White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-22

struction of the building and contents,
about IS carloads Of apples. The loss
is estimated at 100000, fully covered
by insurance.
When a cowcatcher catches COW,
that is to be expected, but when. a
cowcatcher catches a cat, that's news.
When a Northern Pacific train pulled
into the repair shops at Spokane the
workmen found dead bobcat on that
part of the engine.
The Montesano Active club has or
dered lungmotor and gas mask to
be turned over to the care of the Mon
tesano volunteer fire department for
use in such emergencies as required
there. The funds for the purchase
were raised by the club by popular
subscription.
Rex Putnam, chief Of the Water
vile fire department. was elected
president of the Yakima Valley Fire
mems association. Captain ]. E.
Bunce Of the Yakima department was
elected vice-president, and Fred Swain,
Grandview, secretary-treasurer, at
recent meeting held in Yakima.
Awakened by smoke, Frank ]. Hess,
principal of the Machias school, ten
miles east of Everett, his wife and
baby and Mrs. Laura Wright were
driven into the snow and freezing
temperature, clad only in their night
clothes, by fire which destroyed
their home at midnight recently.
Winter corn husking bees are in
progress in the irrigated farming dis
trict of the lower Status creek valley
adjoining the eastern Klickitat county
wheat belt on the north. Lloyd Kelly
is husking shock fodder corn and high
grading the ears for seed. He expects
to have several tons of select seed.
Skating to radio music, with the
ice lighted by huge bonfire, was a
rare sport enjoyed at Longview re-
Gently by hundreds of local citizens,
both young and old. Lake Sacajawea
is frozen to depth Of between six
and seven inches and skating is being
given the preference Of other sports.
The entire school plant at Randle,
in eastern Lewis county, was Destroy
ed by fire Sunday night. The fire
was caused by an overheated furnace.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000,
mostly covered by insurance. Randle
is part of district 214, the largest con-
solidated school district in the United
States.
Plans are being made by the Long
view Chamber of Commerce to enter
tain the delegation of Louisiana bust
ness men who will make their first
annual business tour this summer I'M
| der the auspices of the Louisiana state
chamber of commerce. The special
train will make one of it's stops in
Longview.
Crews of the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company, who are working on the log
ging railway which the company is
building between the Coweeman and
South Toutle rivers, rs miles east of
Kelso, went into the woods last week
after having been idle for two weeks
on account Of the cold weather and
deep snow.
Farmers and fruit growers of Clark
county are finding some consolation
for the discomfort and inconvenience
of the cold weather, in the belief that
it will result in the destruction of ear
wigs and other insect pests and will
hold back the fruit buds and thus
lesson the danger of killing frosts and
cold rain during the blossom period.
A spectacular fire early Sunday
swept the big manufacturing plant
and box factory of the Biles-Coleman
Lumber company at Omak, with an
estimated loss of 100000. The flames
baffled all efforts of the fire depart
ments of Onak and Okanogan, who
confined their efforts toward saving
nearby warehouses and residences.
The Ridgeway two-room school
building, four miles west of Ellens-
burg, was destroyed by fire last week.
Mrs. Barnes, primary teacher, saw
the smoke and marshaled all her pu
pills into the hall for their wraps and
then out into the snow. Mrs. Fertig
the principal and upper grade teacher
also got her charges out safely. Men
passing in an automobile stopped and
J succeeded in removing two pianos
and the principals desk.
Shipments Of apples and pears
: grown in the White Salmon valley
fruit belt of western Klickitat county
and the Underwood fruit district il
Skamania county, will total 900 cars
, this year, against total of $50 cars
J for the 1927 pack, according to Roy
| Anthem, manager of the Underwood
Fruit and Warehouse company, who
: states that 365 carloads have already
} been shipped from the 1928 pack, with
: only rs cars of fruit remaining in colo
storage.
' Chief of Police Thomas Benton was
2 instructed by the Colfax city council
t last week to notify all merchants who