White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-11-15

A group of Seattle capitalists have
started poultry farm south of the
city limits which it is claimed will be
the largest in the world. Within three
years it is expected to have an annual
gross income Of $1,5OO,0O0.
Slugged from behind with a rusty
automobile jack, Walter R. Woodall.
55, ex-wheat rancher near Soap Lake
and Ephrata, was killed mysteriously
while bringing In an armful of wood
at his home in Wenatchee.
Building activities in Hoquiam for
October exceeded all monthly records
since the first of the year. with the
exception Of April. Permits for con.
struction work to cost $43.793 were
issued by the city engineer.
Damage of $4,000 to $4,000 was
done by fire of undetermined origin
which destroyed the apple warehouse,
graders and drier and q barn full Of
hay on the Mawry Brothers farm two
miles from White Salmon.
The Clark county commissioners
have appointed Carl G. Isett to the po.
sition of county agent for Clark coun.
ty, newly created office. Mr.. Isett
is a graduate of Washington State
college and has been county agent of
Wahkiakum county for three years.
With a rush Of air and flash Of
flame, the gas mains of the Northwest
Natural Gas company were cleaned
and the feat of carrying natural gas
from the Benton county gas wells
through 25-mile desert to the town
of Grandview was accomplished re-
Gently.
Fire of undetermined origin which
started in the dry kiln of the Navy
Yard City milling company at Bremen
ton destroyed the main mill and ma
chinery, with an estimated loss Of ap-
proximately $4,000, which was re-
ported to be uncovered by any kind
of insurance.
Irrigation water will not be deliv-
cred next spring to Sunnyside lands
which are delinquent more than one
year on construction, operation or
maintenance charges, until such
charges are paid, Superintendent
Preston of that reclamation district
has announced.
Gas taxes have brought the state
treasury nearly $5,0O0,O0O this year.
Up to the end of October, $4,166,8a6
was received from the regular 2-cent
tax, while $6S7,832 was received un-
der the lateral highway tax. Com
bined, they exceed receipts for 1928,
which were $4,597,4SS.
Set upon by five bulldogs while he
was left lying on sofa, Joseph An
derson, S months old, was bitten and
mauled about the face and head at
Spokane and it required 102 stitches
to sew up the wounds. 1t was believed
the animals became jealous or infuri-
ated by the baby's cries.
Ten days work will complete the
| grading of the six-mile stretch of the
Weston-T ollgAte highway between
MacDougal springs and Tollgate. The
new road will have q better surface
and be less steep, maximum grade
being per cent compared with Is
per cent on the old road.
Shipment of winter lettuce has been
begun at Kennewick by the Three
Rivers Growers association. Six car
loads have. already been sent out, and
Lee M. Lampson, manager for the as
ISOLATION, predicts that the Kennewick
and Pasco districts will furnish at
least rs or 80 cars this season.
Motorists who use the abandoned
tunnel Of the Great Northern on Ste
vens pass are inviting death to save
two miles, according to the Automo
bile club of Washington, which warns
that the tunnel is death trap because
of lack of ventilation to carry away
the fumes of the motor exhaust.
The Ridgefield section of the coun
try is experiencing the driest fall IL
40 years, according to old residents
and, as a result, rivers, creeks ant
lakes around there are low, and IL
some places wells on ranches have
gone dry, compelling farmers to hau
water for domestic and stock pur
poses.