White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-21

| Inc annual fOrQ Jay celeDTatlou a.
Sunnyside.
Cool weather and late spring, re-
tarding the blossoming of flowers ex-
pected to be used in the displays, has
caused indefinite postponement Of
Longview's annual garden show. orig.
inally scheduled for June IA.
Paintings of Federation, Dicklow,
Jenkin and several other varieties Of
spring wheat have been made in five
different locations in the Kittitas val
ley under irrigated conditions, for the
purpose of checking results.
Rapid progress is being made by the
newly launched North Central Wash
ington Growers association, which is
being formed to regulate the market
| ing Of apples and other fruits Of the
| Wenatchee and Okanogan valleys.
An inch and quarter Of rain has
fallen in the Walla Walla valley since
the first of June. The farmers state
a good crop is assured, even If no
more falls. The precipitation has been
pretty we'll distributed over the valley.
The Washington state grange at its
recent session passed resolution op-
posing further expansion of projects
for the reclamation of arid, stump and
swamp land until an economic survey
shows that the development is justi-
fled.
Leroy Colby and Norman Fuller,
loggers, arrested for drunkenness,
were lodged in the. Ryderwood jail.
They took a dislike to the jail and,
while Marshal John Berry attended a
ball game they proceeded to wreck
the place.
The Cozy rooms and Savoy hotel
at Kelso were padlocked by A. M.
Smith, deputy United States marshal,
in pursuance of recent orders Of the
United States district court at Ia
coma closing the establishments for
one year under the abatement act.
Students at the citizens military
training camp, Vancouver barracks,
the 18th infantry, patriotic and frater
nal organizations and the Industries
will make up the parade to be held
in Vancouver July in connection with
the celebration for which preparations
are we'll under way.
Nurserymen are finding that de-
mands for fruit trees are constantly
growing less but that the business In
ornamental trees and shrubs is in.
creasing, c. d. Hobbs of Milton, pres
ident of the Pacific Coast Association
| of Nurserymen, stated at Walla Walla
at the 9th annual gathering of the
association.
The referendum fight on the high
way reorganization bill, which was
passed by the last legislature to give
Governor Hartley sole control Of the
highway department and $26,000,O0O
road program, has flattened out. Pc
tition circulators set out to obtain
10000 names, but they have fallen
short and probably will not have more
than half the number when the dead
line is reached.
Chester Leichhardt, game warden
of Cowlitz county, has completed
planting of $4,000 cutthroat trout, 50,
900 eastern brook trout and $4,000
steelheads in streams of the county,
with the exception of cutthroats and
eastern brook trout, which are des.
tined for Lake Merrill and Fawn lake.
The county may obtain 100000 more
cutthroats from Montana.
Marked by the sudden collapse OF
the defendant as result of aeavy
dinner and nervousness generated by
the court session, taking Of testimony
in the murder case of George Schnei-
der began at Walla Walla in superior
court. Schneider killed his wife with
a meat cleaver the night of March 81
at their home and has pleaded not
guilty by reason of insanity.
Strawberry barreling operations have
been started at the plants of the Grand
Mound Fruit Growers association at
Grand Mound and Baker, Kelly and
Mclaughlin at Rochester, although it
is not expected maximum operations
will be reached until the middle OF
next week. Approximately 5000 pick.
ers are at work in the two districts
where 1900 acres are planted to Der
ries.
Refusal to permit the advance of
age to keep him from the trade he
had followed for nearly 70 years
brought death to Jay Stillman, SO,
pioneer Puyallup resident. Stillman,
carpenter, fell from the roof of a
barn he was shingling.
The going price of home brew in
Longview is 81 a bottle, and it all
goes down sewer. Alfred Levasseur,
mill foreman, his wife and six visitors
were arrested by Longview police in
raid at the Levasseur residence
where 1000 hotties of beer were found