White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-26

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Mrs. w. A. Roberts, Of Yakima, was
burned painfully when she fell into a
pail Of scalding water in which Mr..
Roberts had just scalded the body Of
q chicken he was dressing.
| Straddling log for more than sew.
en- hours after their speedboat had
been sunk between Vashon island and
Browns point, two couples were res.
cued from Puget sound as they were
near exhaustion from exposure.
In an exciting race the stork won
when H. v. Roundtree OF Klaber start.
ed for st. Helens hospital, Chehalis,
with Mrs. Roundtree. A fine six and
one-half pound girl was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Roundtree while parked on
a bridge on Ocean Beach. highway
west of Chehalis.
An air derby in honor of Louis Proc
tor, who won the national airplane
model contest and was rewarded by
a trip to Europe, will be held August
Is at the municipal airport at Van
couver, which will also be dedicated
that day. Proctor will complete his
tour before that date.
Order of Runeberg, singing societies
of Washington, Oregon, California and
British Columbia, will assemble in
Aberdeen August 81 for a three-day
concert. During the festivities Choir
us of 40 to so voices will be selected
for tour of Finland next year, backed
by the Runeberg lodge.
The most serious forest fire of the
year in the Spokane region licked it's
way toward stand Of several million
feet of yellow pine timber near Indian
creek, not far from Newport, the
flames LEAVING behind the charred en-
bers of rs acres Of standing timber
and quantity of cut logs.
Officials of the Valley Evaporating
company have announced immediate
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plant at Yakima for handling apples.
The plant will have capacity Of $500
tons of green fruit and will increase
the company's capacity to 5000 tons
annually. 1t will cost $4,000.
Chinese pheasants in Walla Walla
county are to be immune from hunt
ers this fall, the county game COM
mission announcing that the season
will not be opened because of short
age of birds. The hunters, however,
will be given several days in October
to shoot Hungarian cartridges.
Theoretical war broke out over the
Puget sound district recently, with the
United States battle fleet operating
as an invading enemy" attempting to
pass through the Strait Of Juan de
Fuca and past the coast defenses Of
the Puget sound area. The maneuvers
continued 4S hours, ending Friday at
midnight.
Postal receipts in Aberdeen for the
fiscal year ending June 80 were the
highest on record, reaching a total Of
| $102,220.13. This was $3.50 greater
than the previous fiscal year, and
more than $4,000 greater than the
total for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1925, according to Postmaster w.
G. Powell.
Three hundred pheasants were ship
ped to Columbia county from the
game farm at Walla Walla and 500
birds were turned over to Walla Walla
county for release. To date over 1000
birds have been released in eastern
Washington fields and about 1000
more will be available before the ship
ing is ended.
Reports indicate that the Clark
county prune crop this year will be
about SO per cent Of normal but the
fruit will be large and excellent in
quality. Following light crop last
year, with little holdover, dried fruit
growers expect to realize nearly as
much as they would on large crop
of small prunes.
Vancouver schools will open Sep.
TENDER 3 and all buildings are being
repaired and renovated and will be in
readiness by opening day, De CARTS
Reeves, assistant city superintendent
said. All teachers, with two excep
u tions, have been elected. There will
be only few changes in the teaching
staff and no changes in principals.
A pet cat owned by Mr.. and Mrs
George Birdsey Of Elma has just com
pleted an S0-mile trip on foot. The
Birdseys recently went to California
for a vacation trip, and they decided
to leave their cat with friends in Au
burn. The cat did not like the ar