White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04

were Shaking" logs out to the road.
The late potato crop in Clark coun-
ty will be far short of normal. Chaplin
A. Mills, state district horticultural
inspector, said. Rain came too late
to be of much benefit to highland
potatoes and may start second growth,
which will lower the market value Of
the tubers.
Vancouver chapter OF the American
Red Cross will have charge Of rehabil-
itation work in the burned district of
northeastern Clark county. There is
immediate need Of clothing, bedding,
dishes, cooking utensils, lumber to
build houses and seeds for the burned
over fields.
Proebstel, thriving dairying and
agricultural section Of southeastern
Clark county, will soon have electric
lights, with the current to be supplied
by the Northwestern Electric COM
pany, which has practically covered
most of the county with a vast net
work Of wires.
James Donaldson, seventy-five, pio-
neer Queets Valley settler and one of
the Olympic's most colorful pioneers,
died at his homestead following brief
illness. He had lived in the peninsula
for thirty-six years and was known to
hundreds of sportsmen who had visited
his outpost home.
Collection of tolls over the Nasel
river bridge, connecting Ilwaco with
South Bend, has ceased by order of
the state highway department. The
state recently purchased the bridge
from the private company which built
1t. A celebration will be held at Long
Beach October s, concentrating the
event.
The city of Port Angeles has called
TO bids for construction Of Its new In.
dustrial water diversion dam on the
Elwha river and pipe line and tun-
mel to carry the water into the city
Bids will be accepted October II. A
| 100000 bond issue was approved by
voters election in July to pay for the.
project.
Justice is as speedy for the cattle
rustler today as it was in the vigt
lante days of the old west, when COW
punchers administered 1t with lariats.
Chester Smith was arrested near Col.
vile for rustling steer. Fifteen min.
ute later he had been sentenced to
serve one to ten years in the state
penitentiary.
| County Agent Anderson has begun
comprehensive survey Of the dairying
industry in Cowlitz county with view
to widening the scope Of the Cowlitz
County Dairy Herd Improvement as.
ISOLATION. The location of all herds
in the county will be plotted on map
and full data regarding the number
Of COWS in the herds and other infor-
nation will be compiled
The first step in the passing of river
ferry service between Longview and
Rainier because of the Longview.
Rainier bridge, which will be COM
pleted in November. was the sale OF
the ferry Oregon to the state OF
Oregon. The boat, which since 1928
has made the run together with the
/ ferry Washington, will be placed In
ferry service at North Bend on Coos
bay.
Forest fires probably destroyed
many upland birds as the burned area
was so great that they could not es-
cape, County Game Warden Morrow
of Clark county said. The hunting
season for upland and migratory birds,
deer and bear was opened Tuesday.
The season for upland birds will close
October Is; deer, October 81; bear,
November 80, and migratory birds,
January Is.
Quinault Indians are experiencing q
lean fishing season, due to the low
condition of the river, A few of the
Tahclah tribesmen are plying nets
in the Quinault, but catches are uni.
formly small. Some improvement III
the fishing situation on the reserva-
ton is expected with heavy rains and
rise in the river. With more water
the Indians look forward to good
run of black and silver salmon.
Washington will lead the three Pa
cific northwestern states In produc'
tion Of winter and spring wheat, with
Idaho second in spring and Oregon
second in the winter variety, the fed
eral department of agriculture esti.
mates. Washington has 25,62S,00O
bushels of the winter grain coming
up, as compared with 19,712.O0O for
Oregon and 12,2O0OOO for Idaho. The
total for 1929 was forecast at $780,
900, as against 66,176,OOO for last year,
with an average per acre as follows:
Washington, 22.5; Idaho, 23.5 and
Oregon, %.
The first carload of 1880 license
plates has been shipped from the plant
at the Walla Walla penitentiary and IL
stored for distribution December l.
Director of Licenses Charles r. May
bury declared. The shipment contains
100000 pairs of the new plates. which
next year. will have green figures on
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