White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-05

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Surveying work for the proposed
Olympic railroad, to bebuilt jointly by
the Northern Pacific and Union Pa
cific, is nearing completion, according
to word brought to Aberdeen recently.
Two. Northern Pacific engineering
crews are finishing up the location
work.
The annual meeting Of the Lewis
and Clark Highway association was
held in Walla Walla, with delegates
in attendance from 16 cities in the In
land Empire. Question Of obtaining
money to complete the 53-mile gap in
the Selway national forest was dis
cussed.
DR.. Dwight Parish was selected by
the Clark county fair board to have
charge of the entertainment and musi-
cal features of the county fair to be
held at Bagley park near Vancouver.
A huge stage will be erected in order
to accommodate large chorus Of 10.
cal musical talent.
Fred Leggett and Stanley Thomp-
son, Alexander Park life guards, res.
cued 11-year-old( Oren Holt, son Of
Mrs. Bessie Holt, from drowning at
Chehalis. The lad had been under
water ten minutes. Rapid use of pull
motor by Chehalis firemen, headed
by Chief Kruhner, saved the child's
life.
The building permit total in Van
couver for June was increased $4,000
by permit issued for the Vancouver
ing at Tenth and Main streets. Build
ing activities, which almost ceased
about two months ago, are reviving
and are expected to be in full swing
next month.
A plague of caterpillars has invaded
the Fruit valley, Lake Shore, Zelda
and Sara district of Clark county, and
farmers are using an extra spray of
arsenate of lead in an effort to exter-
inmate the pests. The caterpillars
seem to be partial to prune trees, but
are also found on pear and apple trees
in the infected districts.
Seattle citizens are turning to the
courts in their efforts to resist COM
pulsory batting for earwigs. Two
citizens have obtained temporary in
functions against the earwig control
bureau, which is notifying property
owners of plans for batting their lots
The permanency of the injunctions
will be determined in the superior
court July II.
The annual convention of the Wash
ington Irrigation institute will be held
in Yakima November Z and 8. Local
improvement bonds, cooperation be-
tween irrigation farmers, Washington
State college, financing of livestock
purchases by irrigation farmers on
partial payment plan and land settle
ment on government irrigation prof.
ects will be discussed.
All PERSONS who came toqWhitman
county 40 years ago will hereafter be
considered pioneers and be eligible
for membership in the Whitman Coun-
ty Pioneers association. A resolution
to this effect was unanimously passed
at the annual picnic of the association
in Pullman. Under this Interpretation
new crop of pioneers will be eligible
for membership each year.
After lining five bank workers and
one depositor against wall a lone
robber held up the Northern Savings
& Loan association at Seattle and es-
capped with approximately $1,000. At
least six persons watched the holdup
through the window in front. All stood
still but Roy Berry, 10, messenger boy,
who dashed into the telegraph office
next door and telephoned the police.
New company houses of the Grown
Willamette Paper company that are
at present under construction will be
ready for occupancy after the July 4
shutdown of the plant, Edward Stamm,
superintendent of headquarters camp,
announced. There will be % three
and four-room houses, located at the
lower end of the camp near town.
They are fully equipped with plumb
ing and electric lights, and 20 new
garages have been finished for these
houses.
Two important road contracts were
let by the Grays Harbor county COM
missioners at Montesano recently. O.
d. Olson & Co. of Chehalis, who are
contractors on the part Of the South
Bank road through Melbourne, now
under construction, were the only bid
ders on the extra mile of that highway
to be done this year, their bid being
$9975. This will start at Trigle sta
ton and run west one mile. The con-
tract calls only for clearing and grad
bling and grading. The other contract
was for the Mcintyre section of the
Ocean View highway and will run
from Copalis north two miles.
The proposed Columia dam at the
head of Grand Coulee has been adopt.
ed as source of supply by the Quincy
Valley irrigation district. The project