White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-01-18

and employed in the state land office
since 1921, has been appointed state
law librarian.
When car driven by Harry Tiefley,
81 years old, was struck by Great
Northern train at Spokane and COM
pletely demolished, Tiefley extricated
himself from the tangled wreckage
without scratch.
The Tumwater Lumber company's
new $4,000 all-electric gang sawmill,
the first Of its kind on the Pacific
coast, now under construction on the
Olympia waterfront, will be ready for
operation March 1.
Harold Conklin, Is, member OF
Yakima's high school football squad,
was shot and seriously wounded when
he grappled with thief that had en-
tered his fathers residence. The bur-
glar fled, leaving his loot behind.
Snow SO heavy that 1t caved in a
part of the roof of the hotel at Gov
eminent Mineral Springs, near Carson,
was reported by Ranger Hoffman OF
the Hemlock station to Jack Horton,
supervisor of the Columbia national
forest, with headquarters at Vancou-
yer.
Explosion Of dynamite caps imbed-
ded in logs at the Barr Single COM
pany mill at Kalama resulted in In
juries to one sawyer and threatened
the lives of other employees at the mill,
when ~ or more of the caps exploded
when the saws came in contact with
them.
Six Longview high school boys were
suspended for one semester and an
other was suspended for the remain
der of the present semester, which
ends January 25, by the board Of edu-
cation. The boys were charged with
bringing moonshine into the high
school building.
The Kelso Evangelistic union has
selected February IL as the date for
beginning evangelistic meetings to be
conducted there by DR.. Oscar Lowry.
A special tabernacle to seat between
1000 and 5000 will be erected at Fifth
and Ash streets, and work will be
started soon on the structure.
The trans-Columbia cable belonging
to the Reader Telephone company and
which connects the eastern end of
Klickitat county with Oregon, broke
recently. Service will be temporarily
discontinued over this connection and
communication will be established
through Yakima and Seattle.
Pullman will go on community
chest plan Of financing charitable and
social agencies supported by contri-
button as result Of action by the
chamber Of commerce in adopting the
recommendation of the special com.
munity chest committee and bylaws
which the committee submitted for
governing the chest program.
At meeting of the Tenino city
council last week purchase Of grave
truck for the city's use in graveling
streets was discussed, together with
other Improvements for 1929. An cleo
trio siren is to be added to the fire
truck, some additional hydrants will
be added to the water system and
several hundred feet Of hose will be
purchased.
Loren Galbraith lost his left eye
when a tooth broke from the main saw
at the sawmill plant of the Columbia
River Paper Mills company at Vancou
yer, and struck him as he was working
some distance away. He was taken tt
st. Joseph's hospital at the same time
surgeons were operating on his broth
er, Cory Galbraith, postoffice EN-
ploye, for appendicitis.
Plans for the biggest single civic i'm
provement ever attempted by Contra
liza hydroelectric plant costing clos
to 000,000-were announced by tn
city commission recently. All Of tn
preliminary details have been complet
ed, and If necessary bond issue i
sanctioned at special election in Fet
ruary or March the plant will be Il
operation by October 1, 1880.
The net income from the interstat
bridge for December, the last mont
in which toll was collected, was $40
799, and the total net income for 1872
was $550,431.99, according to the re
port of Auditor Rae, which was rea
at the meeting of the interstate bridg
commission, held in Vancouver recent
ly. The net income for 1927 was S512
247.55, gain in 1928 of $3S,1S5.44.
Announcement that Richard Ernst
representing Adolph Bleichert & Co
of LEIPZIG, Germany, aerial tramwa
manufacturers, is now in Rainier M
tional park studying locations and oil
tanning other data relative to plan
of the Rainier National Park compan
to establish an aerial tramway fror
Nisqually bridge to Paradise vale.
was made at Tacoma by T. H. Martin
general manager of the park company
Never before in the history Of Val
couver has building continued throug
the winter months as it has this yea
NearlY loo Residences are under wa