White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-01-04


pierced his heart. He was Yakima
county pioneer and leaves widow
and three children.
The second Civil war veteran to die
at Wenatchee within week was Will
lam w. Gideon, who enlisted in Mis-
souri, at the age of 10 and served
throughout the war. He leaves two
sons and three daughters.
About 1850 prisoners at the state
penitentiary had a chicken dinner on
Christmas day in honor of the holiday.
At the Walla Walla county jail the
prisoners had few extra "fixings"
and the city Jail was empty.
DR.. and Mrs. r. A. Stockdale cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary at their home in Walla Walla
recently. They were married in Mt.
City, Kan, December 25, 1878, and
have lived there over 40 years.
Six prisoners who escaped from the
King county jail in Seattle early
Christmas day are free and two
others have been captured. While
prisoners sang and rioted Christmas
eve the eight men sawed through the
cell bars and at about a. m. made
their getaway.
The usual Christmas rush was on
at the marriage license counter in
Vancouver and ~ couples obtained IL
censes to marry last week. This was
the heaviest day this year and to avoid
confusion automobile licenses were is
sued in the commissioners room in
stead of the auditors office.
Deputy Sheriff Warning of Yakima
is recovering from burns received
when wrecking still in a cave on the
ranch Of Charles Miller, about two
miles below the town of Emerald on
the east side of the Yakima river.
Warning threw a lighted match into
the pile, but the resulting blast was
greater than expected.
County Engineer Deako Of Clark
county turned in his report to the
county commissioners, after inspect
ing 300 bridges in Clark county. He
recommended that several be repair
ed and some rebuilt, but did not esti-
mate the probable cost. Several con-
crete bridges have been built in that
county in the last three years.
Appointment of Sam Hill of Mary
hill and Seattle as delegate to the
National Road Builders convention to
be held at Cleveland, Ohio, January IA
to 18, was announced recently by Gov
ernor Hartley. Frank Terrace of Sc
attic, Western director of the Amer
lean Road Builders association, also
was named delegate to the conven-
ton.
Expenditures totaling approximately
$4,000 for construction and extern
sion of their plant and system in
Longview and Kelso in 1928 have been
made by the Pacific Telephone & Tele-
graph company. The largest item is
the work on the new Longview-Kelso
exchange building, but many thous-
ands of dollars also have been spent
in line construction.
Agricultural, horticultural and live
stock assets in Asotin county were
estimated for 1928 at $1,5O0,OOO by ].
e. Heritage, county treasurer-assessor.
Of this total, grain ranks first with
100000. The horticulture assets and
livestock are about even, although
horticulture seems slightly in the lead
Livestock is becoming increasingly
valuable in Asotin county.
| Preliminary work on the Longview
Rainier bridge across the Columbia
river is progressing, but work of g
permanent nature will not be started
until final approval Is received not
only from the secretary of war, but
also from the secretaries of commerce
and agriculture, it was announced by
| Wesley Vandercook, who with w. d
Conner of Seattle heads the grouI
erecting the structure.
A plywood plant and sawmill which
will ultimately employ 200 men at al
annual payroll of $250,OO0 and which
will use 10000 feet of harbor alder
maple and cottonwood each shift, wal
the Christmas gift of the CONSOLIDATED
Furniture Manufacturers of Portland
to Aberdeen. The factory will be 10
Gated on Elliott waterway. Construc
ton of the first unit will start within
80 days and will be completed for tn
start of operations April l.
Walla Walla valley shipped out 10
324 carloads of fruits and vegetable
between January 1, 1928, and Septen
Der 80 this year, according to sum
mary made at the county horticultul
al office. OF this total 1881 carload
were shipped this year. The banne
year was 1923 with 2121 carloads, al
pies leading with 767 cars. The TO
lowing year the total dropped to u.s.
due to freezing of fruit only 76 ca
loads of apples and eight of prune
being shipped.
Longview will be considered for
federal building in thei ALLEGATION {