White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

converts horses into timed delica-
cies for cat and dog food, announces
that 1t will operate through the win.
ter, as the supply of horses by the
Indians of the Colville reservation Ia
ample.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Franklin, an
aged couple of Mountain View, near
Ferndale, were instantly killed on the
Pacific highway near Bellingham
when their automobile skidded and
crashed into a large Bellingham-Van-
couver stage.
A bond issue for $4,000 to COM
plete Shumway junior high school and
other improvements was lost by II
votes. The vote was GAL for to 1888
against the bonds. but the law re-
Quires a favorable vote of three-fifths
in voting bonds.
Injuries that caused death in two
hours were received by Richard
Slagle, 38, employe Of the Kelley Tire
company of Yakima, in an accident
during attempted operation by Slagle
and others of a new hydraulic car lift
at the company's garage.
The Ridgefield Lumber company,
which has its sawmill and planer de.
partment located on. Lake river, q
tributary to the Columbia river, has
suspended operations indefinitely, and
approximately 40 men have been
thrown out Of employment.
Quinault Indians have appointed q
committee to oppose changes propos-
ed In the administration Of the Quin-
ault reservation that would admit OF
the sale Of Lake Quinault by the gov
eminent 30 that the lake could be
opened for tourist purposes.
With third of the month gone, only
1872 automobiles out of more than 49,
900 have been licensed for 1880, ac-
cording to the Clark county auditor.
The period for securing new licenses
expires January /, and motorists driv-
ing unlicensed cars after that date
will be liable to arrest.
The Coweeman, Green mountain
and Mount Pleasant highways in road
district No. / were closed to loads of
more than two tons, gross, by the
Cowlitz county commissioners recent
ly. The order was passed to stop
logging operations on those roads dur
ing the winter season.
A. G. Clausen, Portland, after con-
ferences with Yakima valley support
ers Of the proposed Mount Adams
highway to Portland, left to tour the
route and gather material for re.
port that will be used in connection
with a drive in congress for appro-
priations to start construction.
When 30 beds were installed in the
Clark General hospital at Vancouver,
the management believed that ample
facilities had been provided for year
at least, but so great has been the de-
mand for service at the new hospital
that 20 more beds have been install
ed, filling the building to capacity.
Aberdeen recently stepped up to
the status of first-c1ass city, when
the council canvassed the vote on the
recent charter election. The voters
by an overwhelming majority APPROX
ed the new charter, which, with the
population already certified at more
than 10000, promoted the city to first
class.
The Chehalis chamber of commerce
at Its recent luncheon authorized the
appointment Of committee to confer
with like committees which the vari.
GUS service clubs will be asked to
name, looking to the adoption by the
city commission of plan to renum
Der the homes and places OF business
in the city.
Fire insurance rates on Grays Har-
Dor were substantially increased in
the schedule which the Washington
Survey and Rating bureau put into
effect December 1. The increase,
which is made in the form Of ''reduc-
ed reductions" runs from to IS per
cent. More than 200 companies are
observing the deviations.
Eighteen automobiles piled into one
common ruin that blocked the state
highway south of Yakima when mo-
torist, disregarding the icy condition
of the pavement, attempted to speed
by another, crashed into a third ma
chine headon and the three cars piled
together while Is others, unable to
stop, skidded into the wreck.
L. G. Ray, state traffic patrol Off
Ger, has issued approximately 1875
traffic courtesy slips in the past week
to operators Of cars which had de-
fective lights. The cards are to be
filled out by an authorized light test
ing station to show that the improper
lights have been properly adjusted,
and then mailed to William Cole, head
of the highway patrol. II the card is
not mailed the car owner is subject
to arrest.
Aberdeen is the fifth richest city
in Washington, II the number of fed
eral income tax returns are any criter-
ion. Only four other cities showed