900 people,
which will be the largest in the city.
The annual run of smelt which are
already in the Columbia river will
soon be on in the north and east forks
of Lewis river, few miles north Of
Ridgefield, according to local fisher
men who are anXiously waiting for
their arrival. Smelt now are being
taken by gill-netters in the Columbia
river, where thousands Of seagulls are
having feast.
The South Palouse river overflow
ed it's banks, the water crossing Main
street at the south end of Colfax and
flooding many buildings and base
ments. About SO men were employed
turning the water back into the
stream. Warm weather melting snow
and ice in the Spring Flat hills is caus
ing both the North and South Paloust
rivers to rise rapidly.
The trapping season for fur-bearint
animals which closed Friday, Marcel
/, was not profitable one in Cow
litz county and adjoining territory
The season was cut by six weeks com
pared with last year and for more thar
month the temperature was SO Low
that traps were frozen. AS a result
few of the trappers made large take
of pelts. There were 103 trappers
licenses issued in Cowlitz county TO
the year.
Prune growers are spraying an
pruning their orchards and the lin
and sulphur spray plant at Lake Shor
Is working to capacity to supply tn
demand. Cold weather is holding bacl
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