White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-24
Members of the democratic state

outline a plan for reorganization and
rehabilitation of the party.
Several boxes of dynamite were
used to check fire which destroyed
the Hammerschmidt sawmill at Yelm
with loss estimated at $4,000. The
mill, which had been in operation Is
years, carried no insurance.
Orders for the Longview Columbia
river bridge will be lifted into place
by huge derrick mounted on false
work 14O feet above the water The
derrick, which will have capacity of
| so tons, is now being assembled on
the Longview public port docks.
Farm products in Asotin county this
year will total s2,OOO,0O0, according to
an estimate recently made. This total
is classified into $1,0OO,OOO for wheat,
$4,000 for livestock and fruit, and
vegetables 100000. Dairying will
bring about s15O,OOO to producers.
Vancouver will carry out the same
policy this year as last in the matter
of oiling dirt and graveled streets, the
property owners paying part Of the
cost. Street oiling has been started
and streets where property owners Pc
tition for oil will be treated as fast
as possible.
More than 200 trolling boats from
Oregon and Washington ports are con-
centrated on the banks off Grays har-
Dor reaping profits from the greatest
early season run Of chinooks ever re-
ported in Aberdeen. Huge catches,
averaging between $50 and $1O0 per
day, are being made.
The Hoquiam chamber of commerce
has taken the first steps in organizing
business mems outing in the Olym-
pics this summer. No definite plans
have been formed yet, but it is ex-
pected that the outing will occur some
time in June, with about Is Hoquiam
business and professional men form
ing the party.
Returning to her home after mid
night from grange dance, Mrs. Chas.
Whalen, residing north of Bucoda, en-
countered a bear in her front yard.
The bear raked her back with one
paw and chewed her left index finger,
thumb and arm, to the bone. Mrs.
Whalen's screams attracted her dog,
which chased the bear off.
This is the driest season the Walla
Walla district has had for ten years,
according to figures prepared by G..
c. Garrett, meteorologist. The def
| cheney in precipitation since Septem-
Der was six inches compared with
a normal of 14.21 inches. Next driest
year was in 1926 when the total rain.
fall to this date was sos inches.
Spelling SO words out of 100 in a
final test, Pearl Cortion of Brush
Prairie, an eighth-grade student in
the Battle Ground school, won the
county spelling championship in Van
couver. Chester Boldly Of MinMehaha
was second with IS and John Burrow
of Ridgefield and Florence Baker of
Camas tied for third place with 81.
Yakima county's 1929 hop crop is
estimated at 24,7O0 bales or about five
million pounds, in figures given out
by the Mckee Hop Growers associa-
ton, through it's president, ]. E. Nc
Grath. This is 1000 bales below last
years yield. Growers have cut out
252 acres Of hops and are letting IS
acres stand idle this year, the average
reduction in acreage being about IL
per cent.
Robert Gray chapter of the Daugh.
tiers of the American Revolution will
dedicate marker that has been erect.
ed at the site Of old Fort Chehalis
near Westport at a public meeting to
be held there Saturday, June s, it was
announced in Montesano by Mrs. Jas.
A. Arland, regent. The marker was
placed on a large rock that has
been moved from east of McCleary to
the beach.
Sheep herders on the Slide ranch in
the White Swan district counted 1900
dead rattlesnakes after using 40 gal
Ions of gasoline and two boxes Of
dynamite in war of determination
The reptiles had multiplied until il
was difficult to find pasture not in
tested, it was stated. Mark Pendell
forestry supervisor at Fort Simcoe
made high record of ITS rattlers
killed in less than an hour.
Yakima fruit shippers recently tele
graphed United States senators il
Washington, urging that apples be ex
cluded from the farm relief bill. The
messages were sent at the request O.
the International Apple Shippers as
ISOLATION. Yakima shippers, at the
weekly meeting of the Yakima Vale.
Traffic and Credit association, gener
ally agreed that the apple export trade
would be demoralized if the orchard
industry were included in the dill.
Frank Regain, 1O2 years old, man
aged to control himself when he wa.
taken to a Seattle hospital, put in {
"nightie" and given "mush" for break
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